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ada olivier (douxnoir) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-03-01 22:49:00

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! journal, ada olivier, ainsley galbraith, alasdair buchanan

(Posted March 1st 2000)
[Alasdair]

So I've recently read the most delightful thing.

So you know how Françoise sends me fashion magazines from France? I happened to be reading the latest one she sent and... well, on one page they happened to have the results on a recent poll they'd posed their readers. It's pretty interesting that it seems as if opinion is split fairly evenly over whether your behind looks better in Portree purple or Quiberon pink.

At least you can be sure that nobody here will have been likely to have seen the, and I use the word rather loosely, article.

On a more serious note, I haven't actually asked either of them just yet but I was thinking of asking Françoise and Anais to be my maid of honour and one of my bridesmaids. Although I suppose in Françoise's case it's actually matron of honour. I haven't been able to think of anyone else yet.

I'd forgotten how interesting French wizarding fashion magazines can be sometimes.

[ooc: not very clearly purple (or pink) but an example of what the article may have had as pictures.]

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	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	Is it the "fashion" or something else? ~~I feel like this entry is a tease.~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	douxnoir 2018-03-04 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I have an appreciation for the fashion in the magazine, and some of it is gorgeous! But you'd be right in thinking it's something else that I found interesting, and Alasdair not so much. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	Ada. Are you holding out on me? What in the world could there be in a French mag that would have to do with our awesome Chaser co-Captain guy? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	douxnoir 2018-03-04 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Maybeeeee... Well, he did play for a French team for a while, remember? Although I can say that the poll doesn't seem all that concerned with the actual differences of the Quiberon and Portree uniforms... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	Ada! Why are you holding out on me? We reserve lassies have to stick together. Which means SPILL. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

douxnoir
2018-03-04 09:34 pm UTC (link)

I refer you back to the fact that Alasdair's on your team.

[Ainsley]
Though you have a point!

So apparently the magazine had polled its readers as to whether Alasdair's rear looked better in Quiberon's pink or Portree's purple. According to the poll opinion was fairly evenly split between the two.

If you ask nicely I might be able to show you a copy of one of the photos they used.

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	keptinreserve 2018-03-04 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	This is very true. Advertising the possession of blackmail does tend to defeat the purpose of said blackmail. [Ada] NO. WAY. It does not. Does nicely include a batch of strawberry macarons? Because I can be very nice. I'm not above petty bribery. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	douxnoir 2018-03-04 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Advertising to one's partner about potential blackmail tends to defeat the purpose of it also. [Ainsley] It does!! I would've settled for a 'pleeease', but as long as it doesn't involve the pips at all I won't say no to some strawberry macarons. Let me just make a copy of the photo first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	I never realised that I needed this in my life until literally just now. My macarons are ~~Moose~~ pip free, promise! I'll owl them your way. You can tell Alasdair that they're from a fan. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	Happy to help on this one occasion. Here you go... Excellent, and thank you! That would probably make him curious. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	~~what.~~ ~~WHY WOULD YOU SHO~~ ~~i have to see him in practice~~ ~~THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER~~ ~~I love you~~ ~~i can't stop staring~~ Thank you for this gift. You may be getting packages of macarons all week. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	You're welcome! Ooooh! Now if only I could manage getting him to believe it's because my mother's sending them from my favourite French patisserie... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe a bakery wooing you for your wedding! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	...that could work! [...] Except I already suggested having a chocolate cake, or chocolate cake and something lighter for anyone who doesn't want chocolate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	You could always argue/say that they just wanted to impress you with their diversity in order to get you in the door for cake tasting! [...] Great, now I want cake. Wonder if Ro will mind me destroying his kitchen in the name of drunk baking. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	That... might work. Well, if he asks about the macarons that's what I'll try. Wait... what... are you drunk? I don't think you should be baking whilst drunk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada (much later) keptinreserve 2018-03-04 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	Noooo, drunk baking is how you get this: Irish cream chocolate cake! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	...that wasn't the answer I was expecting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	I'll make Ro share and send you some now. Even enough to share with Alasdair. You can even tell him we're friends now and have bonded over blackmail and macarons and cake and being reserve Keepers! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Okay then. I will ~~tell him~~ ~~most of~~ ~~some of~~ do that... You are alright, aren't you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	Yes! Spending the night with your Chaser, and drinking away ~~our~~ my troubles. Can you ask for better friends? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-04 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	~~Oh, right, not Alasdair...~~ No, i guess not. Just as long as you're alright and all that. Though I suspect afterwards, with the hangover, probably no so much. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ada keptinreserve 2018-03-04 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	~~The alternative is actually worse~~ No risk, no reward! I think in this case the alcohol and delicious cake is the reward. Don't worry, though. Roger's well stocked in all sorts of potions to get us me through practice tomorrow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Ainsley douxnoir 2018-03-05 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	True enough. I don't know that you're entirely right about the alcohol - at least when it comes to baking while drinking, but definitely agree with you on the cake. Oh, that's good then! Thank you for the cake, and I'm looking forward to trying those macarons! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Owl Package keptinreserve 2018-03-04 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	(Ada does receive an owl package a little later, with a hastily scribbled note) He wears Portree better! ♥ ~AG (Reply to this) (Parent)

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