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ada olivier (douxnoir) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-03-20 04:19:00

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! ic/ooc, ada olivier, alasdair buchanan, alasdair maddock, anais bolduc, aureliana abercrombie, bart roberts, charlotte brand, elspeth macfusty, fiona roberts, florinda mcgonagall, georgi draganov, gwenyth miracle, maggie macdougal, pip parkinson, sara scrimgeour

IC/OOC - A&A Engagement Party, 17 March 2000
Who: Family, Friends, Furbabies, Teammates... oh, and probably Ada and Alasdair.
What: ENGAGEMENT PARTY
When: Saturday, 17 March 2000. Evening. backdated
Where: A&A's home on the outskirts of Dunvegan, Skye.
Warnings: Drinking. Language? (Hopefully not the latter)

On the Saturday between both of their team’s matches, Alasdair and Ada hosted their long awaited engagement party. Yes, it’s on St Patrick’s Day, and no, the best man isn’t there (he was in Sweden for the Annual Broom race), but this will be a fun and relaxed affair, with more than a hint of French class, courtesy of the bride. Held at their home on Skye, the party takes place through the property, from early evening and on into the night. Guests have the run of the house (within reason - the bedrooms are warded shut) but are reminded on arrival that the neighbours to the North, sheep farmers, are Muggles (so watch the spellwork while outside!).

Speaking of guests, around the house several members of the Buchanan and Olivier families can be found, including Alasdair’s father, Duncan (former Portree Beater and Captain) and his mother, Mary. Ada’s parents, Francois and Margaret are also circulating. Alasdair’s brother, Will - who is one of the other ushers - is right in the centre of the celebrations, and Ada’s brother (Christophe), sister and brother-in-law (Francoise and Marc) with their children (Lea and Alexandre) are also around somewhere. The couple’s elderly witch neighbour, Madam Simcox, has ventured up from her property to the south to attend but spends a lot of time sitting, chatting and talking about how these two need to make sure they’re eating properly. Similarly, the Buchanan-Olivier cats can be found lounging in the living room. Some of them like fusses and pets more than others. Have fun with that!

After everyone has arrived, and people have had time to mingle a bit, everyone gathers in the living room. Alasdair and Ada have a date to announce...

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ecoutezmoi
2018-03-21 08:41 pm UTC (link)

Of course, Alasdair was one of the team members not privy to the full situation, so perhaps it was impossible for him to do much else other than take Ellie's behaviour at face value anyway - but in any case, it was beginning to feel like a weight off to actually converse like this. It felt more like they were peers, rather than boss and player, when they were on his home turf.

"Thanks," he replied with a smile. "It makes a change to have more humans than cats in the building for once."

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	lady_dragon 2018-03-21 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	Ellie laughs. Just a bit more comfortable now. "Well, that just begs the question of whose house it actually is." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ecoutezmoi 2018-03-21 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Definitely not mine," he quips, as Jessica (having been perching on a shelf nearby) makes a jump to sit back on his shoulder. Point proven. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lady_dragon 2018-03-21 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	Although Ellie no more understood cats than she did dogs, but she supposed they were all about the same. "We feel the same way about the Reserve. The dragons just allow us to live along side them. Keeps things interesting." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ecoutezmoi 2018-03-21 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Alasdair laughed, tickling the cat under the chin. She purred lazily, clearly having got what she'd wanted there. "Well, that's definitely just common sense, if you ask me," he grins. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lady_dragon 2018-03-21 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah yes, but common sense even when you grow up sure you're a dragon?" Ellie was still pretty sure that was true, despite what other people thought of her stance. "Which also makes me wonder if your future kids are going to grow up thinking they're cats." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ecoutezmoi
2018-03-21 10:09 pm UTC (link)

"Beats being breakfast for one," Alasdair pointed out with a grin, before chuckling at her suggestion. "As any cat person will tell you... cats don't have owners, they have staff." Jessica mewed at that, almost as if she was in agreement with her human. "Pretty sure this lot would put any wee ones in their place on that score." He rubbed the top of the cat's head affectionately.

"Besides, you've met several members of Clan Buchanan by this point. They're not all entirely normal, but the kids usually do alright on the 'being mostly human' front," he smiled, the thought of families and the future being a rather nice one.

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	lady_dragon 2018-03-21 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, but mostly human implies at least part something else." Ellie grinned. "I won't take up much more of your time. You have other guests, but thank you for the invitation." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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