imaglyphwitch: (all smiles)
Luz Noceda ([personal profile] imaglyphwitch) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-12-22 02:14 pm

Bookstore of Light!

Who:Luz, Lexi and Big Open to all!
What: Luz is keeping the bookstore open to celebrate Hanukkah
When: back dated from the 18th and ending the the 26th!
Where: Bookstore (Willful Machine)



Luz was adamant she get this right, so she obviously would ask Lexi a few questions before she finally started keeping the bookstore open starting the eighteenth. She had a menorah in the store window, lighting each candle as each day passed. They usually closed at five on the weekdays, but Luz changed it just for this week: they were open until 8, or at least until everyone decided to leave.

Luz had the kid section now with books about the Maccabees and how they were able to reclaim the temple so they could rededicate it. to symbolize this, Luz had a few carefully rearranged "debris" that you could start building into forts to symbolize the temple's return to form. She'd also arranged tables and chairs so that people could sit and have the Latkes with applesauce with Sufganiyot on the side. Luz had luckily picked up on frying with Reaper's help, so she made sure to have a new batch each day!

Luz had also small classes on how to make clay Dreidels on the second day, and set to showing kids how to make some of their own, taking time to show them the symbols and how they were etched into the sides and what they meant.

Luz also had geldt! Well, chocolate ones, obviously, but the chocolate was real! She'll pass that out in the middle of the week, with a small present!

She'd also set up a little tin to collect for the orphans in Trench, but that would be up all week. Luz would make sure to turn that in to Shiro later on.

On all days though, Luz would take thirty minutes to talk a little about the holiday, reflecting on what it meant to have a place of worship to call home, and how much that meant. Just because you weren't particularly religious, Luz argued, didn't mean that a simple place like a reading nook wasn't your own private temple, and you cherished it the same way!

[[OOC: Feel free to add your character in on ANY day. They could pop in to have a Latke, say hi to Luz and Lexi or whomever, and hey, you're still in a bookstore! Take a moment to read in the corner or watch the festivities!]]
thisislife: (do you think we'll be in love forever?)

Lexi, store assistant owner

[personal profile] thisislife 2022-12-22 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Lexi was wearing outside of her usual preppy garb into a dark, navy blue dress with white piping, stockings, and loafers with a white Peter Pan collar.

There was a menorah ready for its first day prayer. Lexi took a deep breath and sing-sang out the First Blessing:

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֺתָיו
וְצִוָּֽנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל חֲנֻכָּה.
survivalthroughhate: ([TPM 9] Turning to look)

[personal profile] survivalthroughhate 2022-12-26 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
After hearing a little bit about the holiday of Hanukkah from a network post, Maul became intrigued. He went to the store to find some books that could better help him understand the history behind this holiday and why the traditions that were observed had come about in the first place.

He hid off in the corners of the bookstore, never at ease when there were a lot of people around, and just observed the people milling about. The children certainly seemed to be having a good time. As for him, he had a few books from the religious section piled up next to him as he found a comfy spot to sit and read up on the Jewish religion and culture. Really, it was all quite fascinating.
siriusly: (i--wait. huh??)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-27 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[a book store, huh... far less intimidating than the Archives - probably less creepy taxidermy, too! he hopes.

whether there's a bell set to jingling when he opens the door, his omen announces their presence as his claws tip-tap on the floor and he lets out a little bark. hello, we're here!! now what's all this?

maybe there'll be a good book to pick up for Jun...]
siriusly: (those are sugar-free gummi bears)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-27 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[the decor in here is quite the contrast to the bitter, grim cold outside...he could almost imagine feeling warmer. but he doesn't have a moment to consider it, because Magnet, spotting another canine, bounds over to greet the wolf. jeez...]

Uh-- [he looks toward the girl.] Oh, ah... [he hesitates, the door half-closed behind him as he idles in the threshold.

right...words. let's try this again:]
H'lo. Juh, mm... [shoot. his brow knits.] Sorr', um. Tal-talkin's...ruff. Uh.
siriusly: (do i get any say in this at all.)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-27 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[while the omens give each other doggy hellos, Manabu takes an unsteady step inside so the girl can close the door behind him. he utters a faint, appreciative noise, rubbing at his arms to stave off some of the lingering chill that's not already in his blood.]

Hm-? Oh, uh... How much?
siriusly: (i think he's dead.)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-27 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
N--uh, kuh-cost. Sorry. [words bad this season.]
siriusly: (ahahaha......what............)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-28 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[blink.

beat.]


...Mn. Okay. [that was the conceit in coming in, right? he'll accept that.]
siriusly: (item get)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-29 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Manabu gives Magnet a passing glance, just to make sure the little guy's behaving himself, before looking to Luz. he hesitates, utters an uncertain sound, and then slowly feels around for his omni. he figures this'll be easier than trying to vocalize...]

He-here. [once he's got a blank message open, he holds it out and points toward his name. user: Manabu Yuuki. username: yuuki.]
siriusly: (do i get any say in this at all.)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-30 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Mn, thanks. [one side of his mouth pulls in a small, apologetic-seeming smile. he moves over to where Luz directs, taking the time Luz is away to have a better look around the place. the decorations are unfamiliar to him, but they conveyed some kind of event he could only wonder at; the curiosity is plain on his expression when she comes back.[
siriusly: (oh no he thinks he's funny)

[personal profile] siriusly 2022-12-31 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Re-really? [that's new to him, but still, his brow knits as he tries to recall any of the locals talking about yet another festival. he didn't see any setups similar to October's antics, but maybe...?]
siriusly: (god dangit)

[personal profile] siriusly 2023-01-02 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Manabu breathes out a soft, acknowledging sound, doing a soft double-take to the mug in his hands. coldblood means cold hands, and he can already see the drink starting to go lukewarm. he takes a generous sip, brow knitting a bit as he braces for the onslaught of sweetness. it's good though: it's nice to feel something warm in him before it's inevitably gone.]

S'good... [the drink, the occasion.]
survivalthroughhate: ([TCW 43] Oh really?)

[personal profile] survivalthroughhate 2023-01-02 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Maul looked up from a book that gave an analysis of certain sections of the Torah when he heard someone speaking to him. His eyes brightened up when he saw who it was. He nodded. "Something to drink would be nice."

He picked up a cup of hot chocolate, letting the warmth of it permeate his scarred hands.
siriusly: (ahahaha......what............)

[personal profile] siriusly 2023-01-03 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, uh, n-nah, no. S'okay. Tha-thank. [he bobs his head.] Yeh, thank. Uh, n-name? Yours.

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