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theheadlessgroom · 4 months ago

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@beatingheart-bride

While Erika got to go around on Dumbo again with her father, August found himself wandering over to one of the food kiosks, and returning with a small box of Mickey-shaped beignets, saying, "I, uh, I take it the children like beignets?"

"Oh, certainly," Wilhelm nodded with a smile, saying, "Dorian, his wife, and a lot of the spooks in the house are New Orleans natives, so even when they're not buying beignets from the park itself, they're being baked by the chefs Dorian's got employed, as well as a lotta other Louisiana dishes. Beignets, of course, are one of the twins' favorite."

"Well, they certainly come by it honestly," the Burke patriarch chuckled. "Josephine craved them quite a bit when she was pregnant with June."

"No kidding! Junie craved 'em when she was pregnant with Randall!" Wilhelm smiled, the two of them sharing in the beignets as August asked, "Do you have any similar recipes back in Ireland?"

"Not so much. We have apple cake, porter cake, barmbrack cake, soda bread...but nothing quite like this. I still remember the first time Junie made 'em for me-she really opened my eyes to a lotta the food of New Orleans, and in turn, I got to introduce her to a lotta Irish food too."

He chuckled a little, still smiling as he said, "Sometimes we like to sit out at one of the restaurants here in the park and sip a mint julep, just to get that little taste of Louisiana again."

"They serve mint juleps here?" August asked in surprise, at which Wilhelm was quickly clarify, "Th-They're non-alcoholic! Which is...good. I'm...not one for alcohol these days."

If August picked up on the subtleties of this comment, he didn't show it-instead, he smiled sympathetically, saying, "I...I can understand that. I used to smoke a pipe when June was a girl, but...

...that was a long time ago."

#((honestly that's the real schadenfreude of the whole situation isn't it?))#((nicholas pinned his comeback hopes on this film; and through his own piss-poor attitude for lack of a better phrase))#((he squandered his shot by being such a huge pain for the entire cast and crew))#((and i think we'd previously established that the film would be made by a smaller studio))#((and wouldn't be as prestigious as his past films; so he has MUCH less clout than he did before))#((and even though it's a smaller studio; a film being made on a tighter budget; they're still willing to fire him))#((and spend the money hiring another actor-one who winds up being not only a gem to work with))#((but winds up elevating the film to a strong box office reception and putting lon's star on the map in the process!))#((that success could've been nicholas's; but he just HAD to stick his foot in his mouth!))#((and totally understood; you're good!))#outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Two Worlds; One Family

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