#firstfooting

[popplia]

I don't have any real way to explain this post, this just exists now

enjoy the long post of nothing but poképark talk

•one legendary catches the other in their dimension and the other one says that they came to give a warning

•Dialga and Palkia say something about growing darkness and gathering lights

•Kirby walks into Poképark (Firstfoot Path)

•he meets Bandee

•they have a tutorial moment

•they see Halttmann and Susie advertising Wish Park ("Wish park, where all your dreams come true!")

•they go to Wish Park (after getting some berries to pay for it)

•once they get there they both go play the cake attraction

•after playing the attraction they realize the cake is a lie (it's making pokemon act strange, cake wild (/ref) as I wish to say)

•they escape wish park and go tell Dedede about it

•Dedede says something about hearing about missing pokemon reports from other areas

•Kirby and Bandee decide to investigate/Dedede asks them to investigate but Bandee challenges Kirby to a battle first to practice

•they go Cove Town to find Halttmann and Susie to confirm their pokénapping suspicions and battle for info

•Haltmann says something about Fransiscsca paying them to lead pokemon into wish park and tell them how to open it

•after that Susie and Halttmann run off to the Tech Area (they don't say it but y'know) and Kirby and Bandee go back to the portal and open it

•they enter wish park again and clear the cake attraction (run by Nightmare), Nightmare blocks to way to the wish bell, they battle him, win, ring the bell and leave

•while they leave the park Kirby runs into Palkia's dimension and it says something about the wish park situation and that Kirby can do something about it

•Kirby and Bandee go to back to Cove Town to warn the other areas of Wish Park/keep investigating

•but the gates are locked because of the missing pokemon reports and they need to get the gatekeepers (Pon and Con) to open the Arbor Area gate

•Pon and Con challenge them to a battle, they win, and are let into the Arbor Area

•they find a poster portal but it's ripped, and Gooey is standing in front of it

•Gooey says that his friend (Dark Matter Swordsman (I'll call it Swordsman for now)) was leading pokemon into Wish Park but went back after realizing that Wish Park keeps the pokemon there forever and hasn't returned

•they go looking for the missing poster piece and run into Taranza in Verdent Court who had the missing piece and was using it as a paper for a area keeper meeting invite(?), he got desperate cuz it's an emergency meeting (Joronia (the Arbor Area Keeper) got kidnapped and taken to wish park but he doesn't know that yet)

•but he dropped it/the wind blew it out of his pedipalps (I don't know if galvanltulas can hold things like that) and it landed on a very small Island in the lake

•none of them can swim so they go back to Seasong Beach and ask Dedede if he can help

•he agrees to help (after a gormet race) and gets the piece from the island

•they put the piece back on the poster and open it, Dedede decides to go/stay with them

•they go to Wish Park (the Dance Zone) and find Swordsman, who's being mind controlled

•they battle it so it can snap out of it and go challenge the dance attraction run by Joronia who somehow became Sectonia (then Miracle Matter runs it after Sectonia's battle)

•then she blocks the way, they battle her, and run into Francisca, Flamberge and Zan

•they almost battle but the mage sisters decide that battling isn't worth it and lave so they ring the wish bell and dip

•Kirby runs into Dialga's dimension while leaving and drops some lore about the Dark Vortex/Void Termina/Hyness

•they go to the Craig Area and meet Elfilin (I should probably mention that by they I mean Kirby, Bandee, and Dedede, starting to get confused myself) he gives a hint to the password to get past Landia and into the fort

•they get it right (Courage and Kindness, same as cannon, for now, maybe) and are let in

•they meet Meta Knight at some point and ask to enter the tournament (he runs it)

•he says that they can if they get the Bravery Beard (I keep calling it the Braviary Beard help) so they do that

•they get to the Colosseum and the Beast Pack is competing in the tournament

•halfway through the tournament someone exposes the Beast Pack for leading pokemon into Wish Park

•then Leongar (the Crag Area's Keeper), shows up with Elfilin (in a cage) and reveal the poster portal in the areana

•one of them knocks out Meta Knight and the Beast Pack all leave through the portal

•Meta Knight joins the party, how? why? idk (maybe he joins (officially) after? idk)

•they go through the portal (after getting some pokémon together to help open it, happens with all poster portals)

•Zan, Leon, and Carol are there and Zan orders them to battle the Star Pals(?)

•they lose, Hyness shows up and asks if they want to join the Wish Park crew

•they say no and Hyness orders Zan to challenge the Star Pals to beat the power zone attraction

•they beat the attraction, and Forgo absorbs Elfilin and the star pals fight Elfilis to get Elfilin back, they win and get him back, ring the bell, and leave

•they see the Dark Vortex start to form (insert moon's big joke here)

•they leave the Craig Area and go to the Tech Area to find the last portal

•they find Brobo (the area keeper) and ask if anyone's been acting sus

•they immediately get a report that a train bridge broke so it asks them to find Weapons Dee and get some materials to repair the bridge

•they do that, the bridge gets fixed, and after some talking they're let into the Unawarehouse

•they go in, find the Scientourion and see Star Dream escaping the Scientourium but they need it to power the elevator so they go after it

•they catch up to it and ask it to come back to elevator and it does

•they go into the Scientourium, run into Susie and Halttmann again and everybody starts asking questions ("You two again ?" "What did you think you were gonna find? The ultimate life form?" (idk where I was going joke, Elfilis/Lab Discovera ref?))

•Halttmann says something about him and Susie making the portals but not knowing what the Wish Park pokemon were doing with them ("Why would I destroy Poképark!? I live here!" (/ref)) and someone mentions something about the bells and if they don't ring constantly all dark energies/magics/ect can't be held back and that includes the void in the sky

•they try to get back to Wish Park but the wip portal is missing a piece so they go look for it, get it, and go to to Wish Park

•they walk up to the flight attraction (Zero runs it), they challenge it and win, Zero challenges them to a battle, they win and ring the wish bell (Zero might have a seccond stage (0², it absorbs light from Ripple Queen (a Diancie+Ribombee hybrid(?) ))

•then all the wish park pieces come together and the Wish Plalace portal shows up

•they go to Wish Palace, confront Hyness and the Mage Sisters, Bandee, Dedede, and Meta get their memories wiped, and Hyness knocks Kirby out (he uses hypnosis or something) and puts him in a nightmare where he's completely alone

•then someone (idk who cuz I don't have a Piplup role(yet)) gets Kirby to snap out of it

•he does and runs of to go bring the Star Pals back together

•He challenges Bandee to a battle, Dedede to a gourmet race, and does a tournament refight (feat. the Meta-Knights) to get Meta back (or a battle)

•they go back to the palace, battle Hyness, and win

•the vortex is still a problem though so Halttmann and Susie show up with a thing that can stop it but someone's gotta do a sacrifice for it to work

•after half of Wish Park gets destroyed Hyness sacrifices himself and whatever got dragged into the vortex is put back where it was

(aight post game time here we go)

•Wish Park is now not holding pokemon hostage for eternal friendship paridise reasons

•Zan's sad about Hyness so Kirby decides to help find him

•so they do some lore digging and find out that they have to find Uxie, Azelf, and Misprit at their respective shrines, say a poem, get challenged to chase, a battle, and a quiz respectfully, then collect the creation trio's orbs, go to a dais/platform/ruins in the arcane area(or seperate ones), put all the items on the platform, get challenged by Dialga and Palkia to a battle, then they let them go to the distortion world via portal

•they soummon Palkia and Dialga who both ask for a battle to prove that they want save Hyness/that their heart and mind are in the right place, the Star Pals win, and the two thirds of the Creation trio say something about the Void Termina and the Distortion world and open a portal to get there

•they go there, fight Void Termina, win, and get Hyness back

•also Void Termina/Soul comes back as Kabii

[empressbergeron]

Happy Hogmanay

Tonight’s events:

Swept the hearth clean

Bought New Year’s meal for tomorrow (black eyed peas, rice, greens, pork)

Bought wine for tonight

Bought fireworks

Set off fireworks in the rain

Ran from misfiring fireworks

Stomped out a grass fire (again, IN THE RAIN)

drank to ease the pain

HAPPY 2021 EVERYONE WE MADE IT

Watched husband first-foot

Ate pizza and cake angrily

I’m going to bed.

[uruzfit-blog]

Happy New Year! Treat 2017 like Up Helly Aa treat this longship! Burn it down and build the goals for 2018. Never settle, always grow, or start somewhere. Remember the commercial gyms will be abnormally full starting today! So think that most will quit soon, but for a small percentage this is the start of their journey to strength. You started somewhere too! We had a fantastic 2017! We are burning it down and 2018's growth and goals will be exponentially higher than 2017. #uruz #happynewyear #happy2018 #vikings #vikingstrength #uphellyaa #strength #norsehighlander #kiktedviking #highlandgames #highlandathletics #powerlifting #strongman #liftheavy #runepower #firstfooting

[baskers]

#FirstFooting #Stovies #Oatcakes #DoctorWho This is how you do New Years Day. A braw day of receiving First Foots, Doctor Who, Stovies and Oatcakes. (at Dundee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGshlugY0HWWx2vZrq0VjhgHKtVY8Zm-oyxyY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r8l8adczbx3u

[mindys2018project365]

January 1, 2021.  I made James go out the back door so that he could come in the front door with coal.  We need all the good spirits we can get. 

[lizzielambwriter]

#firstfoot 2022 #meninkilts #newyearseve https://www.instagram.com/p/CYSBVfFL64hiiNpshUnd3m_QMoKsResTQjkE2g0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[the-busy-ghost]

Look I like Christmas as much as the next person but curse it and globalisation for killing New Year in Scotland

I just wanted to cross dress and dance through the streets of the town with masks and bells is that so much to ask

[imagineclaireandjamie]

I’m in desperate need of some Tagalong escapism. A happy family moment would be just the ticket. 🙏

anonymous asked: Has Tagalong Roger discovered his talent for music and singing yet? Imagine Jamie and Claire et al. realising Roger can sing like a thrush 😄

Tagalong One Shot #3

Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten, Part Eleven, Part Twelve, Part Thirteen, Part Fourteen, Part Fifteen, Part Sixteen, Part Seventeen, Part Eighteen, Part Nineteen, Part Twenty, Part Twenty-One, Part Twenty-Two, Part Twenty-Three, Epilogue; One Shot #1; One Shot #2

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It began as a sort of game between Roger and Fergus when no one was around, a way to deal with Roger’s homesickness, especially in those first months. What things from their lives in the future did they miss the most? Football. Bicycles. Their friends from school. Going to the cinema. Listening to the radio.

Playing in the woods when their chores allowed, Roger would imitate the broadcasters or recall commercial jingles with a clarity that had Fergus doubling over with laughter. 

But the underlying sadness was more than Fergus could help his friend with alone. So he volunteered them to help Claire on one of her gathering trips in the woods. When it was just the three of them, Fergus began the game and Claire joined in.

She had spent far more time in the future. Like Roger, she was of the future in a way neither he nor Brianna were (young as she was, she had already lost her memories of where and when she was born).

When the game petered out, they continued their scavenging quietly. At least, until Roger recognized the song Claire was humming and began to sing along.

He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way...

Fergus recognized the tune but couldn’t remember the words and certainly wouldn’t have sounded as good as Roger did.

Claire joined Roger, grinning along and dancing a little making both boys laugh.

When they’d finished the song, Claire complimented Roger on his singing and asked if he’d picked up any of the songs Mrs. Crook knew (she always sang quietly as she went about the kitchen, though she wasn’t particularly good). 

Roger hadn’t but the seed was planted and Roger had a new hobby.

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���He has a surprise for us,” Claire informed Jamie as she tidied him up. There were dried leaves in his hair which needed to be trimmed or the dun bonnet would be useless for covering the distinctive hair of Red Jamie. 

“And do ye have any idea of what his surprise may be?” Jamie asked. He winced as Willie gnawed on one of his fingers.

“Hold still,” Claire scolded, smiling behind Jamie’s back as their three-month-old son gurgled in his father’s lap. She knew how much it meant to Jamie to have been there for Willie from the beginning (how bittersweet that Brianna couldn’t remember being without him). It was also a minor miracle that Jenny had goaded him into giving up the cave for the priest hole while winter bore down on them. 

And it would take another for her to convince Jamie it was safe enough for him to make an appearance at the Hogmanay festivities (having been so recently arrived the previous year, they’d kept the day as a family but learned of the tenants’ disappointment soon after). It would mean a great deal to so many for a glimpse of the true laird with his family reunited as the British army continued to raid and terrorize the countryside even three years after the loss at Culloden.

“As a matter of fact, I do know what it is, but telling you would mean ruining the surprise for both of us,” Claire informed Jamie, “And it means too much to Roger for me to do that so you will attend and you will be surprised. And you will enjoy yourself,” she tacked on as an afterthought.

Jamie rolled his eyes at Willin in the mirror. The babe ceased gnawing on Jamie’s finger in order to giggle.

“Alright. Time for you to have a proper wash so we can get the rest of this rat’s nest under control.” Claire took Willie from Jamie, holding him so he could watch as his father sighed and reluctantly stripped and climbed into the lukewarm tub, the chill in the room having quickly sapped the water of its heat. 

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Despite Claire’s assertion, Jamie remained reluctant to risk being seen too publicly.

“I can stay above stairs wi’ Willie and Brianna,” he told Claire. “Have Roger tell ye when for the surprise and I’ll slip down for that bit.”

“If it makes you more comfortable, I believe you can enjoy his surprise from the banister upstairs,” Claire compromised. “I’ll let him know he’ll be able to spot you there.”

So Jamie made sure he was in place as a handful of tenants arrived for the modest festivities (given the universal hardships, the family had decided to rotate who would be invited year to year). 

Willie was teething and fussy in Jamie’s arms as he looked around for Roger in the small crowd below. He spotted Fergus first. The lad was helping guide a few men bearing instruments to one side of the hall, ushering folks to clear the space for imminent dancing. Roger was close behind conversing with a man carrying a fiddle.

There was something in Roger’s arms but none of the others took it from him when the group settled in their places, laughing as young couples eagerly gathered ready to dance. Roger ended up shuffled off to the side but still stood with the players.

The largest and oldest of them looked around at the others, nodding as fiddles and flutes were raised. Then he motioned to Roger who began to beat a steady rhythm on his bodhrán. Soon the others joined in and the couples began to clap along and dance. 

Jamie couldn’t follow the music itself very well, but he could pick out Roger and that steady bodhrán beat, keeping time for everyone else. At the end of the first piece, Roger glanced up to where Jamie stood at the railing with Willie. Jamie gave him a proud smile and nod, then lifted Willie’s hand in a wave. Willie fidgeted and bounced enthusiastically. He squealed with delight as they began the next piece.

Jamie stood watching through three more songs before carrying Willie off to put him to bed and check on Brianna. Besides, they’d be sending the firstfoot out soon and they’d want him safely tucked away for that. 

Claire ushered Roger and Fergus up to bed a short time later, the festivities downstairs winding down. 

“You played beautifully,” Claire told Roger, sitting at the edge of his bed and brushing his dark hair away from his eyes.

“Alec Mackinnon said he’d continue to teach me the songs he kens,” Roger said with a tired but somehow still excited yawn. “No just the bodhrán either. Though, it doesna quite feel like Hogmanay wi’out… you know.” He raised his eyebrows at Claire who smiled in a way Jamie recognized too well. She never wanted the children to think she was laughing at them, no matter how amusing the things they said might be.

“You’ve done very well not to say anything about it,” Claire commended him. “But now it’s just us. It should be safe now and, I agree, it doesn’t feel complete without it,” she said with a conspiratorial glance to Jamie and Fergus who were both baffled.

Roger smiled and sat up in bed. Fergus lounged with his head propped up on his hand. Jamie took a seat next to Brianna’s cot where she and Willie slept. They’d take Willie to his cradle when they returned to their own room for the night.

“Softly now,” Claire reminded Roger before nodding for him to start. 

Should auld acquaintance be forgot…

Claire dropped off after the first chorus but Roger remembered and sang the second and third verses as well.

“You sing as beautifully as you play,” Claire assured him. “Like a songbird.”

“A smeóraich,” Jamie agreed. When Claire gave him a confused look, he explained, “A thrush.”

“Time for bed, smor– how do you say it again?”

Jamie repeated it for Claire a few more times, eliciting giggles that turned into yawns. She gave up and tucked Roger back in.

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“The song you and Roger sang earlier… It’s of the future?” Jamie asked as he held Claire in bed a short time later. He’d be back in the priest hole the next day but refused to spend the first night of the new year anywhere but next to Claire.

“Yes and no,” she said with a sigh. “It will come to be associated with celebrating the new year in the twentieth century, but the words will be penned by a great Scots poet in another decade or so.”

“A great Scots poet,” Jamie mused, grinning in the dark.

“Mmmhmm. And it’s not just in Scotland that he’s celebrated or that song that gets sung. It becomes popular the world over… At least, to my knowledge. There’s even a night celebrating his birth that’s a sort of unofficial holiday.”

Jamie scoffed. “Now ye’re teasin’ me, Sassenach.”

She curled into him and nuzzled against his chest. “Not at all,” she yawned. “I’ve been to my share of Burns Night celebrations over the years.”

“Hmmm… Sounds nice,” Jamie murmured as he drifted off to sleep, the words of the song – which he’d had Claire repeat for him slowly – ran through his dreams. 

We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne…

[themackenzies]

Only one candle was burning in the room now, and the only person present was Roger, who was poking among the bits and pieces I’d left on the counter. He looked up as we entered, smiling. Still faintly flushed from the dancing, he had put his coat back on and draped a woolen scarf round his neck; his cloak lay over the stool beside him.

Custom held that the most fortunate “firstfoot” on a Hogmanay was a tall and handsome dark-haired man; to welcome one as the first visitor across the threshold after midnight brought good fortune to the house for the coming year. Roger being beyond argument the tallest—and quite the best-looking—dark man available, he had been elected to be firstfoot, not only for the Big House, as folk called it, but for those homes nearby. Fergus and Marsali and the others who lived near had already rushed off to their houses, to be ready to greet their firstfoot when he should come.

A red-haired man, though, was frightful ill luck as a firstfoot, and Jamie had been consigned to his study, under the riotous guard of the Lindsay brothers, who were to keep him safely bottled up ’til after midnight.

There were no clocks nearer than Cross Creek, but old Mr. Guthrie had a pocket watch, even older than himself; this instrument would declare the mystic moment when one year yielded to the next. Given the watch’s propensity for stopping, I doubted that this would be more than a symbolic pronouncement, but that was quite enough, after all.

“Eleven-fifty,” Brianna declared, popping into the surgery after me, her own cloak over her arm. “I just checked Mr. Guthrie’s watch.” “Plenty of time. Are ye coming with me, then?” Roger grinned at Bree, seeing her cloak. “Are you kidding? I haven’t been out after midnight in years.” She grinned back at him, swirling the cloak around her shoulders. “Got everything?”

“All but the salt.” Roger nodded toward a canvas bag on the counter. A firstfoot was to bring gifts to the house: an egg, a faggot of wood, a bit of salt—and a bit of whisky, thus insuring that the household would not lack for necessities during the coming year.

THE FIERY CROSS, CHAPTER 35, HOGMANAY

[evans101]

And Happy Hogmanay to all my Scottish friends and family, it’s finally 2019 where you are! Best wishes for a happy and peaceful New Year #langmayyerlumreek #happyhogmanay #firstfooting #funandhappinessbeyours (at Edinburgh of the South) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEntCTlE84/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d2bcuwqvtf2i

[gaeleatiamindeed]

Blog All About It in 2019 – First

Blog All About It in 2019 – First #BlogPrompt @I_am_Indeed #Firsts #Challenge #FirstFoot #FirstBook

Apropos to January (first month) and the first challenge of the year – let’s talk about

First

I don’t know about you- but First Foot is (and has been) a thing in my family for years. It’s a New Year’s Eve tradition to bring blessings and fortune (luck) to your home and hearth for the upcoming year. So, it takes a bit of planning and a compliant or willing first-footer, but the process is super…

[momentofpsylenz]

This is what else you can celebrate today. これは今日祝うことができる他のものです。 Apple Gifting Day ・アップルギフトデー Commitment Day・約束日 Copyright Law Day・著作権法の日 Ellis Island Day ・エリス島の日 Euro Day ・ユーロデー First Foot Day・最初の足の日 Global Family Day ・グローバルファミリーデー National Bloody Mary Day・ ナショナル・ブラッディ・メアリーの日 National Hangover Dayナショナル二日酔いの日 New Years Day・元旦 New Year's Dishonor List Day・新年ディーショナーリストデー Polar Bear Swim Day ・ポーラーベアスイムデイ Public Domain Day ・パブリックドメインの日 St. Basil's Day・聖バジルの日 World Day of Peace・世界平和の日 Z Day ・Z日 Thanks to Checkiday.com #AppleGifting #Commitment #CopyrightLaw #EllisIsland #Euro #FirstFoot #GlobalFamily # BloodyMary #Hangover #NewYearsday #PolarBearSwim #PublicDomain #StBasil #WorldDayofPeace #ZDay #Checkiday #アップルギフト #約束日 #著作権法 #エリス島 #ユーロ #最初の足 #グローバルファミリー #ブラッディメアリー #元旦 #ポーラーベアスイム #パブリックドメイン #聖バジル #世界平和 #Z日 #二日酔い

[uruzfit-blog]

Hogmanay is coming and we thought we would give you a little heads up. Last day of the year, should be started with cleaning. Remove debt, burdens, dirt and ash from the previous year. Start 2018 fresh and new! Clean the home, payoff debts (modern times this is less likely), clean the ash from the fireplace! Enjoy the evening with a Ceilidh or just partying with family and friends, or in the streets with alcohol and fireworks 😆! First footing after the bells is essential! Bring your own Stonehaven Fireball Swingers to your gathering! Have a torchlight procession lead by the Vikings in your life! However you celebrate, naming it Hogmanay or New Year's Eve, we wish you a happy, safe, and incredible evening and a Happy New Year! #hogmanay #newyearseve #scotland #ceilidh #firstfooting #uruz #norsehighlander #kiltedviking #vikings #torchlightprocession #highlandgames #highlandathletics #liftheavy

[k-m-k]

HAPPY #HOGMANAY to everyone!! 🎉 #Scottish #FirstFooting #Scotland #Traditions #KevinMcKidd #NewYear #NewYearsEve

[traverse1908-blog]

This little mister went to his first house party & did a bit of first footing today.it was all very over whelming but the company was great. Now he is out for the count after all the entertainment. #babyboy #jackson #firstfooting #newyear #houseparty #thankyou #fabcompany #sleepyboy #sleepingbeauty