by Narrator » Mon Jan 20, 2020 4:56 am
As the nights festivities commenced (lead by Amit), the nature of the night revealed itself. The Seder was a sort of educational ceremony, meant to engage the children of the community and teach them why the Passover (Or Pesach as they called it) was so important to their community. The bean bag chairs just seemed to help keep the kids occupied more than anything, the youngest ones treating the makeshift furniture as if they were indoor jungle gyms. As she had probably read, the children were given roles to play and Dani actually traded another child to be 'the wicked child', somewhat bullying the kid into swapping.
Dani played the role with an unusual amount of glee, given that the role was to be a dissenter. Between Harold, Howard, Basil and Dani, Colette would be very well instructed on best behaviors.
The night contained parts of stories Colette would be vaguely familiar with if she ever paid attention to her father reading the old testament to her, the most obvious being the Jewish Exodus of Egypt, which was the whole point of this entire holiday.
At the end of it all, with four deep glasses consumed, there was a blush to Basil's face that accompanied a sort of melancholy expression shared only with Colette.
Dani had settled in comfortably to their spot shared with Colette, and after fighting so hard not to, had fallen asleep while other adults busied themselves with goodbyes, their head tucked in Basil's direction.
Basil watched his relatives say goodbye to each other quietly. Aaron and his wife had not yet come to collect their child, busily saying goodnight to everyone.