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César Salazar ([personal profile] pineapplesalmon) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-12-11 07:21 pm

10th Contraption: Mawwiage

Who: John Watson, Johnny Summer, and César Salazar with Rich Goranski, Fio, and Honoria Crabb AND YOU Oh god why are weddings like this
What: The throuple getting married by... the Captain?!
When: December 11th at 7pm
Where: John's
Warnings: I believe in us! But for now, nothing.


SEATING

John's has been transformed, the seating up front rearranged in rows towards the center dias with an aisle down the middle, the piano moved off to one side. The buffet for later can be seen off to the other. Decorations taken from Spirit Halloween appear here and there–flowers taken from cavalera flower crowns, sun and moon candlestick holders from the tarot collection, festively colored tablecloths draped down the walls like curtains or banners. A sign near the entrance says "seat yourself", although the front row on one side is reserved with a ribbon across the backs.

What can't be seen is who is officiating. Or the husbands, but at least that part makes sense. The dais is empty.


THE CEREMONY

As one of the few traditions in this wedding, music announces the start of the ceremony. Rich strolls in first, trying to look professional even if he’s clearly shaking a bit as he holds the small pillow with the rings laid on it. At least he’s dressed quite smartly, Johnny ensuring his red suit is wrinkle free and his cuff links are set in place. Fio, in a winged black dress and flowery headdress, follows after the ring bearer, adorning the path with paper petals as she moves along.

The first husband to be down the aisle is none other than Johnny, in a smart charcoal grey suit with a goldenrod pocketsquare, gold jewelry, and a wreath of orange blossoms on his head; and accompanied by Honoria Crabb in her perfectly tailored black tuxedo, worn with black gloves and a white bow tie. Watson and César take up the rear, arms linked together. César is wearing an equally fancy suitcoat with his tie held in place with a ruby and silver tie pin, and Watson is wearing an officer’s dress uniform, with the sword and without the helmet, and also his good cane. All three husbands-to-be are wearing green carnation boutonnières.


AFTER PARTY

It's time to eat, dance, and party!

The seating has been rearranged for sitting at tables around the "dance" floor. Food from Windjammer has been placed on some tables for a buffet. There’s a selection of fancy cheeses and crackers, sushi, premade sandwiches, and salad with dressings on the side. For dessert, to one side there’s a table with cupcakes, cookies, and chocolates arranged in a heart. On the bar are a couple bowls of punch (including one explicitly labeled as non-alcoholic) made by Johnny ahead of time, because he's been forbidden to bartend his own wedding, much to his deep chagrin.

There’s a space set just off the dancefloor for musicians who wish to perform, the usual John’s piano (bribed into behaving with a whole pan of beef brisket from the buffet) off to one side.
saltwaterlungs: (Gigglefit)

[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-12-14 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey- take that shit back fucker-" she deposits the crown back on his head crooked and gives him a shove on the shoulder, "I got given this suit here, and golf is dumb as shit. 'm not rich."

Says the girl with a lawyer for a dad back home.

"Rich is the dude on the drums," and from the stage he might hear a buddum-tish.
maximumcake: (playing innocent)

[personal profile] maximumcake 2022-12-14 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Max looks around as Johnny lists off those names, trying to locate the people so he'll know who to go for later. Networking really isn't such a bad idea. He does look a little surprised when Johnny suggests his own grooms.

"Shouldn't you be the one dancing the tango with him?"
maximumcake: (head scratcher)

dance

[personal profile] maximumcake 2022-12-14 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"I met your handsome groom, Johnny," Max says, giving Watson a courteous bow. "He said I should try dancing with you. I-if you want?" He falters some at that last part because he's still nervous about taking up too much of Watson's precious time.

"My name is Max Maximum. I only just got here...yesterday."
konpeito_aji: (Ruthless)

[personal profile] konpeito_aji 2022-12-14 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
A grin! And then an exasperated sigh, since Nobunaga still has his sword and gun in the open. "Is this some new rule or American wedding tradition?" Someone could have told him. He still would have carried weapons, but still!

"Ah, don't worry about him. It's good that he's getting to see what love looks like," a dark glint in the red eyes. "Start thinking about what you'd do if the captain wasn't an obstacle, and then figure out how to get there. Look forward and not backwards."
littlefairytale: (atlas; faceplant)

[personal profile] littlefairytale 2022-12-14 02:38 am (UTC)(link)

There is the tiniest little pout for a second there before her panicked spluttering starts up again. "I-It's pretty scary! It's pretty scary liking— liking anyone, actually! B-But if I like girls, then— ohhhhhhh boy... ohhhhh boy oh boy..."

She sinks dramatically to sit on her butt again, dragging her hands down her face. Oh, Gods, she has things (feelings!) she has to stare at and oh she has no idea where to even start with that.

not_the_last: (Default)

[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-14 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
"It suits you perfectly. I'm glad he was able to get it for you."

The impulsiveness is short-lived; as she steps closer, she throws a quick glance around the room, still smiling but with a slightly guarded look coming back into her eyes.
not_the_last: (Default)

[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-14 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I can't speak for my whole world -- there are similar issues in parts of Wildemount, I'm told -- but we don't have much of that nonsense where I live."
skaikru: (pic#8799024)

[personal profile] skaikru 2022-12-14 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
( honestly, given clarke and rita's tendency to shoot first, ask questions later, they're both doing an excellent job curtailing their outbursts. no weddings being ruined by hot headed teenage girls bum-rushing the dance floor and getting slaughtered for their efforts today, folks! everyone be proud! but there's still the atmosphere of closing ranks, curling into their little group to mutter mutinously under their breaths. maybe even a generalized desire to leave the party entirely, they've got to talk about this! fully flesh out the implications and wallow in the miserable feelings without an audience but —

action feels demanded. and this is the serendipitous moment where darcy steps in to ask for a dance. enjoy witnessing: clarke's incredulity, followed by begrudging acceptance, and resistive compliance in being led to the dance floor.

sorry to leave y'all behind, friends. regroup later so she can dish about anything she learns here. )
Edited 2022-12-14 02:44 (UTC)
maximumcake: (curious)

[personal profile] maximumcake 2022-12-14 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Helena?" Max asks tentatively. He was told not to sneak up on her by Johnny, so he's trying to make sure he won't startle her.

"I'm Max Maximum. You don't know me; I'm new here. But Johnny suggested you might like to dance?"
not_the_last: (Default)

[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Well." Quiet, and sober. "I hope I'm right this time. I'm going to try and keep watch, at least, though ... honestly I'm not sure how much use I'll be if anything does happen."
saltwaterlungs: (Mar de Grau)

[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-12-14 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Mhm," Darcy agrees, reminded of her own experience freaking out when she first started connecting the dots. She pats Ruby on the top of the head.

"It's like you don't even know who you are anymore or something. But legit, it's not the end of the world, ehn? You're not gross and you don't have a neon sign over your head that says you like girls. You'll be fine."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-12-14 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Warms my heart to hear," Erin says, and means it. "...Mind you, I still mighta been oblivious under those circumstances. Never underestimate the ability of queer kids to just not fucking notice."

There's a fond smile with that. Poor Ruby will get there.
crushed_pearls: (Default)

[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-12-14 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
"No I'm a scavenger but I'm told that's a good skill for art! We gotta suggest that to Eddie and Rich! Maybe Tear too!"
konpeito_aji: (Ayyyy lmao)

[personal profile] konpeito_aji 2022-12-14 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Nobunaga laughs! "My bad," a bow!

"Sounds fair. And you're well compensated with --" Holy shit how can he even begin to say this? It's not like Nobunaga didn't have weapon bearers and vassals, and a million other staff, but he was a weirdo taking exceptionally good care of everyone involved with him. "More than monetary payment I hope? By which I mean," a small sigh, and an apologetic laugh! "Status, not kept solely as livestock?" As funny as it was to Nobunaga to imagine someone else thinking of him as employing everyone around him as fresh souls to nibble parts off of, at his core, his first and always shining beacon is the desire for humanity to get better about their fucked up castes, and getting stuck as sheep or chickens for another species COULD go well, but the possibility for abuse was pretty obvious.
maximumcake: (pic#14146443)

dancing

[personal profile] maximumcake 2022-12-14 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." Max freezes like a deer in headlights. He was coming over, on Johnny's recommendation, to ask Klaus for a dance but he's now been beaten to it.

"Yeah. I was hoping you'd want to dance. I'm Max Maximum. I can lead, I guess, but I'm actually more used to following." Isn't that the truth?
redlightgreenlight: (Over shoulder 2)

[personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2022-12-14 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
The flush is kind of adorable and she can't help but smile at him even with the questions he's asking.

"I do take souls, similar to a grim reaper, or perhaps an Angel of Death. But I do not serve anyone else in that mission. I only recently rediscovered that I can, so I'm clear on the extent. It's more instinctual, but still under control." For the most part, hopefully.

She takes a breath before continuing, "I can transform into a large Hound at will. It's a total transformation and I am still completely myself. And no, it's not contagious."
littlefairytale: (v9; tired hunch)

[personal profile] littlefairytale 2022-12-14 02:57 am (UTC)(link)

"I am questioning that neon sign assertion very deeply right now looking back. Everyone only ever teases me about girls and oh my Godsssss Maeve just accepted the idea I was dating a girl without questiooon..." She's whining, that's a whine. "I'm not! Obviously, because I didn't know! It was a misunderstanding! But she didn't— and. Oh. OH. She even—"

That sentence ends in a squeak. She would melt into the floor right now if she could. It's honestly a miracle she hasn't dissolved herself into petals and zoomed out the door.

not_the_last: (Default)

[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-14 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it doesn't take much of an insight check to see that Max seems to have imprinted on Valdis. Cassandra isn't sure what to think of that, but she's aware that it isn't necessarily her business to have an opinion.

"Has anyone talked to you yet about the nature of this place? How things work here?"
skaikru: (pic#8799024)

[personal profile] skaikru 2022-12-14 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
( she recognizes both those looks, and neither are immediately helpful. steve gets back a (honestly kinda dramatic) eyeroll meant to communicate: i wouldn't and also i can't right now, can i? as she's currently being held back by a vampire who could bust out the superhuman strength at a moments notice.

then clarke turns her attention back to the dancing pair with disdain plain on her features. then at some point clarke's asked to dance by darcy, and steve's welcome to witness the worlds worst, most tense boxstepping ever.

then then — some time later, she might catch his eye again, and incline her head towards the entrance of john's: talk with me a second? )
redlightgreenlight: (flirty smile)

[personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2022-12-14 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I meant maybe you'll end up with a box of clothes suited to you. I got some of mine from home and this dress, which is quite suited to me.

Even if it had taken some convincing to wear it.

"And the jury is still out on how the Shinki thing works here since no one stays dead."

As for Critchon. "And Critchon looks like he stepped out of a western science fiction novel."

Add 'romance' to that description and it's even more accurate.
serialskiller: (wtf)

[personal profile] serialskiller 2022-12-14 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, biggest shopping festival of the year." They have literally removed the 'holy' from the 'holidays'.
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[personal profile] busball 2022-12-14 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Klaus notices the whole disappearance into the great darkness thing cause he'd been about to go over to talk to him, so he just waits until he creeps out for some food, slipping up next to him. "Hey, buddy."

"You look hot." His general everything else doesn't match the look, though. "You okay?" It's a dumb question probably when the answer is almost assuredly no. "Nevermind. Don't answer that. You want company? Distraction? Silence? A drink? I could leave?"
maximumcake: (head scratcher)

Dance

[personal profile] maximumcake 2022-12-14 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Max still feels a little sheepish about this, But Johnny did say it was all right. So, he waits until Cesar isn't occupied with a partner and walks up to introduce himself.

"Congratulation," he starts with. "I'm Max Maximum. I, uh, only just arrived here yesterday but I'm honored I got to see such a wonderful event." He falters a moment in his nervousness, but gathers his courage and continues on. "U-uh, actually, your husband Johnny told me I should try and get you to tango."
redlightgreenlight: (confused)

[personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2022-12-14 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Why do you think you need to say Atomic Blonde?"

It's not a bad movie, but neither are what Valdis would call 'good' action movies. Though Erin did just say she prefers the action to never stop.
not_the_last: (Default)

[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-14 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I think anyone can be oblivious," she says consideringly. "I'm almost sure my brother was in love with his wife for months before he knew it."