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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.
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-12-15 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
When people call me pretty, it usually makes me feel uncomfortable. Because it... conflicts with. What I feel. About myself. [and it's not quite a physical thing, but she never likes to look at herself for too long.]

I'm lucky. Don't have to worry about exits. [unless she's pursuing somebody, and then it's useful to know which ones they might be going for. or coming in from...]

If only being lovely was useful in any way.
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[personal profile] astrogator 2022-12-15 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, if I look at it in an anthropology of the early frontier colonies way, it'd suggest a cultural norm of young men having relationships with other young men, and then taking partnership with women for reproductive purposes - but it's Earth, and I already know that planet has weird taboos around same-sex relationships. [And someone like SecUnit or Bastion probably wouldn't be allowed to marry at all. She shakes her head.] It would have been awful, taken literally, especially as they take contract for life! What if you weren't sexually compatible at all?

[Ari's very judgemental - as if Tradeliners don't have their own sense of ritual and taboo that seems equally strange to outsiders. But she's also relazed, and speaking freely, not trying to hold back her intellectual engagement with the topic.]

Your Houses - what are they? Companies, or large family clan groups?
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[personal profile] cacophonish 2022-12-15 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)

That's a good point. It makes Jeff's stomach lurch, even thinking about how bad it'd be if others here had to experience Duplicity and LIES and the whole fucked up system. At least it's better this way, it only being Jeff and Bash's traumatic burden.

"Yeah..." He is glad. It's a good thing. But still, he can't help but softly admit, "But I still wish I could fit in."

With people his age, that is.

He looks at Bash as he mentions Max. The Maxiest Max, not shiny Max or roomie Max.

"Oh, Max! I met him working out. I mean, he was working out, I was just... not..." He fidgets a little at the possibility of them having the worst sort of thing in common. It at once makes him want to reach out and run away in denial. "I didn't know he... What's his story, d'you know?"

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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-12-15 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Bash hesitates, because on the one hand, it's not really his to tell. On the other hand, this isn't idle gossip, this is conspiring to make sure that Max has the support he needs.

"Live-in servant to a vampire master. Dunno much about what kind of vampire, yet, but. He acts like he's been in a bad contract for years, you know? And now that he's here, he doesn't know what to do with himself. If folks aren't careful, he's going to gravitate to whoever else feels like a potential master to him. It could get real unhealthy, real quick."
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Dedue (OTA)

[personal profile] glassaxolotl 2022-12-15 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
The Ceremony
Dedue has been working on his own outfit since he got the invitation. He is wearing a teal suit onto which he has hand-embroidered roses descending down the lapel. Even if he hadn't made up with Dimitri by this point, he would still be in attendance. He feels like he should show appreciation to Watson for helping his recovery, even if he doesn't really know either of the other grooms or most of the people here in general.

Regardless, he and Dimitri have made up, so he is of course seated next to him. He is impressed by the decorations and enjoying the ambiance. When The Captain shows up and starts droning for several minutes in a language that sounds vaguely like it could be Almyran but not quite, Dedue glances at Dimitri with a face that roughly communicates 'Is this The Guy?' There's no way anyone but The Captain would be able to speak in their own tongue for such a long period of time.

The Reception
After the ceremony, Dedue can be seen either with Dimitri or going off to do his own thing. Mostly, he is over by the snack table silently observing people celebrate on the dance floor. There's a lot of movement, sounds, and other sensory details to take in, so he is content to just observe it.

In some ways, the partying does remind him of the Garreg Mach Ball. There, his main activity was similar. Standing by, keeping watch, and occasionally getting dragged up to dance by a couple of his more outgoing friends. But the social context was very different then. He doesn't have to sit tensely to the side watching Dimitri take on the tedium of dancing with various young noble women who hope to become Faerghan royalty, for starters. He can actually relax this time.
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Drinks

[personal profile] glassaxolotl 2022-12-15 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
When Dedue notices Watson taking a break, he approaches the groom and gives a polite bow.

“I wished to thank you for everything you have done for me. I am doing much better now,” he says.

“It is a beautiful wedding. You have managed to make the decor stand out despite the limited resources of the ship.”
Edited 2022-12-15 15:27 (UTC)
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Re: OTA

[personal profile] glassaxolotl 2022-12-15 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Dedue, also by the back of the reception, nods to SecUnit.

“You look worried,” he observes, very aware that this behavior is how Dedue himself would show worry.

“Is it The Captain?”
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[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-15 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would be ... nice," she mumbles, "if we could all stay together somehow. But I want to be home. And even if I could somehow bring you all there with me, then what about anyone else who wants their home? Or who wants to stay here, where they met?"
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Re: OTA

[personal profile] glassaxolotl 2022-12-15 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Although they have spent a good deal of time on the deck garden together, Dedue has still barely said more than a few words to Bastion. He realizes, looking at their dress, that he doesn’t even know what gender Bastion identifies as or which pronouns to refer to them with, and at this point it would be too rude to ask.

Small talk isn’t exactly Dedue’s favorite pastime, but he feels it’s probably time to break the ice. “I see you at the garden,” he says to them. “Are you enjoying yourself?”
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[personal profile] cacophonish 2022-12-15 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)

If Jeff had more self awareness, he'd realize that if it weren't for Bash coming into his life when he did, he'd have probably been just the same, and just as vulnerable. He'd see that he's the sort of person who could (and would) easily confuse love and possession--

(Literally. Ask him about his demon sometime!)

--and understand, so intimately, how vulnerable Max is right now.

But though he's not quite at that level yet, he still gets what Bash is saying.

"Oh. Oh yeah, I can see how that--" He takes a breath. "Fuck. It's fucking scary, going from having... you know, no rights or freedom or anything, to nothing but..." He waves a hand, gesturing around them. Going from strict order to chaos.

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[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-15 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Very well." Lightly. "And if you want the complete picture, my dress would have been pale blue. With little lace ruffles. Either that or lavender brocade. I can picture both of those dresses, I just don't remember which one it was."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-12-15 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"...You're gonna make fun of me and I'm gonna deserve it."

In.

The tiniest embarrassed mumble: "Thundercats."
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[personal profile] winepouring 2022-12-15 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
She laughs, but rather than amused, it's more happy and pleased.

"I look good, right? Since it's such a big event, I need to look my best."

She pauses. Technically, Johnny didn't actually say she looked nice like this, just different. Raising her glass to her lips, she ventures:

"...don't you think?"
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And scene?

[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-12-15 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"On that day we'll be unstoppable, but since we dodged the depression we'll never notice."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-12-15 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Said it to Vance before; burn that bridge when we cross it. If escape is all or nothing, then we've got shit to figure out. If it isn't...well, if Whitestone isn't right for me maybe we can visit." Erin's voice gets playful. "Just promise not to give me the pearl-studded hammocks."
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Prep time!

[personal profile] firewalled 2022-12-15 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rich, naturally, is up on stage a lot of the time Phil is, so he can notice when the guy seems a little drained in between sets. He leans over his drum kit conspiratorially to pester him.]

Hey, you good? I can go get you some food if you're running on fumes.
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[personal profile] astrogator 2022-12-15 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ari laughs, too, at the thought of it.] I should have been more rebellious as a little girl. Instead of starting late and being dramatic about it, I should have been one of those children who throws food at dinner parties and makes everyone stare.

I guess whatever you're brought up with is normal. I always thought it'd be fun to have a little sister, though. I can't imagine having as many siblings as you - and all the same age! It'd be like if I lived with the others who came out of the genelab at the same time as me.
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-12-15 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He rolls his eyes. Not like the Captain will look up to see it, but he does it anyway. ]

If you let people have a little bit of hope, it'll hurt way more when it all comes crashing down. Especially if they actually liked you. [ But he has it all figured out, and thus is not going to fall for it. If you always expect the worst you'll never be disappointed. ]
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-12-15 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well if I'm enjoying myself..."

Erin's grin is all goblin mischief. "What do you say to a dare worthy of a king's skills?"
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[personal profile] firewalled 2022-12-15 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, damn. Rich is definitely not trying to gawk, but holy shit. He is feeling acutely aware of how into dudes he is at the moment, but he tries not to let that show when he hops down from the stage and approaches.

"Hey dude! I guess I can see what you mean about you being the rock star type now. Your eyeliner is smoking hot."
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[personal profile] not_the_last 2022-12-15 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That gets a muffled laugh.

"I promise to spare you the hammocks."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-12-15 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"...If it helps, you're not the only one who worries. I went and made friends with people who don't wanna be here, who have goals that are not like mine, and...it weighs. That it might be the thing that ends a friendship, or a romance. 'm just. Choosing to love them anyway. Not getting attached sucks to live with. I'm not doing that again."
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[personal profile] firewalled 2022-12-15 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, if that went better than expected, Rich supposes some gratitude is in order. He doesn't exactly trust the Captain as much as it seems his fathers do, but even so, Darcy made it sound like he was... trying to be better. Rich can understand that much, at least.

So he eventually slides over the sugar packet dispenser he swiped from another table. He doesn't smile, but... there's an amicable nod at least.]


Thanks for not taking that chance to read the summoning rites for Asmodeus or some shit. I know it was probably hard with all the mushy stuff.