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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.
ss_buttcrack: (shit eating grin)

[personal profile] ss_buttcrack 2022-12-12 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks," Crichton says somewhat sheepishly, bumping his shoulder against Arthur's. "We'll go with that since I don't actually know how old I really am anymore."

His own lips curl into a wicked shape that will translate into his voice as well. "You know what is a tradition where I'm from? Birthday spankings. Dare you to try it." He doesn't actually think Arthur will, but it might be funny to watch his fluster if he thinks about it.
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[personal profile] theotherright 2022-12-13 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
"You don't look a day over." Thanks Arthur. "How on earth do you not know your age?"

Crichton does get to watch him be speechless for a few moments, mouth open, before the expression turns into a smirk. "Perhaps later, since you ask so nicely," he says, returning fire, outwardly as casual as commenting on the weather.
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[personal profile] ss_buttcrack 2022-12-14 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, what a compliment coming from you." He nudges Arthur in the ribs playfully.

He's going to take a moment just to soak up that reaction before he answer the depressing question. "Might hold you to it. I can be naughty if it helps get you in the mood for spanking me." Smirks all around.

Okay, but now he probably does need to come out with the truth. "I know how old I was when I left Earth. Problem is, I don't know how long ago that was. Best I can figure, I'm somewhere in the ballpark of thirty-three by now."
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[personal profile] theotherright 2022-12-22 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite fully intending to be the bully in this conversation, Arthur is the first to break. He covers his face with a quiet "frelling christ"; his hand doesn't entirely hide either his embarrassment or the pink in his cheeks. There's a grin there, equal parts delighted and nervous. Holy shit they are in public.

"I, I, r-right. How- how does that work?" Indelicate, but he's still recovering from Crichton 360 no-scope sniping him.
ss_buttcrack: (you perfumed your hair?)

[personal profile] ss_buttcrack 2022-12-22 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Victory tastes so good. He's just barley holding down a giggle at hearing Arthur blend his and Crichton's patented curses together into one. Got him good, didn't he? He will have just enough mercy not to point it out to Arthur that everyone in this room can see how red he's turning. But not enough mercy to not quickly lean in and nuzzle the side of Arthur's face with his nose just so he can feel the heat for himself. Screw public, they are at a wedding for three dudes right now.

"They didn't have the same measurements for distance and time out there on the other end of the universe, first of all. Time was harder to keep track of without a day and night cycle. There's also the possibility that time on Earth is moving differently to the time I'm experiencing out in space. Then, you gotta factor in the wormholes. They don't just go through space, they go through time, too. So, hell if I know what day it is on Earth by now, or even what year."
theotherright: (well look at you!)

[personal profile] theotherright 2023-01-06 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Crichton is very cruel to drop all of that on Arthur, directly after the nuzzling thing, when Arthur is busy giving himself heatstroke with all the blushing he's doing. He's almost thirty; it's absurd that he can still feel like he's sixteen years old and courting for the first time.

Anyhow, Arthur's hand is searching around for Crichton's, because he has an impulse that feels a lot like sticking his head in a tiger's mouth.

"Is there a reason," he asks, curious, "to suspect that time on the planet might move differently while you're away?" That's not the kind of thing they taught when he was in school, that's for sure; maybe it's a quirk of Crichton's particular world.
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[personal profile] ss_buttcrack 2023-01-09 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Get used to it, Arthur. You're making Crichton feel younger just by virtue of acting like a flustered teenager.

"There is." He grips Arthur's hand and squeezes. "It's hard to explain but... we have a concept called Time Dilation. The really simplified version is that we took a clock to space and it was set to the exact same time as one left on Earth. And yet, the one in space moved slower than the one on Earth. It wasn't by a lot. But the problem is, the faster your velocity in space, the more dramatic the time difference. I have no idea how fast I was going inside that wormhole. I have no idea how that effects me relative to Earth's passage of time. For all I know, what feels like three years in space could be ten years on Earth. I'll never know until I get there."