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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] winepouring 2022-12-19 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, good, let's forget the awkwardness and move on!

"That's right! Now you owe me an answer too..." She drums her fingers against her knee, considering how exactly to pose this question. "To be honest with you, this is the first wedding of its type that I've ever seen. The ceremony was very beautiful, but now I have a lot of questions. So, my first rude question is: What are the ranks between the three of you...?"
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[personal profile] businessorlibation 2022-12-20 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Ranks? There are no ranks. We're equals and partners."

Okay, yes, César may tend to fall into a submissive role more often in bed, but that doesn't mean he's lesser than John and Johnny in any way. And that's not knowledge for public consumption, anyway.
winepouring: pouring wine from a cup (accept everything as it comes)

[personal profile] winepouring 2022-12-20 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Please keep that knowledge from Shi Qingxuan, the poor guy is still recovering from suddenly having to think about Johnny's dick and their consummating the marriage.

To the answer she actually gets, she nods along very seriously.

"So you're husbands of equal rank with each other."

She accepts that, and then has another question to lob at him:

"Then, why were only one of you in red? Aside from..." His words cut off, but he tries to recover them, "...Among you and your husbands, that is."
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[personal profile] businessorlibation 2022-12-20 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
“The color symbolism is different in our worlds. Watson is wearing a formal military uniform; he was an army doctor. That’s why he walks with a cane, he was injured on duty. Brides often wear white to symbolize chastity or purity. That’s also the meaning of the orange blossom wreath I’m wearing. A bit ironic, but it’s also pretty. Grooms simply wear their best formal attire.” He gestures at his suit.

“This is the sharpest suit I have.”
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[personal profile] winepouring 2022-12-20 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I see..." she looks Johnny over anew, and she can't help sighing in her heart. What a shame, the symbolism is reserved only for women, and the only symbols they have all relate to chastity! It makes one wonder what the usual feeling weddings in Johnny's (and his husbands'?) worlds aim for.

Oh well. Of all the differences between worlds, she can't be that bothered over this. More importantly.

"Well, I'll say, you all look especially sharp today. Your Watson's military attire is very handsome, but you certainly don't lose out."

She finishes her glass and sets it back down at the bar, and when she looks up again, her mood seems to have lifted.

"So, this ceremony, is it a blend of each of your preferences?"
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[personal profile] businessorlibation 2022-12-25 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"The ceremony was the Captain's. It is a tradition that exists in each of our worlds that the captain of a vessel has the authority to marry passengers. So I invited him to conduct the ceremony for us. Now, the party, that we've organized to our own wishes."

He glances over to the Captain and Skulduggery thoughtfully.

"I wasn't sure if he'd play nice with us tonight."
winepouring: pouring wine from a cup (spiraling)

[personal profile] winepouring 2022-12-28 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

Shi Qingxuan pouts in thought, now thinking the entire alien nature of the whole affair makes much more sense when it's the captain's preferences. Then, she follows Johnny's gaze, and the warm curiosity in her bright eyes cools.

"It would be bad to misbehave at a wedding you yourself agreed to conduct," she tuts. "Of course, you took your chance on that assumption as well, didn't you?"
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[personal profile] businessorlibation 2022-12-28 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I did. My faith in him has been rewarded, though."

And perhaps that was foolhardy of him, but the risk did pay off. Really, though, it was about doing things properly; it'd have been wrong to ask Stede, another captain on the ship, to officiate before inviting the Captain to do so.
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[personal profile] winepouring 2022-12-28 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
How true, she thinks, and as much as she's wary of the captain still, this is a happy occasion for Johnny and his husbands.

"It has," she winks. "Now you're officially wed, and you could even say you have the blessing of the captain himself!"

She takes another glass of champagne between her fingers, and takes a sip, her eyes peering at Johnny from over the rim of her glass.

"So, do you think he's turned over a new leaf?"