QUATORZE + [Video/Action]

[tearmeanewone]

[Video]

[The feed starts with Elizabeth still trying to figure out how to get both Gai and her in the frame. She shifts to her right and laughs when it doesn't really help.]

Oh, this is why I never use this function! You don't have to dance around like this to record sound.

Don't worry, that's still a problem with cameras in my era. Even having a zoom button doesn't help that much.

A--? [She sighs and shakes her head. He'll explain what a zoom button is after they're done.] Nevermind, it's recording and I'm not getting to the point.

Good morning Luceti! Ah, six months back, Gai knelt down in the snow and asked me to marry him. And I said yes, just so he would get out of the snow, obviously. [Elizabeth giggles and shoulders Gai a little.]

[Gai smirks, tossing his hair.] The things I'm willing to endure for the sake of love. Truly a great sacrifice.

You do suffer so. [She gives the camera a look.] But we're finally having a ceremony to go with the great sacrifice his pants endured. On July 30th. And even though our ceremony is going to be small-- [Elizabeth looks back at Gai and nods, clearly this was something they talked about] --we'd like to welcome everyone to the reception, on the beach, after sunset.

[He nods in return.] But if you're just showing up for the alcohol, you're going to be disappointed.

[Elizabeth frowns slightly.] Are we not having alcohol?

Not in unlimited quantities. [Booker, the Luteces, and unlimited alcohol. This is not something he wants to see.]

Oh... yes, very true. [Truth be told, she isn't sure she wants to see everyone completely smashed and littered all over the beach.] Guess that means come early or stay sober. [She grins.]

[Gai lets out a soft laugh and slips his arm around her, letting himself be a little more openly affectionate than he usually is. It's a wedding announcement, he is totally allowed, okay.]

[Yes, he is completely allowed, and Elizabeth rather enjoys the mild public display of affection. She smiles warmly up at him, then realizes a few awkward seconds in that the network is essentially watching them cuddle. The entire Luceti network. Which includes Booker. That has her reaching for the button to end the feed.]


((OOC: Questions/comments? Specify in header if you'd like Elizabeth, Gai, or both! :3))


[Action]

[And of course, now that Elizabeth has been bitten by the proverbial marriage bug, she's running around town trying to make decisions surrounding the reception. Food-wise, decor-wise, she's just going to load herself up and bring things back to Gai to see what he thinks. She's stopping at the grocery store, at Good Spirits to get advice on alcohol, and finally she starts sifting through what's in the Item Shop to see if there's anything she's looking for-- mainly, little electric lights.]

[She thinks she sees a plug behind a large bag, and she pulls it out of the way with some effort. Behind the large bag is a bag of golf clubs.]

[Elizabeth tenses as disjointed, meaningless images superimpose themselves across her vision. She feels her shoulder hit a nearby cabinet as she sways on her feet. Once it's over, she's left panting as though she's sprinted a hundred yards. What in the world...?]

Comments

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[250mhzwabl]

Oh man you two are cute.

Hope it's not too rude to ask for a quick written recap, though?

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[tearmeanewone]

[...well that's strange. Perhaps the sound is broken on Jack's journal...]

Gai and I are having our wedding ceremony! It's going to be on July 30th, at the beach, you and Eugene should come a little before sunset though, Jack. We're keeping the ceremony to close friends, and I'd be happy if you'd both come.

[Technically speaking, it was Eugene's birthday party and Jack's invitation that meant Gai and Elizabeth could meet.]

elizabeth [video]

[relictusdeus]

[His lips pull into a closed half-smile, head gently tilted.]

Everyone?

[tearmeanewone]

[Elizabeth frowns and arches an eyebrow back. She'd said 'everyone', hadn't she?]

Yes, everyone. Is there someone I shouldn't have included?

[Written] Up to you guys!

[whiskytraitorfirefight]

[They've never met, but that's never stopped Ginia from offering well wishes. And help.]

Congratulations to you two.

By any chance do you two need a bartender for the reception?

[Written]

[tearmeanewone]

Oh! That would be very helpful I think!

[These are all details she hadn't thought of.] I'd really prefer no one get too out of hand, after all...

[Written]

[voidseeing]

Looks like the answer is going to be 'yes.'

[He's amused, and certainly not objecting to this. His only real experience with alcohol is drinking it, not serving it.]

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[tea_lover64]

Ah, congratulations you two. A wedding is a most joyous occasion indeed. I wish you the best. I shall certainly come by to offer well wishing in person as well.

[It was nice to see that despite everything, people still had such a capacity for happiness and growth]

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[tearmeanewone]

Thank you for the well wishes! [Honestly, they need it after the insanity of the draft.] I hope you will come, even though I'm not certain we've met before...? I'm Elizabeth, and the blond one is Gai.

written:

[ablankpage]

So we have a definite date at last.

We'll be sure to put it on the calendar.

[Yes, he's joking. Sort of.]

written:

[tearmeanewone]

You'd better.

I need a bridal party, apparently.

[ Voice ]

[generalflirt]

Is the ocean back by now? Or are we hoping it'll be back by then?

[ Voice ]

[tearmeanewone]

Hoping... It's got a month to come back! But I suppose if it's not, we'll cross that bridge...

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[notsosolo]

[Han doesn't know these two. But as a certified domesticated man, he has to at least comment on pending nuptials.]

Congratulations, you two. Marriage changes a lot, but it's a good sort of change.

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[tearmeanewone]

[Woo!]

I'm looking forward to it, at least. Even if there's a few things I'm a little nervous about...

[Like what to do about suddenly finding actual biological family so suddenly.]

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[voidseeing]

[Gai doesn't know this fellow either, but anyone who sounds like he's speaking from experience gets his attention right away.]

You sound like you know what you're talking about.

[voice] elizabeth /o/

[capturespecialist]

[So people even get married here... Well, she knows there are marriages - there are people with rings and with obvious attachments to each other - but real weddings, with all the splendor and grandiose makings...!

She might not know the happy couple, but it's courteous to offer congratulations. Especially with being mass-invited to a wedding reception.]

Congratulations! [Oh, and.] Is there a dress code for receptions? I've never been to one before.

[voice]

[tearmeanewone]

Well, I'm not going to be one of those brides who insists on a dress code, but if you'd like to dress nicely I think that's what most people do?

[Video]

[theideaguy]

[Well, that was certainly something to behold, a marriage in Luceti. Not that Sokka should be surprised, but if everything he held to be true was true, well, that might not last past the inevitable going-home ritual. But, Sokka himself knows what being a fool in love is like, so he's for once not going to be all pessimist on their parade.]

Congratulations to you and Gui!

Though, you might need to be a little more specific as to where the reception is going to be as... well, the beach is more like an endless desert these days.

[Video]

[tearmeanewone]

[Groan.] Don't remind me. We're hoping the ocean will come back soon enough, it's... important to both of us.

But of course, if the day comes and it's not there, we'll figure out something.

[Video]

[voiceinthedark]

[He doesn't know Elizabeth very well, but they'd worked together and he knows that jack is friends with her.]

Congratulations! That's really great!

[Video]

[tearmeanewone]

Ah, thank you Sam! You're coming, right?

[Because Elizabeth is completely on board with even complete strangers coming to the reception. The more the merrier.]

[Action]

[wildbluevagner]

[Kurt was chilling in the item shop and noticed Elizabeth in her search - just in time to see her reaction to the golf clubs. He rushes over to try to support her.]

Whoa! What just happened?

[Action]

[tearmeanewone]

[Elizabeth shakes her head a little and starts when Kurt comes over to help. But she's glad to see him-- whatever that had been, it's shaken her up a little.]

Kurt-- I-- [She looks back at the clubs, and nothing happens.] ...I guess I'm just a little tired. I thought I saw something.

[Action]

[voidseeing]

[Gai is helping out on the wedding preparations too, in his own way. A little less hands-on than Elizabeth is, but that's more because he's never even been to a wedding and doesn't have the first clue what sort of things one needs for such an event. Rings, yes, those are already taken care off. An officiant, which has also been decided. Food and alcohol seem to be settled, he's got a couple of suits to choose from...

What he IS good at is making plans, which is why he's currently seated in the living room of Elizabeth's house surrounded by sheets of paper with various diagrams for the layout of the ceremony and reception. To be honest, it looks more like he's planning a mission than a wedding.]

[Action]

[tearmeanewone]

[Eventually, Elizabeth comes home with her arms full of a few interesting glass vases and ribbons and things. She had expected to come home with more, but that strange moment in the item shop had left her a little shaken. So coming home sounded like a good idea.]

[When she walks in, the living room has been apparently transformed into a War Room. Elizabeth stops and stares, wondering what could require so much paper everywhere.]

...feeling better then?

[deathsdoctor]

[No alcohol in unlimited quantities. You make him sad, Gai. ;;

But given he has a big part in this, and given both of the newly weds to be had voiced their congratulations on Itachi and his own wedding annoucement, and given he's been through the entire wedding planning madness, he's piping up.]

I know I've already said this many a time but congratulations. How's the arrangements coming along?

[Even his small wedding was a lot of work.

Also Gai, Law's counting on you to help get Itachi into a nice suit. Neither the pirate or the ninja have much for appropriate formal clothes after all.]

[tearmeanewone]

Oh, you know--

[Elizabeth turns her journal to show off Gai's virtual wallpapering of their living room with his layouts and plans.]

--No stone left unturned...

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[amonglions]

[It's probably just chance that Booker walks into the Items Shop just as Elizabeth reaches for the plug and stumbles. He came looking for more music but was suddenly distracted by the sight of her faltering. For the moment, he forgot about why he came here and ran to her side to hover uselessly.]

Elizabeth?

[His worry didn't sound too urgent. After all what was a little stumble. However, with the draft so recent on his mind and the recent...family revelations that had unfolded - he was alternating between being incredibly clingy and cautious at turns.]

Are you okay?

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[tearmeanewone]

[Elizabeth looks back over her shoulder at Booker, eyes a little wide from the shock of seeing... whatever she'd seen. Booker's presence wasn't at all startling, she felt like it was natural for him to be there. And, if she were being honest, she wanted to spend as much time as she could with him before the wedding.]

[After a few hazy seconds, she nods.] I'm fine-- I just, I saw something.