tearmeanewone | QUATORZE + [Video/Action]

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[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.]

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[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...?]

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I'll make sure to mention to them if they don't already. Besides, I imagine some people here could use the cheering up, especially given the number of parties that have been organized the last several weeks since the mess that happened... I guess almost a month and a half ago.

You mean the draft? [Her entire demeanor just deflates at the mention of it.] Were you on it as well?

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean.

I didn't go on it, no. I arrived in Luceti... what, the day before that shrieking alarm went off in the middle of the night? Even after the reinforcements came, I stayed behind to take care of one of the kids in our house. All of the people here who I knew before coming went though. And I could tell that their attitudes were changed once they got back.

I'm not surprised. That their attitudes were changed. [Elizabeth had felt it, too, and had carried it like a weight while Gai had been so ill. But any mention of it does rubber band her right back.]

But it does, in a strange way, make me happy to hear that children weren't forced into it. I thought the Malnosso really didn't care who went, as long as they fought.

Well, I don't know about who exactly they sent. When I got here, it was just a list of names I mostly didn't recognize at the time. But at least those who specifically got drafted in from our house were old enough.

[Sokka sighs. This is definitely making him a little glum himself.]

But yeah, as far as I know, I haven't heard anything of the children being sent to fight or volunteering to fight. Maybe our would-be allies have a heart after all. Wouldn't that be nice?

It would be-- if it was true. [From Elizabeth's tone, she sounds entirely unconvinced.] I've heard of children being taken on missions, taken for experiments... I'm honestly surprised that I didn't see any children on the battlefield.

[Neither is Sokka, really. Granted, he's less impressed with the Malnosso for a variety of reasons, and them experimenting on children is just one more thing on top of the pile.]

That doesn't surprise me, all things considered. They're our allies only on technicality, and it's only that way because the other guys out there are worse. But friends... nope!

All we can do is cobble together the best sort of life we can given the opportunities available to us, I suppose. And for that, well, it's good to see even love can be found here.

[Despite his happiness for Elizabeth, there's a sigh as he says that though.]