(mostly open) oh this love would kill me

[entreats]

Who: Ange, Ruby, and you!
What: Ruby and Ange's wedding, and all their CR is invited!
When: Late October
Where: The rebuilt Clockhouse

Content Warnings: Semi-irresponsible weapon usage.




Sometime around the beginning of October invitations would have started to be sent out to the various people in Trench Ange and Ruby know - announcing the two girls' wedding at the end of the month.

When the day itself comes, people will find the location - the newly rebuilt Clockhouse, which some of the invitees may have helped rebuild in the first place - tastefully decorated. Some of the house's stranger features have been covered up by decorations in red and gold, mostly taking on the shapes of roses and butterflies all over the place.

Comments

[cuddlery]

"I was unaware of this! But yes, it looks like a lot of fun. A good activity for a bunch of super-pals!"

She grins while getting into the booth, leaning down a bit due to her height. "Now how, how do we work this thing."

[hauntedsavior]

[anna rolls her eye.]

Don't need to relate to you to sympathize with all the tragedies crashing up against each other. Ange and Sayo and now you are all telling me things that paint what is, I think, the single most miserable picture I've ever heard of what happened on that island.

[no judgment or anything, certainly not from anna. she knows that everyone has a lot of complicated garbage in their lives and she is trying very hard to reconcile all of it; she's heard about the creation of beatrice, but she's also heard about what ange had to live through because of beatrice. it's hard.]

Nah, I'm just saying. [she raises a hand up to her shoulder level, palm out.] Hey, how's it going, Anna Amarande, pawn granted unimaginable powers in an unknowable shadow war. [and she raps her chest, being sure not to rumple her tie.] Same for the girl living inside me.

[imaglyphwitch]

"Exactly! Also, we can totally remember being here and seeing this marriage! Just so you know, if YOU get married, I'm going to make sure it's just as amazing as this one! You can count on me!"

Luz observed the machine a moment. "Hmm. Maybe I should get in after you? Or should I just go on top of your head? I always forget how cramped these things can be."

[possessum]

( Normally, Peter would be doing some hiding in the shadows of his own. Social gatherings, even ones that involve some of his very best friends, are certainly far beyond his comfort zone. There are a few reasons for that, but the most blatant and extreme would have to be the fact that Peter is demonically possessed. It... kind of always makes things awkward for him.

Fortunately, Peter's demon is behaving itself today, because Paimon is just as fond of Ruby and Ange, and hasn't been tempted into some of the worse habits he gets up to sometimes (being creepy, hissing at people, climbing the walls...) No, the demon king is acting pretty normal, just... extremely active. It's easy for him to slip into control when Peter's already feeling a bit nervous, and at several points through the evening, Paimon's wandering around on his own.

On the surface, he doesn't appear too out of the ordinary. He looks like a young man, tall and thin, dressed in a plain black suit. (Peter's comfort colour, whereas Paimon would much prefer flashes of golds.... Alas. Though the demon did pick up a couple of decor items floating around, two golden roses, and he's placed one behind each ear so that they frame his head... This is a good way to decorate himself!)

He's not shy at all to roam around and sample things, and he's walking around close to the tea area with a piece of cake held on a little plate, when he notices someone very close by. The demon stares down at the girl with wide dark eyes; there's a flicker of memory. Peter had spoken to her once, on the Magical Rocks that people use to communicate with here. )

Greetings. You are unhappy?

( That's the assumption based on her body language; she seems very uncomfortable, and he's used to this in Peter. )

[payingfordeliverance]

...because...your heart, and your body, still remember the life that came before. And so, to look around oneself and realize there is such distance between that old life and the new...even if it's been some time, it's difficult to remember how you got here at all, right...?

[As always, he talks her through it gently, this sensation he himself has experienced so many times even if he's never had to put it into words. This past year has been full of it, for him. And the fact that it's the second time he's had to deal with it so intensely doesn't make it any less disorienting.]

Because of that, over and over, you find yourself unexpectedly. "Ah, I am here." Whether it's -- something so mundane as tea at a café across from the boyfriend you didn't know existed a year previous, or...something so grand as gazing into the mirror and meeting the eyes of a grown-up young lady in a beautiful wedding dress. To be met with such a surprise, can it really be the truth of things...?

[imaglyphwitch]

Luz sided up to her friend, giving her a small smile.

"Hiya Willow. Good to see you again. Have some tea with me?"

This was much better than, well, the way she saw Willow last.

Tea time!

[imaglyphwitch]

[Luz did happen to notice the louder woman and was curious about her. She was pretty sure they'd never spoken to each other, but she had a kind of interesting aura that reminded her a little of Lilith somehow.

So Luz, who was totally fine with having some tea right now, had some pita bread with honey and a little bit of white rose tea].

Hiya! New to the house?

[imaglyphwitch]

[Luz, in the other hand, has NO problem flinging axes at Mother Mercy. She remembered all too well being terrorized by her ghost with Varian in tow, and how she seemed to get off light in her eyes compared to the pain she caused Sleepers.

Luz is using small axes of course. She's not trying to kill herself, and it still took a pretty good flick of her wrist].

Boy, this is harder than I thought!

[imaglyphwitch]

[So Luz was still getting to know quite a few people since her past few months of staying in the house and trying to limit how much she went out. She's certainly heard of Sansa, but hadn't met her until now. Sansa's first impression of Luz will be interesting: the dashing girl is staring a bit].

Oh, sorry for staring. You look very pretty! The dress, the face painting: its so amazing! Do you do this for a living, or as a hobby?

[onekindsoul]

[She truly was the biggest dork around. It's evident when her cheeks go bright red at the way Ange ducks her head in asks the question. A hand reaches back to rub at the back of her hair, and she smiles brightly.]

Of course, I do! I'd never say that for the sake of saying it. One hundred percent honesty right here.

[Then that hint of amusement comes out and Ruby feels herself relax a little. She gives a little bit of a flex just to keep the humor on point.]

Thanks for noticing. I've uh- Been working out a lot this month. You know, because it's special.

[onekindsoul]

[Ruby makes a sound that sort of resembles a rubber duck when Scorpia squeezes her. But she laughs and returns it with one of her own. One day Scorpia's ribs will know her pain.]

I am- I can't believe it! If you had of asked me about marriage when I first showed up in the dream, I would have laughed you out of town.

But here we are.

[onekindsoul]

B-but I don't wanna die!

[She shifts slightly at the poke. There isn't a lot of energy to it but she's mustering up what she's got.]

Maybe? That's not going to fix this though. I need to get the blood pumping.

[eudaimonikos]

You gotta make sure the blade hits first. It's...I don't know, it's about timing. I learned how to do stuff like this ages ago.

[don't worry about it!]

[onekindsoul]

Turns out it was good bit, I had to follow through. You weren't the only one pulling it too. We just had to wait for the right moment.

[Mind you she was shit posting on the network when she proposed. So... The right moment was subjective.]

You did look super cool doing it. I'll give you that.

[There is a light little sigh.]

There's no guns in them. Ange made me promise that I wouldn't put guns in them for the wedding. But next time- Next time I make them they are totally going to have guns in them.

Slip Outside

[onekindsoul]

[Between fighting off the drowsiness of this month's blood effects, and the sheer amount of socializing Ruby has to do this evening, it's hard to get a moment to herself. But she manages to slip outside for some air around the same time that Oscar does.

She approaches and throws an arm over his shoulder and pulls him into a half hug as she giggles between the two of them.]

Oscar!

Thank you so much for your help today. I can't believe I'm married.

Re: Echo | OTA

[onekindsoul]

[There was something about seeing someone trying to stay out from the crowd near a photobooth that brought back memories of her time in the dream. Ruby gives an over-the-top excited wave as she approaches Echo.]

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for coming around today. It means a whole lot.

[And then she gestures to the photobooth.]

Do you want to grab a few photos? It'll be fun!

[justoscar]

[Ordinarily Oscar would have balked at an unexpected hug-- but this was a special day. Giggling, he glanced up at Ruby with a warm, bright smile on his face.]

I can't believe it, either. And, you've got the prettiest bride in the world!

[They both were beautiful in his opinion, but he needed to get a playful nudge in before Ruby got a little too silly. For a moment he felt odd-- and he quickly realized why. A lot had happened over the summer, but between everything Oscar had grown enough so that he and Ruby were nearly eye-to-eye.

Deerington and Trench had changed the both of them... but they were still the same.]

I mean it. I'm really happy for the both of you, and it's exciting to see our family get a little bigger. Did you ever even guess that her big brother was so goofy? He kinda reminds me a little of Jaune!

[justoscar]

[Breaks were important on busy nights like this. Hydration and rest were necessary if they wanted to stay for the long haul.

Oscar's expression turned a little wistful at the question as he mentally counted faces-- both in Trench and the ones that had remained behind.]

Ruby's got a big sister, Yang, and Uncle Qrow out of the people she's actually related to. Only Uncle Qrow is here. Yang hasn't been with us since the dream a bunch of us came from fell apart last year. Then there's myself and our teacher, Ozpin, all of our teammates back home, and the people we've been living with for a year, like Willow.

Uh...

[Here is where it got complicated. Oscar cast his gaze around the room, looking for connections.]

A bunch of us have started calling Anna, the really cool musician, our big sister, Uncle Break really needs to marry Uncle Qrow already, Ozpin has someone that I think he's dating? It's kind of on-and-off. There's a bunch of kids living with Uncle Break that helped us rebuild our house. Um....

[His grin turned sheepish as he glanced back at Battler.]

It's all found family. It's not the same as what you and Ange have, but we picked it ourselves and we make it work.

[foulhussy]

[ So, maybe Kainé didn't make the best first impression on Ange. Maybe she's not a very party oriented person, herself. But Anna loves her like a sister, which as far as Kainé is concerned makes Ange... something. They'd met through Anna a few times in the past, but they're both introverts by nature, and Kainé had been friends with Sayo while she was here. So they'd never gotten particularly close. But she's somebody worth showing up for all the same.

She'd been tossing axes and swearing at Mother Mercy herself not minutes ago, but even Kainé can't keep up that energy all the time. She's glad for a moment of quiet as she nods at the bride, and takes a seat. ]

Pretty sure I broke one too.

...Hell of a thing, isn't it?

[hauntedsavior]

Man. You must be so bummed. Ange won't let you put guns in the house, she won't let you put guns in the axes.

[this is a stupid little tease. she wants to get to know ruby better, and this seems to be the best way to do it.]

And I don't want guns in anything I ask you to make for me. But you know why—sorry, Rubes, you still haven't won me over on that one. What's the last thing you did put a gun into?

[chessboardturn]

[ Battler listens, amused, as Oscar lists people out. He likes hearing about all of this. He enjoys putting names to faces. And even if it's not all blood relatives, it does remind him a little of his own family in happier times. So many people, doing different things and having different outlooks. He flashes him a grin. ]

I know a little bit about found family... but I also know about relatives. So if those people are all yours, it doesn't matter if there's blood or not. They're your family. Through and through.

[ He nods firmly. ]

I don't think I've met everyone who's here just yet, but I'm working on it. Uh... have you met Beato yet?

[foulhussy]

[ Kainé wasn't prepared for how emotional that ceremony made her. She should have know better; it's harder for her to disconnect herself from her emotions than it used to be.

From Ruby's work on her weapons, to Ange's sister-like relationship with Anna, the two of them are hardly strangers, but its still hard to shake the feeling that she's something like an outsider here, even surrounded by people she's known for months. It's a relief to find somewhere direct to put her feelings; into throwing axes at effigies of a being that she hates. She flashes a wicked grin and picks one up. ]

Hell yeah. Get fucked you eldritch shithead!

[ The axe spins through the air, hitting the target with a satisfying whump! She's a good shot, as it turns out. ]

Shit, I needed that.

[entreats]

[ Are you sure your brain can handle these big thoughts when it's got koalas on the mind, Scorpia?

(Ange will let Scorpia get away with calling her small and adorable though.

Just this once. Don't misunderstand and try to do so again another day!) ]

I don't know. Putting it into words.. isn't easy. [ Which is why she's sitting here and fussing about it by herself, rather than asking anyone to come over - though it seems Scorpia managed to find her anyway. And if the other cared enough to come looking for her, then Ange knows she should talk.

Or at least try to. ]

Maybe it's mostly just nervous jitters? It's not like Ruby and I haven't been like this for a long time already. [ Basically acting like a married couple, she means. Having that married couple mindset. ] But it feels like formalizing it like this is some big step.

[ Not that she's having cold feet though. Not at all. It's just!! A lot!! ]

[entreats]

.. honestly, I don't know if it's even possible to be 'all set' for this sort of thing.

[ Even though she's technically ready. Her hair is done, the dress is on, all the preparations for the wedding should be done by now.

But there's still jitters in her stomach. So many jitters. Ange wonders if that's just something everyone feels in this situation, or if this is particular to her. She can be a bit of a worrywart at times, no matter how much she tries to hide it. ]

It kind of feels like I'm going to collapse the moment I go out there. [ She tries to present it with some deadpan, like it's a joke, but Ange honestly does feel that way.

It's why she can even semi-admit it like this, because she trusts Willow with this sort of thing. ]

[entreats]

[ A long life, huh. It's a little ironic, given everything back home.. But Ange can both understand and see the spirit behind it, and she just smiles at Battler.

At the way he is still, so very obviously, doing his best to not cry.

There's a tiny pause, just a moment of nothing but quiet between them, and then Ange says: ]

Hey, come a little closer. [ She holds out her hand, as if telling him to come closer and take it. ]