[open] Wuko Wedding

[arclightning]

Who: Mako, Wu, and you!
What: GETTING MARRIED
When: February 20th
Where: The beach, through the city, at the Raccoon Room in Cellar Door.

Content Warnings: An inordinate amount of fluff, potentially event happenings.

The Wedding

It's not a normal wedding. There's no officiant, they're not standing up in front of a bunch of people to declare their love: this is a Trench wedding, based on Mako and Wu's shared traditions, inventing some new ones.

The ceremony itself is a procession, from the beach to the Raccoon Room. It starts with just the two of them, at a flower arch on the beach, their hands clasped together, each in a gold suit with red and green accents on the collar and as piping down the front. They walk together along a flower strewn path, talking quietly with one another, sharing small, nervous smiles.

If you are close to the couple, you recieved a red envelope, delivered either by raccoon or small dragon, a few days before the wedding, inviting you to the ceremony. The small crowd gathers outside the Raccoon Room, where the threshold is decked out in red roses. The couple stands in the doorway, saying their vows, and pressing a blood-and-ash covered hand to the other's cheek.

While the ceremony is private, the reception isn't. Invites have gone out to basically the entire city, via Wu's post, so it's a pretty public event. Maybe you're coming because you saw that post. Maybe you're coming because you're involved somehow, maybe you just see a flower-and-light-filled party and decide to drop in. Everyone is welcome. After all, this is Trench, and everyone could be dead tomorrow, so why not celebrate something good while you have the chance? Come in, dance to music from different worlds, eat cake and noodles and dumplings, celebrate a little moment of happiness while you can. The party's going all night, and the couple making their solemn, slightly-bloody vows to each other are only the excuse for it.

The Party

Naturally, since this is Mako and Wu's wedding, it's at the Raccoon Room, decked out even more grandly than it was for its opening. Roses adorn every surface and drop from the ceiling in strings, perfuming the air. Scattered between them are red-and-gold lanterns, casting a dim, inviting light onto velvet hangings. Lining the walls are tables full of food and drinks. Everyone can't fit into this little venue, so Wu has also set up a draping tent outside, full of burning braziers of coal to keep the chill away. The doors are wide open to let the music from inside out: it's just the party, continued! Renfri can be found behind the bar, dishing up custom drinks.

The Music

Chicken Choice Judy, or Ryan Akagi and Min-Gi Park, make their Trench debut on the stage of the Raccoon Room, playing an eclectic mix of original music, 80s hits, current pop, and classical piano music. They begin with a slowed-down version of Lil Nas X's Montero, ease into an upbeat version of That's What I Want, and things take off from there. Maybe give them requests? They might play some of your favorite dance songs! This is a party for everyone, after all. A big space in front of the stage has been cleared for dancing, and the music will be going all night.

The Couple

After the more private ceremony (with only close friends and loved ones, for Mako's peace of mind) Mako and Wu are as available as any couple at their wedding, which is to say, not terribly. With new dark handprints from the ceremony on their faces—really, more on their necks, because Wu wouldn't stand for a giant handprint ruining his look—they can be found chatting with friends, huddled together whispering, or dancing together. They'll try to mingle as much as they can, but they're in pretty high demand tonight!

((ooc: Make top-levels to your hearts' content, mingle, have a good time! This is a Trench party and it's open to everyone! Wuko image credit)) © tessisamess

Comments

[searingwing]

[Diluc is a lot lighter on his feet than he has ever appeared to be. An assassin’s blade work lends well to dancing.] Morale.

We would seem more human. Or so I’ve heard numerous times. [Kaeya is the more popular captain compared to what he was. His men love him dearly. Or at least looking at him. He snorts,] But someone told me recently if I was more friendly they would think I got replaced.

[There is a glint in his eyes. He finds it very amusing.]

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Are you good at this?

[ Mako demands, full of laughter of his own. He's learned some dances from Wu and a few more from Lysithea, and seems to actually be following some steps, loose in his gold suit. ]

You can't be good at this and friendly, you have to leave something. For the rest of us. We can build morale some other way. 'S what— [ he waves a hand on a turn at the bar, away over the crowd ] —Renfri's drinks are for.

[searingwing]

Oh, we both know I’m not that friendly of a person. [He says with a soft laugh. He’s sober. He will forever be sober. It’s just how he prefers it. Diluc moves with Mako in an almost flawless match of his steps.]

As for being good at dancing…It was something that was required so I learned it.

[He snorts as he adds,] All this to say, your point is valid. Good thing our other halves are friendlier than we are.

[arclightning]

[ The thing about Diluc, though, is he has this dry humor that creeps out sometimes that Mako finds absolutely hilarious. He snorts, and it breaks up into real laughter. ]

Yeah, that's why I'm marrying him. He does all the friend stuff and I get to stand here and look scary. Win-win, right?

[ The music devolves into a pounding beat, and Mako breaks apart from Diluc for just a moment to move to it, grinning. ]

Who required you to do all this? Bet they didn't teach you with music like this. I'd never heard anything like it until coming here.

[searingwing]

[Diluc laughs, a soft sound because he still can’t be as loud and bright as he once was. But he suspects that will never come back.

He sobers a little as he moves to the beat. It is different. Very different but dancing was a requirement of a family the city of Mondstadt trusted. They expected him to be the best. So he did it.]

Not with music like this, no. As for who required it…Father did. His heir had to live up to all expectations. And I wanted to make him proud.

[And it made knife fighting very easy to study and learn. But that seems like a not wedding thing.] Why did you learn to dance?

[arclightning]

[ Expectations are such a heavy thing, and the amount of them laid on Diluc—it really makes sense why he is the way he is, Mako thinks. That kind of expectation changes a person. There's another deeper weight to him, something that resonates with Mako in the core of him. The reason they're a good team. The reason he comes to Diluc's new place every week. Not market research, not work: just to check in on a friend.

A friend he is currently, finally, letting loose with, grinning at. His own reason is a lot simpler. ]

I learned for Wu. Dancing's a big thing for him, and it wasn't exactly something I could've prioritized learning growing up, so. Learned in the last few months.

[searingwing]

[That makes him smile. A soft thing that brings up his resemblance to his father. It matches how Mako saw Crepus smile for his son. Diluc is genuinely happy.] You’ve learned fast.

[He looks to the side again. Looks around. No one he knows around that could give him away. Kaeya might pick up on it but, he has no problems with that.] I didn’t have to learn how to make desserts. I did it because it made Kaeya smile.

[arclightning]

[ It is so weirdly touching to hear that from Diluc—Diluc, who's so much like him, Diluc, who barely knows how to have fun and lets loose only on advice from others. Mako matches that little grin, nudges at him as they dance. ]

It's worth it. Wu had no idea, and he put this whole thing together, I thought... you know. He earned it. I hope Kaeya appreciates all that work.

[searingwing]

[Diluc laughs, it’s louder than his usual laugh and a little tinged with embarrassment. In the distance he can feel Kaeya’s surprise and embarrassment. He hopes the regulars at The Roost will be kind to their currently on shift bartender.

He has no idea the smug little smile on his face until he disengages from his focus on Kaeya’s thoughts and emotions.] He had no idea about it.

But he does now. He earned it too.

[arclightning]

[ Watching Diluc realize that Kaeya now knows is very funny, enough to send Mako into a snort of laughter that he doesn't even bother to hide. ]

The secrets are really coming out tonight. Don't think I've met Kaeya—he from your world?

[searingwing]

Yes. We grew up together before…things got complicated between us and we spent time apart.

[He says the last part with a sigh and a shake of his head. He shifts his footing to be lighter on his feet like when he wields knives.] We still talked professionally but what was…was gone. That’s changed here.

[Boy had it changed.] We worked things out.