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[open] Wuko Wedding

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

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[ Dean laughs, because hell he hopes they're in a good mood, shit. It's their wedding. ]

Yeah, I'm getting that kinda vibe. It's a real life Brady Bunch in here tonight.

[ Nevermind Dean's brother killed Wu and started a whole mess of shit. The past is in the past right. ]

I know a little somethin' about raising a brother.

What's a brady bunch? You know what- Earth thing, huh.

[He waves it off. He doesn't understand so much of what Dean says, but that's fine. It's like guessing a foreign language.

And.. they've had this conversation before but he doesn't mind having it again.]

Yeah? Oh, yeah I guess you must. That's something I really admire about you, Dean. You're a good big brother, I can just tell.

Yeah, yeah. Earth TV show. Big family thing. Sorry.

[ He's gathered there's a bunch of people here from really different places, and instead of hemming and hawing and arguing about it, it's far easier to simply roll with it. ]

I try to be. I screw up sometimes...say or do the wrong thing. [ Push Sam away, straight into the arms of that dumb demon bitch. ]

But I sure try. He'll kinda always be that snot nosed kid to me.

[A laugh. Man, does he know that feeling. It can be annoying.. and sometimes even a little scary when something is going on and Mako gets particularly intense, but mostly it's nice. Makes him feel loved.]

Hey man, that's just brothers. I mess up all the time. Nobody is perfect, but you still love each other. That's what matters most.

[ He's been inching a little closer to Bolin the whole time, still as needy as he was in the cabin and feeling like a dumbass for it. He doesn't know what the hell is wrong with him. ]

Yeah...yeah, I guess so. [ He loves Sam. He does. But he kinda fucking hates his little brothers guts right now. It's been all business, doing what they do best - ignoring the problem until it festers, and going on about their lives. ]

[Sounds gross. You should let that go.

With Dean coming nearer Bolin makes space for him the way he would for anyone, resting his arm up along the back of the bench. C'mere.]

I know so. You just need some space to breathe. One time Mako drove me to crazy I went into hiding. It just happens. Being here will be good for you. This is the start of the rest of your life right here in Trench City.

[ who would he be without all his self righteous anger infecting his soul ]

Me 'n Sam have definitely driven each other away before. Guess that happens with brothers, huh.

[ He takes a breath, leaning in a little, wetting his lips as he relaxes. ]

You think so? That it'll be good?

Man, I know so.

Like, yes scary stuff happens a lot and yes, there is always something going on, but it was like that at home too, right?

I dunno. I think the place needs us. That's why we're here. This is home now, and I love it.

Well, that's the damn truth.

[ He's gotta admit, some of this -- the monsters, the weird shit...it reminds him of home. ]

Do you really? [ dean wonders if he can love it. it's different for Bolin, his family is here.

Then again, family don't end in blood, so maybe he just needs to make his own. ]

[That's exactly what you need to do, man. Bolin is glad his position as a Nightwalker is actually effective.]

Yeah, I do. There are some things I miss and some things I really miss but.. I don't know. If we were home Mako and Wu never would have been able to do this. They would have lived the rest of their lives alone and miserable feeling like they couldn't embody their truth. So if it means being in another world for that to happen? Then yeah. I love it.

Yeah. I haven't really been here long enough to start missing a lot, I guess. But I'm sure it'll come.

[ But maybe if it's nipped in the bud, if he surrounds himself with good people...

Maybe. Just maybe. ]

You've got a point. Kinda sucks living in a world where you feel like you can't be yourself.

[ he's not gonna be a dumbass hippie and say mY mOsT aUtHeNtIc SeLf or anything, but that's what he means. He's never been able to be that guy, not really. Not ever. Not with Sam and certainly not with his father.

Honestly, he's pretty sure he would've earned a solid ass beating if he'd ever expressed any interest in anything but guns, girls, and booze. ]

That's...great, though. Really.

Yeah, it is. [soft and warm. He sighs. Thinks about it for a moment. Sighs again.]

I mean, man if I can find half the happiness here that they have? Then I've made it.

[ The happiness that the couple seems to be sharing is likely beyond Dean's reach - it's not something he's ever really been able to afford himself, and the one time he did, it blew up in his face the minute he told the truth.

He'd always liked Lisa, but that had been what, 8, 9 years ago? He probably could've hit it again when he last saw her, but it hadn't felt right. Not really. ]

I bet you will. You seem like a real good dude.

Yeah? You think?

[He respects Dean's opinion on him. Like a lot. Maybe a bit more than he realized.]

I dunno. Nothing has every really gone right for me in that department. My last girlfriend.. yeesh. I kinda got her family captured and almost killed- BUT I helped save them! It's a whole mess. And before that I barely ever saw her because I was away with the army and she didn't agree with it and it was.. yeah, pretttty awkward. And my girlfriend before that- though, I guess I should say fiancé, she was my fiancé, threatened to kill me every time I tried to break up with her and that was pretty scary. And she has this twin brother who is just.. always there.. So it would have been like marrying both of them. It was definitely like dating both of them. Twins, man..

Even here it's been dud after dud. I thought maybe switch it up a little...? Why not? And there was someone but it was just an acting thing and not a real life thing and then I thought maybe there was someone else because we kissed but he hasn't mentioned it since and it's been really weird and I don't really know what to do with that.. so. It's fine.

It's fine! It's fine.

[Bolin, who are you trying to convince, here.]

I'm a good stag, I'll just be stag. Why not, I've got a great life. The only extra wheel you need in a group is the steering wheel. Can't have two of those, anyway.

Edited 2022-02-23 15:37 (UTC)

[ It's true -- Bolin's a hurricane of energy but there's a genuine goodness there you don't often see.

Or at least, Dean doesn't, anyway. There have been very, very few people who have actually been good to him in any capacity. Almost none. But what does he deserve it, anyway? He's never thought much of himself, not really, definitely didn't think he deserved to be saved from hell.

But then again, that wasn't out of sheer kindness, either. Castiel told him 'sometimes good things do happen', but it was a sham. The angels needed to use him, so they'd worked in their own best interests to jerk him out of hell and yeah maybe he was secretly grateful to be outta there but being pushed around like a chess piece pisses him off. They should've just left him there. ]

Almost killed--

[ There's a lot of information that's being dumped for Dean to process, and as his brain tries to keep up with Bolin, he sips his fruity little hurricane while he rolls the info dump over in his brain. ]

Maybe you're connecting with the wrong type of people? But what do I know, I'm the last person to have any input on dating or...relationships.

[ Considering his longest one was less than two months. ]

Anyway, uh -- you deserve something good, man.

[Water off a turtle-duck's back. That's his story and he's sticking to it. (Incidently, Feeble Turtle-duck is what she used to call him.) Why talk about all the other ugly stuff underneath. He'll just upset himself and he has plenty of time to feel that kind of pain when he's alone.

Don't think he doesn't.

Bolin's worth is measured in sunshine and willingness to assist. It's just who he is. And it isn't like he doesn't have a support network, he does. He just.. hasn't sat down to really think about how fucked up the Eska Situation really was. Nobody said anything at the time, it was his fault for not being brave enough to end it the Right Way. The concept of abuse? Towards a guy? From a girl?? What's that??]

Yeah.. yeah, thank you. So do you.

Plenty of catdog-fish in the sea, right? And lots of options. I've been really working to come to terms with that, lately.

Edited 2022-02-23 23:30 (UTC)

[ Dean isn't exactly the epitome of positive influences; he'd been ground down to nothing by his daddy's boot and rebuilt into a soldier, created out of sheer rage and toxic masculinity, a thing he tries so desperately to hide behind. Still, he's too soft, both in features and in heart, and tends to feel far too deeply to ever truly be the man his father wanted him to be. ]

Right, exactly. Lots of options.

[ though -- ]

Come to terms with what?

Oh- pfft- did I say that?

I meant, Just. You know! Lots of options!

I had a girlfriend back home and now I'm here and it's hard to break up with someone when they're in another world, that's totally what I meant.

[You fucking liar, Bolin.]

I dunno, just uh. Maybe I kissed someone recently? So. Thaaaaat's a thing.

[ uh huh. Dean's kinda giving him a 'you can't bullshit me' look, but he's not gonna call him out at a wedding. ]

Oh yeah? And who's that?

[S i g h you don't have to call him out. He'll do it himself.]

This guy Lance?

[ He clears his throat a little, shifting closer. ]

And that's a new thing for you? Kissing a dude? Or...kissing this specific dude?

The uh. The kissing dudes in general..thing. I never really thought about it too hard at home because- well. Nngh.

And yeah I can appreciate a gorgeous man, I can, but I love women, I do. You know? They’re great. But since coming here I guess I’ve just seen so many people open up to all these other opportunities and we- me and him, we live together and were hanging out one night. Ugh, that’s- and he said he’d kissed his friend and he was bent outta shape about it and I said I’d never kissed a guy and so he kissed me and..

[And it absolutely fucking wrecked him.]

But I mean. He hasn’t said anything and I had a weird moment with another guy that definitely wasn’t a real thing so I’m probably just imagining it, right? I do that.

Yeah..same.

[ lol he thought about it all the time, honestly, but he ignored it, shoved it down, swallowed it and never said a word. ]

I get it, I love women too. [ a lot. a whole lot. they're great, warm and soft in all the right places. ]

Another guy? Like -- other than Lance? [ gosh you get around dontcha ]

[Yeah same. He knows you have, buddy, but he's proud of you for saying it anyway seeing as you'd slid all the way back to square one, huh.

Bolin sighs and shrugs helplessly.]

It was just Ryan. It was during the musical.

[You know, the whole Eddie and Columbia thing. A chuckle, then. It's funny in hindsight. It has to be, otherwise it's just sad.]

I thought he was flirting with me but he flirts with everyone and I don't know the on stage off stage boundary very well. I am.. man, the worrrrst at reading people. That one isn't a big deal, I was just confused.

Oh, yeah. Eddie, Columbia.

[ right, right. he gets it, he's following. but -- aha, yeah, onstage/offstage, ic/ooc lines...

Right. ]

Have you ever actually kissed a dude where it wasn't weird? Like...

[ He shifts, picking at his jeans. Yes, he wore jeans to a wedding. Sue him. ]

Where it wasn't confusing and part of a play, and it wasn't a whole thing?

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