[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

[chickenchoicejudy]

[Ryan sticks his tongue out at Shiro, but he does as he's told anyway and takes another sip.]

...It was my fault.

[With the way it hangs in the air, it's not clear if he's talking about his tour or Min-Gi disappearing into the sea. The truth is that as far as Ryan's concerned it applies to both.]

I was-- I ran ahead of him again, y'know? [No Ryan, Shiro has no way of knowing what that means.] When I got here, Wu...he asked if we were boyfriends and I had squid brain and got allllll excited and said "Yeah! Totally!" But...here's the thing. [Whispered very seriously:] We were NOT boyfriends. We were jus...we were bandmates. And best friends. And born on the saaaaame day in the same hospital! So...not boyfriends but like, soulmates, y'know?

[In other words, he told Wu when his brain was similarly messed up as it is now.]

But then! Then he actually got here! And I forgot I said it but then Wu talked to him and he...heeee panicked. Like, panicked so hard he turned back into a squid, dude.

[shiro2hero]

[Shiro just listens. His expression as neutral as he can make it. Even if Ryan is smashed off his butt, he doesn't want to look too disappointed, and potentially make it so Ryan just stops opening up altogether. There's a part of him that wants to drop his face into his hands, though.]

[I said we were boyfriends]

[Of all the missteps to make...] Yeah, I can see why he'd have been upset. That's not something you can just walk into and accept.

[Especially if there'd been no communication about it before. Especially if you came from a time period where it didn't seem to be acceptable, to put it mildly.]

Was that what you guys were working out, that night he turned up?

[chickenchoicejudy]

[Yeah, it was not Ryan's finest hour. Not his worst hour by far, but still not all that great.]

Mmmmmm-hm. I didn't think he was gonna come back. I screwed up big time and it's not-- I mean, it was the first time that way, but I've screwed stuff up for him before...

[He seems kind of far away when he says that, thinking about something else for just a moment.]

But he did! Aaaaaand we talked it out. With our mouths. Lots of talking.

[Ryan really, genuinely thinks he's being subtle here.]

So it's'okay now! We're gonna take it sloooooooooow.

[shiro2hero]

Yeah... yeah, you've mentioned that.

[But who is Shiro to judge? How often he'd screwed up where his own romance was concerned. How many times he'd let down his own partner - we'll work on both our halves]

They have a habit of surprising us like that. When we least expect it - when we think we've messed things up too many times. They show up.

[Okay, but there was more to that inspirational speech. Except there's that bit of TMI and Shiro's dropping his head down to the tabletop with a groan.]

I did not. Need to hear that.

[chickenchoicejudy]

[Ryan giggles and leans over to playfully nudge Shiro in the head with the bottom of his glass of water.]

Whaaaaaat? It wassn't anything bad. Sheesh!

[The laughter fades a little though, as he considers the rest of it.]

...I guess. I dunno. People get...

[He twirls a hand, like he's trying to summon the word. It takes him a couple of beats.]

...sick of me, eventually. So yeah, it's kinda...it's a nice surprise when they stay? Or when they come back? ...I'm really glad he came back.

[shiro2hero]

Too much information, Ryan.

[It's muffled by the tabletop. Very muffled, and very resigned. He sighs, at length, and lifts his head, arms folded across the table instead.]

Hey - we're not sick of you. [The household, he means.] You're still welcome with us.

But I get it - I'm glad he came back to you, too.

[It's one of the reasons Shiro himself sports the handprint along his jawline, for example. That fear of someone not coming back.]

[chickenchoicejudy]

[He hadn't necessarily been fishing for that confirmation, but it does feel good to hear. But, he feels the need to clarify.]

You're not sick of me noooow, you mean. That's why-- why I said ee-vent-u-a-lly.

[He waves a hand, as though this is a normal conversation to be having with someone. Just casually brushes it off.]

But that's good. [He gasps!] Maybe even a world record! Longest, uh. Longest...time tolerated by somebody...?

...Eh, Guinness'll figure out a better name for it.

[shiro2hero]

Ryan, I don't give up on people. Including you. And if you don't remember this tomorrow, I'll tell you again.

[So there.]

[He absolutely will say it again if he has to. As many times as he has to. For all of them.]

Hopefully, it won't just be me. If you two worked things out, then hey. Hopes are high, right?

[chickenchoicejudy]

Pfft. I'm gonna remember tomorrow! I mean...I'm a little wasted but not like, Black Paaaarade wasted, y'know?

[This is probably a good thing, considering what "Black Parade Wasted" entailed. Still, he's not sure how to react to that. Is Shiro just being stubborn? Maybe that's it. His powers are harder to use while he's drunk, so it's a little harder to really be certain, but people who aren't supposed to give up on him have absolutely done so before. It's not that he doesn't believe him exactly, but...well, everyone has a breaking point, right? He just. Happens to hit a lot of people's breaking points.

But this is a happy night! He doesn't want to be all mopey.]

Hopes are suuuuper high. Things are going really good! WAY better than expected.

[shiro2hero]

... Ryan, I have no idea what you're talking about.

[But at least he sounds amused about it. Instead of upset. But that's Shiro for you. Either too stubborn or too idealistic to even think about giving up on someone - genuine to a fault. That fault being his own well-being, but oh well.]

In that case, good. I'm glad to hear it. [A beat passes in relative quiet before he adds:] Proud of you two.