deercountry | [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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Ohhh. [Of course, because Mako is enjoying his wedding and that's why they are all here. He hadn't even really clocked her at the bar not far from them. His perception of things and his memory is definitely being affected by corruption, but he's just gonna turn it around like a champ.] Well, obviously. She's right there, hah, and she's a total riot.

[He has not met her… moving on!] Hey, thanks. Got a case of pink eye, totally lame right?

[Unless you're aware Sleepers can't get diseases like that. When that glass of water comes to him he sniffs it and crinkles his nose.] Uh, Shiro… this's water.

... She turned you down, didn't she.

[Maybe that's the reason his reaction sounds so... odd. He must have tried to smooth talk her. Right? Honestly, Shiro's probably wrong, that hasn't happened in a while - but part of him really, truly wants to believe it.]

[He grimaces, and may have leaned away a little.] Please... wash your pillow, man. It'll help.

[And a nod. While he sips his coffee.] Sure is water.

[He just looks confused and lost.] …turned me down?

[Shiro, he hasn't even met this woman. But also, he was just trying to make it seem like he had. And he is not picking up what enyone is putting down tonight, it's a travesty.

He frowns and huffs.] Help with what? My complexion? It's perfect as always. And who drinks water at a party??

[Shiro blinks. That concern flashes to the surface again, loud enough for him to have to quell the echoing worries in the back of his mind - What is it, are you okay - he's fine. Really, honestly.]

Right... Forget it. Maybe there's something spiked in the coffee.

[There isn't, but no matter.]

Someone who probably needs to stay hydrated. Come on, just one glass, for me.

[Lance gets a sly look at that, though it's muted, like so many of his expressions.]

Oh? So you do know how to party.

[Then he looks down at the glass of water with a twist of his mouth. Then he gives Shiro a sidelong glance.]

…What do I get as a reward?

Yes, I am the epitome of a party man.

[That tone is so dry it could be tinder to start a fire.]

... ask me any question you want, get an honest answer?

[Maybe that'll work. It's worth a try.]

[You get a flat look to counter your dry tone, sir.]

…pretty sure I did that last month.

How about anything else?

[He's trying, here man!]

…Mmmm, nope. Can't think of anything I wanna know.

[Well, nothing he can ask without bringing the mood down, and this is a wedding. Last thing he wants to do is ruin it.]

... Truth or dare for it?

[Lance please let him get you hydrated he is pleading with you.]

[Lance heaves a sigh and relents.]

Fine. Truth or dare?

Dare.

[... Normally he would have immediately gone with 'truth'. In this case? Maybe appealing to the 'dare' aspect will help something.]

[Oh, Shiro… if only he was more himself, he would have made you regret that so bad. Right now though, he looks somewhat surprised by the choice, then takes… probably too long to think of a dare to give him.]

Okay… I dare you to… uh, stand on one leg…?

Okay.

[Well, he'd promised. And he's damn well going to keep his word. Sliding out from his seat, he takes a couple steps into an open space.]

[And then... poses. On one foot.]

[Lance watches with a near detached look, then pulls back to the moment once again and then lets out a bit of a breath.]

Well, a deal's a deal.

[And he drinks the water in one long gulp. He makes a slight face as he places the glass down and almost pouts.]

Happy? I'm getting the hard stuff now.

Thank you -

[He says two words before his whole body wobbles. Maybe he'd had something to drink. Maybe the thoughts from someone else's mind are taking more getting used to than expected.]

[Or maybe someone bumped into him from behind.]

[Because he wobbles in his pose, and... yeah. Yeah, the graceful Shiro of Voltron has just fallen on his ass.]

[Lance just sort of looks at him down on the ground like that with a flat face for a moment. Then he snorts and stands, stiffly because sitting like that for a bit has stiffened his injuries. He then offers Shiro a hand.]

Seriously? You couldn't hold a one foot stand for more than a few seconds?

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