[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

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[truehumili_tea]

"You speak as if it is a calling that has forever been taken away from you. Yes you might be able to do whatever a pilot does here, but we know that we will return to our lives at some point. And then you will be able to add even more to your life as you fulfill your calling."

The thing about callings is that they often found you being somewhere else besides where you envisioned yourself. And even once you reached what you believed to be a calling, there was another waiting. Iroh hummed a little along with the music that Lance played,

"I know many, it would be difficult to choose just one. Though I suppose there was one, I'd often sing it to my son when he was young."

[azurestar]

Lance falters and plucks a flat note as he frowns a bit at that. Not because he finds the words offensive, but hard to hear when he's heard and seen evidence of the opposite. He swallows as he debates telling Iroh some things.

"Well, a pilot's someone who flies air and space craft. I wanted to explore deep into space, see new planets and stars and make my mark, be the best… I was doing some of that before I was pulled into Deerington. But the Moon Presence doesn't want us leaving the planet."

He heaves a breath and shakes his head, choosing not to get into the alleged fact that they won't be returning home. This is their home now.

"A lullaby? How does it go?"

[truehumili_tea]

[ooc: I apologize for the delay, a housing emergency came up. Feel free to drop this thread if you would like.]

"Not a lullaby precisely. Just a song that was common, especially for those who were in service of the fire lord."

His men knew it well and had sung to many of their own children, and Iroh had used it to console and entertain others even many years after the loss of his own son. Still, there was a part of his heart that broke even now as he started,

"Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow, Like fragile tiny shell Drifting in the foam. Little soldier boy Come marching home, Brave soldier boy Comes marching home."