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st_abby ([personal profile] st_abby) wrote in [community profile] strangetrip2018-04-13 08:39 am

[GP] The De Rolo Wedding Reception

The calendar of "Kahl-ee-Fornea" was very different to that of Tal'Dorei. But the spring dance had been a good reminder for the Exandrians (one of them, anyway) that the Renewal Festival would take place more or less this time of year, landing always on the thirteenth day of Dulahei. It seemed a fitting time to set the 'small family dinner' in celebration of the marriage of Vex and Percy.

...Yeah, but no. Because Vax'ildan didn't mind a bit of revenge for their having done the thing without so much as telling him for several weeks, and because his sister always deserved the best of everything anyway, the garden had a whopping lot more than that for the happy couple as they opened the doors onto what first looked like pitch blackness. Until the big, white-hot spotlight snapped abruptly on to glare down on top of the pair with blinding scrutiny.

A familiar voice sang out from beyond, his ever-charming booming and crooning amplified to fill the whole of the outdoors by something called a 'microphone,' Scanlan using all his singular panache to belt out a melodic tune:

"There she is, Mrs. De Rolo
There she is, your ideal
The dreams of a million boys and girls who want to find love in Emon City
For Vex may turn out to more than Baroness of the first house of Whitestone and Grand Mistress of the Hunt
There he is, Mr. De Rolo
There he is, your ideal
With so much brooding and tinkering he took the town by storm
With his all-Whitestone face and form
And there they are
Walking on air, he is
Fairest of the fair, she is
There they are - Mr. and Mrs. De Rolooooooooooo~"

A resounding wave of applause, murmuring, cheers, and laughter broke out all around the newlyweds - one such unbridled merry cackle absolutely coming from the bride's brother - and Scanlan's tone changed immediately to a much more vibrant, excited, sporting-event-enthusiasm style of announcement: "Ladies and Gentlemen - it's the DE ROLO FAMILY!"

The strands of bulb lighting popped into yellow-soft brightness all at once, revealing the guests gathered around dozens of tables artfully set with dinner places enough for everyone at the Inn. Each table included flowers, linens, and garlands all matched in smart Whitestone-Blue, darker Owlbear-Blue, black and white with touches of gold accents, all thanks to Caroline's management. The outdoor area so far as one could see had been dressed in one of Lillith's illusions to mimic a beautiful forest clearing at purple-dusk with fireflies dancing, the shapes of buildings and foothills in the distance distinctly cast to look like the city and castle of Whitestone. Ignis and Emma stood by putting a few final touches on what they'd all started calling 'fancy barbecue,' an enormous buffet of haute cuisine smoked and grilled meats with artful sides, a table beside them holding up the massive layer cake Pike had tirelessly fussed into perfection. So many others had come together to help or to wish the de Rolos well - but there would be plenty of time over the evening for them to be thanked and recognized with food, drink, song - there was even an area marked out as a dance floor.

A freshly bathed Trinket in his very own bowtie lumbered up to Vex'ahlia to rumble and lick her face as the pair finally had a moment to react to the spectacle. At ground-level, a small disc-like device with a large serving spoon taped to it had been labeled with marker as Ensign Stubby, rolling its way between tables and chairs while balancing a large, many-times-stabbed basket of flower petals (with a handful left nestled in its giant spoon) on top of its flat surface like a drunken flower girl to finally bump into Vex and Percy's shoes. ...And possibly the best thing about their stunning surprise? That Peter boy had got the whole thing on VHS.
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Re: Zahra & Corbie

[personal profile] st_affofthemoon 2018-04-25 03:20 am (UTC)(link)

She laughed softly. "Well, if I were to sing any of the songs I know in my native tongue, it would all sound like choking and growling so I think anything might be better than that." She didn't hate her infernal language, but she knew it wasn't the most soothing.

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Re: Zahra & Corbie

[personal profile] st_rikingblueeyes 2018-04-25 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Really, if Corbie were going to ask a woman around here about music it would be Curnen, but she didn't know what was going on there and she didn't think she particularly wanted to, either. In any case, she didn't mention it. "Worked for me anyway. I didn't figure out half the songs Gran used to sing me to sleep were about war, hell about the war of her girlhood, until I was ten or so." Because she hadn't been listening to the words. They hadn't mattered.
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Re: Zahra & Corbie

[personal profile] st_affofthemoon 2018-04-26 03:59 am (UTC)(link)

"The war sounds pretty important. Was it a big one in your world?" She wondered what people would think about the Chroma Conclave or about Vecna in years to come.

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Re: Zahra & Corbie

[personal profile] st_rikingblueeyes 2018-04-26 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"In my part of the world, it's still a big deal," Corbie said, and she wasn't exaggerating. Everyone knew about it, everyone had taken a side when the Insurgence began not long ago, when Gerrard Hume had decided to reclaim his father's throne that had been lost in that conflict when he too had been a child. "In others, well. Felix and Mildmay barely knew Corambis existed before they came all that way."
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[personal profile] st_affofthemoon 2018-04-26 04:36 am (UTC)(link)

"Hm. So it wasn't something that affected the whole world." She nodded. "People only ever seem concerned about things when it happens to them or affects them. Otherwise it's easy to push it to the back of your mind."

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Re: Zahra & Corbie

[personal profile] st_rikingblueeyes 2018-04-26 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
At that, Corbie had to shrug. "Wasn't a matter of caring. Just..." she pondered, and came up with a very Felix word. "Geography. Get enough miles in the way and there's barely any communication. People in Corambis don't really know shit about Marathat, either. I only knew enough to know Felix was a wizard by his big damn tattoos. It's... practically just stories."
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Re: Zahra & Corbie

[personal profile] st_affofthemoon 2018-04-27 03:26 am (UTC)(link)

"I forgot your world is like ours in some way." She thought about the Chroma Conclave. "We had dragons take over our part of Exandria, and when Vox Machine traveled to another land looking for help, the people there were none the wiser."

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[personal profile] st_rikingblueeyes 2018-04-27 03:43 am (UTC)(link)

Corbie only shrugged. "It's a world. I'd hope most of 'em ain't as tiny as this one."

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[personal profile] st_affofthemoon 2018-04-28 02:35 am (UTC)(link)

"You're right. Though with talking to others from a place more like the inn, it seems that Earth is rather big, but their technology makes everyone know about everything." She at least understood cellphones were like complicated magic communication stones. "I've debated whether or not it would be good or bad to know what's happening elsewhere all the time. It seems a little exhausting."

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[personal profile] st_rikingblueeyes 2018-04-28 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Probably," Corbie agreed. Knowing about the affairs of one country, even one city, could be tiring enough.

It was when she noticed a change in the song playing that she considered her energy level and thought it was time to get moving again.

"I think I'm gonna go dance for a bit," she said, bouncing to her feet. Then she added sheepishly, "and try to figure out where I left my shoes."
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[personal profile] st_affofthemoon 2018-04-29 02:20 am (UTC)(link)

"Enjoy yourself." The thought of dancing seemed exhausting, though she didn't say so because she was sure Kash would start to hover then. "I'll keep my eyes opened for some abandoned shoes as well."

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Re: Zahra & Corbie

[personal profile] st_rikingblueeyes 2018-04-29 03:31 am (UTC)(link)

Corbie laughed, at herself as much as the comment. "Thanks. I 'preciate it." And with that she was off, darting toward the dance floor to find a partner.