Unwavering Bond (open)

[blue_ice]

Who: Seto, Yugi, and their family and friends
Where: Sports Gym
When: Nebula 19
What: Two dweebs with cards get hitched.
Warnings: Dangerous levels of sap. Proceed cautiously.

[ On the evening of Nebula 18, Seto pops onto the ICP screens. The only thing different about his appearance is that his hair is slicked back (someone's experimenting), and he clears his throat. ]

...Good evening. We hinted at it during our game the other day, and we've told a few of our closest friends, but it's official. Yugi and I are getting married tomorrow night. We realize it's last minute, but a few recent circumstances forced our hands and we didn't find it prudent to wait anymore.

As it's last minute, we don't expect a lot of company, but anyone's welcome to witness it. Don't worry, it's going to be a very quick ceremony by wedding standards. We'll also have light snacks afterward.

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[ After...not that much planning, to be honest, the day is here. The gym is clean, with about 30 chairs lined up in front of a clear space. A small smattering of blue and purple balloons decorates the hall, and overall it's just set up to be a quiet commitment ceremony.

Let's see if it stays that way. ]

Comments

>gift?

[blue_ice]

[ Seto turns to Yugi, nods, and then greets Devero with a smile. ]

You're too kind. I know we didn't give people time to gather gifts.

[ And that's totally fine. They don't need much. But he is curious. ]

[subcircuits]

Believe it or not, I already had these on hand.

[He hands one of the little cartridges to Seto but hangs onto the other for the moment. Talking to them both:] On my world, all families are formed by choice. We call it family-claiming, and there are lots of different ceremonies and traditions to commemorate joining your life to someone else's--

[He babbling a little. He collects himself with a shake of his head.] Anyway, most folks who go through family-claiming record it in a family ledger, and that's what these are.

[Moving his hands slow, he opens the cartridge into a big futuristic tablet and angles it to show them. The screen has opened automatically to the family ledger app, though Devero hasn't presumed to add anything in, so it's basically just showing a default 'welcome new user' type prompt.]

I thought they might be a nice way to commemorate your marriage. If you're interested in having them. There's one for each of you.

[blue_ice]

Family-claiming.

[ Images of the people he'll never get to claim flash into his mind, and he feels a tinge of regret. But then there's Siebren, and Eva, and Ken...

...and of course Yugi, right beside him. ]

I didn't think to grab a marriage certificate. You've all saved me from everything I'd forgotten.

[ And with a gentle laugh, he looks to Yugi...and pending his approval, starts the process. ]

That means this process is standard for adoptions on your world too, right?

[subcircuits]

Isn't that the point of community? To help each other out, through the happy things as well as the hard. [He laughs himself, just as gently, as he's handing the second ledger to Yugi with a smile.

The process is straightforward, especially in the hands of a tech genius billionaire. Probably the trickiest part is in the beginning, when it prompts Seto to connect the pad to his emID for verification purposes. Devero's taken the liberty of tweaking the device-- both of them-- to be able to pick up on SCA frequencies as part of the gift, though, so he points out that the newlyweds should be able to register their SCAs in place of the ID transponders they don't have.]

Mm-hm. Parent-claiming, guardian adoptions, sibling adoptions, marriages-- probably other arrangements I don't even know about, too. There are a lot of ways to make a family.

[blue_ice]

...I've never really been part of a community before. Still getting used to it, months later.

[ Doesn't seem to bother him much anymore. ]

Perfect. I can make something similar compatible with my system, and...do you think I'd be able to code in people who aren't here anymore with a few adjustments?

[ Inventing brain is on even on his wedding day. Sigh. ]

[subcircuits]

[He does seem to recall Seto being one of the folks who'd seem surprised by Devero's immediate and unquestioning willingness to get involved with the work of the train. His smile's a little crooked now.] Worth having one, isn't it?

[Bad techie influence that he is, Devero can't help but enable Seto's inventing brain:] You'll probably have an easier time of it than me. You know I'm not a code guy. Tech from my world's can be touchy about letting go of its emID queries, but it's doable.

Some of those folks you're going to go after, once you've got the void travel thing figured out, I presume?

[blue_ice]

I'll get it. I wish I'd taken pictures of them...but I'll never forget those names.

[ He sighs and presses a hand to his chest. Some losses hurt far more than others. ]

Yeah. I need to see for myself that they didn't just get dumped into another war, or worse.

[subcircuits]

[Devero reaches out to squeeze his shoulder.]

Hey, you can always take those pictures when you go see them, right?

[blue_ice]

We will.

[ Seto spares a smile. A small one, but one. ]

Thank you.

[subcircuits]

[Devero returns is, his own smile warm (if a little subdued, due to the subject).]

You're very welcome, my friend. And again, congratulations to you both!