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Lan WangJi / Lan Zhan ([personal profile] achickenformylove) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-04-06 09:29 am

Day 19 - Time for a Wedding

Who: Lan WangJi, Wei WuXian and anyone else who wants to attend!
Where: Garden carriage and then gym car
When: Day 19 of Egret
What: Wedding! Wedding reception and lots of food.
Warnings: Pretty much up in the air. But there will likely a lot of PDA's from the wedding couple during the reception... because that's how they roll

Finally, it was Day 19, the day that WangJi and WuXian had chosen for their wedding.

Ceremony
Inside the garden, everything had been decorated in red and gold, traditional colors for a wedding in China. There were flowers and a low table set up.

As the ceremony begins, Lan WangJi and Wei WuXian enter with Lan Sizhui and Wen Qing as their attendants. The wedding clothes for WangJi and WuXian are also red, with designs of forest animals in the designs sewn in, including frogs and rabbits. All of this was courtesy of their friendly neighborhood spider. WuXian was also wearing a red veil over his hair and face. Even WangJi’s ever-present forehead ribbon was red today instead of white.

As the pair approached the table, WuXian on one side and WangJi on the other, they alternated bowing to each other three times before kneeling. With the help of their attendants, they each drank a cup of tea, which they used their long sleeves as though hiding that they were doing so behind them. Once they had put the cups down, WangJi reached up, pushing the veil back so that he could see WuXian’s face before removing the forehead ribbon he’d been wearing. Taking WuXian’s hand, he used to make kind of a loose knot between their two wrists, a Gusu Lan symbol that WuXian was his fated partner. Then as they carefully stood, WangJi leaned in to kiss WuXian before they both bowed to their attendants, thanks for assisting them and being there for them.

Reception
Following the wedding ceremony itself, the party then moved to the gym car, where the reception and feast were being held. Like the decorations for the wedding, it was also a lot of red and gold. To those who didn’t know beforehand, it would likely be obvious that red and gold here very important.

Lots of food cooked by wonderful volunteers from the train. Of course, there had to be dessert, which was the cake baked by the couple’s son, Lan Sizhui.

As the wedding couple, they were rather happily seated together of course. WangJi had since replaced the forehead ribbon on his head, but there was a high likelihood that sometime during the party WuXian was going to end up wearing it around his wrist.

[ooc: Mingle post! Feel free to make your own top levels and tag around and have fun. Also, in the picture, ignore the hat for WangJi’s robes. He’s not wearing a hat]
emerald_mirror: (I have to wear shoes?)

Xander Woods | Open

[personal profile] emerald_mirror 2020-04-08 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Xander...was a little late. The why, however, might be forgiven. It was not his dress, nor was it Cottonball, clinging to his hair as if she were an ornament. It's more because he has a small, blooming
lily in a pot. The flower itself is a brilliant scarlet, and he's found pink and gold ribbons to wrap around his 'present'.

Though he stands around like a doofus for a few moments, because he doesn't know exactly where to put his gift...

In the end, he decided to carry it with him, until the reception, where he places it carefully with the glorious-looking cake. Whoever had made it clearly had taken the utmost of care.

He might even be a bit too careful, as this is the first wedding he's ever been to in his entire life, and the last thing Xander wants to do is mess up...

Re: Xander Woods | Open

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-04-09 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It's hard to say if the dress or the flower catches Nita's attention first.

"Hey," she greets, voice soft if only in comparison to the crowd.

"That's a really beautiful lily you brought, you know that? I bet they'll love it."

It was the sort of thing the happy new couple deserved.

"But... how are you feeling?"

Because he doesn't look as happy as some.
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[personal profile] emerald_mirror 2020-04-10 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I'll be fine with some food in me, it's always like this after a major Working--and you have to admit, contacting the train was that, even if we didn't plan it to be!" Xander chuckled.

"I didn't really know what to bring, I have to admit. This is the first wedding I've ever been to in my entire life," he admitted. "So I'm feeling a bit awkward, and not because of my outfit choice. That I'm happy with. I think I look fabulous--and so do you, if I might be so bold!"
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-04-10 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You got that right," Nita agreed wryly. She'd gotten less of it, but only because she hadn't been taking point on that particular venture.

"... Same here, really." Being able to help set up had given her some excuse, but for the most part she'd been about as clueless as to what to bring as anyone else.

She blushed just a little, at the compliment. "Ah, thanks. It's not as colorful as yours, though!"
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[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-04-10 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin was wandering around with his flute in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. He was dressed in a trim burgundy suit and had his hair braided in formal Elvish style. He had volunteered to provide some mood music during and after the ceremony, but now that other music was playing, he was looking for other diversions. Talking to people was a favorite.

He saw Xander in his graceful dress, placing the potted lily near the cake. "Hello? That's a nice gift for the wedding couple. I'm sure they'll appreciate it."