voidtreckerexpress | Day 19 - Time for a Wedding

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]

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Whew. It's a real relief that the person he almost bumped into is someone he knows - and someone he knows to be super friendly on top of it! - and that he also didn't make Curufin accidentally drop his flute. He'd feel so bad if something happened to it because of it. But it seems there's no real harm done, so the boy doesn't look too bothered. Not even by Yuki apologizing for him like that either.

There's no bowing on Inigo's end, but he does retreat to Yuki's side like an obedient puppy. A happy obedient puppy, since there's something so cute to him about Yuki saying he'll keep an eye on him.

"I'll use my bumping privileges responsibly!" He jokes with a grin and then moves to try and grab Yuki's hands with one of his own to hold it. "You two haven't met yet? Curufin, this is my boyfriend!"

He'll at least let Yuki introduce himself name-wise, but he can't help but sneak that part in himself, okay. He's just too excited about it. The world has to know!

Curufin's flute is one he constructed in his own world, back in the days when he had all the tools and materials a metalsmith could ever want. It is well-made and very durable, so if it fell, it would only make a startling metallic clank as it hit the floor, and wouldn't be damaged at tall. But of course, Inigo doesn't know that.

Curufin notes Inigo's happiness at having Yuki by his side. It is wonderful, that someone who so deserves to be happy has found someone to be happy with.

He grins at Inigo's responsible bumping joke, and then turns to Yuki with a smile, waiting for him to introduce himself.

Yuki's impressed that his bow was returned but that put him at ease, even as Inigo babbled on and took his hand. Gray eyes searched brown basically silently telling the warrior to behave and to not embarrass either of them further but that last message probably wasn't one that would get through.

How or why the other was just so excited to tell everyone about them was just who he was. It did rattle him a little but then again he wasn't half as effusive as the one holding his hand was.

There was another slight bow to the elf but this time just with the silver head. "I'm Yuki Sohma, member of the Purple team. It's a pleasure to meet you Curufin."

Honestly, Inigo is pretty sure there's not even much he could do to embarrass himself or Yuki in front of Curufin at this point.. The guy is just so nice, it's like everything slides right off him, like water off a duck's back! But since Yuki is silently asking him to behave, Inigo won't call attention to it by replying out loud...

Instead he'll just show he can behave. You know. By shutting up for the moment and not adding anything else embarrassing. He'll let Yuki and Curufin exchange some words - he's more than content to just stick by Yuki's side and silently hold his hand for a few moments.

"Pleased to meet you, Yuki! Purple team must be pleased to have you. How are you getting along? And how was the mission?"

Curufin has never been one to criticize others for acting in such a way as to embarrass themselves. He was so wild in his early youth that he must have embarrassed himself and his family in every conceivable way.

He'll simply be pleased for Inigo and Yuki that they have each other, and that they have each other's backs, as clearly they do.

Well this man was really nice, that was sure. He could feel Inigo holding his hand and he was grateful for the silent support. Inwardly he wondered how the other could say the team was pleased to have him. The only member of the Purple team that had said anything like that stood right next to him and was holding his hand at the moment.

"Everything went well..considering it could've been worse." He'd stuck to his plan of sticking by Inigo and trying to protect him and if nothing else, that worked. "How did the mission go over for the Orange Team?"

Inigo already looks like an excited puppy whenever Curufin compliments him, but for some reason he seems to look even more excited when Curufin is saying something nice about Yuki instead. Even if Inigo may not know everything about Yuki's life back home yet, it does seem like he's in severe need of more people being nice to him. He knew he could count on Curufin of all people for this, the other guy is like a positivity and compliments machine!

"Yuki was great! Even better than me, considering it was his first mission, honestly." He laughs though once Yuki asks that question, adding with a wink aimed at the elf-- "You didn't get lost in any mazes this time, right?"

Curufin nods happily when Yuki says the mission went well. He had hoped it did, especially considering that Purple Team had gone off to deal with considerable danger. And he does enjoy being positive and giving people positive feedback for who they are and what they accomplish. It seems an essential social service, and he's dedicated himself to it. He's very pleased that Yuki and Inigo have each other, for friendship, for love, for support. They're proud of each other, and what could be better?

"Team Orange did all right too. We kept the shield stations up and running and we fought off a few waves of Empire soldiers. I went to help Red Team after Tony called for reinforcements, and we did get control of that mega-weapon. We also closed the second wormhole." He laughs. "I shouldn't say 'we,' actually, since what I did was mainly distract the Empire forces so that others could deal with the mega-weapon and the wormhole. I had just barely enough time to get back to Team Orange and fight our team's last battle." He grins. He wouldn't have missed any of it for anything.

He smiles at both Inigo and Yuki. "No, I didn't get lost in any mazes. Amazing, right?" He winks back.

It wasn't his first mission or so he didn't think so but that part kind of confused him so he remained silent and nodded. It was best just to go along and hopefully just kind of fade into the background so these two could talk.

However. "Mister Stark asked for back up?" And that was before the rest of what the Red Team had been assigned to do went by and almost over his head. Gray eyes blinked at hearing the mission report and about Curufin fighting off wave after wave of Empire soldiers. Compared to what he was hearing about the Red and Orange teams, Purple had it easy.

He almost asked if he could be taught to fight like Curufin, but he would ask privately and he may even have to explain why. But at least the elf knew Inigo and that would help.

Inigo has absolutely zero idea of what's going through Yuki's mind at the end there. He may be attentive of someone's feelings when they're obvious, but he just has zero idea of Yuki's quest to get stronger in order to help him.. But maybe in this case it's him being happily oblivious, since it also means Inigo doesn't have to fret over it in the slightest.

Which means he can focus more on Curufin's story about the mission. He had no idea the other had joined up with the red team partway through! That's kind of cool, he thought the red team had the most difficult job..

"That's amazing! You just ran into the thick of it!" .. Well, more like 'flew', probably, considering the whole space deal. But that's a detail. "As expected, you're as cool as ever, Curufin!"

Curufin smiled at them both. He of course had no idea of what was going through Yuki's mind any more than Inigo did. But he'd have understood Yuki's desire to become a stronger fighter, and if Yuki asked him, he'd be happy to help.

"Yes, Stark asked for backup and a few of us from Orange Team hustled on over there via the wormhole." He had to laugh a little. "I guess running into the thick of it would be a good description. I don't think of myself as cool, but thanks. I'm probably a damned fool, but I like fighting, and I wouldn't have missed it for anything. But tell me, how did you two and Purple Team fare? Did you end up having to do battle?"

He watched as Inigo marveled over Curufin. And when he heard the elf talk about running into the middle of it to help the Red team and the worm hole, Yuki couldn't help but listen in a sort of mute shock. He wouldn't have any idea how to help in a sort of situation like that and his mind tried to wrap itself into that sort of mindset.

Finally the silver head shook. "We didn't have too much so we were alright." Which was good in his mind considering he had the controls of the ship and Inigo was all excited about it. There was even once or twice where he had to talk the other warrior out of being super happy and focus back on the mission.

Yuki might get used to these mission situations if he goes along on enough of them. Everybody starts from knowing nothing, if you go back far enough in a person's life. Curufin will certainly encourage him.

"Good, I'm glad your part of the mission worked out well. I'm always glad when things work out."

"Hey, these missions always work out, don't they?"

And then Inigo literally jinxs their next one... But he says it with a grin either way, because he just likes being positive about these things. They've done well so far, all they can do is just continue to do their best, right?

"It's since all of us on the train here are the best team."

Because Curufin was here, Yuki refrained from the comment he was going to give. "They did work out." Yuki acknowledged quietly, though obviously loud enough for his companions to hear him.

Gray eyes looked at Inigo when he said the part about the team and wasn't sure exactly what to say in return. All he knew was that he had to protect the person next to him. The martial arts he knew weren't going to be enough.

So he'd keep learning.

Curufin smiled and nodded in response to Inigo's enthusiastic statement about the missions always working out. "They have, so far! And yes, we're all the best team."

The defense of oneself and others was a lifelong learning experience. Everyone had to keep learning. Even those who teach.

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Good place to wrap this thread?