At the docks, then out to sea, Sunday
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vdistinctiveThe colors from the previous days were still holding, if maybe slightly more muted, Fandom's magic slowly fading but still managing to hang on for another day.
Seemed like a good omen as any for a wedding that Eliot still couldn't quite believe was happening.
Eliot's boat wasn't big enough for all their guests so they had "rented" (long story) a well-appointed yacht for the day. It was docked in the Port of Fandom, waiting for all the guests to board. Once the last person had crossed the gangplank, it sailed almost to the edge of the island, where blue water lapped with gray. Eliot's boat was already there, anchor down, Hardison in a tux, playing around with a sound system.
A few minutes to futz with mics and the speakers set up discreetly around the yacht came to life. "Testin'...Testin'..." Hardison murmured. Good. Everybody would be able to hear the ceremony on the second ship.
Looks like it was time to begin.
[TIME FOR A WEDDING! If you think you were invited, you were. Some OCD coming]
Seemed like a good omen as any for a wedding that Eliot still couldn't quite believe was happening.
Eliot's boat wasn't big enough for all their guests so they had "rented" (long story) a well-appointed yacht for the day. It was docked in the Port of Fandom, waiting for all the guests to board. Once the last person had crossed the gangplank, it sailed almost to the edge of the island, where blue water lapped with gray. Eliot's boat was already there, anchor down, Hardison in a tux, playing around with a sound system.
A few minutes to futz with mics and the speakers set up discreetly around the yacht came to life. "Testin'...Testin'..." Hardison murmured. Good. Everybody would be able to hear the ceremony on the second ship.
Looks like it was time to begin.
[TIME FOR A WEDDING! If you think you were invited, you were. Some OCD coming]
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:06 am (UTC)Nina paused.
"Did... did you really wind up running a shop because someone threw their keys in your direction?????????"
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:08 am (UTC)"Yeah, I have your numbers," he replied, and then smiled crookedly. "But the stuff I might need your kind of help with, I'm probably not going to be leaping into while the island is doing the whole 'and this week you're gonna be living in radioactive wasteland hell' dance, you know? How long are you planning on being gone?"
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:10 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
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Date: 2019-07-01 03:11 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:14 am (UTC)Kanan grimaced a bit, anyway.
"Fair enough," he replied. "Anyway, it's great luck that you've all managed to pick the one day that's both completely normal, and not claimed by anything else. You all deserve a day that isn't, uh... that."
Nobody needed a Rapture wedding. Nobody.
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:16 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:19 am (UTC)"Good," he decided. "I mean. Good. Those kids deserve you guys, and I don't need you to be right there on the island in order to ask for advice or anything anyway. Besides," he nodded over his shoulder, back toward the island at large, "this place isn't really good for anybody. Maybe short-term, but it's no place to start a family. Especially right now."
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:22 am (UTC)"Still working with Hera," he confirmed. "Still not dating Hera," at least as much because he was respecting the line she'd drawn as because he wasn't really a 'date' sort of guy, "but still working with Hera."
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:22 am (UTC)He had a feeling Sparkle's reasons for sticking around were complicated, to say the least. But he figured it was worth saying.
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:23 am (UTC)"Better to at least be near 'em even if you can't be with 'em, huh."
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:28 am (UTC)He huffed softly, remembering Atton's breakdown on him the other week when he'd thought he was going to just pack up and take off to Mexico forever. And the extra step he'd need to visit Leto, whenever he had time free, and...
"God, leaving here would be a mess."
Arrakis, Coruscant, and Mexico. None of them were really home, either.
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:30 am (UTC)... Kinda would.
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:52 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:53 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:55 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:55 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:55 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 03:57 am (UTC)"Yeah," he replied, "I've got my eye on the situation, I promise. Nobody wants things to change more than I do, trust me." A pause. "Maybe it would be nice if Hera did."
But... a lot of other things had to change, first.
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 04:00 am (UTC)Peggy had gotten a little used to the weird, but Maggie might have wondered if someone had spiked her drink.
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 04:02 am (UTC)"Really? I practiced it, I was thinking no wires, but then I thought, what if we hit a wave and the boat bobbed and flipped me off the edge, so. And yeah, he did a good job, didn't he? Even if we aren't part of his religion or whatever, he was really nice about it. You have to call or text me if he adjusts okay to the Island," Parker added with a small pang. She was gonna miss Sparkle. "And come visit!"
Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 04:03 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 04:03 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 04:06 am (UTC)Re: The Reception
Date: 2019-07-01 04:07 am (UTC)“So weird,” Misfit agreed. “From what I hear that’s kind of this place’s M.O., though.”