At the docks, then out to sea, Sunday

[vdistinctive]

The 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]

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The Processional

[vdistinctive]

Time for everybody to take their places, some with a less traditional entrance than others.

Re: The Processional

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Once Hardison had finished fussing with the speakers, it was pretty much time to begin. He took his place in front of Pastor Carter, where the three of them could stand in a triangle, each of them next to the other.

This was happening, it was really happening!

Re: The Processional

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy, wearing a severely tailored suit, stood behind Eliot, her face wreathed with smiles. After a frantic morning of making sure everything was ready and as close to perfect as humanly possible, it was nice just to stand here and get to watch them make their vows.

Re: The Processional

[whoisalicewhite]

From the top level of the yacht, Parker swung/jumped down, work clothes looking good, and took her place next to the guys, expression gleeful. "You look so great," she hissed to the guys, as she un-hooked herself from her gear.

White to a wedding, pfft. She was wearing who she was, a thief, and marrying her guys! Of course she'd want to be comfortable! ... also she would've been giggle-snorting if she'd been wearing one of those silly wedding dresses. This was a Serious Day, c'mon.

And it was all she could do not to hug Eliot, kiss Hardison, or the other way around, because look! Everyone, look at them!

The Ceremony

[vdistinctive]

Pastor Carter has some words.

(Please let Pastor Carter ping in before finishing out the ceremony)

Re: The Ceremony

[merciful_parable]

For what was, perhaps, the first time since coming to the island, Carter was completely in his element. A wedding! How wonderful!

There was not much he had to do to look the part, truly, aside from making sure his clerical robes were clean and pressed, and as for making a speech—well, when it came to weddings, Carter was more than well equipped for that.

Even if the wedding was determined to be, ah, a little different than all weddings back in Mineral Town. And not just because there were two husbands and a wife to be. Though that alone would have caused endless gossip back home (not maliciously, since townsfolk of Mineral Town were incredibly kind, but simply because it was unusual).

But, no, he rather thought the bride swinging down all in black would have them talking more than just who was getting married!

Weddings, after all, were happy moments. So long as everyone was happy, that was the most important thing and he hardly needed to look at the three of them to know, to feel, just how happy they were today. Carter could hardly keep from beaming himself, about the whole thing.

Or from laughing, just a little, at Parker's wave to him.

Given that today was a Fandom wedding, not one back home, he'd left his scripture at the church. It would be inappropriate to read from it, when the three getting married were not followers of his goddess.

Then… then it was time to get started. Carter drew himself up, joyfully serious, as he surveyed the happy trio, the guests, and their surroundings for a moment, and then he began to speak.

"Today we have come together to witness the joining of these three lives. For them, out of the routine of ordinary life, the extraordinary has happened. They met each other, fell in love and are finalizing it with their wedding today. A good marriage must be created. In marriage the "little" things are the big things.

"It is never being too old to hold hands.

"It is remembering to say, "I love you" at least once a day.

"It is never going to sleep angry.

"It is standing together and facing the world.

"It is speaking words of appreciation, and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.

"It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.

"It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.

"It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.

"It is not only marrying the right people -- it is being the right partner. Hardison, Parker, and Eliot," complete with a gentle nod towards each as he named them, "I would ask that you always treat yourself and each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what brought you together today. Give the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness and kindness that your marriage deserves. When frustration and difficulty assail your marriage - as they do to every relationship at one time or another - focus on what still seems right between you, not only the part that seems wrong. This way, when clouds of trouble hide the sun in your lives and you lose sight of it for a moment, you can remember that the sun is still there. And if each of you will take responsibility for the quality of your life together, it will be marked by abundance and happiness."

Carter beamed at the three of them. They had mentioned wishing to speak their own vows, so his job was all but done but, truly, he was honoured have been given the chance to speak in the first place.

"Your turn now," he said encouragingly.

The Reception

[vdistinctive]

Once they'd kissed, it was time to party! The crew of the yacht sent over another gangplank for the wedding party and their attendants to cross over - even if it was likely that some of them might have their own methods of getting across.

There were passed appetizers and, later, a buffet-style meal, catered by Parker's best friend, Peggy Milbank (hey, a little extra business couldn't hurt, right?). DJ Roomba's music player was hooked up to the sound system, so he could spin tunes while quietly zooming over the dance floor. Whether you wanted to mingle, eat, dance, or congratulate the happy thrupple, this was the place to do it.

Re: The Reception

[spin_kick_snap]

However anybody else was crossing to the big boat, Kathy was taking the gangplank over. A quick wave to everybody and then she was ducking into a small stateroom to change into her reception suit. White jacket over a black corset and sharp dress pants. Hell yeah.

And then she was heading back up to the party, grabbing a champagne flute from a passing waiter and looking around for people to talk to.

Re: The Reception

[nana_of_the_geek]

Celeste Tafiya - or Nana, as she was insisting everyone call her - had been sitting right up front, next to one of the speakers, like she was afraid she might miss a single word. Her eyes had been trained on their beautiful faces and once they were officially married, she was the first one to stand up and cheer.

Re: The Reception

[rebelseekspizza]

Red vest. Red leather coat. Black pants that didn't have holes in them.

Hell yeah, Dante was here in his fanciest. And... eating food. And grabbing every drink that got near him.

What? It was a party.

Re: The Reception

[tigerundercover]

Raven waited until after the others had made their way over, then shifted into bird form to fly up to the boat.

If any of the more normal guests spotted that, well. Let them explain it away however they liked.

She landed on the rail next to a tall, long-haired person in a skirt and tailed coat, draping her arm over their shoulder as she shifted back to human form.

"Having fun?" she asked.

Misfit raised their eyebrow at her, smiling. "You have the weirdest friends."

"I know." She rested her head on their shoulder. "It's awesome."

Re: The Reception

[not_every_mage]

Anders wasn't as snazzy a dresser as his better halves (better two-thirds?), but he thought he had cleaned up all right in a simple dark suit and tie. He snagged whatever food came his way and kept an eye out for the newlyweds.

Re: The Reception

[imafuturist]

Tony and a modded with permission Steve were there in suits (picked by the one of them with a modern fashion sense), ready to celebrate the happy thrupple.

And hey, nothing weird happened during this! It really was a red letter day for the island.

Re: The Reception

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Getting over had involved more of Parker's harnesses, which Hardison had agreed to only because it was their wedding. Now he was back on solid ground - deck? - and determined to spend the whole evening surrounded by the people he loved best.

He started by squiring his Nana around to meet folks and feeding Parker fruit dipped in chocolate from her personal chocolate fountain and pointing out to Eliot every time he ate a different vegetable.

Re: The Reception

[bookbeltof_love]

Shy was not really a word that described Nina, like, almost ever but after the absolutely gorgeous wedding, that she'd watched, completely rapt, it sort of, like, sank in a bit that… everyone here knew more people than she did…

And maybe had more right to be here…

And Nina was definitely feeling a little awkward and out of place, especially since from a quick glance around, she was almost maybe the youngest person around and also the only one on her own…

So, yeah, Nina was feeling a little shy today, a little wistful, even if she was, like, totally not regretting showing up at all.

It was just, like, weddings really were family things, weren't they?

She smoothed down the skirt of her new dress and watched everything with big eyes.

Re: The Reception

[somethingwithturquoise]

Yeah, so, Summer, like, barely knew Eliot and Parker and Hardison, like, at all, but there was an invitation to a wedding, and like she was just going to ignore an invitation to a wedding? Please. Plus, with the color back, she could dig into her closet for somethihng that would take advantage of it and look super cute and totally squee because weddings!

Even the fact that the last wedding she'd been to had turned into a giant massacre and having to be on the run from the law until the incarceration of her grandfather and the complete invasion of the Earth couldn't kill the fact that she just fucking loved weddings, okay?

And it was a Fandom wedding, so she was pretty sure some weird shit might still go down, but, come on, not that weird.

Hopefully.

Re: The Reception

[merciful_parable]

Carter most certainly had taken the gangplank across and he was pleased (with himself) that the number of people who hadn't taken the gangplank across hardly surprised him at all.

More importantly, though, he was beaming at everyone and anyone as he sipped on a drink.

Weddings were just such a delight!

Re: The Reception

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan had one suit to his name. It had been left in the closet by whoever the previous tenant of his apartment was, and it actually wasn't a bad fit. And so he was here, of course he was here. He wouldn't miss the wedding of his boss (and, really, the man who had basically mentored him to the point of a passingly functional human person since his arrival on the island) to the people he cared about so obviously.

... He was also enjoying the appetizers, because how do you not enjoy appetizers?

That had been a lovely wedding. He was pretty sure. He had no idea. He didn't really do weddings, as a rule. Really, he was still wrapping his head around 'tiny romantic gestures,' here.

Re: The Reception

[myownface]

The happy thrupple had kind of been there for Sparkle through some big ugly. Had helped in a big way with the home in Toronto and done him a small world of good through the whole Carla... thing... and for those reasons alone, he was taking what might very well be the only normal Sunday of the whole month off in order to attend their wedding.

Because awww. Aww, you guys.

Re: The Reception

[throughaphase]

Of course Kitty had to come even late!. She was happy for them and this was just a cool event.

She was here, she was dressed up, and she had a drink. And she was maybe hoping nothing weird happened in the last hours of this week.

Re: The Reception

[whoisalicewhite]

There was a chocolate fountain. That made it much easier to find Parker at the reception!

Actually, it was more like a chocolate waterfall. With waaaay too many things to dip into it.

Saying Goodbye

[vdistinctive]

As the sun went down and took the last of the color with it, Eliot, Parker, and Hardison (and Val and DJ Roomba!) crossed back over to their smaller ship. The gangplank was raised and so was the anchor, a moment later, the engines roared to life and they sailed out of the port and into the ocean proper. At the same time, the yacht ponderously turned around, bringing everyone back to Fandom's shore.

With everyone heading away from them, few people, if any, noticed the portal that opened on the water in front of their boat, bringing them to the ocean of a different dimension, where they could start their honeymoon in earnest.

OOC

[vdistinctive]

THEY ARE MARRIED, YAY!

Re: OOC

[whoisalicewhite]

YAAAAAAY!!

Re: OOC

[merciful_parable]

CONGRATS ON THE WEDDING!!!! <3 <3 <3 And thank you so much for letting Carter speechify it up. :D