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 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.

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[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.

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[rebelseekspizza]

"Hey," Dante said, grinning at her.

He was wearing a pretty red vest and pants that looked like they weren't dirty and they didn't have holes in them.

And a long red leather coat.

It was as fancy as he got.

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[not_every_mage]

"So," Anders said lightly, sipping from a champagne flute of his own, "does this count as getting two new stepparents for you?"

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[whoisalicewhite]

"You look so cute! You guys did such a good job!" Parker was kind of speaking in all exclamation points today. She handed over a small plate full of chocolate goodies to Kathy. "Here, eat, I'm so glad you're here. You have to come visit us in New Orleans when we get settled!"

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[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.

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[prophetnotpoet]

"'Scuse me," Cassie offered the woman a little smile as the party fell into full swing. "You're Nana, right? Hardison's mom?"

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[whoisalicewhite]

"NANA." Parker swooped in to beam at her, holding out a glass of champagne for the older woman. "Wasn't that awesome? Isn't this amazing? Did you like it, say you liked it!"

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[vdistinctive]

"Nana," Eliot greeted, leaning down to give her a kiss on the cheek. "If you ain't one of the prettiest ladies here. You get enough food?"

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[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.

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[tigerundercover]

"Dante," Raven greeted. "Looking . . . like you're from Hell's own biker gang. How've you been?"

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[not_every_mage]

"Pace yourself," Anders laughed. "You don't want to be the embarrassing drunk in their wedding stories."

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[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."

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[spin_kick_snap]

Speaking of weird friends, Kathy was beelining over to them just as soon as she finished lacing up her corset, going to throw her hands around Raven and pull her in for a tight hug. "Missed you, bestie," she said.

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[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.

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[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.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Shhh! Don't jinx it, Tony!

"Hey guys," he said, wandering over and still wearing the happy grin he hadn't been able to get rid of all day. "Thanks for comin'. Means a lot."

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[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.

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[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.

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[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.

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[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!

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[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.

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[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.

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[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.

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[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.