will you marry me?

[small_magics]

When the party has been going on for a few hours but no one has left yet, everyone is called into the main room. (The dragons will have a sufficient view if they prefer to perch at the outer doors.)

Angela has worked out a ceremony that will satisfy the involved parties, a reworking of standard Samarian traditions with some revised wording and adjustments for the fact that the groom inhabits two bodies. This ceremony, unlike the elven one, doesn't involve any jewelry.

And then Sarion and her beloved are married. Again.

Comments

[telesonorous]

Helen giggles.

[pina_colada]

"How are you liking your first Bellparty?"

[alicornucopia]

A fluffy cream-colored cat with dark points of color is weaving through the legs of the crowd like he owns the place. There is a nametag clipped to his fur that says his name is Cricket and he is from Chronicle.

He comes across an unshod foot, accompanied by an unpanted leg, and, well, really, that's just not polite.

"Mreowww!"

[telesonorous]

"It's pretty good."

[pina_colada]

"I was much littler than you at my first one, yea big," says Kerron, holding a hand above the floor. "Capering around being adorable. This is my sister's second, though."

[pythbox]

Celo does not have any kind of detailed comprehension here, but nymphs are connected enough to the natural world that he picks up on tone and topic.

"Seriously?"

[alicornucopia]

"Mow," says Cricket emphatically. He is just as entitled as everyone to have opinions and it is highly offensive when anyone thinks differently.

[telesonorous]

This reminds Helen that she had vaguely planned to meet Kerron and his sister. She has now met Kerron!

"Did all the Jokers hug you?"

[pina_colada]

"There weren't as many of 'em back then, and they didn't all literally hug me, but they all crowded around watching me be a munchkin. They did all hug Aedyt when she first turned up to one, let's see if we can find her and introduce you." He starts looking around for his sister, or her colorshapes, whichever is easiest to spot.

[pythbox]

"No shit," says Celo, "but everyone else who's given me a hard time for walking around naked was wearing clothes at the time."

[alicornucopia]

"Meow mew meow!" Cricket is wearing fur. He is beautiful, fluffy, and perfectly modest in so doing.

[pythbox]

"Great," sighs Celo. "Well, get used to it, I technically live in the Enchanted Forest now."

[alicornucopia]

Cricket sniffs disdainfully and flicks his tail. "Mrow."

[pumpkin_pie]

There she is! Next to the buffet, with Lily.

[telesonorous]

"I bet you were cute."

[pina_colada]

"I was very cute, and to cap it all off I got Mum to turn me into a blue fox. My sister's over there," he adds, pointing and leading Helen thataway.

[pythbox]

"I'm a nymph," he says tiredly. "Nymphs don't wear clothes. That's just a thing."

[alicornucopia]

"Mewow," opines Cricket, glancing around at the distinctly non-native location in which Celo finds himself.

[telesonorous]

"Well spotted!"

[pumpkin_pie]

As they approach, Aedyt is saying, "Pretty good, actually! I will definitely put a word in with Mummy if you run out and want to conjure more."

[pythbox]

"You know what, I don't actually give a shit," says Celo.

[pina_colada]

"What's good?" Kerron asks. "Aedyt, Lily, this is our cousinoid, Helen. Helen, my sister, and Lily of no relation - Emperor's little sister."

[alicornucopia]

"Nymph blood," says Lily, holding up her slightly depleted glass jug. "Want a sip?"

[alicornucopia]

"Mrow," says Cricket. No good can come of people who are not his magician understanding him, apparently, his cleverness falls on deaf ears.

[pina_colada]

"No thanks, I already turned it down from the source."