wedding reception, with magic chocolates - open to all

[estebanmd.livejournal.com]

The Great Hall has been decorated in Ravenclaw colors, as both bride and groom belong to Ravenclaw house. At every place at every table is a small gift bag, Ryuuji's idea for wedding favors: each one contains a little stuffed aardvark holding a pillow with the couple's names and the date embroidered on it in tiny precise stitches, a packet of flavored gelatin and a tiny flask of vodka for the making of Evil Clown Repellant, and a stick-on transfer tattoo of the Chinese ideogram for 'happiness'. There's a vast buffet table at one end of the hall, flanked by a huge punch bowl and a huger wedding cake (red velvet cake, of course). And, somewhere amid the other buffet offerings, there is a quite attractive array of fine chocolates. If you ask any of the wedding planners where they had procured the chocolates, they'll tell you to ask one of the other wedding planners. In reality, the chocolates have been provided by no one involved in the party planning at all. Tucked under the chocolates and hidden by the decorations is a hand-written note, in a plain envelope that looks rather like a small white napkin.

A small sign outside the Hall lets people know this is the Tam-Maturin wedding reception and it's open to the whole school. There was originally a plan to distribute fliers of some sort, or more exorbitantly to owl everyone at the school. Unfortunately, the drafted invitations got somehow mixed up with the invitations Ryuuji had designed for Stephen's bachelor party, and Stephen refused to countenance the sending of invitations bearing the likeness of Immodestly Hot Homsar. Word of mouth would have to be good enough. Besides, most people eat in the Great Hall anyhow.

(( As with previous magic-chocolates RPs, the effects of each chocolate are up to the mun of the character who eats it. Have fun! ))

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[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "...about six times," he admits.

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River's frown deepened. "That's problematic--- I'm assuming you owled her as well?"

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"Um...." He paused, and looked sheepish. "... no."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River gave him a look. "You are such a boob." The grin twitching the corners of her mouth sort of spoiled the effect of the scolding.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"Okay, okay, I'll owl her. And send flowers, too." She liked daisies, he knew that. "I've mostly been hiding in my office..."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"No wonder you're not seeing her." River rolled her eyes.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"I sort-of figured that if she wanted to see me she'd come by." He shoved his hands in his pockets. "I didn't want to push her."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

...there were so many things wrong with that that River didn't know where to begin. "It won't hurt to owl her," she said finally, when she'd recovered the power of speech that didn't involve Chinese expletives. "Even if she isn't in the mood to see you, she'll be glad to know you cared." She elbowed him. "She's not as aggressive as I am---" Thinking about her assault on courtship of Stephen.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

She didn't have to say a word -- he knew that look. "... oh. Well. I will send flowers. And, um, maybe candy."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River patted his arm. "You're learning."

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"Slowly." He rubbed the back of his neck. "It's harder than it was on Osirus..." he paused as something clicked into place. "And will you please never use that kind of aggression to describe yourself? I may have to make a list."

Things It Makes Simon Cringe To Hear. The list'll be pretty damn long.

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River rolled her eyes. "Would you rather I be... helpless?" It wasn't--- entirely--- a lighthearted question. "I wanted him. I got him. You should do the same. With Kaylee." Her lips twitched. "Instead of being a boob."

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"No... just... I don't want to know specifics. Or have to think about them. Or run the risk of visualizing them. You or Stephen or the two of you together."

He shakes his head and tucks his hands in his pockets. "I'm not like you, River. I can't do that."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"You never know." Her voice softened. "You do a lot of things I couldn't do." She touched his arm.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well. Not this." He puts his hand on hers and squeezes, gently, with a little smile. "Trust me, River, she and I will work this out."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"I know." She gave him a little half-smile. "You got me out of the Academy--- I'm not sure there's anything you can't do... if you want to badly enough."

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

He turned a little red and glanced at the floor. That was an unprecidented display of courage. He'd been so proud of himself as they landed on Persephone, hand resting on the crate. One more stop, and he'd have set up shop and they'd have been fine.

It wouldn't have been as fun, but they'd have been fine. "I suppose. Maybe next year, you'll be a bridesmaid."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"If you're not a boob." She grinned to take the sting out of it, then sobered. "I'm proud of you, too." Meaning his rescue of her.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"If I'm not a boob," he agrees, "and I'll try."

He sighs a little at the memories, and then smiles. "You know, I never thought I'd say it, but... I miss Serenity. Can you believe my life was easier when we were running from the law?"

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded. "I---" A part of her wanted to be able to fly the ship again, to be part of the crew, to be able to do what she'd be able to do for the crew now that she wasn't fa kuang... but not without Stephen. Never without Stephen; even the thought was painful. "I can understand that," she said finally.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"Non-answer," he notes, with a small smile. "You don't have to agree with me, you know."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"I miss Serenity too," she said. "But---" she nodded toward where Stephen was standing across the room, saying it all with a look.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"I get it." He turns to look along with her. "And I somehow think he and Jayne in an enclosed space would be a very bad idea after a few hours."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"Actually, it might be a very good idea. Stephen's about as good a shot as I am." She gave him an innocent look.

[igotahamster.livejournal.com]

"Now, River, that's not a very Tam thing to say," he says, with a mock tsk. "We don't fantasize about killing people we've already mocked and threatened into submission."