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Post by Marcel Lestrange on Jul 11, 2015 19:18:23 GMT
Marcel returned to their cabin and explained after seeing questioning look in Lena's long lashed sky blue eyes: "Had couple of drinks with Volodja. Sometimes is good to sit down with your opponents and have a break with them. You get to know them better. You know - I have known Volodja lot of years and hi still remains a bit....mystery to me. We are on different sides and yet he was not mind to have a drink and talk with me. He should hate my guts, My love, but he was still friendly. I almost regret my little scheme for him, but eventually he will be an obstacle between us and power so we must eliminate him one way or other. Until that I will play with him and do anything I can to keep him alive, because dead Volodja is not half as fun as living one. Mademoiselle Belle and him look fabulous together. Both of them are idealists, although Volodja is used to make his hands dirty."
Marcel pulled Lena to his lap and kissed her passionately and stroked her ample breasts and smooth thighs before he continued: "Mademoiselle Belle and that fool Volodja...Why people like them, I do not know. Have I told you that I used to be a slave? Probably. But when I got my freedom back, I decided to become master. I was a thief, a pickpocket, a spy and successful assassin. Always working alone, until I met him. And I keep thinking that in my position Volodja would become a Spartacus. Instead of regaining freedom only for himself, he would organized an uprising and liberated everybody...or died trying that. Poor loveable idiot! But...
But I learned advantages of team work thanks to him, but he is not only one who taught me that. You are the best thing ever happened to me, Lena. You are my partner in love and crime!" And Marcel kissed her passionately again.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jul 11, 2015 19:42:56 GMT
Volodja thought about partnership as well and decided to visit Belle Starr as soon as possible, because tears in her diamond blue eyes burned his heart like acid drops. He was sure that Atticus can talk with her and succeeds in calming her, but if Volodja's help was needed, then he was ready to do his part and try to dry those tears from her beautiful eyes. He didn't felt like a Prince when he decided to do that. Probably because he was not one and never becomes one, as he realized long time ago. But in his heart he knew that he has feelings for Belle and even when he must hide them, because he still felt that he is not worthy of having her, he will do anything to make her feel better. Unless....unless she doesn't want to see him. Or kicks him out from her quarters. That was also possible, but he had to try anyway even if she does kick him out. His hurt pride will be nothing compared with hurt Belle and he was willing to sacrifice his last capital - his pride - only to see her smile.
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jul 12, 2015 4:53:59 GMT
I look at Belle. "You are confusing woman! Think about what you said. Let's start with the stuff not relating to love and foolish hearts. You said you wish you could be like me? Why?! So you could kill without regret? You are right, I do not regret any of that, however you are not capable of that. Most people aren't. Nor should they be. That is the trait of a demon not a good person. I haven't talked to my Sister, Erika, much yet. However I know that even though she is a well-trained soldier, from the Pale Wars ,every time she took a life it bugged her, even when she thought it best. Sandy, also a Pale Wars soldier, hated every time she had to kill. I know she even feels bad for killing Daiden Simaro's uncle years ago, despite all the atrocities he did and would have done. Volodja the wandering fool prays that he will not have to pull the trigger every time a conflict comes up because he hates snuffing out life, which is probably a good thing. Taffer pulls the trigger whenever needed without blinking an eye but he feels bad afterwards. Even Vo felt bad after taking a life. It appears that sympathy for ending a life is a natural and normal reaction, for real people.
Besides think about all my killing and then what you said about Winston Churchill. He said freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. "
Let's think about those individually as they apply to me:
Freedom; I had no freedom growing up. I was confined to the Omec Colony, where I was repeatedly beat almost to death on a daily and sometimes hourly basis, until a piece of my mind broke, and Kabule, the embodiment of vindictive hatred, was created. just a week after I was abandoned there. Little Ithmah, the name the Earthlings gave me, would have died within weeks of being sent there, if my mind didn't create Kabule, and I didn't surrender my body to him, to protect me, full-time, shortly after that first week. Then, when I was 16, I joined the Ekaru Kome to get out of there, so I was now under the military's control. At 18 I became Dark Matter, where Kakusi was put in me. I have told you about that, however I let you think a few things that aren't quite true. Like you thought this was Kabule's body. It was mine but I was too weak to survive until the creation of Kabule.
I did not retake control of my body until the Battle of Defiance. You see I let you think that the hatred Cooper saw was Kabule fighting for control, but it wasn't. Kabule had enough of being a puppet and chose surrender instead of killing Torc Mok and the humans he helped. The extreme hatred and murder Pooper saw in Kabule's eyes was me, trying to retake control of my body to kill all those that were in my way. That bullet did give me my freedom eventually, for it put me under E-rep's control, and after a year of doing their dirty work, a general granted me my freedom. However my ruthless actions after I took my name, Atticus Batman: Bounty hunter, eventually got a bounty on my head and the loss of some of my freedom, as well as earning the Moniker of "Harbinger of Death". The pardon of Shondu's stripped me of my freedom to make bad choices, for just one criminal act, even one as small as pickpocketing, voids the pardon, and I believe that stipulation stated that it was for 6 months. After that, the record is expunged and my criminal record starts over. So you see, the main reason, you and most of the others didn't know was my own selfishness. I may not have the freedom that I am used to, but I do have a family now and even the semblance of a life and friends So I felt I had to hide my evil acts to ensure that I didn't lose all that I have gained, because I love all of you too much to want to go back to not having love and happiness in my world. Perhaps that was wrong of me. But what else could I do? I still feel it is best to protect my family in any way necessary, and will not stop doing so. Even if that means losing my freedom completely. So now you know for certain that I will kill when I deem necessary. So I am no longer hiding that fact from you.
Justice; I thought justice was blind. Besides my justice has always been simple. I decided who lived and died for whatever wrong doing I felt they did. However thanks to you I have learned that is not a good thing. If you felt that way, then one of us would have died at our first meeting and then we wouldn't be family now. Sometimes people deserve a different punishment than death or being left alone. However death will always be my first choice so I need my sisters to help me make the better choices when possible.
Honor; I didn't have any. The only promises I ever kept were promises of violence. Now I make promises and honor people's wishes with all our crew on our ships and at the Fortress. I even made a huge promise to Lady that I want to happily keep. That is the promise to be her loving husband when she is ready and the loving father of her children.
Duty; that is simple my duty has always been to kill those that others felt needed to die. Then those that I felt needed to die for my pleasure. Now my duty is to my family and even the people this team chooses to help.
Mercy; Before meeting you I had no clue what mercy truly was. Then I chose not to kill you for some reason I couldn't fathom at the time. Then you showed me mercy by telling Shondu that you needed my help and obtaining that pardon for me rather than hand me over to the windbag lawkeeper. Then after I joined the team and found love with Lady, I showed mercy to Lena Marr, by putting her fate into your caring hands rather than kill her like I wanted. I showed her and Marcel mercy again a little later when I was shopping at the consulate and ran into them, for I let them shop in peace. Then I showed them mercy in Defiance because when I followed Volodja into the basement I decided to reason with Marcel rather than shoot him. Something I would not have done before getting friends and family. However mercy must be carefully thought out before it is granted.
Hope; I had none when you met me. That hope was stomped to death with the childish innocence of Ithmah. However meeting that scrawny toothpick of a girl in gear that was too big for her was a turning point. That girl coming to my lonely table in the mess and giving me that chocolate bar, something I had never had before then, gave me hope that I made the right choice coming to Paradise to try to settle down as an Ark hunter. Hope that wasn't fully realized until 2 years later when that blond kid, now a hero came seeking me, in order to stop my havoc. She succeeded and turned me from a slightly evil shadow into a dark hero. Then when I fell in love with Lady and she happily returned that love, the hope blossomed, and now I am more a hero than ever.
So my sad little sister, you see I may be a killer but because of you I have also gained a soul and become a hero. I told Volodja once that he and I are two sides of a coin. The same could be said of you and me, and would actually apply better to the two of us. You are the light and I am the darkness. However in order to have a balance you need an equal part of the two, as well as an equal part of the shadows. So you see to make your dreams of light a reality, you need to allow to let my darkness to linger in the shadows until your dreams have become reality. Hopefully by that time the love and happiness has nurtured and softened this creature enough that you can pull me out of the dissipating shadows, reborn as the hero that you know lives somewhere inside me. Anotherwords as I heard humans say once it is a case of nurture versus nature. Nature created the monster you met on the EMS New Freedom. However you and everyone else here nurtured that creature with kindness and made him start wanting to do good. So keep nurturing and perhaps one day, when your dream is a reality and there is no need for killing, that creature has grown into the force of good that you are nurturing. However if you resign from the team, then you will not be near me, or in contact with me, when I need the love and wisdom of my little sister, my sister of the light. Think about it.
Now about your heart, the Fool, and Sandy. I can not help there. I am still getting used to having a heart and sorting out my emotions, so I am not sure I should try to help there. However I will try to sum up what I know of this type of thing and you can take from it what you will. Vo was your prince Charming. He has only been gone a few weeks. He was a great Man. Volo, the Fool. He is a good friend and according to Kakusi quite the cunning meatbag. However you are still reeling from your loss over Vo. Look, we all like Volo and more importantly you say love him. So should you really rush into a relationship with him, especially when he is with Sandy and she is getting her body back? Besides if you rush into his arms so soon after your loss of Vo, humans would call him....Hold on I know what I am thinking, just give me a second...yes that would make him a rebound, a fling or a convenient safety net.
I have not had experience with that personally and hope I never do, because I don't ever want to consider losing Lady again. However I have had experience with that stuff in a different way. You see Starr Eyes, from what I know, rebound relationships always fail. Most often ending in a way that makes both parties hate each other, and that is where my experience comes in. I am sure you figured out long ago that although my known career was and is Bounty hunter, and I admitted my unknown career was as a serial killer, I also had a moonlighting career as a merc for hire. That is how my knowledge of rebound relationships failing comes into play...
I see the confusion in those celestial Starr Eyes, just let me explain. You see of those failed rebounds, 7 out of 10 end so badly that one of the parties hires a killer to make the failure disappear. Yes that means that if a rebound fails extremely horribly, one person wants the other dead so bad that they hire somebody like Marcel, Lena or myself to remove their perceived mistake.
I am not saying that will happen here, just that is what I know of this stuff. Do with that information, what you want. If you are in love with the Fool, then those feeling will still be there after you have truly given yourself time to grieve over Vo and are truly ready to move on. Besides I would hate to see my little sister, Belle, or my best Friend and favorite Fool, Volodja hurt because of it.
There is one Winston Churchill quote that I do know and it comes to mind right now, as it does make sense to me, and perhaps it is what I have been trying to say all this time. It goes like this: "It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required."
Now wipe away those tears, before they leak into my pocket and melt my chocolate bar. And don't worry. I will stay here and hold you as long as needed, besides it actually feels.....nice to be wanted in a comforting matter, instead of a violent matter. Not to mention we never get the chance to just talk like this and share our feelings. Now that we have it, I am not ready for it to end."
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Post by Lady Christianna on Jul 12, 2015 5:30:13 GMT
"Marry us," Said Lady Christianna to Taffer, her Mona Lisa smile in place. "Whaaat?" Asked Taffer, more than a little surprised. "You're ship's captain. Ship's captain marries people. Marry Atticus and me - now." Said Lady in a determined voice. "What about the stratocarrier?" Asked Taffer, trying to delay the matter as he contacted Atticus with a replay of the conversation with Lady. "Weather good, Enemies behind. Lexy on auto can handle." Answered Lady. "Shouldn't the groom be advised of this Lady," Asked Erika, bemused by the sudden turn of events. "Does now." Said Lady with an enigmatic smile, having eavesdropped on Taffer's message to Atticus, as she sent Sandy to tell the good news to Volodja and fetch him for the cockpit ceremony.  |
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Post by Belle Starr on Jul 12, 2015 5:46:44 GMT
"Thank y'all Atticus," Drawled Belle as she smiled sadly, "For reminding me of my duty to my makeshift family, especially you! We did make a deal, didn't we, that you would watch my monster, and I would watch yours? I think I got the better part of it!" Belle kissed him quickly on the cheek, then saw the strange look on his face as he received the message from Taffer, and asked, "Anything wrong, Atticus! You got a mite peculiar look on your face right now, and I don't think it's from my little peck on your cheek!" Then Belle got an EGO to EGO message from Lady asking her to be Lady's Maid of Honor, and thought humorously, "Always a bridesmaid!"  |
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jul 12, 2015 6:04:15 GMT
I smile at Belle and say, "Actually the sisterly peck was nice as is having you snuggled into my chest. And yes the deal was for us to watch each other's monster. Even though I have more than one. Speaking of monsters, Kakusi wanted me to tell Belle with the blue eyes, that he says hello.
As for something being wrong, I suppose not. It appears my wonderful little spitfire of a fiancé just asked Taffer to perform our wedding ceremony right away. Taffer just sent me the EGO message, and knowing Lady, she knows he did. Since she makes sure she monitors all of my EGO messages, the little snoop. I suppose I should tell her not to, however I promised her I would never lie to her and besides I know she does so, to make sure that I am fine, so I will let her keep doing so. At least I am certain it is one of her ways of caring about and watching out for my safety. Anyway, it looks like we will need to go to the bridge and talk to Taffer and Lady and perhaps prepare for Lady's and my wedding. Besides I will have to notify my best Fool that I want him to be my Best Man, as he is most likely hiding somewhere as he tends to do. I hope you can handle that, as I can not think of anybody else that I would want to be my Best Man, than the one guy who makes me feel that he will be my best friend no matter what."
Belle smiles and nods, as I hold her tighter to my chest in a brotherly manner. So I send Volodja an EGO message. "Volodja...Volo my best friend and favorite Fool, Lady has decided that she is ready to marry me, and I know the perfect person to be my Best Man, the one guy that I feel always has my back, even when I screw up. So what do you say? Will you be my Best Man?"
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jul 12, 2015 6:07:16 GMT
"Naturally Giant," replied Volodja. "Just give me rings and everything will go smoothly. Just tell me where and when. And don't you worry about your bachelor party. I already had it with Marcel. That should cover the tradition."
Volodja went into his cabin and undressed for occasion - he is not attending in ceremony in his armour. He really must thank Haele for improvements and report her about results of extended field testing when they are back. Before to go, some mood music - hand-picked classics from his data pad, because standardized EGO units won't make great DJ-s. Everything have to be done by oneself. But he really hoped that they won't play "Treulich geführt", known widely as "Here comes the bride" from Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" like they used to do in weddings. They obviously didn't know how that opera ended for the poor bride.
If they have to play something classic then it should be Felix Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's "Wedding March" in C major. Originally he wrote it as a piece of incidental music to Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." But that was irrelevant, as long as they avoid Wagner (Volodja was probably one of the few people left who had listened his four-opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (The Ring of the Nibelung). from the very beginning to the end. And unlike Friedrich Nietzsche he was still relatively sane after his brief Wagner obsession.
Volodja was almost ready for the wedding ceremony when Sandy appeared, so after some time together (tight hugs, sweet kisses and whispered words) they both left to the bridge. Two common people who went to the wedding ceremony to meet the Bride and the Groom.
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jul 12, 2015 7:53:35 GMT
While still with Belle I say questioningly, "Can Taffer even legally marry us? Hmm if not, then I suppose we have a private ceremony on the bridge, then a legal on at Fortress Ka'shaa later?"
Belle looks at me and shrugs her shoulders since she isn't sure either. Then I send Taffer an EGO message back. "Taffer, if that is what she wants then,that is what MY Snow Angel gets. However can you legally marry us? If not then we tell her and we have a ceremony with our closest friends, done by you, here on the ship. Then we have a legal one back at the Fortress a little later so Lady's father and the rest of our crew and friends can attend. Or if you can then the private ceremony is the legal one, and the later ceremony for those that couldn't attend this one. Dak I can't believe how reasonable or caring all of these lightsiders have made me! Oh well, if this is the new me, then so be it. At least I have friends, family and the love of my life now."
I then send Lady an EGO message. "Lady, I know you already heard my messages to Volodja and Taffer however, I feel I should tell you personally. I love you with all my electrically encased heart. So, I will happily marry you right away. However I am not sure Taffer can legally marry us. Besides not all of our friends are here and your father would hate to miss it. Not to mention, we have no wedding rings and the only suit I have with me is my gunslinger suit and I am sure we both agree I would look better in the suit I wore to Shondu's party, or another of your choice. So if Taffer can't do so legally, then how about we have a non-legal private ceremony performed by Taffer here on the ship. Then the legal one after we get back to Fotress K'shaa, so we can have all of our friends and family attend.
So what do you say? Would my future queen like to marry me at two weddings? Dinara says women always dream about marrying their soulmate and how perfect it will be. So maybe marrying yours twice, privately for your closest friends, then again legally for all of our friends and family that we invite, would make our marriage even more special?"
"Even if Taffer can do so legally we can have still do so only slightly reversed. If Taffer can legally marry us, then he will do so in a private ceremony on the bridge with our closest friends. Then we will have a bigger ceremony at Fortress Ka'shaa for all of our friends and family to attend. EIther way I think Caprice and Cosmin should be allowed to at least attend our ship wedding, since there are working emmitters on the bridge.
I will be in our quarters unpacking my gunslinger suit and looking forward to marry you soon. Oh and I left my VBI infiltrator helm at my con on the bridge. Goes to show just how worried I was about our Belle. I will get it later, I guess."
After I end the EGO message, I hug Belle and give her a kiss on her cheek. Then I stand up and say, "Well Little Starr Eyes, it looks like we have a wedding or two to prepare for. Damn I can't believe how much has changed in my life since you and I got reacquainted during your Bat hunt. I am now a father to be of twins and an immediate Groom to be! This is all your dakking fault, you damn goodie-two-shoes!"
I chuckle wholeheartedly, then say, "Thank you for bringing Lady into my life, and helping make me deserving of her Belle. I will see you again soon. Now I will go prepare the only suit I have on board and hope Lady has something in mind for rings or Chris can find something that will work. I hope you know, that I do love you as my little sister. Look at me! Little Ithmah spent his time wishing he had one brother or sister to protect him and keep him company. Now I an older sister, a younger sister, a couple brothers, my Snow Angel and our twins."
I give Belle a huge hug, then another brotherly kiss. Next I put my mask back on and head to Lady's and my quarters to prepare my old gunslinger suit, hoping it will do for now.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jul 12, 2015 9:11:28 GMT
On his way to the wedding Volodja bumped in with Pyotr Yershov and they had a discussion at canteen (sic!). Mainly it was about EGO transfers and that memory device but suddenly they stated to talk about Russia. Seems that someone made Pyotr a bit homesick. Volodja got a bit carried away when he remembered Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург), the former capital of Russia, he had been visiting couple of times and which he preferred even to Moscow (Москва) because of cultural independence they used to have and European influences to the city right from the beginning, when Tsar Peter the Great decided that he needs a whole new city at the head of the Gulf of Finland, which is the part of the Baltic sea. Accidentally Pyotr was from an old intellectual family who lived in Saint Petersburg through generations, so they both could share their memories about that beautiful city. At least it used to be beautiful. Full of canals and bridges and samples of classicist architecture. No wonder that Saint Petersburg was called Venice of the North (like Amsterdam, Bruges, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm and few more cities which had a decent channel system and lot of beautiful sights to see)     Suddenly Pyotr asked: "Why do you call yourself Volodya, instead of using Vladimir?" The question hit Volodja straight under his belt and he replied after awhile: "You are not the only one who is been named after someone famous. There are couple of reasons why I don't use Vladimir. First - it resembles too much Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin. Second - you probably know what Vladimir means. Russian speakers understood and understand the meaning of Vladimir as "Peace Owner" or "World Ruler". Although I would like to leave my mark in this world and be somebody myself, I never wanted to rule it." |
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Post by Taffer on Jul 12, 2015 11:57:23 GMT
"How many times have I said going legal is more trouble than it worth?" Muttered Taffer sifting through various legal documents regarding marriage. "You say it at least once in a month", Em Dash replied, "But I think you're overcomplicating things.""Thanks Dash, you're always helpful", Taffer answered, "Maybe you're right but I have to make sure it won't be treated as fake or something like that.""Okay people", he sent through the team's EGO, "Regarding legal issues, it's really simple. As long as there are so many cultures mixed in the Bay Area with completely different marriage ceremonies among them, the official part of it is as simple as possible to fit any of those ceremonies. As a captain of the ship I've downloaded a document which parties need to sign and then it will be sent to Shondu's consulate for registering. The unique document ID and your sign is all that matters to make it legal. Everything else regarding the ceremony is up to us to arrange the way we like. Speaking of which, I think I need some guidance. You know last time I was attending the wedding, I was picking guests' pockets not really paying attention or trying to remember what was happening around and what was said. What music shall we play? Ah, Mendelssohn? Okay, setting it to the playlist. Rings can be holographic unless someone comes up with a better solution." He didn't think much of any costume change, thinking his usual dark jacket would fit nicely given his utter dislike for official costumes. The only thing he accepted as his outfit change was a hat, as he asked Lexy to test some holographic images on him and ended up with a buckled capotain. It didn't look too much official and will likely raise some good laugh when they would at the ceremony photos. Speaking of photos, he worked on the lighting and camera views to make a good footage of this historical moment. He set the ceremony to be held right at the bridge. Might be not the best place for it, but he thought that being close to the ship's controls would ensure the safety of this wedding and their flight as a whole. 
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jul 12, 2015 12:40:10 GMT
Suddenly Volodja remembered about the wedding and saying: "Enough about etymology for today. We are going to be late for a wedding. Here comes the moral: "Don't get stuck into the past or you will forget the present. They need us there. by the way -do you have anything that resembles the rings? I supposed to pass them to the couple at ceremony but we lack the jewellery at moment."", grabbed Pyotr by his sleeve and dragged him along to the bridge where wedding bells were about to toll. "А ну-ка. Дай мне подумать (Hey. Let me think)," said Pyotr and started to search his pockets. "I always carry something with me in case my equipment needs a quick fix." "Maybe that wire will help us here," said Volodja when he spotted a roll of wire which Pyotr carried with him with other gadgets he might need for some quick repair. "As long as it's isolated or at least layered. We don't want to risk with metal allergy," he continued, starting to cut wire and bend it into two rings - one bigger another one smaller. "We will make final adjustment during the ceremony," he said after completing the work on the rings. "Hopefully those soon to be newly wed don't mind having these until they get something better to wear. Worth of try anyway, because it's the best thing that common guy like me can offer at moment and improvised rings are suitable in improvised wedding. Пошли, Петр (Let's go, Pyotr)!" And the wedding guest and newly elected Best Man hurried towards the bridge.  "Where did you learn that?" Pyotr asked on their way. "Try the guerilla or maquis lifestyle for awhile. Most of the time you sit in some bunker and have nothing to do. That's where handicraft becomes useful. I learned to bend wire among other things on our spare time. But that's nothing compared with others achievements. One of our guys even learned to knit." They hurried forward, because getting late to the wedding ceremony is unforgivable. Volodja swept sweat from his high forehead with the sleeve of his traditional General outfit. It was a bit too fancy but he didn't had the time to remove epaulettes. "Don't start without me," was Volodja's EGO message. "Rings are on their way." |
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Post by Belle Starr on Jul 12, 2015 15:04:59 GMT
"Oh no!" Said Belle Starr to Atticus, "Lady can't get married dressed as a pilot!" Belle blurred to the bridge, hailing Stephanie on the way, saying, "Meet me in my cabin please! We have a wedding to get dressed for!" When she got to the bridge, Belle grabbed Lady pulling her away from her station, saying as she pulled her out of the cockpit, "I have the perfect wedding outfit in my quarters! Let's go!" Stephanie, Pyotr's wife and a cyborg, met them at Belle's cabin, clearly excited exclaiming, "A wedding! How wonderful!" As the ladies entered Belle's cabin, Belle uttered, "I got this white suit thinking that might be a new image for me as a VBI executive, but then I liked my Casti green business suit better, so it's here in my wardrobe used, thinking I might have a use for it sometime, and I guess that time is now!" Sandy, Lady's EGO psyche, joined the ladies as they cleaned up, dressed, and chatted happily while they put on their makeup. it took them a remarkably short amount of time, and they were soon back on the bridge waiting for the ceremony to begin.  |
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Post by Marcel Lestrange on Jul 12, 2015 16:09:51 GMT
Among invited wedding guests was another couple who thought that they invite themselves - Lena Marr and Marcel Lestrange who followed Pyotr and Volodja to the improvised chapel. "Looks at the happy bride," Marcel whispered. "She wears white to symbolize purity of the soul. I would say that white symbolises innocence but that belly speaks about other things. And who are our main stage actors? Tough Erika seems to have at least one soft spot -weddings, because she is here. That sneaky fellow....what is is his name? Taffer? is also here. And who is the Maid of Honour? I should have guessed - Mademoiselle Belle herself. And who supports the Groom on his hard way into marriage. Who is the General? Sacre Bleu! Volodja has the honour, although I assumed that he will be the priest."
Marcel grinned widely and slid his arm around Lena. "What a nice wedding. Brings tears into my eyes. You know. I can not wait the honeymoon. Maybe we just should begin with it ourselves?" he whispered to her white ear, bringing wicked smile to Lena's pretty face. Her sky blue long lashed eyes drilled a hole through Belle Starr, who was standing there, looking as elegant as a woman can be.
"Friends, we have joined here today to share with Atticus Batman and Lady Christianna an important moment in their lives. We are going to join them in matrimony commended to be honorable among all; and therefore is not to be entered into lightly but reverently, passionately, lovingly and solemnly. Into this - these two persons present now come to be joined. If any person can show just cause why they may not be joined together - let them speak now or forever hold their peace," began Taffer somehow traditionally.
"Should I say something?" whispered Marcel Lestrange. "But I can not find any reasons who those two should not be wed."
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jul 12, 2015 18:14:13 GMT
Taffer smiled, seeing that nobody objected marriage of the love-birds who looked so happy together, and continued: "Since I don't see anyone here, who can give these two away to be wed, they should do it by themselves, while I continue with my opening reading.So I ask those who are about to get united in a matrimony, please step forward and listen what I have to say: Love is the feeling that makes you want to rewrite the world once more. It makes you want to choose the set of characters, build the astounding scenery and guide the plot. Today I have a chance to write another chapter to this story. A happy one, a beautiful one. One chapter in continuous story is written right now, here on the bridge. Next chapter is yours to write, Atticus and Lady Christianna. I believe that you begin writing it right after the ceremony. Until then you have to behave and avoid kissing the bride, Atticus, before you have my permission to do so." And Taffer smiled again. Volodja grinned on his place, listening Taffer's fatherly and somewhat humorous speech. He kept silent and listened. Atticus' happiness glowed even through his mask. He looked around and spotted Marcel and Lena standing by the door and whispering. Both of them had grins on their faces as well - Marcel's devilish smile harmonized with Lena's wicked one, when Lena draw a big belly in front of her with her hand. With an absent minded look on his handsome face, Volodja rose his hand and made a little gesture, making Marcel's grin to disappear. Taffer continued: "I lost my belief in the idea of having soul mates, or love at first sight, because our world is cruel one and might rob your beloved one. But seeing you, I regained my belief and saw that very few times in your life, you might meet someone who is exactly right for you. Not because he or she is perfect, or because you both are, but because all good and bad you got, is arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together as we can witness today. I won't ask the traditional question "Do you?" because seeing you here, happy and excited gives the answer we need to know. It is time for you to give your marital vows. Turn and face one another and join hands to express your vows of love and devotion each to the other. We start with you, Atticus, because you seem to be here and ready to begin." After Atticus and Lady said what they had to say to each other, although more unspoken words were said by their glances both of them exchanged all the time. After that became Volodja's moment when he took freshly made wire rings from his pocket and whispering: "Had to improvise a bit here. Hope you don't mind simplicity of the rings. You two are complicated personalities and deserve something more...sophisticated, but it's the best I could create in few minutes. Congratulations to both of you." He stepped back to his place and watched how Atticus measured first ring, adjusted it to fit and slid it to the white finger of Lady. Lady took another one and put it to Atticus' clay brown finger. Since she had not that much strength, Atticus had to help her. When their fingers touched each other Volodja could swear that he saw sparkles.  "Seemingly your relationship will be as it has always been, yet there is a power in the spoken word. May that power bring you all the warmth and closeness, security and comfort, joy and happiness that this world has to offer," were Taffer's closing words before he declared: "By the power vested in me as the captain of this vessel and one Lady Christianna, I now pronounce you husband and wife. And now the moment you both were waiting for - you may finally kiss each other." Their kiss was long and passionate and even Volodja felt something in his brown eyes when he witnessed that sign of true love, Atticus and Lady gave to each other. Then it was time for Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" which was suddenly and smoothly replaced by Billy Idol's "White wedding," because Volodja already knew Giant's taste of music and made some magic with the musical background. For once he rose his hand against classical music, putting his principles aside. But it was for his friend the Giant. Hopefully Mrs. Giant was not mind. Volodja looked around as he was doing during the ceremony as well, and maybe, just maybe, his glances stopped on certain girls a bit more than on rest of the people (It was possible that one certain Southern Belle received even a bit longer look). When newly-weds went to their opening dance, Volodja stepped back and leaned against the wall, smiling by himself and wiping a tear. Weddings can be beautiful even in post apocalyptic world and sometimes these kind of things can touch one's heart. |
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jul 13, 2015 4:40:04 GMT
While I was in our quarters I took off my mask and admired myself in the suit. I knew it looked good but, I just don't feel right in 'public' without a mask on. I will make sure I get some photos without a mask on for Lady, however I also know she wants me to feel as comfortable as possible at our wedding that may have our 'ship guests' in attendance. I dug through a trunk of masks and helmets that I had forgotten in our closet, and pulled out a few, to try on. Then I looked at myself without a mask again, and did a quick trim of my goatee, so the masks wouldn't pull on it.
 
After I trimmed my facial hair and readjusted my longer hair, I started trying on a few different masks and helmets to see how the look with my choice in suits. After a few different failures I came across what I consider a success with the Underworld Crime Lord mask and it's accompanying top hat, that I obtained during one of my visits to Lima.
 
After adjusting the mask a little more, I adjusted my hair some more. Next I put on the top hat and readjust my suit and tie. Then I looked in Lady's mirror again. I think I look good, but am not sure so I asked my Ego psyche and self-proclaimed kid sister, Dinara what she thinks. Her response was, "Wow! You really clean up good when it is for Lady! She is gonna love it Atty! Just one thing! I know I don't know guns like you know guns but....Switch side-arms! That one looks wrong with this outfit! It's a western suit so try a western pistol!"
I decided she was right so I removed my EXL pistol and unboxed my revolver and holstered it, so it matches the outfit better. Then I admired myself one more time, before I head to the bridge.
As I made my adjustments, then headed to the bridge, Dinara made an outfit choice as well.
Then she appeared in the bridge. When she did most of the people were already there. Erika's EGO psyche Amber was standing by her mother, Erika, when Dinara spotted her. So she ran over to Amber and gave her a quick kiss, then quickly took ahold of her hand.
When I walked onto the Bridge, Volodja quickly ushered me into place, and told me to relax because he was certain that even Marcel wouldn't ruin a wedding for no reason. Lady arrived just a few moments after me, with Belle right behind her. I was so happy to see how stunning she looked in her outfit, that I couldn't take my eyes off her, or focus much on what Taffer was saying, hell I didn't even notice he started the ceremony.
I was so lost in her beauty that I didn't even hear Taffer say: "I lost my belief in the idea of having soul mates, or love at first sight, because our world is cruel one and might rob your beloved one. But seeing you, I regained my belief and saw that very few times in your life, you might meet someone who is exactly right for you. Not because he or she is perfect, or because you both are, but because all good and bad you got, is arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together as we can witness today. I won't ask the traditional question "Do you?" because seeing you here, happy and excited gives the answer we need to know. It is time for you to give your marital vows. Turn and face one another and join hands to express your vows of love and devotion each to the other. We start with you, Atticus, because you seem to be here and ready to begin."
As a matter of Fact Volodja had to gently nudge me and say, "Giant, say your vows now! Admire her beauty later!"
I glanced at Volodja and nod slightly then I took Lady's hands in mine, as I looked into her eyes and said my vows. "I awoke to the violent embrace of the Darkness long ago, where I thought I would have no choice but to accept it and remain forever. Then I met you and realized that even a dark being, as demonic as myself, can be accepted into the light, if he wants it and fights for it, bad enough. You make me want and need to be in the light to be near you. I will do everything in my power to be a great husband and loving father for you and our children. I will always do my best to protect you three and be there for you in everyway. I love you, MY Snow Angel."
After I finished my vows, Lady said hers. Then Volodja stepped up beside me and handed me some interesting wire rings and whispering he said: "Had to improvise a bit here. Hope you don't mind simplicity of the rings. You two are complicated personalities and deserve something more...sophisticated, but it's the best I could create in few minutes. Congratulations to both of you."
I whispered back to Volo, "Kakusi is right. You really are a cunning and clever human. No need to apologize. It just proves that I picked the Best Man for the job. Love the makeshift designs. You truly are the best Fool to have around."
Volo stepped back to his place and I measured the first ring, adjusted it to fit and slid it to the white finger of MY Lady. Lady took another one and put it to my clay brown finger. Since she didn't have enough strength, given the strong wire Volo used, I had to help her. When our fingers touched each other I felt and am certain I saw sparkles, so I glanced at Lady and Volo and from the looks on their faces am certain they saw the sparks as well.
After our vows and placing our 'rings' made by our clever Best Man and my favorite Fool, Taffer concluded with "Seemingly your relationship will be as it has always been, yet there is a power in the spoken word. May that power bring you all the warmth and closeness, security and comfort, joy and happiness that this world has to offer," before he declared: "By the power vested in me as the captain of this vessel and one Lady Christianna, I now pronounce you husband and wife. And now the moment you both were waiting for - you may finally kiss each other."
I definitely heard that one and took my cue. I grabbed Lady, and as I pulled her to me, she lifted my mask slightly and I gave her the longest, most romantic and passionate kiss that I could muster, which isn't hard, since like my Older sister, I am a person of action. Then Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" started and quickly but very smoothly transitioned to Billy Idol's "White wedding". I glance at Volo and nod my approval, as I offered my hand to Lady so we could start our first dance as a married couple, hopefully the first of many to come.
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