Quest 332

[primrosella]

[Accidental Voice Post]

Oh, bother it all, bother it all, of all things to be worried about at a time like thi--

Where are my shoes?!



[OOC: AWWW SHIT WEDDINGS ARE ON THE HORIZON. Stay tuned for a forthcoming log ETA: the log is here, but in the meantime this post is for all your Matrimonial Pregaming needs!

Also, if you're a friend of Rosella's and think you'd be invited to her wedding, you probably are; feel free to drop me a line so we can handwave something!]

Comments

[anunluckypenny]

It's okay, Rosella. Stay calm, okay? And breathe. Don't forget to do that.

[primrosella]

Oh, don't worry, it's fine, I'm old hat at breathing in a corset this tight by now.

[...Rosella...]

Bother, have you seen my veil? I think it's with my...crown...

[anunluckypenny]

I meant--never mind.

Hey, I'm sure it's around here somewhere. This is supposed to be one of the best days of your whole entire life; try not to spend all of it worrying? Everything'll be where it needs to be.

[primrosella]

[And that, at last, really does seem to slow her down a bit--and it gets a sheepish sort of blush out of her, besides.]

You know, now that you say it...

[She ducks her head with a soft laugh.]

You're right, you know. And really, I...it's funny, in a way, because I just thought to myself that if this really is to be one of the best days of my life, it's got quite a bit of competition for that distinction. Anyone so lucky as to be able to say something like that...really, it's just silly to worry, isn't it.

[anunluckypenny]

There're sillier worries.

[Penny is going to start crying any--no, no she isn't. There will be no crying.]

All it really means is that you'll always have a whole bunch of amazing days to remember.

[primrosella]

[She really mustn't, there's makeup and things to think of.]

I suppose it's really just nerves over all those doors, you know. And...knowing that perhaps we'll have to leave, soon enough. It makes it all feel a bit rushed, hurrying toward being happy so we'll have a little time to enjoy it before...

[anunluckypenny]

There aren't rules about where you have to leave to. Aren't you and Cain thinking about going to the same place?

[primrosella]

We were, for a while. But...it's just, there's something he has to do, and it's not something I ought to be there for, and...

[You know, this was so much easier when they were saying it to each other, but now it just sounds complicated.]

[anunluckypenny]

But you two love each other. I can't imagine--I mean, love like this doesn't just happen every day, you know?

[primrosella]

Well, no, but...I can't imagine most people plan for the sort of love that starts in a City between the worlds, do they?

It'll be all right, Penny. If there's one door between the worlds, there must be another. And we'll find it, I'm sure of it.

[anunluckypenny]

No, probably not, just... there should be happy endings out there. There just need to be times when everything works out and everyone falls in love and it's okay.

[SOMEONE NEEDS TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER HERE, DAMMIT.]

I hope so. I really, really do.

[primrosella]

Well, if all goes as it ought, that's what we'll have in a few hours, anyway.

[anunluckypenny]

Yeah. [And hopefully it'll last more than a couple of days.] I'm really, really happy for you and Cain. You two deserve this... a nice wedding, even if it's kind of last-minute.

[primrosella]

I'm so glad you'll be there, Penny. Your flowers are with the others at the Palace--I suppose it's silly to say not to let me forget to give them to you, of course, but you'll have them soon enough, anyway.

[anunluckypenny]

Hey, I'm just honored that you want me to be around for the wedding, so thank you. And flowers, check. Don't worry about them.

locked; threadjacking because I am a really awful fucking person

[synanthrope]

Hello, Penny.

locked; the ACTUAL worst and it is lovely

[anunluckypenny]

Saya. Hi.

So... you probably know that I have literally no idea what to say to you.

[But only because she's too polite for profanity.]

locked;

[synanthrope]

You know I'm sure you could think of something, but for some reason you won't say it.

locked;

[anunluckypenny]

No, look, I'll say it. Congratulations. How about that? I get what's going on and seriously, it kind of kills me knowing that Robert loves you and not me, but he knows you a hell of a lot better than I do. He must love you for a reason, so... great. I hope you'll both be happy.

Also, I kind of hate you. I don't even know you well enough to hate you, but you knew I'd be stupid enough to screw things up, and I can't even hate you that much because a smarter girl wouldn't have listened to you.

locked;

[synanthrope]

Do you hate me because I convinced you to embarrass yourself, or because Robert proposed to me and not to you?

A smarter girl might have called me an apologized for sleeping with him after he left your apartment. Or at least a girl who acts as polite as you do. Isn't that what people do?

locked;

[anunluckypenny]

Kind of both, but it's not like I don't get why he's not interested in me. I can't hate you because you're beautiful and smart and whatever else.

[. . .]

It was a curse.

locked;

[synanthrope]

You can but it wouldn't be very rational. It was never that I am more beautiful and smarter than you. I simply knew what he wanted when he wanted it. And I gave it to him. I never expected him to fix me.

It was a curse. If you had killed me during a curse, I would think that you would have apologized.

locked;

[anunluckypenny]

I didn't expect him to fix me.

Sleeping with a guy I'm really into who hasn't ever told me that he's serious about someone else isn't the same as killing. [Although now that she mentions it.] ...But I'm sorry.

locked;

[synanthrope]

And that's why you don't get to have him, Penny. Because I do.

[Hey no one said her emotions had to make sense.]

Belated and too late. Hate me as much as you like. I don't really care much for inconsequential people.

locked;

[anunluckypenny]

You...?

[Inconsequential? This conversation needs to end so Penny can go cry somewhere before the wedding.]

I can't hate you now, but... okay. Good luck.

not here

[majorcrotchgrab]

[You can come cry on your gay boyfriend, Penny.]