024 - Something Bloody, Something Blue - Video/Action

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[ A wedding, even in the City, isn't odd news. ]

[ Unless it's a union between a dangerous ex-zombie and a psychotic vampire. That's right. Carla Morir  and Karl Fei-Ong. Tying the knot. ]

[ Barring that fact, though, the spread is surprisingly elegant. The Phantomhive garden has been decorated in eyecatching swathes of red-and-black. Beneath the dark canopies and glowing lanterns, a long black table arrayed with smoked-salmon bites, black caviar, truffle-stuffed birds, extravagant desserts and brightly-colored treats culminates in a monstrous wedding-cake. ]

[ Glasses of chilled champagne and red wine are ready. ( Along with pretty non-bottled drinks - straight from the fount - for those of the vampiric persuasion). Guests (curious, or coerced? ) have turned up in abundance. A string orchestra plays lively music amid chatter and tinkling cutlery. ]

[ The wedding ceremony has just ended. Toasts have been made. Pictures taken. The first dance danced. And, as with every big party, expect a splendid after-party. ]

[ Just ignore creepy rumors about an orgy and bloodbath at the wedding night. It can't possibly be true. ]

[ Can it? ]


[OOC: Obviously not a real wedding, guys. Both bride and groom are so very cursed. Post is open for video/text/action! Threadjacking, wedding crashing and shenanigans are so mightily encouraged. Just don't mess with the bride's gown. Or Karl will personally hunt you down and kill you. ]

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They can stay as long as they want.

[She'd leave them herself when she was fully bored with them.]

Always scheming.

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One the real entertainment begins, expect the nice ones to clear out automatically.

[ Picking up a red cherry to munch on. ]

Who can blame me? Weddings are where all the plots and politics are had.

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[She smiles lazily. She is, quite possibly, one of the least decent brides to every grace this city. The nice ones had better clear out quickly or become entertainment in their own right.]

My mother used to gossip her way through every wedding she attended.

[The stupid cow.]

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Oh?

[ He tilts his head, curious. ]

She sounds insufferable. Glad she isn't here.

[ Karl. So tactful. ]

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I always thought she was insufferable. I asked my father to throw her out for one of my birthdays.

[And then she had learned ~*birthday wishes*~ don't really come true.]

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Tsk.

Let me guess. He said, 'no'?

[ That's a heartbreaking story ;; ]

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He laughed when she was offended.

[Her father was an odd character. She's more like him than she realizes.]

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Interesting father. Or family, I ought to say.

[ He only has memories of Senor Morir from the Gargantuan curse. He wonders how accurate they are. ]

...And now you've officially been welcomed into another.

[ Yaay? ]

[dignity_misery]

[She settles in against his side then. Yes, yaay.]

Very generous of them.

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[ He slips an arm around her. They might, almost, look like a happy newly-wed couple. Except the notion is laughable. ]

Diva likes you well enough.

She enjoys the company of the pretty and interesting ones.

[ That, and Diva and Carla spent a good deal of time locked up and alone. Not that he'll bring that up. Why add doom and gloom to a party? ]

[dignity_misery]

[She lowers her voice slightly.]

I do want her to like me.

[Which is a rather irritating notion to her, wanting a woman to like her because that woman was important to Karl. Stupid attachments.]

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[ He offers a wry yet wistful smile. ]

What's not to like about you?

[ A perfect predator in a human shell. All the scars and sharp edges just add to her charm, in his opinion. ]

[dignity_misery]

That's up to her.

[And Carla couldn't control that. She does vastly prefer to be in control, but if there's anyone she's going to trust with that uncertainty it may as well be Karl.]

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[ In this City, none of them are in control. But that's nothing new to Karl. He had no control - outside, inside - in his own world. ]

As long as no one is a threat to her. Or to her children.

[ He's never pretended to understand how Diva's mind works. But he knows enough of her nature to recognize that she always protects her own. ]

[ Even, on occasion, her Chevaliers. ]

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[The babies. She has such odd feelings about the babies.]

Did Dr. Chase agree to see her?

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[ So does he. His only experience with children is eating them. But these babies are different. Family. ]

He did. He dropped by to give her a check-up.

[ A pause. ]

He says the birth will have to happen in the hospital, though.

[ Such a daunting idea. Not Diva in a hospital - when it comes to her babies, she displays an uncanny restraint - but just the idea of a birth. ]

[ Their family has been tangled in death for so long. ]

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I can come?

[She is probably just as fascinated by the inhuman physiology as Robert is, and she wants to see him work.]

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[ Everyone's fascinated by it. ]

I don't see why not.

Although Chase may try to shoo you away.

[dignity_misery]

He might. Just to be an ass.

[ :| ]

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We could tell him it's a family affair.

Everyone should be in attendance.

[dignity_misery]

[Sigh.]

We'll see.

[Even if she has to rough him up a little.]

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[ Just don't hurt him so much he can't deliver the babies. Diva won't be happy about that :| ]

Either way, it ought to be interesting.

[ He's so looking forward to meeting his little sibling-children. ]