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( open ) you are cordially invited...

Who: EVERYONE!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Jim Kirk and Victor Frankenstein's wedding, and everyone is invited!
When: March 30th

The Bachelor Party (( CLOSED to invited CR ))

The evening before the wedding, Jim and Victor gather up their closest friends, admittedly not many when they haven't been on the Fleet for that long. Bachelor parties would usually happen in separate, but that's difficult to do when they share so many friends, and so they decide to throw the party together.

The setting is simple but cozy; they've picked out a small pub in town, and reserved a rustic little room in the basement. There's a large table with a few games, most notably a chessboard, and a sitting area with couches and chairs gathered around a coffee table, in front of a lit up fireplace. On a small bar by the corner there are a few drinks on offer, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and on a table next to it there is a selection of snacks and various kinds of finger foods to make for a light but hopefully filling dinner.

Courtesy of Kirk 1.0, there's also a music system and a microphone set up next to the sitting area, and you know what that means... karaoke! It's guaranteed to be more fun the drunker you get. Speaking of drunker, someone will definitely be tossing around the idea for strip chess, so hopefully you won't get too embarrassed if people start losing pieces of clothing. But hey, at least everyone's a winner.

The party will go well into the night, and Jim and Victor likely won't leave until everyone else does. So feel free to stick around, play games, sing songs and get drunk... if you get really drunk, you can always make yourself comfortable on one of the couches and fall asleep there. (The patrons can just kick you out eventually, it's okay.)

You Are Cordially Invited... (( OPEN to everyone! ))

The preparations were rushed and the invitations sent out in a bit of a hurry, but it's not like there's ever a lot of time to prepare for a wedding, when one doesn't want to do it aboard one of the ships. But everything seems to be well put together, and there's a very rustic and homely feel from the moment you arrive.

The ceremony proper happens at the lodge, a spot that has been set up with a few seats and a set of stairs leading up to a small canopy, all of it decorated with white fabric and an abundance of flowers. It's short and sweet, and after vows are exchanged and a few words from the one performing the ceremony (hopefully no one will find it too weird that it's the other Jim), they slip on their rings and share a kiss, delighted to let the celebrations continue onto the reception.

With Jim and Victor taking the lead, the guests are walked across a bridge, lit with candle lanterns, strings of white flowers embellishing the wooden frame. The good portion of the reception is outside, and everything is decorated with lanterns, string lights hanging everywhere and resembling stars more and more as the sun starts to set, and (yes, you guessed it) more flowers.

As a matter of fact, there are flowers a little all over the place. In jars hanging from trees, tied to the backs of chairs, bundled up in crates that are spread out all over the area. The food is set up on large tables, divided by starters, main dishes and desserts, the wedding cake having its own smaller but more prominent stand near the dessert table. There are no assigned seats, however. After all, everyone was invited and it's not like there are that many people on the Fleet, so just grab a plate, help yourself, and take a seat wherever! You might even find a few of the locals joining in on the party a little later, but both grooms seem more than happy to welcome them too.

The party goes on a little into the night. Everyone is free to hang around for as long as they want, or leave early if you're scared of the dark...

but don't worry, there are lights all over the place! There are also plenty of cozy little nooks and corners where guests can make themselves comfortable, and if you start to get a little chilly, feel free to borrow one of the many blankets on offer, or simply head into the indoors portion of the reception. It's small but there are a few seats and even a fireplace to keep the place warm.

If you like sitting by a fire but would much rather stay outside, a small campfire will be lit up just before the sun starts to set, and a small table with plates of something that looks close to marshmallows, chocolate and biscuits set up nearby. Have a seat around the fire and build your own s'more, and toss in a campfire song or two if you're feeling inspired.

And of course, can't have a wedding without a dance floor! Or two, as it so happens: one indoors, and another one outside, the latter far more enchanting, with endless string lights hanging high above a flat wooden platform.

There's a fairly modern music system so you might recognize a lot of late 20th and early 21st music playing, but for those more musically inclined there are also plenty of local instruments you can pick up and try your luck at playing a song, or even sing.

The party is very loose and carefree. Do what you want, come and go as you please, steal either of the grooms away for a dance, or find a pair among the other guests... whatever you want to do, and however long you want to stay, feel free to do as you please!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Bucky's glad he was able to drag Steve, because while he knows at least one groom, they've only met the once and it's kind of nice to have someone around that you know a little better than that. It doesn't mean Bucky's expecting Steve to stick by his side all night, and Bucky isn't attached to Steve, either - he's saying hello to guests he knows, and maybe even introducing himself to a few he doesn't. He's open and approachable and certainly appreciating the party.

Though at some point, he spots... is that Steve dancing with Loki? Something cold and uncomfortable twists in his gut at the sight of it, and it barely feels like he blinks before he's stepping up to the two of them on the dance floor, doing his best to keep his face and voice neutral as he says, already reaching for Steve's elbow,] Mind if I cut in?

[Steve turns at the touch, confused to see Bucky there asking to cut. It's clear he's not asking to dance with Loki. But to dance with him?]

Buck. It's fine. I'm not stomping on his toes.

[Bucky raises one eyebrow, looking from Steve to Loki.] Does that gotta be the reason I cut in?

[Answer: It does not. Because if that were the case, maybe he'd just have left Steve to it.]

[Steve looks between the two of them, confused and at a loss.]

I guess if you really wanted to. Lok, you mind?

[Something in Bucky bristles even more at that - at that nickname - so he's already pulling at Steve's elbow with a poorly-faked smile on his face.] He doesn't mind, I'm sure.

Hey!

[Steve allows himself to be tugged, frowning the whole time at his friend.]

You're that desperate for a dance? No girls caught your eye?

I'm that desperate for you to learn how to dance before you turn a hundred.

[It's a shitty excuse, but he doesn't have a good one. That he can cop to.]

I'm already a hundred and I was doing alright with Loki teaching me.

[Still, he's allowing himself to be led, eyes focused on his friend.]

[Bucky frowns - for at least two separate reasons.] You are not, I'm not.

[It's hard to get over that weird timeline shit on top of the different universes, okay.]

And I can teach you better, anyway.

[Steve rolls his eyes but goes along with it. Clearly Bucky is in a mood that doesn't need to be made worse.]

I dunno. He's a prince, remember? Ballroom dancing is part of the gig. Not to mention he always preferred dancing with guys so he's a little more used to it than you.

He's a lot of other things, too, [Bucky murmurs, continuing to tug at Steve until he deems they're far enough away from Loki.] Or did he not try to take over the entire world, in your universe?

[He's just not going to say anything about the rest of what Steve says. Yet. Maybe ever, despite the way it's making his skin crawl and his gut twist even worse.]

Yes. Yes, he did. But that wasn't him. Not really.

[Steve grabs Bucky's arm and scowls.]

Look. He's a friend. A really, really close friend. I know it might be confusing but shouldn't it mean something that I trust him?

It means your heart is still too big for your stupid chest, [Bucky says, but if he's mad at anyone, it's still Loki, for making him fight with Steve over this.]

I'm pretty sure it was him. Unless - what. HYDRA made him do it, too?

[Bucky does not sound like he thinks this is the case.]

Bucky!

[Steve pulls away, plainly angry at this point. His arms cross over his chest, chin tilted up.]

He was under an influence, yeah. But even so that man over there died to save Thor. He's a good man. You can give him a chance.

I can, but I don't have to, [Bucky says quietly, staring down Steve because it's not like they've never had a difference of opinion before.

He doesn't want to make a scene at someone else's wedding, for God's sake, but he's not going to give in just because of what Steve says, either.]

[Wrong answer.]

No. No, you don't have to. You can be a jerk if you're so dead set on it.

It's not gonna stop me from spending time with him, hope you realize.

Then I'm a jerk. But whatever he did to get you to trust him so much... he hasn't done it for me.

[Bucky snorts, softly.] I'm not your keeper.

[Never mind that he just physically dragged Steve away. Now he spreads his hands.] If you'd rather spend time with him, go ahead.

He saw my life. I saw his. There's more to him than you know. You should trust me, Buck.

[But seeing Bucky so upset about this makes Steve roll his eyes. But he doesn't move away.

Instead Steve grabs Bucky's hands.]

You're being stupid but I'm calling your bluff. Let's dance.

[Ugh, those damn Calibrations. Bucky can believe Steve, but he still has no clue what he could have possibly seen that would change his mind about Loki, and he's not really feeling so into wanting the whole story right now, at the moment.

He's... also not actually expecting Steve to take him up on dancing, but look - you don't say things around Steve Rogers without the potential that he will absolutely take you at face value. So when Steve does grab his hands, Bucky snorts.] Are you gonna step on my toes, instead?

[But he's not pulling away. He said he was cutting in. If this is what it takes, he'll do it. He'd rather Steve danced with him than Loki, any day.]

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