Omega19x: Ryou was sitting on the couch, reading a book he checked out from the library, 'Wedding Planning for the Everyday Bishie'
ph33r my rod: Malik came into the room, flopping down onto the couch next to Ryou. "Hey~ What'cha got?"
Omega19x: "Another wedding planning book... We picked a place, but there's a lot more to do still..." he looked up. "I called the Domino City Botanical Gardens to ask about booking a space, and they want to know the size of the wedding."
Omega19x: "... um... that means we need to start looking at how big we want it to be... you know... how many people will come."
ph33r my rod: "...ooh, yeah, you're right. That's kind of important."
Omega19x: "And how big the actual wedding party will be... with how many um... groomsmen and such."
ph33r my rod: Malik actually had to think about that for a minute. "...I'm not sure on that one, actually."
Omega19x: "... well, we'll have to think about it."
Omega19x: "we need at least one person on each side... you know... to be there with us. But we can have more. The book says most weddings have 2 or 3 sets of groomsmen and bridesmaids..."
ph33r my rod: Malik already was thinking about it. "... ... I can't really even think of more than one or two people, honestly. That's kind of sad."
ph33r my rod: (( ...and I don't know what the status between him and his other self is, currently, so even that may be stretching it X| ))
Omega19x: "I think the groom is supposed to pick boys and the bride is supposed to pick girls... but I want to pick my yami as my yami of honor."
ph33r my rod: "...heh, yami of honor. That's cute. But uhhh, this probably isn't the usual type of wedding anyway, so it should be okay to pick whoever."
Omega19x: "I guess they're kind of like witnesses then..."
ph33r my rod: "I guess so." Malik was still thinking. "Wow. I need friends."
Omega19x: "Don't you have anyone you want to be by your side when... when we... tie the knot?"
ph33r my rod: "I do, but the problem is, right now I can't really think of anyone... well, outside of family, anyway."
Omega19x: "You have a lot of family... Do they want to be in the wedding?"
ph33r my rod: "Oh, Isis does, for sure. I'm pretty sure Rishid would, though I haven't heard from him in a while, and I dunno about the little mes or my yami... or other me."
Omega19x: "Isis could be your main witness, then... the little yous and even your yami are probably too young..." Ryou thought for a little while. "Maybe they could throw flower petals or carry the rings. We... we'll need to have rings for sure!"
ph33r my rod: "Oh yes. I don't think it';d be quite right without them~
Omega19x: "... and my yami already said I can wear his ring too."
ph33r my rod: Malik smiled. "That's good."
Omega19x: "That way, I can wear the two most important rings at the same time!" Ryou beamed
ph33r my rod: "So it'll be extra-special!"
ph33r my rod: "...or maybe it was already. Extra-extra-special, then~"
Omega19x: "But yeah... we need to figure out the size of our wedding party..."
ph33r my rod: "...yeah. That should be one of our main priorities at the moment, I think. Since the people up at the gardens wanted to know how big it is, and all."
Omega19x: "And not just the party, but the guests... I think they have space for up to thirty on that little covered area we were looking at."
ph33r my rod: "That shouldn't be too hard to get everyone we want to invite... which we haven't figured out yet either, but still."
Omega19x: "Okay... I can't imagine that many people wanting to see us get married, really..." Ryou pondered. "I wonder if Amane wants to be in the wedding... She... she hardly comes around anymore."
ph33r my rod: "...I'm sure she would. Maybe she just got busy?"
Omega19x: "It's kind of like Rishid... you never see him anymore either..."
Omega19x: (and I just now thought of the fact that they're the same mun... ironic.)
ph33r my rod: Malik nodded. "...yeah."
ph33r my rod: Malik looked a little sad for a moment, but perked right back up. "But I bet that they'll be able to come to it, at least..."
Omega19x: "I hope so..."
Omega19x: "She... she is still my sister... even if she is a disembodied ghost..."
ph33r my rod: "Right. Surely family would be there."
Omega19x: "I hope so. Maybe we should just have a very small wedding party, with one person each..."
ph33r my rod: "That might be the best bet so far. We can always expand later if we need to."
Omega19x: "right. When I call back, I'll say 1-2 just sets of witnesses, just in case."
Omega19x: "... and it would be really nice if your yami were there too. He could carry the rings!"
ph33r my rod: "Aww, yeah, it would." Malik had to laugh a little as he pictured Maru carrying a fluffy little pillow with rings on them.
Omega19x: Ryou nodded. "He's your yami, after all."
Omega19x: "We only get one of them!"
ph33r my rod: "Yeah~ ... Although mine seems to have, uhhh, changed forms a couple of times..."
Omega19x: "oh, that's okay. He's still your yami. No matter what form he's in..."
Omega19x: Ryou certainly cared a lot about his yami, and wanted him to be a big part of their special day.
ph33r my rod: Malik nodded. "That's right~ He'll definitely be included."
ph33r my rod: (( ...if the mun is active by the time we actually get a date set, anyway. XD ))
Omega19x: (of course.)
Omega19x: "okay, so small wedding party... and... and you think we can have only 30 guests? We should start making a guest list!"
ph33r my rod: "Well... I'm pretty sure that out of everyone we know, some people won't show, so... I dunno, it might be enough to cover it."
ph33r my rod: (( We have 52 characters not counting NPCs; it's highly doubtful that every one of them will be on at the same time XD ))
Omega19x: "But we'll need an actual list... We need to send out invitations!"
Omega19x: "... well... we need to buy those invitations first..."
ph33r my rod: "And we still need to figure out exactly when it'll be, too, though..."
Omega19x: "and sometimes people are allowed to bring a guest too... so we have to take that into consideration... And... um... yeah... that too..."
ph33r my rod: "...now that I think about it, 30 might be pushing it. Gaaah, I don't know... I'm sure we'll figure something out, though. We have to eventually."
Omega19x: "This is hard... Okay, the book says we should make a list of people we for sure want to invite... like family and close friends, and then a list of people we want to invite, and then some we think might light to come. And we exclude based on RSVPs from the earlier groups..."
Omega19x: "We should do that."
ph33r my rod: "Yeah, that sounds good. For right now, anyway."
Omega19x: "... I wonder how we can send an invitation up to the aliens..."
Omega19x: "Do they count as people guests?"
ph33r my rod: "...I'm not sure on that one."
ph33r my rod: "Maybe they, uhhh, have some thing they can use to watch with..." Malik scratched his head.
Omega19x: Ryou didn't know either. "... we'd better make our lists, and then compare..."
ph33r my rod: "Okay, that ought to work..."
Omega19x: "It couldn't hurt... and then we'd know how much space we need."
ph33r my rod: "Yeah, that sounds good. We can see how many people we both have on our list, and then others, and it shouldn't be too hard to figure out from there."
Omega19x: "Right!"
Omega19x: Ryou smiled.
ph33r my rod: Malik smiled back. "See, we'll get it all worked out."
Omega19x: Ryou nodded. It would all work out. It had to. It would be their perfect day.