Omega19x: Ryou walked into the living room with book in hand - 'The Bishie's Guide to Weddings.' It was time to get down to some serious wedding planning.
ph33r my rod: Malik looked up at him. "Whatcha got there, Ryou?"
Omega19x: "A wedding planning book." he smiled. "This way, we can try to figure out some of the stuff we don't already have figured out."
Omega19x: "... like most of it..."
ph33r my rod: "Oooh, cool. Yeah, that'll be pretty useful..."
Omega19x: "They have a method of Six Steps to Dreamy Designs. I think we should follow it."
ph33r my rod: "Sounds like a plan to me." Malik patted the space next to him, prompting Ryou to sit. "Let's take a look~"
Omega19x: Ryou sat next to him, and opened up the book to the page he had marked. He read, "Step 1. Visualize. What od you want guests to say about your wedding? What feelings do you want them to experience, from beginning to end?"
Omega19x: *do
Omega19x: "...Write down all your ideas."
ph33r my rod: "'Kay." Malik reached over to pick up a notepad that had just randomly been lying around. "...hm. What we want them to say..."
Omega19x: "... that... that it was sweet?"
ph33r my rod: Malik jotted that down. "That it made them feel... happy?"
Omega19x: "and comfortable... We'll be outside, so I guess... free?"
ph33r my rod: "Ooh, that sounds good." Malik jotted those down, too.
Omega19x: "... peaceful would be nice too... Seeing as how everything in Domino, well... isn't..."
ph33r my rod: "...yeah. That works well with the location we picked, too."
Omega19x: "... If they remember it, I want them to remember it for a good reason."
ph33r my rod: "Definitely."
ph33r my rod: Malik looked at the short list he'd made. "So... sweet, happy, comfortable, free, peaceful. That pretty much sums up what I want to feel, too..."
Omega19x: "And it should kind of reflect us... don't you think? Like... something that describes us as a couple! Something... fluffy!" Ryou giggled a little.
ph33r my rod: "Oh yes, of course~" Malik leaned over and nuzzled into Ryou's fluffy hair. "If you looked that word up in the dictionary, you'd find our pictures next to it."
Omega19x: Ryou laughed. "You really think so?"
ph33r my rod: "Sure. And if it didn't, then... well, that'd be kind of a crappy dictionary~"
Omega19x: "Then that's what our wedding should be! Fluffy!"
ph33r my rod: "Fluffy indeed~ You realize this means that cream puffs will be involved somehow, yes?"
Omega19x: "I can't imagine the reception catered by anyone but Creamlycious!" Ryou smiled.
ph33r my rod: "That was a given from the beginning, wasn't it?"
Omega19x: Ryou nodded.
ph33r my rod: Malik laughed a little and pecked the side of his head. "Shoulda guessed~ That's perfectly fine with me, though. Cream puffs are so us, I think everyone would be surprised if we had anything but."
Omega19x: "Let's see... we kind of already did step two... to go out and visit places for inspiration. That's how we found the gardens!"
ph33r my rod: "Yep. I think we've got that covered."
Omega19x: "Step three... Write about yourself. This is a unique perosnal moment in your life... Show your ture perosnality. Prepare a brief autobiography of yourself... where you grew up, where you've lived, how we met... current occupations, and a detailed list of favorite things in life."
Omega19x: "As well as things... that you don't like."
ph33r my rod: "Hm, okay. That shouldn't be too hard. Grew up in a hole in the ground, lived in said hole for ten years, met you at Battle City and then again at an ice cream shop in which we were stalked afterward, currently working in an auto repair shop..." Malik continued muttering to himself as he wrote things down on his notepad.
Omega19x: "Okay... my turn... Born in England, lived in Japan... where lots of people died... I met you in Battle City, but we fell in love in Las Vegas... on that road trip. Currently working at Creamylicious..."
Omega19x: "I think the point of that is to find ideas of parts of our life we want to encorporate into the wedding... or things we... don't..."
ph33r my rod: "...hm. Yeah, that makes sense. I don't think we should include anything about the stalking or people dying or stuff like that. That'd just bring back bad memories..."
Omega19x: "... or you living underground... I think our whole wedding is about you not being underground... since it's outside and all."
ph33r my rod: Malik nodded. "Yeah. Freedom was something we want people to feel..."
Omega19x: "Then our wedding should be as open and close to nature as possible!" Ryou smiled. "Maybe we can have our recpetion at another part of the gardens."
ph33r my rod: "Yeah, I think that'd be good. No need for mass transport, yeah? I'm sure they have some kind of area for that."
Omega19x: "It's a big garden."
ph33r my rod: "Mhm. A big garden with lots of pretty places~"
Omega19x: "we'll save lots of money on flowers."
ph33r my rod: "Definitely. And if we need anymore, like for a bouquet and stuff, Isis can provide, and I'm pretty sure we can get a discount there."
Omega19x: "It would be nice to have little boutineers at least, or maybe pin a flower or two in my hair."
ph33r my rod: "That'd be pretty." Malik idly toyed with a fluffy tuft of Ryou hair. "It'd be prettier than the gardens themselves~"
Omega19x: Ryou blushed a little. "Okay... we should write down our favorites, so we can incorporate them into our... our theme of... fluffy.:"
ph33r my rod: "'Kay. What kind of stuff is it asking for, in terms of favorites?"
Omega19x: "Things like colors... hobbies, books, music, foods..."
ph33r my rod: "Hm." Malik tapped his chin with the end of his pencil, then started writing things down again. "I like dark colors, like blues and purples... hobbies, uhhh. Riding my motorbike, playing video games, spending time with you... books. I don't really read a lot, so no real opinion there..."
ph33r my rod: (( *got distracted* ))
Omega19x: "What about music... and food?"
ph33r my rod: "Well... I like rock music. Like, the loud screamy variety, but I'm flexible with music in general. I think as long as it's not rap or something, I'm okay with it. And I'm not really picky with food as long as it doesn't have any meat in it."
Omega19x: "Okay. For a wedding... though... maybe we could have a light music... at least for the ceremony. We can play harder music at the reception?"
ph33r my rod: "Yeah, that's not a problem. I'm sure we can find something that'll suit both of our tastes~"
Omega19x: "Rock music... isn't usually fluffy."
Omega19x: "The book suggests we encorporate our theme into every tiny detail of the wedding... That's step six."
ph33r my rod: "...hm. Our theme is pretty much fluff, so." Malik thought for a moment. "...hey, have we even decided when this'll be yet?"
Omega19x: "... um... no... We haven't..."
ph33r my rod: "Well... we're just going into summer now, so we missed a lot of the pretty spring flowers... and I'm not sure if we'd even be fully prepared by the end of the summer."
Omega19x: "... Let's see... fluffy... fluffy... Autumn's not fluffy... But winter can be! Just after a light snow. Think how fluffy it would be at the gardens with just a little snow underfoot."
ph33r my rod: "Ooooh, yeah. Not too far into the winter though, we don't want anyone to freeze out there. Maybe closer to the beginning..."
Omega19x: "Like... late November or early December?"
ph33r my rod: "Somewhere around there would be good, I think." Malik pictured how the gardens would look with a light dusting of snow.
Omega19x: Ryou was picturing it too. It would surely be a pretty picture.
Omega19x: "Oh! We're still in the middle of step three... I haven't written down my favorites yet!"
ph33r my rod: "Oh yeah..."
Omega19x: Ryou thought for a minute or so. "I... I like light colors... like white, and blue. Hobbies... I like baking, doing yoga... I like a lot of English books, music, films. Um... food... cream puffs!"
ph33r my rod: Malik laughed and playfully ruffled Ryou's hair. "You're gonna turn into a cream puff someday."
Omega19x: As if he wasn't one already.
ph33r my rod: (( ...valid point. :X ))
Omega19x: "Maybe we should just skip right to trying to tie our theme into... into everything."
ph33r my rod: "Mhm. So it seems that our theme is snow, flowers, and fluff, pretty much."
Omega19x: "Fluffy." Ryou smiled. "A perfect theme..."
ph33r my rod: "Perfect for us." Malik looked at him and smiled back.
Omega19x: "The last step involves tieing it to everything... what we see, hear, smell, taste, and touch..."
Omega19x: "Taste is going to be easy."
ph33r my rod: "Of course. Cream puffs~"
Omega19x: "We can have a big cream puff cake... It's called a Croquembouche,"
ph33r my rod: Malik blinked. "That's... a fancy word."
Omega19x: "It means a big tower of cream puffs. It's covered with a sugary frosting."
ph33r my rod: Ooh. Sugar. "I like the sound of that."
Omega19x: "And we can have little wedding puffs for the other guests... maybe like a cocktail reception or little buffet style... white icing, little blue or purple flowers next to them... since those are colors we both like."
ph33r my rod: "That'd be nice... nothing really too heavy, I don't think. It'd keep with the fluffy theme to have lighter foods, and you can fill puff shells with pretty much anything, so."
Omega19x: "... veggie puffs."
Omega19x: Ryou smiled.
ph33r my rod: "... Sounds like a winner." Malik grinned back at him.
Omega19x: "let's see... sight... If there's snow, that's fluffy. Our wedding kimonos are light... We can have light flowers that look like little puffs."
ph33r my rod: "...oh, that'd be cute. Maybe even little icing flowers on the puffs."
Omega19x: "oooh... I'll work on that for sure!"
Omega19x: "And you like cold things... so winter is the perfect season for you!" Ryou smiled. "Maybe we can have an ice sculpture at the reception site!"
ph33r my rod: "...iiiiiice." A big grin broke out on Malik's face. "I saw this TV show once where they had an ice sculpture contest, and some of those things looked pretty awesome. Maybe we could have a giant ice flower, or something."
Omega19x: "we'll think of something perfect for it... I'm sure."
Omega19x: "... what else is fluffy that we can see?"
ph33r my rod: "...hm." As if on cue, a pair of cats jumped up onto the couch, one of them making herself comfortable on Malik's lap. "... ...uhhh."
Omega19x: "... I don't know if the gardens would let you come in, Zahra..." Ryou ran his hand along her back.
Omega19x: "hmm... what is fluffy that we can smell there?"
ph33r my rod: "Um... hm." Malik gave Aisha a scratch behind the ears, and she curled up in his lap even more. "Well, winter days tend to have kind of a... crisp kind of smell. The air is really clear."
Omega19x: "oh... and with all the flowers... I bet that would smell wonderful!"
ph33r my rod: "I think so, too. It'd make a really nice atmosphere."
Omega19x: "Yeah... harsh things or hard things aren't very fluffy... So soft clean air... that'll be perfect."
Omega19x: "... okay... taste... Taste of fluffy."
ph33r my rod: "Cream puffs."
Omega19x: "... the book says we need other things though... Like drinks, and maybe even a meal if we wanted to."
ph33r my rod: "Drinks... uhh. That, I have no idea about."
Omega19x: "... alcohol makes me sick..."
ph33r my rod: "Yeah, that's probably not a good idea..."
Omega19x: "but other people might want to drink it..."
ph33r my rod: "As is generally the case with a lot of people we know."
Omega19x: "They suggest a 'signature drink' too... Do you know of any fluffy drinks?"
ph33r my rod: "Um... well, some have kind of a fizzy bubbly kind of feel... that's the closest to fluffy I can think of, though."
Omega19x: "maybe we could get one of those... Your friend Varon might know of one... I'd ask him."
ph33r my rod: "Uh... I guess so." Malik scratched his head. "I'll give it a shot."
Omega19x: (as opposed to taking a shot)
ph33r my rod: (( *dies* ))
Omega19x: "we can at least have sparkling water or something. They make strawberry flavor now."
ph33r my rod: "...ooooh. That sounds good."
Omega19x: "or a sparkling soda... There are lots of light fluffy drinks like that..."
ph33r my rod: Malik nodded. "Yeah, something like that would work. I don't think there's really anything fluffy, unless you put cream puff cream in them or something."
Omega19x: ooh! like how some fancy drinks have a lemon on the side of the glass... or an olive on a toothpick. We can have a little white cream puff!"
Omega19x: (and can we finish this tmorrow? I'm ready to pull a Ryou.)
ph33r my rod: (( XD Okay. ))
ph33r my rod: (( Night~ :3 ))
Omega19x: night!