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[ua_duibhne]

Name: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
Date: 11/01
Format: Text

[Embarrassing as it is for Diarmuid to admit, it's only natural that he's been thinking about this kind of thing recently, right? It's not really something he'd had much say in the first time around- largely of his own volition- but now that he doesn't have servants to do most of the organisation... well, he's going to have to be a little more hands-on.]

A question, if you will. What kinds of marital traditions did your people observe in your homelands? This world has much in common with my own so we share some of the same customs but with so many of us from so many places I'm curious about others too. What kinds of ceremonies do you hold? What brings the couple fortune?

Forgive my superstition but let's just say that the betrothed aren't exactly blessed with great luck. It might take more than a horseshoe and some rye to ward off misfortune in their case.

Comments

[weiward]

if you want to hear something really strange, i know of a wedding that had two grooms. the poor guy had to sleep between them - and he was the brother of one of them!

[probably the worst night of jiang cheng's life. or at least in the top 10.]

what were they looking for?

ignore the edits omg i'm sorry

[ua_duibhne]

Well.. I can't think of a more awkward situation to be in than that. Poor lad. Poor grooms. Was their union at least blessed with fortune enough to make up for it?

Truthfully, I have absolutely no idea. My father tried to teach me but I wasn't mystically inclined.

[Still isn't if his mediocre spellwork is anything to go by but he's damn good at finding dogs shapes in clouds.]

not a problem!

[weiward]

[he barely restrains a laugh at poor grooms. poor lan wangji, for sure. wei wuxian was just enough of a gremlin to appreciate the humor of the situation. but his mirth softens a little with the question that follows. it's bittersweet - his husband's memory is incomplete now, and wei wuxian, for better or worse, has kept the truth from him.]

yeah. they'll always be blessed as long as they're together.

if you like, i can probably help you pick an auspicious day for a wedding. and i know a place that has noisemakers for chasing away the evil spirits.

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[ua_duibhne]

No one could want for more.

[And maybe that's what he'll find with Berserker. For a while, in his past life, he came close but he'd always known it was temporary. Here, in this new world, unbound by fate and grudges and oaths-

Focus.]

I was considering bells but between us we have so many spectres at our backs that

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[ua_duibhne]

[NO WAIT FORGET YOU READ THAT]

They were considering bells. The betrothed, that is.

[weiward]

[sorry friend, he'd already pretty much figured it out. the 'asking for a friend' energy was strong.]

if bells won't do the trick, might i suggest drums and dizis? there's always fireworks too.

i'm sure that the betrothed will get off to a lucky start no matter what.

[ua_duibhne]

[Bless whoever this is for not calling attention to it anyway. Still, there doesn't seem much point in trying to keep up the charade in this particular conversation anymore.]

Dizis? Are they a kind of instrument?

I don't have the best of luck with weddings: one nearly ruined my life and my own first marriage was doomed from the start. Forgive my unease.

[weiward]

it's a type of flute. i can show you one if you want.

...and buy you a drink while i'm at it.

[because that is a lot and wei wuxian can see why he'd be spooked.]

but it's all over and done with now, right? forget the past if you can. you have another chance here, one that i bet you'd regret not taking.