( OPEN ) | something borrowed, something blue

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WHO: Byerly, Sidony and guests (everyone is invited)
WHAT: The best sham of a wedding Thedas has ever seen
WHEN: Now
WHERE: the Toad and Flagon
NOTES: The Best Wedding Ever ft. a kidnapping

You are hereby invited to the wedding of Byerly Rutyer and Sidony Celogera Allegra Venaras. The venue is not quiet nor is it beautiful; the gambling hall is loud and intense, with all kinds of smells and dirtiness to carry along with the strangeness of their wedding. There’s some attempt at draping, some attempt at making it look as though some kind of party is taking place here, but it certainly doesn’t look like there’s going to be a wedding at all. It’s hastily done, hastily put together, but at least it’s something, which is better than nothing. There’s about an hour until the wedding is due to start and both the bride and groom are getting ready - whatever that means to the two of them. Food is not provided. There are no drinks bought. There's a table for gifts to one side, with a little plaque with their names on. Prostitutes and gamblers wander between the aisles and chairs, laughing and making jokes with one another, completely avoiding setting the scene of a proper wedding.

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Beginning to read between the lines of how Byerly acts is something that Sidony has started to do in most earnest; he never quite says what he means, other than in his most vulnerable of moments, and they dance a merry game of almost truths and half-lies, smiling at one another and teasing the edges of their natures. What he says is that he does it for money and mischief; what she hears is that there is something more to it.

Just like their marriage. A scandal, for sure, a pure love match to some, money to others... But they know the truth. She cannot keep her hands away from him, from holding him close, wishing she could see more of this man: she does love him, she just simply does not love him the way the world imagines.

"You are quite the troublemaker, aren't you, darling?" A small smiles as she leans up, tiptoes high, to kiss his nose. "It's part of your charm, surely."