That Sacred Arrangement....

[all7seas]

Who: wise_maiden and lists_to_port; We are leaving this log WIDE OPEN. So if you are family or friends, you are invited and may mingle or gossip or be all dressed up or get drunk or do the electric slide or WHAT HAVE YOU. Are there any Wedding Crashers in Luceti? Ha!
What: Wedding
When: Monday afternoon
Where: That spot with the lilacs by the river in that meadow west of the village. You know that spot---we know you know that spot.
Summary: Jack and Raine get married, and everyone ships it hard forever.
Rating: G I expect? It's so hard to tell sometimes.



On the morning of his wedding, Jack sat bolt upright in bed and then vomited onto the floor. Several minutes after that were spent dry-heaving and gasping for breath, and then another several minutes crawling to the bathroom to put his head under the shower. Cold water---it brought back reality and rationality, and erased dreams of being a pirate and dying in some war and having a best mate and a lover who had always been forbidden him---ever since Jack Horner's lesson and the two weeks following it.

Sparrow figured it was a case of wedding nerves. Strange dreams were a new thing for him, after all--normally he slept dreamlessly and woke up alert.

Later, as he stood in the quiet meadow he and Raine had chosen for their ceremony among the fragrant lilac trees, that morning dream was forgotten. Sparrow was calm. Happy. Clean-shaven and dressed in the attire Buffy had picked out for him and eagerly waiting for his beautiful bride.

Comments

[wise_maiden]

"No, of course it's not bad." She's quick to reassure him with a slight tousle to that wild hair of his. "Changes are a natural part of life."

[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

"I guess so..." he trails off, though he moves to try and dodge the tousle but allowing it anyway. "Is the village changing again?" It might seem like an odd question if one weren't following Taichi's train of thought.

[wise_maiden]

She tilts her head. Sometimes she can pick up on her son's unique trail of thought, but she's a bit too distracted for that. "In what way?"

[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

"I mean..." It's really hard to pin down what he's trying to say, so he settles for a shrug. "Just some weird dreams, it's nothing."

[wise_maiden]

"I didn't realize you were having those dreams as well." She had mostly been trying to ignore them, not wanting a few odd dreams to ruin her day, despite how vivid. "Some people seem to think so, anyway, but if that's the case, I'm sure it'll be over soon enough."

[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

He nods in agreement for the moment before he realizes what was said. "As well? So you are too?" He hadn't expected that, really. After all his mother was always very held together. Surely the dreams couldn't have been bothering her.