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notascreensaver

It's about crashing time.

Feb 08, 2009 22:26

There's a bit of a brouhaha going down at the PO this cycle. Seems a certain Game sprite and renegade Guardian are finally making things all legit ( Read more... )

bob, mouse, matrix, enzo matrix, dot matrix, wedding

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Ceremony nofileext February 10 2009, 03:25:00 UTC

At the front of the room, sans attendants, stand bride, groom, and officiant.

Phong clears his throat to draw the attention of the congregated sprites, and once everyone's settled, he begins.

"Friends, we are gathered here to witness the joining of these two sprites in the bonds of matrimony.

"If any sprite here knows why AndrAIa and Matrix should not be joined together, they should input now or forever hold their peace."

Re: Ceremony notascreensaver February 11 2009, 01:03:49 UTC

Here, the assembled audience gets a Look from the renegade, his bionic eye glowing menacingly at the mass of sprites.

Nobody better have a fraggin' problem with this, especially after they've been press-ganged into this by his sister.

Matrix's glower earns him a light smack on the arm from his almost-wife. "Behave!" she hisses at him quietly, and he shoots her an innocent look.

"What?"

Re: Ceremony nofileext February 11 2009, 03:44:32 UTC

Phong sighs. Apparently, it runs in the family.

"If either of you know any reason why you cannot... well, no, it is a little late for that one. Very well. Do you, Enzo Matrix, take AndrAIa to be your wife, to love, cherish, and protect, in robustness and in brittleness, in error conditions and fully patched, as long as you both shall process?"

Re: Ceremony notascreensaver February 11 2009, 04:01:06 UTC

The annoyed expression falls from Matrix's face as he looks over at AndrAIa, and a smile finds its way onto his face.

"I do."

Re: Ceremony nofileext February 11 2009, 04:51:06 UTC

"And do you, AndrAIa, take Enzo to be your husband, to love, cherish, and protect, in robustness and in brittleness, in error conditions and fully patched, as long as you both shall process?"

Re: Ceremony notascreensaver February 11 2009, 05:25:36 UTC

AndrAIa shoots Matrix a brief, wide smile before turning back to Phong and replying.

"I do."

Re: Ceremony nofileext February 11 2009, 06:33:39 UTC

And now, the moment we've all been waiting for!

Phong extracts a pair of golden command-rings from his abdominal drawer and hands them to the couple.

Re: Ceremony command_dot_com February 11 2009, 07:11:02 UTC

And in the front row, Dot holds a hand to her swollen belly wincing, like she's done every other time Mairi's kicked especially hard.

Except it doesn't fade after a moment, and there's wet stain rapidly forming on her dress.

Re: Ceremony mend_and_defend February 11 2009, 07:31:55 UTC

At the same moment, Bob senses a distinct shift in the energies of both his wife and their unborn child, like an upgrade, only--

!!!

"Dot!" Bob grabs her hand.

Re: Ceremony notascreensaver February 12 2009, 04:24:57 UTC

The couple accept the command-rings from the ancient sprite, but at Bob's sudden cry, both whirl around to see what's wrong.

At the sight of Dot in obvious pain, and Bob looking frantic, both dart towards the scene, both uttering their own startled exclamations.

Re: Ceremony command_dot_com February 12 2009, 05:24:17 UTC

Dot for the most part isn't moving much until they try to come close. Then her head comes up with the most intense look of pain and rage this side of Hexadecimal.

"Get. it. done."

No one is going to argue with the angry, hormonal pregnant lady giving birth, right?

Re: Ceremony mend_and_defend February 12 2009, 05:27:58 UTC

"Dot, you're in labor, you need to get to the medbay--"

Re: Ceremony command_dot_com February 12 2009, 05:36:56 UTC

Bob? You're holding her hand right now. We'd like to remind you of that considering she's giving it a deathgrip right now.

However...Dot isn't stupid.

"Medbay's not far...could walk there."

Re: Ceremony mend_and_defend February 12 2009, 05:40:45 UTC

"Yeah, and we're gonna do it now." Bob is prepared to pick her up and carry her out of the chapel if it comes to that. (Hopefully it won't. Pregnant women are heavy.)

Re: Ceremony command_dot_com February 12 2009, 05:46:17 UTC

Dot looks like she's about to argue, but that's before another contraction hits.

She does however give both Matrix and AndrAIa one of those looks that promises much suffering if the wedding doesn't keep moving forward.

Re: Ceremony notascreensaver February 12 2009, 06:17:32 UTC

While Dot's first Look stops Matrix and AndrAIa right in their tracks as they look on concernedly, the second sends them more or less scrambling back to their previous positions.

They glance at each other, and after a silent conversation, AndrAIa holds the link command over her icon without prompting, Matrix mirroring her own actions.

With minimal fumbling, AndrAIa then places her command on Matrix's icon, and his on hers, after which, Matrix turns to Phong with a Look of his own as the commands dissolve, his bionic eye glowing.

"You heard the woman."

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