[Wedding] The Dress (for Dairine, Charlie and Coraline)
The night before, I'd said goodbye to Charlie and Coraline and I stayed overnight at Dairine's, the better to be ready for the wedding tomorrow. Dairine and I talked well into the night, but we turned in eventually. At the time, It was a normal bedroom. When I woke up, the place had... changed. There was... wainscotting. Cream coloured walls and floral wallpaper.
And as I sat up, I saw that my own night clothes had changed -- from a t-shirt over panties to... actual night clothes.
At first I thought we'd been transported somewhere, like Zell and my own trips home. But then I felt the chill in the air and remembered the date. It was time for the Island's annual winter shenanigans.
I threw open the curtains on the window and boggled at the view outside. The Island had clearly gone overboard, here. But on the bright side, we might be able to find a real church.
But then it hit me. If the buildings had changed, if the whole Island had changed, and my night clothes had changed. Then...
"Oh, no!" I gasped, And I looked around frantically for where I'd placed the wedding dress. I found it in the corner roughly corresponding to where I'd stashed it last night. I picked it up, and my jaw dropped.
It was beautiful. I had to give the Island that. But there was a lot more here, and it was complicated. I saw underskirts. A wire underage. I even saw a whalebone corset. How on Earth was I going to get into this?!
A frightened squeak escaped my throat, followed by a tremulous, "Help!"
And as I sat up, I saw that my own night clothes had changed -- from a t-shirt over panties to... actual night clothes.
At first I thought we'd been transported somewhere, like Zell and my own trips home. But then I felt the chill in the air and remembered the date. It was time for the Island's annual winter shenanigans.
I threw open the curtains on the window and boggled at the view outside. The Island had clearly gone overboard, here. But on the bright side, we might be able to find a real church.
But then it hit me. If the buildings had changed, if the whole Island had changed, and my night clothes had changed. Then...
"Oh, no!" I gasped, And I looked around frantically for where I'd placed the wedding dress. I found it in the corner roughly corresponding to where I'd stashed it last night. I picked it up, and my jaw dropped.
It was beautiful. I had to give the Island that. But there was a lot more here, and it was complicated. I saw underskirts. A wire underage. I even saw a whalebone corset. How on Earth was I going to get into this?!
A frightened squeak escaped my throat, followed by a tremulous, "Help!"