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[damnfinecoffee]

[On the Plane is the interior of a bridal shop.

At one end of the shop, in the maternity section, is Ianto. He's currently preoccupied with looking in the mirror in front of him, holding one of the maternity dresses against himself like soSlightly more to the norm is the irritated expression on his face. The salesman at this particular shop can

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[humanwaterdemon]

[Have a Bai peeking over your shoulder Ianto] That's nice.

[damnfinecoffee]

[Makes a vague noise of agreement, not taking his eyes away from the mirror.] Nicer than the last one I looked at, anyway. Problem with maternity dresses is that it's a nightmare to get hold of one as good as an ordinary wedding dress.

[humanwaterdemon]

[Yeah, Bai will be giving him a quick glance up and down at the "maternity" bit and very slowly coming to the conclusion that it isn't for him, human males don't usually get pregnant after all] ...Who is getting married then?

[damnfinecoffee]

[...Have a barely noticible twitch. He has a faint suspicion that she might have made the same mistake as the sales assistant did. Also, you're wrong, Bai. See: Jack.]

My friend. Gwen. Things took a bit of an unexpected turn, and she's in need of a new dress.

[humanwaterdemon]

[There's nothing to be ashamed of Ianto! Bai approves of people wearing pretty dresses no matter who they are, And Bai would like to meet and impregnate this Jack person, if he means that she could carry on her genes and yet never have to see the little brats again] She suddenly got pregnant?

[damnfinecoffee]

[He's not wearing a dress. And there will be no impregnating of Jack by anyone. :|

He holds up another dress, judging by the look on his face, this one meets his approval more than the others have.]

Pretty much. Alien bit her last night; this morning she wakes up practically full term. Kind of like surrogacy, I suppose. Just a bit quicker. And without consent. Bit of a nasty shock on your wedding day.

[humanwaterdemon]

[Bai is saddened by that. :|

She makes a faint "ooh" sound, but otherwise looks rather confused]

...I did not know that such things could happen with humans.

[damnfinecoffee]

Well, they don't normally. Just when aliens decide to interfere.

What do you reckon to this one? [Nods down to the dress.]

[humanwaterdemon]

Do they interfere often?

[Nodnod] It's nice, I think that it'll suit her.

[damnfinecoffee]

As often as they can. Especially when we least want them to.

[Grins.] You don't even know what she looks like. What makes you so sure it'll suit her?

[humanwaterdemon]

How many are there?

[Because she'd steal it herself if she wasn't so lazy] It just looks nice.

[damnfinecoffee]

Aliens? Not a clue. Too many, really. Not enough of them nice.

[Considers it carefully, then hangs it on the end of the rack.] It's definitely nice. I'll put it in the 'maybe' pile. I think a need to look at a few more before I decide, though.

[humanwaterdemon]

Hm.

[She disapproves of you not being impulsive Ianto but she'll be digging through the rack now] These are lovely.

[damnfinecoffee]

Some of them are. Some of them are a bit... well, not as nice.

[humanwaterdemon]

[She pulls out one of the not so nice ones and wrinkles her nose] ...There are worse.

[damnfinecoffee]

There are also better. Most of which can be found outside the maternity section.