[Video ] An important announcement

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[Cassian and Kay's house is often lively and, while Kay is trying to keep what is happening behind him mostly out of frame, Cassian and some pokemon can be spotted.]

Does anybody know a good blacksmith that can weld my wedding ring into place? [Kay raises his left hand and sure enough, there's a white gold ring around his finger.] It keeps falling off because my frame's too smooth and I don't want to lose it by accident.

[Any attempts at seriousness are ruined when there's a yelp, a shout of] Galantea! Get back here right now! [and then there's a Sylveon wearing a tiny tuxedo throwing herself at Kay smugly crowing Sylveon! Sylveon! Cassian appears a moment later, plucking her from Kay’s shoulder. If you look closely, you can see a matching wedding ring on Cassian’s hand, worn along with the gunmetal-grey ring made of Kay’s frame he’s been wearing since Christmas.]

That’s it, you’ve been wearing this tux since the wedding. Enough now. [For his troubles, he gets his cheek licked– slowly and slobbery and with great relish. He finally notices the phone in Kay’s hand.] If you’re going to announce it, you might as well tell them we’ll be unavailable for our honeymoon.

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[captain_by_the_book]

Thank you. It's been a long time coming.

[quick_clean_pure]

Cool, then. How long you guys been seeing each other?

[captain_by_the_book]

We've been best friends more than a decade. Although we didn't get together until we got to Genessia. We were focused on the war at home.

[quick_clean_pure]

Yeah, war tends to be kind of attention-grabbing, so that makes sense. Nice that this place gave you a break from that, then.

[captain_by_the_book]

It has. It's a second chance in many ways. Are you planning to go back?

[quick_clean_pure]

I don't know. Haven't thought about it too much. Not sure if I would or even could.

[captain_by_the_book]

Well, not like we have much of a chance either way. Maybe it's redundant to think about it, but I find it helps you to figure out how much you want to get involved here.

[quick_clean_pure]

I guess. I'm not much of one to worry too much about the future, I just take things as it comes. I'm decently involved here, I guess, but if it all went away tomorrow I'd still survive.

[captain_by_the_book]

That... is a good way to go about it, I guess. A solidly cautious approach.

[ But Cassian knows he couldn't handle losing his new life. ]

[quick_clean_pure]

Eh, it's the only way I know how to be. I take happiness where I can put I also roll with the punches I'm dealt.

[captain_by_the_book]

This is the kind of place where you will be given many opportunities to test that skill.

[quick_clean_pure]

I imagine you're right. I mean, I did get turned into a rag doll already, that was weird.

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Errr... ]

That is... something else. How did that happen? And when?

[quick_clean_pure]

During that eggs thing a while back. I swapped bodies with a doll named Robert. Nice enough guy, but ugh.

[captain_by_the_book]

You... How. We have living dolls here?

[quick_clean_pure]

Well, we have at least one. He's not, like, a terrifying Annabelle doll or anything, he seems pretty normal apart from the doll thing.

[captain_by_the_book]

I'm not sure how reassuring that is, but I'll try to keep an open mind about this as much as about our other more unusual citizens.

[quick_clean_pure]

I mean, I feel like an open mind is pretty required in this place. With all the variety of worlds and beings and shit.

[captain_by_the_book]

I do try to have one in general. Dolls are just unusual, even by the standards of this place. But we adjust.

[ Even to dolls. Oh well. ]

[quick_clean_pure]

Eh, I mean, he's still humanoid at least. Or person-shaped. And behaves like a person.

[captain_by_the_book]

[ Nod. ]

That's a good point. Not much different from a droid, really, just powered by magic instead of technology.