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Who: Damen (

dedamastai), Laurent (

crosslaced), and whoever else happens along.
What: It's Laurent's birthday, so a birthday party was necesscary. (Spoiler: it's actually not a birthday party. It's an engagement party.)
When: May 3rd
Where: Islet #1
Warnings: This is going to get Stupidly Sappy. I just want you to know that. (Anything else I trust y'all to warn for as needed.)

If Damen is being perfectly honest, he's not entirely sure what one does for a birthday. It's not that he's never celebrated one - he has. They were just . . . The only birthdays that were celebrated, aside from the days the Gods were born, were when someone reached the age of adulthood. Occasionally his own birthday had been used as an excuse to hold a festival after the harvest, but it's not like Veretian birth customs were something he thought would be necesscary to study. Even knowing Laurent, Damen wouldn't have bothered because it was . . . Well. Laurent was Laurent.

Laurent would probably prefer he didn't bother, but it's come to Damen's attention that people here celebrate birthdays which is convenient because Damen's been trying to figure out how to plan an celebration of their (hopeful) engagement without, uh. Having to scrap it all if Laurent decided to say no because something something marriage is bad or whatever. Damen barely pretends to be able to keep up with half of what Laurent says. He's sure Laurent would have a reason to say no, but he can't fathom what it would be because from his perspective there is no other choice. For as friendly as he is to Prompto, Damen would never - could never - contemplate actually being with anybody but Laurent.

So he mentioned holding a birthday party to the people he knew Laurent was friends with, hoping they would fill in the blanks with . . . whatever people who come from places with witchboxes and other unfathomable things did for birthdays. Because, quite honestly? He just set out some fruits and drinks. That's the extent of his actual planning for this event in regards to it being a party. He put most of his effort into the details of the proposal and then was like "Ignis will probably bring food to the party." Apparently neither of my characters can throw a decent party to save their life.

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You wanted it legalised. The Storyteller is the closest thing we have to an institution in this place.

Besides, Nikandros will collapse if I ruin the sanctity of his King’s marriage on top of everything else.

Nikandros would come around. He always does.

[Sure, Damen. You keep thinking that.]

Although . . . do you think if we get married at storytelling it would count as a story? Would that be how a wedding works here?

No. [he was red before but he somehow got redder in the face.] You may announce it at the storytelling. That's much too many people.

It's not that many people.

[He sounds vaguely confused. Literally everyone??? In Vere??? Would come if they were getting married back home???? And probably some people from Akielos??? HOW THIS DIFFERENT.]

And anyway it's not like there's a council of them who will want to verify.

[Yes, he's still stuck on that.]

Veretians don't personally care that the prince is getting married and I don't have to make actual conversation with most of them.

[dislikes: emotions]

Oh, the Storyteller isn't going to verify?

[his tone is slightly teasing, because most probably they'll get kicked out of the Temple immediately.]

I doubt they care unless it comes in the form of a story.

[Which, to be clear here, is absolutely something he would do. I mean.

. . . Okay. It would probably be classier than that, but the sentiment would be the same.]

Heh. Don't tell that kind of story in front of everyone, alright? There're children.

[HAHDJSJ DAMEN DONT DO IT.

With a last kiss on the cheek, Laurent steps back.]

Well. I suppose you're my betrothed now. Since you planned this… banquet [uh. for a certain definition of the word], shouldn't you go be a good host?

They think it's a birthday party. I think that would make you host - or at least the guest of honor.

[Damen catches Laurent's hand for a moment, tangling their fingers together and looking down at the matching rings before letting go.]

But I should go check on Chuck - you know how she is about stealing other people's food.

[He's just gonna. Go do that. Even if he kind of wants to personally go around and fucking tell everyone that they're engaged to be married.]

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