[OTA] Day at the Beach

[falsepretences]

It wasn't, he supposed, really a beach yet, but the rhythmic movement of the tides were already starting to erode the the grace and soil and leave something sandier in it's place. Just at the edge for now, but in time it would become a mix of sand and stones, with only patches of the grass that was currently blanketing the ground in between patches of snow.

He kicked a pebble into the...well, sea, he supposed, and eyed it before looking out at the island with the door.

"Just when you thought things couldn't get weirder..."

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[falsepretences]

Not to mention, he supposed, that since Elani McCartney was one of Victor's friends...Alasdair DeWitt would probably be there, too. "Cordelia's old enough for that?" He asks, before sighing. "I can probably manage it, if you're sure you don't want to go with someone else."

[heartvestment]

"Yeah, I know. That was my response too." She plucks at her skirt nervously. "You don't have to come. I just... you were the first person I thought of."

[falsepretences]

"No, no, it's fine. I just haven't been to a wedding in a while. Hadyn had to represent at the Berthier thing because I conveniently had the excuse of..." having slept with the maid of honor and one of the bridesmaids, both of which were the bride's sisters. "Needing to be off-Deck," he finishes lamely.

"I'm sure it'll be fine. Zoe'll likely have eyes for no one but Fox, anyway, and can't attempt to kill me with a shoe again."

[heartvestment]

"It's easy. Just dress vaguely nice-ish and dance a few dances." The corner of her lips quirks up a little. "And I'll protect you from my cousin if she suddenly decides to go insane."

[falsepretences]

"Brides are dangerous, I hear," he tells her, his lips twitching. "Especially Spade brides. Let me know what you're wearing and I'll be sure I coordinate the tie and pocket square."

[heartvestment]

"I wouldn't know. I never was either." She lets herself smile properly, tossing her hair over one shoulder. "I'll let you know. It might be something with butterflies, but you can deal, right?"

[falsepretences]

But probably planned on it at some point, Jordan thinks. But that was in the past. Maybe he would have planned on his own wedding if Meghana hadn't left when she did.

"Darling, that sounds like a challenge. But only if you wear wings."

[heartvestment]

"... Zoe will kill me. I won't be able to get through the door."

Whatever that is, by the look on her face, that's not a no.

[falsepretences]

"Maybe she'll be too tired to notice." Or too happy to care. For all the flurry that Hadyn had told him about, it didn't really seem like she was a bridezilla.

Then again. Wings. Hm.

[heartvestment]

"... I'm sure she won't mind too much. It's not like they'll be overly obstructive." Grin! It's decided.

[falsepretences]

It's a deal. One that might get him killed. "I'll start looking for an appropriate tie, darling."

[heartvestment]

"Get on it. Try to be better dressed than the 15-year-old, yes?" And with a cheek-kiss and a wink, she's off, her ruffly skirt twirling in her wake.