It seemed that the big day had finally arrived. Not for Odin of course. Today was just a warm summers day for Odin, where he'd be working, giving a speech and then probably drinking. It wasn't all that different from other days, except perhaps he was slightly better dressed today than others. Today was, however, the big day for man whom Odin called his best friend, yet could have easily been his enemy had things been different. Konstantin Sokolov, Holy Knight and purger of dark races, which technically included Odin. Had they left any other day, any other place, or even when Odin had already transformed, things would've likely ended up different from how they were. And Odin was damn glad that they had worked out this way. His best friend was about to get married, and Odin was to be the best man.

The day, however, wasn't without its complications, as any big event would be. Odin was in charge of preparing the food, the drink, effectively anything that would be sampled by the guests was his department. Being the best man was the easy part of his day, making sure the wedding went smoothly was the hard part. As he walked around the area of the wedding, having arrived much earlier to start the preparations, Odin noted that the man of the hour himself was helping around, erecting one of the tents that the workers were unable to manage. Odin breathed a sigh of relief, as the tents were not his department.

He had made a point of providing enough food and drink for the event, bringing some delicacies from Kon's homeland, which made up the starter for the wedding reception. Barszcz Zurek, that's what  Kon had called it, and Odin hadn't forgotten their conversation in Baska. Moments after asking Odin to be the best man, Kon had requested this dish, but he hadn't known any recipe. It had taken Odin a ridiculous length of time, and more than one person had to lose fingers, but Odin finally found a source to provide him with the recipe for the fermented soup. He hadn't told Kon that he had managed it, and had hidden the fact that it was present, as he wished to surprise his friend with the dish. After all, this was to be a special day.

However, there were a lot more issues with the wedding that Odin hadn't addressed, or mentioned to his friend, not wanting to worry him on his big day. Well, there were at least two more, but they were both people, one of whom being the bride herself, and the other being her maid of honour. Alice Baskerville, a name she wouldn't have for much longer, sister to Lacie Eventide. You see, Odin held the soul of Lacie Eventide, as she sold it to the Lich as a deposit for the completion of a certain task: to kill Alice Baskerville. So Odin was the best man to his best friend's wedding, and yet had sworn a sacred oath to murder the bride. And if that wasn't bad enough, Alisa Vollan was the maid of honour, and she wasn't overly fond of Odin either, not since he tried to burn down her guild. Overall, this was going to be an interesting day.

Eventually Kon appeared, fully dressed and looking like the powerful man Odin knew him to be. A feeling of pride blossomed from within the Lich: pride at the fact that this man, who for all intents should have tried to kill Odin the moment they met, a man who saw past the looks and befriended the man inside, he was getting married today to the woman he loved more than anything in the world. Odin entered the venue, giving a cursory nod to his friend as he did so, and sought about making sure everything was right and everyone was happy. Once that was the case, he'd take his seat at the table, his eyes constantly scanning the area to make sure nothing went wrong on his end.

Huh. A rather flat and wide plain he found himself at. But the Fire Wizard was sure that the wedding would be held here… if he remembered correctly. Yes. It would be held here - he could eye the large tent from the small road where he stood now, and there seemed to be a few other tents nearby. It was one of those ‘first time for everything’ moments for him, because he and Coda had never attended a wedding before. It was to be expected if you asked him, but he was more than eager to approach this traditional celebration. It would be easy to reach the tent without ruining his new clothes, anyway, so before looking lost, he sped up his steps and approached the tent.

For the occasion, Daiko wore a black suit with a deep-red shirt under, black leggings and leather shoes as well as an even blacker necktie. Screw his clothes, Coda looked much fancier with her hilariously adorable, red bowtie tied on a white cloth collar. Her claws weren’t harming his clothes this time as Daiko wore a hard leather wrist bracer on his left arm to hold Coda on. Even his hair was taken good care of, as pitch-black as a black hole and emitting a fragrant scent of musk. He shouldn’t let anyone know how much trouble and stress that he went through to fulfil this outfit and appearance… he was too proud of having succeeded in the end, and he wanted to uphold that pride without the memory of all the obstacles and how many times he had to start over.

“… Alice, I hope that we share at least some familiar faces,” he prayed under his breath as he stood in front of the larger tent. His head spun to the left and to the right, hoping that he wasn’t the very first guest to arrive. His best chance at fulfilling the rights of every wedding was to draw inspiration from the people around him. With that in mind, he calmly entered the larger tent and was amazed at the space the tent had inside - it could fill a good bunch of people, or rather a very large bunch.

“Hmh…” he hummed in his state of curiosity. He wasn’t exactly alone at the whole place as he heard guests and workers’ noise inside and outside and other things. The new experience didn’t stress him nonetheless, unlike Coda. He had to stroke her forehead quite a lot to make her calm her bouncy head down. “There, there… you’ll get used to it. I might find myself here again in the future…” He would do smart in finding a seat among the lines and treat Coda a coconut seed to calm her veined temples…

It has seem a day she nearly forgotten about had arrived, a time of joy and happiness much other then the many other things in life she had never expected after all a lady like Judina never really learned and knew what to do at a wedding so while her mother was in time and was around she asked for advise and would almost try to follow it to a key, Even asking for an outfit and how to keep her hair.

Judina felt out of place here but arrived nonetheless she was true to her word to Alice she invited her and by her word and honor she was here, putting on a smile and being as peacefull as she could. The face of many where interesting she would judge none of them because she had to have it in her mind each person was here for a reason, so she while she knew and so far enjoyed the day it seemed like even then emotions would get to her mind as well it was human to feel emotions of such.

Judina would look a lot different then her normal outfit. She just wore a light blue dress with very small sleeves to just cover them and anything she really just did not want see, Her hair normally tied back into a pony tail was styled to run along her back and untied neatly like if anything of note only thing of difference would be a tiny white flower she found and put into a part of her hair just by her right ear topping it off with a pair of black dress shoes her mother gave her simply because Judina refused heels.

She had taken her time to just keep her mind in a one place she felt nervous here because the experience was something different to her, the clothing was different, all of the things she had gotten use too was different in a very new thing to her. quietly speaking to herself about the situation."You will be fine Judina, You just have never been to a wedding before, This is nothing to be nervous about." She said kind of calming herself down a bit but the edge was there.

Eventually  a smile would arise from this, Judina sure might have that on edge nerveousness but could easily deal with it at this point now, Soe quietly from where she peacefully hide herself away she would slowly go to where she was told to join all of the other guests.

It were was interesting people around that is for sure,Judina even had to have a double take being sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her upon seeing a skeleton. What did such do? it was interesting to her, She had question that she would not ask. For the moment she would focuse on finding a place to settle and wait for what was to come. she was still trying to keep it in mind and learn on the go.

There were already some people showing up and she better pretend to be the waitress that she was not. Surely she got the job a couple of weeks ago to stay near Odin his side but that didn't matter, she plucked on her green mint coloured dress as she felt a bit too much lovely in this thing. She prevered dark colours, dark red, black, gray or dark blue but at this point this mint colour felt like she stood out. Her short gray hair was tied up in a knot and she would have to make sure that she would be okay with the waiting stuff, this uniform felt weird. But the thing was that it was in the colours of apparently the wedding, light colours, flowerly colours.

Marriage, pathetic as it was, it simply happened and she would have to let it be and see simply what would happen. There was this bar on the side of the chair shwere she kept an eye on everything and everyone. She had to wait for the party to really start before she would actually be able to serve drinks, now she could simply give some of the fruity water or whatever wine and such there would be and of course better alcholic drinks for the people that wanted to stay sober to view the wedding or people that were so desperate that could only view the wedding drunk or tipsy. She hummed a little while keeping an eye on everything for as far as she could.

Mostly she watched Odin but as he had another job for today, she was rather alone, but it was better than walking around serving trays of drinks and food as the groom would want it, he was hard to miss in the crowd, but she didn't know him and that was fine like this, she would simply wait and view a wedding, she wished she could drink because that would be rather pleasant to get through today.

Chelvaric was running through his apartment as he needed to get ready fast. It was a big day and Snow had already left to the wedding. He had told her he would be a bit later since he still needed to take a shower before he would leave. He put on his most traditional and nicest outfit. It was a kimono with the symbols of his god on it purely white with the symbols in gold. He would only wear this on special occasions so it would show the hosts that he was there with respect and dignity. He didn’t like parties like these that much since it was all so formal but it was a special day for Kon and Alice two friends of his so he would stick with it. sometimes you just had to bite down and get it over with. He found it a very special day since they would bind themselves forever together and they wouldn’t leave each other’s side anymore. It was a very sared and holy bond between a couple and he hoped he could share it one day with Snow. When she would be ready for it he thought to himself. Once he was done he rushed out of the door towards the party.

The Place was quite nice as tents were pulled up and a lot of people were already walking around the field. He didn’t mind the crowd that much for today but he needed to find Snow between all these people. Most of which he didn’t recognize, although he caught glimpses of Esperia and Alisa two of his guild companions. He knew them well and should talk to them. They both were lovely dressed as well as most other people in the party. Although there was a sore thumb sticking out and that was a lich who was standing in the middle of the party. He looked at it and was quite questioning if he had gone mad or that he was just getting pranked for some practical joke. Who would invite an evil to a glorious wedding? One thing for sure he wouldn’t start a scene on a wedding but he would keep that evil in check just to be sure. If it would try anything it would be dead before it could lift a finger. He should inform snow about this too so that she could prepare herself. He had a hard time finding her, however he wouldn't give up so easily.

To be perfectly honest, Alice didn’t like what she saw in the mirror, it was the pale expression that made her look sick, she was probably exaggerating but well that happens when you were afraid of looking sick and that not everything was perfect. Which was mostly in her mind, she was sure that as soon as she stepped out and would see Kon, everything would be forgotten. Probably or something along the lines. It was a couple of days ago that she told herself to relax and that everything would be fine but that didn’t work if you were not ready or well she felt not ready. Her dress had arrived in a perfect state and she was still believing that it looked perfect after her first fitting. Arisa had done a wonderful job and she patted the little white and blue flowers that were on her dress. Her orange hair had been lightly curled and simply draped over her back. It would be a good thing if the first part was just over, she had no idea if she could fix herself well enough and if she was looking good enough but it were just the nerves and everything as well. She looked through the reflection at Hecate who sat on a couch behind her playing with both of the twins while Ceres was there as well. Everything would be fine but Hecate caught her eye and smiled, reassuring her that indeed everything was fine. That’s when the door opened and she heard her maid of honour, thank god Alisa was here. ”I think I’m too nervous, I feel like the minute I stand up, I would fall over again.” But she was dying to see Kon as well, she had not seen him in two days and she had arrived here very early so she wouldn’t see him, she had only comment on the workers to please fix the flowers but well she had not laid her eyes on it yet. It could only go well, right? ”How does it look? Is everything fine? I mean..” She took a deep breath and gave Alisa an apologetic smile, everything would be fine.

Soon enough she would calm down and get a hand to fix her veil before she would be completely ready to go. They allowed no one else but Hecate, Ceres, the twins and of course Alisa in here but they had to make an exception as Hecate couldn’t take care of two babies at the same time. At first she had wondered if it was smart to bring her children but it had to be a happy memory and they needed to be there. So with his eyes closed Jupiter was allowed to come in shortly, take Anton and leave again with Ceres, where after shortly Hecate left with Tanya to get a seat in the crowd, somewhere in the front row. Perhaps it had been not all too smart to invite multiple knights, Rune Knight or Holy but she was sure it was busy and she felt the courage sink even lower in her shoes. Normally she never even had a problem with this but so many things could go wrong. She wanted to see the tent, the flower arrangements, the people but most of all her husband-to-be.

Finally she heard the music and let Alisa see if everything was ready for her, if people sat down and waiters or waitresses were on the side, she felt afraid she would stumble, thank god she had not picked a dress with a train so that made it easier, the veil was simply lace so it wouldn’t be that difficult and her tiara made out of pearls, beads and little white flowers was fine holding up too. She took the bouquet. Gave Alisa one last look and finally a smile before she would get out of her tent and walk towards the altar. Where she saw Kon and she couldn’t stop grinning. She walked alone, no one to give her away, they had not found her father, nor her sister or Selena but she wasn’t alone, she had her family, her own family waiting for her right there. She actually had no eyes for anyone else but Kon. Where she had wanted to see the flower arrangement, the people there, she would see it later, when she could focus on anything else. Until she finally arrived at the altar herself, she could look at the priest, which she recognized from Magnolia, as that was per her request, so Jerad would marry them.

Wedding dress:

Despite being sat relatively close to the altar itself: on one of the first rows due to his importance in the event, Odin's body was constantly on a swivel. He was making his presence known, not necessarily staying in his seat as he made sure everything was running smoothly. His eyes followed everyone who entered the main tent, mostly to see who was familiar to him and who wasn't. For the longest time, there was only one who's face he knew, although she wouldn't know his. Not having changed at all, Alisa was still as beautiful as the day Odin had met her, and her dress only amplified that natural beauty. Despite not being one for attraction, seeing little reason for it in his current state, Odin could say with certainty that she was beautiful. And she would have no idea who he was, which was honestly the best way it count be at this stage. Perhaps she'd find out later on over the course of the day, but the longer she didn't, the less time Odin had to worry about being stabbed with tiny crystal shards over and over again.

After some time spent moving through the guest, Alisa left, reducing the number of faces Odin knew to simply Kon's, and of course Lilja's, who was working at the nearby bar, ready to serve the guests as they came to her. Honestly, Odin didn't know if she cared for weddings or events such as these, but this was the easiest way to keep an eye on her. After all, she was technically an employed member of the Swineherd Pub, might as well earn her keep during her tenure, however long it would be.

The guests all came in varying outfits, from suits to dresses to some in kimonos and other such fancy garbs. One such fancily dressed individual, wearing pinks and blues, seemed to basically fall directly in front of Odin, who was at this moment checking on the food tables to make sure everything was prepared and neatly sitting. The girl seemed to be collecting her companion, who had beelined directly towards the food. Realising her folly, she apologised for the disturbance and bowed, causing Odin to say the first proper words to any of the guests that he had so far, in his deep, hollow voice, "No harm done, don't worry about it. Enjoy your day." Part of him couldn't help but add in the last part as he made his way back to his seat, as he was still technically working for the event.

As he manoeuvred his way through the crowds, his eyes spotted and made note of the interesting people who entered the tent. For one, it seemed as though he could see some elves walking around. A male and a female, both slightly taller than the average men and women walking around. He couldn't catch their faces, as they were lost in the sea of people, but their ears certainly captured his attention, if only to make a mental note of the kinds of people he'd likely have to interact with. After all, elves weren't overly fond of darkness, so it was unlikely any of them would want to converse with a being that personified it.

Finally, a welcome face appeared in the form of Arisa, who approached as if from out of nowhere to request the seat next to Odin's, which he was more than happy to give, "Of course Arisa, looking radiant as always." His choice of radiant, given Arisa's race as a literal fucking angel, made Odin chuckle slightly, as he felt slightly more relaxed by Arisa's presence. Finally, someone here that doesn't want to kill me, he thought, unable to help himself. While he doubted Kon or Alice would try it, the fact that Odin was a contract killer with Alice being his target made the whole dynamic slightly awkward, if only to the one who knew all the secrets.

The brief silence, and the music that followed, signified the beginning of the proceedings. Kon stood at the front of the altar, amusingly in front of a priest that Odin knew only too well: Father Jerad from Magnolia, likely a friend to whoever it was that Odin had brutally murdered during a sermon in the very same church. Having worked for Jerad once before, the two were acquainted, if by acquainted Odin admitted that Jerad effectively soiled himself upon their first meeting. Currently, whether it was because he was distracted or because he hadn't actually seen the Lich yet, he was calm, but Odin suspected that would change eventually.

Another thing that Odin noted was the big, fuck off cross that stood behind the priest: an ominous if somewhat appropriate item for the wedding. The cross was a weapon of Kon's, who had slung it over his back before now. If he hadn't taken that damn cross off his back already, by god I would've punched him so hard... His mind trailed off for a moment, as he then noticed the bride herself approaching the altar, looking dazzling in a white dress, which contrasted heavily with her long auburn hair. By this point, the wedding had begun in earnest, with everyone taking their seats to hear the exchange of vows, or whatever it was people did at these events.

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”Heh. My prayers were heard,” he mumbled to himself as he saw more and more people arrive at the tent. Apart from the groom - the blonde knight Kon - and the soon-to-arrive bride, he spotted a floating skeleton somewhere. It was likely attached to a skeleton body wearing a nice suit like him, but was it empowered magically? Was it a living being or was he hallucinating? “They have some funny friends, eh,” he commented as a finger stroked across Coda’s forehead, “But still a good amount that I recognize.” He would wave over at Alisa with her adorable, bluish dress, and for a brief moment, he also saw an even more familiar face - it was Arisa, and truth be told, he hadn’t seen her in quite a while. What a merry opportunity it was to gather old and new friends to such an event.

Now… she, who invited him in the first place, finally made her presence known. It was likely one of the highlights of this wedding - to see the bride make her way to the altar where Kon was waiting for her. Daiko did his best to memorize the traditions that he was able to summarize during what he saw and experienced… was he supposed to wear that huge thing on his back, though?

He would have either gone and greet some of his friends, but anxiety mixed with excitement kept him from even standing up. It was probably considered rude given that Alice was making her way now. And uh, surprisingly, Coda was even calmer than him now. The feathery creature could fathom the meaning of this day, what it meant for her favorite pet owner and for the lucky knight with the weird, large object on his back…

TK wasn't really sure what to do when he arrived at the wedding as it was his first one attending but by the group of people that have gathered seemed like he wouldn't be a blip on the radar but then again with the number of people that where already here things could get really loud once things began. He played with his navy blue tie as he stood against the wall Everyone looks so cool and awesome in their suites and dresses I can only image what Alice and her Husband looks like he thought trying to ease his nerves. The young knight walked around for a bit as some of the guests looked rather frightening compared to that well still had their skin and stuff but hey everyone is different well that's what his mother and father told him growing up. There didn't seem to be anyone that he knew was around or was invited anyway but that wouldn't stop him from meeting some new people even if most of them seemed a tad intimidating to be around or just creepy to be around.

TK pulled out his notepad and started to write down everyone and everything that he saw around him down to the last chair. I still haven't seen Alice's husband I hope he's not scary or anything, he thought writing down his thoughts. Even though he didn't really know anyone that was there the odd feeling that someone was watching him was which had started to become a common thing when he gets into his writer zone. "Oh no I forgot a gift for them! What should I do...Oh I got it!" he muttered while still writing things down.

It seemed slowly she would gain her thoughts and composure to how to deal with this situation personally. settling to remember to just stay calm and just be herself after all was not much else she could do in a group of people whom she did not know and really did not seem too bothered in with remembering that she was here in the end mostly under the request of one and everyone else was most likely the same so there was some common ground in mind.

So with that now in mind she would finally go find a place to sit with the battle of her thoughts over realizing she had just been standing still for no reason at all but it seemed no one had noticed her or had spoken to her that Judina had noticed.

Aside from the skeleton man it seemed more and more people were staring to come in. All that were equally as interesting, Even Arisa herself was here. Showed that people she knew could be the same as her but never taken into account to herself personally with it, Even if that in the end she did feel ready and in fact her mind pointed it out ot her now.

Such attire to her was still weird for her to wear she felt strange, like a vastly different person then she normally was, quickly getting over and dealing with that Judina would slowly move on to where she would settle and go do as such. The steps would be slow because such the outfit was a bit longer then her robe, Judina was more worried she would maybe catch a part of her dress some where and maybe either tear it, trip herself or a few various other thoughts upon her mind that she had in her mind while she was walking slowly.

She was considering her options of where to sit, does she risk her paranoid thoughts of walking and maybe embarrassing herself in some almost impossible manner that she realize was her just over thinking it. While the only person she knew in range was busy talking to skeleton man Judina figured maybe she would find a place maybe close by a few people she did not know but enough space that if she was alone by herself it would not be a problem, a mix of both just to seem like it was not overly sad manner sitting alone.

It had not been too much longer in her mind and in reality time wise for Judina to make up her mind on where to sit, Just one spot that was empty row just behind some people but she had not taken note of whom they where, mostly because she was trying to think out how comfortable sitting in this simple dress was and what else was going to happen, She was still clueless to a wedding only one she heard off with in her family she was never around for.

But none the less she still managed to just simply sit quietly and sitting with her arms crossed and one of her legs on top of the other she slowly settled and for now waited for what else was to come into her path.