Topic: Operation Wedding Bells: The Reception

Riley ORourke

Date: 2011-02-08 15:28 EST
Across the rooftop from where the ceremony took place is a large white tent. Under the canvas roof are clusters of tables, each set with sprays of blood red roses, white Gerbera daisies and calla lilies.

At each place setting sits a small origami box, filled with sweet almonds and topped with a paper crane, symbolising a long contented life. There are also small red, black, and gold square candles with the double happiness Chinese character wrapped in a clear gift box with a gold ribbon for guests to take home as a favour.

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And in the centre of each table is a small card that reads, "Thank you for being a part of our lives and our wedding day. In honour and appreciation of our guests, we have made a contribution to Second Chances and the Riverview Clinic. David & Riley"

Along the sides of the tent are the buffet tables, each covered with sushi, fried rice, noodles, egg rolls, and Chinese cream pastries. Guests are invited to graze as they desire, as there will be no formal sit-down dinner. On a small table towards the front of the tent sits the wedding cake and platters of smaller cupcakes.

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DJ Zen will be returning to spin tunes for the night, and the chairs that guests sat in during the ceremony will be removed, opening up the area for a dance floor. DJ Zen's playlist was carefully selected by the bride and groom and features the best of mushy love songs.

Playlist here.

Mataya

Date: 2011-02-12 02:38 EST
A gift from 'Taya and Max for the happy couple - tapestries to brighten up David and Riley's home.

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Cassie Hendon

Date: 2011-02-12 03:34 EST
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Ander Northlander

Date: 2011-02-12 07:53 EST
A gift from Ander and Veronica ConColor and their family for the couple; silver white silk wrapped it from below tied at the top with amber and emerald braided cord, a clear iridescent crystal pollinator dragon (an AmTamir symbol to wish joy and happiness to the couple) holding the knot in place.

When unwrapped It?s a set of self-playing singing crystals, that the two of you can bring it into Magical Delights, and your favorite songs can be programed into it

(A spiral of 24 clear iridescent crystal 1/2 inch thick graduating from 6 to 24 inches hanging by silver threads in a circle from a horizontal silver ring attacked to an iridescent crystal arch that in turn was attacked to another larger silver ring below the crystals)

Elessaria

Date: 2011-02-12 20:15 EST
A Wedding Gift from Elessaria and Michael

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Elessaria crafted a custom fragrance that both Riley and David could wear as her wedding gift to them. Its notes would reflect their heritage and adjust to their individual essences due to the empath's unique talents. The eau de toilette was poured into a crystal perfume bottle fashioned in the likeness of the cranes she had seen Riley fold from paper. The box was then wrapped in scarlet silk and tied with gold ribbons.

The notes include, but are not limited to:

Top notes: bergamot, black tea (lapsang souchang), litchi, chamomile.
Middle notes: orris, olibanum, white honey, hawthorn
Base notes: almond, Guaic wood, papyrus, oakmoss.

Cally

Date: 2011-02-12 21:10 EST
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Riley's Wedding
Gift - Making sure everything at the wedding goes smoothly.

Ducii

Date: 2011-02-12 21:11 EST
From Duci is the beautiful china used in the bridal shower party and a dragon vase (that she thought was a teapot?).

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Darien Fenner

Date: 2011-02-12 21:15 EST
From Collie and Darien: A pair of open shuttle tickets to Earth and pair of airplane tickets for a tour around Asia with unlimited stops.

Also, a panini machine.

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Marilyn

Date: 2011-02-12 22:08 EST
Marilyn's gift

A high end laptop with access to the grid that Sarah set up and accompanying accessories.

The card attached would read:

"Congratulations

Love
Marilyn and Sarah"

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CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-02-12 22:20 EST
From Lilliana came a seemingly simple gift, though from a gypsy such as she, how could something so innocuous be everything but? Well, that's just how she worked, and given the number of weddings she'd attended since her breeze into the city two years back, every time another ceremony came about, her mind went to rambling and a'reeling again... This time though, this time, she might just have outdone herself.

She'd see at the reception after the ceremony, of course...

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It is a simple piece crafted with a powerful enchantment; a large, moroccan style, wrought metal lantern meant for oil or candle use. But... When lit by one, the light from within will find the other in a glorious flare of star bright light. Though from there after that initial lighting, when lit, the lantern will only shine for the pair in a secret light that only either of their eyes can see. Bound between two complimenting souls, no matter how their hearts might wane or grow, the lantern will ever remain as brilliant as the first lighting. Should one light it, no matter how far or how lost, the other will see it's glow through even the thickest of thicks, blazing like a private little star, lighting the path for their heart to see it's home. In reverse, through the other's eyes, it will seem a great, coronal star; a dazzling reflection of the direction in which their lover lies.

Samiel

Date: 2011-02-12 23:23 EST
In a crude, plain burlap bag sitting next to the gift table.... Sam left cat toys. Big cat toys. Two balls, both of thick, heavy boiled leather designed to hold up to a jaguar's claws and large enough for teeth to be scraped on without being able to get a firm grip on, and both stuffed with fragrant, edible dried herbs. Including catnip. Lots of catnip. One is larger than the other, and the smaller has a heavy leather handle that can be caught in jaws to flip and fling it around. There's no note, since Sam's writing is even worse than his reading.

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Maranya Valkonan

Date: 2011-02-13 03:11 EST
The wedding gifts from "Triple A":

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From top left:

Wusthof Classic 26-Piece Mega Block Knife Set with Block - Alper's gift

Two hand crafted bonsai trees - Maranya's gift

CIA Masters Collection 10-Piece Cookware Set - Antonio's gift

Fiora Shantalaine

Date: 2011-02-13 11:20 EST
Fiora was devastated that she couldn't attend the wedding and sent her gifts via messenger.

For The Bride: A heartshaped gold necklace
For The Groom: A gold watch

For her Friends: A pair of Christian Louboutins and a set of lingerie to pair with them.

Signed,

Love you both
Fiora

And a card granting one week's stay at Luks Condos (in the luxurious show room--fully decorated and furnished to better show off to potential clients--, to not be booked the same time as Misty's stay).

You never know when you need a vacation to recover from the honeymoon :)

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Etherealdream

Date: 2011-02-13 21:42 EST
Though they were not visibly present, a pair of lover's eyes had been very vigilant during Riley and David's most special of days. It hadn't taken much coaxing, though the idea was a thing that both had toyed with for some time. The true decision came whilst Anyanka had the nixed shots that hadn't quite made it into the final pieces for the modeling promos the siren's company had put out for their fund raising project the year past...

Not twenty four hours before the ceremony, somewhere between the wee hours where the bride and her maids were no doubt deep into some delightfully imprudent activities, the siren was sprawled out along the cool, sensuous whisper of her bed sheets with a certain seraph. Stroking along the fine sweet lines that turned into the familiar creases of Victor's eyelids, that very content, very meditative siren felt all the little pieces of their mutual thoughts over the past week fall into place one by fitted one. The picture had been so clear, how had neither of them seen it? The blazing splashes of red for the wedding's color scheme; the natural, relaxed means of Riley's final pose; the way she found the perfection in the static moments between ready and relaxed.

'A paragon, my sweet angel... a nonpareil from every angle.' Smooth as silk as always; enough a sound to coax the sleepiest serpents from the deepest ocean depths. She felt his lips against her wrist, then his teeth.

'I think you've got something there... an eye in the sky. Perhaps even a bit of cloaking.' His voice was felt more than heard, per say, given the lack of space between his mouth and her skin.

Without a breath more, their idea was sealed, as was their night. Pictures scattered to the floor like so many snowflakes as the night wore on into day, and their plan took a firmer, lovelier means of fruition though their own silent nothings they sung into one another's many nooks and soft, hollow crevices.

And so it was, under the cloak of a good crowd and behind the confusion of bursting emotions that flew between the wedding goers, and with a little dose of well used technology on the seraph's part, Anyanka and he had the perfect collection of photos to put together in a fabulously extensive album that spanned not only key moments of the ceremony and the happy reception goers, but those precious moments the bride and groom had stole before their big moments had even occurred.

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Leather bound and set in a semi gloss finish to give each image that certain oomph a simple coil of tan twine kept it closed about a pair of zen coin clasps. Their name, the date, and the simple title of 'Wedding Day Memories', acted as the only real decoration to the lovely bit of burnished bookwork.

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