It's a pretty church, though a small one. It also strikes a reasonable balance between too decorated and too plain, giving itself to simple architecture. The little sanctuary is lit from outside floodlights spilling through the stained glass...as well as normal lights inside, of course. It's a lovely, serene setting.

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There are no wedding decorations up on this particular evening, despite the occasion. Their goal is to leave no trace...and, honestly, as elaborate as their state declaration of union is going to be, both Yin and Revilier are more than alright with a spartan ceremony where the focus isn't grandeur, but actually their love and marriage.

Yin breathes out as she straightens the hem of her gown one last time. She's uncharacteristically nervous and fluttery...a bride's obligation, really. She's wearing a gorgeous, perfect necklace of Yue's choosing...and she honest-to-whatever came through with the glass, shifting-cloud-filled shoes. "I'm nervous..." she admits softly, tittering." She smiles a bit at Alou. "Thanks for walking me down the aisle."

"As if I would let any of these bozos do the honor," the spy chuckles, attired in a natty tux, basic, but charming. "Don't relax. Be nervous. Feel the moment. And remember that your lover agreed for a demonic transsexual to be your priest."

"Yeah," Troix pipes up, "and remember that Yue isn't the strangest person here."

Yin grins at the girl. "Nah, that would be the vampire dragoon divine wyvern-leader whatever. You look very pretty, Troix. I take it Yue got ahold of you, too."

Troix chuckles in her inimitable way, and does a turn in her pink spidersilk ball gown. "Of course! He wouldn't have it any other way."

Alou takes a gentle hold on Yin's shoulder as the soft strains of a local hymn begin to play. It's a gorgeous song, a soft flute and keys duet that sounds a bit Celtic.

"It's time, Yin."

Yin breathes out, jittery and yet glowing as she takes Alou's arm. "Your turn, Troix," she purrs softly. "Meet you up there."

Troix beams. "You'll be great," she whispers, and dashes through the doors to take her place across from Soze by the altar. Petrovic stands next to Soze, both dressed in smart James Bond tuxedos. Yue stands at the altar, dressed in religious black, a sorceress dress that is both tasteful and alluring.

And in front of her, Revilier. In his gold and pearl uniform with regal pauldrons sparkling gently under the light, in fitted black pants, and with his ranks and medals neatly arranged along his sleeve, he is the absolute picture of military beauty. His skin positively glows, and his hair has been cut neatly the way Yin likes it. He even smells the way she likes, which pleases Yue greatly.

His officer's hat in both hands, he stands nervous, but resolute, smiling softly, waiting for his beloved.

Troix nervously clasps the box with Yin's ring, and breathes.

Yin breathes out again, once everyone's in place. She loves the song, but it seems to last so long...so very, very long. The wait is absolute torture, and she mixes fidgeting with flicking Alou's ear for laughing at her fidgeting.

Then the music changes.

"Here we go..." she murmurs, absolutely unnecessarily.

When they step into the aisle, Yin catches her breath. God...there has never been a more attractive man on this planet. She could not possibly be more attracted to him, or have a bigger lump in her throat even as she beams.

Then she remembered that she was supposed to be walking.

Then she realized she was.

Ah. So that's why brides were escorted down the aisle.

Alou leads her slowly, holding onto her as all in attendance rise and pay attention. Revilier's eyes sparkle, his smile spreading, weight shifting just a bit from foot to foot.

Yue's lip curls. He is so very good.

Alou reaches the altar with Yin, smiles at her, and gently guides to stand next to Revilier before heading over to stand with Troix. He is all smiles, despite his worry over all this.

Yin holds out her hand for Revilier to take before they look to Yue. She can't help but beam at him, just...god he's beautiful. And she's so happy.

His hand unintentionally glows softly gold, and shakes a little as theirs are together.

Yue practically melts when they face him.

"These are the moments for which all creation came to be," the succubus begins in a warm, motherly tone. "In the union of two mortal souls we see the possibility of harmony in this existence. We have come together tonight to celebrate one such union, a true love unquestionable, and the joining of two hearts beating in unison; we bear witness to a love everlasting made complete. Beyond the boundaries of race, nationality and religion--theirs is a union perfect."

"Tonight we join these two in the freedom of perfect matrimony. You two will be free to care for one another, support one another, nourish and shelter one... another." Yue pauses a bit, hands clasped in front of his waist. "Yinxirziji Iejir. Revilier Omeaux. It will be your honor and privilege to spend the rest of your life in service to one another, come hardship, come ease, through joy and despair. Tonight I charge you to live and love for all time, for each other, for ever."

The succubus beams.

"Yinxirziji, dragoon of ice, please read to your beloved your vows."

Yin breathes out...she's nervous, pulse way up, of course...but once she's turned to look up into Revilier's eyes, those stunning green and gold eyes of his, that melts away. She can't help but smile then, relaxing under his gaze.

"Revilier," she begins, soft at first. She has them memorized, of course she does. "To ask chance alone, we should never have met, and never on good terms." She smiles softly, too swept away for more. "That we did meet, and that we could find such a perfect partnership and perfect love in one another, against all odds and our own prejudices...my opinion of fate has changed. We have always been intended for one another. We have risen through insane trials side by side and hand in hand. There will be more. And there will also be times of peace, and joy. Fun, and relaxation. I vow to always stay by your side through all of it. I vow to be your friend, your lover, your confidante. I vow to be your right hand and partner. I vow to stand tall with you when the time is right. I vow to lie and rest with you when the time is right. In sickness and health, in triumph and misfortune, until death, beyond that if possible. I give myself to you, and all my love to you. And I vow to be yours forever."

Yue wipes his eyes gently, glad he'd decided against eyeliner.

Revilier's face melds into something like despair, only... the good kind. The kind that screams of love too deep to control, too endless to measure. And he's weeping.

"General Revilier Omeaux," Yue sniffles, "please read your vows."

He takes her hands both in his, eyes locking upon hers. Breathes deeply, and slowly.

"For years, and years, I was a match unstruck. I was the unbroken seed of a lily, I was stasis. I was..." he clasps her hands, "... static. Everything I had ever done failed to light my life, to set me into growth, until I met you, Yinxirziji. You... you have been my scintillating star, you have poured your light into me and made me whole. You have fought me, and shaped me, you have overjoyed and thrilled me to my absolute core time and time again. Despite distance, despite the fury of those who could never understand, despite our collective flaws as mortal beings, we... are here. Poised to stand together, steadfast, and I vow to you that I will be your sword and your shield when danger looms... I vow to be your soft bed and warm blanket when you tire, to lay you down when your heart wants peace, to hold you up when you need to be held. I will give myself to you in every way, in every place, on every possible world and field, I swear to every god in range of my voice, Yinxirziji..." his voice breaks almost too much to continue. "That I will worship only you... body, blood, soul and being, until time has run its course and all that is, is no more... and still... still I will love you Emily... this, I vow... to you."

A tear is openly rolling down Yin's face by the end of this. She can't breathe. She can't...do anything. There's only feeling. Only Revilier. Only the most...warmly, contentedly fulfilled moment she can ever recall. She swallows hard, beaming at him. Finally, looks up to Yue. She has to look away. Otherwise, she's skipping right to the kissing part.

Yue's almost bawling, but manages to contain himself... barely. 

"I all my years of joining souls in such glorious union, never have I seen such dedication, and true devotion. It is thus that I call upon all the powers of this cosmos to bless Yinxirziji and Revilier, that their union may hold their lives complete, each for the other." The succubus clasps his hands in a short prayer, to whom no one dares ask. 

"And now, I call upon the two of you to present your tokens to one another, the passing of which shall signify the passing of your lives into the hands of your beloved."

Troix steps forward, holding out a soft, fur pillow with the ring box for Yin, as Petrovic does the same for the General.

"Yinxirziji, if you will perform the first honors."

Yin is smiling without a break now...except when emotion nearly overwhelms. She quietly opens the ring box, to reveal a wide, beautiful, matte-buffed platinum band. It is absolutely plain and utilitarian in most aspects, elegant in its simplicity. Its only adornment resides in two tiny gemstones embedded into it, flush with its surface: a blue diamond, and a silvery white one.

She's barely containing herself, breath in her throat. Her hands shake as she slips the ring onto her beloved's finger, gazing up at him, smiling a smile too intense to be broad, eyes glistening.

Revilier's hand flares gold at her touch, his tears coming freely now, his composure gone, his smile only momentary, but frequent.

He opens his box to reveal a scintillating white gold and topaz ring cut in the shape of a beautiful dragon, its eyes a shining, ice blue. He holds it up to Yin's finger, smiles softly.. and slides it on to snap together with her diamond engagement ring.

Petrovic grins when they fit together.

Yue practically melts.

Yin's blush deepens. She catches her breath. Just...her own tears meld with little streams as her carefully-placed facial crystals are forgotten and one begins to melt.

Yue's smile softens.

"Should there be one who would disagree with this union, let him speak."

Silence. Nothing. Yue left out the words "and be destroyed" because... he knew there would be no one speaking.

"Then, in the sight of this cosmos and those before and to come. I pronounce you, Yinxirziji and Revilier Omeaux, husband and wife, two lives, made one, forever." 

The succubus purrs softly.

"You may now seal your bond with true love's kiss."

Revilier almost can't do it. Can't lift his arm. He steps to her, arms sliding around her wait, eyes set to hers, lips moving, so swiftly but so slowly, to press to hers, to break the floodgate of pure, divine emotion flowing within him.

To kiss his beloved, his wife.

when their lips press together, softly, then hard, both their tears meld at their lips. This is something that could never, ever happen. Something absolutely amazing. Divine, just...Yin had never known, had never imagine that a person could feel like this. This peace, this intensity, this contentness and perfection.

Hers now, as she desperately kisses her husband.

He's gasping for breath, kissing her back, accepting hers, as if tonight was the last they'd ever see, needy, searching, adoring, worshiping her.

The music begins, as Yue covers his eyes and weeps, along with Troix and... Soze. Petrovic and Alou stand proudly, watching their closest friends do something that has been true in their hearts for a long, long time.

Yin finally, slowly breaks their kiss. An impish grin snakes across her lips, and she kisses him again, before taking his arm to parade him proudly back up the aisle. Her soul is positively flying. Her soul...she has never been surer that she's had one than now. It had taken...her husband, to show her that.

Honestly, it's all that she can do to keep from breaking into a zealous, undignified, leaping run, straight out the doors and into the streets.

Revilier walks with her... vision blurred, head swimming, joy pouring from him as gold flares from his body in every direction. He is... complete, and yet, there is so much more for them, he knows it. And he knows, deep in his heart, as his lips tingle and his heart leaps and sings, that he will show her everything this universe has to offer.

He's sure that, if ever there was a reason to believe in a merciful god, this is that reason.

And just like that...it was over. A beginning, but this part...as soon as they're in teh back, the formal part as over. At this point. Yin more or less pounces her lover, knowing he'll be able to catch her, to kiss him again. She grins just a moment before she does. "You didn't think you were done with this part, did you...?" she purrs. Laughs like she hasn't for years. And then kisses him, just, ecstatic.

He shakes his head, kissing back, holding her tightly in his powerful arms, pressing her to himself, just unable to process all this. This change, and yet... it simply makes official what's been true for a long time, as Yue said. He slows his kiss, gently letting her down, and kisses again, clinging to her.

And he knows then that every breath he's ever breathed has been in preparation for this moment, this woman... this love.

Yin isn't sure how long it's been. But at some point in their embrace, she opens her eyes so see everyone else around them. Finally...she chuckles, hugging Revilier tight and then shifting to his side. Still close, still leaning. "Yes. We're that cute." She grins broadly. And for once, it's okay. Her dear friends, none mind her fangs.

Revilier holds onto her arm, letting her rest... leaning back on her.

"Well," he softly rumbles, "someone say something clever."

Alou's the first to speak. "Thank you both," he half-chuckles, "for showing us that this could be real."

Troix adds, "and for letting us in on a glimpse of that special thing that exists between you two."

Yin smiles...blushing and closing her eyes a moment. "Thank you all for being here," she finally returns, opening them again. Smiles. Again. Still. "It's wonderful to share this with just a few people we love. Revilier and I will still feel the same about one another when the big version of this comes...but it won't be the same. This was the real thing." She beams, cuddling in on her beloved's shoulder.

Mm...time for some levity?

Yes.

"And Troix..." Yin grins. "We were thrilled to share this. Just no using that pool in correlation with that other special thing that exists between us, when it comes time for the honeymoon."

Troix blinks. "And just why n---!"

Alou's hand clamps over her mouth.

"Not a thought or word, dear."

Petrovic claps Revilier's shoulder, and then Yin's... hard. Soldierly. 

"You two. Are making my life. The most wonderful. Hell. A man could ask for." He grins. "Get out of here before Soze and the demon tackle you.

Yin grins at Petrovic. D'awwww. It's the closest to sappy he'll ever likely be. "Right." She looks to the two in question. "Thanks again, Yue, for everything. So much." She smiles at Soze, and looks to her beloved, beaming. They have a lot to do tonight. "Shall we?" she purrs.

Yue smiles at them, tears still streaming. Soze does too, though he's a bit more collected about it.

"Yes, my beloved," Revilier purrs, "we shall." He takes her hands, gazes one longing gaze at her gorgeous eyes, and leads her to the doors.

Yin is absolutely beside herself...nirvana. After a pause to gather the bottom of her skirt again and situate both of them in overcoats and and scarf, it's off to a wonderful night. The first of a wonderful, wonderful life.