NOVEL NEXT Chapter 146: Wedding planning
A short while later, Kyubi emerged from the bath, using magic to dry herself before portaling to the bedroom.
"What do I do? I only have the kimono, I wasn't expecting guests..."
[ PRIVATE MESSAGE SENT FROM KYUBI : SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MY KIMONO GOT RIPPED AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CLOTHES, CAN I BORROW SOME OF YOURS?"
[ PRIVATE MESSAGE SENT FROM KLAIRE : NO WORRIES, I OWE YOU FOR TEACHING ME THAT TRICK. TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT THOUGH ONE OF CARL'S SHIRTS WILL FIT BETTER, YOU HAVE A BIGGER CHEST THAN MINE... SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU, SO MUCH. ]
Kyubi looked in klaire's draws and found some trousers that were close to her size, they were a blue elasticated material with gold trimming that sat comfortably at the base of he tails, though they even seemed to have a small chain tailed species could use to stop them being pushed down.
"Surprisingly comfy, but they chafe a bit, no wonder I've never seen her wear them."
Despite the fact they were shorter than they first appeared and only reached halfway down her shins, she decided they were good enough and then produced some simple chest binding and finally grabbed a long white shirt of Carl's then headed downstairs to meet her guests.
As she got down stairs, she left the guests speechless. "Oh no, does it look weird on me?"
"What? No, no, no... Sorry you're just very beautiful and the styles are so different we were taken aback. it was a shock to our systems, is all." Scylla explained after realising how self-conscious she was about her attire, elbowing Gillian to say something.
"Yeah, the jeggings and boyfriend shirt is a good look on you, it's just very different."
Kyubi, smiled, then walked over and started preparing lunch as she asked what brought them there.
"We're actually thinking about wedding dates, traditionally it would be done on our nineteenth birthday, but we want to break that pointless tradition."
Kyubi beamed at them, noting how adorable they were, then asked why they wanted to speak with them about it.
Scylla got a disappointed look on her face, before explaining that she needed a wedding dress and were hoping that one of them could create one, but then Scylla got a disappointed look on her face as she looked at Kyubi's outfit.
"Guessing not since you changed your outfit instead of producing one like the other."
Kyubi tilted her head. "Oh, I can, but a kimono should always be hand-made. I won't use power to do what should be done by hand and the same goes for a wedding dress. Though depending on what date you choose, I guess that we may not have time to make it completely from scratch."
Scylla's smile returned and she announced that they had been thinking about the new year, which spoke to Kyubi's sense of romance and made her tails dance.
"That sounds lovely, but time is definitely a bit short for a full dress, so why don't we meet in the middle? I'll pre-make the individual parts and then hand stitch them together, do you know what kind of style you want?"
Scylla beamed and produced a ready-made dress. "I actually want to wear my mother's, but the style isn't me at all, so I wanted to make some adjustments to this one..."
Kyubi apologised to Gillian and told him he needed to leave, then she asked Tiamutael to send him home, then told Scylla to get dressed and took her to the bedroom to use the mirrored wardrobe.
It was an elegant dress that hung off her frame loosely. "Are you sure you want it adjusted, even like this it looks beautiful on you.
Scylla looked at her reflection, an abnormal fragility trespassing on her typically stern face.
"I am, Gillian and I intend to lead the packs into an era of change, I want my dress to declare that."
"Well then, do you have any ideas?"
She pulled the bodice to herself, then began describing her vision.
"I'm thinking that the bodice should stop at the underarm, then I want it changing to a corset style back..."
---On Archyon---
As Kyubi listened to Scylla describe the vision she had of her dress, Carl and Klaire were getting dressed.
"You're in for a surprise when we get back, Kyubi's actually wearing something other than a Kimono."
"What? How the hell did that happen?"
"Her usual outfit got ripped, so she's wearing our clothes. Enjoy the eyeful of Kyubi in a boyfriend shirt."
"You both look amazing in anything, but maybe we should get you in a kimono and do a fashion swap."
"I do like that style of dress, but I don't think something so elegant would suit me. I'm more of a combat trouser and battle shirt girl outside of pyjamas."
Carl moved over and kissed her, then accepted the punishment as he told her she never had much fashion-sense.
With that done, Carl and Klaire portaled home, finding the living room and kitchen space abandoned they looked at each other then headed upstairs and knocked on the bedroom door.
"Come in!" Kyubi shouted from inside, letting the door hiss open, revealing the sight of Kyubi standing behind Scylla in the dream wedding dress the two had put together.
The bodice now ran forward from her shoulders and then moved into a point at her waist, where two triangular patches of lace filled the gap between the bodice front and corseted back.
Below the waist, the dress became a loose tub, that trailed behind her, while her arms were covered in scale-pattern lace sleeves that were separate from the main body of the dress.
With a gasp, Klaire gave her evaluation. "You look gorgeous Scylla, the dress looks fierce, elegant and sexy all in one." She then gave Carl the same elbow jab Scylla gave Gillian.
"You look beautiful, the dress really suits you, but don't you still have a few months to get ready?"
"Ugh, men..." Scylla groaned, before saying that Gillian had said the same thing. "...Was Carl like this about your wedding?"
"Well, no. We got married without a ceremony, just Lillim saving Carl's life after he made a cursed ring."
"Wait, so you guys never had a ceremony?"
"Not really, it was still special, but we didn't get to make a day of it."
Carl stood quiet, pinching his chin in thought as he listened to Scylla explain everything. "Well, honestly I'm a little disappointed about how it happened with us, I still feel guilty about it..."
"Carl, don't worry about it." Klaire replied, rubbing his back, before smiling and nodding her head violently as he whispered something in her ear and passed her something that he synthesised.
"Kyubi... Will you marry us?" They asked the question together.
Suddenly Scylla's dress changed back and before he knew why, Carl was kicked out of the room.
"Carl, don't come in! We'll be down shortly, make some coffee!"
Carl was entirely perplexed, but did as he was told, the crushing tension of waiting for a response to his proposal strangling him as he did so.
When the girls came down a short while later, Klaire came to his side. "Sorry, it seems Kyubi was using illusions to show us an altered version of the dress..."
klaire explained the situation then they both turned to Kyubi with a ring extended.
Kyubi broke down with the absence of the issue of Scylla's state of dress, then was hugging them and kissing them before they knew it. "Yes! I would love to marry you both! I was actually just thinking about that earlier. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"Sorry Scylla, don't get the wrong idea, we aren't going to steal the spotlight. We'll get married after Klaire and I turn nineteen so you guys can be the centre of attention for a while and make your point." Carl told her between the loving assault.
"No, honestly, that never crossed my mind. I'm happy for you guys. I'm more surprised you're waiting at all to be honest."
"Well, I also owe Klaire a ceremony, so I want to take some time and make sure they both get the wedding they want. It will be a wedding for all of us, so it will take a good amount of planning."
After that, they retrieved Gillian and all discussed the occasion, Carl keeping a tally of what they figured they'd want to make sure they had enough DIV to do what they wanted.
In the end it seemed like it would be cost-effective in the long run to create a permanent facility for such things, one which could be decorated to personal preference and after Carl mentioned Lillim's impending bar they all agreed that the faction's relationship dynamics would shift enough to warrant it.
When the kids returned an hour later, they were all in dire need of a bath and something to eat and so the girls headed to the baths on the world once belonging to Tiamat and the boys had a bath at the house.