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Who: Asia family + Stocking
Where: China and Stocking's Apartment within the Marshall building.
When: Early afternoon on June 3rd
Rating: PG-13, most likely
Summary: The groom's family meets the bride and future sister-in-law.
The Log:

China had sent out a text to his family members a week in advance before the scheduled meeting, so when he awoke that morning of the set date he was feeling slightly nervous. As far as he knew, his siblings never had as much interaction with Stocking as he did. Then of course was the usual worry of the family not approving the bride to be. Despite his worries, he helped Stocking clean the apartment, he prepared some tea, snacks, and of course sweets. He was dressed in his red outfit with his hair neatly combed into its usual ponytail.

After setting the tray of tea and food down on the low table, he stood up to scan over the apartment briefly. Everything seemed in order, so now all there was to do was wait. He glances over in Stocking's direction to give her a small smile before returning his gaze to the door.

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Oh, wow... Then again, this is a wedding they were dealing with here, so it should be expected. Still, China is impressed. He listens quietly to what Taiwan has to say, though he answers her questions when she asks.

"Well, of course red and gold would be the primary choices for the decorations, as well as the wedding garments. Also, I was considering that we draw the Dragon and Fenghuang on the doorway of the building in which the ceremony will be held. Ah, speaking of locations, we have a few suggestions. ...Do you have any suggestions for locations as well, Taiwan?"

"Really?" She's making lots of notes - way more than China seems to actually be saying. "Where were you thinking of? Everything here is kind of run down..."

He takes a sip of his tea before answering again.

"One of them is the high school's gym. I remember you setting up the Lantern Festival there and how you made the building look nicer on the inside. We could do the same for the wedding with some decoration and possibly a little renovation."

"W-well, yeah we could..." And she already has ideas for the space, since she'd done that before, but... "Is that all right with you, Stocking?" She seems really anxious. "I-i know this is probably the opposite of how you hoped your wedding would go..."

"Huh? No not really. I don't really care how the wedding goes." She shrugs slightly and stops massaging China's shoulders. She simply pets them gently.

China puts his hands atop Stocking's.

"When we return home and find each other again, we'll have an even better ceremony. With the drummers, horns, the whole parade, and we'll rent one of the best locations in China. So for now, we will do whatever we can here."

Taiwan really doesn't understand that - but then she hasn't exactly found the right person yet. To her, the wedding is the point, not just the side-show. "Well, okay, as long as you're okay with it."

Stocking nodded at her. "Thank you Taiwan for helping. I am more than okay with everything."

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"Stocking, you still need to have some input, you know!" Come on, pretend you're excited about it, for her?

"Um well all I ask for is lots of sweets." She nods. Yup that's what she wants. Stocking smirks at China.

"Lots of sweets..." Taiwan repeats it, as if making a mental note, and smiles wide. "We can definitely do that!"

China blushes a bit at the look Stocking sends him. Of course there's the sweets he always keeps in stock, but he's wondering if that look hints at the different kind of sweet.

He has to clear his throat before speaking. "Yes, Chinese wedding cakes are small and easy to make. Then of course there are many other types of sweets we could make." The one large wedding cake, for example!

"Speaking of food, I've been thinking about what to serve at the engagement party. The wedding feast too." And that's A LOT of food since Chinese wedding feasts consist of eight, or sometimes ten, courses.

Taiwan is all business now, since they're talking about actual important wedding planning things. She'll name a few things as suggestions to see what China thinks. If they keep going, at one point or another she's going to pull out a notebook and start making charts.

Meanwhile Stocking will take the moment to go over and sit next to Taiwan once more.

Taiwan is almost not going to notice, being pretty involved in the whole planning process...

He watches as Stocking takes a sit beside his sister.

"Duck would definitely be something great to have at the wedding feast. I will catch a few in Dissimulo. Shark fin soup would also be good, if we can find a shark, that is. What else...? Ah! Sea cucumber! Lobster, squid, fish roe... I wonder if we would be able to find any swift nests to make bird's nest soup? We could make some rice too. And sweets, as we have already discussed." He sips at his tea.

Seriously, Teacher, you're being a little bit unrealistic. "Well, I mean, we'll do our best, but I don't think we'll be able to have all of that."

Sorry, he just misses some of the foods they ate back home. He sighs once he's swallowed down his tea.

"I know. Sea cucumber may exist somewhere here, but we lack the diving equipment to dive down and retrieve them. Same goes for the lobster. On the other hand, I've seen squid in the lake, flying fish too. If we're lucky, we might be able to get some fish roe from the latter." He pauses to pop one of the cut fruits into his mouth. He chews and swallows it before speaking again. "Of course we can always make bao and other favorite Chinese dishes." He chuckles. "Perhaps you should make some of that shaved ice of yours as one of the desserts."

Since their wedding will most likely occur while the warmer months are still in place and with so many people in one enclosed area, the temperature is bound to go up.

"So much work..." She's griping but Taiwan legitimately doesn't mind. "I don't think I'll have time to catch and cook the food..."

"I could always help out. You know I'm not just going to watch you guys work." She nodded and sighed a bit. "If only I had my chip out."

Edited 2012-06-19 23:27 (UTC)

"Xi Shi can help us catch the food and she can defend herself against the lake creatures. Then we could ask the other siblings to assist with the cooking." He says to Taiwan.

Then he turns his eyes to Stocking. He reaches out across to put a hand on her shoulder. "Would you like me to ask the same person who took my chip out? She doesn't use surgery to remove chips."

"We'll talk about that later." She shrugs a bit.

"Maybe it would be better to wait to do anything with the chips, I mean..." She looks a little thoughtful. "I've heard of weird things happening.."

He brings his hand back to wrap around his tea cup. "That is true and you remembered what happened to me, Taiwan."

She does remember that, quite well. Even though it was really weird. "I'd kind of like to meet a younger Stocking, but not right before the wedding!"