wedding ♔ so let in the morning light and let the darkness fade away

[luthir]

♬ from this moment on- shania twain ft. bryan white

WHO || Vi, Luthir, Wynn, Jack, Myri, Finnick, Francesca, Val'drin, Spike, Dumage, Felicity, Gus, Astrid, Fred Jr., Kat, Gar, Buffy, Rafael, Elena, Alaric, Rose, Dimitri, Aedan, Dovan, Lan, Zero, Koraith, Mark, Dawn, Archer, Des, Zarad, Alex, Faith, Faye, Sean, Anastacia [closed]
WHAT || Vi and Luthir's wedding
WHERE || Chelsea Physic Garden, London
WHEN || June 6th, evening
HOW || Actionspam

Now officially Knighted, Vi exchanges her ceremonial armor for a wedding gown, and the guests head into London to gather at the Chelsea Physic Garden.  The evening is warm and clear, and the flowers in full bloom, chairs set up on the main lawn with name tags on them for people to find their seat.  Gentle Elvish music plays everyone in, and at the front of stands an arbor covered in wisteria.  It's a remarkably peaceful setting, enough to dispel further some of the grimness of the past few days and create an atmosphere of smiles and warmth.    It seems to reinforce what Luthir has been telling Vi all along: that maybe now more than ever, this is the sort of thing they need, in order to remember what they're all fighting for.

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[bigbad]

He knew exactly what he was doing. [He reaches over and squeezes her arm reassuringly.] What'd she say?

[slay]

That I chose this mission over my family. [ she smiles, cover his hand with her own. ] It's okay. I know—I know that it was just some creepy attempt to get me to give up. But I spent months wondering if that's why Myri left.

[bigbad]

Myri would never want you to give up the mission for her. She's too bloody selfless. [He looks up and over at her sadly. It's not always a good thing.]

[slay]

I know.

[ she looks over in that direction, too. ]

But it’s more than that. This mission is about our family. We have to protect it.

[bigbad]

Definitely a little late to untangle them now. [Myri tried to get out. All she got for it was months of torture.] And anyone who'd try to make you is no friend of yours. [Bit of a grin.] Not that it's easy to see that when your feelings're being crushed, but you do know Myri would never, right?

[slay]

I do now, but ... [ she looks over at him, frowning. ] She's changed, Spike. I never would have thought she'd be asking us to kill the doppelganger, either, but she did.

[bigbad]

She's been through a lot. [There's a haunted look on Spike's face. He went through a lot too, and he was only there for half the time she was.] They... they broke her. Not sure she'll ever be the way she used to be.

[slay]

We let them.

[ they didn’t even notice. she can’t help but feel a little like she’d failed myri by not being there, or figuring it out, or going to save them. ]

[bigbad]

[He could tell her it's not her fault. Obviously it isn't. The doppelganger fooled them all, and it was Sarandis and Kyp who are at fault, not Myri's friends.

But he doesn't bother. She knows all that. And honestly, he feels like they let Myri down too. He should have seen through Kyp's ruse faster. He should have known.]

We won't let it happen again.

[slay]

I guess that's the best we can do, now.

[bigbad]

Now. [He slides down into a chair so he can look at her on the same level.] But it's only a matter of time before Wynn lets us get off our asses and go kick Sarandis'. That'll help.

[slay]

You mean so we can go walk right into his trap? Spike, he doesn't have to let us off that island.

[bigbad]

He won't have a choice if we kill him.

[slay]

You really think Dimitris is the only bad guy on that island? He couldn't keep control of it if he were. We kill him, another head grows.

[bigbad]

Do you have a better plan?

[slay]

We're not jailers, and we're not killers. Fred said we try to turn the bad guys over to the proper authorities—that's the people of the Andres Isle. Once we get this guy out of power, he's going to have a lot to answer for. All killing him would do is make him a martyr for his cause.

[bigbad]

And give him a chance to spin a web of lies and get out unfazed and continue his experiments? Not good enough.

[slay]

Spike, we are not murderers. That's not our job. Wynn has been working on getting him out of Andres for years now, I think he has an idea of how to make sure he sees justice for what he's done once that happens.

[bigbad]

Funny how he doesn't seem any closer than he was at the start of all those years. [Spike, you've only been here like two years what do you even know. He scowls, shoulders slumping a little.] Look, if I can, I'll take him alive. But if I get the chance to fight him, I'm not holding back.

[slay]

They still call that premeditated murder. You don't get some free pass just because you wait for an opening.

[bigbad]

Buffy, I'm a vampire. It probably wouldn't be the first time. And believe me, my conscious would be clear on this one.