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[cloud9]

[ There's a little fumbling with the communicator, and a girl's voice speaking away from the mic (No, no, it's okay, I-I've got it--) before the camera turns in her hands to show two faces that are probably familiar on the network after all these (crazy) years. There may or may not be a little nervous energy. (or a lot.)

Abby glances at Jaime for a moment before turning to address the feed. ]

Uh-- so, yeah, hi, Network. [ She clears her throat a little. ] It's Abby. Again. Hope you guys all, er-- had a nice Thanksgiving? And. Yeah.

[ A hesitation. She totally doesn't know what she's doing. ]

Soooo. Anyway. Me and Jaime... We kinda have something to tell everyone? A-And we figured we better give the good news before, like, it got out some other way, with naked Santas or somethinnn-- ehhhhhh.

[ She makes a face, like she didn't really mean to say that, lifting her hands pull briefly at her own cheeks as she gets progressively more mortified. ]

What I mean is--

What she means is – [ Jaime fidgets and grabs a squirming Abby arm, holding it up and tilting her hand to be shown. ]

See that? [ The ring, y'all. ] I put that there. As in I asked if she'd marry me [ Grinning at her, rather than the camera. ] and she said well, I GUESS...

Dude! No way, I totally said yes. Yes times a million, okay? [ His grin is apparently infectious. Because when she looks at him, her nervousness goes away and she's smiling pretty big. ] So, yeah.

We're getting married.

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[culver]

[big grin and flapping wings]

Congratulations!

[scarabsuited]

[waving a little, grinning back.] Thanks, chica. You'll be there for sure, yeah?

[cloud9]

Thanks, Nill.

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[demonspawn]

Okay, first of all -- finally. Congrats. Second of all, who brought up the naked Santas?

[scarabsuited]

I thought it was you, honestly.

[cloud9]

Shh. I was nervous, okay? Let's just uh, let sleeping Santas lie.

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[acrossyourpath]

[ Whoa she was just talking about marriage the other day. ]

Picked a date?

[cloud9]

Uh-- not exactly. I mean. I'm not even all exactly sure what needs to be done and stuff yet, so...

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[scarabsuited]

[letting her wrist go, Jaime reaches around behind her waist to poke her side, bumping his forehead against the side of her head to talk toward her ear, smirking:] You totally made this about naked Santas, you know.

[cloud9]

[ she makes a face-- either at being poked or because she totally did-- but she can't argue with it, so, she just turns to bum her forehead against his in return. ]

I got nervous, okay, and it was like, the first thing I thought of. If our wedding gets immortalized with naked Santa, I'm so blaming Terry...

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[waiting]

[ Well, he already heard the news from Abby, so it's not much of a surprise, but there's still audible amusement in his voice when he responds. ]

You still haven't let me know when you wanted to have lunch, you know.

[ Directed to Abby, obviously, but his tone's more lightly teasing than actually offended or anything like that. ]

[cloud9]

[ A LONG MORTIFIED PAUSE. ]

Oh my God. Mr. B-- I totally forgot. [ MORE FACE PULLING. ]

[Video]

[plains_hunter]

[He might as well do the nice thing, seeing as it is the season.]

Well, congratulations. I guess this place does have little positive moments. You two from the same world?

[cloud9]

Uh-- no. Actually. We're... From different universes. We met here.

[video]

[foreverbouncing]

Oh wow! Congratulations! That's so cool!

[Charlie has the biggest grin on her face because stuff like this is so nice after the awful that tends to happen.]

[cloud9]

[ she's both a little flustered and a little happy when she smiles back. ]

Thanks! I, uh-- totally don't know where to go from here, but we'll make it work.

[voice]

[rocksforbrains]

Dude!

Dude!

Dude!

[cloud9]

Is that like-- a good kinda dude-dude-dude?

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[incywincyhero]

Well, I'll be damned. Congratulations, kids.

[cloud9]

Oh! Thanks. I guess we kinda figured we might as well tell everyone, so...

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[bests]

Wow... congratulations.

[ BUT AREN'T YOU TWO JUST BABIES.......... ]

[cloud9]

[ VERY EARLY TWENTIES... :( AKA YES..... ]

Thanks. We're pretty excited-- I mean, I think we are.

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[aggressiveapathy]

[So much sarcastic commentary has occurred to her. But, know what. Screw it. She believes in love.]

That's super cute. Good job.

[cloud9]

Thanks, April.

[ joking lightly: ]

I was thinking of making Terry my maid of honor, but I feel like he might totally hate it. Just a feeling.

[video]

[notadartboard]

Well well. Good job, kids.

[forever believing in true love, yep!]

[cloud9]

Thanks! Probably won't pat myself on the back until I make it down the aisle without tripping though.

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[futurebatwoman]

[ genuinely super excited ]

That's amazing! Congratulations to you both.

[cloud9]

Thanks, Max! You're totally invited, by the way-- I mean, if you want. I know we don't know each other all that good, but City Hall's practically family, so...

permavideo;

[recurve]

It's about damn time!

[cloud9]

[ a little laugh ]

Kate. If you're not one of my bridesmaids, I'll be super sad, seriously! Please say you will.

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[radiantly]

This is so exciting! I love weddings!

[A beat.]

What I meant, is, um, congratulations!

[cloud9]

[ with a little happy pinkness to her face: ]

Thanks, Miss-- Angelica, right?

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[hexappeal]

Ah, I was waiting for an announcement! Can I send champagne now? [A beat. :|a] I keep forgetting how much you've aged. You are old enough to drink, right? [It's in that "don't tell me if you aren't" tone...]

[cloud9]

Uhh-- well, close enough! [ next september is close, right... ] Thanks, Miss Zee.

[dragony]

Congratulations, you two. This is definitely some of the best news anyone's given, I'd say.

[and for once it's genuine gladness, and not that fakey-sarcastic style that she's been pulling for ages. another victory for team cloudbeetle]

[cloud9]

Thanks, Ruka. I'm kinda crossing my fingers for mostly good news from here on out.

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[out_of_time]

[Jack's got a smile on his face like he hasn't had in a long time.]

Congratulations. Good luck, both of you.

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[onetouch]

[Have a smile so bright it could melt the surface of the Sun;] Abby. Congratulations.