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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tilmamir" data-source="post: 2631667" data-attributes="member: 31628">InweAbout the time Wrinkle, Relsyn, and Airith are starting dinner, Bee and Inwe are finishing up the dress details and making their way into the salon."oh my, the Youngstrom is a fine family. Certainly yes, they are fine! The senior Lord Youngstrom lives in the heart of the Hill. You will see it soon.  They have five children, each of whom live in their own palaces…""They throw the grandest parties, I'm told. Fine, regal, ostentatious parties. They are way up in The Game - that family. Perhaps at the top even. This wedding will be an Event, I tell you…""Gossip is, though, perhaps one of the younger Youngstrom lords had a 'doing' with a Fairweather. I am sure the two newlyweds to be are in love. But, you know, it is unusual for a family like Fairweather to marry so quickly at the top. Hmm, unusual that. Do you think the wedding is permitted, um, under some duress from the Fairweathers? Hmmm, well, dearie, I would not know. Little Bee just buzzes around here with Master Coffield…. Speaking of the Master, here he is."In the salon, Coffield enters from another door, adjusting his sash. He looks up and smiles amicably.  He is in a white shirt with a fine red silk vest under a embroidered red jacket. His pants, matching the jacket, are perfectly pressed. A gold broach on his lapel has a fancy emblem. Its symbol was also on the gate, Inwe noticed as she entered, and must be the Fairweather family crest. He looks very noble and grandfatherly, at least for a human."Inwe, you are stunning. [She blushes a bit] Now it is time to be leaving, but I would request you call me Lord Fairweather for the evening. Some things these Gamy people just cannot take it too much change." He talks politely while they wait for his coach to be brought around. He is interested in her background, where she is from, what she likes to do, and the like, but is never prying when Inwe is reluctant to answer.The coach arrives and Coffield helps Inwe in before entering, facing towards her, back to the front. He points out the beautiful stonework of some of the estate walls, sometimes naming the family, more often naming the architect or lead builder who designed them. North, then East, then North again, the driver of the coach advances along a line of coaches until he finds a particular place to pull into the line.Inwe asks, "why can we not just drive up to the door now?""I forget you are unfamiliar with 'The Game' People in this city are absorbed in themselves and their status among the others.  Among the lower classes, this is ignored, but as ones wealth and status increases, so does the desire to be better than everyone else. I played the Game, too. But after my wife passed, I stopped trying and decided to enjoy what life offers rather than fighting to get more… I have been fortunate, as well - I am respected enough that no one has tried to eliminate me, rather they tolerate me as I am not a threat.Anyway…We get in line to enter after the less fortunate players, and before the high standing ones. I do not make waves, if I can help it."The coach arrives about one half hour before the ceremony is scheduled to begin. As many as three hundred men and women are already in the great hall, as Lord Fairweather and Lady Inwe Galanodel are introduced by the butler.  All eyes turn their way, but Inwe holds perfectly still and hides the uncomfortable-ness from her face. The moment passes as the next couple are introduced.Free to look around a little, Inwe notices that all the women wear white dresses. She is dressed much finer than most of the women, but some are close. As other couples are introduced, perhaps another fifty people, their clothes are progressively much nicer. Looking around some more, all the men are in red. Again, the status of the person appears to be a factor in how fine the clothes are, and the quality of the cloth. For both men and women, the richness of their clothes and adornments are far greater than most on the street she has seen could possibly afford.During the latter arrivals, there appeared to be some twitter that Russell Manning Jr. dressed finer than his brother Albert. Some were agreeing that this was proper, and others thought this was a great affront to the leader of his family. Of course, most of the conversations were fairly quiet, but Inwe's excellent hearing picked out more than anyone suspected.A fanfare marked the final arrivals. Four families, introduced with Youngstrom surnames enter and were brought up to the balcony overlooking the room. The Fairweather family was then introduced. Coffield leaned over and said "My brothers family -  the only chance they will get to rub elbows that high" He chuckled. "We will be seated for the wedding shortly now."</blockquote>

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