Your Coworker Is Engaged Now

[insidescoop]

Good morning everyone~! [Carly is looking Very chipper on the Rocket Network.]

The holidays are just around the corner, but before we get excited about that, I wanted to get excited about something even better! Something even more lasting..! Though we should definitely get pretty excited about the holidays if you know what I'm saying hehehe...

Ahem. [Deep breath, and a big grin-]

I'm going to be getting married~!

[Carly shows the ring to the camera and everything.] I'm engaged!~ Wow!! I never thought this would happen at all~!

....

[Ahem.]

I'm inviting all of you by the way.

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[epitaffio]

Wow, congratulations! Who's the lucky guy?

[Also, wait and watch as the proverbial hamster wheel inside Doppio's brain turns.]

... Wait, I'm invited?

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[asmywitness]

[Doppio gets a text like five seconds later.]

It's a lucky girl, not guy.

[epitaffio]

[His eyes go PRETTY wide. And then he texts back:]

You can do that here?

[asmywitness]

No one is going to try and bash or murder you for it, yes. I'm dating a woman here but I used to have a long-term boyfriend, so I understand how great it feels to not need to worry about that. Steven's openly gay and has never faced any discomfort over it.

[epitaffio]

[Huh. On one hand, not what he expected from this place. On the other hand, it's not like he'd actually given it any thought until now.]

Well that's nice

[insidescoop]

Jolyne~! [Guy is a gender neutral word.]

Oh right you haven't met her huh. Ahem. Jolyne Cujoh! Steal from her and you won't have to worry about me finding out, because she'll throw you into a tree~!

And of course all of you are invited! This group faction is like, a weird second family you know~? Not a lot of us end up in Team Rocket so...

[epitaffio]

[Luckily, as they speak, Doppio is informed via text that same-sex marriage is just a thing that people can do here, so that's that subject handled. He just nods slowly at her, after some texting of his own.]

... Are you sure about that, though? We don't really know each other.

[insidescoop]

Of course I am!

The fact is, the bunch of us who come here from different worlds are really transient- sure some of us stick around for years but...there's plenty who disappear within months too.

It feels important to share things like this with the people who got pulled in here. Especially with the ones who woke up in Team Rocket- there's...not really a lot of us compared to everyone else, and on top of that, it's a bit of a dicey situation, y'know? [she adjusts her glasses.] I mean...they kinda have you by the throat right out of the gates...

[epitaffio]

[... That's right. It's easy to forget, but... there's a good chance a lot of the people who end up in Team Rocket were never criminals to begin with. Being forced to join an organization like this, even if it seems like a horribly inefficient one by the standards you're used to... It can't be pleasant.

Doppio smiles.]

I guess that makes sense!

Is there a dress code? Nobody's ever invited me to a wedding before, but I know you're supposed to dress well.

[insidescoop]

Exactly~! And I mean, it's the same for me, so I thought 'well, I'm sure anyone who doesn't Want to go will just stay home anyway, so it's better to invite than not at all'~

Oh, I can't really answer about how high-class the dress code's going to be though. We're only starting out with the plans after all....I can't see it being too much if I'm honest though, Jolyne's not really the type for that kind of deal.

[epitaffio]

So... No suits? Suits but no ties?

[insidescoop]

Mmmmm...Probably suits?

Honestly I really wouldn't start getting anything fitted right now, I'll update you guys when there's a bit more planning settled down. The wedding itself Definitely won't be for half a year at the least so.

[epitaffio]

But... Doesn't that mean there's a chance some of the people you're inviting now won't be able to make it?

[insidescoop]

Yeah...yeah, there's always that chance.

...But, better to invite and hope they can come, than to not invite just because of that, right?

[epitaffio]

You know, I guess you're right. I hope I can make it!

[Not that he cares THAT much, but... it might be nice.]

[insidescoop]

I'll be sure to update you with clearer invitation specs when we have enough planned then~!