'...Oh. Um. It says uhh, "Cuntilocks" is calling...'
'...I don't know who that is. Do you?'
'No... Oh God, I hope it's not Dad. H-Hello? Um, Indigo's phone...'
'Hello. Is that Wednesday...?'
'Um, yes. Indigo's exercising at the moment...'
'Ah, I see. Would you ask her if she is free for myself and Quinn to visit later?'
'Well, she's been at it for a while already, so um, I don't think it'll be long before she's done... M-Maybe you could come over now, before we have to pick the girls up from the - from the daycare...?'
'Okay, thank you. We shall set off soon then.'
'Okay. I'll go and tell her then. See you soon.'
'Goodbye.'
'I take it that wasn't Abraxas.'
'No, it was Mr Fortescue. He and Quinn want to see Indigo, so I should tell her they'll be here soon.'
'Should we be going home then, and leaving you to it?'
'I dunno. I don't think Indigo would really mind if you stayed... Back in a sec.'
'Alright, if that's no problem.'
'Hey Indigo!'
'What?'
'Mr Fortescue's on his way, I said you were probably nearly finished exercising and he wanted to visit, so...'
'Ah fuck. Alright. One more go before they get here?'
'If you think there's enough time.'
'Sure. And failing that, it won't be the end of the world for them to fucking wait for a change.'
'Oh, hi...!'
'Shit!'
'Oh fuck, sorry!'
'It's fine, just took me by surprise.'
'Oh my God, that was my fault, I'm really sorry! Are you okay?'
'It's fine, honestly.'
'Well, you'll be happy to know you're not bleeding.'
'Great. No harm done then.'
'Anyway, good to see you... I came over to say I've decided to go through with the wedding.'
'Oh right, cool. So you're happy to forego kids? You're not secretly hoping I'll change my mind later on or something?'
'No, nothing like that. I'd be taking on a parental role with the girls anyway, so it's not that different to having my own. At least, it's not enough of a problem for me to make me cancel the wedding. That's the conclusion I came to while I was thinking it over.'
'Alright.'
'So how long of an engagement do you think the two of you will have? Maybe a longer one, as a chance to get to know each other a bit better?'
'Well, we were hoping to get some planning done today.'
'Umm... I wasn't thinking of a long engagement, in all honesty...'
'Ah, I see.'
'Better get back inside then, huh? Want anything?'
'No thank you.'
'Boo. Did you behave while I was out?'
'What're you expecting him to do?'
'Throw a wild party, of course.'
'Oh yes, I'm a party animal. Hello, Quinn. It's nice to meet you.'
'Clearly it's been my sparkling social skills rubbing off on you.'
'You too.'
'...So. Guess I ought to think of some bridesmaids. Hey Wed, wanna be one?'
'Umm... I'll think about it.'
'Well, my friends Cecil and Jameson will be groomsmen. The two men you met before. Cecil will be best man.'
'Okay, cool. I'm guessing you two've got a location or something in mind? What about food? That won't be a problem at least.'
'Ah, I hadn't considered that. How exactly do your genie powers work? Can you make anything?'
'Pretty much. Though if I space the time out I could probably fart out plenty of food for a wedding easily enough.'
'That's great. We shall have to pool ideas for a potential menu.'
'As for location, we do have a few places in mind. We can visit them and see which one the two of you like the best.'
'I can imagine it will be an impressive event.'
'Absolutely.'
'Oh yeah. Abraxas is not to have any sort of special section to do his own thing with, including speeches. Edward's agreed to do the father of the bride shit.'
'As you wish.'
'I anticipate a tantrum.'
'I can't say I'd be surprised either.'
'Yeah, well he can stick it up his fucking ass, I don't give a shit. He's had three weddings already. This one's mine.'
'Well said. This should be how you want it.'
'Yep. I want you to be involved in the planning so we can have a wedding we both like.'
'Hey, what kind of music d'you even like? 'Cause I'm not really into the sort of music you'd typically hear in churches or whatever. That's if it does end up being in one.'
'Oh, I have quite a variety of tastes. I suppose the music will play more of a role during the reception.'
'We could have a live performance. ...Although afterwards, I can imagine people wanting to dance to pop music, particularly the younger guests. It is a party after all...'
'Hey, what's Heath's band called? Maybe they'd be up for doing a few songs.'
'...Lesbian by Popular Demand.'
'...Oh.'
'Great. Imagine that on the invites.'
'I bet Heath would be over the moon.'
'Presumably they play metal?'
'Yeah. Which sounds good to me, that's the kinda thing I like.'
'I cannot picture... metal being a part of the wedding.'
'Really? Going full goth sounds like it could make for an interesting wedding theme. Quinn could even get his face made up like a member of KISS or Dimmu Borgir or something.'
'Absolutely not.'
'...Who?'
'Some old band, known for having full white face makeup with black designs around the eyes. Looks like a pain in the ass to do, to be honest.'
'Oh, I see. I could imagine Heath enjoying that as a theme for his own future wedding, whenever that may be. Not so much Ellis!'
'...Oh, you were kidding.'
'Yeah. Somehow I didn't actually think you'd be up for that. Anyway, how's the band idea sound to you?'
'Maybe I'll give them a listen. Could you ask them to give us a sample performance?'
'Yeah, okay. I'll do that next time I see one of 'em.'
'...Now I'm imagining Ellis in tons of facepaint.'