bakerstreet | Arranged Marriage.

Marriage for love is a such a modern concept. In the past, marriage was
recognised as a social contract. Unions were entered into for many
reasons: to obtain property, to unite families, to carry on a bloodline,
et cetera. Whatever the reason, congratulations, you're getting married!

HOW IT WORKS:
❧ Post a comment with your character's name, canon, and any preferences.
❧ If there's a specific set of circumstances you like best, set the scene.
❧ Or leave your comment blank and let others use RNG to choose the scenario. Feel free to mix and match.
❧ Please note the prompts below are merely suggestions and you're more than welcome to come up with your own situation.
❧ Have fun!

POSSIBLE REASONS FOR MARRIAGE:
① Station → You come from a royal, noble, or otherwise distinguished family who has chosen a suitable spouse for you.
② Feud → You are being married to put an end to the bitter enmity between your two families.
③ Economics → Your economic state and/or your station will improve through the union, though one of you may be marrying down.
④ Empire → You and your spouse are merging your businesses and/or property to create something more influential or profitable.
⑤ Tribute → You have been offered as a gift or appeasement, alternately you're the spoils of war.
⑥ Bloodline → Carrying on your distinguished family name has fallen to you and the equally well-bred spouse of your family's selection.
⑦ Disapproval → Your marriage has been arranged to keep you away from the person with whom you truly wish to be.

POSSIBLE SCENARIOS:
① First meeting → This is the very first time you're meeting your future spouse.
② Courtship → To get to know each other and encourage affection, your family has approved of you going on dates.
③ Engagement party → Be it a huge, formal affair or a small, intimate get together, you're celebrating (or pretending).
④ Wedding day → The big day!
⑤ Reception → The big party!
⑥ Wedding night → Every meme needs a smut prompt, right?
⑦ Honeymoon → Where will you go with your new spouse and what will you do there?

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"Great idea," Kara agreed, following him. She settled successfully enough in the shadows the alleyway provided, staring at Barry. "Okay, how not sure is 'not sure'? Can you contact Cisco? He can do that... that vibe-y thing, right?"

"What do you think I've been trying to do when I got here? Nothing is coming through on my comms. I can't pick up any kind of signal. Any word from the DEO?" Barry asked. For the time being, they probably needed disguises. He quickly darted out to grab them some clothes, similar to ones they have seen people wearing as they had moved through the streets earlier.

"I uh...guessed your size."

[OOC: It's okay!]

Edited 2017-10-29 05:45 (UTC)

Kara pressed her comm device, testing for any sort of connection, but it fizzled out with an electric pop in her ear that made her wince. She rubbed at her ear, working her jaw to relieve the discomfort a small electronic device going poof! next to eardrum caused.

"Nope, nothing," she said, right as Barry dashed away. What the hell?

The pile of clothes he came back with at least explained where he went. "Oh boy," Kara said, holding up a corset in front of her. She looked from it to Barry, eyes narrowed. "Seriously?"

His eyes widened almost comically when she held up the corset.

"M...aybe you can take the suit?" he offered.

Barry squatted down and rooted around until he could pull up the waistcoat, shirt, and trousers, holding them up for her. They might be more comfortable than the corset she held in hand.

"Uh, I think these had suspenders, I wasn't sure." He didn't like the thought that he just committed theft but they really needed to blend in. "Something I noticed while I was making my way back and forth: everyone's n pairs. Did you notice that? It's like there's not a single...single person out there that isn't a kid or teenager."

Kara shook her head. "The offer is tempting, but this... place, wherever we are, apparently subscribes to some pretty rigid gender roles," she said. She pasted on a hopeful smile. "Besides, it'll... be a new look."

This was all so ridiculous. They needed to get back home.

"Yeah, I saw. That's really weird. I mean, at least we're here together, so we can blend in? Anyway, I'm going to go... um. Over there, and change." She pointed to the shadowy part of the alleyway. At least Barry didn't have night vision or x-ray vision.

"Right! Yeah. I'll--" He pointed toward the mouth of the alleyway and turned away from her. "I'll keep watch!" Because it would honestly take him less than a minute to change into the new clothes. He got them a few bags to keep their costumes in as well. While he kept watch, he kept an eye out at why everyone was paired up. Couples, acting coupley. But what was more important was that everyone seemed to have wedding bands on.

"Looks like they're all married out there."

Kara slipped on most of the clothes okay enough. There were so many layers, geez louise. Even with speed on her side, she still had trouble with the corset, and she was glad there was a jacket to put over it before she got laughed out of whatever world they'd crashed into.

She hopped over to Barry, still lacing up one boot under the layers of bustled skirts, and eyed the crowd in front of them. "Everyone can't be married. Maybe this is just... a common time for couples to go... out... shopping?"

It didn't sound very believable, even once she said it.

Boots laced, Kara turned her back to Barry and lifted her jacket up, showing off her corset lacings. "Okay, tell me the truth. How bad is it?"

Arranged Marriage.

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SORRY. Work makes tagging hard ;_;

I get it! It's cool!

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