Ursa Major, Sunday evening

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow was on a couch in the common area, watching TV thanks to her computer-fu.

Currently she was watching a Bridezillas marathon.

She was a little speechless.

[open for Ursa Majorettes, or those who feel like knocking]

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[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg came into the cabin after spending some time at the beach. She pulled off her sunglasses and looked over at the TV.

"Ooo I love this show," Meg said. "Those chicks are crazy."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Is it okay that I'm scared?" Willow asked. "Because these women are scaring me. Moreso than, say, hellmouths."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge wanders in and glances at the TV set.

"Is this more of that reality TV stuff?" he asks.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I'm kind of hoping it's fictional," Willow said. "Because this is like watching a horror movie in hour-long, badly narrated bursts."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"You should be scared of them," she said, walking over to sit next to Willow on the couch. "I'd be worried if you weren't."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow moved her laptop so that Meg could have a better view. "Do you think it's a curse? Or inevitable? Because if I turn into this I think somebody's going to need to take me down and possibly try to shove my soul back into me."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"If it's that bad, why watch?" Bridge asks.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"There's a certain train-wreck fascination," Willow said. "And also the hope that if I see how this happens to others I can avoid the same fate."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg grinned. "I think you're going to be fine. You've got plenty of people around to keep you in check. Congratulations by the way."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"...Right," Bridge shakes his head. "We just- we don't have this sort of thing, where I'm from? So I have to admit I don't really get it."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow smiled. "Thank you. I'm starting to get a handle on the panic. Do you think it helps that my needs are few? Not that pretty dresses and ceremonies aren't nice, but really once Peter's there and we're both doing the thing with the vows I'm content."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I don't either," Willow admitted. "Especially when it seems like they don't care about the groom nearly as much as they do things like pew bows."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"It definitely helps," Meg said. "It's the brides who want ice sculptures of themselves and seat covers made of Egyptian cotton that go crazy."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Pew bows?" Bridge echoes. "I don't even- well, okay, I can *guess* what they are from the name, but... I didn't even know they were, you know, a thing with a name."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Also the ones who look like they've gotten onto this show when they meant to sign up for Intervention," Willow said, watching one of the current brides with horrified fascination. "I'm pretty sure if you need that much booze to get through the planning, the upcoming wedding is not your biggest problem."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"There's a lot here I've never heard of before," Willow admitted. "Like having a play at the start of the ceremony."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg laughed. "I love how they always try to deny the fact that they're completely crazy. Like it's completely normal to freak out over the wrong colored napkins."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Or when they keep reminding everyone that it's their day," Willow said. "'cause the person they're marrying isn't a key factor, apparently."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I'd think if people wanted to see a play they would have, you know... gone to a play," this whole thing was just way out of Bridge's league.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Me too," Willow said. "Maybe it's some religious thing we're not aware of? I mean the whole breaking the glass thing might seem weird to people who aren't Jewish."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, good point," Bridge admits. "Maybe we should conduct a poll or something."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"That annoys me so much! Most of those women walk all over their future husbands," she said. "The look on those guy's faces...it's so sad."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Ooo - statistics!" Willow said, bouncing in her chair. Math made almost everything better.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Of course, given that there are a number of people here who aren't even from Earth... they probably wouldn't know either," Bridge ponders. "On the other hand, they might have interesting traditions of their own to share."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"It makes me wonder how they really feel," Willow said. "Like when the proposal happened did they feel excited or like they immediately had to start barking orders?"