Couldn't fit it all in one book so this is the end of the story.
Sit tight, it's a real ride.
After the author's note, you'll see I wrote an epilogue in the form of a bonus book of extra stuff I wanted to see more of and couldn't fit in the main boo...
The decorators had decked out the courtyard in flower wreaths and ribbons, according to Weiss' taste--with some debate from Yang.
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Weiss, the maid of honor, naturally, looked more composed than the bride.
Whitley had gotten to be ring bearer.
Qrow hadn't elected to have a best man but instead had Ruby be best girl, defying tradition.
Ruby was fine with that.
Though the only official guests were all people they knew, some onlookers did peer over their heads from a distance.
Mercury heard one of them say, "I thought those two had a thing when I saw their fight."
Well, he thought that was funny.
"How many more of these do you think we'll be invited to?" Emerald asked him. She wasn't in the wedding party this time; Winter had kept it more short on the list of participants--not being as unwilling to leave people out as Pyrrha, perhaps.
"I have no idea. Dozens at the rate we're going." Mercury looked annoyed.
"Still, doesn't it make you kind of want more?" Emerald ventured to say.
"No," Mercury said.
Emerald cast him a look.
"I'm pretty happy where I am, I guess," Mercury shrugged. "For me. Why jinx it?"
"I mean, you have to keep hoping for the next thing," Emerald said. "I think that's what keeps us growing, not just stuck in one place."
"Nothing wrong with being in a good place either," Mercury pointed out.
Emerald shrugged.
"Maybe it's a bit of both," Pyrrha spoke up, glancing at them sideways. "It's moving and being in the same place. I mean...to think of it, we're all moving forward, but somehow, I think we're the same too. Winter and Qrow aren't exactly changing, they're...expanding, I think."
"I don't know--don't you think getting married just limits you more?" Mercury said.
"I wouldn't say that at all." Jaune looked at him. "It just opens up a different range of possibilities. I don't see how staying stuck in a weird dating pattern forever would have made us have any more options."
"I wouldn't call it limiting at all," Pyrrha said. "And since you're not, maybe you're making snap judgments. You're looking at it from the outside, Mercury. It's different."
"Says the girl who had her first anniversary not that long ago. You guys are barely married," Mercury said.
