Video: Would you believe me if I said the date's a coincidence?

[oldmanhusker]

[Some things never change. ANd one of those things was crises interupting attempts to plan anything. He's been wanting to ask about this matter for a while, but then they'd had to decide what to do about Van Rijn's people and then that thing had gotten loose. If it wasn't one thing, it was another.

So he's asking now before anything else can come up.]

Is there any place on board that I might be able to find rings? I can manage without, but if we have the option, I'd like to do this properly.

[Call him old fashioned, call him a hopeless romantic, it's all probably true. But in the end, the important thing is that he's going to marry her. And it's important enough to overriding his feelings about network communication.]

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[compressioncoil]

A ring?

[Kaylee has no idea where to find one. But she knows rings are important. Especially in the plural.]

Are you gonna propose? Who's the lucky lady?

[oldmanhusker]

We're already engaged.

[It had been somewhat of a spur of the moment thing, though he'd thought about it for a long time]

Her name's Laura Roslin. She works in the Communications department.

[compressioncoil]

[There's actually a high-pitched squeeing noise. Sorry.]

Congratulations! Oh that's so beautiful! did you meet her here? You have to tell me everything!

[Hi, my name is Kaylee Frye.]

[oldmanhusker]

[He smiles at that noise. That kind of unrestrained joy is increasingly rare at home]

No, we knew each other from home. We'd been working together for years... it feels like a lifetime sometimes. Things were always so complicated though, that we never had the chance to really act on our feelings until we found ourselves here.

[Partly because he's dumb]

[compressioncoil]

Congratulations, then! Real glad to see so many people comin' together in this place. Kinda like what happened with my boyfriend 'n I. Worked t'gether, but not for nearly as long. He saved my life. [And she's all smiling and happy about it. Because Simon is amazing.]

But! Y'gotta tell me all about her! And your weddin' plans! [It's the most important.] Ain't been to a real weddin' in a long time.

[Mal's doesn't count]

[oldmanhusker]

Sometimes a crisis has that effect.

[THere have been a lot of hasty weddings in the Fleet, after all. And they are supposed to be having babies.]

When you aren't so high up in things that it consumes anything, at any rate. Laura's the president.

[So... yeah]

But we want something simple. Probably in the gardens, it had been a while since we had seen trees. I'll have to find something like my dress uniform.

[Because he knows what Laura likes]

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[borntorebel]

[Color her surprised.]

Considering what I've been told about you, Admiral, I'm surprised you'd make such a plea.

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[oldmanhusker]

Some things are important.

[Like Laura. Especially Laura.]

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[borntorebel]

I should like to think so. I'm glad you feel the same way. Someone else will be happy to hear that as well.

[You know, like Laura.]

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[oldmanhusker]

I'm not attached to to a lot of the grander traditions, but the simpler ones still mean something.

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[borntorebel]

A lot of the traditions seem to transcend time and space, from what I can tell. However, rings are one of the signs of commitment that mean the most to everyone.

[Leia takes a moment to think things over.]

I am, not surprisingly, unable to help you directly with that. However, there should be people aboard who could assist you. I wish you luck in your search.

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[inafadingcrown]

There is a forge aboard ship and I have some experience in metal work. If you can supply me with the material, I might easily craft a ring or two to your specifications.

[Yes, she knows. She doesn't look like a metalsmith. It's a Noldor thing.]

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[oldmanhusker]

I'll see what I can do about material.

[The musculator is a bit delicate. Delicate enough that she probably wouldn't claim the skills if she lacked them.]

It would be two, ideally.

[inafadingcrown]

That should be no trouble.

[But two rings usually means something very specific and she is nosy, so she has to ask-]

Are congratulations are in order?

[oldmanhusker]

[He didn't actually say, did he?]

Laura Roslin and I are getting married.

[inafadingcrown]

Ah, we have met. I will offer my congratulations, then; she is a lovely woman.

[kutte]

There's probably scrap down in engineering. You ask nice, someone'll make you rings.

[ oooooh boy ]

You tying the knot?

[oldmanhusker]

I am.

Somehow, engineering scrap seems appropriate.

[kutte]

You and the missus going to have some kind of party to celebrate, or you keeping this low-key?

[oldmanhusker]

We'll have a small celebration. It seems like it might have morale value here.

[Because that's what guides all their decisions]

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[cabins]

[Laura had heard his post, and all she could do was smile, a humm on her lips as she worked around Comms until it was time for her to return to the apartment she shared with her fiance. Ooh she loved that word.]

Bill? [She called, doffing her sweater- oh it was great not having to wear a suit every frakking day. She's got a knowing smile as she leans against the wall, surveying the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with. She'd chosen well.]

Rings?

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[oldmanhusker]

[He has to admit a certain appreciation for her in sweaters]

Unless you don't want one, of course.

[He wants to wear one regardless. Finally change out the old one. Because this was different.]

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[cabins]

[She isn't going to directly respond to that, just smile that damn knowing smile of hers.]

And I thought you said you hated the network.

[Except when it was useful. Or when he needed rings.

She pushes off from the wall and waltzes over towards him.]

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[oldmanhusker]

[That's all the answer he really needs]

I do. But sometimes it's worth using.

[Like for you. Mostly for you.

He kisses her lightly, just in case that part wasn't obvious.]

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[cabins]

[Laura smiles into the kiss.] Just sometimes.

[Gosh, your fiancee works in communications. This place is different. Despite the two Cylons amongst them.]