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text🌻seeking legal advice

Type: Text (backdated to before Farplane event)
Sender ID: Anonymous
To: Public
Subject: Seeking legal advice
Warnings: None

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Hello.

I am in need of legal advice regarding a private matter:

Is a marriage contract legally binding if one or more parties involved were under the influence of spiritual possession while it was officiated?

Thank you for your assistance.

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Ask her what she wants obviously.

And besides I dont know how it was for you guys but we didnt sign anything. We just kissed in front of a minister.

Marriage is literally just another title. If the world says were married we dont have to listen to them if thats not what we really want and if it is?

Then screw it I guess were married. I could do a lot worse than be married to my hero!

[ ... She's going to kiss this man so much when she sees him next.

Even though he's also taking this whole thing way too lightly. ]

I don't believe titles can simply be ignored like that. And marriage is a contract. There are certain rules which must be obeyed by those who enter into the contract.

Funny you say that, the person I married has kinda been keeping titles on the down low since we met. I know titles have meanings but thats only if people acknowledge them.

But as for the contract, I didnt sign anything. Contracts are just agreements and for marriage its just an agreement to love each other right?

How do you feel about this person? If you love them you dont need an agreement to love them or not.

I guess my best advice is to just stick with what your heart says. For me? I dont care if people think were married or not and the law doesnt matter to me.

Im just happy. Happier than Ive been in a long time.

( wuh oh. he's saying too much. )

announce it to the whole world, why don't you, darin

Wait Karlach how the hell did you know that

[Wasn't he anonymou—]

OH SHI—

Edited 2024-11-16 06:46 (UTC)

[CRAP CRAP CRAP HOW DOES HE PUT ANONYMOUS ON AGAIN GODS DAMMIT HOW DOES HE DO THIS WHY CAN HE NEVER REMEMBER]

Hey so I just saw this conversation I figured Id weigh in but it sounds like the other guy totally was onto something

( how swiftly she rockets from concern to hyena-like laughing as she watches her friend struggle on her phone screen. )

what's next
gonna show us a photo of you with white hair instead NOTdarin?

What makes you think I have white hair my hair is black like the night

[ Oh Goddess, at this rate, Darin is going to reveal Zelda's identity as the anonymous poster and as royalty if she doesn't interrupt him. (Even though some of the other things he's saying are very sweet...) Time to put a stop to this.

~ Ring, ring! ~

Darin, you're getting a phone call from Zelda! WHAT A FUNNY COINCIDENCE!

When he accepts the call, the greeting he gets from Zelda isn't the chipper kind she normally gives. ]

Darin... [ In the tone of "you know why I'm calling you, right?" ]

[When Darin picks up he's wincing.]

...So uh.

I think I need you to teach me how to do that thing where my username doesn't show on the network...

[Look, he's not gonna lie.]

...I'm really really really really sorry...

[ Well at least he's already aware of what this is about. ]

It is called anonymity and yes, I can teach you.

[ Zelda sighs. It might sound like an "I'm disappointed in you" sigh, but it's actually an "I'm disappointed in myself" sigh. ]

No, it's all right. I should be the one to apologize. I should have discussed the matter with you instead of... [ gesturing one handedly ] ...doing this nonsense.

Edited 2024-12-06 20:46 (UTC)

...Wait, that was you?

I've been talking to you this whole time???

You did not realize it was me??

Then why did you think I was calling you?

I thought you saw that I completely botched being anonymous and were upset with me.

Look...Zelda, it's alright if you don't want this to be legal. Hell, I'm nowhere near ready for something like that. I just wanted to help Hector and Elise, I didn't think that we'd...you know.

[He laughs.]

Trust me, I'd never shackle you to me like that.

No, I am not upset with you for that. That would be silly.

[ Zelda scrubs her face with one hand as she tries to find exactly the right words she wants to use. Because she doesn't want Darin to think she doesn't want to be married to him. It's just complicated when you're a princess. ]

I don't feel shackled, Darin. And it is not because I dislike you. I.. I believe I have been quite clear on that. [ Ahem. ]

But marriage is... complicated when you are heir to the throne. The person you wed will become your consort and rule at your side. For the good of the kingdom, it is imperative that you pick the right person for the job.

[ She sighs again. ]

And that is not a shackle that I wish to place upon you.

...I don't think that's a shackle.

Though...I-I mean, trust me I'm probably the worst person for the job in that regard! I've barely got a handle on myself...!

But yeah I'm...not ready for something like that. I'm nowhere near the kind of man deserving of something like that.

[There's a pause before he clears his throat.]

Th...Th-That's why. Y'know. I'm trying to be better.

[ It's kind of bittersweet how he doesn't think of royal marriage as a shackle. He should never experience the weight of the crown. ]

Better?

[ Zelda doesn't understand. She wants to believe he means that he's trying to improve himself for his own sake; that is why he is training his strength now. But she can't help but wonder if he feels like he needs to be better for her sake, as if he is not good enough for her. ]

[Gods, she's going to make him say it. Somehow, this is a lot more embarrassing than it used to be. Probably because he's not acting with needless bravado.]

I-I...[He clears his throat.]

Whatever...this is. I wanna be worthy of it. And I don't think I necessarily was? And I know...I know you're gonna say that I am. That I'm deserving of...this. Otherwise you wouldn't freely give it. I have enough respect to recognize that.

But you deserve...you deserve who I want to be. And I wanna work towards that.

...I dunno if that makes any sense...

[Gods, he can feel his face burning up.]

[ He's right-- Zelda wants to interrupt him and insist that he is worth it and she would not share her affections with him if he wasn't!-- But Darin takes the argument right out of her mouth (almost word for word, impressively) and she's left with no retort. ]

You are correct; that is what I intended to say. But if you genuinely wish to better yourself for your own sake as well as mine, I shall support you wholeheartedly.

[ Zelda sighs heavily. ]

Then we are in agreement that we do not wish to be legally wed at this time?

[Why is he mentally latching onto 'at this time?']

[Regardless, he laughs.]

I don't think either of us are ready for something like that...

But...that doesn't mean we have to stop...being...whatever it is we are to one another...right?

Because...Because I want that.

[I want you.]

[ Don't read into her phrasing, Darin. It just happened to come out that way.

A bit of the heaviness leaves her tone. ]

No, we don't need to stop. [ Her soft smile is audible in her voice. ] I still want this as well.

[ A small laugh. ] Otherwise I would have thought about this legality matter sooner.

[There is an audible sigh of relief.]

Thank gods...I was afraid that you— erm...n-nevermind...

S-So...uh.

About the...things I was saying...to the person I didn't realize was you...

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