The group saw around them, well, it was sort of a Disney moment.
Trellises had been erected and had roses and other bright flowers decorating their white functionality. Brass posts and fences gleamed in the early morning sun. The sky was blue and the only clouds were the really high up wispy ones. It was slightly chill but promised warmer later, with a breeze carrying the scents of baking bread and freshly grilled meats smothered in spices.
[I'll go check out the food court, it could be important.] was the panda sign held up by a large panda.
Everything about the courtyard looked to have been cleaned, straightened, and readied for the upcoming event. Pennants flapped from their poles, the stones of the white granite castle gleamed as if freshly scrubbed, and the blue tiles of the roofed portions shone almost irridiscently. Busker music could be heard wafting from some distant area in snatches as the various musicians prepared for the party.
"So the girls around your son have convinced him that a normal healthy relationship is wrong and his only alternative is the old samurai one of retiring to a monastery and dedicating himself to the martial arts," said a tall princess in a green gown as she talked to a woman in a kimono. "That's terrible!"
"Yes, it is. And he showed so many signs that he was manly before that," replied the woman in a kimono. "If only I could find a young lady who could convince my poor son that not all women are like that."
Several of the princesses got this sudden gleam in their eyes and a few yards away the poor victim son in question got this awful chill down his back.
Nabiki, Kodachi, Shampoo, Ukyo, and Soun were listening to Akane. Especially after she pried a cobblestone out of the road and chucked it at Ranma to get his attention.
"Okay. Kasumi's probably in that castle," said Akane, pointing. "We've got to go rescue her!"
"Shampoo just want attend wedding with airen, maybe show him that how it suppose go," said the taller of the two Chinese Amazons.
"I haven't attended a royal wedding in, land's sakes, has it really been 250 years?" Cologne considered. "I just don't get invited to these things any more."
"Ranchan's scared enough lately," said Ukyo. "I wouldn't suggest anybody do anything that's gonna set him off or the next time we find him - he's likely gonna have shaved his head and taken a vow of chastity."
"Oh it's just a phase he's going through," Soun assured everyone. "Everything'll be right as rain and we can... where did Saotome go?"
"Food court, I think," said Nabiki with a sniff. "Hmmm. Barbequed ribs? I think maybe I'll just wander over and see if there's any financial benefits to being the sister of the bride."
"Okay, here's the plan," said Akane. "We -"
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