Chapter 35- Final Guests
No one else came while Celes was getting dressed-thankfully, because it really was the task of 3 women to get the dress and all of her accessories on right. Celes began breathing harder once the dress was finally on, and she immediately fanned herself.
"It's too...hot for this..." She moaned. "And I got a summer gown design!"
"It's ok, you'll cool down, once all your hair is up." Terra assured her, and circled around Celes, checking to make sure everything was straightened, including the glass beaded sapphire belt around her waist. She reached down and poofed out the dress a bit, and then stepped away, smiling.
"What do you think?" Celes asked nervously.
"You look cute." Relm said. "But you can't look in the mirror 'till we're all done."
And so, they went at it with Celes' hair. Relm and Terra actually argued over what would look better, like two teenage girls in a cat fight.
"I think a messy up-style will look sexier!" Relm said.
"We don't want her to look sexy, we want her to look like something...new." Terra said back.
"Oh, so Locke will think she's a doll?"
"Do you want him to think he's marrying someone who doesn't care about her looks?!"
"Calm down." Celes said, and tried to step between them, but ended up tripping on her dress and falling on her face. "Ouch!"
"Celes!" Terra and Relm cried in unison, and both bent down to help her to her feet and straighten her out all over again. Celes took a deep breath and suddenly started to bark.
"Now, I know EXACTLY what I want done, and you can both work at it to perfect it." Celes ordered. Relm and Terra blinked in unison.
"Alright!" Terra exclaimed.
"Surely." Relm replied, and gulped. Celes explained what she wanted done, and Terra and Relm both nodded in approval. First, Terra brushed out Celes' freshly dried hair and parted it into two parts. Then she carefully pulled the two sides up and wrapped them into two honey-colored buns on the sides of Celes' head. Relm pinned them into place, and pulled out a small lock of hair by each of her ears, letting the shorter whisps of hair frame her face.
Relm then fetched the curling iron that was heating on the stove, and Terra curled Celes' bangs. Finally, Terra finished by unfastening the circlet and placing it around Celes' head. The cool metal pressed lightly to her forehead as Terra re-fastened it, and arranged the flowers on the circlet so that they seemed to blossom from Celes' buns. The white ribbons dangling down added the perfect touch.
"Oh, that is pretty." Relm said. "Do you think she needs make-up?"
"Maybe a little lip gloss." Terra said, and Relm pulled some out of her skirt pocket. Terra carefully applied it on for Celes, and then handed it back to Relm.
"This is great!" Terra exclaimed. "Ok, now you can look, Celes!"
Celes stood up from her seat on the bed and turned towards her mirror. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw herself, for it was almost like looking at another woman.
"How do you like it?" Relm demanded.
"It's....fantastic!" Celes exclaimed. "You guys did an awesome job! I....I don't know how to thank you..."
"You don't have to!" Terra said, and squeazed Celes' shoulders. "Oh, you look like royalty!"
"Maybe Edgar should marry her." Relm joked, and Terra made a face.
"For some reason, I have no doubt that he would not hesitate to." Terra said in a monotone reply, but she did smile afterwards. "But hey, who wouldn't want to marry her?"
"Um, hello, is anyone home, kupo?"
"UWAAA!"
"I know those voices!" Celes exclaimed.
"Becareful." Terra warned and Celes carefully made her way out of the room in her gown. Mog and Umaro were perched at a front window, looking in. Relm rushed over and opened the door, and they came over towards it.
"Kupo, this is Locke and Celes' house?" Mog questioned. He looked absolutely adorable with a little purple bow tie perched at his neck. He had a small puch slung over his shoulder. Umaro, on the other hand, was as scary as ever, in a cute yeti way. He was holding two things in his paws- one looked like a dagger, the other, a pendent. Celes couldn't see any detail though.
"Welcome, you two." Celes said.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Umaro roared a 'hello'.
"Would you like to come in?" Terra added.
"Surely would, kupo!" Mog exclaimed. "Where do the presents go?"
"We'll take you out back and show you." Celes offered, and Umaro and Mog followed her out to the back, where a table of presents was set by the house. Umaro dropped his down and bellowed again, hitting his chest.
"He said 'Congrats, and, Celes and Locke will like my gift the best.'" Mog translated, and set his small pouch on the table too, although he was still fluttering in the air with his wings. "I know all his yeti-talk...kupo, he yells loud enough for the entire Narshe Caverns to hear!"
"How is Narshe coming along?" Terra asked.
"Pretty well, kupo. People are coming back more then ever before, and all the monsters left town. It's still cold there though...kupo!"
"Duh." Relm said.
"Kupo, Relm, you look beautiful!" Mog exclaimed with hearts in his eyes.
"Thanks!" Relm smiled, and hugged him tightly.
"Uga?" Umaro said.
"Oh, you look....beautiful too." Celes offered, and hugged the yeti. Umaro nearly crushed Celes with his returning hug, but she managed to pull away in time.
"Where are the others?" Mog questioned.
"Edgar, Sabin, and Strago are at the Inn with Locke." Celes replied.
"Can we stay here?" Mog asked.
"Sure! We didn't send them away, they chose to leave." Celes said, and Mog laughed.
"I try to stay away from girl talk too, kupo!" He exclaimed. "Gets messy and complicated!"
"Gau not messy and complicated, right?" A high voice said, and Celes screamed as someone landed on her shoulders from the sky. Terra and Relm burst out laughing as Gau hopped down from Celes and shoved a gift at her.
"Where did you come from?" Celes cried.
"Gau climb on roof, roof like mountain climbing." Gau said. "Me see girls and yeti talking, and drop in to say hello."
"I am not a GIRL!" Mog cried, and Gau turned his crimson eyes on him.
"You cute enough to be girl!" Gau said, and laughed. Celes set Gau's gift down and laughed as well.
"Hi Gau." Relm said. "You....haven't changed."
"Me no change, except clothes." Gau said. Celes had noticed that he was in the outfit Sabin bought him when he went to meet his dad. Other then that, he was still the same wild boy.
"Where is party?" Gau asked, and began to run around the perimiter of the yard at dizzying speeds. "Where is Mr. Thou?"
"He's at the Inn." Terra offered.
"Me see Mr. Thou later then. Want to go to party!"
"He sure is hyper." Celes commented.
"Ya think?" Relm said.
"Hey Gau!" Terra exclaimed, and immeditately, he ran to her.
"Yes?"
"Wanna do us a favor?"
"Yes?"
"Why don't you go down to the town chef's house and get the food?" Terra asked. Celes gasped.
"Are you nuts?"
"No way, he'll be speedy delivery! You certainly can't go."
"Gau will!" Gau cried, jumping up and down. "Gau will bring food!"
"Really? That's great...now here is the address..." Terra started giving him directions, and Celes, Relm, and Mog looked at each other, all giving a small sigh.
When Gau had sped off, the others finally arrived. Cyan came alone, and bowed when he entered the house, handing over a gift which Relm happily took to it's place. He opted to stay at the party also, for he had travelled a long way.
"My age is finally getting to me." He had said, and laughed. Terra then retreated to her guest room to change into her formal dress.
Shadow came next, surprisingly, with Gogo. The two silent fighters had run into each other on the way, and decided to just arrive together. Gogo mimiced Celes when it saw her, making everyone laugh, with the exception of Shadow. Gogo pulled two gifts out from under its many robes, and gave them to Relm to take away. Shadow eventually said he would rather stay at the house, and placed a gift basket full of fruit on the present table, where he met up with Relm.
"Yo, Shadow." Relm greeted.
"......Hello." Shadow replied in an uneasy voice, and walked back into the house.
"Fuddy-duddy!"
Gogo went down to the Inn to amuse Locke and the other guys. For some reason, the Figaro brothers found Gogo's miming to be absolutely hilarious, and it amused Gogo that its greatest talent entertained them, like a circus act.
Last, but not least, Setzer made his debut. He was in his flashiest outfit yet, and quite proud of his 'keen fashion sense'. When he met up with the girls, he got down on his knees and kissed each of their hands gracefully.
"So beautiful, you all look!" He exclaimed, and winked. Relm raised her eyebrows, but Celes and Terra were used to this.
"It's about time you got here." Celes said. "You're the most important guest!"
"Aha, so I am." Setzer said, and stood up, looking her in the eyes, and grabbing her hands. "Mark my words, Celes, you really do look perfect. You are truly the most gorgeous woman a man could ever be lucky enough to lay eyes on." Celes' face flushed as he then handed her a large gift and walked to the doorway. "I'll be joining Locke to congratuate him...perhaps you should all assemble to where you should be! I have a wedding to put on in a few moments! When I come back, it will be with the groom!" As he was walking out, he ran into Gau, who announced that he had personally laid out all the food on a big table out back.
Celes sighed and dropped the gift in Relm's hands as her gaze followed Setzer out the door and down the road to where Locke would be waiting. She placed a hand on her still flamming-hot cheek, and turned around when Terra called "Celes, come wait in your bedroom!"
"Setzer..." She whispered, and carefully retreated back to her bedroom.
No one else came while Celes was getting dressed-thankfully, because it really was the task of 3 women to get the dress and all of her accessories on right. Celes began breathing harder once the dress was finally on, and she immediately fanned herself.
"It's too...hot for this..." She moaned. "And I got a summer gown design!"
"It's ok, you'll cool down, once all your hair is up." Terra assured her, and circled around Celes, checking to make sure everything was straightened, including the glass beaded sapphire belt around her waist. She reached down and poofed out the dress a bit, and then stepped away, smiling.
"What do you think?" Celes asked nervously.
"You look cute." Relm said. "But you can't look in the mirror 'till we're all done."
And so, they went at it with Celes' hair. Relm and Terra actually argued over what would look better, like two teenage girls in a cat fight.
"I think a messy up-style will look sexier!" Relm said.
"We don't want her to look sexy, we want her to look like something...new." Terra said back.
"Oh, so Locke will think she's a doll?"
"Do you want him to think he's marrying someone who doesn't care about her looks?!"
"Calm down." Celes said, and tried to step between them, but ended up tripping on her dress and falling on her face. "Ouch!"
"Celes!" Terra and Relm cried in unison, and both bent down to help her to her feet and straighten her out all over again. Celes took a deep breath and suddenly started to bark.
"Now, I know EXACTLY what I want done, and you can both work at it to perfect it." Celes ordered. Relm and Terra blinked in unison.
"Alright!" Terra exclaimed.
"Surely." Relm replied, and gulped. Celes explained what she wanted done, and Terra and Relm both nodded in approval. First, Terra brushed out Celes' freshly dried hair and parted it into two parts. Then she carefully pulled the two sides up and wrapped them into two honey-colored buns on the sides of Celes' head. Relm pinned them into place, and pulled out a small lock of hair by each of her ears, letting the shorter whisps of hair frame her face.
Relm then fetched the curling iron that was heating on the stove, and Terra curled Celes' bangs. Finally, Terra finished by unfastening the circlet and placing it around Celes' head. The cool metal pressed lightly to her forehead as Terra re-fastened it, and arranged the flowers on the circlet so that they seemed to blossom from Celes' buns. The white ribbons dangling down added the perfect touch.
"Oh, that is pretty." Relm said. "Do you think she needs make-up?"
"Maybe a little lip gloss." Terra said, and Relm pulled some out of her skirt pocket. Terra carefully applied it on for Celes, and then handed it back to Relm.
"This is great!" Terra exclaimed. "Ok, now you can look, Celes!"
Celes stood up from her seat on the bed and turned towards her mirror. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw herself, for it was almost like looking at another woman.
"How do you like it?" Relm demanded.
"It's....fantastic!" Celes exclaimed. "You guys did an awesome job! I....I don't know how to thank you..."
"You don't have to!" Terra said, and squeazed Celes' shoulders. "Oh, you look like royalty!"
"Maybe Edgar should marry her." Relm joked, and Terra made a face.
"For some reason, I have no doubt that he would not hesitate to." Terra said in a monotone reply, but she did smile afterwards. "But hey, who wouldn't want to marry her?"
"Um, hello, is anyone home, kupo?"
"UWAAA!"
"I know those voices!" Celes exclaimed.
"Becareful." Terra warned and Celes carefully made her way out of the room in her gown. Mog and Umaro were perched at a front window, looking in. Relm rushed over and opened the door, and they came over towards it.
"Kupo, this is Locke and Celes' house?" Mog questioned. He looked absolutely adorable with a little purple bow tie perched at his neck. He had a small puch slung over his shoulder. Umaro, on the other hand, was as scary as ever, in a cute yeti way. He was holding two things in his paws- one looked like a dagger, the other, a pendent. Celes couldn't see any detail though.
"Welcome, you two." Celes said.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Umaro roared a 'hello'.
"Would you like to come in?" Terra added.
"Surely would, kupo!" Mog exclaimed. "Where do the presents go?"
"We'll take you out back and show you." Celes offered, and Umaro and Mog followed her out to the back, where a table of presents was set by the house. Umaro dropped his down and bellowed again, hitting his chest.
"He said 'Congrats, and, Celes and Locke will like my gift the best.'" Mog translated, and set his small pouch on the table too, although he was still fluttering in the air with his wings. "I know all his yeti-talk...kupo, he yells loud enough for the entire Narshe Caverns to hear!"
"How is Narshe coming along?" Terra asked.
"Pretty well, kupo. People are coming back more then ever before, and all the monsters left town. It's still cold there though...kupo!"
"Duh." Relm said.
"Kupo, Relm, you look beautiful!" Mog exclaimed with hearts in his eyes.
"Thanks!" Relm smiled, and hugged him tightly.
"Uga?" Umaro said.
"Oh, you look....beautiful too." Celes offered, and hugged the yeti. Umaro nearly crushed Celes with his returning hug, but she managed to pull away in time.
"Where are the others?" Mog questioned.
"Edgar, Sabin, and Strago are at the Inn with Locke." Celes replied.
"Can we stay here?" Mog asked.
"Sure! We didn't send them away, they chose to leave." Celes said, and Mog laughed.
"I try to stay away from girl talk too, kupo!" He exclaimed. "Gets messy and complicated!"
"Gau not messy and complicated, right?" A high voice said, and Celes screamed as someone landed on her shoulders from the sky. Terra and Relm burst out laughing as Gau hopped down from Celes and shoved a gift at her.
"Where did you come from?" Celes cried.
"Gau climb on roof, roof like mountain climbing." Gau said. "Me see girls and yeti talking, and drop in to say hello."
"I am not a GIRL!" Mog cried, and Gau turned his crimson eyes on him.
"You cute enough to be girl!" Gau said, and laughed. Celes set Gau's gift down and laughed as well.
"Hi Gau." Relm said. "You....haven't changed."
"Me no change, except clothes." Gau said. Celes had noticed that he was in the outfit Sabin bought him when he went to meet his dad. Other then that, he was still the same wild boy.
"Where is party?" Gau asked, and began to run around the perimiter of the yard at dizzying speeds. "Where is Mr. Thou?"
"He's at the Inn." Terra offered.
"Me see Mr. Thou later then. Want to go to party!"
"He sure is hyper." Celes commented.
"Ya think?" Relm said.
"Hey Gau!" Terra exclaimed, and immeditately, he ran to her.
"Yes?"
"Wanna do us a favor?"
"Yes?"
"Why don't you go down to the town chef's house and get the food?" Terra asked. Celes gasped.
"Are you nuts?"
"No way, he'll be speedy delivery! You certainly can't go."
"Gau will!" Gau cried, jumping up and down. "Gau will bring food!"
"Really? That's great...now here is the address..." Terra started giving him directions, and Celes, Relm, and Mog looked at each other, all giving a small sigh.
When Gau had sped off, the others finally arrived. Cyan came alone, and bowed when he entered the house, handing over a gift which Relm happily took to it's place. He opted to stay at the party also, for he had travelled a long way.
"My age is finally getting to me." He had said, and laughed. Terra then retreated to her guest room to change into her formal dress.
Shadow came next, surprisingly, with Gogo. The two silent fighters had run into each other on the way, and decided to just arrive together. Gogo mimiced Celes when it saw her, making everyone laugh, with the exception of Shadow. Gogo pulled two gifts out from under its many robes, and gave them to Relm to take away. Shadow eventually said he would rather stay at the house, and placed a gift basket full of fruit on the present table, where he met up with Relm.
"Yo, Shadow." Relm greeted.
"......Hello." Shadow replied in an uneasy voice, and walked back into the house.
"Fuddy-duddy!"
Gogo went down to the Inn to amuse Locke and the other guys. For some reason, the Figaro brothers found Gogo's miming to be absolutely hilarious, and it amused Gogo that its greatest talent entertained them, like a circus act.
Last, but not least, Setzer made his debut. He was in his flashiest outfit yet, and quite proud of his 'keen fashion sense'. When he met up with the girls, he got down on his knees and kissed each of their hands gracefully.
"So beautiful, you all look!" He exclaimed, and winked. Relm raised her eyebrows, but Celes and Terra were used to this.
"It's about time you got here." Celes said. "You're the most important guest!"
"Aha, so I am." Setzer said, and stood up, looking her in the eyes, and grabbing her hands. "Mark my words, Celes, you really do look perfect. You are truly the most gorgeous woman a man could ever be lucky enough to lay eyes on." Celes' face flushed as he then handed her a large gift and walked to the doorway. "I'll be joining Locke to congratuate him...perhaps you should all assemble to where you should be! I have a wedding to put on in a few moments! When I come back, it will be with the groom!" As he was walking out, he ran into Gau, who announced that he had personally laid out all the food on a big table out back.
Celes sighed and dropped the gift in Relm's hands as her gaze followed Setzer out the door and down the road to where Locke would be waiting. She placed a hand on her still flamming-hot cheek, and turned around when Terra called "Celes, come wait in your bedroom!"
"Setzer..." She whispered, and carefully retreated back to her bedroom.