Looks good, yeah. And the place was recommended, I assume -

:Yes, it was: He doesn't specifically say by the pharaoh of Osirion but probably Carissa can guess that anyway. 

He signs the contract and digs out 2500 gold from his Bag of Holding (one of the many magic items Aroden just shoved at him during the hectic pre-war week.) 

Ismat's security counts that out for her but she looks pleased as punch about it. "If you want to review the design come back tomorrow afternoon, I won't be in but I'll send a sketch copy over. I will need your ring size -" The teenage girl has a measuring tape for that.

She can get her ring size measured.

"We can stop by tomorrow, I think - do you still want to work out a proposal for the illusion people in Absalom, we are going to be very busy but it might be even more useful to have some of them by the time the wedding happens, they could show it in other cities and maybe you will make me seem less scary." 

"I think I do want to, yeah. It'll be the first wedding you can watch all over the country! - on months' delay, probably, but that's fine -"

"That makes sense. All right, tomorrow we will head to Absalom as soon as the proposal is ready and then swing by here. And tonight I need to inform Aroden we are getting married, and ask about using his time-dilated demiplane, and work on making a spell Vanyel can use for extra-pretty diamonds - that part will be fun, at least..." 

"And I will look up old imperial wedding contracts and probably we'll need specialists for that but we can at least figure out which things they're meant to cover."

He slips an arm around her and squeezes her slightly. "I am glad to have your help on this. - I would like it if we can spend a little time together tonight as well." 

" - yeah. That sounds good."

"All right." 

And he Gates them back to the palace in Egorian. Gods that was a long day. "I hope you enjoyed the date." 

"It was lovely. And productive enough that I won't even feel bad about wanting more of them. - once we're less busy."

"It is going to be an incredibly busy fortnight and afterward I may decide I do not wish to leave my library for a week. But after that, yes, I would very much enjoy more dates." 

Of course there won't be a honeymoon. They're doing the public-facing parts of this, not the - whatever other parts, or at least not at the same pace - at least he didn't announce his intent not to leave the pharaoh of Osirion's for a week - 

"I'll keep that in mind and not worry you have been murdered if you do not emerge from the library," she says, cheerfully enough she thinks. "Did you want us to spend time together now, or go make appointments and retain solicitors and order a dress and so on and then meet up again later?"

"Want to have dinner together and then split up and maybe have some time together afterward if we are efficient?" He squeezes her hand. "- I did not actually mean I will want to avoid seeing you for a week! I think I will probably want to see you a great deal, just - not constantly visit new places where I need to orient and be on alert for threats and handle tasks I am unfamiliar with." 

"That makes sense. I'm sorry, I didn't think about how - stressful that must be -"

"I am used to dealing with more stressful things and I can cope. I - would just like it if eventually I can have time to relax and actually appreciate being married to you." 

"It is traditional to take some time off after a marriage for that purpose!"

"That at least seems like a very sensible tradition. In Velgarth I think some places have a tradition of traveling somewhere for it, but - honestly I think I will be least distracted if I am somewhere familiar and comfortable." 

"Yeah, that makes sense. I want you to feel safe."

"Maybe we could rent a place in Aktun for a week? That might get the benefit of both sides, it would feel like traveling but also I am very at ease in Abadar's divine realm." 

"...you can just rent places in Aktun?"

"I think so! I should probably try to arrange that as early as possible, if you think it is a good idea. I probably cannot get the building Abadar owes me that quickly, especially since I would like to take my time deciding on a layout and such." 

"That makes sense if He can't just shift it around later, yeah...." She shakes her head. "I never imagined the gods so, uh, involved in things."

"They are more directly involved here than in Velgarth. And - moreso since prophecy was lost, I think, one of the reasons the goddess who betrayed Aroden thought it was worthwhile is that it - nudges the gods to communicate and cooperate, rather than defaulting to manipulation."