These past few weeks, Sima has been working on her appearance. After all, her picture will be published all over the Pasimfic, and she wants to look her best.
Old Ariifano gave her something to eat which made her feel (and look) a lot younger. Sima doesn't quite know what it is, but she's very grateful that the eccentric old lady apparently likes her enough to do this for her.
Meanwhile Princess Elesabeti was very happy that she got Zepher to agree to help with the organisation. Maybe that will help take some of the strain out of the royal relationships.
Zepher got help from Berthe Sevele and Ana Harawira, who both came over with their cookbooks to plan the menu.
Sima's sister Lu came over from China to attend the wedding. Instead of being glad to see her sister, she soon turned green with envy. She was very much taken aback by Sima's new youthful looks, stylish hairdo and expensive clothes.
Looks like she's regretting the fact that she wasn't nicer to Henry II when he was trying to court her...
The wedding itself was a short ceremony, on the porch of the royal palace, with nobody in attendance except the family.
After the wedding, Henry II went around the garden one last time to see whether everything was set up all right.
Meeting his sister-in-law again seems to have removed every last vestige of doubt from Henry II's mind about whether or not he married the right sister. She didn't even dress properly for the ceremony. (Although she did change into her formals later, when the guests arrived...)
Princess Elesabeti set up some stereos in the garden - they were supposed to play some soft classical music, but why not amuse yourself with some good Latin rythms before the guests arrive?
The wedding itself was followed by several parties, to give everyone in Niua Simoa the chance to congratulate the new couple.
Berthe and Ana came over to see whether all the buffet tables were set up all right. As soon as the first guests appeared, they went home again to change into more formal clothing.
Several journalists attended the party, and several articles have been published in the Simoa Courier - in fact, there was very little in the newspapers this week that did not somehow have to do with the wedding.
(Edit: I am re-doing these posts, because PhotoBucket messed up all my pictures, and at some point even lost a bunch of newer edits. I had to download the old pictures from PhotoBucket, so the quality isn't great.)
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