A Deregger family with very few funds secretly sends a message to a Gyiik they met once while out on a job for their polity. They ask them to please cater a wedding for their only daughter. -- Anon Guest
Understanding in these situations is key. After all, there is no point in rescuing anyone who doesn't want to be rescued. As far as Deregger polities were concerned, this one was startlingly mild. Most residents within were relatively happy to live there. It only held firm to traditional values held exclusively in the 1950's era United States.
By which they meant: white men were real men, white women were a protected species, and anyone darker than Pantone 727 was lower than dirt.
Surprisingly, none of the original colonists were that dark. None were willing to sign on to a world made in that image. Nevertheless, the bold pioneers soldiered on without anyone to sneer and and built themselves their ideal lives from the ground up. As bold individualists who nevertheless managed to re-invent classical capitalism in an integrated system where everyone depended on everyone else as well as the systems they established along the way.
The important part was that Ard the Gyiik had been invited to cater a wedding. An old workmate had pleaded with hir to come and share hir gifts for the wedding feast.
Mechanic Rad was, according to Ard's interpretation of the invitation, exchanging his ownership of his daughter into a suitable young man's ownership of the same young woman. This was, apparently, with the consent of the lady involved. Including the bit about her no longer being able to use her own name as her legal identity.
This was the same origin polity that coined the term "sovereign citizens" based on whether or not their name was printed in all capitals in official documents. Dereggers were baffling.
Nevertheless, Ard accepted the challenge, and brought along hir traveling kitchen and essential supplies. It always helped to be tremendously prepared for such things.
Including a little wrinkle called the Reception and Gender Reveal Party.
In this particular Deregulation, CEO's had decided to revive another traditional value called the Droit de Seigneur. Many fathers of brides took objection to this and didn't allow their 'maiden' daughters to marry until they had to get married to the preferred father of the next generation.
The boss was still invited, and expected to make a jocular speech about his disappointment in missing out on the singular joy of sampling the goods in trade.
At least Ard was reassured that nothing was going to explode or catch fire.
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