greg grey
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2013
Has there ever been a wedding quite like this?
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Even if just from the enthusiasm of the press photographer, i'd say no. Obviously, we are quite the story.
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I'd heard the four of them talking, earlier - speaking to one another as if I wasn't even there - about how unprecedented our ceremony was to be, with the size difference between Bride and groom. In this new world, the newspapers closely covered weddings: each one symbolizing another step towards the Collective's perfect society. Each press release new propaganda encouraging others to want the same, demonstrating Woman's new dominion over men. Yet the celebratory articles would typically picture the new couple with the bride towering over her groom by a foot or two at most...
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Apparently we're an oddity...possibly a new ideal.
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The photographer is right alongside us, snapping close ups of me cradled in Milly's arms as she recites her vows down to me. She does look divinely beautiful, beatific even, and i must appear absolutely cretinous, a shriveled little man held to her full, lacy bosom; the photographer is sure to be getting some dramatic shots.
The officiant, having heard Milly's vows, turns her attention to me. Milly readjusts me in her arms, to more of a sitting position. She also lowers me a bit, so i can see the woman face-to-face.
The look on this woman's face, as she gazes at me, is both condescending and tolerant. She is a bit older than myself, with flecks of grey in her short, brown hair. But, she somehow lived through the Event, and possesses the typical curvy figure of its survivors, so she must have the hormones of a young, fertile woman. She is also someone who is obviously used to this situation; her eyes speak that....it is with both pity, pride, superiority and disdain that she looks at me. And, accustomed to having to lead the dimmed male mind through these ceremonies, she keeps my vows simple, having me repeat after her:
First, my fealty to the Collective:
"I, gregory grey...." she starts
"i, greg grey..."
"....gregory." she says sternly.
"gregory..." i correct myself, "sorry...ma'am." i pause, a bit confused, now. "uh...."
She draws a breath, trying to find patience with me. "I, gregory grey..."
"i, gregory grey..."
"...aknowledge the rule of the Collective, and the laws governing the Women's Republic of America..." she continues.
"...aknowledge the rule of the Collective, and the laws governing the Women's Republic of America..." i repeat
"...I accept the superiority of Women and their sovereignty over all the Earth and over all men..."
i repeat her. We continue my vows...my pride and dignity dissolving with every word...
"...I recognize my own inferiority, the inferiority of all men. I realize my weakness, and the weakness of the male race. I hereby relinquish all rights, property and privileges to my Wife, Millicent Aubrey..."
Before speaking these words, i look up at Milly, who gazes down on me with encouragement. Prompted by the officiant, repeating her words, i continue...
"...i renounce my past life, as a free individual. i relinquish my previous name. i a-accept Her as my master, m-my...owner. i acknowledge that i am - in body and mind - Hers, as property..."
i can feel Milly's bosom swelling in pride as i speak, Her heart quickening.
"...i will live the rest of my days with Her, in obedience. i live now only for Her, and for her Ascension. My life is Hers, and i will sacrifice all for Her."
"Very good," the officiant concludes, matter-of-factly, and looks back up to Milly, "By the powers vested in me by the Collective, and the Women's Republic of America, I pronounce you Wife and man. You may now kiss your husband..."
>click< >click<>click<
Even if just from the enthusiasm of the press photographer, i'd say no. Obviously, we are quite the story.
>click<
I'd heard the four of them talking, earlier - speaking to one another as if I wasn't even there - about how unprecedented our ceremony was to be, with the size difference between Bride and groom. In this new world, the newspapers closely covered weddings: each one symbolizing another step towards the Collective's perfect society. Each press release new propaganda encouraging others to want the same, demonstrating Woman's new dominion over men. Yet the celebratory articles would typically picture the new couple with the bride towering over her groom by a foot or two at most...
>click<>click<
Apparently we're an oddity...possibly a new ideal.
>click<
The photographer is right alongside us, snapping close ups of me cradled in Milly's arms as she recites her vows down to me. She does look divinely beautiful, beatific even, and i must appear absolutely cretinous, a shriveled little man held to her full, lacy bosom; the photographer is sure to be getting some dramatic shots.
The officiant, having heard Milly's vows, turns her attention to me. Milly readjusts me in her arms, to more of a sitting position. She also lowers me a bit, so i can see the woman face-to-face.
The look on this woman's face, as she gazes at me, is both condescending and tolerant. She is a bit older than myself, with flecks of grey in her short, brown hair. But, she somehow lived through the Event, and possesses the typical curvy figure of its survivors, so she must have the hormones of a young, fertile woman. She is also someone who is obviously used to this situation; her eyes speak that....it is with both pity, pride, superiority and disdain that she looks at me. And, accustomed to having to lead the dimmed male mind through these ceremonies, she keeps my vows simple, having me repeat after her:
First, my fealty to the Collective:
"I, gregory grey...." she starts
"i, greg grey..."
"....gregory." she says sternly.
"gregory..." i correct myself, "sorry...ma'am." i pause, a bit confused, now. "uh...."
She draws a breath, trying to find patience with me. "I, gregory grey..."
"i, gregory grey..."
"...aknowledge the rule of the Collective, and the laws governing the Women's Republic of America..." she continues.
"...aknowledge the rule of the Collective, and the laws governing the Women's Republic of America..." i repeat
"...I accept the superiority of Women and their sovereignty over all the Earth and over all men..."
i repeat her. We continue my vows...my pride and dignity dissolving with every word...
"...I recognize my own inferiority, the inferiority of all men. I realize my weakness, and the weakness of the male race. I hereby relinquish all rights, property and privileges to my Wife, Millicent Aubrey..."
Before speaking these words, i look up at Milly, who gazes down on me with encouragement. Prompted by the officiant, repeating her words, i continue...
"...i renounce my past life, as a free individual. i relinquish my previous name. i a-accept Her as my master, m-my...owner. i acknowledge that i am - in body and mind - Hers, as property..."
i can feel Milly's bosom swelling in pride as i speak, Her heart quickening.
"...i will live the rest of my days with Her, in obedience. i live now only for Her, and for her Ascension. My life is Hers, and i will sacrifice all for Her."
"Very good," the officiant concludes, matter-of-factly, and looks back up to Milly, "By the powers vested in me by the Collective, and the Women's Republic of America, I pronounce you Wife and man. You may now kiss your husband..."