#anyway yes have some people being like ?! over Prince Van Dort's marital situation XD

[victorluvsalice]

Valicer Multiamory Month, Day Sixteen: Outsider POV (All The Fairytales AU)

We're past the halfway point of Multiamory March (as per @polyamships) now, and today's prompt is an interesting one: "Outsider POV!" As in, what does all this polyamorous nonsense look like to someone OUTSIDE the actual polycule?

Well, to a noble couple from another kingdom in my All The Fairy Tales AU (otherwise known as "Ever Ever After") who keep getting wedding invitations from the royal family of Dort, it looks very weird indeed. XD Yeah, when I saw this prompt, I immediately wanted to do something with somebody reacting to the fact that, at the end of all the fairy-tale-related shenanigans outlined in that post (seriously, there are too many to recount here), Prince Victor Van Dort ends up getting married four times. So here is exactly that! Hope you enjoy. :)

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“So – Prince Van Dort is getting married again.”

“...beg pardon?”

“I’m serious. Here’s the invitation. It was delivered right before breakfast.”

“What the – this is the fourth in as many months! How can he have gotten married four times already?! No one’s wives drop dead that fast unless they’re being poisoned, and – well, the rulers of Dort may not be the most refined, but they’re not killers! Not to mention, if there had been any royal funerals, we would have been invited to those too! We got one for when they thought he was dead! Just – what is going on here?!”

“Well, dearest, you’ll be pleased to know that I myself met with the messenger who delivered this invitation, and was able to ask him what was going on. And he was able to give me an answer.”

“Really? Out with it, then! Please explain to me why this young man keeps getting married!”

“Simply put, it’s because Prince Van Dort fell in love with four people. And apparently Dort has an old law on the books that makes polygamy legal for the royal heir if they have no brothers or sisters.”

“...what? So – wait. All of his previous wives are still alive?”

“Indeed – well, for a given value of such. Remember wife number two, Lady Emily Merrimack? Mermaid.”

“Oh. That explains that wedding being on the beach...but – still. The princess-consort is – fine with all this?”

“Yes – as per the messenger, the former Princess Everglot, Lady Merrimack, and Lady Liddell are all dear friends. In fact, there’s rumors that the princess-consort and Lady Merrimack might be a bit – closer than that.”

“...huh. Well, it’s not our kingdom, so...who is he getting married to this time?”

“Smiler, Minister of Joy, of the Alton Towers Fairies.”

“...um–”

“The law also does not specify that any of the extra spouses need to be women. Or human. And even if it did – would you want to argue with one of the group they call the Secret Weapons of Alton Towers?”

“...we’re going to have to send a really good gift for this one, aren’t we?”

“I think it would be a smart idea, yes.”