Wedding planning

Posted on Thu Feb 21st, 2019 @ 12:25pm by Lieutenant Commander Thex sh'Zoarhi & Maica III 47

Mission: Recovery Trek
Location: Maica's Massage Parlour
Timeline: 2396

Thex had a smile on her face as she walked down the corridors of the ship. With the last of the repairs finished she was feeling very happy with herself. Now all what she needed to focus on was getting her bonding ceremony done. She had all the plans for it in the padd in her hand and after her talk with Rita she had thought of letting the ships know organizer of parties take a look to see if she could think of anything to add.

Arriving outside of the Orions massage parlor the andorian step up to the alert the door she was there. She'd checked the orion had no appointments before coming down here so she hoped everything would be fine for them to have a sit-down and have a nice chat.

The door swooshed open immediately and the scent of incense wafted out. Inside had been recently redecorated in gold and red velvets, tapestries and drapes covering the walls and windows and the furniture having been replaced with low sitting chairs in the same style velvets. The service bar was the same with earthenware teacups and three different tea dispensers at the ready. Behind the service bar was the usual partition but it too had been replaced with a red and gold velvet tapestry. The sound dampener had also been tweaked again to enhance the filtration of the shipboard sounds so that even an Andorian or a Vulcan couldn't detect that they were anywhere near a starship.

Maica was sitting in one of the guest chairs flipping through an old style color fashion magazine, passing time when Thex arrived but quickly set it aside and stood to greet her regular customer and friend with an extra special smile. "Hello and welcome! This is a rare time for you to visit, but it's always wonderful to see you. Would you like your usual today? Maybe a little extra?"

" Not today Maica. I've come to ask you for a little advice if that okay with you." the andorian said as she stepped into the room. Her antenna acted a little confused at the sudden change in sound or more correctly the lack of sound. " As you know me and Tathaa are having are bonding ceremony soon. We've come up with the basic ceremony, but as the ships resident party organizer I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at it and see if you can offer tips to improve it." The andorian explained.

"Of course," Maica motioned for Thex to have a seat so they could chat. "Tell me what you've got and I'll do what I can."

" Thanks. " The andorian said as she sat down. " Well, we're going to hold it in the main shuttle bay. Plenty of space for everyone and we can have the backdrop of the stars and the wormhole. " Thex said as she extended the blueprints she had drawn up.

The altar with the blue flame at the head with two rows of seats for the guest looked simple enough.

Sitting close to Thex, Maica looked everything over. "This all looks simple enough. What about food though? Have you arranged catering with the kitchens?"

" Yup we're going to have an andorian style buffet along with our other favorite foods. We've also gotten in some real andorian ale for drinks." The andorian said as she scrolled down to the food section.

"Excellent. And I see you've requested the holographics add the traditional banners to the walls to hide the maintenance bays. Good thinking." Maica hummed as she looked over the plans a bit more. "What about adding a few sculpted ice walls behind Enalia to frame the ceremony in? I think it would give it a really nice at home feel - a little taste of the Andorian ice fields, as it were."

" Yeah, that would be a nice touch. One of the Hera's patch, one of Starfleet and a few of both Andorian and anear cultures. " The andorian said already thinking of a few to put in.

The Orion modeled hologram made a few notes on the PaDD as they went along, trying to think of anything else they might need. "No presents since it's not the full four person bonding... What about party favors for the guests? Like a little rolled paper program or blessing tied in ribbon?"

" Hum that would be nice. That's a human custom isn't it? Not much paper on andor. " Thex asked as she jotted it down on the pad.

"Indeed. It's kind of like a thank you or a memento of the occasion." Maica studied the plans a bit more. "What about contrasting colors? I know the tradition has blue and white, but what do you think about some Command Red or Engineering Gold carpets down the center and along the sides of the guest areas as well as under the ceremony itself?"

" Yeah, that would be a nice touch. Shows that starfleet is a part of us. " The chief engineer added.

Adding in the last couple notes, Maca hummed for a few, looking over the whole document. "Other than that, I think it looks good. What do you think?"

" No that sounds great. " Replied the chief engineer as she saved the padd. " Thanks for the help Maica. I just hope it's going to be as fantastic as it looks in my head as it will in real life."