Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dagen Thor (CE) in After Mission Party - Part two

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Reia Shandy (CIO) in After Mission Party - Part two

Posted by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain) in After Mission Party - Part two
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Ben lead Tigress away from everyone “is something wrong Tigress?”

Ben

Tigress followed him quietly as they got away from the crowd her ears stood up and relaxed her grip on Ben’s arm. “No I’m OK. I just needed a moment. theirs just a lot of people you know me I prefer animals” she said. She was not totally sure what to tell him. How could she tell him that she was afraid of such events especially when she gets put on the spot the way the capten had done for promotion ceremony. No she could not tell him that she did not want him to worry about taking her to partys.
Lt.JG Tigress

Ben knew what was going on. “How about we leave the party and head to somewhere more quiet and not a lot of people?”

Lt. Park

“ no I’m ok Ben really let go back to the party I believe two of your friends are celebrating and engagement.” She said with a smile. She did not really feel better but she thought she could handle going back for now.

Ensign Tigeress

“Ok.” Ben smiled and lead him and Tigress back to the party.

Lt. Ben Park

At exactly 16 minutes and 30 seconds Reia transported herself to just outside the holodeck clad in her wedding garb and something delightful underneath for swimming. It was a beach setting after all.

Before stepping in she made several subtle changes tot he Captain’s program. She adjusted the breeze ever so slightly, put a light scent of flowers into the air, and music began to play. There would be no standard wedding march of any culture. She had chosen a delicate musical piece from a Trill composer she had grown to love even since before meeting Dagen.

Stepping back, she gave herself a final once over before stepping inside.

• Reia

It felt like a long wait. It likely wasn’t and Thor, who was a precision timekeeper, reminded him that time was not any slower than it normally was. It was likely because there were more eyes on him than was normal. His toes brushed through the sand and he recalled that he had left one sandal outside in the corridor and another inside here somewhere. Glancing about he wondered just how many ‘unreplicated’ ‘non-holodeck’ related items would be left behind after the program was over. Those, of course would be collected and put on the ship’s intra-net lost and found to then be claimed. He knew that sandal would be one of them. As an engineer he was every curious at those things that were left behind and either collected by security or engineering.

At last he heard, before he saw the doors open to the holodeck open. Music had begun. It was a sedate melody that muted the other sounds. The interesting thing with the holodeck, he found, was that areas could be muted or just not heard in one area to another. Thus the band could be as loud as it was normally - where i twas, but not as loud or even very dim where he was. He recognized the tune. He couldn’t name it to save his life but he recognized it from tunes his mother played years ago. Knowing that this was likely his cue, he turned to seek Reia from those around, smiling when he saw her face. What she was wearing was still .. veiled to him.
- Dagen

The slight change in scent and the breeze followed by music. He didn’t really know Reia and Thor that well, although he had had some influence on Dagen’s career almost a decade ago. He took a step to the side and joined the crowd, for now, he would be a spectator. On the plus side, he really loved weddings, especially Starfleet weddings. Although customarily Officers wore dress uniforms for the occasion. He made a mental note to get them a wedding gift, he was certain he had something applicable somewhere.

XO

Reia entered the holodeck serenely, barely noticing the subtle changes she had made. She wanted to run to Dagen and be declared his wife right then and there but a lady never ran.

There she was. As she came more into view he smiled thinking of the entry person putting one of those colorful flowery neck things on her that he still wore himself, as did many of the people there.

Reia could not bring herself to choose a white wedding dress no matter how beautifully they had named the shade. A lovely demure white dress spoke of antiquated promises that Dagen and Reia had broken the night of the Christmas party when they’d left together. Nor was she going for the complete siren effect, her pheromones were doing that for her.

She had chosen to wear an off the shoulder lavender gown tightly fitted throughout the torso and flaring from the hips to the ankle. It laced from the waist up the back. She had decided not to wear a veil but had several ribbons and flowers in her white hair and still wore no shoes.

Reia looked very nice. Lovely really. Quite different from her earlier wardrobe. This accented so much while still looking very formal. His eyes followed the ribbons to the line of her shoulder and down. It was enough to make his senses tingle. He found that her bare feet was very sexy as they slipped out here and there as she walked.

As she approached Dagen, she smiled at all who were there and last met his eyes, smiling shyly while waiting for the Captain to begin the ceremony.

• Reia

Dagen wanted to hug her in welcome but forced himself to .. behave. That was what his mother would say were he in a formal situation - even if it was an informal environment - and was fidgeting. He’d been on both sides of the ‘aisle’ so to speak with weddings before. It was a moment of joy and hope, a decision as stark as stepping through the Guardian of Forever. Having had the different lives Dagen knew what followed, and what was. He was not stepping into this cold - yet, for himself as Dagen - he was. To the side he saw Angel, the Vulcan engineer ‘suffering’ Bat, her Bolian team comrade wiping his eyes standing next to her. Taking his eyes from there he met Reia’s again. He didn’t have hesitation in turning to the Captain but was simply mesmerized by the look in Reia’s eyes that seemed to draw him in. It was an unconscious motion where he turned with her, taking her hand.
- Dagen

Marius took a moment to allow the assembled crew to enjoy the moment. Looking about, he started. “Assembled crew, officers, and most importantly friends. In time before ships sailed the stars, we sailed the seas on Earth. The Captain of a ship was considered the law of country that they sailed for. The right to rule on law, punish, execute… and marry without contradiction or limitation.” He laughed.

“Well most of those privileges have be rescinded or severely restricted… fortunately for some of you. Star-Fleet has let the most important of joyous of privileges continue unabated.”

“And today I get to execute that finest and most important of rights. Marriage. Today we are here to bind the two souls before us in the universally accepted union of two spirits. Dagen Thor and Reia Shandy.”

“Do you have some words you’d like to say.” He offered to both of them.

Marius

Reia was uncertain how Trill ceremonies were conducted but knew the man usually went first on Earth so, she gave his hand a gentle squeeze just in case he wanted to keep that tradition here.

• Reia

OOC: This is a Trill thing? <G>
IC:

This entire event had caught him by surprise and even the intervening minutes did little to hide that. They had talked about this some, though the anticipated timeline on this was much later in the year. In short, Dagen had nothing prepared at all. His eyes flashed a ‘huh’ quickly to Reia and tried to jumpstart his brain that had, unfortunately chosen that moment to freeze up.

“The purple husks of autumn leaves
That seasons heart it causes to bereave
A lonely time, a frozen winter
Crumbled leaves, a heart left bitter.

That was a part of a poem that one of Thor’s hosts, a poet named Thrace, composed. It was .. a snapshot of my soul for a time, a winter of my life that I had not thought I would see a spring coming to. Ironically at a winter festival that soul crossed paths with Reia and there began to be not just a thaw but a vibrant spring. It is an interesting thing with a Trill who has known lifetimes including love spanning decades, and who felt he knew it so .. vicariously .. through others - even others that are in essence a part of myself - only to find it personally and know just how powerful a thing it could be. And how honored I am to know and love this woman.”

He glanced over to Reia then to meet her eyes.
- Dagen

Ben offered his hand Tigress by extending it in her view.

Ben Park