The   ANSEC moved  in as Nikki  waved to KE-NA and she spoke on her   head set...

 a line of  armored troopers   broke the  ( now  3-deep )rings of dancers)..giving  the Brides  access  to the side gate.

 some of the More....well lubricated   Crew, started to push and shove the ANSEC...

Once Lizzy had given the signal to Nikki, who in turn would pass it along to KE-NA, a squad of armoured ANSEC troopers would enter the courtyard and break through the circles of dancers forming a corridor for them to run through. Flashing Lizzy a smile Izzy would take her hand and run through the corridor of troopers, blowing a kiss to the guests as she and Lizzy ran to the waiting shuttle.

 Lizzy smiled, grabbed Izzy's hand and they ran through the broken ring by Ansec and they headed for the shuttle. Lizzy almost asked to fly it but she went onto the back with Izzy.

 Tucker,  had  maybe a few dozen too many  drinks. he  was  trying to Punch  the  ANSEC trooper in the  chest..The poor trooper just looked at the  shorter   Human and  used pleading  eyes  for some one to stop him..

  Shadow sighed.. He  tapped Roy and Pointed to  Tucker..who, despite  being  thinner  and shorter, was build like Iron from Humping ammo belts and Boxes all over the  Galaxy

 meanwhile,  Shadow  was  stepping in to  stop  an ANSEC trooper from sending Steele to med Tech , as the drunken Pilot   was shoving him for stopping him from entering the   ...now dead... rings of  dancer.

 Comon, Steele..Time for  all Good Little  hermites to  grab their  gear and   Form up, at the  Hotel..  recall in an hour  or  so,,

Shade  was dancing  with   Maria  and   Magin  as the Musi  changed  and the   ansec troopers checked outside the  gate, before locking it up

moving slightly aside and gave the signal.  she stopped dancing as she cheered Lizzy and Izzy out the door.  she was tearing up, when she promised herself not too.  she was just about to wipe a tear away when Mitch grabbed her and kissed her wet cheek and hugged her. she just relaxed in his arms and swayed to soft music, her head on his chest.

Jason watched the brides run to the shuttle and then took his leave to get ready for the recall
>>> to the hotel

  Captain Si and The Admiral stopped  by Mitch and  Nikki  after the   dance was over.Ensign?  we are leaving to make sure  we get all the Non-hermes  types out of our  condo, Recall will be sounded in about  15 minutes.. Cast off  is  2 hours  later..You are tasked with the cake  topper..

 The Admiral smiled  at Both of them with a nod. The Admiral carried  the 'cred Bucket' from the Money dance.

  Can and Haley where dancing, and people where getting their  cake and leaving.

  Shadow got Steele  with  Howe  and  Cindy Luv to get him back to the Condo..  He sat   down  and shook his head.

Roy grimaced as he spied what Tucker was up to, and gave Shadow a resigned nod as he moved to intercede.  That intercession took the form of Roy grabbing Tucker's arm as it cocked back for another punch, while at the same time the SM kicked the back of Tucker's knee with just enough force to drop the trooper off balance.  Roy's grip on his arm kept Tucker from collapsing to the floor.

"No friendly fire here, trooper, unless you want to end up scrubbing the tunnels with a toothbrush for the next month.  He's just doing his part, the brides are gone, the wedding's over.  Let it go..."

  Tucker   Looked  at him  with Glassy eyes..Minute  was asleep in a  Chair, while Supe and Holden  leaned on each other and Dozed.

 Shoey came over   to  Roy  and the wobbling  Tucker.Someone  had  a bet on how many Burian Brandy glasses they  could  drink.. looks like tucker won..

"Yes Sir, Yes Ma'am. Is there anything else you need from us to bring back?" she asked them.  She suddenly realized Mitch's arms were still about her.

Tarja would enjoy herself, with her paying in a couple of creds in order to drink a couple of shots of the top shelf alcohol on offer with her probably drinking a couple more than she should as she joined the ring of dancers. With her at one point breaking into the central ring and running over to Izzy and lifting the tiny woman off of her feet and spinning her around with her dress flaring out a little before placing her down in front of Lizzy with a smile as she’d said in a slightly slurred voice ”Congratulations Little Bird, I wishing you both the best!”.

When the troopers came in to allow the brides to escape Tarja would have enough presence of mind not to tangle with them, with her instead ambling over to Meari and putting an arm about her shoulders ”One more for the road friend Meari? Then we need to get on shuttle home” she said as the brides disappeared and the party started to wind down.

  Captain  Sio  just smiled,Just yourselves, In a Timely fashion. we do not want to leave anyone behind...

     The Admiral  grabbed  Her  Hand , pulling the  Captain along  so   others   could  carry on , with , what was left of  the dwindling  evening.

 Meari had been dancing in the ring but when Ansec came she did the same and backed off and watched the beautiful brides run off towards their shuttle. Meari smiled at Frakas and then Tarja came up to her.

 Meari smiled at Tarja, Meari could tell Tarja had enjoyed the alcohol, Meari drank as well but because of her large size and Udenese metabolism made it harder for Meari to get real drunk. " Yes Tarja one for the road, then we go back home and get ready for the next battle."

 Meari went to the bar with Tarja and ordered a drink for Tarja, Frakas and herself.

”Kylla…one more drink then home…tomorrow we are warriors again” she agreed before following Meari over to get a drink with her raising the glass of green, Burian brandy ”To the brides, may they have good fortune!…and to the most dangerous unit in the fleet, the Armoured Infantry!” she said in way of a toast before taking a drink, watching as the SM took one of the more over-exuberant troopers to task.

 Peole  moved    about, Most of them heading to the  main  gate to  load up shuttles  for the   Condo.

 KE-NA  walked over the ShadowThat was a very strange ceremony. but  it did seem nice  and fun...

 There was a Chuckle.well?   I had  to  dig through  My memories of New  York. We had a  coupe Weddings in San Diego. which? wasn't the smartest thing. I don't   think  they ever  saw each other  again  as they  were shipped out. But..You did real good. The best thing is? Most people  didn't know how  Most weddings  go, there are so many variations , who could tell.

 KA-NA looked...you ...how do you say..'fudged  a wedding!"

 I just gave you infromation..you did the  fudging... doesn't matter, every one had  fun, the brides  were happy, what more could you  ask for.

...
Beth and Rolls came Over..beth was a bit lit.I supposed , Little  Miss  weddign Agel wants to settle up?

 KE-NA  smiled. and handed Beth her  Vidboard....This  is from  The Admiral  and captain Si..... taping away like  she  was doing a  fake COM text.

 The  she Looked At Shadow who looked away... This is from one of our  friends, Commander Bond?... he is covering the rest

 wait! Yiu made a Mistake!..this is too much...

 The   excess  goes to the wedding planner.

 That is ....very generous..I must go, see if i might  find him... she took off....

 send 5000 creds to  Uno for the  cake. I know she   baked it as a present.. just tell her this is half  , the other  half  was the gift.

 I will do that..what if she complains...

 Tell her  Commander Bond  is not the  type to  take back his payments.. Its hers...

 she Giggles  and  Roles Punched   Shadow's arm as the  pair headed to the gate.

Roy looked at Tucker and shook his head slightly.  "I guess...if you call that winning..."  He gave Shoemaker a look, and added, "Make sure he gets home okay...if Supe's in any condition to do it, make it his project.  Tucker's hauled around enough weight for Supe, time for the gunner to return the favor..."

He fought down the urge to say more.  They might be in friendly territory, but they were still at war, and if they'd learned anything in the past six or so years, it was that there was no such thing as a totally safe place.  Being that drunk would seriously compromise the combat effectiveness of the man if anything went wrong.

And things so often found a way to go wrong.

He gave Shoemaker a nod, wheels in his mind turning as he contemplated an object lesson for the security and infantry details...an emergency muster to the tunnels, about four or five hours after cast-off...those who had overindulged would be in agony, those who'd kept the presence of mind to be a little more moderate in their celebrations would just find it unpleasant.  But a live-fire exercise would remind them all that they were at war...and that meant combat could burst on them at any time...

finishing the last slow dance Nikki and Mitch gathered Haley, the cake topper for the brides, the bouquet, an unopened bottle of brandy and whiskey, Can (if Doc and Val were not there), Roll and anything or one who needed an escort home.  the money can if needed.  in 15 minutes Mitch and her would have everything handled.

===> back to Hermes

 Shadow   hunted  down Maddy, and they headed to the get in line for the shuttles...time to get back  to the Condo and   get ready  to go home. The war has been patiently waiting for us... did you have  fun?

 one shuttle  carried  those who  just came down for the  day.. the other shuttles where  taking people to the Condo.

 Meari smiled at Tarja she raised her glass to Tarja's basically toast, and then drank it down. " Well we better head back to the Condo and get our stuff. That was a very interesting ceremony very loving and it was a lot of fun."

In reply to end (msg # 907):

Madison wasn't sure when Shadow had slipped away. One second he was there and the next he wasn't. It wasn't unusual. In every gathering she had been with with him, there was always a steady stream of important people demanding his attention. In the meantime, she had been drinking and dancing with whoever came by, and occasionally talking with a female Angel SEC officer named KA-CE. It was just small talk, easily interrupted when Shadow found her again.

"Ready when you are, boss." Waving good bye to her chat partners, she went with Shadow to pack up.

Val seemed to be enjoying the dancing and kept Henry busy on the dance floor.

Eventually the bridal party was ready to go, and Henry could see them asking Can something, after which he pointed at his parents on the dance floor.

"I think Can's after something," Henry said, steering Val in that direction. Turned out they'd offered Can a lift up to the Hermes.

"Do you want to dance some more or shall we take Can home? It's getting late," he asked his beloved wife.

His beloved dog was, as far as he could tell, asleep under a table, contented after been fed probably far too many snacks by the wedding guests.

Val  smiled,Yes, we should go. We  will gather our things, I supose  we need to be there   for when the  Largs , Boris  and  Cookie  come back aboard...

she giggles  a bit, If  Mila  keeps  eating like she has,  they may think  she ...IS...a fur larg!

.................

 getting into the shuttle Shadow   gave  Maddy a seat, while he  held on to the   Jump bars of the shuttle. A few of the  other   troopers who were not totally drunk, held on to the bars allowing more people  to sit.


>>>>>>>>>>> Condo

Tarja would sigh as Meari pointed out that they needed to head back to the condo and get packed and ready to leave. Personally she would have liked to stay awhile and have another drink or two but Meari was right. The Hermes was calling them all home, and they needed to answer ”is probably for the best, I have some…urges…to deal with…and more drink is liable to result in bad decisions” she replied, pausing long enough to drain the contents of her glass before giving Meari a friendly clap on the shoulder ”Ok, let’s go”

——> Condo

After the events of the wedding and the great time spent with Sam then call for recall sounded, "Well its back to the ship and to business as usual" there was a bit of a frown on his face but as he looked at Sam once more that frown faded and was replaced with a soft smile, "Lets go home"

If she wished to join him he would make a quick stop at the condo to grab any left over stuff then catch a ride back up to the Hermes.

——> Condo then Hangar Dec

 Sam smiled and replied," Yes it is time to head back, but I think some things have changed for the better." Sam smiled at Zob, she took his hand and headed for the Condi to get her stuff.

------>>>>>>> To Condo then Hanger Dec
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