Shadow came  with the  containers  with Cake..that  could be used to eat the  cake in, or simply taken with them.   Shadow  handed,   Can  and  Haley ( after Haley returned from the  flower wars)..he  had one  for  Roy, and Dusk..he  had one for himself and  Maddy..

 but  he took a knee , out of the line of  fire, and  Gave   Mila  one.. He  patted her   head.I Got You  a Vanilla  slice. I think i remember  something of Doggies  are  supposed to have chocolate?

 He  stood watching others get  cake,, as  soon that the  Victors  ,raised their  prizes. the ladies were  moved to the fringe, as   Lizzy and Izzy would have  their first Dance  as a Bonded  Couple.

 Shadow  took a  bit of his that can some chocolate  and some Vanilla I like sweet stuff... but  i'm always  leery about  Cake.. if it s dry..or   it  is  just icing covered bread. By Uno   makes  some good stuff. She Pics up extra   creds  baking in the  Mess hall, rolls and  such. I think we  she  get a bakery opened  up on the  concourse.. Bet she would make a killing.

Roy nodded at Shadow's explanation to Mila.  "Chocolate's bad for canines...I don't remember the specifics, and this would probably be a small enough amount that it wouldn't have much impact.  But best to avoid that particular risk in the first place.  Besides, there's nothing wrong with vanilla..."

He had to nod agreement with Shadow's suggestion that a bakery...or, maybe more accurately, a patisserie, since bakers tended to focus a lot on bread and rolls and occasionally got around to cakes and pastries...might be a good idea.  Of course, someone who could put together a cake that tasted this incredible could probably come up with bread that would have people lining up to buy a few loaves at a time...

Nikki somehow was on the floor with several other ladies for the bouquet tosses.  she put Haley in a spot not to get stepped on.  Lizzy with her back turned tossed hers.  It must have been that sync of being each others wing that made it seem fortuitous.  Nikki seemed to catch it rather easily.  she blushed, making her skin look tan.  she held it up for a moment.  she moved to Mitch and sat on his lap as Haley waited with the other ladies for Izzys bouquet.  not successful she consoled herself with cake Shadow brought over to her and Can.  all was good.  Nikki kissed Mitch.  she had decided to pass on the speech but brought her guitar to sing a love song for Lizzy and Izzy.

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Mila was ectastic with her treat, wagging her tail in thanks before sitting down and licking daintily at it, savouring it.

After enjoying a slice of the truly amazing wedding cake they would be pulled away in order to throw the bouquets with Izzy finding much to her delight that she also had a bouquet to throw. Standing next to Lizzy with a smile she would watch as she threw the bouquet over her shoulder and wait a minute or two for the chaos to die down behind them before throwing her own bouquet and starting it off again.

With the victors moving away with their spoils an area would be cleared, the lights dimmed and the band would begin to play a slow song for their first dance ”Mrs O’Conner, would you do me the honour of dancing with me?” Izzy would softly ask, extending her hand out towards her.

Once they were out on the dance floor Izzy would hold Lizzy close as they danced together, with Izzy taking the lead. She would try her best to ignore the eyes upon them and simply enjoy the moment as they moved to the music.

 Nikki got Lizzy's, then they relined up and Meari got ready. Izzy tossed it and Meari moved quickly and then grabbed the flowers out of the air. She smiled and was very excited, then Meari saw a sad Haley walk away. Meari went up to Haley," I do not know human bonding ceremonies, but you are the flower girl shouldn't you get the flowers." Meari handed the flowers to Haley and gave her a big hug.

 Lizzy smiled at Izzy and replied," I would love too." Lizzy got up and they headed for the dance area and they began their first dance together.

 After the Flower wars where done Sam walked over to Zob and said," Would you like to dance Zob?"

She would sit and talk with Meari for a little bit before the Angel woman who seemed to be in charge of keeping the wedding on schedule called for all of the single ladies to come out so they could catch the bouquets. Getting to her feet, Tarja would join the group of women and stand beside Meari, though in hindsight that was perhaps a bad idea as the tall Udenese woman was able to out jump her and snatch the bouquet out of the air, much to Tarja’s disappointment.

It was as the ladies were drifting towards the edges so as to allow the brides space to have their first dance that she would witness Meari attempting to give the bouquet to the young girl ”you are not familiar with tradition friend Meari?” Tarja would say with a chuckle as she put her arm about her friends shoulders ”…it’s the catching that is important, because lady that catches bouquet is fated to get married next” she explained, before smiling and waving at Frakas who was still seated, wondering if he knew what catching the bouquet meant.

Haley smiled and gave Meari a big hug in return for the flowers.  "Thank you Meari.  You caught it so you get the blessing for it.  I just like flowers." she smiled at Meari "On Earth at the wedding the ladies who catch the bookay are supposed to be the next to marry.  least in olden times, it's different now.  the guys have their customs too in a wedding" she was doing her best to explain the bouquet toss.  "The honeymoon s'posed to take a month and the groom was to kidnap the bride.  all bridesmaids were to confuse evil spirits from harming the bride.  she wears a veil to prevent the 'evil eye' and cursing the bride.  there's a lot of customs for a human wedding"

In reply to Samantha Robertson (msg # 847):

Zob smiled and extended his hand to her, "It would be my pleasure" he would then step out to the dance floor with her.

 After  Izzy  and Lizzy's  Dance People  made their way out   onto the  courtyard,  The Admiral Asked   Lizzy to  Dance, and  Captain Si asked  Izzy, with the understanding , they  would  switch partners  for the next dance.

  Shadow   waited  for Maddy to finish  her   cake and would see if she wanted to dance. crew  were moving freely between the 'line' of Pilot   or Crew., But they were always like that, be it the Ball or the rec dec

 Magin was  dancing with Shade.. Maria  was  Dancing with Shoey, it  was clear , by they Lady's looks they  would switch partners.

 Vaka   asked  NA-CE   to Dance.

 Frakas   did likewise  with Meari

Will and Cora  were Dancing, , he was well aware  of him GMH standing that, the Admiral, would have wanted him there , and he dressed the part.

 Andruss  and  Ble  where   dancing, there were  smiles  and  small  laughs as they talked

 Dusk Looked at Roy to see if they were going out.

KE-NA looked  annoyed as she  stepped over  to the LC...If I May...  This party were the  bridal dance ? I do not see Izzy breaking  trough the   group, much less  Carring   Lizzy out the gate to the shuttle.

   Shadow  chuckled...well? Just eliminate it.. do the Dance..right? and  when  the  pair is ready to go, have the  ANSEC, for a  corridor sorts. for them to   Run out the gate together, and the Shuttle  will take them to The Hermes

 KE-NA Brightened ,I will tel them and  get the ANSEC  ready

 a  supply shuttle  was   in the air headed towards the LAke  with food  for Disna , Puskie  and  Roll( and cake!) as well  was  leavings  and scraps  for the Largs.

Henry asked Val if she would like to dance, suspecting that she would.

Val Took  Henry's hand with a smile,  and  all ,but dragged him...

In reply to event (msg # 851):

Madison took a break from her cake to like up for the throwing of the bouquets. There were a lot of ladies lined up to catch, though she doubted most of them knew what catching it was supposed to mean. Madison knew and though she was not superstitious, she was not wishing the flowers would come her way. Her current relationship with Kray was amazing, but she absolutely did not want to be married. The anxiety she felt about it seemed silly, but it was all forgotten when she cheered for Nikki and Meari's spectacular catches.

Done with the bouquet toss, she went back to her cake and Kray. "I always wondered about how soon after catching the bouquet the wedding was supposed to come. Maybe Nikki and Meari will have a double wedding coming up."

When Kray asked if she wanted to dance, Madison set her plate aside and took his hand. "Of course." She let him lead her to his choice of spots on the dance floor.

     One the courtyard stones  with  a  live   band  playing and the  dark sky with Billions of  stars ( though some of those stars  were  fleet cap shups ).

 Last  few Hours  on the planet...you want to go anywhere   when the brides leave?

"I don't know." Madison shook her head as she danced. "I've never been here before. I literally have no idea of what's here to see. I mean, I got to see an apartment building, a military base, a mansion, the palace, and the condo and beach. Now this. It's been quite the shore leave. Is there anything else you want me to see?"

  Shadow  gave a smiling shrug, If this  was  Bura, I could take you to see  'my Village'.. they Honored  me  because   they saw us  killing  demons and  EDT/EVOLs.... but here?  I'm just a regular guy..so ..I dunno?..we need  to pack up  as well. There are SEC
 there Now  getting the  weapons and armor out of there.

 Sam smiled and went with Zob onto the dance floor with him all smiles. " Now we have all night to dance, that was a beautiful service and Izzy looks great and Lizzy looks amazing."

In reply to Tarja Vanska (msg # 848):

 Meari smiled and replied," Oh so that is the custom is it, you should have told me that before." Meari smiled then replied to Halley," You are welcome for the flowers and thank you for that explanation Halley.

 Then Frakas asked her to dance and of course Meari said yes and went onto the dance floor with him.

 NA-CE smiled and Vaka and they went onto the dance floor, and on a slow song NA-CE held Vaka close.

 Izzy and Lizzy finished their first dance and then Hack asked her to dance, it was tradition, he was acting as the father of the bride so they dance first. Lizzy hoped Izzy wouldn't loose her mind dancing with her crush. Lizzy giggled and then said," Thank you Sir, this is amazing I have a feeling you were involved in getting KE-NA here to do this. Thank you." Lizzy hugged Admiral Hack and they went into the dance floor.

  Hack Chuckled   and accepted the hug.You give me too much Credit.. Nil and some others  did the heavy  lifting. Nil sent   The LC to  Talk with NE-NA at the Ball, then  some of  the Earthers threw in their  2 cents...Rutledge, had  some say in it  as well. The rest was Modified  Angel customs. I think it worked out  rather well.

Roy grinned at Dusk when she gave him the questioning look, setting down what was left of his cake and extending a hand to her, before leading her out to the dance floor.  "I'll take this over wedding cake any day," he murmured in her ear, with a soft chuckle, as they started dancing.

 Lizzy smiled as they danced and then replied," Oh it was amazing and beautiful, also thank you for walking me down the aisle that meant a lot to me."