Making plans and preparations

Posted on 17 Feb 2025 @ 1:31pm by Lieutenant JG Thex sh'Zoarhi & 2nd Lieutenant Cassandra Mathews

1,227 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: General Sim Postings
Location: Lounge
Timeline: Following female bonding time

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Cassandra waited for Thex. She'd sent her friend a message following the day at the beach with all the other girls. She really wanted to get things moving forward in regards to the baby shower for Kildare. She'd ordered a drink and picked a place at a table so she'd have room to show Thex some of her ideas.

The doors slid open as in stepped the engineer. Another long shift and the blue girl wanted a strong drink. Seeing Cassandra she gave her friend a smile as she walked over to her. " Hey, Cass how life been treating you? "

"Can't complain really. " Cassandra said shifting her folders and pads around."go ahead and get settled. How have you been doing to yourself?"

" Very busy keeping this girl working in top condition. " Thex said tapping the wall before taking a seat. " Andorian ale large as you can make it." She added to the bartender.

Cassandra chuckled Merrily at the statement. She couldn't help but ask a question that had been itching at her mind. "Hey Thex, why are ships always considered or referred to as she? I know it's tradition and all but why? What's it steam from?"

" We're not interliy sure, but one of the leading thories comes from the idea that crews use to dedcidcate their ship to a mother godess for protection when they set out on a voyage. " Thex explained.

"Oh" That made beautiful and wonderful since actually. Cassandra was delighted to finally know. Pulling out a Padd Cassandra positioned it for them both to see as she began to pull up some of the items she'd been considering for the baby shower. "I was thinking about utilizing the Holodeck for the occasion as it will make decorations and clean up alot simpler. I have been digging around a little bit since the whole bonding on the beach thing. I am unable to find much in the way of Betazoid traditions in regards to pregnancy. So we are going to borrow some traditions from a few other places. I'm thinking Betazoids are really into meditating so we can host the party in a nice soothing setting like a park by a river out in nature, or a something soothing like that. What do think?"

" Sounds good. " Thex said reading over the padd. " I know gift-giving is a common occurrence so I've started working on a snow blancket from my own people's customers. Though i will admit it sowing is a lot harder than it looks." She said holding hup her fingers which had clearly had a regenerator run over them recently.

Cassandra felt herself smile had to surpress a giggle even. Not that she found her friends pain at all amusing but at the idea that the agile and highly skilled engineer had difficulty with sewing of all things considering her high dexterity. Still Cassandra wasn't one to throw stones. Her last attempt at sewing had been nothing short of an embarrassment. "Lamia is going to love it. I'm doing a Caitin carrying basket. Unfortunately I can't go hunting down the Proper animals for the skins needed so I'm having to use synthetic material and the Dre'lege wood used to weave the basket is also needing to be replicated. It's not as traditional as it would be on my homeworld, but it is the best I can do currently and on short notice. I've been working on assembling it a day or so now. The beads will be the most tedious part it think." Cassandra explained as she changed up the data Padd. "I was thinking with Lamia being Betazoid and all perhaps some treats at the baby shower that lean towards that. They have these Uttaberries that make excellent punch, though I'm more worried about a nice cake design. Also, is it traditional to invite the prospected father to these events? Some of the lititure says yes, others no. I'm so confused."

"I'm not to sure on the father issue. Maybe ask the mom to be if she'd like him there. As for the cake i know most beatzoids have a sweet tooth. Something chocolaty would be nice to try and bake. " the blue girl added.

Cassandra wrote that down, "chocolate cake... That sounds so good. We will need to set up a time to sample a few different cakes to see which one might work best." Oddly enough Cassandra had actually never been big on chocolate before, Though lately she had found herself craving all sorts of strange things.

" I'll make sure we have some samples ready for tasting. " Thex grinned in reply. She did have a very sweet tooth.

"Excellent, all that leaves us with is games and entertainment." Cassandra smiled up at Thex, "I'm thinking we could do the potato walk, where you have to put a potato between your knees and waddle to a jar and try and drop it in, and the toilet paper measure wrap, Where we guess how many squares it will take to wrap around her pregnant belly. And of course the diaper change race. Where we see who can change the baby dolls diaper fastest and properly. We will of course get some neat prizes together for the winners. What do you think?"

" Sounds good. " Thex responded. " All this baby talk got me thinking about how lucky most species are. They don't have to transfer the baby half way like andorians have to. "

Cassandra stopped typing. Her eyes looked curiously over her Padd at Thex. "Say what? I.. I didn't know that Andorian people had to do that. How does that work?" She asked intreged.

" Andorians have four sexes. The than, chan, zhen and shen. The zhen and shen are the feminine sexes. The Shen produces the egg which after a few months the zygote has to be transferred to a pouch the Zhen where it is carried to term." The blue girl explained.

It sounded so complex and fascinating at the same time. "So if I ever had to throw you a baby shower we'd need at least four seats of honor." Cassandra replied with a smile and a soft chuckle. "That's excellent to know."

" Happy to help. Do you think we have enough planned for it?" The ships blue-skinned engineer added with a smile.

"Definitely, thank you. Your help has been a good sent." Cassandra stated her voice still holding that edge of excitement. "Now to go get things moving."

" Let me know if you need anything else or need me to get some stuff." Thex replied.

"I will, I will likely need your help with decorations and set up when the day comes if your available. I'm thinking about hosting it as soon as we get back to Starbase fifty one. What do you think?" Cassandra asked uncertain if that was putting it off to long. "Or should we aim for something sooner you think?"

" Better leave it till we get back to the starbase. Better safe and we can make sure everyone who wants to come will be available." Thex suggested.

"That sounds great." Cassandra responded grateful for the help and advice. She finished gathering her padds up. "I'll see you later."

" I'll see you later." Thex said as she stood up and headed for the door stoping to give a wave to her friend as she left.

 

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