Preparing For The Party

Posted on Tue Dec 8th, 2009 @ 8:15am by Commodore Samantha York

588 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: The Devils Snare
Location: Lounge
Timeline: curren

ON

Lizzie walked into the lounge looking for Ted. She needed his help to set up the Christmas party.

Ted looked up and saw a woman coming in. He waited to see where she was going, and saw her walk right up to him. Odd. Usually people took their time. He put away the glass he had been polishing and threw the rag over his shoulder. "Yes, ma'am. How are you today? Can I get you anything?"

"Actually, I cam here to ask you for help," LIzzie said, smiling. "I want to throw a Christmas party for the ship -- anonymously, of course -- and I'd like to hold it here."

"That would be good. Great way to release tension." Ted quirked one side of his mouth up and nodded. "I'll have to think about what everyone's families make for Christmas dinner. Maybe some corn casserole, deviled eggs..." He stopped his planning for a moment and asked. "About how long will you need the lounge closed for the preparations?"

"Maybe two hours?" she suggested. "I want to hang some lights, put up some trees and some wreaths. A few sprigs of mistletoe..." She gave Ted a big smile. "You need to add figgy pudding, hot chestnuts, mulled cider, goose, For those of us from across the pond."

Ted nodded. "Okay. Anything else? Any ideas for European Christmas would be helpful."

"Wassail. You need to have hot wassail. Other than that, keep it simple and have fun," Lizzie replied. "And thank you for your help!"

Ted smiled again and gave her a friendly nod. "No problem. We'll start at 2200 if you want to direct the decorating. I'm terrible at decorating. My wife always did it." A sad look came over his face. It was his fourth Christmas without her.

"Start the party at 2200? Isnâ€™t that a bit late?" Lizzie saw his face fall. "I'm sorry. How long ago did she die?"

Ted smiled. "I meant the decorating. But yeah, I see what you mean..." He thought for a moment as he looked at the engineers working on the stage. "What about at 1600 today, we can spend two hours setting us up, and then the party starts at 1900. But like I said, I'm not good at decorating. I tend to do too much."

"I love decorating, so it's good. 1600 works fine for me. I'll bring some friends and we should get everything done by midnight," she said.

Ted nodded. "1600 it is. We'd be happy to help, you just have to be specific."

Jamie came over with Nikki who seemed interested. "Is it true we're going to be hosting a party?" the teenager said.

Jamie shook her head. "That means we serve the food, not party, Nik."

"You can eat it, too. I want you to have fun as well as the rest of us," Lizzie said.

Ted chuckled. "Don't get her started. She's going to want to have fun instead of doing her job. But we will be taking turns enjoying ourselves." Jamie and Nikki smiled at this. The man smiled at Nikki and asked the computer for the time. It was 1545 hours. Ted raised his eyebrows at her. "We should start closing down. Gather your friends, and we'll put a sign up on the door saying we're rennovating or something."

Lizzie nodded. "Okay. See you shortly." With a wave she hurried out of the lounge to get things set up on her end.

OFF

Theodore "Ted" Turner
Lounge Manager
USS Orion

Ensign Elizabeth Jackson )NPC)
Botanist
USS Orion

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