===== Morning before the Christmas party - Mess Hall ===== {Oh Prophets another human celebration..... ] Thought Terek as he saw that in the far corner of the mess hall few people were unpacking some boxes with decorations. An unpleasant idea came to his mind. {The Alex will want me to go there with her....... and I will have to have a costume...... Great, another hours of thinking what to wear...} And then he saw her. Alex was just comming inside the room. Went to the replicator, ordered something and with the plate in her hands she looked around the mess hall to find a free place. Lots of the crewmen were here on breakfast. Terek didn't wonder why. It was the first morning after the mission and so everyone took their deserved rest and a favourite meal in the company. Terek waved to Alex and before she came to his table he managed to gulp two bits of the vanocka and few sips of a hot cacao, his favourite breakfast sice he was a child. "Morning, I gues that even you have to already to know about the evening party...." She said in cheerfull tone rascle sparks in her eyes. "Hmmmm..... a party.... hmmmm... never heard of that...." he said with supressed smile looking right to the preparators of the decorations in the corner. She laughed in her wonderful style he liked so much. "Well you know now and the question is. What will you wear?" "I have no idea, whatever you'll stuff me into. You know how I'm skilled in those earth traditions....." "You should be. You aws on the academy for four years wasn't you? That's four christmas." "Tru, but there was never a costume party at the academy... fortunately. The command on this ship seems to have some special obssesion in costume parties.... do you think it is some mental dissease?" He said in pretended seriousness. "Hmmmm..... possible, I know loads of senior officers who would soit better in the psychiatric ward then in a command, but on ours it isn't too obvious yet.... except those costume parties. And as you are for sure a good officer, you will not hessitate and you will surely acompany me in the evening...... I'm wearing the Ice queen costume so I await you at seven, be percise. Queens don't like to wait" She added with another charming smile and went of. Terek always wondered how she manages to eat her food when she was almos instantly talking and he never registered her taking a single bite of the food. He made a mental note to watch for it next time they will eat together... but probably he will forget because she almos imperfectioned an art of talking. It is like hearing and watching the symphony. But no time to waste. He quickly finnished his vanocka drunk rest of the cacao and rushed from the mess hall to search the database for some costume to wear and some gift to give to the Alex. ===== An hours later almost time to go ===== Someone has been removing a sand from the upper part of the hourglass as it wasn't possible for it to run so quickly. Terek was in his quaters still thinkig of what to wear. he waas desperate. He run through the database for all of the christmas entries it has had, but nothing inspirative came to his sight. With one last exhausted try he shouted to computer. "Search for winter creatures...." After a moment a beeping sound reported results and pictures appeared on the main screen on his wall. One thing strike him into the eyes the very moment he looked there. {That's it....} "Computer, Idetify the big, furry, white creature in the left lower corner of the screen." The picture was magnified and computer's voice said [Identification Yetti. An Earth mythological creature living in high mountains behind the snow border. There are no evidence of it that it really existed.....] Computer continued it's presentation, but Terek interrupted it. "Computer, replicate the costume of my size resembling the appearance of the yetti." After a few moments when computer wanted to specify certain things that tailor would do better. The blue haze appeared in the replicator niche followed by the stack of a white furred cloths.He already has a gift for the Alex. A white golden neklace with a traditional bajoran motive, imbed with a brilliant. It was fancy, it was expensive, it was snobbish, but it was a gift worthy of his beloved. He packed it into the silvery flat box. It was one of the most difficult tasks he has ever done. It was almost a miracle he didn't end up wrapped himself up. But finally everything was done, so he put on his costume, instantly resembling some alien that intruded onto ship as he even had a mask covering his face. he almost scared himself when he looked into the mirror. {OK, let's go so it'll be over....} And with this he set of his quaters. After a moment he arrived to Alex's door. He rung the chime and shortly a very elegant woman in shining white dress with pale white-blue skin opened. "Wow, you look absolutely beautiful....." He got out of himself. "Thanks, and you are?..." Asked confused Alex as she hasn't recognized Terek's voice a bit distorted by the mask. "Oh, it's me, Terek... I didn't know what to wear..." He said appologeticaly. "It is wonderful darling, I've always liked a hairy men....." she said with alluring smile, making Terek turn red under the costume. "Ehm... all right... so shall we go then?" He mumbled quickly. "Sure, just one more thing..." And she run back inside and when she returned a decent perfume could be smelt and she had a silver staff and a box in her hands covered with long gloves. Like beauty and the beast they were, walking through the corridor towards the turbolift. After a few minutes they entered a mess hall, where lots of the people already were so they joined one of th large tables, greeting people around and waited for the party to officialy begin. ===== End log ===== ASCiO Lt. JG. Terek Weranis USS - Chimera - A & SCiO Ens. Alex Quinn USS - Chimera - A