Moose Invited How Many Guests???

[Cdr Alces 0]

Cdr Zar Alces looked around the empty room. In just five short days, this place was going to hold the Arcadia's Anniversary party. Captain Moose was right to have called him in. The room was empty. It was a disaster.

 

He ordered up the standard chairs and tables, and decided to put off choosing the linens until a menu had been selected. White was elegant, but red and gold were standard fleet colors and red hid the stains from fresh gagh better. But the whole thing would disolve faster than horta droppings if someone started spiking the punch with Romulan Ale. He didn't know what they used to make it blue. He didn't want to know.

 

Based on how poorly the 355th Marine Batallion held their liquor, he decided to scrap the punch. He needed champagne, and lots of it. The fact that you had to sip it wouldn't slow the marines down for long. Fortunately, his friend Jenice had some pull with the cranky bald guy who owned Chateau Picard vinyards. He was horrible at customer service, but made outstanding wine. Alces made a note to contact Madam Manheim as soon as possible, so she could begin to work her magic on the old coot.

 

All that left was food and music. Lord help him, he might actually have to engage a caterer. Looking at the guest list once again, he decided that might not be so bad. He could whip up a small spread for the after-party in his quarters ... note: get one extra case of champagne. Maybe he'd even invite some guests.

 

What a mess ... however, if the Arcadia could survive 11 years in space, then Alces could surely survive the next five days. However did they do it?

Edited December 13, 2003 by Cdr Alces