Page 27 of Yorix

Chapter 15

Yorix

My Lynn was overjoyed that her friend had not only forgiven her, but still wished to share a wedding ceremony with us and asked her to take a cookery class with him.

“Because I know how to use a stove, a human one, even if the one we've got has a bit of a learning curve because of all the extra features it’s got compared to a normal one, but someday, I might have to use a Mylos one, right? I mean the Bride who designed our current kitchen had to leave this behind, after all, when her hubby got reassigned.”

I nodded sagely. “That is somewhat true,” I replied. “We are allowed a certain amount of personal goods when we transfer out. It is most likely that the cooking apparatus and chiller unit”

“And the dishwasher,” my mate added.

“And the dishwasher,” I continued, “would have caused them to exceed the allotted capacity. When the quartermaster showed me the pictures of this place, it was devoid of all other furnishings.”

“Oh! I bet you’re right. If they had kids, they’d have all their toys and stuff to take as well as clothes and furniture, and whatever.”

My kunnarskyn and her tablet pinged, alerting us to a message. She hurried over to pick it up, a look of pure excitement on her face.

“Is yours from Xero? About the wedding?” she asked.

“It is,” I replied, still reading. It was good news indeed, though the timeline was perilously close.

“Xero!”

“Hello, Lynn! Is the proposed booking to your liking?”

“Yes!” she shouted, bouncing up and down on her toes. “Please tell me it’s not just proposed, that you’ve actually booked all of it.”

“Confirming booking now.”

“Did you message Chris and the guys?”

“Since you appeared to be in charge of making decisions, I was waiting for your feedback.”

“Okay, um, I think this would be best as a phone call.” She looked over at me, wishing for my assistance as she’d still not gotten her integrated cell phone and had never used our interfleet comms to initiate a call, only receive them.

“Xeranos, please vid call Chris,” I asked.

“Requesting vid call.”

I pointed behind her as the wall closest to her was already resolving into an image of Chris.

She spun around immediately, waving excitedly at her bestie.

“Did you see?” she squealed loudly. “Oh Em Gee! We’ve got to figure out a way to get our clothes tomorrow and send out our invites and arrange the flights for the day after that!”

A look of profound surprise crossed his face. He sat down, his expression one of a male trying to process what was happening to him unexpectedly.

Xeranos decided to enter the conversation then.

“Might I suggest the pair of you meet for lunch and go visit Bride Right over on The Star Blade? Lucille there has patterns for all the top designers and can scan your measurements and have everything replicated for you to pick up tomorrow.”

“Oh! That sounds like a fab idea! What do you think, Chris?”

Chris looked relieved that someone had answers to the dilemma of appropriate clothing, at least. Still, he asked, “Um, yeah, but what about the guys? Our grooms will need tuxes too.”

Fortunately, Xeranos had an answer to that as well, and within moments, Lynn and Chris were deciding what to eat and where. Then they ended the comm, and Lynn went rushing out the door, only to turn right back around.

“Aren’t you coming?”