Two days later-

Vinny, Modo and Throttle were talking about the Oath Ceremony when they realised that they were inadequitely prepared for the ceremony that they would be under going with their shal-la.

They didn't have the traditional formal clothes.

Their shal-la didn't have a dress or veil. She hadn't seen any of the exotic flowers that would be used. Or the ruins where they would be making their oaths before their ancient god.

And so while their shal-la lay resting for the night, they planned to take her off of the base sometime during the next day so that they could get some of those things out of the way. Soon after the three called it a night and curled up in their usual positions. This time Throttle and Modo slept with their shal-la inbetween them while Vinny hogged Modo's covers.

The three woke up at their usual time, eight forty five a.m. Earth time, and quietly climbed out of bed and went about their morning routines so that they could eat something and get ready to go.

An hour later Ruby slowly sat up in bed and found the three of them standing next to the bed fully dressed in some leather pants, jackets and biker boots.

"Good morning shal-la." Throttle said cheerfully as he lay a pair of civilian shoes that he had acquired via Rimfire when he had left the room earlier to go get some Panaka (an peach colored appel like sweet fruit) for his shal-la to eat for breakfast.

She looked down at the shoes that he had just laid in her lap and blinked.

The three men laughed quietly. It would seem that their shal-la's mind wasn't working on all four cylinders just yet. Which was fine since it meant that they would have the run of the room just a little bit longer and could help her get ready for the trip into town.

The first thing they did once she was up, was herd her to the bathroom and then close the door so that she could take care of her morning needs and shower if she deemed it neccesary. And while she was in there they went through her Earth clothes and the civilian clothes that she had been given by Stoker upon her arrival on the base and found a stunningly beautiful mint green civilain dress, with soft pink, emerald green, and silver, floral embroidery around the neckline of the dress, the cuffs of the sleeves and the hem of the skirt and laid said dress out on her bed.

Once that was done they found one of the more lightly scented lotions, got her hair brush, and found some stuff that she could use to tie her hair back if she wanted too then busied themselves with sitting down and trying to look like they hadn't gone through her stuff.

Females were a mite touchy about stuff like that, so it was best to feign ignorance.

Twenty minutes or so later the bathroom door opened and Ruby peeked out around the corner with her long hair hanging in wet trendles around her face, clinging to her cheeks, slender shoulders and back. She stared at them hard for a moment and they all took it as a sign to avert their eyes to give her a measure of modesty.

And sat there at the table staring at the wall on the opposite side of the room from where she was standing, listening to the faint rustle of clothes as she pulled them on. As soon as they heard her sigh and sit down on the bed, they knew it was safe to look again and turned themselves to look at her while she finished rubbing her hair dry with the towel around her shoulders.

She picked up her brush and was about to start running it through her hair when Throttle stood up and walked across the room and gently took the brush from her and then climbed onto the bed and settled himself behind her and started to brush her hair. "Are you guys up to something?" She asked in an almost cautious tone as Throttle ran her brush through the damp strands of hair that he had pulled away from her neck and shoulders.

Throttle stilled in mid motion for a second then sort of tugged on her hair in a small display of aggitation, causing her the tilt her head just to keep him from pulling her hair. "We are not." Throttle finally said after a moment or two of silence as he started to brush her hair again.

His shal-la looked at him funny over her shoulder. Like she didn't quite believe him. He supposed that it was only natrual for her to feel suspicious of them and their actions when they had never rushed her to get ready for the day before. And they were feeling rather excited at the prospect of being able to show a small part of their society and it's people to her.

Ruby said nothing as she slowly turned back around to face the front and let Throttle finish brushing her hair before handing her a rubber band which she promptly slipped around one of her wrists and then started to work her hair into a thick braid before tying it off and then stood up.

"Slip the shoes that Throttle gave to you earlier, on, shal-la." Modo said as he and Vinny got up and waited on her to slip on her shoes while Throttle climbed off fo the bed. Ruby gave him a puzzled look but didn't ask anything else. She just slipped her shoes on and then crossed her arms over her breasts and waited for one of them to tell her what they were in such a rush for when Vinny moved forward and grasped one of her hands and sort of half pulled, half dragged her out the door.