You've Got Mail
By Hidden Firecracker
Chapter Three: Committee Reports
To: Endy
From: Inner Princesses
CC: Generals
Re: Your weekend w/ Serenity
So how did it go? Is our Lady happy? She better be, or we will plot something beyond the likes of which you have ever seen.
Mako says: Thanks for sending Nephrite my way. I know we had a productive weekend. He is a fair dancer, but we are working on perfection. Right, so can Serenity still wear white to the wedding?
Rei: Mako, of course Endy wouldn't violate our innocent charge. But then again, our definition of innocent is skewed. Mako taught Neph the Jupiter Dance this weekend.
Minako butts in: So they are going for perfection in that dance? I see. I'm sure Endy was the epitome of a gentleman this weekend. I'm sure he bought her flowers and opened doors for her. NOT. They did the dirty. I know it.
Ami: Give Endy a break. After all, he got Serenity out of the way for a while so she wasn't bored. As long as Serenity was happy with her weekend, and Endy had permission to do ANYTHING with her, then I have no reason to freeze Endy's ass.
Rei: And we will never let you forget how possessive we are of Serenity. We have to be the big brothers she never had. Your protection force of Generals does not scare us.
Makoto: Big brothers with a license to kill!
Mina: And the power to do it with if you hurt our little girl
Ami: But at least we approve of you
BYE!
From All of Us.
To: Party Planners
From: Makoto
Re: Committee Reports
Well team, it seems that the Adventure committee agrees that the beach idea could be made adventurous. Nephrite is of the opinion that the adventure could be inviting lots of people. The more people there are, then the more opportunity for mischief and stuff. We both agree that we don't need much of a plan since spontaneous adventure is the best brand of fun. We also don't want anyone on this trip to feel left out. Thus, a big group would be best.
However, the committee is wiling to consider and plan for adventure in the case that we make this an exclusive group. Again, spontaneous adventure is recommended by the committee.
Sincerely yours,
The Adventure Committee
Makoto and Nephrite
To: Party Planners
From: Logistics Committee
Re: Reporting In
The minutes for the Logistics Committee are as follows:
Meeting called to order at 10:00am, Saturday. Voting Members present: Ami of Mercury; Zoisite of Earth; Michiru of Neptune; Setsuna of Pluto. Minutes taken by Michiru.
Agenda Item One: Travel. If the adventure is to begin after the fancy ball party hosted by the Queen, then travel can be teleportation as a group to the desired destination. In fact teleportation would be preferable for any event hosted on Earth. Group private transport would be desired for any location outside of the Earth.
Agenda Item Two: Secrecy. All involved in the party planning will e-mail Serenity on a regular basis to keep her from getting bored. No one will mention anything to any family, friends, staff or basically anyone who is not a Party Planner. This way, there is no potential for a secrecy breach. Only Serenity's mother and father will know, and will be notified no more than three days in advance. This way they will not panic at her daughter's absence or have enough time to spill the beans.
Agenda Item Three: Committees. New committees will be drafted based on the final idea. Members may be rearranged from current committees depending on the strength of the individual and avoidance of the Jovian dance. Setsuna has now been sighted cringing and shrinking back in the corner at the sight of Ami and Zoisite getting too close and personal.
Agenda Item Four: Recommendation for men vs. no men. This committee believes that a small private party would be more personal for Serenity. She could let loose and have fun with us. If the party is held in a secluded place, she would end up running off with Endymion, anyways. This will spare her the embarrassment of making excuses to other people. Setsuna is now spotted averting her eyes from the likes of Ami and Zoisite.
Agenda Item Five: Funding. Since we are all royalty and have firsthand connections with the Queen of the Silver Alliance, funding will come from us. We will total the bill, and divide by 13 (the total number in our committee). We should still maintain a reasonable budget. Setsuna has now left the room.
Meeting adjourned at 11:15am.
Signed:
Ami
Michiru
Setsuna
Zoisite
To: Party Planners
From: Jed
Re: You actually did it?
Well Setsuna, I gave you fair warning.
Your Friend,
Jed
To: Party Planners
From Rei
Re: re: You actually did it?
On behalf of the mystery committee, we decided that the mystery of this surprise is the surprise itself. We basically don't understand the intentions put forth for this committee. Are we to build up suspense for Serenity? Are we supposed to give her a treasure map and turn her loose? We conclude that we should subtly ask Serenity her opinion of large groups versus small groups. We won't do anything obvious, but if she says large groups, then we invite men. If she says small, we do not invite men.
Once again Ami and Zoisite, I apologize for Jadeite, since he himself got a little personal during the committee meeting. Poor Makoto wasn't warned like Setsuna was warned.
The Mystery Committee
To: Inner Princesses
From: Endymion, Prince of Earth and Future King
CC: Generals
Re: Hardy Har Har
Spontaneous adventure? That is all you could come up with. Judging by the only recommendation from the Adventure committee, you did not spend much time on committee work.
Setsuna spent most of her time during the Logistics meeting fearing for her not-so-virgin eyes. Whatever happened, you had her traumatized. At least you came up with something…
Mystery committee members had no clue what was going on. Instead of trying to work something out, they diverted their attentions elsewhere. Jadeite came home with a hickey. Was this during or after the committee meeting?
I actually heard NOTHING from the controversial Man committee.
Hence, I am forced to the conclusion that you are each the biggest group of hypocrites that I have ever met. Lecturing and threatening me against imaginary things that you undoubtedly DID during your own committee meetings. From now on, you will either act as role models for the "rebels" that Serenity and I are, or you will no longer have a say in our relationship. If you hold hands, we can hold hands with no discussions. If you do the Jupiter Dance, then we get to do the Jupiter Dance with no discussions. If you "make-up" and send each other home with hickeys, then WE get to do the same things, with no discussion.
So I guess the beach idea is it? Nothing better came out of committee time. And time is running out.
Your Liege, Prince, and Fiancé to the Woman you Protect,
Prince Endymion
To: Minako
From: Kunzite
BCC: Jadeite; Nephrite
Re: Men Committee
As leaders of our respective groups, we must come to a decision on this man issue. Allowing Serenity to have a say opens too many opportunities for her to ask questions. I think we need to have a group because this is her 18th birthday party and not just another weekend with us. Everyone has to act proper at the balls, but this is their chance to get goofy with her and act natural. What better gift can we give her than this kind of freedom?
Let me know what you think and then lets send out our report. You had to go hard on Endy about his weekend with Serenity? Well, thank the Gods he had no idea what we got up to last weekend or I would never hear the end of it.
Yours,
Kunz
To: Makoto
From: Minako
CC: Rei; Ami
Re: Our Men are definitely up to something…
Ok ladies, we definitely need to poke around and find out what is wrong with our boys. NO ONE is more possessive and jealous than they are, yet we have Kunzite, Jadeite, and Nephrite all WANTING us to invite men to this party. Kunzite even called it freedom or something like that. Endymion and Zoisite are trying to act neutral, but you can tell that they don't want men there. Now, I can buy that from Endy, but not Zoi. The Generals never disagree on things like this. Something is up, and I smell a mouse. It is up to us to discover the truth.
-Mina
Princess of all that is Beautiful
To: Party Planners
From: Minako
Re: What we have so far and MAN COMMITTEE
Dearest Party Planners,
The man committee is divided on the subject, so I will present both sides and allow the entire planning committee to continue to debate this issue and then decide.
The first side comes from my stud, Kunzite. He would like a larger party to allow people a chance to be themselves around Serenity as opposed to being uptight and proper, like they have to be most of the time. He believes that this is what Serenity would want. He further points out that a private party would be no different than a normal weekend with just us.
The second side comes from me. I like the idea of a private get away where we can be ourselves and can have fun together. Yet at the end of the day, we can pair off and have our own kind of fun without worrying about anyone else. Hotaru can bring a friend.
Now, for the beach idea. I know of several unique things we can do to make this a themed party. We can have the music, the drinks, the decorations. This could be some easy and efficient fun!
The Man committee is in favor of the beach idea and calls it to an immediate vote so we can move on.
Yours,
Minako and Kunzite
Leaders of You
To: Inner Princesses
From: Makoto
Re: I Smell a RAT
It's I smell at RAT, not I smell a MOUSE. But I agree, lets find out what the boys are up to. They actually thought that they could hide stuff from us?
Ha!
Makoto
To: Party Planners
From: Outer Senshi
Re: re: What we have so far and MAN COMMITTEE
We are all for voting on the beach idea to get the ball rolling. But before we do, we have a couple more ideas to make this an interesting vote.
The Bubble Falls of Mercury: We could rent a cabin up at the famous bubble falls and have a relaxing lake type theme.
The Speed Race Finals of Uranus: (submitted by Haruka): A fast and fun day at the races. Haruka promises that this will be relaxing.
A Cruise on the Oceans of Neptune: This is a unique way to travel the waves. You all know how our luxury liners travel through the core of the planet as well as above the waters.
Saturn Ring Diving: Hotaru suggests sliding around the rings as a popular and daring new sport. We could bond through adventure.
Now to our Outer Vote:
Michiru: ONE vote for Bubble Falls, it sounds exciting although I have never traveled there before. ONE vote for Private Party.
Hotaru: ONE vote for Ring Diving and ONE vote for Large Group of People.
Haruka: ONE vote for Speed Races and TWO votes for Private Party
Setsuna: ONE vote for Beach and TWO votes for Large Group of People.
To: Serenity
From: Outer Senshi
Re: How are ya?
Hey babe, how are you doing? We just wanted to check in on you and make sure everything was all right. We usually only get to see you in large groups of party people at balls, but sometimes we see you personally. We should see you more often, don't you think?
So how was your weekend with Endy? We heard all about it from the Inners. They are pretty worked up about the whole thing.
-Michiru, Setsuna and Haruka
To: Party Planners
From: Makoto
Re: Voting
TWO votes for the beach and THREE votes for the Private Party
-Mako
To: Party Planners
From Kunzite
Re: re: Voting
TWO votes for Bubble Falls and THREE votes for Large Group of People
Yeah,
Kunzite
To: Party Planners
From: Haruka
Re: Change of Vote
After careful consideration, I agree with the persuasive Michiru and must cast a THIRD vote for Bubble Falls and take one vote away from Speed Racing.
Always,
Haruka
To: Party Planners
From: Ami
Re: re: re: Voting
If you all want to come up to the Bubble Falls, then come on up! We can make a weekend of it sometime. Maybe it is because I can see them anytime, or maybe because I feel as if there is more to do with a beach weekend, I must cast the THIRD vote for Beach and FOURTH vote for Private Party
Sincerely,
Ami
To: Inner Princesses
From: Rei
Re: turning the tides
Right, so, I did some poking around and some fire readings and I think that there might be some sort of bet going on about who will be at the party. I'm not sure what the bet entails, but I definitely know that there is the Kunz/Jed/Neph coalition versus Endy/Zoi. See what you ladies can find out.
-Rei
To: Earth Entourage
From: Zoisite
Re: I have started my list
Well, the votes seem to be going in the Pretty Boys' favor. I look forward to having my personal slaves for a week. With no persuasion whatsoever from me, my girl is on my side, and doesn't even know it!
Humbly Yours,
Zoisite
To: Earth Entourage
From: Jadeite
Re: I don't think so….
Not all have cast their vote yet, my friend! You are right about one thing though, the girls don't seem to be aware of anything. Good job men, a pat on the back to us all.
Oh, and I have my camera ready for the next big ball…hope you Pretty Boys can measure up! Ha Ha
-JED
To: Outer Senshi
From: Michiru
Re: Destruction Prevention Committee and Spy Work
Minako just SM-mailed me about doing some spy work. They know for sure that the Generals have made a bet about whether the party will have a large group of people or an intimate group of just us. Now, we have to discover what the stakes are and why they have not told the girls about it. So, let's get to it!
Now, for this committee, let's start brainstorming some ideas about setting parameters and boundaries to this adventure. We know that there will be a trip involved, we now need to work through some scenarios.
Regards,
Michiru
P.S.- I knew you would see things my way, Haruka.
To: Party Planners
From: Nephrite
Re: more rambling about this party
TWO votes for Ring Diving and FOUR votes for Large Group of People
Happily Yours,
Nephrite
To: Party Planners
From: Minako
Re: re: more rambling about this party
FOUR votes for Beach and FIVE votes for Private Party
Lovingly Yours,
Minako
To: Party Planners
From: Zoisite
Re: re: re: more rambling about this party
FIVE votes for Beach and SIX votes for Private Party
Just Yours,
Zoisite
To: Party Planners
From: Endymion
Re: re: re: re: more rambling about this party
SIX votes for the Beach and SEVEN votes for Private Party
Yours,
Endy
To: Inner Princesses
From: Outer Senshi
Re: That Bet
Well ladies, we did some snooping of our own about this bet. It seems that your suspicions are confirmed, they probably did not tell you because of the stakes. From what information we were discreetly able to pry from our reliable sources, it seems that if Endymion and Zoisite lose, then they will be appearing naked at the next major Terran Ball. We are not yet sure about what will happen if Nephrite, Kunzite and Jadeite lose. We are still working on it but wanted to give you the information we have.
Good luck!
The Girls of the Outer Realm
To: Party Planners
From: Rei
Re: Rambling…
ONE vote for Neptune Sea Adventure and FIVE votes for Large Group of People
Rei
To: Party Planners
From: Jadeite
Re: re: Rambling…
SEVEN votes for Beach and SIX votes for Large Group of People
Anyone who wants to change their votes should do so now…
-Jed
To: Inner Princesses
From: Serenity, Your Neglected Princess
Re: Hello
Thank you girls four yur well wishes befur my weekend. Thank you for also righting Endy and making shure he treated me well He did treat me well and was the purfect gentleman the entire time. Ami will be happy too now that he got permission for everything.
What are you guys doing? Write me back!
Serenity
To: Inner Princesses
From: Minako
Re: Bet Report
Boy her grammar and spelling seem to be getting worse! Maybe Ami's nagging really does affect her…
I was able to do some more recon work and found out that Endymion personally requested that the boys not tell us anything. I don't know what the reason was or what happens if Kunzite and co. lose the bet.
But Endy and Zoi naked at a ball if they lose…that's pretty wild! Ami, what do you think about that? Will you let your boyfriend go through with this? What will Serenity think? What will the Queen think?
I hope the rest of the boys get something equally as delicious! Can you imagine Zoi and Endy's nice, fit, toned bodies parading around? Ames, you just might have some competition after all this is done.
Yum Yum,
Minako
To: Endymion
From: Inner Princesses
Re: Just Checking In
Hello Endy, it is all of us again. We personally heard from Serenity that you were the perfect gentleman, and we all couldn't be happier. We knew we could trust you, because you are always the rational one of the group. You wouldn't do anything behind people's backs, like say, emotionally hurt Serenity and not let us know about it. That's what we like about you-you are smart enough to know that we find out everything. We know the whole naked truth: you are an upstanding man.
Thank you for taking care of her on our behalf,
Rei, Minako, Makoto, Ami
To: Serenity
From: Inner Princesses
Re: re: Hello
Serenity! We are glad that your weekend went well. I am personally swamped with SM-mail, but it is for important business. I know that we will return to the Moon soon, and I can't wait to see you again. Why don't you do something nice and fun that you can't do with us hanging around? I hear that Mercury's Bubble Falls are nice this time of year. –Rei
If you want to come up, I'll arrange it, but I'm sure you can find better things to do. I'm doing some lab work and catching up on Mercury's latest current events. Even though we study current events from the Moon, it is just not the same as collecting personal anecdotes and stories from the people. I miss you! -Ami
I am planning on cooking you a special meal when we get back. What do you feel like? I sure hope your mom isn't driving you too up the wall. Just remember that she loves you and wants you to be the best queen you can be one day. –Makoto
It was exciting getting to have Kunz for the weekend. I'm glad that yours went well too. I hope that you had a little fun on the side. When I get back, we'll raid Rei's closet and get all of the good stuff out. We can plan a garden picnic or something so we have excuses to wear her stuff. That is always good for a scream. –Minako
Excuse me, raid MY closet? -Rei
"Why yes, Rei, YOUR closet." -The Angel on Serenity's Shoulder
I would raid too, but I'm too tall for any of your stuff, Rei –Makoto
We'll talk to you later, take care! I got to end this before they get to rowdy. –Ami
To: Inner Princesses
From: Ami
Re: He has NOTHING to hide
Well girls, I admit, my first reaction was to blush and not allow for him to go through with this foolishness. However, I realized that Zoi has nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, I say let Minako and Makoto drool. He is mine no matter what he wears (or doesn't) to the next Terran Ball.
Besides, he needs some humility to put him and his ego in its place. I don't think the other Generals will let him hear the end of it. I'm not sure about Endymion and Serenity, but I would enjoy an all night peep show…it's just a shame I will have to share it.
Unabashedly Yours,
Ami
To: Generals
From: Endymion
Re: The Girls Know Something
I just got an SM-mail from the girls and I'm pretty sure that the cat is out of the bag. They said something about knowing the "naked truth" and then threw in something about how the truth was, I'm a good guy. But why use the term "naked truth". They also said that they know I'm sure a nice guy and would never do anything behind their backs and then they threw in some lame example. They made sure to emphasize that they always find out anything. The whole SM-mail was talking about my weekend with Serenity, but there was definitely an underlying meaning.
I don't know what they know or how they found out, but they know something. Our next move?
-Endymion
To: Earth Entourage
From: Nephrite
Re: They know
Let's not get nervous just yet. Let's let the whole thing play out and see what happens. They are not accusing us of anything just yet. For all we know they used a couple of really good puns that just hit home and made our pulses race for a moment. I say you write them back a calm SM-mail with no reference or underlying meaning about this situation. Just act casual. If they do know something, hopeful it will throw them off. At the very least, it will drive them insane.
A General (Or Their Prince) Never Talks,
Nephrite
To: Inner Princesses
From: Makoto
Re: Well, I'm blushing!
Ok, so I admit that Ami has me scared. I wouldn't mind a display of Endy and Zoi, and in fact, I welcome the idea. Oh, I'm sure they have nothing to hide indeed.
Ami, on the other hand, is MAKING ME BLUSH! When did you become so open about all of this? I would have thought you would have been mortified by all of this business, especially if it involved Zoi. Well, you have me fooled. Go figure.
Blushingly yours,
Makoto
To: Inner Princesses
From: Endymion
Re: re: Just Checking In
Hello Ladies,
I am glad to put your fears at ease. Serenity and I had a lovely weekend and it is rare for us to have that lengthy amount of time alone with no interruptions. By that, I mean that we got to relax and enjoy some nice conversations and dates.
I'm glad that our party planning has at last gotten somewhere. Now that we have the final votes in, we can plan the event. She will be so pleased and I am grateful that you all care enough about her to plan something like this.
-Endymion
To: Party Planners
From: Logistics Committee
Re: Well, that settles it!
Ladies and Gents, it seems that the votes are in. With a vote of the majority, we will go to the beach! With a very close vote of six to seven, it seems that we will be having a private party. It is official now.
We propose that we form new committees to accommodate the plan. Here is what we suggest: Prevention of Serenity Awareness; Logistics; Itinerary; Destruction Prevention; Hospitality; Forgotten Details
Prevention of Serenity Awareness is self explanatory, and I nominate Endymion for this. Logistics will plan the usual here to there details of travel, lodging, sunscreen, etc. Itinerary will plan the events we do and when we do them. Destruction Prevention speaks for itself and we can keep the Outers on this. Hospitality should be things like music, food, decorations, etc. Forgotten Details should be someone who thinks of anything that the other committees might have forgotten. I do not nominate Minako or Jadeite. Ami now wants it to be known that I (Zoisite) typed up this SM-mail, and not her.
Lets Party!
The Logistics Committee
Continued in Chapter Four
A/N: thanks for reading! This story has just taken off on me and definitely is writing itself. I'm having a blast writing it and I hope you are having just as much fun reading it. Feel free to leave any constructive advice; my goal is to improve with each chapter and story that I write, and you are my best hope for doing so!