[*Shower Together*] *(Sorry, No Hanky-Panky...)*

Bathing in Gaia's Landing is almost always a group affair. Simply Put, clean water is at a premium, and therefore you have to economize on its use. You get into your spacious couple's shower stall and soap up quickly, washing each other's 'hard-to-reach' areas, gently and sensually, but not actually doing anything outright sexual. Still, you each linger on the small of each other's backs and the buttocks more than is probably strictly required... It takes only ten minutes to fully bathe, both of you are quite quick at this, by necessity as the shower will only run for 15 minutes at most. When you are clean you head back out into the bedroom of your quarters and clean up the cum stain, one of many that have adorned this floor.

Next, you help each other dress, Lindly in her encounter suit and you in your belt and sash of office, then proceed to the lift that will take you to the conference hall, for you to give your acceptance speech about your appointment to the governorship of the base. You've got some ideas about what to say, but nothing is written down, you want this to be from the heart. You leave the elevator and walk out into the conference hall, high up in the central base tower, and finally look out over your new vassals...

Most of the base is gathered here, about a thousand souls give-or-take a dozen, and of all genders and ethnicities. You see Dierdre Skye addressing them from the podium, explaining why the previous governor is being replaced. "-and that is why I have decided to replace the current base governor with Personal Middle Names Family, who will be more willing to work within the frameworks that I provided as the leader of our faction," she finishes, then gestures for you to come forward and address the group...