Krill was very interested, if there was one thing he didn't understand about humans, it was their mating rituals; he wasn't sure he really wanted to know about their mating habits, but the process of attracting another human could be interesting. Understanding what went into a human monogamous marriage was shaping up to be rather difficult. From what Krill understood so far, the most complex human process involved a serious set of complicated rituals involving a lot of symbolic traditionalism. These included a specific style of dress only for the couple about to be married and all of their guests as well. This ceremony was to take place at a specific time and place and last for a very specific amount of time. Specific words were supposed to be said, and then afterwards there was supposed to be a massive party which included a very specific type of pastry and very specific types of food and human music. Humans were generally obligated to give each other gifts during this time.

Krill, as it turns out was friends enough with Vir's brother that he was to be one of the "groomsmen." Or one of the specified group of people important to the groom. Vir had been chosen as the best man which seemed to Krill to mean that he was just the favorite groomsman, of which included Krill and the other brothers. However, due to the nature of the wedding women and men had been included on either side, so that count also included Vir's sister, and another woman Krill did not recognize.

Captain Vir burst into the room just then wearing one of the special human outfits, a dark blue suit and mat tie with a peach colored flower at the breast pocket. "Damn dude, you look like shit."

Across the room David made a rude human gesture by raising both his middle fingers, "F*** you, Adam."

"That's incest."

From where she stood, next to David, Vir's sister gave him the evil eye, "Be nice, Adam. He's just nervous."

"Not nervous enough to throw up all over himself, so I don't feel sorry in the slightest." He said walking over to help his brother with his tie.

"Didn't that happen to you once?" David wondered clearly trying to keep his mind off what was going on.

Vir sighed and glanced longingly up at the air, "Airman Mariah Alvarez, I was so nervous I spilled my drink on her and ended up throwing up...... first and last date I ever had."

David laughed easing some of the tension in the room, "Ok, yeah, I'm not that nervous, and I'm sure Jordan is doing just fine."

Vir snorted, "Doing more than fine, though I can't see why he consented to marrying your dumb ass."

"Least I actually managed to get a date." His brother snapped back.

"You better be nice to me, I'm the one giving the toast at dinner tonight, and you don't want me to tell them about the time you-."

"Ok.... Ok, you made your point."

Krill wondered quietly if the humans were always this vicious to each other. Vir insisted that it was a human way of showing affection to each other, but he had a hard time believing it. It just wasn't logical. Why would you intentionally be an ass to someone you like?

Vir finished with his brother and took a step back, "Stop frowning and you might actually look presentable....." He paused, "Are you sure you're ok with Sunny being my plus one?"

David rolled his eyes, "For the last time Adam, I don't mind Sunny. In fact, I like her and she has good taste in music, so YES I'm fine with her coming. Just.... Keep her in back where mom can't see her for the time being."

He chuckled, "Alright, now come on, they're ready for you."

Krill followed the humans out into the sunny afternoon and onto the spreading grassy park before them. Distantly a glittering blue lake sparkled in the light of the sun. It was an almost perfect day, a very slight breeze, just enough to keep cool in the mid-summer heat pushing the grass to the side in slow undulating waves. The guests were all already seated as David took his position at the front with Vir standing to the side. Sunny stood at the back of the group and, to Krill's amusement, she was covered in the same peach-orange flowers that decorated the rest of the venue.

The sun shone down from the sky as Krill watched an unknown human larvae make its way up the isle throwing the flowers left and right seeming to be having a very grand time of it. Other humans appeared, and finally the last human wearing white, or some other light color Krill could not identify , moved up taking David by the hands.

There was quiet music playing in the background, and Krill had to try his best not to fall over. Kimber showed up a few minutes later, hair in long golden curls around her tiny shoulders wearing a sharp black suit and shiny black shoes.

She was carrying a ring.

Krill had trouble making out the words that were spoken. Then, the humans kissed and the entire venue erupted into applause. Two weird human things krill would never understand. Humans seemed to enjoy touching each other's mouths with their mouths, and screaming and hitting themselves to show how pleased they were. It didn't make much sense.

The sun had just begun to by the time they made their way onto a covered outdoor patio where the party was to take place. Earth's sky was plastered with vibrant hues of delicate orange, yellow, pink and deep purple. Camera lenses flashed, and small lights burst into existence all around the dance floor. More human music began to play. The new human pair stepped out onto the floor and began to dance. Off to the side Krill could see Sunny watching in focused memorization as the humans spun back and forth, around and around. After dancing alone for a song, other humans slowly began to join them. As seemed traditional, the Vir would have to dance with the second human accompanying the opposite partner.

Krill caught the conversation.

"So do you want lead or follow, not sure how this works.... Rock paper scissors?" Krill was just beginning to notice that very specific types of humans tended to dance with other very specific types of humans. A smaller, curvier human, with a larger square human. Vir and the other were about the same height, build and clothing style.

He wasn't able to watch for very long as Kimber found him, and with a big grin, she dragged him, floating, onto the dance floor and proceeded to spin them both round and round until Krill was convinced he was going to go right ahead and die.

He finally managed to get away shaking off the spinning confusion as he watched as the party slowly began to ramp up. At some point Vir approached Sunny and held out a hand, "What do you think Sunny, want to dance?"

She seemed pleased and excited, and they did dance, a seven foot tall Drev, and an above six foot human coaching the Drev through simple dance steps. Slowly spinning across the dance floor.

The sun had finally set leaving the covered patio as the only source of light in the dark night. Food was being brought out and the people had taken their seats. The containers they were using the carry the drinks were in odd shapes, Sunny didn't seem sure how to hold it, but she did enjoy the salad.

There was a sharp chiming sound from across the room, and Krill looked over to see that Vir had taken to his feet and then to a chair, much to the dismay of his brother, and everyone at the party that knew about his prosthetic, "Alright, alright, quiet down everyone... you see, my brother made the mistake of allowing me to make a toast at his wedding.... In front of all you people, so I'm trying to figure out the most embarrassing story I have about him."

David was still smiling but the look on his face. Krill wasn't really sure what he was supposed to expect..... With Vir things could go either way.

"But, since it's his wedding, I'm going to be nice and short so we can all get back to eating and getting sloshed." He glanced across the table, "Sorry mom."

"I know everyone says something super special ad mushy about the couple, about how they are meant to be together, and how everything is perfect and no one is surprised, and, while all of that is true, the important thing to me is how my brother saved my life.... It wasn't' so long ago that I was in a really dark place, and my brother had to come dig me out. And Jordan was a saint the entire time. Even when my brother had to skip out on meeting parents, and date night, and dinners, and a WEEK long vacation they had spent months planning, Jordan never once complained, never got mad. He was only understanding. The pair of them together are the best people I know. I owe everything to my brother, and by proxy I owe a lot to Jordan too, and the only complaint I have...." A pause, "Is that these two waited this long to get hitched."

The room broke out into a burst of more humans screaming and hitting themselves. Sunny took up the custom clapping both her upper and lower hands together.

A few more toasts, a few more things to say, and then David stood, "Alright, while we appreciate all the gooey stuff you guys have to say, this is supposed to be a party, and I expect to see you guys do some wildly stupid stuff. So get going."

***

He would not be disappointed.

Krill ended up under the table at some point as the humans stomped and cavorted around the room knocking over chairs running into each other and dancing wildly with the thudding thrumming beat which had taken over from the delicate dance music. And when he said dancing, it wasn't the kind of dancing that Krill had become used to, it turned into the humans wildly waving their arms around stomping their feet and rolling in unknowable patterns and confusing circles like ribbons of silk ripped in the wind.

They lifted each other into the air, and threw flowers until there was barely any ground left.

Drunken and confused, the humans stumbled into each other and passed out under tables. Sunny vanished some time during the evening as the party grew even rowdier. He cowered under the table.

Watching from where he was, he saw Vir dancing with the other humans surprisingly sober compared to his friends. One of the other humans in a rather flowy blue garment ended up close to him. The human had a drink in their hand and they looked rather glazed in the eyes.

He didn't hear their conversation, but he watched Vir turn and then immediately stumble backwards crashing into the floor before scrambling on hands and knees through the dancing figures and then out of sight.

A chair crashed to the ground next to his table, and he yelped in surprise scooting even further towards the center as a couple of humans hit the floor next to him.

He hid there until morning light danced delicately across the floor casting rays over humans passed out from their late night drinking. Many of the humans had left, but many still remained collapsed others sitting at tables in various states of sleep.

Krill quietly crawled from under the table and went floating around the party not recognizing any of the humans until he moved onto the grass outside of the patio and found Sunny and Vir asleep next to the tent covering. Sunny lay flat on her back in the grass head lolling to the side with Vir tucked against her side under one of her arms head resting against her armored plates. His suit jacket lay over him like a blanket and his tie lay in the grass to the side.

Krill sighed and rolled his eyes looking back at the horrifying aftermath of their party. The collapsed humans, the strewn bodies, it looked like a warzone.

He almost wondered if the Drev way of fighting each other to submission would be less barbaric.