After a prerequisite amount of flirting and touch with Issy Maia slithered off to her own room as everyone went their way to get ready to go outside. Some were more eager than others, and Maia got a hearty chuckle out of Trix dragging Luna out the door. Everyone was excited to get out of the ship in their own way it seemed. Even Alicia appeared to have quite a bit of spirit in her step despite her reluctance about having to come with. It was to be expected really, everyone had been cooped up in the cramped space for quite some time. Issy and Speaker had helped her relieve the claustrophobic stress but not everyone was as open-minded about sex with strangers as the two naga. Though maybe it had been less stress on Issy's part and more some strange quest to bed the entire crew. Maia wondered if she too would might've sought out more of the crew if the inherent danger of her species wasn't involved.<br/><br/>Maia slipped inside her room as she pondered on this, closing the door behind her and reaching for her equipment closet. The Geo-study kit was left on the floor while the water naga retrieved her own environment suit. Unlike the others, hers wasn't a standard suit adapted to species. Most water naga that left their home oceans had a suit of their own, though few had one as advanced and fancy as Maia. It had been a gift from her family for getting into an offworld university. Supposedly you could wear it for weeks on end but Maia never quite got used to how it dulled her sense of touch so Maia stayed out of it when she could.<br/><br/>Putting it on was a challenge of it own, though with different trails than Issy had with her own suit. Trembling, Maia carefully slipped the tail cup over her sensitive tip. Oh goddesses it was so wet and slick as it slipped over her skin. A moan slipped from Maia's lips despite herself, the naga shuddered as she felt her nethers  squeeze with need. Pressing on, Maia tried to minimize her writhing by crawling onto the her bed hoping the sheets would afford some more grip than the floor. Sharp teeth dug deeply into her pillow while she wrapped she slick material around herself. Maia was reminded of her habit to put the suit on the night before when she had classes just because of how it could make her too late for her lessons.<br/><br/>After what had felt like forever, a satisfied Maia let out a pleasured sigh when she finished slipping her tail inside it. Her upper body was easier to get inside her suit, and Maia could move on to putting on the extra parts. The bare suit was used by her people to have sex with other species, but it had plenty of modular bits to adapt the suit to the required environment. In it's base functionality it worked like a stillsuit, which was originally human technology, but since they might be away from the ship and fresh sources of water for a while Maia had to add the water reservoir and temperature control system. An extra section for her tail gave the smooth limb some extra grip that was crucial for land-based locomotion. Carbon fiber reinforcements would protect Maia's vital organs against the planet's high gravity and other blunt trauma. And so on and on.<br/><br/>Most importantly for Maia though, was adjusting the colour and transparency of the suit. She posed and preened in front of the mirror  carefully, working on every detail of the suit that reached to her chin. In the end, Maia settled on the tight look of an athletic swimsuit combined with a belly-exposing transparency to create a neat twopiece swimsuit/bikini effect.<br/><br/>Happy with her look, Maia put her equipment away in her tail-located storage compartments and left the room and the ship. With her delays Maia only caught the tail-end of the great flock of alien birds. She watched the sight quietly while Issy arrived not long after her. It was so breathtaking that it took Maia a while to register and respond to the Pox's suggestion that he carries her.<i>"Isn't that a major taboo for your species?"</i>She replied curious.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>