Shore Leave: The Beach

Day 1, 1700 hours

Cass and Alex arrive together at the beach. It's right outside the village they are staying in, not more than five minutes by foot from their house doors.
The beach is very clean with warm golden sand and sparkling blue water. There are around twenty other people in view. Half of them are gathered in a group. They look like spacefleet cadets, wearing swimming gear and talking excitedly amongst each other. The others are spread out more, lying on the sand alone or in pairs.
Currently, nobody is swimming, although the water looks very inviting. There is a stand selling drinks as well and a young man is sitting at the counter talking to the bartender.

You are interrupted by the familiar sound of a spacefleet communication system that seems to be installed in the umbrella between you two. "Welcome to the planet and the beach. May I bring you something to drink?"

"That depends on a lot of factors, species, age, rank, reason for drinking. But if you're just asking for what's ordered the most overall, I would say a Nekkian Spiderweb. Or a Tea-of-the-Cold if you're not having alcohol."

"Coming right up", the voice replies and less than a minute later, before you two manage get back into the conversation you were having, the bartender you noticed earlier comes out of his stand carrying a tray with two cocktails. He puts them down between you on a small table around the base of the umbrella, nods at you and returns to his stand without saying a word.
The drinks are white, almost exactly like milk, except for what looks like a thin red web that runs through the whole liquid. When you drink it, you notice it's nothing special, just an average tasting fruity cocktail that is probably mainly popular because of its appearance. The red and the white don't even taste differently as far as you can tell.

As Cass checks for Alex, she notices that one cadet from the group has apparently heard her challenge to Alex. It looks like he's laughing at it and relaying it to the others, who also seem to be amused by it. Some of them turn in your direction and look at you both.