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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Mar 13, 2018 6:00:27 GMT
"This should give us an advantage if we play our cards right," said Volodja Uljanov. "We have our man inside now. This is Wolfram von Eschen, Jalina. One of my oldest friends. A harmless looking man who just passed whatever security system they have. That was exactly what took to pass the security, I assume. He did it because of his elderly and sort of fragile exterior which doesn't represent any danger. But inside that feeble looking statue we have a heart of a lion. Wolfram has guts. Without them he would long have been gone, considering the life he lived. And he has sharp but somewhat slow mind. Slow not because he lacks capacity to think but because just like all great thinkers of German heritage, Wolfram is through and through - he has to consider the situation from every aspect, place himself into the situation and make the decision after everything is clear to him. We can increase that process because we have another advantage. Wolfram has an EGO which means that if we manage to secure our EGO channel we are able to communicate with him. And since you have never be too careful I will use another precaution matter when I speak with Wolfram."
Volodja coughed mentally to get Wolfram's attention and begun transmission: "Hör Genau Zu, Ich Werde das nur Einmal Sagen...(Which translates more or less: "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once...") Yes, it was also a TV reference but from 1980-es because Volodja couldn't resist temptation to use a catch phrase himself, but it suited quite well.
"Now we lack only the Count," said Volodja after describing the situation from their side of the screen to Wolfram. "Not a Count but the Count. I wonder where he might be?"
His question got answered soon enough because just like in a sitcom where character enters after the cue one of ventialtion hatches was kicked open and small bundle dropped out. He was dusty and with tousled hair due to his journey through the vent system but he was unmistakeably Count Giacomo Casannuendo who almost could land on the floor if Brooke wouldn't be fast enough. She lunged forward with cat like grace and caught the falling bundle to her arms. After that she retreated into the corner and despite of having that crimson glance in her eyes hissed threateningly: "MINE!" and rose her sharp nailed paw to protect the bundle.
"Make it two men inside," said Volodja Uljanov calmly.
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Post by Wolfram von Eschen on Mar 13, 2018 8:52:14 GMT
"My dear Count!" shouted Wolfram von Eschen. "How did you ended up here?"
"It's a short story," replied Casannuendo who was still pressed against Brooke's bosom and felt quite safely and comfortably there. "I was guarding Brooke after she mysteriously collapsed. Whole time I sat by her bedside but my eyelids were finally heavy as quicksilver and I had a little nap. When I woke up, I discovered that I was tied up and Brooke was gone. Naturally I tried to break free and found out that whoever tied me, they left my fetters relatively lose. It seemed that they wanted me to regain my freedom fast, so I used the opportunity. They also tied me up using some undergarments so that little nuance amusante felt my ticker with warmth. It was the most pleasant untying process, you can believe me!"
Casannuendo's face was one huge warm grin when he continued: "I left the room and followed Brookes' trails. Seeing that the bridge was off limits made me think about...Not about turning back but find my way around. And the ventilation system was the first thing to occur in my mind. They have to breathe on the bridge and despite of making ventilation tight for most of androids, they usually tend to overlook Liberata's. The only problem was getting into the vent but luckily I am an agile climber, so I got up and squeezed myself into the tube and after some wandering found my way to the bridge. When I heard mentioning my name then it felt impolite to remain there, so I leaned against the barred hatch, it fell open and here I am. By the way people. Do you never clean the ventilation system? Some people prefer to wear clean clothes when I am making an entrance."
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Post by Atticus Batman on Mar 13, 2018 10:39:02 GMT
Back on the Dauntless Adventure's bridge Sandy's tan brow furrowed as her blue eyes narrowed as she wondered out loud, "Maybe Lexy is trying to tell us something with all these sound bytes. Maybe this time she is telling us we need to work together!"
The red-eyed Lexy hologram on the bridge of the Dauntless Adventure grinned as she took her small forefinger and touched the tip of her nose.
I responded with, "Maybe, but that is what we are already trying to daking do! However now we have an old man where he shouldn't be and I was worried about the daking child!"
"This should give us an advantage if we play our cards right," said Volodja Uljanov. "We have our man inside now. This is Wolfram von Eschen, Jalina. One of my oldest friends. A harmless looking man who just passed whatever security system they have. That was exactly what took to pass the security, I assume. he did it because of his elderly and sort of fragile exterior which doesn't represent any danger. But inside that feeble looking statue we have a heart of a lion. Wolfram has guts. Without them he would long have been gone, considering the life he lived. And he has sharp but somewhat slow mind. Slow not because he lacks capacity to think but because just like all great thinkers of German heritage, Wolfram is through and through - he has to consider the situation from every aspect, place himself into the situation and make the decision after everything is clear to him. We can increase that process because we have another advantage. Wolfram has an EGO which means that if we manage to secure our EGO channel we are able to communicate with him. And since you have never be too careful I will use another precaution matter when I speak with Wolfram."
I sighed and replied with, "I knew he would get lost! The old fool is so confused he didn't even realize he walked off the Dauntless Adventure and headed to the Vigilant's Bridge instead of coming here like ordered! Can we really blame THAT on a new EGO?! However, yes I suppose we do now have a man on the Bridge that they are not yet monitoring the EGO of. Let's just hope they don't realize right away that he does now have one!"
Volodja coughed mentally to get Wolfram's attention and begun transmission: "Hör Genau Zu, Ich Werde das nur Einmal Sagen...(Which translates more or less: "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once...") Yes, it was also a TV reference but from 1980-es because Volodja couldn't resist temptation to use a catch phrase himself, but it suited quite well.
I responded with, "perhaps you better also remind the old man not to use his daking cane to try to start a swordfight with Whitney! She may not see it as an exercise of sorts like I did when he tried with me! Especially since it looks like his unexpected entrance already pissed off Brooke!"
"Now we lack only the Count," said Volodja after describing the situation from their side of the screen to Wolfram. "Not a Count but the Count. I wonder where he might be?"
His question got answered soon enough because just like in a sitcom where character enters after the cue one of ventilation hatches was kicked open and small bundle dropped out. He was dusty and with tousled hair due to his journey through the vent system but he was unmistakably Count Giacomo Casannuendo who almost could land on the floor if Brooke wouldn't be fast enough. She lunged forward with cat like grace and caught the falling bundle to her arms. After that she retreated into the corner and despite of having that crimson glance in her eyes hissed threateningly: "MINE!" and rose her sharp nailed paw to protect the bundle.
"Make it two men inside," said Volodja Uljanov calmly.
I remarked angrily, "Dak it! I better get to the Bridge before one of those fools gets themselves killed!"
However as I started to move to leave the Dauntless Adventure's Bridge, holo-Lexy stepped in front of me. then she raised her hand and a gun suddenly appeared in it and just as quickly, she pulled the trigger. Everybody stared in shock from hearing the bang of Lexy's pistol and some smoke rising from the gun. However as she let out a very disturbing (Cesar Romero) laugh I realized just as quickly that I wasn't shot. So upon looking at the hysterically laughing girl's gun, I saw a bang flag hanging from it.
After a few seconds of laughter she stopped and I remarked, "Was that necessary? Surely there must have been a western or cop show from that era that you could have used to tell me to drop my guns or freeze or some such thing! However I think I get your point! I need to leave my weapons behind so I am not as big of a threat!"
So as I disarmed myself, placing my guns and the blades everyone knew about, in the Captain's chair of the Dauntless Adventure, I said, "Alright we need to work together. However I still say it is best for some of us to go to the Bridge. So most of us will go. The Sisters are obviously easily confused when somebody they know enters the Bridge. So several of us will go! Poe and Kaj will still stay here, with the Constantines Joy and Lady still on the Ghost-bat in the Dauntless Adventure's hanger and Snipe in it's engine room. However Volodja, Lena, Marcel, and I are going to the Vigilant's Bridge. Sandy it is up to you to decide if you and Jalina are going with us or staying here in relative safety. Now I am going whether any of you follow or not! It is time to get all of our family back together under my protection!...However unlike the old man and the leprechaun, we will knock on the door and announce ourselves. Then we will enter as a 'family'. So everyone that is going to the Vigilant's Bridge, leave your guns here. As well as any other weapons that Lexy or the sisters know you carry. Remember NO aggressiveness on our parts, unless we have no other choice!...And yes I get the irony in me being the one to say that!"
As I turned and started to head out of the Dauntless Adventure's Bridge; without my guns, throwing knives, or grenades; Holo-Lexy started snapping her fingers and singing a weird song about some creepy and kooky 'Adams Family'.
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Post by Sandy Bell on Mar 13, 2018 12:17:49 GMT
" ...However Volodja, Lena, Marcel, and I are going to the Vigilant's Bridge. Sandy it is up to you to decide if you and Jalina are going with us or staying here in relative safety. Now I am going whether any of you follow or not! It is time to get all of our family back together under my protection!" Ordered Commander Atticus Batman.
Jalina turned her long lashed magenta eyes to the human woman next to her pleading, "Mother, I really want to go with them to the bridge! Please, may I?"
A frown crossed Captain Sandy Uljanov's pretty tan face before she answered, "Okay, but stay behind me the whole time and only move when I do. I may have to leave my guns behind but I've trained in unarmed combat and they can't take that away from me! That, and I have my EGO powers!"
Jalina smiled which only enhanced the exotic beauty of her human and Castithan heritage as she replied, "Yes Mother."
As Sandy put her guns in a locker on the Dauntless Adventure's bridge, she thought to her EGO psyche through the telepathic link they shared, "Sarge, prepare my blur power and it's perks in case I have to get Jalina out of there in a hurry."
"Yes Ma'm," Answered Sarge with a virtual warm grin.
Lena Marr too was asking her EGO psyche to prepare her blur EGO power but her EGO psyche's answer was a bit more belligerent as Hope answered mentally but coldly, "As you wish Master. That is MY job after all - and a slave must always do their job, right?"
Lena sighed before remarking to Hope, "I know you're mad at me about Kabule and we'll discuss it as soon as we get sanity back. For now, we both got to keep our priorities straight!"
Hope snorted in derision saying, "Sanity back? Keep things straight? With you that's going to be quite a while - "
With a scowl on her pretty chalk white face, Lena angrily thought to her EGO psyche, "Enough! We got an annoying old man and a crazy dwarf to rescue! Let's concentrate on that!"
"Yes Ma'm," Answered Hope in resignation.
Lena put her Quick Blaster into the locker but kept her Bowie knives in their sheathes and her stiletto concealed in her cleavage. When Sandy looked at her sternly with her blue eyes and raised one blonde eyebrow, Lena merely shrugged her slim shoulders and remarked, "Hey Atticus wanted me to take my tools, and my knives are some of them. I use them to pry things open... sometimes... but not often cause it dulls them... still, be prepared is my motto!"
As Atticus turned and started to head out of the Dauntless Adventure; without my guns, throwing knives, or grenades; Holo-Lexy started snapping her fingers and singing a weird song about some creepy and kooky 'Adams Family'. Those who were commanded to follow did so along with Sandy and Jalina. The route to the Vigilant's bridge was not impinged and Lena remarked after consulting one of her devices that all the Vigilant's internal auto defenses were still deactivated.
Lexy was still singing the Adam's Family song when they arrived at the door to the bridge whereupon Lena checked it and with a frown of disappointment reported to Atticus, "Not locked, not booby-trapped, not anything. No challenge at all! Just open it already."
As Atticus opened the door - Jalina keeping her promise to stay behind her mother - the gathered Protectors filed onto the Vigilant's bridge. The other Lexy hologram on Whitney's lap disappeared as Whitney stood up from the command chair her rapier in her pale hand as if by magic. Sandy inadvertently noticed since the command chair platform was elevated and Whitney wore a short white battle skirt that Whitney had evidently donated her undies to tying up the Count.
Seeing the small triangular patch of white hair under Whitney's skirt, Sandy could not help but think, "The Synth Sisters really are perfect replicas of human females."
Brooke held onto the Count but popped out the claws from her other hand too while Yvette's power gloves appeared out of her bracelets; their postures telegraphing that they were ready for a fight. Suddenly Whitney's red eyes went wide as she noticed Jalina partially hidden by Sandy and charged towards them. Before Sandy could even react, Whitney pushed her to the side then dropped to her right knee as she looked down offering her sword to Jalina. When the other two Synth Sisters saw what Whitney had done and the reason for it, they also dropped to their right knees and lowered their red eyes. Unfortunately for the Count this meant he was unceremoniously dumped so that his bottom hit the Bridge's floor - hard!
A puzzled look on her beautiful alabaster face, Jalina looked around the others with wide magenta eyes as she tugged with both hands at her long curly brown hair exclaiming in consternation, "Really, I promise, I don't know why they are doing this! I didn't DO anything!"
Lexy still standing at the door remarked cheerfully, "That's all folks!"
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Post by Atticus Batman on Mar 14, 2018 11:41:09 GMT
Seeing the small triangular patch of white hair under Whitney's skirt, Sandy could not help but think, "The Synth Sisters really are perfect replicas of human females."
Brooke held onto the Count but popped out the claws from her other hand too while Yvette's power gloves appeared out of her bracelets; their postures telegraphing that they were ready for a fight. Suddenly Whitney's red eyes went wide as she noticed Jalina partially hidden by Sandy and charged towards them. Before Sandy could even react, Whitney pushed her to the side then dropped to her right knee as she looked down offering her sword to Jalina. When the other two Synth Sisters saw what Whitney had done and the reason for it, they also dropped to their right knees and lowered their red eyes. Unfortunately for the Count this meant he was unceremoniously dumped so that his bottom hit the Bridge's floor - hard!
A puzzled look on her beautiful alabaster face, Jalina looked around the others with wide magenta eyes as she tugged with both hands at her long curly brown hair exclaiming in consternation, "Really, I promise, I don't know why they are doing this! I didn't DO anything!"
Lexy still standing at the door remarked cheerfully, "That's all folks!"
I remarked, "Well it looks like Lexy is back to being cheerful. At least that's a start."
Next, I looked over the synth girls as they knelt before Jalina, as I said to Jalina, "I will take your word for that, as I can see your surprise at their reactions to your presence. however it doesn't chance the fact that it looks like they are offering you their swords, as if you are their princess or some such thing."
Then as I saw Wolfram helping the Count to his feet, I said calmly, "Well this is a very unexpected welcome. However given the surprising view, it is a good thing we left Attila on the Ghost-bat where his sister can keep him in check. Whitney I think you better close your legs a little more before somebody gets the wrong idea."
As Whitney moved her legs closer together but remained kneeling before Jalina, I said sternly, "Whitney, what the dak is going on here?"
She glanced at me through her peripheral vision but kept her eyes downcast at Jalina's feet as she said subordinately and therefor cautiously, "Swearing our allegiance to our Princess. Now I will answer no more without her permission."
After glaring at Whitney for a few seconds I looked briefly at Jalina, before turning my attention to Sandy and Volodja as I said calmly, "Sandy it looks like it is time for you to tell me exactly what Atlas told you about what he was looking for. Jalina it also sounds like they will answer our questions, only if you ask them. So if we are going to figure out what is going on, it appears that after your mother tells us what she knows, you will have to ask the sisters and Lexy what they know. As fear and torture don't seem like they will work in this instance....and the latter is highly fround upon by the Protectors as a whole, I suggest having Volodja come up with the questions. Civilly getting answers is his specialty after all, not mine. .....And Sandy I suggest that once we do know what is going on, you take Jalina to find some clothes she is more comfortable in and perhaps help Whitney replace the missing part of her wardrobe while you are at it.....before somebody as easily distracted as Atilla comes in. However after that I am not sure what to do. We can confine the Synth sisters to their quarters until we are sure they aren't a threat. However as Lexy is also affected, we need to figure out just how to stop Atlas's influence on them a lot sooner than later."
As the others started to respond, I turned and looked at Yar and said, "Captain Yar, contact the Starrgazer and inform Belle of our situation onboard so she knows what has delayed us from joining her on her investigation of Uranus yet. Navigation manually set course for Uranus. That way we can either join Miss Starr in her investigation or pick her up, whichever the case may be....and Navigation it should go without saying, but for the time being lock Lexy out of the navigational controls so she can't change course without authorization."
The Navigation Officer on duty replied apologetically with, "I am afraid I can't do that Commander. One of the first things Miss Whitney did upon seizing control of the Bridge was give complete control to Lexy and lock all of us out of any primary ship systems."
I sighed and said confidently, "Good thing I brought my own tech wizard with me then, isn't it? Lena it looks like there is something for you to do here after all. So please get me complete control of the daking Vigilant again."
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Mar 14, 2018 12:43:07 GMT
Diminutive Count bounced to his feet with the help of Wolfram von Eschen as energetically as he was a rubber ball. "After short but pleasant moment on the air when heartbeat of the goddess was so near, I still had return to the mundane ground not so very gloriously. And far from gracefulness," he said. "Fortunately I have some friends who are ready to give me their helping hand. Excuse me for a moment! Considering the situation I better face the festivity with clean face." His short hand reached into one of his pockets and returned with laced cloth. Obviously he was going to wipe his forehead. Then he suddenly cancelled his move as he realized something, then he examined the fabric and his short legs begun to bring the rest of him towards Whitney. Since she was on her knees the short Count had no problem with leaning towards her ear to whisper: "I believe this belongs to you. I kept this exquisite piece of well fabricated undergarments in a hope to return it to the owner. Fetishes, mementos or memorabilias are not exactly my line of work. Usually. I believe that using these as my gag served only a practical purpose for now, so here you go." And he slipped Whitney's panties into her hand so others could not see his move. After all - the Count was a delicate man. After that part of his Samaritan mission was fulfilled, he reached his hand into the pocket again, took out another sample of laced cloth and begun to wipe face with the real handkerchief which was his for sure. "May I suggest a form of Keikogi, Jalina?" asked Volodja Uljanov. "Founder of judo, Kanō Jigorō, developed it for training so it should cover you but also feel comfortable when you are moving around. Now for the more serious part. Before you decide anything, Jalina, I have to warn you as a humble parent of the possible almighty Princess of the Universe, that power always comes with responsibility. Responsibility is equally important when you are not a almighty Princess but a capable and brave soldier like your mother or a wise doctor like Wolfram, because feeling responsible has a lot to do with being an adult. As a parent I would also like to see you to grow up as a normal teenager who takes time to learn what she wants to with her life, I have to admit, but if you decide to be the Princess then I can't stop you. It has to be your decision. Unlike me in your age or even more tender age, to be precise, you have a chance to make one by yourself."  |
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Post by Sandy Bell on Mar 14, 2018 19:50:08 GMT
After glaring at Whitney for a few seconds Commander Atticus Batman looked briefly at Jalina, before turning his attention to Sandy and Volodja Uljanov as he said calmly, "Sandy it looks like it is time for you to tell me exactly what Atlas told you about what he was looking for. Jalina it also sounds like they will answer our questions, only if you ask them. So if we are going to figure out what is going on, it appears that after your mother tells us what she knows, you will have to ask the sisters and Lexy what they know. As fear and torture don't seem like they will work in this instance....and the latter is highly frowned upon by the Protectors as a whole, I suggest having Volodja come up with the questions. Civilly getting answers is his specialty after all, not mine. .....And Sandy I suggest that once we do know what is going on, you take Jalina to find some clothes she is more comfortable in and perhaps help Whitney replace the missing part of her wardrobe while you are at it.....before somebody as easily distracted as Atilla comes in. However after that I am not sure what to do. We can confine the Synth sisters to their quarters until we are sure they aren't a threat. However as Lexy is also affected, we need to figure out just how to stop Atlas's influence on them a lot sooner than later." As her mother explained her encounter with Atlas on Pluto in detail to Atticus, Jalina Uljanov looked scared and uncertain what to do next with all three synth sisters on their knees apparently pledging their allegiance to her. She was born just hours ago then evolved quickly to a teenage. Although she had absorbed both her mother's and father's education and memories, she hadn't actually lived long enough to have any life experiences of her own. Yet here she was on the bridge of the space ship Vigilant expected to defuse a possibly volatile situation. "And then after Atlas implanted me with Jalina, he said he needed to fine a female mate as powerful as himself to effectuate his feminine side I guess" Explained a mortified Sandy embarrassed that as an officer she hadn't found some way out of the situation but concluding, "Evidently he thinks that is why his past creations of universes failed so that they had to be destroyed and then he had to start over. Wolfram might be better explaining the whys of Atlas' behavior as it is beyond me. I just think he's a mad god." As the others started to respond, Atticus turned and looked at Tasha Yar and said, "Captain Yar, contact the Starrgazer and inform Belle of our situation onboard so she knows what has delayed us from joining her on her investigation of Uranus yet. Navigation manually set course for Uranus. That way we can either join Miss Starr in her investigation or pick her up, whichever the case may be....and Navigation it should go without saying, but for the time being lock Lexy out of the navigational controls so she can't change course without authorization." The Navigation Officer on duty replied apologetically with, "I am afraid I can't do that Commander. One of the first things Miss Whitney did upon seizing control of the Bridge was give complete control to Lexy and lock all of us out of any primary ship systems." Atticus sighed and said confidently, "Good thing I brought my own tech wizard with me then, isn't it? Lena it looks like there is something for you to do here after all. So please get me complete control of the daking Vigilant again." Lena Marr rolled her long lashed sky blue eyes and acquiesced saying as she reached into her tool belt reaching for the appropriate tool, "Yeah, yeah, I'm on it!" The Communications Officer stating, " Um... sorry sir, I can't contact Ms Starr - or anyone else who is not on-board at the moment." "Yeah, Yeah, I'm on that too just gimme a minute - but I sure as hell want overtime!" exclaimed Lena as she got on her back looking underneath the navigation console. "May I suggest a form of Keikogi, Jalina?" asked Volodja Uljanov. "Founder of judo, Kanō Jigorō, developed it for training so it should cover you but also feel comfortable when you are moving around. Now for the more serious part. Before you decide anything, Jalina, I have to warn you as a humble parent of the possible almighty Princess of the Universe, that power always comes with responsibility. Responsibility is equally important when you are not a almighty Princess but a capable and brave soldier like your mother or a wise doctor like Wolfram, because feeling responsible has a lot to do with being an adult. As a parent I would also like to see you to grow up as a normal teenager who takes time to learn what she wants to with her life, I have to admit, but if you decide to be the Princess then I can't stop you. It has to be your decision. Unlike me in your age or even more tender age, to be precise, you have a chance to make one by yourself." Jalina was speechless. She didn't want power. She didn't want responsibility. She certainly didn't want to be an almighty Princess of the Universe. Furthermore like most teenagers, she didn't like being the focus of attention for all the adults in the room. Jalina felt like she was given power and responsibility she neither wanted nor felt prepared to take on. Furthermore, she couldn't understand why all the adults were so obsessed with what she was wearing. To her it sounded like "fashion" was the main concern of the culture she had been born into and that didn't make any logical sense to her either. Sandy could sense her daughter's perplexity so she put a reassuring hand on her shoulder and advised, "Honey, it's obvious the Synth Sisters are awaiting some kind of order from you. Just reassure them that we don't want a fight and that we are all friends here - and that it would benefit all of us if we just go some place and talk this all out." Jalina wanted to ask, "And how do I do THAT mother," but having adopted learned traits from both her adopted parents when she absorbed their memories she was too proud to ask. After all she was now sixteen years old physically - and some kind of princess to boot according to the adults - so she should be able to figure this authority gig out! Jalina accessed all the books of knowledge she had absorbed from her father Volodja Uljanov and though the writers of the past explained the philosophies behind the concept of authority, there wasn't much of practical use on how to exercise it. Jalina then accessed her mother's memories of when she was in the EMC's officer's school before becoming a soldier in the Pale Wars. Lots of practical knowledge there, however none of which specifically covered the present situation. However Jalina's mind randomly found a memory of her mother's that she thought might be useful. Like most teenagers of her time period, her mother as a teenager had a bedroom to herself and on the walls it had posters. Most of the posters were of rock bands and teen idols - in Sandy's case, top surfers - but there was one that seemed to Jalina to give good advice. Jalina also looked up some of the words of advice her mother had just given her; in particular the words "friends" teamed with the word "benefit." "Mother wants us all to be friends with benefits,"* Thought Jalina to herself not truly understanding the meaning of her mother's advice or those words. "What can be the harm in that?" Jalina looked down at the kneeling Synth Sisters and smiled sure that she was about to do the right thing as she commanded, "Make love not war!" Suddenly the bridge became flooded with 70's porn music. All three Synth Sisters' red eyes grew brighter as they took action as soon as the music started. Brooke grabbed the Count with a feline snarl and rolled them both to a remote corner of the bridge behind a little used computer console and with one swipe of her claws severed his belt in two. As she pulled down his pants, she grinned then exclaimed, "MINE!" before going after what she found there like a cat goes after a bowl of cream. Yvette quickly tackled a surprised Atticus to the ground sensing he was the Alpha male of the group. Pinning him like a professional wrestler with her right hand, Yvette placed the power glove on her left hand on his groin and it began to glow brightly. Atticus began to feel a pleasing warmth in his nether regions even through his armor and energy shield causing his manhood to grow as the glove grew brighter. As if from the script of a bad porn movie, the synthetic blonde beauty whispered huskily, "I don't have any money to pay you Pizza Delivery boy - so can we take it out in trade?" Then smiled seductively adding, "Why don't you put the sin in Synthetic?" At the same time Whitney dropped her lace panties that the Count had given back to her to straddle Atticus' massive armored hand trying to force with both hands one of his fingers into her as she exclaimed breathlessly, "Oh Professor, I'm a virgin! Teach me all you know sexually but... be gentle." Jalina looked on horrified before putting her chalk white hands over her magenta eyes and murmuring through her tears, "Oh my, what have I done!?!?" Before running to her father embracing him as she sobbed, "DADDY! I DON'T WANT TO BE A PRINCESS!" Like a drunken stripper, the ship's child-like AI Lexy danced around a holographic pole that suddenly appeared as she exclaimed, "Deflectors on! Red alert! Phasers standby to fire on my order!" A tip of the hat to the Urban Dictionary that defines "friend with benefits n: A friend in which you are allowed sexual activity but no true relationship is involved. Not a girlfriend or boyfriend. The benefit is purely sexual. Not to be tied with feelings."  |
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Post by Belle Starr on Mar 15, 2018 1:06:25 GMT
Belle Starr had landed on Uranus in the Starrgazer with few problems. True, the planet had a toxic environment with little flora and less flauna but she had handled much more dismal planets in her 300 years of space pioneering. True also, those planets had not been in her own solar systems and by all natural science this one shouldn't be either. But then, the near omnipotent entity Atlas that created and then destroyed whole universes was not bound by any natural laws of science. Outside the Starrgazer, Belle set up the cumbersome large instrument that detected the closest large deposit of valuable minerals, the closest habitat, and the closest anomaly. She was looking for the last, for in her experience it was usually an alien monument or temple that would giver her clues to what was happening on the planet. When she had the location of the anomaly, Belle decided it was close enough to walk for her alien exo-suit had enough protective screens to protect her from any hostile environment - at least for a short time. Furthermore, her confidence was bolstered that she call her one-person space ship to her location anytime she needed shelter or just wanted it next to her. As Belle walked she crossed a grey desert with little atmosphere and only a bit of scraggly grey vegetation. She once thought she spotted a bat-like creature in the sky at a far distance but then dismissed it to an overactive imagination. As she crossed over a lifeless hill, she saw the huge rectangular stone on a sloping pedestal before her. As Belle got closer to the monument, she could see writing etched on it but time and the weather had worn it into illegibility. It was confirmed as a Gek structure when she got to the edge of the slab and saw one of the three cylindrical smaller artifacts that always were on the periphery of such monuments. Belle got closer to the object that always reminded her of an oil barrel and as usual it glowed light blue teaching her yet another word of the Gek language. She already had a 90% proficiency in that language as well as the V'Keen and Korvax languages from her time in the "other universe," but it was a word she didn't yet know yet and that new knowledge made a smile play across her pretty freckled face. More importantly it confirmed her suspicions as being correct that the monument was indeed Gek. When Belle got to the base of the ancient stone tablet, she did the required supplications before it and it began to speak and give her visions to her through her mind. As often the Gek monuments began their communications, it "spoke" of the Gek race's beginnings and of the warlike First Spawn. She already knew the story how future spawns were radically changed into peaceful traders so there were no revelations there but then the story diverged from the previous tellings to include the history of the Gek in her universe. More important than the history itself was the fact that it spoke of the Gek as always being here in her universe and their competition with the other two races going on for generations in her universe. Belle's pale jaw fell as her diamond blue eyes grew wide with the revelation that Atlas was already rewriting the history of her universe to his liking. It was a familiar script to her that he often wrote but one where neither human nor Votan played any part save maybe herself as a lone traveler. During her 300 years as a traveler in the other universe, she had never met another person of humankind and she didn't want to repeat this history in her own universe. Although she never minded being alone for short periods of time, she hated the idea of being alone for eternity. The Gek stone did give her a clue at least that might give her a way to stop Atlas' plan but she had to be back on Earth to follow it. Belle called her ship to her mentally and within seconds it arrived. She had long quit questioning the magic of the Starrgazer and how the ship seemed to defy both time and distance just being very glad it had in this instance. Belle quickly prepped and launched her one-person ship into space sending a quick message to the Protectors in the Vigilant although neither her ship's or her own personal communicator and EGO could seem to reach them. It was imperative that she get to Earth as soon as possible if she was to have any chance of stopping Atlas' plan, so she launched a message buoy hoping that the Protectors would find it and continued on her way. Outside of Saturn's rings, she ran into a huge obstacle to her travels. Space pirates were attacking a convoy of Gek freighters outside a circular Gek space station the size of a small moon there. The space battle was fierce, but her ship was a small exotic class vessel that could turn on a dime and she was an expert pilot especially in that vessel so soon she dodged and weaved her way out of danger and towards Jupiter and beyond.  |
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Mar 15, 2018 5:16:59 GMT
The heat in the bridge kept rising and the situation continued traditions of television which tends to offer lot of sex and violence. We already saw the sex part. The violence stepped in next because Wolfram von Eschen decided gallantly to interfere and save what's possible. Unfortunately for him he begun with Whitney and tried to pull her away from Atticus Batman. As a reaction Whitney's white hand first hit his chest and pushed him away. Then she performed a perfect tornado kick in front of Wolfram's face in the spirit of 1970-s martial art movies which offered Wolfram a wide-screen view of her still intact not so Victoria's secrets, and after distracting him that way, she lowered herself backwards, rose her long leg and kicked him hard. Whitney's leg hit Wolfram under his chin, sending him to the floor on his back. Next she put one of her legs to Wolfram's chest to hold him steady, pulled out her rapier and putting it on Wolfram's throat, asked from him: "You avoided my penetration but can you give me a single reason why I should avoid penetrating you?" "For saving your virginity for someone unmarried and gallant?" asked Wolfram von Eschen, feeling short sharp pain and blood dripping from the fresh pointing wound on his throat. All he tried to do was talking himself out from the sharp situation. He didn't expect the following. "Put your hand up!" ordered Whitney and adjusting her lower body but not removing her rapier from Wolfram's throat, she sat Wolfram's fingers deep inside her and Wolfram could feel slight pressure on his fingertips which suddenly broke and then he could feel her blood running down his hand while his throat still bled from the pierce wound. "I broke yours, you broke mine, fair and square," hummed Whitney melodically. Her rapier remained on it's place.  Seeing that overheated chaos another Alpha male in vicinity, Marcel Lestrange, could not stay cold any more and decided to give his part to the action. He reached out his hand and... "What are you going to do, Pooh Bear?" asked his lover and partner and everything that matters in Lena Marr's person from her work station. "A film for the future generations. And that future might not be that distant as some might think," explained Marcel Lestrange, giving her a quick but really passionate kiss. His hand was still reached out and held his data pad. "We have Monsieur Batman in flagranti with Yvette. If his wife sees that in film then it might bring you closer to assuming custody of little Batmans. Along with your...BFF? Who is going to believe that virile male does not enjoy the piquant opportunity to taste the forbidden fruit even if it is not so. Besides I never said that I am unemotional and unimaginative documentalist with all my creativity. There is always a seed of director's subjectivity in any documental which tries to present itself as sheer objectivity. This time I am the director and the camera man. so..." Amidst the chaos Volodja Uljanov hugged his sobbing and confused daughter and whispered to her: "Repeat after me - "Friends will be friends" Constantly. I know it doesn't make much sense to you but it is important." Father and daughter begun to repeat the sentence as it was a mantra. It served one purpose - to clear Jalina's powerful mind and help her to concentrate. After a while the results become noticeable - with the regretful sigh Yvette removed her hand from Atticus's groin and returned to her position by Jalina's side as an honorary guardian. Whitney put her rapier away and did the same, so Wolfram had a chance to return into vertical stance and hide his hands behind his back. He felt...used. Only exception was Brooke - she didn't return from that remote corner of her's. Maybe because she felt that she and the Count were real friends with benefits. Maybe even more. "Merde," muttered Marcel. "It ended too soon to record anything decent. Oh, well. Maybe there is still something we can use. And we definitely can use an opportunity to..." And he kissed Lena again before setting himself comfortably by her side so they both could lay down and allow themselves a cuddle or two if Lena's work allows that, of course. "You see now how careful one must be even with words and their meaning," said Volodja soothingly to his sobbing daughter. "You accidentally confronted the problem that all superheroes have. The same problem is the corner stone of every decent martial art. Everyone with powers and skills can use them. The main part that people must learn is not to use them. They have to be in control of their powers and that means not using them everywhere and every time. I bet that Superman had more trouble of being Clark Kent instead of finding a free phone booth or whatever to put on his blue tights and storm into the action whenever he felt like it. But compared with you, they had more time to learn to control their powers anyway, because you are a newborn. Don't blame yourself, Jalina. You was born with your powers and had no time to learn to control them, so it's not your fault that things went out of control. I weren't able to teach you either, so huge part of the blame lays on my shoulders. The lesson we learned is that event is you still have to learn a lot about the world and yourself. So do we all, because learning is a life long process and considering the situation - the Atlas affair and Lexy's warnings - I do hope that we are able to have some time to learn. Even from our mistakes. And then live more or less normal lives in this crazy world if possible." |
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Post by Atticus Batman on Mar 15, 2018 12:52:04 GMT
Jalina looked down at the kneeling Synth Sisters and smiled sure that she was about to do the right thing as she commanded, "Make love not war!"
Suddenly the bridge became flooded with 70's porn music. All three Synth Sisters' red eyes grew brighter as they took action as soon as the music started. Brooke grabbed the Count with a feline snarl and rolled them both to a remote corner of the bridge behind a little used computer console and with one swipe of her claws severed his belt in two. As she pulled down his pants, she grinned then exclaimed, "MINE!" before going after what she found there like a cat goes after a bowl of cream.
I snapped, "What the dak?!"
However Yvette quickly tackled my surprised ass and knocked me to the ground sensing I was the Alpha male of the group. Pinning me like a professional wrestler with her right hand, Yvette placed the power glove on her left hand on his groin and it began to glow brightly. I began to feel a pleasing warmth in his nether regions even through his armor and energy shield causing his manhood to grow as the glove grew brighter. However those actions were starting to piss me off, though it couldn't be seen from behind my armor given my current predicament.
"We have Monsieur Batman in flagranti with Yvette. If his wife sees that in film then it might bring you closer to assuming custody of little Batmans. Along with your...BFF? Who is going to believe that virile male does not enjoy the piquant opportunity to taste the forbidden fruit even if it is not so. Besides I never said that I am unemotional and unimaginative documentalist with all my creativity. There is always a seed of director's subjectivity in any documental which tries to present itself as sheer objectivity. This time I am the director and the camera man. so..."
As if from the script of a bad porn movie, the synthetic blonde beauty whispered huskily, "I don't have any money to pay you Pizza Delivery boy - so can we take it out in trade?" Then smiled seductively adding, "Why don't you put the sin in Synthetic?"
At the same time Whitney dropped her lace panties that the Count had given back to her to straddle my massive armored hand trying to force with both hands one of his fingers into her as she exclaimed breathlessly, "Oh Professor, I'm a virgin! Teach me all you know sexually but... be gentle."
As I fought my would-be-rapists I snapped angrily, "Get the daking hell off of me! I will NOT play this daking game! Who the dak do I look like, Attila?! Get your daking eyes checked women!"
As Whitney hungrily straddled my massive hand and tried to force one of my armored fingers into her, I was starting to grow angrier, and at the same time I could feel the tension she was unknowingly causing to the hidden blade mechanism in the gauntlet that she was squeezing between her thighs. So I knew that at any moment now she would indeed get penetrated, though she would hate the sudden penetration as it would most definitely be anything but gentle, if you get my 'POINT' as she was about to. However right before she got an unwanted touch, fate was to intervened in the nick of time.
Jalina looked on horrified before putting her chalk white hands over her magenta eyes and murmuring through her tears, "Oh my, what have I done!?!?" Before running to her father embracing him as she sobbed, "DADDY! I DON'T WANT TO BE A PRINCESS!"
The heat in the bridge kept rising and the situation continued traditions of television which tends to offer lot of sex and violence. We already saw the sex part. The violence stepped in next because Wolfram von Eschen decided gallantly to interfere and save what's possible. Unfortunately for him he begun with Whitney and tried to pull her away from Atticus Batman. As a reaction Whitney's white hand first hit his chest and pushed him away. Then she performed a perfect tornado kick in front of Wolfram's face in the spirit of 1970-s martial art movies which offered Wolfram a wide-screen view of her still intact not so Victoria's secrets, and after distracting him that way, she lowered herself backwards, rose her long leg and kicked him hard. Whitney's leg hit Wolfram under his chin, sending him to the floor on his back. Next she put one of her legs to Wolfram's chest to hold him steady, pulled out her rapier and putting it on Wolfram's throat, asked from him:
"You avoided my penetration but can you give me a single reason why I should avoid penetrating you?"
"For saving your virginity for someone unmarried and gallant?" asked Wolfram von Eschen, feeling short sharp pain and blood dripping from the fresh pointing wound on his throat. All he tried to do was talking himself out from the sharp situation. He didn't expect the following.
"Put your hand up!" ordered Whitney and adjusting her lower body but not removing her rapier from Wolfram's throat, she sat Wolfram's fingers deep inside her and Wolfram could feel slight pressure on his fingertips which suddenly broke and then he could feel her blood running down his hand while his throat still bled from the pierce wound.
As soon as Whitney was 'convinced' to leave me, I yanked the arm she had been straddling up and she tried to block it with her free hand. As such instead of grabbing her by the neck as I intended, I now found my hand being held against her chest, with Yvette staying in her position on me and continuing to massage me with her hand, as she responded to my aggressive move with, "Ooooh it looks like the Pizza man wants to play rough. Well you can be as rough with my breasts as you want!"
As Yvette talked and continued her unwanted actions, my helmet's lenses flashed bright white with my growing anger. With my anger growing just as fast as my arousal, the point that almost became intimate with Whitney was now about to become intimate with Yvette's chest, (and more importantly heart if something didn't soon happen to get me to reel my anger back in), as I viciously growled, "I have a life mate and partner and you and your sister are NOT her!"
Yvette smiled and said happily, "But she isn't here and we are! We can make you feel really good until you can see her again! Promise!"
Like a drunken stripper, the ship's child-like AI Lexy danced around a holographic pole that suddenly appeared as she exclaimed, "Deflectors on! Red alert! Phasers standby to fire on my order!"
Amidst the chaos Volodja Uljanov hugged his sobbing and confused daughter and whispered to her: "Repeat after me - "Friends will be friends" Constantly. I know it doesn't make much sense to you but it is important."
Father and daughter begun to repeat the sentence as it was a mantra. It served one purpose - to clear Jalina's powerful mind and help her to concentrate. After a while the results become noticeable - with the regretful sigh Yvette removed her hand from Atticus's groin and returned to her position by Jalina's side as an honorary guardian. Whitney put her rapier away and did the same, so Wolfram had a chance to return into vertical stance and hide his hands behind his back. He felt...used. Only exception was Brooke - she didn't return from that remote corner of her's. Maybe because she felt that she and the Count were real friends with benefits. Maybe even more.
As I saw Yvette's mood suddenly change and felt her remove her hand from my crotch, she started to pull away. So I willingly removed my hand from where it was against her bountiful chest and she returned to her side by Jalina. Thanks to the surprise of her suddenly trying to get away from me as quickly as she pounced me and the cause of my sudden arousal leaving my groin, my head started to clear. So as I took a breathe to try to wrangle in my emotions and especially anger at not being completely in control of my situation.
"Merde," muttered Marcel. "It ended too soon to record anything decent. Oh, well. Maybe there is still something we can use. And we definitely can use an opportunity to..." And he kissed Lena again before setting himself comfortably by her side so they both could lay down and allow themselves a cuddle or two if Lena's work allows that, of course.
As I calmed down, I glanced at the hand that had been against her chest and saw the tip of my hidden blade barely sticking out with a tiny bit of thread stuck to it. Fortunately there was no blood so I hadn't nicked Yvette, but the bit of fabric meant I was about to, as my blade had obviously made a small incision in her shirt. So fortunately for her and myself Volodja and his daughter had somehow managed to redirect the situation in the nick of time.
"You see now how careful one must be even with words and their meaning," said Volodja soothingly to his sobbing daughter. "You accidentally confronted the problem that all superheroes have. The same problem is the corner stone of every decent martial art. Everyone with powers and skills can use them. The main part that people must learn is not to use them. They have to be in control of their powers and that means not using them everywhere and every time. I bet that Superman had more trouble of being Clark Kent instead of finding a free phone booth or whatever to put on his blue tights and storm into the action whenever he felt like it. But compared with you, they had more time to learn to control their powers anyway, because you are a newborn.
Don't blame yourself, Jalina. You was born with your powers and had no time to learn to control them, so it's not your fault that things went out of control. I weren't able to teach you either, so huge part of the blame lays on my shoulders. The lesson we learned is that event is you still have to learn a lot about the world and yourself. So do we all, because learning is a life long process and considering the situation - the Atlas affair and Lexy's warnings - I do hope that we are able to have some time to learn. Even from our mistakes. And then live more or less normal lives in this crazy world if possible."
Hearing everything Volodja had just said to Jalina, I grumbled, "Superman was a daking boy-scout!"
Then I started remembering what I had heard around me as I was fighting against Yvette and Whitney. So I quickly snapped, "Yar cancel Lexy's orders! Make sure those phasers do NOT fire on whatever she was aiming at and cancel the daking red alert! Comms once Lena fixes the issue, try again to reach the Starrgazer!"
Next I took another deep breathe as I reached into my boot and removed my flask. I unhooked my helm and lifted it just enough to reveal my mouth. Then I took a HUGE drink of my rum to help further calm myself. Once done, I re-secured my helm and flask. Now more calm I said to myself, "Daking hell, that was close."
Then I said in a somewhat fatherly tone to Jalina, "Well now you know why clothes can be important, young Lady. They add a layer of protection to help prevent us from unwanted touch, among other things. Now how about we all calm down. Everything appears to be back in control....well except that the Count and the cat-girl are still relieving stress in the corner judging from the sounds."
Just then the somewhat subtle kissing and moaning stopped, and we heard Brooke say distractedly, "Hey don't be insulting! I got a name, ya know!"
Right after I replied to the voice with, "Excuse me, Brooke!" there was a feint giggle from her and then the subtle kissing and moaning returned.
Deciding it was best to ignore whatever her and the Count were doing and move on, I cleared my throat and said, "Comms how is it going?
The Comm officer replied with, "Commander, Miss Marr is still working on getting us control of our comms, however I am detecting a message from a buoy that went up not far from Uranus. I will be able to play it's message once Miss Marr has the comms working properly again, if you get us closer to it as it as there seems to be a lot of interference at the moment.."
I sighed and responded with, "Fine. Navigation once you have manual control, set course for the buoy, so Comms can retrieve it's message for us."
Then looking back at Volodja and Jalina, and seeing how upset the confused girl still was, I said, "Jalina could you please ask the sisters to go to their quarters for some rest? Then your mother and father can give you a tour of the ship if you would like."
Then I contacted Volodja and Sandy on a private EGO channel saying, "Volodja your the daking teacher! Perhaps some of those mythology or superhero books you used to have Tianna read, would be a good idea for your daughter as well? As I recall there were plenty of lessons on learning to cope with one's unique abilities in them, and why it is so important to do so. Although she did obviously just see a small sample of why. Since we are currently stuck in orbit around Pluto, I will keep your EGOs up to date as things change here. So perhaps you three should take this time to get to know and bond with your daughter. I know how important that is...even if I rarely have the time to do the same with my family."
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Post by Lena Marr on Mar 15, 2018 20:29:18 GMT
Seeing that overheated chaos another Alpha male in vicinity, Marcel Lestrange, could not stay cold any more and decided to give his part to the action. He reached out his hand and...
"What are you going to do, Pooh Bear?" asked his lover and partner and everything that matters in Lena Marr's person from her work station. Lena wasn't sure what Marcel was up to but she knew that what she was seeing from under the navigation console was getting her more than a little sexually excited.
"A film for the future generations. And that future might not be that distant as some might think," explained Marcel Lestrange, giving her a quick but really passionate kiss. His hand was still reached out and held his data pad. We have Monsieur Batman in flagranti with Yvette. If his wife sees that in film then it might bring you closer to assuming custody of little Batmans. Along with your...BFF? Who is going to believe that virile male does not enjoy the piquant opportunity to taste the forbidden fruit even if it is not so. Besides I never said that I am unemotional and unimaginative documentalist with all my creativity. There is always a seed of director's subjectivity in any documental which tries to present itself as sheer objectivity. This time I am the director and the camera man. so..."
Lena grinned wickedly a look of glee on her pretty chalk white face as she whispered in Marcel's ear, "Oooh, at the very least we'll have an exciting new porn short for our boudoir!"
Merde," muttered Marcel. "It ended too soon to record anything decent. Oh, well. Maybe there is still something we can use. And we definitely can use an opportunity to..." And he kissed Lena again before setting himself comfortably by her side so they both could lay down and allow themselves a cuddle or two if Lena's work allows that, of course.
"Don't worry Pooh Bear, I bet I can clean up the cinematography to get a good movie clip," Remarked Lena her unblinking sky blue eyes still intent on her work, "Add some jazzy music and a couple of scenes with body doubles and we might even have a decent feature length porn movie!"
Lena snuggled next to Marcel as she worked on the console, but she was multitasking as she worked. Her mind raced with schemes as her hands worked among the wires on a very different task. Sure, there was basic blackmail where Atticus would be made to pay immense amounts of scrip to keep his better half from ever seeing the film but that was just too mundane in Lena's mind. A better scheme would be to leak the film into Paradise's public domain ruining his and the Protector's good reputation there. Such bad press for the Protector's could only enhance the reputation of the diabolical duo's organization. Plus it would serve the do-gooders right for being... well, do-gooders!
Then there was a part of the film that she was sure Marcel had missed during his concentration of catching the main action on his camera. Lena had noticed that Dr. Von Eschen's amazing finger-work with Whitney was caught in the background while Marcel was concentrating on the main action between Atticus and Yvette. Lena was as sure she could magnify that part of the footage without losing any of it's clarity as she was that Whitney would be mortified that the bloody moment that her hymen was broken was caught on film for all posterity.
In their off-time discussions, it had seemed that Whitney had been pretty protective of her virginity and wanted the moment of its loss to be special or with someone special or something. Lena never understood that attitude having lost hers at a very young age and to a moment that was anything but special being more akin to child rape but now-days she considered sex as just fun times and nothing else. Still, although Lena considered Whitney's attitude on the subject as just plain silly, she knew Whitney had skills that would be useful to the diabolical duo's criminal organization but had felt her influence with Whitney had been waning while the Protectors' influence waxing of late. Lena was afraid that if push had come to shove, Whitney would choose the Protectors over the diabolical duo. This film could be a game changer showing Whitney that the Protectors didn't really care about her and what she held precious - in this case, Whitney's lost virginity - and that the diabolical duo were her only true friends.
Stealing a kiss from Marcel's lips as she changed topics in her mind, Lena announced as she stood up brushing off her coveralls, "Although it was like trying to catch a grain of sand with a pair of pliers, I've managed to bypass the ship's AI to get us back navigation and external security but communications is still kaput. If you want to hear what's on that communication buoy you'll need to get it on-board the Vigilant"
Her wicked grin growing wider Lena announced as she flicked a switch on a device she attached to the computer console, "As an added bonus, I've managed to divert the external shields through the holo-transmitters to shield the bridge with a protective bubble from outside and inside electronic influences soooo..."
With a flick of that switch, the red in all three of the Synth Sister's eyes disappeared and they returned to their normal shades. Yvette's eyes turned their normal purple as she grinned looking more than a little sheepish. From the remote corner where Brooke and the Count were concealed, Brooke's eyes changed back to amber but unbeknownst to any but the Count. She merely smiled, shrugged, and continued to straddle the Count's groin riding him rhythmatically with only an occasional low moan to mark their presence.
Whitney's reaction to the sudden return of her presence of mind was the most dramatic however. If anyone had any doubt whether the Synth Sisters had any conscious awareness of what was occurring while they were possessed, they wouldn't any longer seeing the horror on Whitney's pale face as tears streamed from her light blue eyes as she fell to her knees, her slim hands clutching her white battle skirt at it's bloody groin area. Whitney glanced briefly at Dr. Von Eschen, before looking down at the ground clearly ashamed and crestfallen by what had happened. Yvette noted their nonverbal interaction, going to her sister and putting her arm around her as she tried to console her - all the time staring daggers at old Wolfram!
Lena however was unaware of the pain being exposed near her still mentally patting herself on the back for a job she felt well done while exclaiming with a big grin remembering an old human TV series whose reruns she had enjoyed as a child, "Just call me fucking Lena MacGyver!"
Her eyes still glowing red and with a pout on her holographic little girl face, the Vigilant's AI Lexy turned to Lena and gave her the finger as she slowly disappeared and the ship's life support systems ground to a halt all over the Vigilant.
Lena's smile turned upside down as she remarked under her breath, "...Or don't."
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Post by Atticus Batman on Mar 16, 2018 11:23:55 GMT
Stealing a kiss from Marcel's lips as she changed topics in her mind, Lena announced as she stood up brushing off her coveralls, "Although it was like trying to catch a grain of sand with a pair of pliers, I've managed to bypass the ship's AI to get us back navigation and external security but communications is still kaput. If you want to hear what's on that communication buoy you'll need to get it on-board the Vigilant"
Her wicked grin growing wider Lena announced as she flicked a switch on a device she attached to the computer console, "As an added bonus, I've managed to divert the external shields through the holo-transmitters to shield the bridge with a protective bubble from outside and inside electronic influences soooo..."
With a flick of that switch, the red in all three of the Synth Sister's eyes disappeared and they returned to their normal shades. Yvette's eyes turned their normal purple as she grinned looking more than a little sheepish. From the remote corner where Brooke and the Count were concealed, Brooke's eyes changed back to amber but unbeknownst to any but the Count. She merely smiled, shrugged, and continued to straddle the Count's groin riding him rhythmatically with only an occasional low moan to mark their presence.
Whitney's reaction to the sudden return of her presence of mind was the most dramatic however. If anyone had any doubt whether the Synth Sisters had any conscious awareness of what was occurring while they were possessed, they wouldn't any longer seeing the horror on Whitney's pale face as tears streamed from her light blue eyes as she fell to her knees, her slim hands clutching her white battle skirt at it's bloody groin area. Whitney glanced briefly at Dr. Von Eschen, before looking down at the ground clearly ashamed and crestfallen by what had happened. Yvette noted their nonverbal interaction, going to her sister and putting her arm around her as she tried to console her - all the time staring daggers at old Wolfram!
Lena however was unaware of the pain being exposed near her still mentally patting herself on the back for a job she felt well done while exclaiming with a big grin remembering an old human TV series whose reruns she had enjoyed as a child, "Just call me fucking Lena MacGyver!"
I noticed the silent interaction between Yvette, Wolfram and Whitney, and although I wasn't certain I did have an idea of what happened. However there was nothing I could do about that. So instead I said, "Good, now we just need to work on getting Lexy out of Atlas's control. As well as get that comm buoy onboard."
Her eyes still glowing red and with a pout on her holographic little girl face, the Vigilant's AI Lexy turned to Lena and gave her the finger as she slowly disappeared and the ship's life support systems ground to a halt all over the Vigilant.
Lena's smile turned upside down as she remarked under her breath, "...Or don't."
As I chuckled at Lena receiving the finger, my EGO was already informing me that the Vigilant's life support had just been terminated. Just before Lena and Yar both said it out loud. So I quickly sealed my armor's vacuum-sealed latches, and as my EGO (Dinara) checked to make sure I had enough oxygen trapped in it for my suit's built-in re-breather to keep recycling it, I said, "Dak now Lexy has disabled life-support? Dak!"
I quickly walked to the command terminal and activated a ship-wide alarm to announce that life-support has been compromised as I said to those on the Bridge, "If you can seal your suits, do so before there isn't enough oxygen! If you can't, then get out the emergency oxygen bags and hold on as long as you can!"
Then over the team's secure channel, I said, "Lena do what you can to get life-support back up on the Bridge! However somebody needs to get to Engineering and overwrite Lexy's control there, so we can get life-support back up! So I will head there now! Once you have life-support back up here meet me in Vigilant's engineering if you can. Anybody with self-contained suits will need to try to get to the armory and get a couple to bring back here for Lena and whoever else you have time to bring a suit back for! Then uses the cameras to make sure everybody on board is as safe as possible...given the lack of oxygen.
Atika, Lexy has been compromised by Atlas and has terminated life-support on the Vigilant and I am one of the few with a self-contained suit! I know the Ghost-bat and Dauntless Adventure are both fine in that regard as Lexy has no control of them, and they have their own life-support systems. So Lady is fine on the Ghost-bat under Joy's care. However the Vigilant's comms are down, so I need you to fill Kaj and Poe in. Then I need you and Attila to check the Dauntless Adventure's armory and Engineering areas to see if there are any self-contained suits for the two of you and Poindexter Snipe to wear. Then I need the three of you to meet me in the Vigilant's main engineering!"
Atika responded with, "I will fill in Captain Oenfer and Mr. Dameron right now Sir! Then we will see what we can do about getting ourselves and Mr. Snipe to Vigilant's Engineering right away!"
After that, I walked over to the Bridge's door. However it wouldn't open, so I snapped, "Dak! That girl needs a time-out and Atlas needs an extreme beating...to death!"
As Lena glanced at me from where she was already working, I replied with, "I got this. Just keep working."
I then opened the door's control panel and after some minor rewiring, I was able to bypass the door locks and I was able to manually open it enough for me to slip out. However as I peaked out the door, I noticed the ship's internal security systems were coming online, and Dinara informed me it was currently set to non-lethal electro-stun rounds.
So I told the others over our secure channel, "Dak! Lena you may have external security, however it looks like Lexy has at least some internal security back on and in her control! Security turrets are armed, but according to Dinara they are currently set to non-lethal electro-stun rounds. However I am not sure how long it will stay that way. I will see what I can do about Security once I get into engineering . In the meantime those of you leaving the Bridge better watch yourselves as you work through the halls. Lena I hope you have control of the Bridge's security, so it doesn't come on as well!"
Then I slipped through the door, with somebody quickly reclosing it behind me. From there I started working my way through the Vigilant avoiding any active security turrets that I came across. However instead of heading straight to the Vigilant's Engineering wing, I instead made my way to Stephanie and Pyoter's Quarters. Upon entering I was confronted by a pistol, and I muttered, "Guess I should have nocked first."
Stephanie responded with, "Yes you should have Commander. However I am glad to see you! What are we going to do? We have some oxygen here, but not sure how long it will hold out with four of us using it. More importantly, once it is gone, your little ones can't survive as long on minimal oxygen as we can!"
I said somewhat angry with the situation, "Some internal defenses are back online so it isn't safe for most to move around the ship. You are probably right. However all our ships there still have life-support, and I will be going near the Hanger that our new ship, The Dauntless Adventure, is in. So hand me the twins! I know where all the turrets are and between myself and my EGO I can avoid them, So I will get the twins down to the Hangar and get them to Kaj. So they will be safe with him."
Stephanie quickly bundled the twins and handed them to me. Then I worked my way to the Hanger. Fortunately the doors to the Hangar bay weren't locked so I entered the hangar and made my way onto to Dauntless Adventure.
However as I did so it's turrets activated and started to target me. Just then I heard Kaj's voice being broadcast over the Dauntless Adventure's internal comms. He said, "Do not worry Commander. Before Lena left to meet you on the Bridge, her and Mr. Snipe were working on getting control of the Dauntless Adventure's security. Even though he is still on my crap list, Mr. Snipe managed to finish getting control of this ship's security and we have been busy updating it's friend and foe protocols. as you can see, we just finished as you entered the ship. So nothing to worry about."
So I quickly headed to the Bridge and entered. As I handed Kaj the twins, he responded with, "I figured you left some thing out when you told the Constantines of your plan."
I responded with, "The others may have tried to stop me, if they knew I was going to check the twins first. Keep them safe. Our people on the Vigilant's Bridge have control of the Vigilant's external security. So if the Dauntless Adventure needs to evacuate, do so. At least the Vigilant won't fire on you. I trust the Constantines and Snipe left for Engineering?"
Kaj replied with, "Yes they helped Medic Jameson move Lady into the Dauntless Adventure's Infirmary. Then they found three environmental suits and have been gone for a while now."
I said, "Good. Later you will have to tell me what Snipe did to get on your shit list as that is a hard thing to do, and perhaps you will also be able to enlighten me as to way he is upset with the whole command team. However right now it sounds like, I better get my ass to the Vigilant's Engineering wing! We need to get life-support back up, get internal security under our control, and save Lexy from Atlas's control!"
Then I contacted Atika and asked for an update. As she filled me in on her team's location and progress, I picked up all of the weapons I left on the Dauntless Adventure's Bridge and quickly equipped them. Then I exited the ship and walked out of the Hangar Bay to finally make my way to Engineering. However as I left the hangar bay, the door sealed shut behind me, and I heard the Hangar's internal alarm signaling that the external hangar doors were opening.
Just then Kaj contacted me saying, "It looks like the decision for the Dauntless Adventure to leave, has been made for us Commander. We will take up orbit nearby for as long as we can do so, safely."
I responded over the secure channel with, "Just keep my family safe Kaj. We will regroup with the Dauntless Adventure as soon as we have regained control of the Vigilant."
After I verified that the Dauntless Adventure had safely left the Vigilant's hangar, I then worked my way to the Vigilant's Engineering wing. As I was about to enter Engineering, an overhead turret shot an electric beam at me which I easily avoided with a combat roll that took me through the doorway into main Engineering. Once I entered, I stood up and closed the door behind me just as the turret shot it with an electro-pulse. Then I turned back around and, through a window looking into an inner section of Engineering, saw Atika, Attila and Snipe in Omec Environmental suits already hard at work with Snipe trying to lock Lexy out of life-support while Attila worked on getting control of internal Security.
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Post by Atika Constantine on Mar 16, 2018 12:42:37 GMT
Then over the team's secure channel, Atticus said, "Lena do what you can to get life-support back up on the Bridge! However somebody needs to get to Engineering and overwrite Lexy's control there, so we can get life-support back up! So I will head there now! Once you have life-support back up here meet me in Vigilant's engineering if you can. Anybody with self-contained suits will need to try to get to the armory and get a couple to bring back here for Lena and whoever else you have time to bring a suit back for! Then uses the cameras to make sure everybody on board is as safe as possible...given the lack of oxygen.
Atika, Lexy has been compromised by Atlas and has terminated life-support on the Vigilant and I am one of the few with a self-contained suit! I know the Ghost-bat and Dauntless Adventure are both fine in that regard as Lexy has no control of them, and they have their own life-support systems. So Lady is fine on the Ghost-bat under Joy's care. However the Vigilant's comms are down, so I need you to fill Kaj and Poe in. Then I need you and Attila to check the Dauntless Adventure's armory and Engineering areas to see if there are any self-contained suits for the two of you and Poindexter Snipe to wear. Then I need the three of you to meet me in the Vigilant's main engineering!"
Atika responded with, "I will fill in Captain Oenfer and Mr. Dameron right now Sir! Then we will see what we can do about getting ourselves and Mr. Snipe to Vigilant's Engineering right away!"
As soon as the Constantines were done with their conversations, Atika filled in Kaj, while Attila helped Joy move Lady to the Dauntless Adventure's infirmary, with Attila still slightly favoring his shoulder. Once in the infirmary Attila, cleared off an exam bed. As that was happening Atika entered the infirmary. Then seeing her brother still favoring his shoulder, Atika helped Medic Joy Jameson move Lady from the gurney and onto the exam bed, so she would be more comfortable. As Atika had already made and uploaded a translator program on the Dauntless Adventure's Bridge, the program was now installed all through the ship's systems. So after Atika checked the infirmary's computer to verify that, she assured Joy that it was. Then Atika and Attila left the Infirmary. They checked the Dauntless Adventure's armory but only found one environmental suit. So Attila had Atika put it on.
That is when, they once again heard Atticus over their secure channel saying, "Dak! Lena you may have external security, however it looks like Lexy has at least some internal security back on and in her control! Security turrets are armed, but according to Dinara they are currently set to non-lethal electro-stun rounds. However I am not sure how long it will stay that way. I will see what I can do about Security once I get into engineering . In the meantime those of you leaving the Bridge better watch yourselves as you work through the halls. Lena I hope you have control of the Bridge's security, so it doesn't come on as well!"
Then they went to the Dauntless Adventure's Engineering floor. As they filled in the nervous Snipe on the situation aboard the Vigilant, they looked around Engineering and found two more suits. So Attila and Snipe put them on. Then the 3 environmentally sealed their suits. Once done they stopped at the Ghost-bat so Atika and Attila could retrieve their guns. Once done, the three left the Dauntless Adventure. However as Snipe didn't like the idea of facing a turret, he suggested they work through the air-ducts to Engineering. The Constantines agreed. So Atika helped Attila into them, then Snipe, with her climbing in last.
They were almost to Engineering, when it suddenly got hot. It didn't take much to realize, Lexy must have started flooding the air duct that they were in with very hot air. So they sped up their crawl, and tumbled out of the duct and into Engineering before they passed out from the heat.
That's about when Atticus contacted Atika asking for an update. So she informed him that they were in Engineering and extremely busy trying to get life-support back while there was still enough oxygen to keep the ship's inhabitants alive.
Once in Engineering Snipe quickly got to work to lock Lexy out of life-support, so he could reactivate it. while Attila went to work on getting control of internal Security. He was able to get control to the security systems in Engineering with minimal issues thanks to all the backdoors somebody (most likely Lena) had installed in the last couple days. However he was still working on using those backdoors to get him complete control of all of the Vigilant's internal security, as Atika started going through Engineering's files to see if she could find a way to help Lexy.
In the meantime Atika was now creating a program to try to block Atlas from controlling Lexy anymore. However as she wouldn't be able to directly scan Lexy to get all the correct information and frequencies she would need until Attila could get control of internal security back, Atika would instead have to settle for making a universal anti-virus and signal jammer program to upload to Lexy. Then once they had control of internal Security and could re-open the door to Lexy's inner-sanctum Atika would be able to refine and strengthen her program and it's perimeters at that time.
As they were focusing on their tasks they heard a turret just outside of Engineering shoot an electric beam. So as Attila un-holstered his pistol, he looked up and towards the window between the room they were in and main engineering door. As he did so, he saw Atticus Batman combat roll through Main Engineering's door, before the Well-armored man got to his feet and forcible shut the door behind him. Once that was done, Atticus looked around and spotted Attila and Snipe through the window. So Atticus walked in and demanded an updated.
Hearing that, Snipe said, "We are having to lock our AI out system by system. It is a timely process, but I do have Engineering's life-support back. Now I am working on Sick-bay's."
Atticus growled, "We need to get life-support back on the Bridge first! After-all what's to keep Lexy from steering us into the sun if nobody on the Bridge is awake and alive to do so?"
Snipe flinched before nervously saying, "I can't Commander, we are locked out from here. However, it wouldn't be hard to get the Vigilant's internal comms back online. So I will do so now."
A couple minutes later, as some of the unconscious Engineers in the room started waking up thanks to Snipe's minor progress, Snipe said, "Alright ship-wide comms are back on. However it is only a good thing, if there is somebody awake and alive on the Bridge to Answer us. Then we have to hope it is somebody competent enough to know anything. Instead of one of your muscle-brained military people."
Atticus growled, "Just contact the daking Bridge and we will worry about YOUR insubordinate behavior later!"
Snipe gulped noticeably, then got on the ship's comms and contacted the Bridge saying, "Hello Bridge? Is anybody alive up there to answer? If so, then I need somebody who grasps simply engineering and programming to answer me! That way I can walk them through how to manually activate life-support up there since the AI is preventing us from doing so from here in Engineering...and please do so quickly! Judging from our Commander's tone, I don't think he will take your unconsciousness or deaths as a valid excuse for not answering!!!"
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Post by Sandy Bell on Mar 17, 2018 0:35:16 GMT
Volodja Uljanov said to his daughter, "Don't blame yourself, Jalina. You was born with your powers and had no time to learn to control them, so it's not your fault that things went out of control. I weren't able to teach you either, so huge part of the blame lays on my shoulders. The lesson we learned is that event is you still have to learn a lot about the world and yourself. So do we all, because learning is a life long process and considering the situation - the Atlas affair and Lexy's warnings - I do hope that we are able to have some time to learn. Even from our mistakes. And then live more or less normal lives in this crazy world if possible."
Jalina stopped crying merely looking at her father with big magenta eyes before slowly shaking her brown curls in understanding and sitting down cross-legged against the Vigilant's bulwark. Sandy Uljanov sat quietly down next to her putting her tan arm around the young girl's slim shoulders giving the comfort only a mother can give. Sandy felt that her earlier advice to her daughter had terrible consequences and now was afraid to say anything else. As a career soldier, Sandy had never thought she would be a mother and now found herself ill equipped to be one. So she sat rocking her daughter as Jalina began to silently sob again while listening to what was going on the bridge.
From the Vigilant's engineering, Poindexter Snipe called on the comms, "Hello Bridge? Is anybody alive up there to answer? If so, then I need somebody who grasps simply engineering and programming to answer me! That way I can walk them through how to manually activate life-support up there since the AI is preventing us from doing so from here in Engineering...and please do so quickly! Judging from our Commander's tone, I don't think he will take your unconsciousness or deaths as a valid excuse for not answering!!!
On the bridge, Lena Marr frowned as she prematurely ended the long French kiss she was engaged in with her lover, Marcel Lestrange, and reluctantly removed her slim hand from his pant's pocket where she had been massaging his manhood to turn and say to Captain Tasha Yar in the Command Chair of the Vigilant as she sashayed to the communications console, "I got this!"
A wicked grin replaced the frown on the Castithan's pretty chalk white face as she remarked belligerently over the comms, "You don't have to walk me through nothing you Indogene idjit! I already fixed life support here on the bridge! If I hadn't, we already would be dead or unconscious and unable to answer you stupid comm call! I just didn't bother to reset the red light indicating on engineering that I had fixed it cause... I was busy, that's all you need to know! So sue me! I got more important things to do then to answer your infantile questions - like get Lexy back on our side! BTW, tell Atty-baby I not only want overtime for this gig but also a big fat scrip bonus for answering unintelligent, ignorant, dense, foolish, dull-witted, slow, simpleminded, vacuous, vapid, idiotic queries from imbeciles!"
Lena's grin grew bigger as she turned off the comm before Snipe could reply then walked seductively back over to her lover kissing him again before her long lashed sky blue eyes narrowed as she remarked, "You know, I'm not sure Lexy isn't still on our side. I mean, she has been giving us all these clues and warnings veiled as old TV quotes and when she turned the internal defenses back on they were set on nonlethal. Sure, Lexy turned off life support but she made it incredibly easy to fix. What do you think Pooh Bear? And what do you think about our little newborn Princess over there? Isn't magenta just a fancy shade of red? I mean Atlas sentinels' eyes are red, the Synth Sisters' and Lexy's eyes glow red when possessed by Atlas, and our poor Jalina's eyes are red! I hate to think ill of our not so little goddaughter but I'm not a big believer in coincidence! "
After hearing what he had to say, Lena threw her unblinking eyes heavenward putting one alabaster forefinger to the corner of her lush lips as she noted, "Of course, with Atlas behind all this, it could all just be part of some nebulous scheme by an omnipotent being to delay us for some reason!"
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Post by Wolfram von Eschen on Mar 17, 2018 7:51:07 GMT
Wolfram von Eschen was a broken man after he became from a man who tried to perform a gallant deed and save something important for Whitney to a man who robbed her from it. He could easily say that he was following orders which was sort of true but that excuse felt so lame and used already. Just like Wolfram himself.
"My fault!" he said. "If I wasn't such a coward, I would be probably dead but at least I would be dead with with the clear conscious. Unfortunately I didn't wanted to die. At least not that helplessly, laying on the floor with pierced throat. And now my cowardice has made everything worse."
From Wolfram's point of view things were even more worse because he didn't had anyone he could lean on. Closest thing to professional counsellor was his friend Volodja Uljanov who had to support his family at moment. His other friend Count Casannuendo was busy with the therapy session to cure himself from the grief he felt after the loss of Erika Widowmaker and to cure Brooke from her insecurities. That meant that Wolfram was alone.
"You still have me," announced voice inside his head. "A trained psychoanalyst. The BEST psychoanalyst one can wish for! So shut up and listen an analysis from the neutral point of view."
"You mean from the rigidly dogmatic point of view," replied Wolfram von Eschen.
"Whatever! Patients don't know nothing anyway. You are my patient, so halt's Maul und Gehörst! We shall begin with the moment when Synth girls begun to follow Fräulein Jalina's orders. She didn't enunciated them in particular but gave them lot of space to show the initiative of their own. Let us begin with the cat girl, Brooke."
"Fräulein Brooke doesn't like to be called a cat girl," said Wolfram von Eschen. Despite of feeling lousy and guilt ridden his tone was strict because he truly respected Synth girls. And because of that respect he felt like a criminal now.
"She can't hear us, so shut up and let me do the talking! She acted quite normally, although I personally don't see anything normal in the situation where an exotic beauty wants an ugly dwarf. Yet they both are still enjoying the situation deciding from noises so I am forced to call it normal behaviour. The rest of Synth girls attacked Herr Batman right away as their primary object despite having other males on the bridge. But they did it it in different manner. Fräulein Yvette who is a strong woman, treated him as he was a delivery boy who has to deliver. Whitney on the other hand...Stop gritting your teeth when I mention the word "hand" or you need a dentist as well!...Fräulein Whitney chose him too because she wanted a man of power to be her teacher in certain areas. She even called him a Professor. Now you interfered and pulled her away from Herr Batman to save her and save Herr Batman. Thus you became the centre of her attention."
"Oh. Carl Gustav Jung is about to step to the stage with the female equivalent of the Oedipus Complex of your's. You know the theory that during the your's phallic stage of childhood development, girls develop a sexual attachment to their father or a father figure in general, leading them to want to kill mother and marry their father? The name of Jung's Electra Complec derives from the Greek myth of Electra, who wanted to avenge her father's death by killing her mother who murdered him," said Wolfram von Eschen.
"Don't you dare to mention that name!" hissed Sigmund. "I discovered the Complex first and I don't care what a traitor of the real psychoanalysis has to say!"
"Oh my! Your relation with Jung seems to be the classic example of the Oedipus Complex where you are the father and he is Oedipus. And since you are my EGO who shares my knowledge, I am afraid that you can't avoid knowing what he had to say."
"We were discussion YOUR case, so listen instead of trying to provoke me," snapped Sigmund. "Since you dared to interrupt, Fräulein Whitney started to think about you as a dominant figure as well, since you dared to pull Herr Batman's voluntary prey away from him. And thus you became her Professor by occupying Herr Batman's place. Especially when you are the closest thing to the Professor on the bridge if we don't consider ME. Unfortunately she was faster, stronger and better fighter than you, so..."
"So I chickened out and did what I was told to do and screw everything up!" said Wolfram von Eschen grimly and touched the bleeding throat wound with his red and sticky fingers which became even more red and stickier. Despite of Sigmund's lecture he kept feeling like a piece of filth and wasn't mind the scenario where Whitney decides to finish her job. The blood washes the shame off. Samurais and officers knew that very well.
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