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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 2, 2008 23:08:31 GMT -5
((I skimmed the description is all, think I've heard of it, vaguely... Not really something I'm very interested in, though.))
"That's alright, you look busy enough with your little friend there."
Nyx relaxed back into the chair, waiting for the blood test to finish. It confused her a little when she heard three short beeps. She sat up and glanced around, not figuring out that it was from the testing machine until it let out another three beeps - even stranger. Normally the thing only gave one beep upon finishing. Had it found something?
When she looked at the readout, sure enough, something turned up. It was just a tiny amount, whatever it was, but for some reason it hadn't been identified beyond "unknown fungus."
"That can't be right..." she muttered to herself, and hit a few buttons to have the machine isolate whatever it was. How could she be missing something, especially on this planet? Well then, she was just going to have to make that trip a little sooner than planned - just in case.
"Hey Dorothy," she said, pulling a case out from under her cot and starting to pack. Much as she didn't like the idea of bringing the strange android along, she was more bothered by the idea of leaving it alone in her home. "Want to acompany me on a little trip?"
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Post by Jess on Apr 2, 2008 23:14:20 GMT -5
Dorthy grins and stands up, waving goodbye to her friend as she wanders over to stand near Nyx. "Where is it we will be going mother?" She asks, forgetting her mistresses dislike for such a title.
She stands and waits, looking around at all the different machines that supported the plants life cycles, and then at the machine that tested her msitresses blood. "It seems angry at you... and apparently has found a fungus in your hemoglobin..." She nods...
Wait... did she just read the screen thats facing opposite of her?
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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 3, 2008 21:11:18 GMT -5
"Planet called Nevorsh," Chaser said, not really even paying attention to the "mother" slip. "It's where I do most of my buisness, and a good place for less common information."
She went over to a cupboard and pulled out a smallish box, set it on the counter, and looked though it briefly. A few hours wouldn't really make any noticable difference in potency, she knew, and so the box also hen into the suitcase.
"I know about the fungus, I already read -" she paused and looked up at the android. "How did you pick that up from over there?"
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Post by Jess on Apr 3, 2008 21:24:07 GMT -5
Dorothy smiled and took in the information about Neverosh, pausing in her gathering only to reply to Chaser's inquiry about how she could tell what the screen said despite being quite some distance away. To which, Dorothy replies fairly simply.
"Well, you see, the machine talked to me and told me what was displayed upon the screen when I asked it... all you have to do to get information from a machine like that is ask, they usualy tell you." She grins and nods, looking over at another nearby machine- one of the ones that water the plants.
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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 3, 2008 21:41:21 GMT -5
Just what kinda of technology did this android have in it? She hadn't even touched the blasted thing. Nyx left it for the time being, though, and continued packing the last few things. As she did so, just for the sake of... conversation? Whatever it was for, she went ahead and asked, "And what reason does it have to be angry at me?"
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Post by Jess on Apr 3, 2008 21:45:49 GMT -5
"It told me it was angry at you for having Fungus in your blood, thats all. Other than that the machine seems to like you just fine." She smiles and wanders over to it, patting it lovingly. "Thats why it's so nice in that it analyzes your blood to make sure you don't have diseases... if I was /real/ angry I am quite positive it would not rnder you service."
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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 3, 2008 23:36:45 GMT -5
Nyx wasn't sure what to make of what she'd just been told, but it wasn't anything she was particularly concerned with just then. Mentally she counted back through what she'd packed and nodded to herself. She had all the nessisary supplies, she already had food on her ship, as always...
"Well, hopefully it doesn't mind that it'll be coming with us. Shouldn't, it was designed to be portable after all," Chaser said, then looked at Dorothy. "Think you could carry it for me?"
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Post by Jess on Apr 3, 2008 23:46:04 GMT -5
Dorothy nodded and walked over to the machine, picking it up and lifting it off of the ground. "Where do you need it placed mot-" And she paused and blinked, "Really now, would you please let me call you mother? Or mistress... it just doesn't seem right otherwise... you are my mistress, why would I not refer to you as such?"
((How big is the device?))
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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 4, 2008 0:10:48 GMT -5
((I keep thinking of it being about the size of a microwave.))
"Fine, call me mistress. Just not mother." Chaser grabbed the suitcase and started for a door, different from the one they'd come in by, but also with a touchpad to get through. "Just as well, you can't call me Chaser while on this trip anyway. Follow me."
Again she kept her body between Dorothy and the touchpad as she hit the buttons, only aware afterward that it might well have been a wasted effort. Why did that android have to exist? At least it seemed rather attached to her.
Beyond the door was a starship. It wasn't particularly large, designed for carrying only a few people. It certainly served its purpose, though.
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Post by Jess on Apr 4, 2008 0:30:41 GMT -5
The small box was lifted up as she smiled, "Thankyou mistress..." Is all she says as her new found mistress moves to open the door. She picked up earlier on the fact that Nyx clearly didn't want her knowing the passwords to her living area, so Dorothy didn't look... rather, she ignored the touchpad all-together.
If she wanted her to know... Nyx would tell her. And when the ship is revealed to her, her eyes light up. "Mistress... its amazing..." Is all she manages to say as she steps foreward behind Chaser, sticking close by.
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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 4, 2008 1:34:14 GMT -5
"Amazing? You clearly haven't seen many ships. C'mon." Chaser headed on board, stowing the suitcase and heading for the cockpit to get the ship ready.
Nevorsh... It was a shady planet in both literal and metaphorical sence. The Order of Deo could do little there, the place having been targeted by numerous outlaws and so-called heretics as a hideout and a sort of haven. The black market ran perhaps most actively on that planet, so Chaser - the Black Orchid - could always count on a decent profit. But that planet... She had gone so many times, and every time there had been at least a moment when she wondered if she should pay a visit to a particular town, in which there was a particular stone that bore her surname.
Why did that blasted machine want so much to call her "mother"?
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Post by Jess on Apr 4, 2008 1:38:10 GMT -5
Dorothy nods as she places the blood device near Nyx's suitcase, looking around for a place to sit... "Mistress... you realize that this...ship... " And she pauses as she sees it... a chamber that she can fit in. "Mistress, I ask your permission to interface with this vessel... directly through imersion..."
She looks over her shoulder at Chaser and points at a large human-sized tube in the middle of the comon area. "I believe this is an immerion tube... something that I can use to meld my mind with that of the ship..."
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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 4, 2008 3:12:30 GMT -5
"No," Chaser said simply. She sure as hell wasn't going to trust an unknown android that she'd stumbled upon just earlier to do anything that might cause problems in the space-going vessel, whether or not the thing meant to. She might as well put a loaded gun in the thing's hands.
Nyx paused, decided the ship was ready, and stood. "Stay here, I'll be back in a moment."
Without another word, she left the ship and headed back for her lockbox. She wasn't going to give it to the android, nor even mention it to her... but that pistol of hers could prove useful. After all, outlaws were prone to violence.
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Post by Jess on Apr 4, 2008 22:13:50 GMT -5
Dorothy nodded and did as she was told, taking a seat cross-legged on the ground off to the side and out of the way so Nyx didn't trip over her when she came back. She smiled as her eyes sloooowly slid back up to the Imersion tube... No! She must not do it... Mistress ordered.
It was just... so tempting. And imersion was somethig she had yet to experience- the Android paralel to sex. To have ones body fully imersed meant total control over a ship like this, it also meant a serious increase in the ships capabilities in a pinch. It was also a rare addition... from what was understood in her own data banks.
She smiled and waited, maybe one day the mistress will let me.
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Post by Novalyyn on Apr 4, 2008 23:40:22 GMT -5
Little time passed before Chaser had returned, and she was satisfied to see the android sitting off the the side. The woman sat back down to finish preping the ship. She started to turn and stand, but saw the convenient placement of Dorothy's seating.
"Hey, Dorothy, think you could hit that green button behind you? And then you might want to take a seat in one of the chairs and strap yourself in."
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