"Grav shift coming," I tap a short sequence on the panel and feel the grav generators shift. I sway and bounce a little to get my Venus legs. I look at my own cybernetic Venus, delighting in her form. "Grav shift complete." Old habits, even it's jus…
Oh, my warrior woman. "Do you want gravity?" I ask sweetly. I close the door, set the DO NOT DISTURB seal.
I'll do a few shrugs and small warm-up stretches to get limbered up, bouncing a bit on my toes.
I wonder if she wants to make a wager. "What…
"Okay," She didn't say no. I get up fluidly and follow her. I'll doff my flight suit at the door to the gym- I've got light clothing underneath that will pass. "Do you want to work out or what?" I get the feeling this is an 'or what' kind of situati…
I put my hand tentatively on Ksenia's back, fingers wide. I lean slightly in to look at her under her droop. Storm clouds, and so much more. "K?" I don't know if she wants to talk at all, much less out here where the whole ship can hear.
You're an officer, Mei.
Kiss her, Mei.
Kiss me, Kesnia.
Jealous, Lana?
She's mine, Zoo.
"What's molcajete?" I ask Lana absently, still looking at my Ksenia.
My love is snuggling and holding me, yet I feel possessive, and kiss lightly her left hand before looking up to her sweet face. Watch out, Lana. She's mine. I try not to squirm too obviously against Ksenia when she touches me so.
"We should go danc…
I remember when vatgrown meat was a once-a-week treat. Too often it was soy with blended aminos and flavored powders mixed into water.
But Ksenia pulls her foot away and I look up, was it too hard or did I tickle? But she has a sweet, eager look on…
I innocently continue rubbing Ksenia's foot, pushing the balls of my thumbs against the ball of her foot, working out the tension in her sole and ankle.
I want to ask Lana about Yu, the impressions I got from Voss. I'll wait for the opportune time.…
"So far, pretty much so yes." I stare off into the distance, forgetting the footrub, thinking about lamb and fruit. When I come back, I ask, "Have you ever had anything like it before?"
Pushing back on Ksenia's toes, stretching them to hurt with a good kind of pain, with a lazy rotation if the ankle. "And if your mother is off Mars? Could you speak then?"
"Oh, my." I glance at the bottle of tequila she's holding, nod in its direction. But my flirtatious comment about dancing dies on my lips and I look back to Lana. "Why not? If we got you out from Lucidus, certainly secure communications could be est…
I can't quite definitively say that Lana doesn't want to be next.
"Eleven, you said?" I bark out a short laugh, I had forgotten as a memory bubbles up. "When I was eleven, I was spending almost every waking hour between the grav and zerogee gymnas…
"A rat a day keeps the customers away, I suppose." When she was eleven? I have to say, her accent comes out when she reminisces. It's cute.
And yes, my love, I will keep rubbing your feet. I peek to see if Lana is watching me.
I swivel my glance to Ksenia. "No, I haven't heard this one..." Will it be funny or scary or both? I've got a sort of anticipatory air, and I settle back to hear the tale.
My new favorite word is daube. I'm pretty sure I ate most of a loaf of bread while making sure I got all the gravy. I'm not even considering the calorie calculations at the moment.
Knowing Yu, I came to dinner in a basic, meaning modest, flight sui…
It's like crystal fire, fractally delicate and beautifully sharp. I dare not change anything significant to Csorba's armature. Lassiter really should get an annual psi therapy checkup, and I make a mental note to advise Psi Corps Command for the imp…
Discovery - d10 - This is uncharted territory for me... let's do it!
Engineer - d10 - Psi therapy is a little science, a little psi, a little hot tea, and a lot of fixing people.
Alien-Enhanced-Psionic - d4 - I can do subtle. Sure.
[NB, gaining PP] …
"Well," I say brightly, "I've never done this before. So relax, get comfortable, and don't panic!"
I do a good job of hiding my trepidation, but I'm not perfect. I don't think I'll foul things up... or make Csorba more of a creep.
I clear a spot on the worksurface, moving things aside to make room. "I'd like to help... but no more lies, Mr. Lassiter. If it's classified, forgotten, embarrassing, or makes either one of us uncomfortable, stand and deliver." I'm having a bit of c…
Everyone wants in Ms. Peña's bunk, it seems. "Extremely out of line. Csorba really has a distasteful sense about him," What I mean is, Csorba's a slimeball. I'm nodding. "I never thought about it in quite these terms, but I suppose that OCD would ha…
"Why are you breaking cover to tell me all this?" I find that I'm leaning forward so I can talk a notch quieter. I can't hide my doubt, laced with suspicion from Csorba's past behaviour. If this is all true, the personality pressures that Lassiter m…
I tilt my head, mildy fascinated by the new person inhabiting a different person's body. "2000 days is very deep cover, Mister... Lassiter." I try the name out, it feels friendlier somehow. "There must be something that makes it worthwhile, that Cso…