Galactic Heat (CopperLily & Muppet)
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				Title: <strong>Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>06-02-2015, 02:27:01</strong>
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				Since she was a child, Sara had been looking up to the stars, dreaming of all the magical things she could witness out there in space. The things on Earth just did not feel so amazing anymore after you knew how something worked. Despite conquering poverty, hunger and needless suffering through technology, Sara was looking up to the stars each night, letting her imagination drift her to sleep.<br><br>Years passed by as Sara studied hard to earn her right to board a galactic cruiser. These ships only had one purpose: to explore the unknown. They were a marvel of modern technology with self-sustainable and renewable energy sources, making them able to go on as long as there was crew to operate it. Sara wasn't the brightest student and she had to study harder to understand complex energy flow patterns and so on. These ships only accepted the finest.<br><br>When the results of the final tests from her academy arrived, she was nervous, yet excited. Once she had seen her results, her life stopped. She was short, just a few points which were most likely something of a formality in word use. She tried to plead for a correction, but her dream was crushed. She knew she could only apply to one of those lame interplanetary passenger ships, which were basically just space buses. After months of depression and disappointment, an idea came to Sara...if they would not bend to allow her aboard, she would make it through by herself.<br><br>Sara managed to contact a person who could forge her a fake bio-ID which would fool the scanners. Then she only needed an officer's uniform. Sara knew the penalty of getting caught was high, but it was better to try than grow old and wonder "what if...". On a day when another galactic cruiser was about to take off, Sara put on her uniform and the bio-ID, which was implanted inside her right wrist area, was ready. Crowd of people were watching the departure process, and Sara walked along with the officers, feeling the same nervousness when she had taken the final exams.<br><br>She stepped through the scanner and held her breath as the scan started. "Engineering officer Michelle Juma, welcome aboard." the female voice from the scanner said. Sara was still frozen and holding her breath. "Ma'am? Are you alright?" one of the officers asked, Sara snapping out of the little trance. "Oh...yes, sorry, got lost in my thoughts." she said before she stepped inside the cruiser. The welcoming hall was marvelous...stairs going from each side to an upper deck, with elevators on both sides. These large cruisers housed nearly a thousand members. After a while, the cruiser took off, the crowd of people waving at it and wishing good luck. Sara knew she had limited time before she would be found out, perhaps a few weeks maximum.<br><br>During the days, Sara saw the first glimpses of some of the things she had dreamed of...they were more beautiful than she had ever thought. But she also knew she had to focus on making her escape as well. When the cruiser passed by an already mapped planet, Sara knew it's air was breathable. She managed to hijack a shuttle from the cruiser and landed on the planet. Official reports were filed where she was being wanted, but that would be the matter of the others, as the cruiser moved on.<br><br>Sara needed to survive...she stole at first, but finally managed to land a job as a mechanic for spacecrafts. In her mind, her plan was suppose to go differently...she was stuck as a mechanic now, on a planet where there were few humans. There was more poverty and crime on this planet due to the different species, but it wasn't too bad. Sara had been working for months as a mechanic, until one day, she found a somewhat large and crashed ship on a beach. It seemed to be a non-human ship, but still in somewhat of a decent shape and modern by the looks of it. Sara took the ship as her project to repair it, hopefully being able to leave the planet some day. She started to use the parts from other spacecrafts from her mechanic job. They were more used, but would do the trick, and she bought what she could afford. Eventually, she did need some help with certain things from others.<br><br>After almost a year of intense repair on the ship, Sara had managed to recover the ship's power...now she just needed a pilot. She gladly did not have to look for long, as she left notes on bars and outside on some posts. Clearly she wasn't the only one wanting to get off from the planet. After she had found her pilot, Sara thanked her boss for the mechanic job before departing, finally reaching her dream after years...she was free to explore and go where ever she pleased...but space is not always such a pleasant place.<br><br>Sara traveled the stars with her pilot, seeing more amazing things...auroras of ice, glimmering of a planet's rings, dusts that changed color when her ship passed through it...but it was not to last. She had been free, living her dream for almost two years, until she was captured by a group of space bandits. That was not the worst part however...after they had taken her aboard their own ship, Sara had to witness how the bandits destroyed her ship she had worked so hard for...she was now alone in some god forsaken area in space, with her dream crushed again. She was being beaten nearly daily, fed lousy food...but a spark of her dream lived on...and Sara made a promise to herself, to make it out of this situation.<br><br>After a month, Sara decided to put her plan into action. She faked to be dead on the floor of her cell, forcing the guard who brought her food to lower the force field of her cell. When the guard was close, Sara swiftly kicked him to his balls, and as the man fell on the floor, Sara crushed his throat with the heel of her boot, stealing his gun. There was not many on the bandit ship, perhaps ten or so, this Sara knew. All her hatred made her more determined as she worked her way through to the bridge of the ship. One of them managed to cut her across her left eye, barely evading being blinded. When Sara arrived on the bridge, the leader of course, was surprised as he begged for mercy. Sara was more than happy to oblige his wishes, as she ended the leader's life with the guard's gun.<br><br>Sara dumped the bodies into the open space, taking over the ship of the bandits...she was changed, scarred...but she had her dream back once more. After taking a shower and eating well, Sara let all the frustration and anger out, yelling, hitting and kicking walls, until she slumped on the ground, crying. She had her dream, now she just needed to learn how to pilot the ship...and the ship's computer would be perfect to teach her.<br><br>Know, that it is the year 4998...and Sara ( http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wWGyCmFFUg0/U6O4Tt8hTiI/AAAAAAAALcI/IibLts0dLtI/s2560/katarina-blade-dagger-league-of-legends-girl-1920x1080.jpg ) is quite the different person from the bright girl who had left Earth with her hopes and dreams...but nonetheless, she has her dream. And she has others to protect that dream and their own as well...she has her own crew, people with dreams who do not care what way they reach it, as long as they do. Sara's ship, The Dread ( http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qsfM479IBOM/UHNICOops3I/AAAAAAAACMo/SntaCcywAdg/s1600/Cynabal1.jpg ) was on it's way to a nearby planet for supplies, when they picked up a distress signal.<br><br>"Captain, I'm picking up a distress signal nearby...but the ship where it's coming from does not seem to have any other power." Melina ( https://e621.net/post/show/541181/alien-beard-black_hair-blonde_hair-blue_eyes-breas&nbsp; the orange alien girl ) said to Sara. "That means they don't have any weapons or shields online...let's take a look, we might find something useful." Sara said. "Aye captain." Melina said as she directed the ship towards the floating spaceship. "We are within transporter range." a male crew member said. "Good, Geoff and Tina with me. Melina, you're in charge meanwhile. You know what to do if something fishy happens." Sara said before she got up from her chair. "Yup!" Melina replied. Tina was the doctor of the ship and Geoff was there mainly for security reasons and as a backup. Sara put on her combat suit ( http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/193/e/e/gryllotalpa_orientalis___mari_by_nitro_killer-d3nkozt.jpg ) as she had no idea what was inside of the seemingly abandoned ship. After a while, all three were ready as they stepped to the transporter room, Sara holding an energy pistol, Geoff with a customized rifle, and Tina with an energy blade, which could be activated so it bursts out next to her wrist. "We're ready, proceed." Sara said as they were soon transported on the ship.<br><br>When they arrived, there was clearly no power, not even lights. "Turn on your night vision." Sara said. "This is a pretty large ship, so we stay together...and watch where yo-" Sara was about to say when she heard a metal clanking sound, quickly pointing her gun towards the sound. Then there was a squeaking sound and a little rat came from behind the corner. Sara sighed out in relief, lowering her gun. "Yeah...watch where you step, we know boss." Geoff said as the team moved onward. The deeper they went into the ship, the more strange things they started to see. "What the hell were they doing here?" Geoff asked as he looked at the multiple large liquid pods which contained some sort of deformed lifeforms. Tina looked closer at one of the pods. "This looks like a cross between a human and...I don't know...hyena?" Tina said. "I don't like this at all..." Tina said. "Yeah it's pretty creepy, but I doubt there is anything alive here. Aside from bacteria." Sara replied. "What troubles me most, is that this ship is clearly human design. At least partially." Sara said. "Hey, come look at this." Geoff said as he noticed a light blinking on a console. "Should we try and see what happens?" he asked. Sara already pressed the button at the end of Geoff's phrase. "Okay..." he said, before a holographic recording popped up. There was a man, a human and a some sort of scientist explaining something about test subjects reacting unexpectedly. "...we are not still fully clear what caused the reaction nor why does it sometimes work...but we are getting closer. I know we are. All we need, is just a few more subjects. We should be getting the next batch of subjects within two days. These are mostly condemned criminals who serve no purpose towards society in any way. I will report of our findings later on. -End of personal recording of Dr. Hodgins." the console voice said. Sara, Geoff and Tina looked at each other briefly. "I don't like this one bit...what caused them to flee?" Tina pondered. "Whatever it was, I bet it bleeds. Let's move on." Sara said.<br><br>After a while of walking, the group came to a corridor with many doors. "These are numbered...probably where they kept the test subjects." Tina said as they all looked around. "We could at least sell the info if we can just extract it." Geoff suggested. "True...though I think we could get more by blackmailing the government with it." Sara said, before she jumped at the sudden sound, which sounded like someone was running past nearby. "Something there clearly...be ready. Don't shoot until you have a clear sight of it. We don't want to kill a kid or something..." Sara said as they approached the sound slowly and cautiously. One of the cell doors was open, and the sound seemed to be coming from there.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>07-02-2015, 10:37:35</strong>
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				<em>Before</em><br><br>She had been someone before. She had had an identity. She was a person. She tried to remember who she was - she remembered loud noises in the dead of night. Screaming - hers she thought. Bright red and blue lights, and shackles, and a small cell.<br><br>More than that...slipped through her fingers, like trying to hold water.<br><br>She had woken up screaming, and that had defined <em>Now</em>. Woken up in intense pain, screaming in a voice not her own. Her body was all wrong. Her bones ached, she was warmer than she thought she should be. She was all smooth, rich grey fur, taut curves and a long, lean muzzle. They had seemed pleased with her when they put her in the cage.<br><br>38. That's what they had called her. Just a number, 38.<br><br>Then they had fled. There had been alarms, and running. They had saved data, saved samples - but they had left her, reaching out of her small cage at them. The power had gone out after that, leaving nothing but the soft red emergency lights, but her cage had been unlocked. She had ventured out into the ship then, looking for food and water, scavenging what she could. She was...alone. She hadn't eaten for a few days - the autoserve was down, with no power, and the water had gone stale. She retreated into her cage, not knowing where to go, but feeling safe there.<br><br>Hearing someone coming, she huddled deeper in her cage, blinking as a bright light illuminated her cage.<br><br>The girl was beautiful. Toned, lithe, but with pleasantly feminine curves, a firm rear and a healthy bust. She looked like the hybrid of a woman and a husky, her eyes expressive, her ears pointed, face pulled into a lean, narrow muzzle. Covered in a coat of grey fur, a soft, bushy tail sprouted just above her rear. Blinking again, she huddled in a small ball, pressing herself to the corner of the cage, whimpering fearfully.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>07-02-2015, 14:40:52</strong>
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				As the group approached the cell, Sara gave the silent hand signal of stopping to Tina and Geoff as she slowly peeked behind the door to the cell. After a moment, she motioned Geoff to lower his gun, Sara putting her energy pistol to the right side of her leg/hip area. Sara, Tina and Geoff walked inside the cell, hearing the whimpering and could not believe what they saw. "I guess I got my answer now what they were doing here..." Tina said in a baffled tone as she looked at the hybrid in the cage. "Remarkable...a perfect harmony of man and beast." Sara said before she pressed a small button on the side of her helmet, a part moving up to reveal her face to the creature. Sara slowly walked to the hybrid and crouched down. "It's alright...can you understand me?" Sara asked from her. Sara slowly moved her other hand towards the hybrid, showing she did not mean any harm as she gently put her hand on top of the creature's head, brushing her thumb softly against the hybrid's forehead. "Are you able to speak?" Sara asked as she looked at her.<br><br>"She looks like a victim to me." Tina said. "They did say these test subjects were condemned criminals, but I doubt this once human female had done anything terrible to deserve this. If she will be trouble, at least we can sell her off with a high price I believe." Geoff replied. "We can't leave her here. If there is a chance to return her form back, we need to find it. That is, if she still has her memories intact." Sara said. "Can you stand?" Sara said before she motioned what she meant with her body, standing and crouching a few times and motioning with her hand for the hybrid to come with her. "You don't have to stay here. Come." Sara said, holding out her hand for the hybrid girl. "Boss, I'm going to check if I can extract some of that data from one of the consoles." Geoff said. "Alright, just don't go anywhere else. Stay in the area where the pods were, there was a working one at least." Sara said. "Roger." Geoff said before he took his leave. "Tina, you need to check her after we get back to the ship. See if she has any diseases which might be danger to us or if she is just basically fine and healthy...sort of. That is if she is willing to come with us. I would hate to drag her out of here but it would be for the best...she will eventually run out of food in here." Sara explained. "I can do a quick scan right now." Tina said as she pressed a few buttons on her other wrist of her suit, a scanner laser coming out as she pointed it towards the hybrid for a quick scan. Tina looked at the results. "Well, uh...what I do know is that she doesn't seem to have any diseases, but I need to look at her DNA-chains to understand better since she is a hybrid..." she said. Sara nodded. "Alright. Do that once we get back to the ship. We move to where Geoff is and then extract." Sara said, hoping there wouldn't be any trouble along the way.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>07-02-2015, 22:51:19</strong>
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				The hybrid looked at her, her ice-blue eyes wide and timid. She shrunk back a little bit as Sara moved her hand closer, but soon ran out of room, feeling it settle on her head for a moment. The woman didn't hurt her, but rather just gently stroked her head.<br><br>She nodded weakly at the question if she could speak. "Yes" came out weak and raspy, the time without talking to people and dehydration having done a number on her voice, and she no longer had any idea what volume to speak at - everything sounded loud to her after the silence of the ship.<br><br>The hybrid crawled from the cage, a remarkably graceful and fairly feminine movement to her form, and stood, her head bowed. She shook her head insistently at the idea she might stay, looking hungry, her ribcage faintly visible beneath her fur.<br><br>"I'll go."<br><br>The hybrid girl followed them toward the airlock - about 100 meters away she sniffed the air once, warily. Something was coming. Something she had been avoiding in the ship, had forgotten about when the people arrived. Her ears pressed flat against her skull and she let out a little whine, scared and insistent.<br><br>"Have to go. Please...we have to go." She looked meaningfully at the brightly lit docking tube between the two ships. "Hurry. Don't...don't leave me here, please? It's coming, we have to go..."<br><br>The girl sounded scared out of her mind.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>07-02-2015, 23:53:10</strong>
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				Sara's mouth opened a little bit in surprise when she heard the hybrid talk, but smiled a little afterwards. "Good, you'll be safe with us." Sara said as she walked close by the girl. "Geoff, come in, you done soon? We're leaving this wreck." Sara said, as the team had a comm-link built into the helmets. "I'm just setting up safety precautions. Considering this was a very secret project, I doubt they would want the data to fall into wrong hands...so there might be some-" Geoff was about to say before turned his head towards the hallway, thinking he heard something. "Geoff?" Sara said. "...yeah, sorry. There might be some security measures with the data extraction. You know, like initiation of a self-destruct and such. Starting extraction now..." Geoff said as he put a spiky metal object into a hole on the console and an energy beam emitting through at the tip of the spike, starting the transfer.<br><br>Sara noticed the nervousness of the hybrid. "Is there something in here still? We are not leaving you...stay calm. What is coming?" Sara tried to ask from the girl. "Geoff, come in. The girl is sensing something and I don't want to find out what it is..." Sara said as she closed the visor of her helmet and readying her pistol. "Almost done boss...aaaaand...shit..." Geoff said. "Thought I had all the alarms shut off." Geoff said as he tried to pull the data spike out of the console but couldn't. "Alright, gotta blow up this console to get the spike off, then I'm coming." Geoff said as he blasted the console with his rifle a few times, managing to pull the spike out and tucked it in a jacket pocket. "On the move now...something's closing in on me." Geoff said as he started running towards the others. "Melina, come in. We're in a bit of a sticky situation here, we found a survivor. When we're inside, disengage and close the doors." Sara said through the comm. "Alright captain. Geoff, I'm picking up a life signature, about 200 meters from you and closing in." Melina said. "Shit...almost there." Geoff said as he kept running.<br><br>The others were waiting on Geoff and started to hear growling sounds and heavy thumping closing in as Geoff came into the view. "Tina, take the girl and get into the airlock." Sara said. "Come on." Tina said to the hybrid girl. "Come on Geoff! Haul that fat ass!" Sara hollered as she ran a little towards Geoff and started shooting into the direction behind Geoff. The thumping sound intensified and as Geoff finally reached the airlock, Sara ran there too. "Now Melina!" Sara said through the comm as she jumped into the airlock, the creature managing to swipe at Sara at her calf with a spike like limb. Melina disengaged the airlock from the derelict ship, and they all looked at the horrendous hulking creature which was left to the ship. "Are you alright?" Tina asked from Sara. "Yeah...suit was thick enough it seems...but barely. Need to fix that later." Sara said as she sighed in relief. "How did you manage to survive in there with that thing?" Sara asked from the hybrid.<br><br>"We need to do a level 3 decontamination." Sara said as she pressed a few buttons on the holographic display after they had returned to the ship. "There will just be smoke kind of substance, nothing to worry about." Sara said to the girl as white gas filled the room. "Decontamination complete." the voice from the computer said before the door to the ship was opened. Few of the crew members looked at the new arrival for quite a while. "You got the data Geoff?" Sara asked. "We'll know soon, but most likely yeah." he said before all of them took off their helmets. "You need to go with Tina here for a routine check up. We just need to know you're not carrying anything infectious for example. After that, we'll get you something to eat and you can also take a shower or a bath." Sara said to the hybrid. Part of her was wondering though if she knew what a shower was or any of the other things. "Come, it won't hurt at all, I will just perform a few scans on you." Tina said as she gently put her arm around the girl's shoulder, leading her to the medical bay of the ship.<br><br>Sara looked at the dent in her suit where the creature had managed to scrape her. "Damn...would have gone through if it would have hit me with some weight behind it..." she said. The suits were made out of a material called poliumite. Extremely durable material which also allowed flexibility. That added to the nanotechnology of the suit and you were behind a tough piece of armor. "What happened out there?" Melina asked as she walked to Sara. "There was a survivor as you probably saw...the ship was some kind of a secret project. We'll know more once Geoff uploads the data. There was also something else alive...probably the thing which caused the others to abandon it in the first place." Sara said. "Take us off here, fly 30 minutes away from the planet and then initiate the cloak. We don't want any more trouble should others happen to bump in here as well. We'll need to get those supplies later or tomorrow." Sara said to Melina. "Alright. Glad you're all safe." Melina said before she walked back to her station on the command bridge. "Setting coordinates..." Melina said before the ship took off.<br><br>"Alright, if you could just lie down here." Tina said to the hybrid girl, tapping a comfy looking table. "I know these might look scary to you but they are only scanners. They cannot hurt you...aside from the light being a bit bright." Tina said.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 00:37:12</strong>
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				The girl's eyes were wide and frightened, her ears pressed to her skull, fear written all over her face. <br><br>"I...I don't know. It's in here, with me...I...please, we have to go..."<br><br>It smelled like anger and fear and burned metal to the hybrid's far more sensitive nose, shivering with fear. The hybrid fled along with 'Tina', watching with wide eyes as Sara nearly lost her leg to the creature, shaking her head.<br><br>"I...I hid. It doesn't like the cages. I would go out for food or water when I needed to, but the cages were safe."<br><br>She looked frightened as the gas flooded the room, but none of the people who had rescued her seemed nervous, so she calmed herself down, nodding obediently to the woman who had found her, and was apparently in charge. Docily following Tina, she slid onto the table, blinking at the lights but nodding, staying still as the scans ran over her. About twenty minutes later, Tina was done, and showed the girl to a shower stall, letting her bask in the warm water while she called Sara.<br><br>"Captain...our guest checks out. No infectious diseases, a clean bill of health. Some trauma of course from being all alone like that, and she's definitely going to need some supplemental vitamins. But all in all...she's healthy. But about her...well...form? I don't see any way to reverse that. Whatever they did to her, it basically rewrote her all the way down to the genetic level, and then her body reshaped itself. God that must have hurt. But...what she is is what she is. I can't see any way to reverse it, except maybe having a sample of her DNA from when she was a human, and access to the same tech, but I don't even know that I would. Biologically, the poor thing is about 20, but you interacted with her&nbsp; - trying to do that again might just leave her brain as mush."<br><br>Tina sighed softly in the communicator. "I was going to find a spot for her to lay down in - she couldn't have slept well, not with that...thing...onboard. But what are we going to do with her? I've got her body scans, you know, if you want to start shopping her around to some of our usual sources? The biotech in her has got to be worth something, and even if its not...hell, you saw her body. There's got to be someone looking for that..."<br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 01:03:10</strong>
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				Sara went to the ready room and the combat suit shifted itself from around her neatly. Sara stepped out of the suit and hung it to it's proper place, turning it off. Sara was now wearing a full body white, somewhat skin tight undergarment. "Man that was a close call back there." Geoff said. "Almost lost my cool there...and what do you mean fat ass by the way?" Geoff asked from Sara with a smile. "Thought it might get more speed on you." Sara replied with a chuckle. "Anyway, great job. Inform me when you're ready and we all meet on the bridge to check on the data. Should be pretty interesting." Sara said to Geoff. "Okay. See ya later cap." Geoff said before they parted ways.<br><br>Sara had just stepped inside her quarters when she heard the com in her room and Tina's voice. Sara sighed at Tina's words. "Alright...give her a vitamin shot. And did you download the biotech info from her? And what do you mean with interacting causing her brain damage? We can't talk to her?" Sara asked. "We don't have any spare rooms right now, but she can sleep in my quarters if she wishes. Though I can understand if she is very...cautious after all that...shit, I would be too. Locked in alone in space with that freakin' thing...the fate some have." Sara said, shaking her head in disbelief. "Nah, not right now at least, we need to know more about the whole project and about her as well." Sara replied. She sneered softly at Tina's comment about the hybrid's body. "Yeah, they sure perfected her...hell I'm even a bit jealous." Sara said with a brief chuckle. "Thanks Tina. Send the girl to my room and I'll get her something to eat. Relax while you can, we'll meet up later on the bridge once Geoff is ready." Sara replied.<br><br>After that, Sara walked to the replicator in her quarters. "Hmm, let's see..." Sara said, pondering a little. "A glass of golden brandy, room temperature." Sara said to the computer, which soon replicated the brandy with a glass. This was one of the breakthroughs which conquered hunger, but did not make money useless however. They were very strictly controlled what you could program into them. Trying to install a program which would allow to print money was highly illegal and not to mention very complex. There were very few individuals who knew the secrets to that, but occasionally you could read about someone getting caught. Needless to say, they were not let out anytime soon.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 01:19:01</strong>
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				Tina nodded, even though the Captain's voice was in her ear, rather than the woman standing in front of her. <br><br>"I'll send her up right away. Yeah, I pulled any data the scanners could get off her. It's all in the ship's mainframe now. And no, I don't mean brain damage that severe - the girl's functional, as you know, but did she feel a little...off...to you? I mean, if you were rewriting a whole person's genetic code, and went to the trouble to make her physical body perfect, do you think you could resist playing in her mind a bit? Making her a little more docile, a little more obedient? Like the kind of personality that could get coaxed out of her one safe shelter with a kind word and a pet on the head?"<br><br>"I'm not saying she's a basket case or anything. Just that I'd be really wary of trying to undo what was done to her. Besides...she is a lovely little thing as is. At least until we know more about her. Oh, she's out of the shower. Talk to you later Captain."<br><br>The girl padded out of the shower, already try, and Tina smiled at her. "Hey sweetie. Nothing to worry about, just going to give you a shot, and then the Captain would like to talk to you, okay?" The hybrid let out a soft yelp of pain as Tina injected half a dozen nutrient supplements and immune boosters into her taut rear end, before giving her directions to Sara's cabin. A few minutes later, there was a timid knock on the door, and the hybrid poked her head in once it opened.<br><br>"You...you wanted to see me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 01:38:04</strong>
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				"You mean they tried to turn her into some luxurious pet? Kinda hard to tell since she was so scared...we'll see it with time I guess. I know if I would wake up with a tail I'd be terrified too." Sara replied to Tina. "I'm hardly the psychiatrist who messes with people's minds...I'll treat her like a person since she is part human." Sara said through the comm. "Alright, later Tina." Sara said before she started to change her clothes, putting on a black skirt and a white button shirt. She wanted to feel relaxed but still look somewhat official as she would meet her crew later. Sara also put on dark stockings. Normally she would wear "home pants" which weren't tight at all and were warm and fuzzy. Even though the crew was like a group of friends or a family, Sara knew that she had to keep her authority, especially in critical situations where discipline was important.<br><br>Sara put on some calming music and smiled at the knock on her door, knowing it was the girl. "Yes...please come in." Sara said. "There is a button next to the door that you can press instead of knocking. But anyhow, I bet you are hungry. Come over here." Sara said as she walked to the replicator. "I think I know just the thing you need..." Sara said with a brief smile before she talked to the computer. "A juicy 500 gram cow beef steak, medium rare with vegetable bed and...75 degrees celsius temperature." Sara said, the replicator soon materializing a plate and a juicy looking steak. "I bet you're hungry." Sara said as she handed the plate to the hybrid girl. "A glass of orange juice, 8 degrees celsius." Sara said to the computer. "Let's go over to the table." Sara said to the girl. "Sit down and eat. We'll talk after." Sara said as she put the glass of orange juice in front of the steak plate.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 01:51:59</strong>
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				"That's the only thing I can think of. I mean, looking at her bone and muscle structure, she sure as hell wasn't engineered as a soldier..."<br><br>---<br><br>The girl smiled shyly, nodding at the instruction to press the button next time, and her eyes widened at the steak - she was clearly quite hungry. Taking the plate from Sara, she sat down at the table and started eating hungrily. While she was clearly capable of using a fork and knife, despite her muzzle, she ate with a certain wariness, like she was prepared to bolt at any moment. Given where she had been living, and what she had been living with, that seemed understandable.<br><br>Finally, when she was finished, the hybrid looked up warily. "Thank you for rescuing me. And for the food..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 01:56:04</strong>
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				Sara looked as the girl ate, and the way she was eating made her feel sorry for the poor thing. "You're welcome." Sara said with a brief smile as she looked at the girl. "Do you have a name? Do you remember anything about your past? Tell me everything you possibly can remember. You are safe here." Sara said, listening to the girl. After she was done explaining, Sara realized something. "Oh...I forgot. Um...do you want some clothes perhaps? I mean you might be distracting my crew quite a bit if you prance around naked." Sara said with a sort of compliment.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 02:10:51</strong>
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				"38" The hybrid answered simply. "They called me 38."<br><br>Frowning softly, she shook her head. "I don't remember much. I...I know I had a life, but I don't remember what it was. I just remember being scared, and being taken away, and then...I was on the ship, and I was...me." She looked down at herself, indicating what she meant.<br><br>"I'm sorry that's not helpful." She kept her eyes down, and shook her head. "I...I don't need clothes, I don't think I was supposed to have them. But if its a problem I'll wear them. I don't want to be a burden." The girl looked at her timidly, blushing softly as she realized it was a complement.<br><br>"What...what are you going to do with me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 02:28:19</strong>
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				Sara felt sorry for the fate she had been delivered. "38 huh...we have to come up with a better name than that. How about this: You think about names and once you find out a name that you like, come and tell me. Alright?" Sara said. "You were being taken away...where were you being taken away from? Prison or your home?" Sara asked as she remembered the doctor mentioning prisoners in the holo recording. "It's alright...we'll find out what happened to you. Well...parts we already know but I meant your past. And about the clothes...how about you wear them when you are in public around this ship?" Sara suggested. "You can take the clothes off when you're with me like this. And about sleeping...we do not have any extra quarters right now...so is it alright for you to sleep in here, in my quarters? If you wish, I can give you a mattress if you don't wish to share the same bed." Sara suggested.<br><br>Sara sighed at the girl's question. "I don't know honestly...but what I can promise is, I won't let more harm come to you. Not after what you've been through, this is just...wrong on so many levels." Sara said, shaking her head. "Alright, time to tell a bit about us and myself. We are not bad people, but we are not good either. We loot and scavenge around what we can and occasionally also do um...peaceful raids, so to speak. We do not harm anyone unless we have to. We are pirates, but we the good sort. I admit, I have done some questionable things and sometimes still do...but it's what I need to do in order to survive. I was once very different...but I had to change in order to keep my dream alive. And to this day, I am still living it...not as I imagined it, but still...and my name is Sara, captain of this ship." Sara explained, giving the girl a short version.<br><br>"Let's see..." Sara said as she got up from the chair and walked to the wardrobe, looking through some clothes. "Let's see if I got some...yes, I still do." she said as she pulled out a dark green t-shirt with a cute bear picture on it. "I know it's not so...cool, but I bet it looks cute on you. And it's one of the few clothes that I have that will fit you." Sara said with a smile before she looked up grey comfy pants from the wardrobe as well and put them on a chair next to the girl. "If you feel too warm with the clothes, then we need to re-think about this clothing thing. Feel free to eat or drink anytime you wish. There are replicators in each crew member's quarters as well as the med bay which you visited with Tina. Only place there isn't one is the bridge. I don't want my crew to order snacks while they need to focus on stuff. We'll be going to a nearby planet called Gehk, tomorrow to get some supplies. I think if you wear a hood or something, we can take you with us...I don't know if you remember much of what oceans or forests look like but...it's a start. We'll be going to the city area however, but you can see some of the nature while we fly by into the atmosphere." Sara said. "Alright...you have any questions or anything?" Sara asked from the girl.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 03:10:30</strong>
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				"38" pondered the question for a moment, nodding at the idea of coming up with a new name. "I...I don't know. I think I remember police. I don't remember where I was taken from, or what I did...I...I think I was in trouble." She looked confused, upset at the idea that she didn't know what had happened to herself.<br><br>She nodded at her desire that she wear clothes. "I...I don't want to put you out. I can sleep on the floor if you want me to..." The girl did indeed seem to be eager not to inconvenience anyone, and she looked reassured as Sara promised no harm would come to her. She believed her, even as they explained that they were pirates. 38 looked nervous for a moment, remembering something the man who had been with Sara had said when she had been pulled from the wreck.<br><br>"You...you were looking for salvage. And you found me." She sighed softly. "I...I remember the people on the ship being happy when I woke up. I...I think I'm...valuable?" The implication was clear - the girl was expecting to be sold.<br><br>Donning the clothing, which involved no small amount of fairly appealing wriggling on the part of the husky, she did her best with the clothing, finding what should be ordinary to feel...wrong somehow. But she knew Sara wanted this, and so put her feelings aside. Smiling, she shook her head. "No, I don't have any questions. I'd happy to go to the planet with you if I'm allowed, but mostly I just...I don't want to be in the way."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 03:33:13</strong>
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				"Alright...we'll know more soon since Geoff got the data from the console. Whatever you did, was certainly not punishable by this." Sara said as she took a sip of her brandy glass. Sara chuckled softly. "No no...you can sleep on the bed. It's large enough, see." Sara said as she pointed to the bed. Sara felt a bit awkward at replying the valuable question as she didn't want the girl to think they were some ruthless human traffickers. "Well, you are unique...so yes, you are valuable. But we won't be selling you. We need to find out more about your past and this whole project. Clearly it had a huge funding. Either the government or some very successful group of...assholes." Sara said, meaning rich people.<br><br>Sara looked as the girl got the clothes on herself somewhat awkwardly but smiled. "See, you look cute in that bear shirt." Sara said with a smile before drinking some of her brandy. "You won't be in the way, don't worry. Just don't touch any buttons if you don't know what they are. Otherwise, you can walk around here...but not to other people's quarters of course." Sara explained before she finished her brandy and sighed contently, standing up as she stretched her arms a little. Sara was somewhat tall for a woman, 182cm. "Well, we still have some time left I bet since Geoff hasn't contacted me yet...you can sit on the bed to see if you like it. How long were you inside that ship? You have any idea how long did you had to go for those food runs?" Sara asked from the girl.<br><br>The captain's quarters were quite fine. Lots of room to move about and some monitors on parts of the ship, like in engineering and on the bridge. If necessary, Sara could override the bridge controls with her personal code from her quarters. "If you get bored, I have some books over there." Sara said, motioning towards to the little bookshelf above her night table next to the bed. "They are mostly storybooks with fantasy elements but also few with mystery." Sara said. "Ah, that's right. Come here." Sara said as she walked to turn on the television which was made out of holographic particles so small, it looked like a solid screen once it was turned on. "You can watch the TV here as well. You can change the channels with this." Sara said as she clicked on the table with her finger. The table had buttons implemented into it which controlled the TV. ( http://www.desktopstarships.com/StGallery/originalimages/st_lillun_captains_quarters.jpg&nbsp; the floor could be light brown wood and the large carpet could be white. The chairs and the couch could be more comfy looking and red in color. The bed could be a bit larger and more "cushioned" looking as well.)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 08:10:05</strong>
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				She nodded softly, as curious as the crew as to where she came from, and she nodded, smiling timidly at the offer to share a bed.<br><br>"I'd like that very much."<br><br>The hybrid frowned for a moment, looking concerned. "If they're...the people who did this to me....if they're really that powerful, are you sure you want to go after them? I mean, it could be dangerous, and I don't want any of you to get hurt. Not after you saved me..."<br><br>Blushing softly at the complement, she sipped her orange juice, nodding obediently. "I...I don't really know how long I was there." Her brow furrowed in concentration, trying to think back. "Maybe a week in the medical room. Then a day or two in the cage before...it happened. After that, I kind of lost track of time. I went looking for food maybe...a dozen times."<br><br>Eventually, after admiring the Captain's quarters, which beyond the cage seemed like a palace, and looking excited about the idea of books and something to keep her mind occupied besides fear, the communication panel on her desk buzzed, Geoff's voice coming through.<br><br>"Hey Captain - broke the encryption on all the files. You want to go over it on the bridge, or in your quarters?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>08-02-2015, 13:51:05</strong>
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				Sara smiled and nodded a little. "Good." she said before petting the girl's head with her other hand a little, trying to remember what Tina had said, even though it felt a little strange since she wasn't feral. "We don't need to go after them really...all we need is information. And once we have it, we can just make it public. That'll be the end of them. But usually in order to do that, we would need personal information which is most likely kept by them somewhere. And let's just say we have a good way of infiltrating into places where people don't want others." Sara said. "Life is dangerous itself. You can try to protect someone by keeping them locked inside, but they could die as easily as outside. Don't worry so much." Sara said.<br><br>"Alright...so you had been there about a month or a bit less before we arrived...the ones responsible might go back there at some point to destroy the vessel so no proof remains. But we have ours already gladly." Sara said.<br><br>Sara listened to Geoff while the TV was in the background. "On the bridge. I want everyone to know what we are in now if something shady starts happening." Sara said before she pressed a few buttons and changed the comm to ship wide so everyone could hear. "All crew members, please move to the bridge in 15 minutes." Sara said before turning the comm off. Sara looked at the girl. "Hopefully we'll shed some light as to who you are...or were." she said before she continued showing the TV buttons to the girl. "Okay...so these buttons adjust the volume of the TV. These change channels...and these change the size of the TV. This bigger button here, you press it..." Sara said as she pressed it. "...and then you place your hand on the table and as you move your hand, the position of the TV screen moves as well. You can also rotate it by doing this." Sara explained as she turned her hand a little while holding her fingers against the table. "If you wish to watch it in the late hours when I'm asleep, you can use earplugs. Once turned on, they will transfer the TV's sound to the plugs." Sara explained.<br><br>"How are you feeling? Had enough food?" Sara asked. After the girl had replied, Sara got up. "One more thing I need to show you, come." she said as she walked to the other end of the living room space, opening a door. "Here is the bathroom. There is enough water as the system collects it from the engine pipes and energy matrixes which create high levels of heat and or cold, resulting in moisture which is collected. Next to the shower is a bathtub if you wish to dip in sometime. Well, that's about it." Sara said as she looked at the clock on the wall. Sara used an old type of clock instead of a digital type one. Certain items she liked old fashioned. Sara also had a few pictures which were framed, placed on the little extended ledge in front of the room's windows. There was also a cute penguin plushie sitting on the little ledge. "Ready to go and meet some of the others?" Sara asked from the girl. "They might look at you long at first due to your appearance, but they do not mean anything bad by it. And if someone gives you trouble, you come and tell me about it." Sara said with a slight smile.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>09-02-2015, 05:34:32</strong>
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				"38" listened attentively during her tour of the Captain's cabin, where she would apparently be sleeping, and confirmed she had enough food before the two of them headed to the bridge, where Geoff was waiting for them, along with the rest of the crew.<br><br>True to the warning, a few people openly gawked, though if it was the beauty or the nature of the hybrid probably varied from person to person.<br><br>When the Captain nodded, Geoff began going over what he found.<br><br>"Everyone, meet Subject 38." A picture came up on the large holo-display in the center of the bridge, showing a young woman, maybe 18 or 19. The resemblance to "38" was clear, though the woman's body had been enhanced in a number of ways beyond just her hybridization. The girl on the screen was beautiful. 38 was <em>perfect</em>. Geoff looked at her sympathetically. "Her name's been scrubbed by some serious programming. It's as good as gone."<br><br>"Arrest record is for a few petty crimes mostly - loitering, breaking curfew and the like. As part of a new program, she's given she's given a complete physical, all the way down to taking physical measurements. The next day, her file is flagged for transfer. Three guesses as to where and why."<br><br>A few other files came up as he talked. "Near as I can tell, the ship we ran across is part of something called 'Project Uplift', and it's a public-private partnership, with some serious funding behind it. Still layers to go through, but there's basically two aims. Developing resilient, adaptable hybrids for military applications, and what they're euphemistically calling 'Domestic Service'. It's a fair bet we ran across one of the military versions in that ship too. According to the records, the domestic hybrids were a step or two ahead of the military ones, and 38 was the first success for them. Their last status report is that they think they're close on the military side too, then it...well, it ends. Server logs show a problem in one of the medical bays, followed by an evacuation notice." Geoff sighed.<br><br>"We've got a lot of data here, and can probably fuck up some careers or make some money off some of the tech. But..." his eyes turned to the girl. "They weren't too concerned about keeping her records. She was being built as someones whor...pet...and from the mortality figures, they were probably expecting to toss her out an airlock when the procedure failed."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>09-02-2015, 13:43:18</strong>
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				Sara walked to the bridge with 38. "Take a seat." she said to the girl. "Glad you could all make it. Geoff has something to tell us all. Proceed." Sara said with a nod before Geoff started.<br><br>Sara knew her gut was right, the girl was sent to that place for basically nothing. Even if she didn't commit the crimes, they could have forged the evidence probably. Sara noticed the look on the girl's face while Geoff was talking. Especially when the picture of what she had been came up. Sara gently took the girl's hand in her own. After Geoff was done talking, Sara sighed. "Thanks Geoff...if you could pull out a print of her human form, we need to start asking around. Any information which planet she was taken from?" Sara asked from Geoff. "Since this is not the so called public military most likely we're dealing with, everyone needs to be careful what they say and where. These people will do anything to protect their identities. Next step is to ask around about the girl with the picture. It's like looking a needle from a haystack but we gotta try. Did you get any personal logs of some of the scientists or anything that could help us determine where she came from?" Sara asked from Geoff. "Oh and you mentioned about the careers...do you have names? If you do, we might be able to get to them and force the info out of them. There was at least that doctor...Hodgins or something." Sara said, trying to remember the name from the holo recording.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>10-02-2015, 00:09:16</strong>
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				38 sat, squirming slightly until her tail settled beneath her, watching the presentation attentively, though it was clear she was a little upset as she watched it, her ears slowly sinking down against her skull. Confusion and loss was written all over her face, and she looked close to tears.<br><br>Geoff nodded. "I'll distribute the picture. Best guess is one of the Saturn stations, but I wouldn't be surprised if her records got 'lost' when she was transferred. And that's just a guess. But they put into one of those stations to take on cargo and equipment, and according to the logs, 38 came on in that last load. She could have been shipped or transferred from elsewhere though, but at least it's a start."<br><br>He brought up three files, each with what were clearly pictures intended for ID cards - serious, neutral expressions and not particularly good pictures. "This is what I could retrieve - our Dr. Hodgins, a Nurse Rollins and a tech named Mark Hastings. Not much information on them either, but we might be able to track them down if they made it off the ship."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>10-02-2015, 01:07:39</strong>
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				Sara looked at the pictures carefully, trying to put the faces to her memory. "She was in the last cargo ship from Saturn station?" Sara asked from Geoff. "These are doctors...which mean they must have degrees. Any suggestions where we start? Going around asking from each medical school would take quite a while." Sara said. "What if...we hack into employment registry. They have info of their last assignment but also have their addresses. They might not live in the old addresses anymore, but it's better than asking around randomly." Sara suggested.<br><br>"We would need to do it through a zombie server." Allison, a blonde girl wearing glasses said. "They can easily track us and send the police on our tails if we just do it directly. First we just need to acquire, well infect, one server first. Though I would prefer the other option. It's a bit riskier, but once it's done it is pretty much guaranteed safety. The other option is, we would need to infiltrate the server room, plant a local quantum flow disruptor and get out. After that, they won't be able to detect us, not until they remove the device which is not so easily noticed. Usually when they do notice it, it's days later. In some cases, weeks." Allison explained. "Well, you're the expert, tell us what you need." Sara said to Allison. "Both options sound good." Sara said before she looked at 38. "You alright?" she asked quietly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>19-02-2015, 09:11:45</strong>
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				Geoff nodded. "Employment registry might work, though it's possible these guys are running off the books. I can also look for cargo transfers around the same time, and if any of the signatures on those cross-match to one of our doctor friends. Doing..." he looked nervously at 38, "something like this has got to involve some pretty specific equipment."<br><br>38 looked a little sheepishly at Sara, her eyes nervous, looking very much like the pet she had been crafted into. She also looked like she was desperately trying not to break down into tears.<br><br>"I..." she looked down. "It would have been easier, if I had been someone horrible. I could tell myself I was better off like this. That the world was better off like this." She whimpered softly. "I..." her voice lowered. "I'm afraid of you going after them. Of something like this happening to one of you. Like you said, you're...not always good people. And you've already done so much for me, and I've got nothing to offer you..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>19-02-2015, 14:59:00</strong>
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				Sara nodded to Geoff before turning her head to Melina. "Melina, set a course to the nearest planet with a human employment registry office. Shouldn't be too long before we arrive there." Sara instructed. "Okay!" Melina replied happily as she briefly took a seat in front of one of the consoles and checked the computer's database before setting a course. "Nearest seems to be Calania. One of the first ones to be colonized by humans. It'll take around 9 hours to get there, so we'll be there tomorrow." Melina said. "Good." Sara said before she looked at 38 who was saying something.<br><br>Sara listened to 38 and then squeezed her hand softly. "You're still alive. That's what matters. Don't worry about us. Just focus on your own well-being for the moment." she said to 38. "I think that's enough for today. You're all free to do whatever you wish for the reminder of today. I do suggest you get some sleep before we depart on to the planet tomorrow. Allison, you have everything you need for tomorrow?" Sara asked. "Yes. Only thing left is to place the disruptor. I'll configure it before I go to sleep." Allison replied. "Great. Thank you all." Sara said before she got up and looked at 38. "Come." Sara said to 38, offering her hand. "Do you wish to explore the ship or perhaps watch TV or read something?" Sara asked from the girl. "You can also get to know some of the crew if you wish." Sara said.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>02-03-2015, 03:54:41</strong>
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				38 smiled timidly, still feeling a little overwhelmed by her rescue - and the torrent of information about what had been done to her, and hints about who she might have once been. Part of her was horrified that she was mostly innocent, but part of her was glad - she wasn't sure she could have handled learning that she was a monster.<br><br>She took Sara's hand, shaking her head softly. She had been alone for so long, just being around the crew was overwhelming. It would take her time before she could adjust. "I...if we could go back to your room please? Maybe I can read for a little bit? I didn't sleep well on the ship, in that cage..."<br><br>She let herself be lead back to the Captain's room, curling up on a couch and reading for a few minutes, letting the silence linger. She was glad these people had found her, though she regretted that she didn't have anything to offer them in return. Eventually, she looked up, her ears low.<br><br>"Your crew...they're not coming out and saying it, but I've...I've heard things. The people who did this...they meant me as a...a pet. A sex slave. Didn't they?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>27-03-2015, 23:44:36</strong>
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				"Of course...take all the time you need." Sara said to the girl. "Alright, take the rest of the day off. We'll start planning and doing tomorrow. Thanks all." Sara said as she walked out of the bridge with the girl.<br><br>Sara walked to the replicator and decided to get something to eat. "Are you hungry?" she asked from the girl before she ordered a baguette, filled with chicken, some tuna, olives and pickles along with a teriyaki sauce. Sara noticed the girl was reading, so she sat down to a chair in front of a table and pressed some holographic buttons on the table to bring up the TV. Sara placed two small round looking things to her ears and then pressed a few buttons on the table to direct the sound of the TV to the earplugs.<br><br>She took a bite out of her tasty sandwich before she heard the girl say something and stopped the replay on the TV and turned down the volume. "Oh...um...that is very probable, yes. At least what we figured...I'm sorry. I've heard of different fates over the course of my life but nothing quite like yours." Sara said. "You wanna keep reading or you wanna come watch some comedy with me?" Sara asked from 38 with a slight smile, hoping that perhaps it would take her mind off of things.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>29-03-2015, 18:23:43</strong>
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				38 visibly calmed once they had retreated to Sara's room, giving her an apologetic glance.<br><br>"Thank you. It's not their fault, but your crew...with everyone there and looking at me, after being alone for so long, it's a little overwhelming."<br><br>She nodded hopefully when asked if she was hungry, the look in her eyes almost suggesting that she didn't expect that to be immediately followed by the promise of food, her eyes locked on the chicken sandwich. Tina had helpfully left a list of "38 Safe" foods, worried about malnutrition, and what would happen to her system if she was allowed to eat unrestricted, and the famished hybrid seemed perfectly content with the lightly flavored oatmeal she had suggested, curling up around it protectively as she ate, the motion strangely canine but still feeling natural.<br><br>The looked down when Sara confirmed what she thought, and nodded, going to the couch and curling up beside her, her expression a little lost, ears pressed to her skull, though she soon lost herself in to comedy. When it was done, she accepted a place in Sara's bed, though she pressed herself hard against the wall, both for security and to take up as little space as possible. She soon fell into an exhausted sleep, though it was fitful, the girl often whimpering as she dreamed, likely revisiting what had happened to her even while she slept.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>30-03-2015, 00:27:58</strong>
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				"I understand." Sara replied. "So what kind of things can you eat? Hopefully something tasty at least. If you're allowed to eat fish and rice...well, sushi is the way to go. Or we can modify this sandwich of mine a little. Though I think you are allowed to eat tuna and chicken and salad? Not sure about the sauce though..." Sara said, mumbling the last phrase as she took a bite out of her sandwich.<br><br>As the girl curled up on the couch next to Sara, she brought her other hand to idly and softly scratch 38's head while they were watching the comedy. "How are you liking this? The comedy I mean." Sara asked from the girl. Sara finished her sandwich after a while and sighed contently as she continued to watch the comedy.<br><br>After a good while, Sara stretched her arms and closed the TV. "You can watch the TV or listen some music with the plugs if you wish. I gotta get some sleep." Sara said as she walked over to the bed and tossed her pants and her shirt to a nearby chair and climbed into the bed. She was wearing her undershirt underneath. "Computer, dim the lights 92%." Sara said, and soon the lights dimmed and the room was almost dark, aside from the light of the stars through the window. "Sweet dreams." Sara said to the girl. She noticed that the girl was hugging the wall closely, but who could blame her. Sara turned to her other side and soon fell asleep. Her mouth was slightly open during her sleep and she had drooled a little on her pillow.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>30-03-2015, 04:45:19</strong>
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				38 let out a small, blissful and entirely reflexive noise when Sara scratched her head, flushing softly when she realized what she was doing. But beyond that temporary embarrassment, she enjoyed the evening, and Sara's gentle, undemanding company. It was so different, from being alone, and scared, and cold...she strangely found the dark comfortable when Sara was by her side.<br><br>When Sara awoke, she'd find 38 still asleep, having somehow migrated in the night toward the bottom of the bed, curled up in a tight ball between the wall and the foot of the bed, nestled near Sara's feet. The girl's ear's twitched up when the woman next to her stirred, and she lifted her head up, a sheepish smile on her canine face.<br><br>"G...good morning."<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>31-03-2015, 00:00:24</strong>
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				Sara yawned quietly and stretched in the bed, opening her eyes a little. She noticed the girl sleeping at the other end of the bed and smiled a little, wondering how she had ended up there. "Good morning. Did you sleep well?" Sara asked with a sleepy looking expression as she shifted a little to change position and pull the blanket over herself better. She liked to wake up without a rush. Sara pressed her head against the pillow and sighed enjoyably as she was resting on her other side. Sara's other feet brushed the girl's fur briefly as she changed her position. "You can still sleep more if you wish." Sara said in a somewhat mumbling tone as her other cheek was pressed against the pillow. "What would you like for breakfast by the way?" Sara asked as she kept her eyes closed, taking her time in waking up.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>31-03-2015, 05:08:51</strong>
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				38's ears perked up, and she smiled softly, looking considerably refreshed as she started to uncurl herself. "Yes, I slept very well, thank you. That's the best sleep I've gotten in...a long time."<br><br>Seeing that Sara seemed content to stay in bed, 38 instead slipped out of it, shaking her head as she stood up, the girl's firm, pleasantly curved body visible beneath the oversized shirt. "It's alright, you stay in bed. Tina said maybe a few more meals of oatmeal before I should go to solid foods, but would you like something? Breakfast in bed?"<br><br>The girl looked almost <em>hopeful</em>, like she was desperate to feel useful at something.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>31-03-2015, 15:12:05</strong>
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				"Good, I'm glad to hear that." Sara said as she opened her eyes and sighed contently as she felt warm under the covers. Her eyes soon drifted to the girl as she got up from the bed. Sara looked at the girl's body and some restless thoughts entered her mind. "Aw, aren't you just the best...nobody's ever brought me breakfast in bed. Well, except on my birthday once or twice. Let's see now..." Sara said as she shifted to a sitting position on the bed, putting a second pillow behind her back to lean against the wall. "Oh I know. That sandwich I had last night, some hot coco and some cereal with dried raspberries and strawberries. And milk to the cereal of course." Sara said. A little joke entered Sara's mind but she decided not to say it as they had just found out what purpose the girl, or 38, was created for.<br><br>Sara didn't notice her slight arousal that morning however which was pushing the blanket up a bit, until she looked down and fixed it by pulling her knees closer to her chest.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>02-04-2015, 22:38:01</strong>
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				38 smiled, setting the tray down carefully, the movements seeming remarkably natural to her as she set down first the food, then returned with a mug of hot coco. Sara seemed to not be saying something, and the canine girl quirked her head to the side for a moment in curiosity before continuing to scurry about, making sure Sara had everything she needed before setting down for her own meal, perched lightly on the edge of the bed.<br><br>"Did you sleep well? I wasn't too much of a bother was I? I...I could move if you need me to..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>02-04-2015, 22:46:18</strong>
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				Sara thanked the girl when she delivered the breakfast to her. "Yes, I slept well. I have always slept pretty well. Just don't like mornings. Bother? Not sure what you mean, but no, not at all. You don't need to move unless you wish it yourself." Sara said. "Computer, TV on." Sara said. "Let's see if there's anything interesting going on." Sara said as she started to eat her cereal while watching the TV. There was a female news reporter on the TV. "These mysterious disappearances of the scientists have led to many guessing that there might be a syndicate behind them all. What is their connection, and what were they working on? More on this later." the woman said.<br><br>Sara sighed as she munched on the cereal. "Problems might be coming our way soon. At least we know to prepare. But..." Sara said. "...computer, change to the cartoon channel." Sara said with a smile. "We can use something to take our minds off of things. Have you ever seen a cartoon? These are fun." Sara said with a smile as she kept eating her cereal and watching the silly cartoon.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>07-04-2015, 07:37:40</strong>
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				The girl settled down, perched on the edge of the bed, and seemed reassured that she hadn't been an impediment to the woman's sleep. She watched the news report as well, looking a little nervous, her ears flattening against her skull, before she nodded thankfully at the channel change.<br><br>"I remember these!" She paused, puzzled for a moment. "Or at least I remember liking these..." She tucked herself against the bed, watching with a certain innocent eagerness, her soft eyes inviting thoughts both wholesome and entirely not.<br><br>"Captain, can I...can I go without clothes today? I know you don't want me distracting the crew, and I will if you want, but my tail kept getting in the way and I..." she looked down. "I don't think I'm supposed to. I had a hard time staying cool."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>07-04-2015, 22:14:37</strong>
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				Sara was positively surprised when the girl said that she remembered the cartoons. "That's nice to hear." Sara said with a smile. Sara kept eating her breakfast, occasionally looking at the girl who seemed to enjoy the cartoons, glad that something was able to bring a smile to her face.<br><br>"Oh...um, sure. The clothes are too warm you mean? If you're feeling uncomfortable, take them off. Even though I think the bear shirt looks cute on you." Sara said with a smile before continuing on her breakfast and the cartoons. As Sara was eating, she heard the little beep sound from the com. "Computer, open up the com channel...yes?" Sara said. "Hey, it's Allison. We should all gather in an hour or so to make the plan and work out the details. Think that's enough time?" Allison asked. "Hmm...make it one hour and thirty minutes. I'll inform the others." Sara replied. "Alright. Thanks." Allison said before disconnecting. "Computer, broadcast on all inner com links." Sara said before continuing. "Attention crew, gather on the bridge in one hour and thirty minutes. That is all." Sara said before terminating the call.<br><br>Sara turned to look at the girl. "So...anything you'd like to do today? We can explore the ship a bit after the meeting or before if we have time. I need to take a shower after the breakfast at least." Sara said as she munched on her bread.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>11-04-2015, 10:17:14</strong>
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				She watched the cartoon's attentively, not recognizing any of the characters, but clearly enjoying the light, easy entertainment, eating her meal quietly.<br><br>"Yes..." she ducked her head at the idea she looked cute, though she still wriggled out of the shirt, checking Sara's face for approval, giving her a shy smile. Then the Captain asked if there was anything she wanted to do, and she thought about it for a brief moment.<br><br>"Maybe a tour of the ship? If I'm staying with you all...I should probably know where I'm going, if I'm ever going to be useful."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>15-04-2015, 00:40:58</strong>
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				Sara quickly glanced over at the girl when she was pulling her shirt over her head, before returning to watch the cartoons. "Sounds good. It's also good for you to know what to do in an emergency if that happens and what buttons not to press. If you're interested enough, one of the mechanics could use help occasionally. She can teach you if it just interests you. Maintaining a ship this size alone can be hard work." Sara explained as she finished her delicious sandwich and sighed contently. "Oh man, that sandwich was so good." she said before starting to shovel some cereal in her mouth. Sara almost spilled some of the milk and cereal out of her mouth as she started to make a muffled laugh at the cartoon.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>19-04-2015, 06:31:49</strong>
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				She looked a little hesitant at the idea of being trained by one of the mechanics, not because she didn't want to, but because she genuinely seemed unsure that she <em>could</em> - she didn't really remember who she was, or what she used to do, and was afraid to betray that she didn't know how to do anything.<br><br>Afraid to confirm that the only thing she was good for was what she had been designed for on that hellish vessel.<br><br>"It would be good...to know what to do if there was an emergency. I don't want to...to be trapped like that again." She grinned as she finished the sandwich, feeling pleased, somehow in the core of her being, even though she didn't really have a hand in making it.<br><br>"I'm glad..."<br><br>Once the cartoon was finished, she whisked the dishes away without being asked, smiling at her protector. "Is there anything else you need?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>21-04-2015, 00:26:38</strong>
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				"I bet nobody would want that." Sara said as she stretched her arms. "I'm going to take a shower. After I'm dressed up, we can go on the tour. Feel free to order anything from the replicator." Sara said as she got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom, briefly stopping at the doorway. "Oh, and thanks for the breakfast...it was nice." Sara said with a brief smile to the girl before stepping into the bathroom, the door closing behind her automatically. Sara thought about ways how the girl could pass her time on the ship, and she had one idea popping to her mind during the shower.<br><br>After a little while, Sara walked out of the bathroom with a bathrobe around herself and she was drying her red hair with a towel. Sara sat down on the comfy couch and sighed contently, feeling refreshed. "Did Tina mention anything to you about your diet? As in what you can eat and drink." Sara asked from the girl as she got up and looked through her wardrobe, picking up some clothes for herself. Sara looked at the bear shirt on the bed the girl had used and smiled. "You know, I think I'll use that one today." Sara said as she put the black jeans on a chair and walked to get the bear shirt. She dressed herself up and checked the outfit from a mirror. "Well what do you know...it matches with a lot of stuff." Sara said with a smile, looking at the bear t-shirt. Sara turned around to look at the girl. "Alright, ready for the tour?" she asked from the girl.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>24-04-2015, 05:49:23</strong>
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				"Yes Captain." She cleaned up quietly while the Captain took a shower, smiling when she turned around and thanked her. "You're welcome Captain I'm...I'm glad you enjoyed it, and my company."<br><br>She didn't order anything else, contenting herself with cleaning up, the Captain's cabin conspicuously neater than she had left it. She found herself doing it reflexively, like she couldn't quite just bring herself to...sit. She looked up when Sara returned, smiling brightly.<br><br>"Yes...she said a couple days and I should be okay with...with solid foods. She said I should be able to eat anything the crew eats after that, though...apparently I won't need much. She said something about metabolic engineering and..." she ducked her head slightly. "I didn't understand much of it."<br><br>Grinning, she nodded her readiness. "The shirt looks better on you Captain..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>28-04-2015, 00:57:47</strong>
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				"Alright, that's good news. I don't understand anything of the medical mumbojumbo Tina sometimes talks...but I trust her enough to save my life if I'm wounded." Sara said. "One thing before we go." Sara said. "If we're not on the bridge, call me Sara. And if it's a free time for all and we're on the bridge, call me Sara. Alright, let's move. We can start from the back and move towards the front of the ship." Sara said before she started leading the girl through the corridor, one of the crew members walking by. "Showing around eh?" the man asked. "Yup. Just be ready in an hour and a half or so." Sara said as she walked all the way to the end. A door opened as she approached and they stepped inside a circular room.<br><br>"This is the engine room. Our mechanic's, Mira's domain." Sara said. There was a tall circular tube in the middle of the room with some sort of liquid substance running through it. "That large thing in the middle is the cooling core. The faster we're going, the more quickly the liquid moves inside. Without it, we won't get far as it keeps the engines cool." Sara explained. For an engine room it was a pretty silent place, only a slight humming sound in the background could be heard. "Oh hey." Mira said suddenly before walking to Sara and the girl. "Didn't see you there. Was just checking up on things so that all is running well." Mira said. "This is Mira. Mira...the new girl." Sara said, not wanting to call the girl by a number. "Pleased to meet you." the brunette girl said, extending her hand for a shake. "Mira, you know about this stuff. Tell her what she should do in case of an emergency. I mean where not to go for example." Sara said.<br><br>"Oh okay." Mira said. "Let's see..." she said, looking around. "Well, always try to run for the door where you came from of course, but if that is not possible, then." Mira said as she motioned the girl to follow. Sara followed Mira as well as she led them to a side room. "Then go here. Once you're through the door, press this button here." Mira said, showing a green button on the side of the door. "It will activate a force field which will nullify any impact. If there is a chemical leak, like a gas or liquid, then press the red one. It will shut the mechanical door, preventing anything from coming through. There are food supplies stored here if the rescue takes a while, but that is like very unlikely to happen. A similar room is also across the other end as well. So, green button impact and red for chemicals. We have been looking for a force field generator type that would cover both of them. So far no luck. You can give it a test now if you want." Mira said to the girl. "Oh, and this place and the bridge are the most armored parts of the ship. Just a general tip." Mira said with a brief smile.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>02-05-2015, 01:00:35</strong>
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				She nodded softly at the Captain's commending of Tina's medical expertise. "She said I was...designed, I guess...to be easy to take care of." Looking sheepish as she was told to make sure to call the Captain by her name, she nodded simply. "Alright Sara. I just didn't want to show you any disrespect, not after everything you've done for me."<br><br>Following Sara, looking confident despite being naked, she nodded to the other crewman, looking around the engine room, gazing curiously at the circulating liquid, impressed with how quiet it was, despite the ship, her head darting to look at Mira when she appeared, smiling shyly.<br><br>"Hi...it's nice to meet you too."<br><br>The girl listened carefully, her experience with being trapped on a derelict freighter with severely failing systems clearly having had conveyed the need to understand what to do on a distressed ship. And that if she was trapped in there, there was food seemed to reassure her greatly.<br><br>"Can...can I press both? If there's a mechanical impact, but it breaks that core..."<br><br>She went into the small emergency room, pressing the red button, watching the coherent forcefield come to life, before pressing it again and stepping out.<br><br>"Thank you for showing me that. I really appreciate it."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>04-05-2015, 22:19:20</strong>
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				Sara didn't consider doing much for the girl...especially since they investigated the signal in hope for salvaging something of worth. Despite that, the girl seemed to have good manners.<br><br>"Sure, but depending on which one is pressed first, it will override the other one. Say the force field button is pressed and then you press the other one, the force field will shut down first." Mira explained. "Sure thing. If you're interested on how the things on this ship work, I could use a hand in here occasionally." Mira said, looking around. "Thanks Mira. Let's continue with the tour." Sara said before leading the girl out of the engine room.<br><br>Sara took a turn to the left which had a similar long corridor with doors on the side. "Let's see...well you've seen the medical bay. All these doors on the other wall are quarters belonging to the crew. Oh but we do have this!" Sara said before walking a bit forward and then opening a door to her right, next to the medical bay. "This is our little entertainment and relaxation room. Sort of like a living room." Sara explained. The room had a comfy couch which had four helmets made just for gaming. The room also had a billiard table and a ping pong table as well as some holo board games. "If you feel like you need a break from things, you can come here. Or if it's too crowded for you, you can use my quarters. My quarters just don't have these tables or board games." Sara explained. "Have you ever played a game with one of these helmets? If not, we have some time to kill and give it a test if you wish." Sara said.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>12-05-2015, 21:30:08</strong>
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				The girl listened carefully to Mira, nodding softly, her expression concerned at the idea that the barrier could be one or the other but not both. "Thanks Mira...I appreciate it." The girl followed Sara out of the engine room, trailing after her, poking her head in to look into the lounge.<br><br>"Thanks!" She smiled sheepishly. "It might be nice to be around people some. I was alone for a really long time." Looking down at the headset, she seemed to search her memory for awhile, as if trying to remember before finally shaking her head. "I don't think so? Do you...think they'll fit?" <br><br>She looked a little hesitant as she approached one of the helmets, sitting down and trying it on, the fit a little awkward on her decidedly canine head structure, but eventually she got it comfortable on her head, turning it on. "How does this work exactly?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>16-05-2015, 15:22:24</strong>
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				Sara smiled as the girl started to examine the headset and adjust it. "I'll show you. Just sit there and wait." Sara said as she sat next to the girl, putting one of the headsets on herself. Sara turned it on and then pressed the link button on the side of the headset. Now both of the headsets were linked to the nervous system and also with each other. Soon after, Sara saw the girl in the virtual reality space. There was green grass on the ground with little hills as far as eye could see in the horizon and a blue sky. The grass was slightly waving in the wind and it felt the same as real grass. "This is the background which we can change to whatever basically. This is the place where we choose what game to play. As you can see, if you move your arm, it feels natural, yet in the real life, your hand is not moving. There are many types of games to choose from." Sara explained. <br><br>"Show games." Sara said, and soon after large animated icons which were displaying the games available, appeared to the head level inside the virtual space. The icons were basically videos, showing what the different games were like. There were sport games, battle games, fighting games and also exploration games for those who preferred some peaceful time. "Tell me what interests you and we can try it." Sara said. "Oh, and before you make a decision, there is no pain in here. So if I hit or shoot you in a game, you won't feel a thing, just a tiny feeling of pressure to signal you that something hit you." Sara said.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>23-05-2015, 03:59:24</strong>
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				The girl went still as Sara told her to wait for her to adjust it, smiling as the headset came on, and she was plunged into the virtual reality space. She looked down at her hand, and then knelt down to run her hand through the grass, before looking up at Sara and rising.<br><br>"This is...this is amazing."<br><br>Letting out a soft squeak of surprise as suddenly the icons appears before her, she looked over the options, nodding at the idea that there was no pain here. "I've...had enough action for awhile. Maybe one of the exploration games?" She looked hopefully at Sara, unconsciously seeking her approval. "Something you'd enjoy too?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>29-05-2015, 23:44:37</strong>
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				Sara looked at the girl and smiled as she was so amazed by it all. To be honest, Sara still was sometimes amazed as well. There was not much difference between the virtual space and reality...if you looked towards the sun, you would get the same effect as in real world for example. It was also a great escape from reality to people who could not move for example. Inside the virtual space, they were free.<br><br>"Alright. Exploration is always fun. Let's see..." Sara said as she pressed her hand against one of the icons where it said "Adventure &amp; Exploration". New set of icons appeared to choose from. There was a choice for a magical like mystic large cave complex, ancient ruins with buildings like temples, a lush exotic forest with vegetation that otherwise does not exist, and also a more modern exploration of a city. Sara pondered for a while and she decided to pick the magical cave complex. "Processing..." the voice said, and soon the green fields and blue sky were transformed to a nightly sky with stars and moon. They were in the forest, the cave entrance in front of them. An howl flew by them, hooting as it went...a hedgehog snuffled on the ground nearby the cave entrance and some nightly birds were chirping. "Take your time to enjoy...there's no rush." Sara said to the girl. "If you're feeling scared, you can grab my hand." Sara said. "You lead, so you can go at your own pace. I'll follow you." Sara said, admiring the nightly forest as the moon's light bathed it to an illuminating silvery blueish hue.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>09-06-2015, 00:42:41</strong>
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				The girl nodded her head, smiling as she picked the magic cave complex, letting out a soft gasp at the animals, and the realistic sounds of nature. Her slender fingers wrapped around Sara's hand as she started looking around the world, the game oddly enough transmitting her more animalistic mannerisms, such as the twitch of her ears when a new bird started chirping, before she started deeper into the cave.<br><br>Her image shimmered for a bit though, when she actually looked down at herself, flitting between her more canine form and a non-descriptive human girl of roughly the same build as her mind struggled to firm up her image of herself, the computer eventually settling down, the girl shaking her head softly.<br><br>"That was...weird..."<br><br>She sounded a little lost, but pressed deeper into the cave, her bare footfalls almost silent on the cave's floor.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>14-06-2015, 21:33:34</strong>
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				Sara looked at the girl and saw the shimmering effect. She saw a human girl very briefly through the effect. Part of her wondered if that was, what the girl had looked like when she was human. Which would mean, the answer could lie inside her mind somewhere. "Did it feel like something?" Sara asked after the shimmering was gone.<br><br>As they entered the cave, the path slightly turned to the right and downwards. They were greeted by a blooming flower which opened it's petals as they entered. The flower was of purple hue and it's petals were shining a little as it was creating a light from within itself. There were soft and small particles which were hovering slowly around the flower. With closer inspection, the particles proved to be tiny insects and their wings reflecting the flower's light made it look like there was an aura around the flower. "You can touch and smell it." Sara said to the girl.<br><br>Soon after, they continued downwards along the path and more similar type of flowers opened to illuminate their journey along the way. They came to a round like area where there were water drops dropping into a tiny pond slowly. Sara noticed a flower next to the tiny pond in one of the corner areas. It had an orange hued fluffy soft top, and as she went to touch it, the flower leaned against her hand where she had touched it, and then it slowly straightened itself again. "Oh wow. Wish we had fun flowers like this too. Try it." Sara said, smiling a little.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>CopperLily</strong> on <strong>11-07-2015, 02:46:14</strong>
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				The girl looked confused, and a little frightened, staring down at her own figure as it stabilized again, looking up at Sara and shaking her head. "N...no. It just felt like me..." she looked down for a moment. "But kind of like how you've asked about what I remember from before you found me. Like something's there, but I can't hold onto it."<br><br>Shrugging, she continued down the cave, smiling softly as one of the small inserts landed on her nose, before she knelt down, inhaling the flower, a longing and peaceful expression on her face. They roamed further, and she nestled down near the small pond, wrapping her tail around her rear, looking both feminine and remarkably canine.<br><br>"It's...wonderful here. I...I can come here whenever I want?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Galactic Heat (CopperLily &amp; Muppet)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Muppet</strong> on <strong>27-07-2015, 19:55:34</strong>
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				Sara noticed a small insect landing on the girl's nose which made her smile. Sara nodded to the girl's question. "Whenever you have free time and if nobody else is playing." Sara said. They continued further into the cave, some tiny fluffy looking creatures crawling on the ground around them with their quick little feet. There was a faint light coming at the end of the cave, an opening to the other side. The flowers lit their way as the walked closer to the opening.<br><br>Once close to the opening, they could hear the sound of a running water coming nearby. Sara walked out of the cave with the girl as the moonlight shone down into a beautiful valley. ( http://pre09.deviantart.net/e349/th/pre/i/2013/264/0/b/enchanted_forest_by_adimono-d6n7kx0.png ). Sara slowly took in the sight, enjoying the view and sighing calmly. There were large nightly butterflies flying around and some small creatures drinking the water. Sara walked to the edge of where the water was running, a small animal looking up to her and making a sound before quickly shuffling away. Sara put her hands into the water and tasted it. It was as refreshing and pure as could be. Even the colors of the forest here seemed more intense than in real life. Sara jumped over the small river to the other side and looked at the girl. "You can enjoy and explore here for a while. When you're done, let me know where you wish to go next. These procedurally generated. Meaning, that this will go on indefinitely, and each time it is different. This is one of the most beautiful zones I've been in however." Sara explained as she looked around. She knew they had around half an hour of time still before having to leave.
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