>>24552670
"Haha. Landing. Yeah."

>>24552670
Land!
We did research how to land after the disaster last time, right? Right?

>>24552670
Um.
How about we just dock and take a shuttle down? Landing seems like a BAD IDEA until we've had a LOT of practice.

"Haha... landing... yeah." You say. You did do a bunch of research a few days after that incident on Sarvesh's homeworld, and spent a run through the simulator... but this was the real deal.
And you didn't have either Omni to do it for you, or Sarvesh to help you if something went wrong.
"... You'll be fine." Summer said. "I believe in you!"
Carefully, you slowed yourself so that your trajectory projected you toward the landing zone, and, biting your lip, slid out the heat shield. You held onto the stick, holding it still, and kept an eye on the atmospheric projections. There'd be an eddie in five seconds, and you just had to... lean... into it....

You twisted the stick slightly, and slid right through the eddie and below. The atmosphere got less and less green the further down you went. You'd passed the hard part, and you were quickly slowing...
So you whirled the thrusters downward and fired them up, slowing you more and more until... you stopped, just fifty feet above the surface. Carefully, you eased up on the thrusters, lowering and lowering... and then finally, you touched down.
And nothing exploded.
"See, toldja." Summer said. "Come on, I want to introduce you to Auntie Tannis!"

>>24552851
>GODDAMNIT EVERY TIME
>THIS IS ME

>>24552851
one day you'll omplete a thread without loosing your trip

today is not that day

>>24552851
Release the breath we've been holding.

"Is she an uplift tiger too?"

>>24552862
lol

>>24552867
oh he's done it before quite often...just lately he's loosing his shit

>>24552851
>Tannis
first name patricia? missing an arm?

>>24552851
"...I wasn't worried at all."

>>24552851
"Sweet, I did it. Let's go."

>>24552892
oh i know, just spent 2 days reaching through the archives and finally caught a thread when it started

curiously why did the last thread end so early? it was only half way to autosage

>>24552922
>reaching
*reading, im not psionic...

>>24552877
>"Is she an uplift tiger too?"
Couldn't possibly be, there's only a few uplift tigers and she said she doesn't personally know any.

>>24552922
It was in permasage.

>>24552893
probably not, just a reused name

>>24552851
it never hurts to meet the local air traffic controller

>>24552893
Bacon is for sycophants and products of incest.

>>24552922
>It was in permasage, sadly. Would've died eventually.

You let go of the breath you'd been holding.
"I wasn't worried at all." You lied.
"Yeah, you weren't." She said.
"Sweet, let's go." You say, and climb out of your chair, getting to your feet. "Is she an uplift tiger too?"
Summer giggled. "Nah, she's actually like my cousin or something. She's just older than I am."
The two of you made your way out of the ship, and you locked it up tight behind you. The sky was brilliant green and rather foggy, and the way the sun reflected through the atmosphere made it almost look greener, though you knew from the navigational data that it was a yellow sun. On the horizon, barely visible through the atmosphere, was the great gas giant.
Summer instantly started padding along, and you followed as she went into the control tower. In there, sitting in a chair and with headphones was a girl almost ten years older than you, with incredibly dark skin and even darker hair, dyed red in strips.
"Hey, Tannis!" Summer said, and pulled the woman into a hug. She giggled.
"Summer. Who's your friend?"
"This is Heather. She made that ship, and owns it. She's also my best friend."
"Nice to meetcha!" Tannis called, and pulled you into a hug as well.

>>24553027
"Hiya!"

>>24553027
"Hi! Summer hasn't told me anything about you at all!"

>>24553027
"Nice to meetcha too, Tannis."

>>24553027
"Yup, that's me. Where are we going, Summer?"

"Hiya!" You say. "Summer hasn't told me anything about you at all!"
"She hasn't told me anything about you either!" She said, and grinned.
"... Sorry." Summer said, and both of you gave her ear scritches.
"Well, I had better get back to work." Tannis said. "Don't want to keep you from showing off."
"Alright! Do you know if mom's in?"
"She isn't yet." Tannis said. "She's up on the orbital station. Should be down here later today."
"Okay. Thanks!"
"Alright, take care you two."
"We will!"

>Field too long!

>>24553218
The two of you make your way out of the control tower, and Summer continued padding. It almost looked like the downtown of a large city, but it was almost... a ghost town, with a few people here or there, but there didn't seem to be many. The gravity was incredibly light, and Summer was almost bouncing along. "And this is my place!" She said, and showed you.
It was most likely one of the larger buildings in the city. A full mansion, complete with alloyed slanted walls that made it look almost pyramidish, and thrumming atmospheric control systems through the vents around the edges. Summer walked close, and put her paw on the door, and it chimed, opening.
<Yay, summer's home!> The automated door cried, cheering happily.
Inside was just as spacious and large. There was a huge couch in the corner connected to a tridscreen nearly as large as Sarvesh's, and everything was spectacularly clean and well lit. You bit your lip... Perfect. That was the word for what this place looked like. Like someone had spent years trying to make this place perfect. It looked like the homes in a commercial, save the fact that all the doors and cabinets didn't have knobs, but bars, letting uplifts pull and close them with a paw.
"What do you think?" Summer asked.

>>24553236
"It's a model home! Perfect!"

"Also, the door loves you."

>>24553236
"It's amazing! The door seemed really excited to see you."

>>24553236
"Summer, you know how to live."

>>24553236
Woah, no expense spared!

We have to lounge on that couch later. Or I'll be very sad.

Where's your room?

>>24553236
"Your parents have got it *made*!"

"It's amazing!" You say. "The door really seemed excited to see you."
"Did it? Yay!" She said.
"And this is a model home! It's perfect!"
"Mom gets really anal about things not being just right." She said, and lay down on the couch with a huff.
"You really know how to live. Where's your room?"
"Right! This way." She said, and led you through the extensive halls of the place, and you entered a room that you'd seen before- the very one that Summer accidentally sent you to when she got really high on catnip. The bed was covered in stuffed animals and pillows, and the walls were covered in posters of everything conceivable. A clawed up magazine lay in the trash, and the tridvision was still on, playing something. In the corner was a haptic gaming machine, heavily modified for what looked like uplift usage.
"... I ... I forgot to turn this off when I left." She said, and tapped off the tridscreen with a paw. "Whoops."
Then she giggled. "For weeks. And I don't think they noticed."

>>24553388
"What, not even any housekeepers coming in to clean?"

>>24553388
"Oh dear! Does no one visit this at all to make sure everything is okay?"

>>24553388
"With a house this big? That doesn't really surprise me."

>>24553388
Investigate the stuffed animals.
"Lilsummer is Cuter."

Should we tell someone we're here?

>>24553388
probably didn't want you to loose your game...

>>24553388
"So do your parents live here or separately?"

"Oh yeah, what does your father do by the way?"

"What, not even any housekeepers coming in to clean?" You asked. "With a house this big, that doesn't really surprise me."
"They stay out of my room." She said. "Because mom wants me to learn to clean up my own messes."
You sit down on her enormous, fuzzy bed, and look at one of the stuffed lions.
"Lil'summer is cuter." You say.
"No, this lil' guy's name is Lionel!" Summer said. "He's adorable!"

>>24553522
"Why don't you make a Lil'Lionel!"

>>24553522
He is adorable, but Lil'Summer is cuter.

Hey, could you make a bigger Lionel? I'd like to meet him.

>>24553522
"What, clean up when you're not here? I'd imagine even a tidy room would need dusting when its occupant is away for weeks."

"Why don't you make a lil'lionel?" You ask.
"Because he's a stuffed animal." Summer said.
"He is adorable, but Lil'summer is cuter."
"Well, duh. That's because I'm the cutest thing that exists."

You giggle, and relax on the bed.
"So do your parents live here, or separately?"
"They all live here." Summer responded.
"And what does your father do, by the way?"
"He runs Greycorp. It's one of those places that has all sorts of subsidary companies that all do their own things." Summer said. "And mom started up one of the small buisinesses here when the colony was made."

>>24553703
"That's pretty cool!"

>>24553703
"Do you mind if I ask what you're going to talk to them about?"

>>24553703
"you know, now that I think about it, all of the natural Psions at the Institute have parents that do - or did - something significant... I wonder if it's just a coincidence?

>>24553850
Except sarvesh

>>24553885
his family has that big ass ship

>>24553703
So what did you do with yourself before you came to the institute?

"That's pretty cool." You say. "Do you mind if I ask what you're going to talk to them about?"
"No, I don't mind." She said. "I'm going to tell them... well, about Winter. And about how I'm aware she didn't ever exist. And to thank them for dealing with my crap."
"So what did you do with yourself before you came to the institute?"
"Watched television, studied on my own, played videogames... I took walks at noon every day to say hi to everyone in the colony." She said. "That's pretty much all I do."
"You know, now that I think about it, all of the natural psions at the institute have parents that do- or did- something significant. I wonder if it's just a coincidence?"
"... I didn't even think about that before." Summer said. "What do your parents do? One's a mechanic and the other is a cook, isn't she?"

>>24553936
one designed and built bubble drives and the other was a no shit pirate king, anna went full fangirl at her and everything

>>24553703
>missing your trip again

>>24553952
Whisper: "My dad was a pirate and founded Blackreach."

>>24553960
>>24553952
>>24553936
dammit

by the way I can see what you did thar

>>24553952
mother helped invent the S class bubble drive

>>24553952
Mum is a rocket scientist, and Dad's a space pirate queen!

>>24553952
*Realization* "Oh my god! I forgot to tell you! My Dad was a Pirate King! And then founded a PMC!"

"...well, you know how Anna is sometimes called Spider, and her ex is called Hound?

My dad is Dragon. She founded Blackreach. I didn't find out about it until last week. Mom apparently used to work for Damien's dad until he started getting all handsy."

>>24553983
I went through the whole text several times looking for the difference before I noticed the name. Apparently it's a /vr/ DOOM mod or something?

>>24553983
>Shhhhhhh.
>>24554055
>SHHHHHH.

You lean close and whisper.
"My dad was a pirate and founded Blackreach." You say.
"Oh my god!" Summer said. "That's SO COOL! And I met her! She didn't look like a pirate! She looked all... domestic. Maybe if she had a pirate hat instead of that apron..."
She giggled.
"I hafta hear stories about that from her while we're there." She said.
"And Mom apparently used to work for Damien's dad until he started getting all handsy."
"Well, it's a good thing Damien didn't take after his dad." Summer said. "Though I guess that wouldn't be a problem for me, since Robin's the only one that appreciates my catbutt."

>>24554084
I appreciate your fluffy belly, but you told me not to pet it.

>>24554084
>She's asking for it.
Obligatory tongue in butt vote.

>>24554084
"We all secretly admire your catbutt behind your back. It's all we ever talk about. Well, yours and Sarvesh's crabbutt I guess."

>>24554084
Catbutt haha oh my lord.

>>24554117
She told us not to pet it in front of other people.
Speaking of which, nobody is around right now...

>>24554144
..Do does she wave it in peoples faces because Cat?

>>24554165
TK buttpinch?

"We all secretly admire your catbutt behind your back." You say. "It's all we ever talk about. Well, yours and Sarvesh's crabbutt I guess."
The two of you giggled for a while, and then one of the machines in the walls chimed. Summer looked out the window, and turned back. You saw an ioncar slowly set down outside, and saw Laurent climb out, pulling a younger, beautiful girl to her feet.
"Hey, mom and dad are here!" Summer said, and got to her paws. "Do I look fine? No fur sticking out weirdly, nothing like that?"
You look her over, and give her a nod.
"Okay! Let's go!"
She led you back into the main room.
"Hey, mom, dad! I let a friend in!" Summer called, padding her way over. The woman and Laurent gave you a look and a smile, respectively.
"Heather!" Laurent said. "Welcome! A friend of Summer's is a friend of ours."
The woman took a few steps toward you, looking you over. Then she held out a hand. "Hello. My name is Jane Grayson. So pleased to meet you, Heather."

>>24554252
Shake her hand.
"The pleasure is mine. This place is huge!"

Rolled 69

>>24554121
nah, Lilly quit following the threads when exabyte finished NFCQ, no more tongue in butt buisiness

>>24554201
seconding the buttpinch

"you had to bring that up didn't you"

>>24554252
"Likewise. Pleased to meet you, Jane."

>>24554252
"The pleasure's all mine," smile and shake hand.

Rolled 99

>>24554252
at Mr. grayson
<I spoke to her, and now she's here to speak to you; mind what I asked you when we talked about this last time.>

>>24554252
Make eyebrows at Laurent.
Oh no, wait, psions.
<Winter isn't here.>

>>24554252
<Laurent, we had a chat regarding Winter.>

>>24554325
>>24554326
Let Summer broach the subject.

<Laurent, we had a chat regarding winter.> You say.
He only jumped slightly when you spoke into his head, and then gave you a slight nod.

"The pleasure's all mine." You responded, shaking her hand. "Pleased to meet you, Jane. This place is huge!"
"Hahaha, well, we try, we try." She said. "Go on, sit down on the couch, I'll get you something to drink." She said, and went to the kitchen. "And do you take tea, coffee, juice? Feel free to ask for anything. And I gotta say, I'm curious. Come on, Tell me about yourself, Heather."

>>24554363
seconding this, for the love of god.

>>24554370
fuck's sake, this is like coming out of the closet for someone else! let Summer breach the subject on her own damn time!

>>24554388
He wanted us to speak to her anyway.

>>24554388
Well, we didn't really bring it up, just told him what to expect.

>>24554370
IDLE CHITCHAT MODE ENGAGE
"well I'm a bit mechanically inclined and I like to build stuff. while summer can make stuff exist I can talk to machines...."

>>24554378
>>24554388
You should have realised by now that most of the people who post in this thread have zero tact.

Remember last thread, when people wanted to open our talk with Summer with "WINTER ISN'T REAL!".

>>24554370
"Well, what is it you want to know? My full name is Heather Leery, I grew up on Heaven's Jewel, and I love building things!"

"I can lift things, talk to machines, and a few other things too!"

>>24554370
"No drinks for me thank you."

>>24554370
"Some tea would be nice, thanks. Let's see, well I'm from Heaven's Jewel, I'm at the institute with Summer. My hobby is engineering and building stuff, like my ship. Being able to talk to machines with my mind kind of helps with that."

>>24554370
Can I have a coffee and a large glass of water? I've been told to drink a lot by my doctor.

>>24554370
"Coffee would be lovely, thank you."
"Well, I'm Summer's roommate at the Institute. My speciality is machines. I'm from Heaven's Jewel."

"Can I have a coffee and a large glass of water? I've been told to drink a lot by my doctor."
"Of course!"
"Well, my full name is Heather Leery, I grew up on Heaven's Jewel, and I'm summer's roommate at the institute." You say. "I'm a bit mechanically inclined, and I like to build stuff."
"Oh, really?"
"She did make a ship." Laurent said. "I rode on its maiden voyage."
"Impressive!" She said, coming back with a sodacan for Laurent and a bowl for Summer. "What's your current project? Just working on that ship more, or...?"
"I think it's that big exo power suit thing, isn't it?" Summer asked. "Omnissiah was talking about his work with it during breakfast."
"Ooh, who's Omnissiah?" She asked, giving you a glass of water and some coffee.
"That's... kind of complex. Omni's special." Summer said, thinking.

>>24554499
"I'm not really sure what I should say about Omni. But he's a rather brilliant AI that we rescued."

"And yes, I'm working on a superheavy exosuit now. Omni is fabricating the shield generators and I just need to furnish the helmet with a HUD and some other things, then it'll be done."

Rolled 97

>>24554499
"what he is is his business to say, but regardless he's a friend of mine I rescued from demiurge with a lot of help from my classmates. he and sarvesh just recently found a new use for the effects of a bubble drive generator too

>>24554499
Nissy is a strange AI that more or less was an accident. She lives with us at the institute now, just sort of hanging about.

Hey, we gave Siah access to our bank accounts, do we have any money left?

Yup, its an exosuit! Meant for harsh enviroments. Its as big as a mature centaur and there'll be several personal touches to it including a kinetic barrier.

>>24554499
"Friend of ours, he's an AI, I'm not sure how much I should say beyond that, it's a sensitive topic that probably has half a dozen layers of top-secret on it.

But yes, I am making a exo-suit, it's mostly done, just need a bit more on the helmet and some wiring.

By the way your house is very nice, I mean that in a literal sense, your doors especially, all of the machines in here are very polite, kind, and excited to see Summer again."

>>24554543
dammit I thought I'd switched you fuckers off

>>24554539
>>24554554
wasn't agreed that we weren't discussing what omni actually was with other people?

>>24554499
"He's an AI. He invented a sort of force-field that I'm working into my exosuit."

>>24554576
We usually tell people that he's an AI at the institute who's just controlling the drone, so they don't get all suspicious at him fitting in a drone. The only time we tried to hide what he was completely was when we met Epsilon with Luna.

"He's a friend of ours." You say. "He's an AI. I'm not sure how much I should say beyond that; it's a sensitive topic that probably has a half dozen layers of top-secret on it."
"Oh, don't worry about that." Jane said. "If it's top secret, then say no more! Just tell him I said hello."
"But yes, I am making an exosuit. It's mostly done, I just need a bit more on the wiring- I'll finish the helmet on the way back."
"Ooh, interesting." Laurent said. "Any chance I could-"
"Dear." Jane said. "No poaching designs from minors."
"... Aww." He responded.
"By the way, your house is very nice." You say, and take another drink of water. "I mean that in a literal sense. Your doors especially; all of the machines in here are polite, kind, and very excited to see Summer again."
"Polite and kind? Huh." She said. "That'd mean you're... er, I think it was one of these magazines in here..." She said, and then shook her head. "In the magazine! Techno... path-sis?"
"Technopathy, mom."
"Right, right, I'm sorry." She said, and scritched Summer's ear.
"I do have something kind of important to talk about." Summer said, suddenly.

Jane's eyes widened- and she looked from you to Summer. Something about her facial expression made you want to blush.

>>24554708
Giggle.
Scratch Summers ears. It's okay, you can tell them.

>>24554708
<Go ahead, Summer. I'm right here.>

>>24554708
Giggle. "I don't think it's what you're thinking."

>>24554708
She thinks Summer is coming out of the closet, oh, mothers.

Drink whatever beverage is in front of us and let Summer talk to them about it.

>>24554708
*Re-engage Poker Face*

>>24554708
inb4 summer cheated on us

>>24554844
>"I'm sorry Heather, I got another BFF behind your back, we... we hugged and watched movies together. Please forgive me!"

>>24554844
That whore! Banish her from our life forever.

>>24554844
That bitch! I thought Anna was bad doing it within a week but Summer's gone and done it pre-emptively. Damien must have helped her. He gets dumped too.

You giggle. "I don't think it's what you're thinking." You say, and struggle to keep your expression perfectly neutral.
<Go ahead, Summer, I'm right here.>
"It's about Winter."
"Oh?" Jane asked, and she appropriated her own neutral expression.
"I... I didn't know she was... imaginary, until recently." Summer said.
"I... see." She said. "How are you feeling?"
"Well... I just wanted to thank you two for... well, putting up with her. And me. And stuff. And that's pretty much it." Summer said.
After a moment, she paused, and giggled.
"Seems kind of stupid to come all the way here to talk about an imaginary friend, now that I think about it." Summer added, before Jane pulled her into a tight, tight hug. You hear servos- and then you realize- Jane was covered, head to toe, in implants. Nothing around her brain or internal organs, but her entire skeletal structure had been revamped, and there was something pumping transgenes into her body.
"It's fine. It's not stupid at all." Jane said. "As far as I'm concerned, Winter's as real as you want her to be."
Then she giggled.
"You know, at first I thought you were going to tell me you were into girls or something."
Summer didn't say a single word.

>>24554906
"Well with some of the looks she's given me it wouldn't be surprising..."

>>24554906
*POKER FACE EVEN HARDER*

>>24554906
Fail to stifle a snicker.

Jane, you're all.... roboty! That's so cool!

>>24554906
Tune out the conversation for a bit.

Look at Jane's implants, don't touch, but look. See what their purpose is, if it's meant to make her look younger only of it also provides reinforcement and extra strength. If it's meant to correct for some medical condition or anything like that. See if there's any hidden weapons or the like. If we can see what the transgenes being pumped into her are meant to do.

>>24554906
<your silence is sending signals summer...and mothers have the correct equipment for deciphering them>

"you mentioned poaching designs Mr. grayson, should I worry about where I parked my ship too"

>>24554906
OHSHIIIIIII

Lez tiger?!

>>24554906
"I won't be seeing copies of my ship flying around will I, Laurent? I'm slightly worried now."

>>24554952
i agree, lets see what this is all about. its new and interesting.

>>24554952
I think we should ask permission first, even if it's just looking.

Sell the designs, make loads Of dosh

"You mentioned poaching designs, Mr. Grayson. Should I worry about where I parked my ship too?"
"Hahaha, that was a joke. Mostly." He said. "I prefer to buy that sort of thing instead of stealing them."
You nod, and turn to Jane.

"Jane, you're all... roboty!" You say. "That's so cool!"
"It is?"
"Can I take a look? With technopathy?"
"Oh, go ahead." She said.
Carefully, you read them- they were braced around her bones, holding them in place, and most of them seemed to be designed around gaining diagnostic data from her body- like redundant, invasive scanners. From what you could tell, they mostly seemed medical- there to strengthen her bones and immune system, filtering her food intake and such. From your perspective, you could only really tell that the implants were nearly twenty years old, now.
And then you find her medical record inside of an RFID. You don't look at most of it, but one thing was clear- that she was born with a genetic disorder, and that the transgene was part of an on-going thirty year process of fixing them, and desterilizing her.
When you open your eyes, Summer was purring, and Jane was absentmindedly scratching Summer's chin.
"You see anything weird?" Jane asked, meeting your eyes.

>>24555046
>Selling designs of your ship when you can make money infinitely other ways.
Lets not. Surya is our baby.

>>24555058
"No, I find when dealing with implants they don't speak. And if they do, it's with the mind of the person."

>>24555058
I'm no doctor, but it all look like it's working as it was intended to.
I'm really impressed, it's such a complicated system!

>>24555058
"nothing really"
<your medical file; sorry if you wanted it kept secret...>


"and if you want to buy the designs Mr. Grayson I'm sure I can call up omni or Sarvesh and see if they'd want to sell it. as for the armor, well it isn't finished yet."

>>24555058
"Looks like it's all medical stuff. Not a single implant that gives you super-strength or lets you fly! Very weird."

>>24555058
"Depends on what you consider weird. Implants don't really have a personality of their own, they're part of the person they're implanted into, but I did find your medical history and why everything was there.

I'm not really good with bio stuff, but I hope it's been helping.

You should come by the School some time, I can't promise anything, but a friend of ours may be able to help you."

Rolled 14, 11, 7, 9 = 41

>>24555108
Selling our stuff is chump-tier.

First we found an engineering firm and employ them, *then* we license out the tech we make,

>>24555058
"Interesting, but not weird. It's very extensive, I'm impressed. And all of it is functioning as intended."

>>24555058
Enthuse about all the neat things we learned about how implants are put together!

"Looks like you've got about another decade left? If you can make time to swing by the institute, I'm betting we could speed that up considerably."

>>24555161
Theta's really the only one who can help her, and I'm not sure offering like that would be a good idea if we haven't check with him first.

>>24555196
Yeah, we need to stop using the clones as machines that can use psionics. that's what Armatec did, and while they seem used to it it still seems wrong to me.

>>24555196
agreed

"Looks like it's all medical stuff." You say. "Not a single implant that gives you super-strength or lets you fly! Very weird."
Jane giggled again. "If you think that's weird, you haven't met many cyborgs." She said. "Some of them have really weird things. Like this one fellow had these two big... mechadar gites or something. Big robot tentacle bits."
"It's very extensive. I'm impressed. And all of it's functioning as intended."
"Glad to hear I won't die today, then!" She cheered, raising both arms.
"Don't joke about that, Mom." Summer said, and pouted at her.
"Oh, I can joke all I want. I'd have like a few weeks anyway, if they shut down."
"Well, anyway, I do want to thank you guys for being awesome." Summer said.
"You were cute enough as a kitten to be worth any hardship." Jane giggled, and scritched at Summer's head again.
"Oh! That reminds me!" Summer said, and focused. She focused hard... and then lil'summer appeared on her own head.
"Ohmygodthat'ssocute!" Jane called, and hugged the kitten. It mewed. "It's a baby you!"
"I manifested it! I can do a lot of cool things now."
"She's so cute!" Jane called, tickling the tiger kitten's belly. It wiggled it's paws. "Heheheheheh~"

>>24555196
True, we should mention it to Theta though when we get back, ask him himself rather than volunteering him without his go-ahead.

>>24555196
Alright then, change it to:
"Looks like you've got about another decade left? If you can make time to swing by the institute and convince Theta, I'm betting he could speed that up considerably."

>>24555226
Laurent's been rather quiet, what's he up to?

"Ooh, Lil'Max too!"

>>24555236
Let's actually talk to Theta ourselves first, make sure he's okay with it. Even that would be kind of putting him on the spot.

>>24555226
"I'm sorry for talking business Laurent, but do you have any companies that do work on exosuits? If I could buy a lot of stuff for the helmet it'd speed up construction a lot!"

>>24555226
Copy all of the medical data from her RFID to some storage device we have on us so we can show Theta and get his professional opinion.

"She can do an awful lot of cool things, though Lil'Summer is one of the cutest things she can make.

So, Laurent, could you give me a bit more detail on the sorts of companies under your umbrella? I'm considering your offer and while I may not work for you directly I will probably at least end up licencing designs to you at some point."

>>24555254
How about we just don't offer Theta's magical solution to everything? He's still top secret, anyway.

Also what she's got seems to be working absolutely fine! This isn't a problem that needs solving!

>>24555285
Holy shit, this. If she starts dying, then we do something. But she's fine.

You look over to Laurent, and he was watching Jane as she squeeed and tickled the kitten. "Ooh, Lil'max too!" You say, and a puppy appeared on your own head.You pull him off, and he yipped at you, and rolled onto his back- demanding belly pettings. You gave them to him, and Laurent started chuckling.
Then his personacom beeped, and he got to his feet. "I gotta take this." He said. "Take care, you three!"
"See you, Dad!" Summer said, and he made his way outside and back toward the aircar, slipping on his personacom.

"Well, anyway." Summer said. "I was thinking I'd show Heather around. Is that fine?"
"Oh? Yeah." Jane said. "That's fine with me. Hehehe, so cute~..."
"Alright." She said, and got to her paws. "Come on, Heather."

>>24555319
"Okey dokey cattbutt."

>>24555319
"Sounds good to me Summer."

>>24555285
Pretty much.

We should probably stop using Theta as an automatic 'fix-all-your-problems' button. It's insulting to him and everyone he helps. Decapitated by a time traveller? THETA CAN FIX IT! Got a cold? THETA, GET OVER HERE. 30 years worth of transgenes? HEY THETA, NEED A FAVOUR. etc etc.

>>24555319
<I think you should leave Lil'Summer here. She's got a fan.>

Scratch the tiger's ears as we follow her out.
"That went much better then expected."
"It seemed as thought they would have taken it much worse if you revealed... Well."

>>24555356
>Decapitated by a time traveller?
That one was a pretty valid reason to use Theta.

>>24555356
>Decapitated by a time traveller? THETA CAN FIX IT!

You know, I'm pretty sure Theta wanted to save his dead sibling. That wasn't really a favour to us.

>>24555375
>>24555387
Point still stands.

>>24555412
Not really, we haven't been pimping out Theta's abilities anywhere near as much as you seem to be implying.

>>24555427
Yeah, but he already gently rebuked us for trying to use him to make our love life with Anna more interesting. I don't think we should rely on him as we have been.
Not enough 'friend credits', as it were.

Hey guys, why don't we just - this is gonna be a crazy radical idea here, but bear with me - send Theta a message asking him if he'd be cool with it?

I really think we should be more careful with asking Theta favors.
He might decide to cash them in by using us as his Biokinesis guinea-pig...

>>24555442
Yeah but that's because he doesn't get anything out of Heather dicking Anna. He gets the feelgoods out of helping out Jane.

"Okey dokey, catbutt!"
<I think you should leave Lil'summer here.> You say. <She's got a fan.>
"Of course!" Summer said. "That's another reason I came back. C'mon, humanibutt."

And then the two of you went out into the streets, going wherever Summer's paws took her.

>End of thread! No interviews today, sadly.

>>24555058
well this sounds like a problem for theta.

>>24555458
This is what I was saying before. Somehow people seem to be convinced that we're on the edge of driving Theta to evil with our occasional requests for silly changes.

>>24555461
doesn't he do that anyway?

We could just get summer to ask.

>>24555475
How the fuck is this a "silly change"? We'd be asking him "Hey, my best friend who you're also on real good terms with who can make anything out of thin air? Yeah, her mom is real sick and reliant on implants to live. Would it be too much to ask you to do what you can for her? We'll probably reimburse you in all kinds of awesome ways."

I'm not seeing how this is an unreasonable request. Especially given that he has the option of, y'know, turning it down.

>>24555442
>not enough friend credit
We saved him and his whole family from life as test subjects for an evil corporation.

We have billions in friend credit, he's not going to flip his shit at us for asking if he can cure one of our best friend's mother's genetic disorder.

>>24555522
It's not an unreasonable request, which is why I find it odd that some people are saying we shouldn't ask, because apparently we're driving Theta to the edge with our demands.

>>24555538
>>24555523
>>24555522
>>24555475
>>24555466
Actually, before it was decided that you weren't going to tell Ms. Grayson, what I wrote involved her being mildly offended at the question.

>>24555555
>all those 5's
Fair enough, I guess some people do get very proud about their medical issues.

>>24555555
Yeah, I'm sure sterile women who want kids would just loathe to have people ask them if they want to be cured. Just like the people with polio and the paraplegics get all uppity about getting more freedom of movement.

??????

>>24555555
What? Why?

If someone turned up and told me they could fix all my medical issues right then and there with magic mind bullshit, no strings attached, I know I'd be happy as fuck.

>>24555572
>>24555591
Not exactly, there's more to it, but that's all spoilers.

>>24555591
That's the thing, she's already getting cured. And having the treatment you've already spent 20 years receiving suddenly become superfluous, because MAGIC, would make you feel kinda shitty too, I'd think.

Its probably my paranoia but we should technopahy our way into Laurent's Not!phone and see what the call is about

>>24555737
He's an important, busy man, and Exabyte wanted to move things on.

>>24555737
You're not the only one thinking that. I'd support it, but the thread is over so w/e

>>24555623
It's not spoilers when it's incredibly obvious, Exabutt. Tactless McGee over here just doesn't understand the >implying implications
that her tigerdaughter isn't 'good enough'. Summer isn't 20 and the implants are also part of maintaining her health so Jane has had them pre-adoption and has to keep them for other reasons that fertility.

>>24555737
>>24555757
Don't worry, this is not BFQ. We don't have to be crazy paranoid just to survive.

>>24555781
no but we do have to be crazy paranoid to keep our relationships intact apparently

im pretty sure its my paranoia but with the recent threads discussions about parents in danger it tickled my spidey sense

>>24555781
I just try to plan for the worst.

>>24555781
>He says as Sarvesh teleports a piece of the sun above his head.
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>>24555781
But this way when everything turns out okay it's a nice surprise.