Echoes of Mankind IC

[PVodogaz]

Commander Treloar Noviscum

Both the Commander and Loril watched the screen and the accompaning Audio as one of the beautiful curvy women approached Kitka. First contact was being made, but what would be the the result of this first contact was yet to play out.

am Celinia, the leader of this colony. You and yours are welcome here, The One Called Kitka. We shall house you and feed you and you may ask us the many questions that we see within your mind. If you like we will even transport the woman from your craft and her male here to accompany you. We wish only for you to be comfortable while you are our guests.

So this being named Celinia was leader of this colony/city. It was simply a matriarchal society where it was apparent that males were just used for slave labour. Now they thought he was Loril's submissive. He silently growled at that.

"I got all that Officer. Tell Celinia we will come down on our own efforts shortly with another flyer." He muted the commlink and looked at Loril "You ready for an adventure Officer?"

Then he said to Terra 1 "Proceed with orders. Have my commlink open at all times and have the transporter ready for us four incase of an emergency."

The transporter was experimental technology that had been fitted onboard the ship in the last moment. Hopefully they wouldn't have to test this.

He smiled at Loril and said "So shall we go Mistress?" He stressed Mistress very cynically.

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Loril

Loril stood and grimaced at the name applied to her by the Commander.

"This should be...interesting," Is all she said as she headed toward the elevator bank, waiting for him to enter.

In the flyer, she sat down at her pilot seat and sighed, smiling. She was home now, in her element and it felt good.

"Terra 1," She said,"Prepare flyer for lift off. Systems Check beginning on my mark. Mark."

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka nodded and turned to Drell. "It looks like we are accepting the kind hospitality extended to us."

Moving off the hover disk, she approached the woman and followed her into what appeared the central building with all other buildings in the city surrounding it.

Entering the building, Kitka's breath was taken away at the sight of the magnificence. As well as the shimmery material all the buildings were built with, there were painting, tapestries and carvings covering almost every bit of the walls while plush rugs softened the echos of their footsteps on the floor.

Without a word, the woman led the way through winding passages milling with women who were just as beautiful as their guide and men in loinclothes hurrying here and there on some errand or another.

They stopped at a door, huge and ornate and she opened it with just a push of her hand. It swung open to reveal a bedroom that was rich and luxurious by any standards.

A large bed was the center of the room and more tapestries, paintings, carvings and rugs adorned walls and floor.

A sofa that looked as if you would sink into it's cushions once you sat in it, was placed off to the side as was a table laden with fruits and bottled liquids that could be the planets equivalent to wine.

The glasses and plates were made of clear material that resembled crystal and were as ornate as everything else in the building.

For the first time, the woman 'spoke'. "You will be comfortable here and none will disturb you until it is time for the main meal."

Pointing to a doorway that Kitka had seen but had not explored, she said,"There are cleaning facilities within there and a change of clothing. You and your male will be summoned when it is time."

Without another word, she turned and walked out the door and it closed soundlessly behind her.

Letting out a deep breath, Kitka said,"Well, I guess we wait for the dinner call and the others to arrive. Meanwhile, we can occupy ourselves with some scientific study."

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

Drel grunted, and went to explore the 'cleaning facilities'. He let out a groan at what he saw. "They can't be serious!"

He returned, and held up a small piece of cloth. "A loincloth! This is their Idea of a change of clothes! A loincloth. You've got one of those strange shimmery things. But all they left for me is a,..."

He rolled his eyes. "Okay, Mistress, what scientific studies do you want to do?" He wandered over, and took a piece of fruit, tossing it in the air and catching it again. "Think their food is lethal?"

He turned, looking at her, and began undoing his uniform. "I call the 'cleaning facilites'."

His belt hit the ground, nad he kicked off his shoes. "I bet they expect us to change for dinner, too. This is crazy."

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka couldn't hold back her laughter as Drell entered carrying the small piece of cloth.

And when he asked about the food, she wiped a tear from her eye and said,"You can always hope!"

Taking out her sensors, she was about to take readings of the materials used to build the walls when she heard him undo his belt and it hit the floor.

Glancing up, startled, she colored and quickly looked back to her sensors, feigning concentration and swallowing hard.

"Umm, I was going to get some readings of the room. I've never seen such material as this."

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

Drel grunted, and wandred over. He still wore his issue pants, but his chest was bare. He ran a hand across the wall, closing his eyes. "Synthetic metals mixed with a plastic-like material. Could probably stand here long after the civilization's dead without being reduced to ruin."

He undid his pants as he walked back past her, stopping next to her. "You're looking red. You walk past men running about errands in loincloths and someone takes off their shirt and look at you."

He dropped his pants. "I mean, it's not your not gonna see this, especially once I've changed into my 'formal dinner attire'."

He stepped out of his pants, and kicked them over with the rest of his uniform as he picked up the loincloth, muttering to himself as he went into the cleaning facilities.

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka breathed a sigh of relief as Drell entered the cleaning facilities. He could tease all he wanted to but Kitka had spent her life avoiding people and she had never seen a man totally naked before.

She could handle the men of the civilization running around in loincloths...they were strange and alien to her and it was more scientific curiosity than anything else to observe them.

But this was Drell Walker, weapons specialist for the ship and her comrade in arms. That was a different perspective altogether.

Suddenly something blipped up on her scanner and her thoughts were torn from their musings.

She stared at it puzzled. "What the hell?" For a moment it seemed as if she was getting a reading of a trace amount of radiation or some other chemical inside the walls of the building. And then it was gone.

Running another reading showed nothing and she wondered for a moment if, in her muddled state of mind, she had misread it before.

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

A cleaner Drel Walker exited the cleaning facilities, dressed only in a loincloth. He glanced up at where Kitka stood, looking at her equipment. He moved up behind her slowly, trying npot to make any sound.

"Well, what do you think, Mistress? Do I look like a slave?"

He grunted, glancing down at his almost naked body. "Look at this. Barely anything. Oh well, at least it's better than nothing, right?"

He looked up at her, grinning. "Then again, nothing could be interesting, too. You wanna give it a try?"

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka jumped at his voice and stumbled back into him as she whirled around.

She looked at him, her eyes automatically going up and down him and then moving back up to meet his eyes as a blush crept up her neck at his suggestion.

"I...I believe it's my turn to use the facilities," She said and made a hasty retreat into the room, shutting the door and leaning against it.

She could feel her heart pounding in her chest and the heat in her face as she closed her eyes and tried to get the sight of Drell Walker in little more than a scrap of cloth out of her mind.

Moving to the huge tub in the center of the room, she ran some water, added some bath oils and slid in, trying to get all of the thoughts the sight of him had inspired out of her mind.

A woman would have to be blind not to notice he was handsome and his uniform only hinted at the power beneath it. Seeing him like that had unnerved her and he was probably laughing at her quick retreat.

After a long soak, she got out and dried off, picking up the clothing left for her and looking at it in a puzzled way. How did these women manage to arrange and keep their...endowments...in this scrap of cloth?

Not wanting to offend their hostess' she struggled into it, finally finding the right arrangement to have it hang the way it was supposed to.

Looking at herself in the crystaline surface that served as a mirror, however, her eyes flew wide open and she shook her head.

"Oh no!" She called out to Drell in the other room,"There is no way I am going to go anywhere looking like...like...like...this!"

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

He barked a laugh, thinking about what he was forced to wear and wondering what possible problems she could have with hers. Not filling it out properly? "Oh, no, Kitka! If I have to dress like a slave, the least you can do is dress like a Mistress."

He shook his head, wondering what in the world she could be having a problem with in there. Granted, the material was strange, but at least in covered more of her than his did. He opened the door to the cleaning facilities, "Besides, it can't be that bad, what's wrong with-..."

He stopped dead in his tracks, staring at her. He blinked, once, in amazement. He whistled. "I dunno, Kitka, I think you look pretty good in it. Very good, in fact. Maybe this place isn't so bad, after all..."

And she did. She looked amazing. Who would have known,...

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka turned as Drell entered and sighed, moving her hand over the dress that barely enclosed her figure, showing curves and hinting at other delights within the folds.

"I look like...like..."She stumbled for a word that wouldn't be too harsh in it's description and could find none. "I look like I should be plying men with liquor and discussing prices for the night!"

"Now I know what their ultimate weapon is and it's not the mind one either. They stun the men from the moment they see them. They don't need anything else to stop them in their tracks."

Turning back to look at her reflection once again, she sighed and threw up her hands.

"What we don't do in the name of good relations with other planets."

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

Drel Looked at her reflection as he walked up behind her. He laughed at her suggestion that she looked something like a whore. He shook his head, and looked her up and down.

"Plying men with liquor, Kitka? Dressed like that, I think they'd be plying you with liquor. And you could name your price."

He reached out, putting her hands on her hips and moving forward until her was pressing up against her.

"Speaking of relations,...there's only one bed here. I wonder what they think about us, one bed, one cleaning facility, and if I'm supposed to be 'your' male..."

He pushed against her, and leaned forward, kissing her neck. "Kitka, you look beautiful in that. But I'm not sure if 'Stunning' is a powerful enough word for how you look."

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka could see the reflection of Drell behind her in the crystal surface of the mirror and her eyes opened wide as he came up behind her.

Dropping her eyes at his compliments, her cheeks again tinged with red. She had spent so much of her life trying to prove that she was nothing like her family, that she could do things on her own that she had cut out any time for personal relationships and was not used to someone mentioning her womanly charms. Especially not a very handsome male...in a loincloth...so very close to her.

And kissing her neck! Kitka's eyes flew open again, looking at Drell in the mirror, her breath caught in her throat as shivers ran down from where his lips had touched her skin into her stomach where butterflies had begun to flutter.

Trying to hold on to reason, Kitka said in a breathless voice,"Yes...sleeping arrangements...I...I guess we had better...talk about...that..."

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

Drel looked up, catching her eyes in the mirror before smiling. An arm slid around her moving up, and hand cupping one of her breasts in his fingers. He kissed her, next to her ear, and began to whisper softly, his warm breath moving out across her ear.

"Sleep? I don't recall saying anything about sleeping. I remember noting there was a big bed out there, a beautiful woman here, and something about relationships."

He grinned, his other hand sliding down one of her legs. "What do you think we should do until dinner? I suppose I could let go and we could go look at the wall,...but then again, we could always make use of that big bed out there..."

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka closed her eyes again at the sensations his hand was causing. She felt like she was on fire and had just been doused with a bucket of ice water at the same time.

"I...I..." Oh, she was out of her league here and sinking fast.

"Drell," She said in a voice barely above a whisper,"I've never...well, theres never been...I mean..."

She swallowed hard and tried to suppress the shiver that crept up her spine.

"It's...so hard to think with...with you doing...that," She said opening her eyes again, the confusion and growing arousal clear in them her breathing a bit harsh. The wall...there had been something about the wall that she needed to tell him but it was very hard to think...

"I guess the...the wall could...wait for a little bit..." She said, her slight resistance to his suggestion quickly fading as she pressed back into him letting herself enjoy his exploration of her.

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

He smiled, and turned her around, pulling her tight against his body. He pressed his lips to hers in a long kiss. When he broke the kiss he grinned. "Well, if you've never, we should probably wait until after dinner then. I'd hate to have to rush things, especially if you've never,..."

He grinned, and gave her a small kiss before pulling back from her. He looked her up and down. "You do look beautiful, though. A lot better than our hosts. But I might be biased. After all, you were the one speechless in my arms and they were the ones trying to fry my brain."

He laughed. "I'm going to go get into my uniform again. You could do the same, but,...I have to admit, I'd love to see you in that. Then again, it's your choice to make."

He left, and gathered to gether his uniform, discarding the loincloth to a corner as he got back into his Terran Uniform, something he was much more comfortable with. He was not going to dress like a slave for these people, and he didn't care what they thought about it.

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Kitka practically melted into Drell's arms as he kissed her, her hands moving up his shoulders to cling to him as her body melded with his.

Then he released her and she stumbled back, catching herself with one hand against the wall, her head spinning as she watched him walk away, stunned and unable to speak.

Blinking, her senses slowly returning, she stood and glowered at the other room where he was redressing.

Moving across to the door, she watched him cinch his belt and leaned against the doorway with a smile.

"Oh yes," She said looking him up and down,"Can't have our hostess' being threatened by all that maleness. They might attack you...and not just with the mind weapon either."

Moving over to her sensor, she picked it up and began running a scan of the wall again.

Speaking into her com link, she said,"Commander, we are in what I believe is the main building of the city and are doing a scientific scan of the area. Let us know when you have landed and are escorted here.

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

Drel stepped up behind Kitka, wrapping his arms around her, and pulling her back against him. He smiled, and kissed her neck. "It's not about them being threatened, Kitka. The fact of the matter is, all this maleness is yours, and I don't think they should be allowed to have any."

He smiled, and reached a hand down, sliding it along the strange fabric that covered her body, and squeezed her ass before he stepped back.

"I can't wait until dinner's over. Can you?"

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

Again Drell held her and again she had that sensation of melting and again he pulled back, leaving her a bit breathless.

Turning on him, she had the urge to throw a pillow, plate, something at his head. And they said women were teases!

Then she sighed and gave up. She had just discovered that this man had the ability to make her into a puddle of mindless thought just by his nearness. How was she supposed to fight that?

His words about 'all this maleness' being hers came to mind and she smiled. Then again, why fight?

Shaking her head, she sighed. "Well now," She said as she closed her sensers, not having anything interesting on it. "I suppose we could find time for an appitizer before dinner."

Tossing her instrument on the bed, she approached him this time. Coming up in front of him, she wound her arms around his neck and pulled his head toward hers, placing her lips over his and moving against him, letting the kiss deepen on it's own.

 

[PVodogaz]

Commander Treloar Noviscum

The Commander and Treloar left the Command Centre to the control of Terra 1, as they headed to the flyer, a short trip down the elevator bank. "Terra 1 keep our commlink line open in case of emergency. Please let me know when all alien defence codes have been found. Commander out."

As they entered the flyer, Loril took the controls and Treloar sat in the opposite seat from her and answered her prior comment; " Yes....this should prove to be...very interesting, Officer."

And they were off awaiting Terra 1 computer clearance, then they would be with Officer Drel and Officer Kitka down on the surface of this strange planet.

 

[DarkThoughts01]

Terra One
Terra One gently beeped as it roleld sedatly at space,while meanwhile it pushes itws way through the alien systems,breakign tino the almost patheticly weak defenses guarding teh aliens defence systems.
Commander?It seems that whoever they dont like must be completly inneffiecient with computer systems.the only major defenses ive foudn so far have been the planets Main AI,and it..She seemed only curios.Currently i have codes And control of 78% and rising of the planets defensive And offensive weaponry.
Terra one spunand twisted along the alien lines of networking,not even breakign down teh barriers inpalce,merely slipping through blackened backdoors and small personal computers.It even found the room where the two officers waited.His voice suddenly fileld the room with a sarcastic note as he watched the two humans engage in....pleasantries.
Officers....i see you two ahve become....acclimated to the planet...i am glad you feel safe enough to show such openness with eahcother in an alien room,luckily I have found adn disabled all teh security cameras placed discretly in the walls and looped them so as not to...arouse supsicion
Terra One gave a soft chuckle and dissapeared again,It was having fun for once since its activation.
It suddenly felt a shift and turned,tkaing it into a large room,obviously some sort of religious or governental building.It stopped and stared at the alien AI again.It...She..had put part of herself through a small panel set itno a table in the middle of the large room.She now had a holographic form,which showed itself as a generic version of the females on the planet,and stalked side to side in mock concentration,studying scrolls of Data from other areas.she was clearly reporting to her superiors and creators on what was happening in their own computer networks.She turned and noticed him in teh netwokr and this time attacked Terra,who twisted easily and deflected her attack easily.She was obviously unused to her surroundings and how AI's could battle eahc other,a large help given to Terra by teh DISCOVERY.She attempted to go back to warn her superiors.This could not happen.
It spread around and suddenly convergred,squeezing the AI into itself and away from teh terminal,her face widening in shock before a blue tinged version of Terra appeared for a second,holding the female AI before the holo image blanked,leaving jsut a faint shimemr of holo technology in its wake.
The two AI's fought and struggled all along the alien planet,blacking out areas temporarily as they sucked up evry inch of power for moments before continuing outward as defense secrets and offensive codes were released to Terra.She backed down,ruffled and data streaming and drifting away a bit.Terra gnetly reached out,pushing them togethor before locking her into a closed system,which would hold her for a few hours easily.
As the flyer launched under Lorils control Terra spoke into the commanders com unit privatly,with a word of apology to Loril
Commander,i now have complete control over te alien systems.The alien Ai has been locked out for a few hours at least,and i now control all weapons and defensive controls.Awaiting your command and ready to blcoka dn counter any hostile motions from the surface to any crew members or the ship.

 

[The GrandMage]

Drel Walker

Drel Found himself lost it his kiss with Kitka. As Terra's voice came through the building, he moved a hand behind Kitka's head, holding her lips to his and he wazed at the room, as if the AI was an annoying fly he was trying to shoo away.

He pulled Kitka tight against him, feeling her body against his own. He broke the kiss, and lifted her in his arms, heading towards the bed.

"Screw dinner."

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Loril

Loril guided the flyer down to the planet's surface without a hitch and landed within the city itself, turning off the controls and nodding out the window where lights blinked off and on as if power surges where playing across the buildings.

"I think Terra 1 is gettng to the heart of the matter, Sir," She said as she unbuckled herself and headed for the doorway.

 

[BlueEyedLady]

Kitka

The world spun again as she kissed Drell and she wondered what the hell was happening to her. Normally cool and level-headed, she was anything but with him.

When Terra's voice sounded within the room, she barely registered it but began to pull away automatically when Drell's hand held her firm. She didn't fight it but melted back into the kiss, only coming up for breath when he broke it and picked her up in his arms.

As he lay her down on the bed, the lights suddenly blinked out, encasing them in darkness.

Placing her hands on Drell's chest, some of her senses began to return.

"Wha...what's happening?" She said, meaning the power outage, not between her and the ship's security officer.

 

[PVodogaz]

Commander Treloar Noviscum

As Loril glided the flyer manually down to the surface of the planet when the flyer comm-system beeped twice and the smooth voice of Terra 1 came through with a message.

Commander?It seems that whoever they dont like must be completly inneffiecient with computer systems.the only major defenses ive foudn so far have been the planets Main AI,and it..She seemed only curios.Currently i have codes And control of 78% and rising of the planets defensive And offensive weaponry.

Both he and Loril heard it, as the flyer entered the upper atmosphere of the strange planet. Nodding he responded. "Terra 1 good work. When you have 100% control let me know." Just as he finished his message aloud to the computer, his comlink flashed and he put audio on so that Loril could hear as well. "Commander, we are in what I believe is the main building of the city and are doing a scientific scan of the area. Let us know when you have landed and are escorted here."

Immediately Commander Treloar replied into the commlink, "Acknowledged, we are on our way down at present, see you and Officer Walker soon." Then he turned off the commlink only leaving it open to Terra 1.

As the flyer descended through the ribbons of cloud banks that lined this planet, and Loril glided the flyer smoothly towards the alien city, that sparkled and looked beautiful in this setting. Again his commlink beeped and it was on his Terra 1 Confidential Feed.

"Excuse me Loril," Treloar smiled at her as he stood up and moved to the back of the flyer, opening up the blinking red message from Terra 1 and listening to it on low audio visual. Commander,i now have complete control over te alien systems.The alien Ai has been locked out for a few hours at least,and i now control all weapons and defensive controls.Awaiting your command and ready to blcoka dn counter any hostile motions from the surface to any crew members or the ship.

Treloar smiled and felt inwardly better, knowing now he was going to the surface with a great advantage. And he would play this advantage when the need and if the need arose. "Terra 1 I copy that, be prepared for quick orders in case any problems arise."

He closed the audio comlink and returned to his seat and saw Loril was placing the flyer next to the other flyer Drel and Kitka had come down on. Looking through the screen, he saw the same figures await them.

It was then that Treloar noticed the blicking on and off of lights, knowing Terra 1 was indeed in control. "Yes Officer, Terra1 is in control. Lets meet the inhabitance why dont we," as he followed behind Loril as the flyer door opened.

Only this time, Treloar had a card to play and it was a big card to play.