Jonathan A Countyman

Chapter Seventy-Seven Qelu’s Childhood Home I

Kiru stretched a bit in her seat. It had been a couple of hours since she had started talking with Larelu. They had spent that time getting to know each other, and she was beginning to get a little more comfortable. Although she still wished she hadn’t been ambushed with a visit to Qelu’s childhood home. Then again, thinking back, she remembered her own mother could be a little forceful at times, especially when she was dating someone. Kiru also realized what meeting Qelu’s mother meant...

Chapter Seventy-Six A Visit to a Nest and...

Kiru stepped off the platform and looked around. She had never been here before, but she already knew that this was where Qelu grew up. Something she had only learned this morning. Qelu’s childhood neighborhood was located on the far side of the city from their apartments. As far as she knew, this area hadn’t yet been investigated by anyone. Although she idly recalled that there was a new clinic that had opened around here. Some kind of fertility clinic, as she recalled. At least that was...

Interlewd Fun before the Work

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Yiria made her way down the hall. Today was going to be a little busy. She was kind of looking forward to this. Especially the trip to the spa, but before that she had some work to do. Yesterday they had scanned and copied every little memory in Riku’s head. Now that they had that, they could get started by deleting unwanted memories while others coordinated the creation of approved memories to replace them. That wasn’t going to be too d...

Chapter Seventy-Five Back at the Strange Resort

May slipped into the resort silently. No one noticed her entry. Her cloak was already active, ensuring that she would remain unseen. At this hour it didn’t seem too busy, but she had a feeling that wasn’t the case. May already had a bit of an idea about Riku’s schedule. So she headed for the building she knew contained the pregnant girl’s lodgings. It was where she had left her the night before.

The resort maintained several buildings that looked like inns at first glance. They ...

Chapter Seventy-Four A Routine Morning?

Qelu stretched. Shifting away from Kiru as she absorbed the experience. It had been really weird sharing that dreamscape with Kiru. It was also somewhat interesting. Kiru had been a lot more fun in that dreamscape. Especially with how she acted like a horny teen, and tried to hide it. Although Qelu did notice that Kiru seemed bothered by that.

Kiru slipped out of the bed, and placed her headset on the table. Her body seemed a little flushed. With a deep red tinging her skin. It made her...

Chapter Seventy-Three Hallway Encounters and A Shared Experience

Kiru turned the corner. She was just coming back from her meeting with Megumi on the roof. It seemed however she wasn’t the only one returning as she noted Qei standing in front of the door with Zalla. As she noted their presence, she also picked up what Zalla was saying, and her posture. It seemed she was aggressively flirting with Qei, whose bare skin was now flushed a rather vibrant red. Kiru was tempted to cloak, and get closer, but instead she simply ducked behind a conveniently placed...

Chapter Seventy-Two A Chat Overdue

Kiru made her way up the stairs. Qelu was back home, and by home, Kiru meant waiting for her in Kiru’s own apartment. Qei wasn’t at the apartment, apparently, she had a visitor, and hadn’t been able to get away. Kiru had checked in with her, apparently, she was at a diner not far from the apartment right now. As for May, she was on her way back but planned to be back at the resort early in the morning. Honestly, Kiru wanted to be back in bed, but Megumi had called her up to the roof. 2022-07-30 15:46:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter Seventy-One Spa Massage, and Fun Times

May followed the relaxed and dazed Riku to the massage room. Her eyes were still kind of glassy after the mineral bath and scalp massage. Yiria wasn’t even touching her at the moment, but it seemed she still wasn’t all there. Perhaps an effect of that relaxant in the air. Worse, it was apparently present in this room as well. As such, she was still forced to keep her shields active, which was wreaking havoc with her batteries. Thankfully she still had a few minutes before her power levels...

Interlude A Glimpse into Kiru’s ‘Nights’ of school

Kiru sighed and glanced at her VR gear. The special gear she had gotten from the ship. Qelu was already asleep, curled up next to her. The young Iniri could be fairly mature at times, but at other times she behaved very much like a child. Although she wasn’t sure why. Megumi had told her that the Iniri had a relatively short childhood genetically speaking. They would reach physical maturity at roughly the same time as a ‘naturally born’ biomech. She certainly knew that her ‘sisters’...

Chapter Seventy May at the Spa, and Megumi’s Musings

Megumi walked down the corridor, as her other instances actively considered what she was learning. One of her cells had successfully managed to get her the look she needed at an enhanced Neku specimen. Enough of one that she now had a solid idea of what the Iniri were doing. In many respects, these enhanced Neku really were enhanced. While clearly of secondary import, there was some enhancement to physical abilities. Minor improvements, nothing really drastic but enough to make a difference. ...

Chapter Sixty-Nine Qelu’s Insights, and Clues at the Spa

Qelu glanced at the pregnant teen, and after a moment began to explain what would happen to her, answering Kiru’s question, and more. Some of what she was about to say however, would be somewhat worrying to Kiru, and certainly didn’t sit right with her.

“Well, she would be enrolled in the Iniri Caretaker Service, and a caretaker would be assigned to her.”

Kiru frowned dubiously, “Caretaker Service? What exactly is that?”

She sighed, “Not many Neku are trusted t...

Chapter Sixty-Eight Offers, Inspections, and Considerations

Qelu blushed, when she heard the words she wanted to hear. It was actually happening, she was going to be a mother. It had been a dream of hers for years, and many of her friends also wanted a child of their own. There was just something special about that, but she knew plenty who would rather care for someone else’s child than their own. She remembered how fulfilled her own mother had felt raising her, and soon she would be able to feel that herself rather than through someone else. Even b...

Chapter Sixty Seven Iniri Flirting, and Clues in Contract

May stretched a little, as she watched Riku being released from the Iniri brainwashing her. Yiria stepped forward with a smile on her face. She reached forward with a tentacle and began stroking Riku’s head. Riku leaned into the tentacle with a pleased look on her face, while her eyes glazed right back over. After a couple of moments, Yiria removed the tentacle, and let Riku stand up. Riku carefully slipped out of the chair, as Yiria told her, “Alright, you have a spa session coming up. B...

Chapter Sixty-Six Clues in Conversation

May quietly snatched a piece of fruit off the plate of a passing Iniri. Her cloaking field quickly encompassed the stolen fruit. Sure her biology meant she didn’t need to eat, but that didn’t mean she didn’t want to eat. The Iniri didn’t even notice the theft, and she paid close attention to the conversation unfolding at the table before her. It might not reveal much, but she couldn’t dismiss any information out of hand. At the moment, the Iniri girl, Yiria had just asked Riku to te...

Interlude Legend of Starhold

Starhold, a legendary fortress lost to time, but her name continues to live on. She was the most feared fortress of her age, built in the final days of the First Lords as the ultimate weapon. For the Solean Empire, it was their Manhattan Project, and was touted as the weapon to end all wars.

There are many theories about what exactly the weapon it carried did, but thanks to modern fortresses based on her, her defenses are largely known. It was a massive spherical construct with the main...

Chapter Sixty-Five Observations at the Nude Resort II

May finished with her scan, glanced at the closed door before finding a spot on the floor to make herself comfortable. She wasn’t going anywhere until the doctors came back. Riku seemed content to just lie there while the new needles exchanged fluids with her body, and a nearby machine. While the other machine continued to silently support her baby for her. She still didn’t know why, but it seemed they had some time for discussion.

Especially now that she had nothing new to really o...

Chapter Sixty-Four Observations at the Nude Resort I

May looked around the waiting room while she waited for Riku to be called. Every few minutes someone was taken from the room, either by a Neku or an Iniri. In fact, she had seen quite a few Iniri on the grounds of this resort, and she thanked her luck that they had improved the cloak. Now they were no longer detectable by the more esoteric senses the Iniri had, not while cloaked anyway. An Iniri could still sense them when they were visible, but there was a reason for that. One that was very ...

Chapter Sixty-Three Clues in Collection

May made her way down the corridor. It was early in the morning, it wasn’t even five yet. The others were asleep. Yesterday had actually been rather uneventful. At least from what she heard.  Qelu had slept in late, curled up with Kiru, and then they had gone off on another inspection. Now those two were back, and Qelu was curled up next to Kiru again. It seemed she had grown rather attached to the older Neku girl, it was honestly very cute.

As for Zalla, much to Qei’s relie...

Chapter Sixty-Two Implications

Megumi stretched her limbs, while one of her other instances, finished up with Qelu. Already she was considering the implications of what she had learned. In many respects, the Iniri were an interesting species. One that was quite literally designed to subjugate other races to use as their workforce, and at the moment they were doing just that. Exactly what they were designed to do, but it was having a rather destabilizing effect on the region. Something the Erali especially were feeling with...

Chapter Sixty-One Answers

She ended up spending a fair amount of time playing cards with Qelu. Dinner was fairly uneventful. Qelu made a few comments, but nothing unexpected. They had considered slipping her sedatives, but decided against it. Given they didn’t know much about her physiology. Thankfully, she was tired. Kiru tried not to think about why, so it wasn’t long after that she went to sleep. Getting her up to the roof, and to the shuttle proved remarkably easy. It was like moving a young child in her sleep...

Interlude Solean/ Draconic Computing

Computer technology is practically a must for any spacefaring civilization. As such any race capable of interstellar travel has some form of computer technology no matter their developmental path. Afterall, charting an interstellar course is no simple matter. Not to mention many systems on a starship require constant monitoring and adjustment. Only a computer is capable of doing that. We aren’t here to discuss all the reasons computers are a must for an interstellar civilization, but rather...