I caught Rhea's body as it fell to the floor easily. Even though I was barely was as tall as the defender's waist, I was much, much stronger than
appearances would make it seem. Laying a hand over her chest, I left a packet of nannites there to monitor her heartbeat and breathing. They were both going
steadily, but she was still out like a light. The teleport must have been harder in this world than in the game. With my other hand I tucked the Mr
Whiskers-panda in her arm so it'd be there when she came back to the world.
Then I went to check in on the newcomer in the middle of the room. She was shivering in reaction and I had the feeling that some of the water droplets falling
off her body weren't from the river. I glanced around the room and saw a box marked "Summer Swim Stuff" and shifted back to my normal human form
to be able to reach it. Inside was a giant beach blanket that had been kept amazingly clean for not having been used yet this summer. As I pulled it out, I
noted with a grin that at least it was warm. This time of year Eastern Washington had a habit of not getting below the 80s all night long.
I wrapped her in the towel and picked her up, again amazing myself mentally with my strength with 'Body by Nannites'. Going over to a bench not too far
from Rhea/Spud's unconscious form, I sat down and held Tam in my lap. She finally relaxed enough to let herself sob into my shoulder for a few minutes
before calming down. I grinned down at her once the storm had passed."There now, feel better?"
She nodded and sniffled back at me. "Yeah... I was just, scared. I know I shouldn't have been, but I never was a great swimmer and I didn't know
how I was going to get out of the water there and.."
I shushed her before she let that though continue too far. "Don't worry about it, you're safe now." Then I gave her a *look*. "That was
a dumb fool move though, you know. You're halfway across the slagging planet! HOW did you make it here?"
She grinned at me and pointed at the small contraption that had been in one of her hands after Rhea pulled her out of the Spokane River. "Why, the Mission
Teleporter of course. That thing can teleport me across TIME, why can't it make it from Australia to America?"
I just shook my head at her sheer audacity, MD and Tam had some common traits it seemed like. "Well, it's accuracy is a few miles off." I set Tam
down on the bench and went over to pick up the Mission Teleporter to examine it more closely. "How the heck did you get this thing anyways? It
doesn't... shouldn't exist here."
Tam grinned and reached behind her to pull out the holy shotgun that anybody that ever ran through Striga Isle knew intimately. "Apparently I've still
got some tricks up my sleeve." I sat down on the bench beside her and crossed my legs in a lotus position. Not even realizing that I was shifting, I
melted down to my Nano form (as my mind tagged it) and began letting my nannites go through the Teleportation Machine. Tam's eyes widened as she was drying
her hair. "Whoa, talk about tricks. That's pretty cool..."
I grinned at her without taking my eyes off the machine. My nannites had covered it in a solid silver sheen as they began going trough it finding out how it
worked, what was broken, and starting to do some repairs and upgrades. "So, MD, Tam... are you both in there like RheaSpud here?"
"Well," She tucked into the towel a bit more as she thought about how to explain it. "Sorta kinda. I mean, I'm guessing Spud got two fully
separate minds in there, going by Gtalk?" When I nodded, she shrugged. "Well, there's only one of me in here, but it's got parts of both
personalities."
I nodded absently as the the machine in my lap began to glow slightly. "That does make sense. Tam's a Peacebringer, right?" She nodded.
"Well, that's how combining with a Kheldian to create a Peacebringer works, or so I understand. So to have the same thing happen when another
personality is forced upon you is only logical."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." She agreed with a nod.
This time I did look up at her, a smirk on my metallic face. "Besides, you're used to having female voices always speaking out in your head. Shadow,
Fiona, Alice... need I go on? So Chris's mentality is probably quite used to it's so called 'feminine' side. Hence the seamless merge." I
looked down at the form on the floor as Tam made a face at me. "However I don't think Spud here got off quite so easily. When Rhea came... they
didn't merge. Probably couldn't, and considering that Rhea doesn't exactly have a stable mind, that may be for the best. But we're going to
have to figure out how to separate them before Rhea manages to drive Spud as insane as she is."
Tam nodded then looked at me curiously. "What about you? How much of you is Uni and how much is Silver?"
I looked at her steadily. "Physically, 100% Silver. Mentally, 100% Uni. None of Silver's personality made it through whatever happened to us. I just
woke up in my bed this evening from 'pulling a Uni' and didn't even realize anything was wrong until I saw that that everything was so much larger
than it should have been. Let me tell you, a perspective change between a four foot body and a six foot body is huge." Tam had to chuckle at in agreement
as the two of them sat in Spud's garage and waited for him to regain consciousness.
appearances would make it seem. Laying a hand over her chest, I left a packet of nannites there to monitor her heartbeat and breathing. They were both going
steadily, but she was still out like a light. The teleport must have been harder in this world than in the game. With my other hand I tucked the Mr
Whiskers-panda in her arm so it'd be there when she came back to the world.
Then I went to check in on the newcomer in the middle of the room. She was shivering in reaction and I had the feeling that some of the water droplets falling
off her body weren't from the river. I glanced around the room and saw a box marked "Summer Swim Stuff" and shifted back to my normal human form
to be able to reach it. Inside was a giant beach blanket that had been kept amazingly clean for not having been used yet this summer. As I pulled it out, I
noted with a grin that at least it was warm. This time of year Eastern Washington had a habit of not getting below the 80s all night long.
I wrapped her in the towel and picked her up, again amazing myself mentally with my strength with 'Body by Nannites'. Going over to a bench not too far
from Rhea/Spud's unconscious form, I sat down and held Tam in my lap. She finally relaxed enough to let herself sob into my shoulder for a few minutes
before calming down. I grinned down at her once the storm had passed."There now, feel better?"
She nodded and sniffled back at me. "Yeah... I was just, scared. I know I shouldn't have been, but I never was a great swimmer and I didn't know
how I was going to get out of the water there and.."
I shushed her before she let that though continue too far. "Don't worry about it, you're safe now." Then I gave her a *look*. "That was
a dumb fool move though, you know. You're halfway across the slagging planet! HOW did you make it here?"
She grinned at me and pointed at the small contraption that had been in one of her hands after Rhea pulled her out of the Spokane River. "Why, the Mission
Teleporter of course. That thing can teleport me across TIME, why can't it make it from Australia to America?"
I just shook my head at her sheer audacity, MD and Tam had some common traits it seemed like. "Well, it's accuracy is a few miles off." I set Tam
down on the bench and went over to pick up the Mission Teleporter to examine it more closely. "How the heck did you get this thing anyways? It
doesn't... shouldn't exist here."
Tam grinned and reached behind her to pull out the holy shotgun that anybody that ever ran through Striga Isle knew intimately. "Apparently I've still
got some tricks up my sleeve." I sat down on the bench beside her and crossed my legs in a lotus position. Not even realizing that I was shifting, I
melted down to my Nano form (as my mind tagged it) and began letting my nannites go through the Teleportation Machine. Tam's eyes widened as she was drying
her hair. "Whoa, talk about tricks. That's pretty cool..."
I grinned at her without taking my eyes off the machine. My nannites had covered it in a solid silver sheen as they began going trough it finding out how it
worked, what was broken, and starting to do some repairs and upgrades. "So, MD, Tam... are you both in there like RheaSpud here?"
"Well," She tucked into the towel a bit more as she thought about how to explain it. "Sorta kinda. I mean, I'm guessing Spud got two fully
separate minds in there, going by Gtalk?" When I nodded, she shrugged. "Well, there's only one of me in here, but it's got parts of both
personalities."
I nodded absently as the the machine in my lap began to glow slightly. "That does make sense. Tam's a Peacebringer, right?" She nodded.
"Well, that's how combining with a Kheldian to create a Peacebringer works, or so I understand. So to have the same thing happen when another
personality is forced upon you is only logical."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." She agreed with a nod.
This time I did look up at her, a smirk on my metallic face. "Besides, you're used to having female voices always speaking out in your head. Shadow,
Fiona, Alice... need I go on? So Chris's mentality is probably quite used to it's so called 'feminine' side. Hence the seamless merge." I
looked down at the form on the floor as Tam made a face at me. "However I don't think Spud here got off quite so easily. When Rhea came... they
didn't merge. Probably couldn't, and considering that Rhea doesn't exactly have a stable mind, that may be for the best. But we're going to
have to figure out how to separate them before Rhea manages to drive Spud as insane as she is."
Tam nodded then looked at me curiously. "What about you? How much of you is Uni and how much is Silver?"
I looked at her steadily. "Physically, 100% Silver. Mentally, 100% Uni. None of Silver's personality made it through whatever happened to us. I just
woke up in my bed this evening from 'pulling a Uni' and didn't even realize anything was wrong until I saw that that everything was so much larger
than it should have been. Let me tell you, a perspective change between a four foot body and a six foot body is huge." Tam had to chuckle at in agreement
as the two of them sat in Spud's garage and waited for him to regain consciousness.