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object.
Minmei continually rotated the item, as if that would help them decipher it.
"I have no idea." Lucky scratched the back of her head.
"Urrrrrrrrr." Clugot was obviously on the fence too.
Minmei yawned rather loudly. Apparently it was not easy being a computer with a short attention span.
Exasperated, Lucky threw up her arms. "Doesn't anyone have a clue as to what it is?"
She felt something rigid press into her thigh.
Lucky gritted her teeth. Since the android had come on the bridge a while ago, he had stuck to her like glue. "Stop leaning in so close to me, Slick! We are trying to work. Can't you go to your quarters until I call for you?"
"No mistress."
"Why not?"
"I do not have any quarters."
"Fine—go to my quarters!"
Kerreth shook his head. "I cannot. I must observe what transpires aboard this ship."
"Why?"
"How else am I to help you?"
"We don't need your help."
SpinDrift leaned towards Lucky and spoke in a singsong
voice. "Maybe we do-o-o. It couldn't hurt; we're getting no-o-o-o- where."
True. "Well, move back and quit crowding me, Slick. Geesh!"
"As you say." He moved back half an inch.
Lucky rolled her eyes.
How come machines never get it?! Who the hell programs these excuses for extreme annoyance
?
Minmei gave a dainty hiccup and giggled.
Lucky slapped her forehead with the heel of her hand.
Argh
!
"Whatever is on that chip seems to be locked."
Minmei concurred.
"THIS IS TRUE, I CANNOT GET INSIDE FOR YOU."
Kerreth leaned over Lucky's shoulder and pointed at the rotating, fuzzy image of the chip. "Can you clean this image up?"
"Well, I—"
"Not you; I was speaking to your ship. You do have an integrated systems op on this—" He looked around the deck with distaste. "—ship?"
"Of course we do!" Lucky bristled. The Sugarbabe might not look like much but she could outrun most corporate ships in a pinch. Wildcat had wisely put their money where he thought it counted: getaway power. All things considered, Mama Bros had patched together a pretty decent (if pitchy) system.
"Poor folk make
do
, you know?" Lucky whispered to Spin. "Seems the Masterstroke 6000s are kind of a snobby bunch."
"From what I've heard they have every right to be." Spin whispered back.
Minmei addressed Kerreth
sweetly
.
"YOU WISH ME TO CLEAR THE IMAGE?"
"Can you sharpen it up for me?" he purred back.
Minmei was smitten.
"OH, YES!
TEE-HEE-HEE
."
Lucky's mouth opened and her tongue dropped out. Thereby showcasing her extreme nausea.
Kerreth almost lost it by coughing.
Until it hit him that she was utterly adorable
. A line furrowed his smooth brow.
Why didn't he notice that before
?
Maybe he did… but ignored it for the sake of the job at hand.
Could she be trouble?
He sneaked a peak at her. Luscious full lips. Sweet upturned nose. Expressive, round green eyes . An asteroid's worth of curly red hair. And a real cheeky personality.
Oh, yeah, she could be serious trouble.
"Do you see anything?" Lucky scrutinized the image with him.
He saw something; only not on the screen. Yeah, he was
very
attracted to her.
"I know I do." He viewed her from under his dark lashes. "Do you?" he murmured right next to her ear.
The Masterstroke's hot breath skittered along Luckys lobe.
She jumped. Simulated breathing?
They even added warmth for realism
! Amazing. And a little scary. "Um… could you not do that?"
"Do what?" His warm lips almost touched her ear.
Lucky opened her mouth to let him have it but SpinDrift forestalled her. "For lick's sake, Lucky, he
is
a pleasure droid. You can't expect him to ignore his programming entirely."
"Why not?"
"I
am
programmed to seduce." Kerreth shrugged his shoulders.
"Well,
un
program yourself."
Spin examined one of his claws. "I doubt he can."
"I doubt I can." Kerreth agreed.
Lucky clenched her fists. "I swear, I will put you both off this ship if—"
"What are those markings on the side of the chip?"
"—you continue… where?" Lucky studied the screen.
"Here."
Minmei continually rotated the item, as if that would help them decipher it.
"I have no idea." Lucky scratched the back of her head.
"Urrrrrrrrr." Clugot was obviously on the fence too.
Minmei yawned rather loudly. Apparently it was not easy being a computer with a short attention span.
Exasperated, Lucky threw up her arms. "Doesn't anyone have a clue as to what it is?"
She felt something rigid press into her thigh.
Lucky gritted her teeth. Since the android had come on the bridge a while ago, he had stuck to her like glue. "Stop leaning in so close to me, Slick! We are trying to work. Can't you go to your quarters until I call for you?"
"No mistress."
"Why not?"
"I do not have any quarters."
"Fine—go to my quarters!"
Kerreth shook his head. "I cannot. I must observe what transpires aboard this ship."
"Why?"
"How else am I to help you?"
"We don't need your help."
SpinDrift leaned towards Lucky and spoke in a singsong
voice. "Maybe we do-o-o. It couldn't hurt; we're getting no-o-o-o- where."
True. "Well, move back and quit crowding me, Slick. Geesh!"
"As you say." He moved back half an inch.
Lucky rolled her eyes.
How come machines never get it?! Who the hell programs these excuses for extreme annoyance
?
Minmei gave a dainty hiccup and giggled.
Lucky slapped her forehead with the heel of her hand.
Argh
!
"Whatever is on that chip seems to be locked."
Minmei concurred.
"THIS IS TRUE, I CANNOT GET INSIDE FOR YOU."
Kerreth leaned over Lucky's shoulder and pointed at the rotating, fuzzy image of the chip. "Can you clean this image up?"
"Well, I—"
"Not you; I was speaking to your ship. You do have an integrated systems op on this—" He looked around the deck with distaste. "—ship?"
"Of course we do!" Lucky bristled. The Sugarbabe might not look like much but she could outrun most corporate ships in a pinch. Wildcat had wisely put their money where he thought it counted: getaway power. All things considered, Mama Bros had patched together a pretty decent (if pitchy) system.
"Poor folk make
do
, you know?" Lucky whispered to Spin. "Seems the Masterstroke 6000s are kind of a snobby bunch."
"From what I've heard they have every right to be." Spin whispered back.
Minmei addressed Kerreth
sweetly
.
"YOU WISH ME TO CLEAR THE IMAGE?"
"Can you sharpen it up for me?" he purred back.
Minmei was smitten.
"OH, YES!
TEE-HEE-HEE
."
Lucky's mouth opened and her tongue dropped out. Thereby showcasing her extreme nausea.
Kerreth almost lost it by coughing.
Until it hit him that she was utterly adorable
. A line furrowed his smooth brow.
Why didn't he notice that before
?
Maybe he did… but ignored it for the sake of the job at hand.
Could she be trouble?
He sneaked a peak at her. Luscious full lips. Sweet upturned nose. Expressive, round green eyes . An asteroid's worth of curly red hair. And a real cheeky personality.
Oh, yeah, she could be serious trouble.
"Do you see anything?" Lucky scrutinized the image with him.
He saw something; only not on the screen. Yeah, he was
very
attracted to her.
"I know I do." He viewed her from under his dark lashes. "Do you?" he murmured right next to her ear.
The Masterstroke's hot breath skittered along Luckys lobe.
She jumped. Simulated breathing?
They even added warmth for realism
! Amazing. And a little scary. "Um… could you not do that?"
"Do what?" His warm lips almost touched her ear.
Lucky opened her mouth to let him have it but SpinDrift forestalled her. "For lick's sake, Lucky, he
is
a pleasure droid. You can't expect him to ignore his programming entirely."
"Why not?"
"I
am
programmed to seduce." Kerreth shrugged his shoulders.
"Well,
un
program yourself."
Spin examined one of his claws. "I doubt he can."
"I doubt I can." Kerreth agreed.
Lucky clenched her fists. "I swear, I will put you both off this ship if—"
"What are those markings on the side of the chip?"
"—you continue… where?" Lucky studied the screen.
"Here."
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