C38 Trial phase
Trial phase.
“ Why, and a wonderful good morning to you as well. ” Anthony groaned when he had leaned up in bed, only to be greeted by the tent he was pitching.
He had just woken, felt a bit groggy, and upon his finding, realized that he was getting probably used to the presence of a Siren, and the advantages it brought. Given how Tilly had mostly been staying in his quarters since he had gotten her, it was quite easy to, take care of things whenever the need arose.
And now, that he was doing his test, it seemed that he had grown so comfortable with this arrangement, that parts of him where protesting the lack of Siren this early in the morning.
“ Yeah. “ He grunted, leaning back down, and seeing Ina still sleeping besides him, he would turn to her and gently roam a hand over her fur, which seemed to lightly stir her awake.
“ Morning, your Majesty. “ He ushered, smiling amused.
It had been a while that she slept besides him, usually often to remain in her own room unless she wanted attention. But given that Tilly had been staying in his room, the chances for her to sneak into his bed had reduced to near zero, so it was a kind of, cute occurrence to his mind, about how she seized that chance the moment it presented itself.
And watching her yawn, and then just plant her muzzle back down onto her paws while watching him, well, that sure suggested she was as motivated to get up as he was.
“ Hope ? How much time is left on the timer ? “ He called out while spoiling that Vixen.
“ 8 hours and 47 Minutes. “ Hope reported, which elicits a groan from Anthony.
“ This is going to be annoying. “ He admits, as, right about now, he would not mind bending the closest Siren over, and fuck her god darn brains out.
“ Hold your horses. “ He reminds himself, surprised by that aggressive hunger for that particular experience.
Well, perhaps he had been getting to used to their presence. But that wasn’t so bad. He was planning to keep some of them around, and based on his findings, as many as he possibly could.
“ Hope, do have some food brought in in an hour. I will be staying in my quarters until the timer runs out. Make sure no Siren enters until then. “ He instructs, guessing that, by how he was feeling right now, the first piece of bare ass he laid eyes on, would be bend over and made to squeal for him.
“ Will do. “ Hope responded, and Anthony would then just try to close his eyes, and see if he could find a bit more sleep. It be better then to start counting every second for the time to pass. Besides, if he managed to calm his mind a little, then surely that, standing demand for the female body would subside as well.
It would not be quite so easy though, and he found himself a few times close to just going out to grab the next best Siren to yank back into his room. It made the wait somewhat torturous, and even made Anthony wonder how he could be longing so hard for some, fun time, when he had been getting so much of it lately.
In his understanding, there should be the eventual sense of plenty, were one would grow so accustomed to having what they craved, that the urge to have more would simmer down. But his body’s current reaction, just because he was having one sabbatical day, seemed a little extreme.
Well, then again, before the Siren, he had little physical contact with women, so perhaps, that was just his mind going haywire over the fact that he suddenly stopped taking advantage of it ? And it had not been that long since he got his hands on Tilly and Kira either.
Either way, he was damn glad when the time had expired. He just barely could keep himself from grabbing the next best Siren to enjoy.
He needed to first check back into his psychic plane to take notice of the change in Psychic energy, which had increase by 1%. And then blatantly ordered Hope to have Tilly come back to his room, if only so he could keep the same sample quality and state for the next step.
And what followed was a feast, as Anthony found himself much hungrier then ever for the physical entertainment Tilly could provide. Tilly clearly enjoyed this newfound enthusiasm from Anthony, as he not only seemed to last longer, but appeared to have a much stronger vitality that allowed him to recover a little quicker from such acts.
“ F-fuck. “ He would groan after one particular rough bout with Tilly, laying besides her as the both of them tried to catch their breath.
“ If a day without you girls, gets me going like this, then I should take a day of every so often. “ He groaned, looking at the Siren.
“ Perhaps you should. Kira is going to expect her turn after this though. “ Tilly tried teasing, disguising that she already had a suspicion as Anthony’s endurance seemed inhuman even to a Siren, even if not to her disadvantage.
But to make sure, she roamed her hand over his chest, and under the guise of intimacy, closed her eyes to seek out the source of this sudden burst of lust, and the capacity to go at it so frequently. And what she found did provide ample proof that her assumption was spot on.
She still recalled that, when she healed him, back when the Hope appeared, she had detected the lack of degradation, and an additional cell organism that enhanced his healing. But when he was healed, there was no trace left of it, and they assumed it part of his psychic ability.
But there they were again, and she could see now why they could not detect them anymore. They disguised themselves as antibodies, as blood-vessels, as various different smaller pieces to take on the tasks of what they disguised themselves as.
No, this wasn’t disguise, that was purpose. They lightened the load of other organisms, and since they seemed to have no productive organ they originated from, nor any traceable supply of energy or food-source, Tilly could only guess that it was perhaps still part of his ability. Question was, why did they only now become active again ?
“ Everything ok ? “ Anthony asked, leaning up to look at her.
“ Yeah. “ She responded, thinking briefly if she should share this info with him.
But she figured, she was his now, and while she had to keep Marianna’s intent in mind to inform Anthony only in, what was it, 9 days ? Well, there was no reason to hide this from him, especially if this was part of his ability.
Though, it did remind her of something else. Other species that had Psykers in their midst, usually shown Psykers to have a longer lifespan then their non-psyker counterparts. So perhaps, this was the reason ? It may just be something that naturally occurs in Psykers ? Thomas might want to hear this, if only so he can look into it.
“ It’s just. You know. Back when I healed you, when you where passed out on the bridge of the Hope, it seemed like you were healing yourself to some degree. “ She started, and seeing she had his full attention she would simply proceed.
“ It looked then, like you have an extra organism inside you, something that was healing you. To slow to save you on its own, but it was healing you. We could find nothing afterwards and guessed it was part of your ability. Well, I guess both may be true. I can sense them again, and I don’t see them using any source of nutrients or otherwise. So, I guess, they may be feeding on your energy to function. “ Tilly explained.
“ Hm, so, like a sort of, benign parasite ? “ Anthony asked, narrowing his brows in a hint of worry.
“ No, I don’t think so. I think it is something, Psyker specific. I mean, they may be something that settled within you, but I think it is more something that naturally develops in Psykers. I heard of other species, where Psykers had longer lifespans. Those organisms might be the cause of that. “ She suggested.
“ Huh, then Psykers like Ludwig should have them too, his ability is far stronger then mine, far as I can tell. “ Anthony offered.
“ Hm, maybe, but we could never observe it before. He might have it, but in lesser quantity. Maybe it’s not about strength. “ She suggested.
“ Hm, then, amount of available energy ? “ Anthony half asked.
“ Maybe, I have no clue. But it seems to have a positive influence someplace else. “ She whispered, leaning closer to steal a kiss, while her hand begins to explore him more intimately again.
Anthony, while curious about this as well, was not hindered by it when considering Tilly suggested offer, soon to rejoin with her in their more primal desires. And Tilly was eager to distract him for now, as part of what she said was half a lie.
She had finally noticed the cause of his increased virility. There was a new organ, small, barely noticeable, but certainly present. It was acting as an additional blood filter, taking other substances such as toxin's to break them down, and use the gained matter to increase testosterone and blood vessel production. And it likely resulted in this, psychic organism to reactivate due to the performance increase requiring a higher maintenance.
That was clearly an addition that was not there before, and looking past Anthony during their kiss, the Vixen watching their act seemed like the most likely culprit in this.
But Tilly would not get to consider this problem for now, not for a while, as Anthony leaned over her, and cause her a satisfactory moan as their act begun anew. And with that fullness she experienced right that moment, she wasn't sure if she wanted to complain about it, she was getting so much attention right now. If Siren’s could feel actual jealousy, many of those outside sure would be experiencing it right now.
And when another 24 hours had passed, Anthony had his results for the current round, as a brief check to his plane suggested a gain of around 8% with the around 1% daily already being detracted, which was a massive increase. It left him to wonder if it was the control, or if the, having sex part had more influence on this, but that was of lesser significance for now.
He had to prepare the Lab android for the next test, and Hope needed to adjust it’s programming too. Which would take him nearly half a day, before poor Tilly was being locked up with the results of their modification to endure the Androids attempt to copy Anthony’s frequency and duration of acts she had enjoyed the day before.
And by the sound of it, it wasn’t all that bad for her, if not as satisfactory as her time with Anthony, but the Android could seemingly bring her to her climax a few times. Which, to some degree, was still a positive outcome.
And when that test too was finalized, which was celebrated by Anthony as well, given that he had to keep his hands of any Siren for another full day, the resulting gain was only at 3 %. Which still suggested a gain more then suitable for the initial reason to lock up a few of them, and prospectively upgradeable if he could think of a more dedicated Android model.
Right now, if he had only ten, locked up in those imagined boxes, and had androids stimulate and use them, that be a gain of prospectively 30% per day, and the growth in strength, which he could not yet measure, should also be a boon to him, no matter how much or little it would be.
Which now left only one problem to him. To get the Siren’s loyalty, he needed to break them in, one by one. And even if he felt quite, hungry for it at the moment, a Siren in bonding phase was ravenous. He could at most break two at once, and that would probably be quite the job, keeping them satisfied.
So, for now, he could probably just get a third Siren for himself, and hope that he could somehow allure some to remain on the ship when he heads out. If he can make some of them follow him, he would just need to break them one by one, and lock them up after the fact. Until they are all stashed securely away to be tended to by a more specialized Android, or system, that can keep harvesting them for energy.
Well, thinking about it again, it sounded a bit cruel to go that far. But maybe he could still find a middle path. But either way, they were for now the key for him to expand his power and influence. And he suspected that, as long as he kept them drunk with pleasure, they wont care anyway. But the test with Tilly and the android proved that for now, that was still just a sub-par solution.
“ Yeah. “ He uttered, shelfing the current contemplation. He seen quite a few lovely looking Siren on the ship as is. Perhaps he’ll drag that one with the bunny features to bed later, that fluffy tail on her ass really gave her some charm.
But for now, he should check back on the NH 02, if there was a light source around, then it should have enough charge for the cameras to give him a look at it’s Situation.
“ Well then, lets have a look. “ He agreed with himself, making his way back onto the psychic plane, where, in the form of an elf, he felt a little annoyed at his current approach, and that he still found ways to consider moral implications. But even on that side, the agreement was there that it would take time for either side to be in tune with the other.
What mattered for now, was the 02 vessel, so focusing on it, he tried opening up the view of both installed cameras, and then found himself actually quite surprised.
The NH 02 was located in a system with a red dwarf star, just like the system the beacon supposedly was located in. But this one was over 600 light-years away. And what’s more surprising, there were other shipwrecks. The ship was literally surrounded by a sea of ships, with two distinct design philosophies visible to him.
“ Ok. “ He wondered and adjusted the view into every direction the cameras found coverage, but finding no obvious movement other then drifting wreckage.
This was interesting, considering some of these vessels seemed armed, and a few of those he could see, appearing still salvageable, it looked like a treasure trove of technology to be harvested.
But how would he get there ? He needed to make contact with the Shuttle to claim it. But, could he possibly make a claim by proxy ? The NH 02 still seemed to have one of the two Haunt MK I units, and while it was without charge, it was locked down within the charging bay, which was partially exposed to space.
“ Lets see. “ He uttered, reaching out to that drone, trying to claim it. And he was surprised to find that it worked. And looking at his available energy, it only cost him 2%, which left him at 44% now.
“ Promising. “ He said with a grin, planting a larger solar panel to the NH 02’s hull, and connecting it to the capacitor of the ships to have it slowly start charging, and in turn, charge the Haunt unit. It would probably take a few days before he could use the Haunt, but he already knew what he was going to save up for.
There where a few interesting ship designs floating about, and if he could get even one of them, and possibly repair them. Well, even if they where that far away, their build in technology alone could be useful for the Hope.
But he needed energy, much more energy, he was at 40% now. So, perhaps he should be investing some time with the Siren aboard the Hope now, give them a taste of what they could have, even if most of them would probably just become his batteries.