Mel looks for pretzels. "I expected pretzels, and there are none. What sort of party is this? A non-party, that's what I'd call it."
Mel muses, "Oh good..."
Mel muses, "We stormed into Phoenix's room, looking for the event, and quite possibly ruined his chances of getting some sweet, sweet loving."
Syzygy laughs
Untitled has arrived.
Syzygy says, "Well, it would have been fast sweet sweet loving, he needs to be here soon!"
Mel starts polishing Untitled. Must polish.
Roque chuckles as she enters, and motions with her paw. In a twinkling of lights, in fades a low table on which sits a small bowl of pretzels, a plate of assorted cheeses, and a bottle of white wine. "By your request, sir." She grins. "Yes, it will be here. I estimate he has about [twenty minutes], but considering the actual event can't really happen until he arrives, we can wait for him to finish."
Untitled grins. "Mel, you mortified me back there, and Phoenix was only giving a tour! ...And you DON'T have to polish me!" He laughs, and synths, "Oh, Roque dear, you're here...I'm all atingle."
Mel muses, "I blame it all on my low energy."
Mel makes Untitled tingle by polishing him.
Roque chuckles, a bit nervously. "As am I."
Roque motions again with her paws, the instantiator system scanning and replicating the object in her room that's been waiting for the last few days.
Kehari has arrived.
Untitled smiles at Mel, and synths softly, "I've been asking around... politely, of course...if various and sundry entities have anything they'd like to contribute to the Museum. I think Indi might like to, if he can come up with anything, and I would imagine D can find something in her collection she isn't too attached to..."
Roque turns and smiles, waving to Kehari. "Hello, dear."
Mel muses, "Must be careful though. I don't want the museum to look like a garage sale."
Mel muses, "A garage sale with a large glass dog-bishonen."
Kehari comes in and spots the wheelchair. "Ah, damnit! Wrong set of limbs!" She grins and snaps her fingers, humorously upset at having guessed wrong. "Hi Roque. I hope you got a winch for that thing to get it up the Park's ladder."
Untitled chuckles. "Well, I assumed particular items would be your call." He laughs at Mel's assessment of his style, and rrms, "I don't think I'm quite androgynous enough to claim that title..."
Roque smiles. "After tonight, I'll be giving you my cane, and the needle and thread that I used. I was considering having them put in a near-dark or completely dark room on a pedestal, filled with things to touch and smell and hear."
Roque turns towards Kehari, an odd smile on her face. "No, no I don't. I imagine that will be one of the first things I shall have to practice doing. That and climbing Mount Vinge."
Kehari grins wider. "Cool, I wanna see the recording of that."
Sel has arrived.
Untitled fingerwaves. "Evening, Sel!"
Mel muses, "You will have to experience the museum anew, as well."
Roque chuckles at Mel's comment. "I suppose I shall. I would very much like to make it a regular pilgrimage."
Sel smiles warmly and bows his head. "Hello everyone. Its a pleasure to see youall here tonight. "
Untitled giggles. "I should like that very much myself, considering that would put you in the neighborhood to visit me," he rrms to Roque.
Roque smiles and turns to Sel, stepping forward to give the tesselapine a hug. "Hello, Sel. It's good to hear your voice."
Roque smiles, turning and flicking an ear in Untitled's direction. The thought had not been lost on her either.
Robin has arrived.
Robin pads in, tail wagging, her head down as she sniffs out her Mistress' scent
Untitled says, "Hello hello, Robin. Haven't seen you around in quite a while!"
Kehari waves to Robin. "Hey pup!"
Sel hugs Roque tenderly and rubs his cheek to hers. "Its good to be here Roque. Tonights certainly a special night. "He smiles to Robin andsays. "Oh, hello there Robin! "
Lucia has arrived.
Kehari says, "And Sel, heya!"
Robin YIPS as she looks up and sees Kehari and everyone.
Lucia shuffles in behind her dam, yapping loudly, then stopping and lifting her head up, sniffing and exploring all the new scents and sounds and sights!
Sel smiles. "Hello Kehari, its been quite some time. Doing well?" he asks, smoothing his robe out.
Robin nuzzles her pup, giving the pup a lick over the nose
Kehari says, "Well enough. Been mostly staying in Up helping Lysette get herself repaired, but I couldn't miss this."
Lucia stumbles back on her haunches, leaning forward too far to balance, and then knocked back by her mother's lick. She tilts her head to the side, her ears flopping.
Mel muses, "I assume Phoenix will be doing the honors?"
Roque blushes slightly at Kehari's comment. "I didn't think it would be that exciting, but I'm glad you came." Then, to Mel, "Yes, he should be here soon."
Robin giggleyips at her pup's antics, keeping an eye on her
Kehari grins at Roque. "I'm glad you invited me."
Sel nods slowly as he says. "Ah, I see. How is she doing? I saw her when she arrived but not after. "He smiles softly and says. "Its very exciting Roque. And an honour to be here."
Mel muses, "Seems like Lysette is consulting with our esteemed bioengineer."
Roque chuckles. "'Consulting', indeed."
Mel muses, "Oh Sel, thanks for handing the museum business while I was indisposed."
Untitled shakes his head and almost, but not quite, suppresses a smirk.
Kehari nods a little. "She's doing better. I got her grapple and eyes replaced, but there's a lot of work still to be done."
Roque tilts her head to the side. "Lysette... the hyena. What's wrong with her?"
Mel muses, "Did you get her stylish new eyes, with the lightning bolt pupils? They're very popular in Down."
Phoenix has arrived.
Lysette has arrived.
Sel's ears pink slightly. "You're welcome Mel, its the least I could do really. Um... I do have to talk to you about something that happened a few days ago though. " He smiles and tips his head to Phoenix and Lysette. "Hello there. "
Robin barks a greeting to Phoenix
Phoenix rumbles, "Good -gracious-, what a crowd."
Untitled bows to Phoenix and Lysette. "Hello again!"
Mel muses, "Later Sel... Later."
Sel nods. "Thats what I figured. Later. LIke perhaps tomarrow."
Roque blushes at Phoenix's comment. "Hello, Phoenix. I wasn't expecting this many people either."
Kehari says, "She's got a lot of malfunctioning cyber, Roque. Nothing I can't handle, it's just going to take some time." She grins and shakes her head at Mel. "No, I got her the fully configurable ones, with the displays on the front."
Lysette smiles, and kisses Phoenix's cheek softly.. "Oh, thank you, so much, by the way.." she coos, then loosens her arms, slowly drifting away from the Bonobian, her tail sweeping broadly as she drifts into the air.
Sel bows his head. "Hello Lysette, a pleasure to see you again. And hello Phoenix, whom I've heard of but haven't yet had a chance to meet until today. I'm Sel. Itsa honor to make your accquiantance and to be here tonight."
Phoenix laughs softly, and then nods to Lysette. "You're perfectly welcome! The Library's just next door, for the benefit of reference, after we're all done there. The ship ought to accept your jacks just fine, it adapts." He says, and then turns his attention to Roque, padding back through the crowd. "Goodness. Makes it easy to see everyone, though, once you're sorted. Well, that's quite a chair you brought with you, too. Right! Roque! Shall we?"
Lysette smiles happily.. "Hi Sel! Nice to see you again.." she offers, her eyes glowing _bright_ compared to before, and she's dressed all different. Proper desc now!
Roque smiles and steps forward, keking to Phoenix. "I accept all work to be done to me," she states for the benefit of the automated system. Then she shrugs drops her robe over the back of the ornate wheelchair sitting by the operating table. "Phoenix? Help me up?"
Untitled crosses his wrists over his stomach, then wraps one hand around the opposite wrist, twisting and kneading it anxiously. His expression doesn't seem fearful, though...just anticipatory.
Phoenix takes Roque's paw, and helps her up onto the chair in one work-cubicle, which flattens out helpfully into a table. He rumblepurrs gently, beginning to hum to himself, as he is wont to do. He doffs his cap and tosses it daintily onto a worktable, ruffling his fuzzy mane out.
Roque lies back and does her best to relax. The last time she was in one of these chairs, it was to receive a simple nano-tab, if one could call restructuring her entire nervous system simple. This... this is so much more. That was business. This is art.
Robin whines a little, then settles down, her muzzle on her forepaws, her tail curled around her pup
Kehari quietly walks over by Lysette to watch.
Sel nods slowly to Lysette , giving her a warm smile before turning his attention to Roque and Phoenix, quieting down some as he walks upto Robin, kneeling down and giving her a light, re assuring pat on the back.
Robin nuzzles the male rabbit and gives a soft yip, nuzzling his paw
Phoenix pulls out a dresser of drawers from the wall, setting out a few things. He taps casually on the wall as he calls up the solution he formulated earlier, that he'll be using shortly. As it synthesizes, he turns back to Roque, and presses the translucent patch of anaesthetic onto her arm, rubbing it in gently to disperse the stuff. "Okay. First thing's first; we open up your eyes. It'll take a few moments to cut the strings and remove them from your eyelids, so bear with me."
Roque keks softly at that, holding still. "I'm ready," she says, her voice trembling a bit.
Lysette drifts to Kehari with a little wiggling in the sir, an arm wrapping around her back as she watches on curiously, very quiet for the important event..
Phoenix bobs his snout and lifts the little microlaser, but then hesitates, glances over at the gathered crowd of sentients a few steps away, all of you. With an easy-going grin, he commands to the nervous ones, "Breathe." And then he leans in over Roque's right eye, carefully holding the eyelid, the microscapel whining up and then whirring calmly. The string holding her eyes together begins to disintegrate in parts, selectively, without touching her flesh.
Roque breathes herself, unable to suppress a bit of a giggle at Phoenix's comment. She doesn't open the first eye, though, until the second is ready to join.
Robin's tail wags some as she gives Phoenix a canine grin, tongue lolling out some.
Untitled can't help but grin a little himself, quite unable to properly fulfill Phoenix's request. He doesn't say anything about it, though, and sobers up shortly, watching with an intent expression and without a sound.
Sel chuckles as he brushes over Robin's head a little, scritching behind her ear as he glances up and waves Untitled over to his open side, an offering of an open arm there.
Untitled smiles at Sel. "I'm fine," he synths quietly, almost a whisper...and yet, he goes over anyway, never taking his eyes from Roque en route.
Robin nuzzles into Sel's scritching, tongue lolling out more
Kehari places her hand over Lysette's, just watching quietly.
Phoenix carefully cuts away the middle segments of the string, right-to-left across her eyelid. With the last segment cut away, he carefully tugs out the little bits of string wound between the eyelids, leaving tiny holes where the thread pierced. Resetting the scalpel to a regenerative mode, he begins to heal over the little holes, skin growing swiftly and settling into place without scars.
Phoenix rumbles, "That's one ringy-dingy.."
Lysette's hand turns, and her fingers twine with Kehari's, the hyena's breathing stopping for a time.
Sel can't help but laught alittle at Phoenix's comment, giving Untitled a tender hug as his other paw smoooths over Robin's back, just watching Roque, or atleast facing her direction with attention focused.
Roque lets out her breath in a soft sigh, resisting the urge to try to blink just yet. All things in due time. The sensation of the /lack/ of gentle irritation from the string, though... is odd. Not uncomfortable, but the absense of discomfort itself, something worth feeling.
Untitled gently returns Sel's hug, with a nod of thanks.
Phoenix smiles gently, humming a quaint little tune to himself, and perhaps to Roque, vaguely memetic and calming. There's no pain at all with the anaesthetic patch, which reduces the feeling to a dull tugging on the eyelids. He circles the chair, his tail swishing and curling in lazy spirals behind him, beginning his work on the second eyelid.
Kehari glances aside at Lysette and gives her an amused nudge.
Roque flicks an ear as Phoenix begins humming. It's not a tune she recognizes, but the sound is soothing nonetheless, something on which to focus while Phoenix works.
Lysette yips softly with the nudge, the hyena's whole chest *clicking*, then, she starts to breathe again, a bit of static washing out from her partially opened teeth after as she grins just a little, and shakes her head.. then, watches..
Sel smiles a bit at Untitled's hug, finding himself want to join in with the humming. He refrains, just keeping both paws busy petting either RObin or Untitled with a soft touch, ears twitching slightly.
Syzygy just watches quite still, tail and frill twitching every few seconds.
Phoenix calmly, with the talons of a surgeon, cuts open the last links of string on Roque's eyelid, his tune peaking and coming to a cheery little crescendo. He plucks out the remaining bits of thread from Roque's eyelids, letting the tiny holes clot in an instant, before healing them over the same was as the first set, the microscalpel encouraging Roque's body to heal them over. With a final little peak and conclusion to his melody, he checks his workmanship on both eyes. Then he breaks into a smile from ear to ear, straightens up and taps a button on the frame of the chair, the torso-end of it tilting up fourty-five degrees. He pads back a step or two towards the crowd, and chirrps! to Roque. "You may open your eyes." He says, with a distinct note of delight through his voice.
Robin's tail wags eagerly as her ears perk.
Kehari strikes a pose, hands on hips and grinning!
Roque sits up, draws in a deep breath, and then turns towards the assembled, opening her eyes.
Kehari deliberately doesn't say anything.
Lysette sticks her tongue out, acting Silly at Kehari's side, her eyes glowing brightly as she pretty much expresses the whole of her being..!
Lysette of course, says not a thing, either!
Phoenix poses too, in a way, folding his arms over his chest and breaking into a grin as he sees Roque's eyes open. His tail winds around one of his ankles, and his eyeridges quirk inquisitively.
Untitled's slight chest-motion and barely audible inhale-exhale cycles, just a simulation of breath for the sake of a more lifelike kinetic-statue, ceases for a little while. He stands steady, his position fairly neutral, just letting Roque see him as he is...but for a smile, which he could hardly resist greeting her with, now could he?
Roque turns and studies the canibot, smiling as she studies his features with her deep, sapphire-blue eyes. "Untitled," she says softly, already aware of that one.
Syzygy chuckles softly and claps a bit, she has quite a bit of chest-motion to be frank.
Sel smiles softly, bowing his head to Roque silently before lifting it once more, standing up in full as he says. " Welcome back to the world of sight Roque."
Roque follows Untitled's arm over to the rabbit beside him, examining his tattoos, watching the way they shift hypnotically as he moves, every change in his position causing them to move. "Sel," she pronounces with a smile.
Sel smiles wider and goes quiet once more, just leaning in against Untitled's side. He doesn't mind getting thumped by a tail, he'd do it too if his was that long.
Kehari just grins a little wider, waiting.
Altis has arrived.
Roque looks down at the canine, looking her over, laughing softly at the results of her descriptions to Charm's medical teams. "Robin, my pet...."
Robin's tail wags happily as she lets out an ecstatic *BARKBARKBARK*, tail wagging so much it's thumping into Sel beside her
Phoenix glances briefly past the crowd, craning his neck up and back as he hears the doors open and shut, giving a little nod to Altis, before looking back to Roque, still grinning his draconid grin from ear to ear.
Roque turns further, looking up at the hyena floating next to Kehari's shoulder, hoping to catch her eyes, giggling a bit at the way her robe floats about her. "You must be Lysette."
Lysette giggles a little to Roque, sighing softly, happily.. "Yes.." she comments, holding Kehari snugly at her side, or herself snugly to the vixen's side, either way works! "I'm glad to see you too.." she giggles.
Untitled takes a deep, flourishing bow toward Roque, grinning. "The very same, love. Your eyes are as pretty as I remember them."
Altis seems to freeze for a moment as the door shuts. The featureless face seems to scan the crowd taking in the various forms present.
Roque smiles when she looks at the vixen, examining what's become of her bodysuit. "Kehari?"
Kehari grins. "Ah, just so. Good to see you and be seen by you, Roque."
Roque tilts her head to the side, her ears shiftng as she looks at the frilled reptile. "Syzygy, I presume?"
Syzygy grins and nods, with more motion, "Indeed."
Roque actually has to look away from the dragon beside her for a moment, the garish colors hurting her eyes, but when she looks back, she has to chuckle at the style and design. "Mel," she says with an incline of her head.
Mel muses, "I'm sorry. I am a bit of a saturation overload..."
Roque finally turns to face the dragon standing next to her, grinning at his dress. Somehow, so expected. Elegance and debauchery. "Phoenix."
Robin giggleyips, tail swill wagging
Phoenix's grin broadens to Roque's recognition, and his maroon muzzle tips in a bow. "At your service, dear."
Lucia barks and jumps forward when her dam gets excited, practically trying to hop up onto the table!
Roque turns back towards her pet, looking down, blinking at the young pup. "Pet... one of your pups?" Her voice goes very soft.
Robin's tail wags as she bark*barks* to her MIstress, nuzzling the pup and proudly nodding her head.
Roque reaches down and gently holds out her paw to the pup, who reaches forward and begins licking her fingers. "I shall call you Lucia, then," she murmurs softly to the dog, who barks excitedly and wags her tail.
Robin barks also, sitting down, wagging her tai proudly as she watches her Mistress and her pup
Roque lifts her head and slowly turns to once more take in the gathered. Her eyes are glistening, the fur beneath them damp. "Thank you... thank you all for coming. It's... it's good to see you."
Altis pauses in place. "Am I accidentally at a private gathering? If so, my apologies." The speaking voice is calm, quiet, feminine.
Mel muses, "You think we're interesting... you just wait till you see the Park."
Untitled smiles softly, just enjoying the sight of so many happy meetings on a new sensory facet. At Roque's thanks, he smiles quite a bit wider, and synths, "Thank you for inviting us, love...and you'll be seeing much of us, from here on." He giggles a little, and rrms, "Provided your process doesn't eventually loop."
Sel smiles softly. "Well, you're well loved and appreciated Roque... And yes, I agree full heartedly wth Untitled. There's a lot to see and I'm sure you'll get around to it eventually."
Roque tilts her head, turning an ear reflexively towards the speaker, only a moment later realizing she should be looking as well. "Oh, hello... this is... something of a celebration. There's a bit of work to be done on me yet. You're welcome to stay, though, if you wish."
Mel muses, "No, I think this is an open and welcome event."
Altis murmurs, "Thank you. I am Altis. Can you explain the nature of the work being done on you?"
Phoenix grins at Untitled and Mel, bobbing his snout in a nod, flicking his ears. "No kidding, the park.."
Roque smiles. "I have just had my eyes opened after [four months] of self-imposed blindness, and I am about to have the motor control to my legs disabled." She the lies back down on the table. "Speaking of which, Phoenix, should I turn over?"
Mel muses, "Light in the absance of eyes illuminates nothing. Now light can."
Untitled's eyes widen with a quiet whirr, his LEDs glowing a little brighter. "[Four months]...has it really only been that long? My..." He shakes his head, smiling. "I feel like I've known you so much longer than that."
Phoenix grins. "If you'd like me to do that now, aye. No need to turn over, though, just lie back in the chair, like you were."
Roque chuckles quietly. "Only that, yes. It feels like much longer." She shifts a bit on the table, closing her eyes again, at least for the moment. "I'm ready."
Robin yips softly as she watches.. her eyes bright, her tail wagging slower, but still wagging as she looks at her Mistress
Altis seems to circle on the periphery of the crowd, but slowly approaches Roque. "I am curious what traits you are studying through this progressive crippling and uncrippling?"
Mel muses, "Self definition is and always will be an art."
Phoenix taps the outside edge of the frame, and the back of it tips up nearly straight, about eighty degrees. He pulls a chair out of the wall, and wheels it quietly over behind Roque. Padding back to the counter, he pops a small vial out of the synthesizer on the wall, loading it into a small dispersal gun. He pads back and sits on that chair behind Roque, starting to hum again, as a habit.
Roque doesn't open her eyes, still grinning widely. "I am testing my own limits, learning what I am capable of doing even without these things that so many take for granted. I suppose in a similar fashion I am making a statement, that all beings are limited by their choices, their decisions. The infinite boundless nature of the Mess and the Puzzlebox is still restricted to what we sentients choose to do with those abilities. It is up to us to make the most of our potential, whatever it is."
Untitled smiles softly, his expression thoughtful, even a little faraway, as he listens to Roque's speech explaining her goals. Something resonates; one can see it easily in his features. He snaps himself back abruptly to the here-and-now, though, wanting to be fully in this place for Roque...
Phoenix grins up at Roque from beneath and behind her, purring gently. "Well said." He replies. He blinks once and his eyes seem to glaze over a little. With precision, he moves the dispersal gun down Roque's spine until he gets between two particular vertebrae about two thirds of the way down. "This will feel a little weird, Roque." He warns, gently. "It'll block outbound signals to your legs, but allow one-way transmission inbound, to your brain. You'll be able to feel, but not act. Ready?"
Sel smiles softly as he listens, bowing his head to Roque as she makes her speach. He keeps quiet, resting with Robin and Untitled at his side. ears flicking a bit as he bows his head in agreement.
Altis bows deeply. "Thank you, that was quite generous. I have been impoverished for answers, and it is nice to have that one debt abolished. Thank you again." Almost immediately, however, Altis' interest is drawn toward the watching crowd.
Roque keks to Phoenix, then blushes and nods once, crisply, her eartips reddening. "I am, yes."
Robin yips softly as she perks her ears.. watching in fascination
Untitled pricks one ear forward as he listens to Phoenix, and nods thoughtfully, his intellectual interest briefly captured away from the more emotional elements. "So that's how it's to work," he murmurs, mostly to himself.
Kehari glances at Altis momentarily before looking back at Roque, watching...
Lysette bits her lower lip, part of it showing through where she's missing her upper right canine, her ears a little red at the odd process..
Phoenix hears Untitled as easily as if he was speaking out loud. "Yep, Un. It's a neat little compound I whipped up. Blocks the neurochemistry, going one way. Quirky bit of biochem work, but.." He presses the dispersal gun in and there's a sharp hiss from the instrument, as the compound disperses.
Robin shivers as she watches it being injected, tail wagging as she smiles at her Mistress proudly
Roque squirms a bit, her fingers tensing against the chair-arm when the spray enters her back. She scoots to one side, then the other, but it's obvious she's doing a lot more work now with her arms then she was before. Then she looks down at her feet. "I... I can't move my toes. It's... nothing." She grins, a strange liquid warmth spreading across her muzzle as she sinks back in the chair. "It's done."
Robin yipyipARROOOOOOO's for her Mistress, tail wagging
Kehari suddenly grins and trots over to Untitled to whisper in his ear, grinning...
Kehari grins quite evilly indeed.
Lysette yips, and is tugged along with Kehari.. but she doesn't mind, shielding her ears from the whisper carefully, respectfully!
Altis applauds, hands making a fairly muted slapping noise. "Congratualtions. How far do you normally take these tests of your capabilities and limitations?"
Sel bows his head and smiles. "Yes, it is. Welcome to your new limitation Roque. And congratulations. I am curious. Is this going tl ast as long as your last one?"
Untitled whistles softly, a slightly crackly, digitized sound due to his vocal inefficiencies. "So quick," he rrms, with a little grin. "I should expect that by now; I understand what the local technologies are capable of, theoretically. It's something different to see for myself, though, yet..." He trails off, and glows a positively atomic blue at Kehari's whisper. After a moment of fierce luminous embarrassment, though, he smirks at the vixen, and whispers back.
Phoenix whispers, "After a minute or two, the complete numbness fades away, but the lack of control over your muscles is quite thoroughly permanent. Everything from the waist down is perfectly immobile, and your toes refuse to respond to even the simplest commands. You're paralyzed, but feeling." to you.
Roque opens her eyes, then stares at the brilliant blue glow that emanates from Untitled. "So that's what Diafeara meant, all those times...."
Kehari laughs delightedly and nods to the canibot. "Damn! I hadn't thought of that!"
Robin giggleyips!
Phoenix stands up and pushes the chair back into the wall, tossing the vial back into the synthesizer to recycle it, and putting the dispersal gun back into it's drawer, pushing drawers into the wall. He pads out of the cubicle briefly, shooing the crowd aside to bring in the wheelchair for Roque.
Sel steps aside and out of the way without hesitation , smoothing his robe once as he smiles to Roque, not knowing that Diafeara says all thoose times, but tilts his head to look at Untitled's eyes as well.
Untitled giggles at Roque. "I'm sure you'll be able to elicit it from me many times in the future, dear heart," he rumbles. Shooting Kehari a little LED-wink, he leans over, and makes a very quiet, brief rrrm sound toward her...
Roque turns towards the unknown lycra-clad being with a smile. "This is only my second. My first lasted [four months], as I said, and... I don't know how far they'll go. As far as I feel comfortable taking them." She then smiles gratefully to Phoenix and pushes one arm of the chair out of the way, lifting herself up with her arms and shifting herself sideways. When she's halfway off the table, teetering a bit precariously, she shifts her grip from table to wheelchair, grabbing its arms and sliding herself into the seat, pulling her legs down afterwards and situating them in front of her. The whole process takes maybe two minutes of wrangling, leaving her sagging back into the seat. "It's a good thing I praticed that a few times."
Kehari blinks pleasantly at Un's little noise and grins. "I'm gonna hold you to that," she says with a sharp little smirk.
Robin watches her Mistress with a soft whine, worrying as Roque moves into the new chair... then relaxing as Roque is settled in place. She wags her tail again in relief
Untitled gives Kehari a coyly polite little nod, then looks to Roque again, hearing the sounds of her shifting from the chair. He smiles warmly at the lapine, and synths, "Comfortable, love? It's certainly handsome...your own design, was it?"
Phoenix laughs softly and nods, patting Roque on the shoulder. "Indeed! I imagine you'll have some serious upper body strength, in a few weeks." His tail wiggles and curls around him slowly, padding back in front of Roque to grin at her, ears perked.
Altis nods slowly and adjusts clothing, primarily the jacket. "I see. Comfort is an interesting limitation, there. I wonder if that is an intended part of the art, or just a unintended beneficial side-effect. Certainly, at some point, that will need to be curtailed."
Robin yips to Roque and can't stop herself now, padding over to lick Roque's face and bark her congratulations!
Roque smiles and keks to Untitled. "Quite. I had a few friends left in Top whom I could ask about such things. I submitted ideas, this was the final product."
Roque laughs and helps Robin up into her lap.
Sel nods slowly as he says. "It will take some getting used to. Acessibility is another issue. I'm not sure how many places are designed to allow for a device like that to pass through. LIke in Down. The sheer amount of debris would make it very hard to navigate.
Robin climbs onto her MIstress' lap happily, slurping at Roque's face and giving soft little yips
Roque keks to Sel. "I've considered that, but... it is a price I'm willing to pay. I'm going to have to climb that ladder into the Park eventually, too, and then there's Mount Vinge to climb, but... I'll find a way. That's my goal."
Lucia whines and tries to climb up after her dam!
Robin looks down at her pup and grins down, wagging her tail happily
Roque chuckles and leans over to pick up her pet's pup as well.
Roque then grins back towards Untitled and Kehari. "So.. what were you to discussing, anyway?"
Sel nods. "Thats in fact the reason why, if I'm to understand. "He smiles softly once more and takes to pondering, seeming to be playing with an idea in his mind.
Robin licks Lucia to help her calm down and settle onto Roque's lap
Kehari turns to Roque with a pleasant, sincere smile and says, "Sex positions."
Roque blushes, giggling. "Oh, my."
Phoenix bursts out laughing.
Untitled grins. "Ah, I was right, then! I thought there was something very Topwarpian about it. I haven't seen a design like it in some time, not in anything, really...I'm a bit pleased to know I still appreciate such things, so long removed from my origin-pl...gyah!" He lets out an unpleasant electronic squawk, and goes cerulean-nova again.
Syzygy laughs softly
Untitled gives Kehari a positively incredulous look.
Roque cups a paw over Phoenix's, turning to smile up at the dragon. "Thank you, dear, for all your help. I hope you've at least enjoyed this as much as I have."
Syzygy grins a bit, "It must be rather interesting, my systems don't allow me to try such things, they would autorepair."
Kehari grins even wider at Un and looks between him and Roque. "What? Did you forget I'm one third pure Bottom?"
Roque giggles. "I had, actually, yes...."
Sel giggles a bit and says. "Well, its important information honestly Untitiled. It takes planning now. "He 'winks' the half of his eye place ripples.
Phoenix crouches down and turns his paw up, squeezing Roque's in his for a moment, smiling broadly. "It's been a pleasure to help you in your explorations and evolution, Roque, And I'm happy to continue to help you along that road."
Untitled laughs. "I don't believe I ever learned that about you, for my part!" His lamps slowly begin to fade back to their normal brightness, and he nods to Sel, giggling a little. "I suppose you're right. One must attend to the essentials..."
Roque squeezes back, then kisses Phoenix's fingers. "You've been so incredibly good to me. If ever I may be of assistance to you, please ask."
Phoenix purrs and tips his snout in another bow. "Thank you."
Sel chuckles as he takes his turn to blush a bit, red encroaching on the white parts of his ears. "Aye, indeed. "
Roque wheels herself over to Untitled and smiles up at him, then slides an arm around his legs and hugs him side-on, nuzzling at his waist. "All of you have been, really. It's just so... so good to see you all, after all this time. I finally have faces to go with my voices and scents."
Kehari scritches her fingertips over Un's back. "Kiki, hon," she says, as if that explains everything.
Untitled looks over to Phoenix, smiles, and synths, "I should say much the same. Thank you for taking such good care of Roque. It's not hard to see how much care you've taken...and it's appreciated by more than the patient." He leans down to kiss Roque warmly. "My pleasure, love. I could hardly do any less for you, mm?" Finally, to Kehari, he rrms, "I've heard the name, but never the story. I'd be delighted if you'd regale me with it, sometime!"
Robin's tail wags happily as she snuggles in Roque's lap
Phoenix bows his head to Untitled, as well. "You're most certianly welcome, Untitled. You and Roque, and everyone, are welcome, anytime."
Roque shifts a bit, one paw on the back of Robin's head, lightly scritching her behind her ears, and then kisses Untitled's muzzle gently before settling back down in her seat.
Roque giggles and looks at Robin. "And you, my pet... I'm almost ready for you."
Kehari nods to Un with a grin. "You got it." She turns to Roque and leans over to give her a hug. "Good luck, Roque. I want a picture of you from the peak of Vinge."
Robin's tongue lolls out happily as she's getting such a wonderful scritching. She blinks at her MIstress and lets out an excited YIP, quivering
Sel nods slowly as he smiles, giving Unttiled room as he brushes his fingers along Robin's back, chuckling to himself at some private joke or another, saying. "Indeed. "
Roque laughs and smiles at Kehari. "When I make it, I'll be sure and have the image saved."
Robin yips happily as she looks back at Sel, enjoying the petting
Phoenix cleans up the rest of the cubicle's workspace, disposing of the old threadclippings and resetting the chair, humming gently. "So, Roque, where to now?"
Roque smiles. "I'd love to try to get into the Park, but I don't think my arms are quite up to the challenge yet. I think for now, I'm off to see... everything!" She grins.