Transhuman Blues: The TFOS-Verse adventure world of Feiss

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"What exactly is the open purpose of Special Projects? And where are they situated?"

He asked, hands clasped together now in deep thought.

@Michale CS
"Supposed to be the bleeding edge of genineering tech. Proprietary information of course, which I'm not privvy to. But with the background Jaye has, I'm thinking she's trying to blend both Uplift and Downfall tech. My hunch? Her pet project - pardon the pun - is to gengineer a lycanthrope. And there are so many buildings doing Uplift work outside of the main Center I couldn't even begin to wonder where they're hiding Special Projects." Reya said.

Zaza spoke up then. "Unnatural, that. Pick a form and stick with it."

Reya smiled at Zaza then. "How much more unnatural is it than what you were doing for work when we met?"

"That's different."

She chuckled and looked at Lucifer. "Zaza used to work in Luna Reno at the Stardust Casino as a performer."

"A Magician. I had an assistant and everything."

"Excuse me, magician." She replied and looked over to Lucifer. "Any other questions?"

@Saint Guillotine
 
"I'd like to meet your refugees. Any information I record, could be used as evidence to help them when all this comes into the open."

He requested politely.

@Michale CS
 
"I'd like to meet your refugees. Any information I record, could be used as evidence to help them when all this comes into the open."

He requested politely.

@Michale CS
"I-" she started and sighed. "I'll go talk to them. Please don't follow me. It will take some convincing for most of them to want to see anyone else. And of course, one of them is currently completely deaf. Also, I'm not keen on anyone knowing how to get into my safe room besides those who need to use it. I'm sure you understand." She stood and walked down the hallway.

Once she went downstairs, she got to a point that even with Lucifer's best concentration on his senses, she just disappeared. That is if Lucifer acquiesced to Reya's request and didn't follow.

@Saint Guillotine
 
He remained where he was, idly considering what he had learned. Genegineered Lycanthrophes...It was easy enough to create a wolfman. Ensuring they could switch back and forth, based on magical laws? Ah, that would be an immense problem. He crossed his arms in thought before idly saying aloud to the tiger.

"I suppose the safe room was partly your idea?"

@Michale CS
 
He remained where he was, idly considering what he had learned. Genegineered Lycanthrophes...It was easy enough to create a wolfman. Ensuring they could switch back and forth, based on magical laws? Ah, that would be an immense problem. He crossed his arms in thought before idly saying aloud to the tiger.

"I suppose the safe room was partly your idea?"

@Michale CS
"Yes. And... now that I have had a good sniff of you, I can tell you're not unfamiliar with magic. When I said I was a magician, I didn't just mean stage magic. When I began studying magic in all of its forms after my Uplift, which happened when I was just a kitten, I found I had natural talent. That safe room, is very safe, both from a technological standpoint..." Zaza flicked his ears, and paused, looking around then nodding in approval as Lucifer felt a slight twinge of magic in the air. "...and from a magical one. Simply put..."

Zaza sat on his haunches, getting up from where he'd been lying on the floor. "...that room isn't actually here. And, I've incorporated silver, salt, magnetic chalk, cold iron, and blessed wood in its construction. Reya doesn't believe in true magic, and who would with her background, but... she doesn't have to. The room lets in Reya, myself, and anyone who goes there with the intent of finding a safe haven for themselves. No one else could enter. Not without being quite good at bypassing the magic I wove into the thing. Yes, it may be bragging, and I'm giving away some clues about the room, but I doubt you're going to be the one trying to break into it, are you?"

@Saint Guillotine
 
"Yes. And... now that I have had a good sniff of you, I can tell you're not unfamiliar with magic. When I said I was a magician, I didn't just mean stage magic. When I began studying magic in all of its forms after my Uplift, which happened when I was just a kitten, I found I had natural talent. That safe room, is very safe, both from a technological standpoint..." Zaza flicked his ears, and paused, looking around then nodding in approval as Lucifer felt a slight twinge of magic in the air. "...and from a magical one. Simply put..."

Zaza sat on his haunches, getting up from where he'd been lying on the floor. "...that room isn't actually here. And, I've incorporated silver, salt, magnetic chalk, cold iron, and blessed wood in its construction. Reya doesn't believe in true magic, and who would with her background, but... she doesn't have to. The room lets in Reya, myself, and anyone who goes there with the intent of finding a safe haven for themselves. No one else could enter. Not without being quite good at bypassing the magic I wove into the thing. Yes, it may be bragging, and I'm giving away some clues about the room, but I doubt you're going to be the one trying to break into it, are you?"

@Saint Guillotine
"Terran magic."

He said bluntly, eyes narrowing in recognition. Perhaps there was a world where the laws of magic as Lucifer knew growing up reigned supreme, but as far as he knew? Earth was the only world that produced anything along the lines of Wizards, Sorcerers and Awakened Beasts in addition to the darker and hidden races.

Such as Damphir.

To the question, he shook his head and said quietly.

"If anything, I may call upon you for a favor in future. If this is true, its possible your safe room is the safest place in all this city. I may need to hide people there, if it comes to it. That said...Jaye seems familiar with magic as well, if somewhat arrogant in how it works."

The attempt to work on a lycanthrope was a big clue.

@Michale CS
 
Zaza rumbled. "I'm not sure she even is using magic. All of my expertise in the eldritch lies in misdirection and protection, but being one of the only mages on this rock, any disturbance of the weak, deep ley lines of Feiss is something I think I would have sensed, but I could be wrong, as I am almost insufferably arrogant where my strengths are concerned. And you see, the only way I can imagine that sort of sudden shift of mass without magic... Would be to eat it. That's why people disappear more often lately on Feiss."

He grinned, a very disturbing thing for most to watch on a tiger, and quoted, "Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright."

@Saint Guillotine
 
"Or craving others blood as the sun goes down... And his body takes to flight."

He quoted back, a wink given as he waited patiently.

@Michale CS
 
"Or craving others blood as the sun goes down... And his body takes to flight."

He quoted back, a wink given as he waited patiently.

@Michale CS
Zaza nodded and smirked in his way.

At this point Reya arrived, with three people in tow. "I'm sorry, Keevah won't leave the safe room. She doesn't want to meet anyone, period. The other three did agree. I'm going to send you the data I have on them, that they've consented to, once I explained the situation as best I could.

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Name: Mina Loahuoi
Original Species: Terran Homo Sapien
Reassign: Vulpes zerda
Reason for rehabilitation: Failed aural implants, removal of human auditory system done prematurely. Currently deaf.
Age: 26
Profession: Physical Therapist and Masseuse
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Name: Pashi Indaliathus
Original Species: Arcturan - Delphinius Sapien
Reassign: Canis latrans
Reason for Rehabilitation: Stress atavism, Sensitivity to Lunar Cycles
Age: 61 (one rejuvenation prior to reassignment)
Profession: Teacher of Political Science and Sociology
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Name: Verai Jensswor
Original Species: Kessian Homo Avius Sapien
Reassign: Several, with the intention of recreating the Faun from Terran myth, primarly family Cervidae.
Reason for rehabilitation: Excessive growth of hooves and horns, having to be maintained often.
Age: 29
Profession: Actress and Musician
"You may speak to any of them at your leisure, but I will remain here to ensure you don't upset them overly." Reya said. "Zaza, patrol the area would you?"

The tiger simply stood and left, presumably talking via his 'shoulder angel' to Reya.

@Saint Guillotine
 
He examined the information carefully, before uploading it to Libra to examine later.

Right now though, there was only one he wanted to talk to.

"May I speak to Professor Pashi please?"

@Michale CS @Rookry
 
Pashi stepped out from the others, after getting an encouraging pat on the back from Verai and a thumbs-up from Mina.

"Yes, sir? How can I be of assistance?" The voice was deliberate and quiet, and she held her hands folded in front of her in a demure fashion.

@Saint Guillotine
 
Pashi stepped out from the others, after getting an encouraging pat on the back from Verai and a thumbs-up from Mina.

"Yes, sir? How can I be of assistance?" The voice was deliberate and quiet, and she held her hands folded in front of her in a demure fashion.

@Saint Guillotine
"If its alright, I wanted to talk to you about some of your....Current problems. At any time, if you feel as though its too much? You may inform me and I'll stop questioning. But anything you can tell me, might prove useful in stopping any of this from happening again."

He smiled kindly for the first time since this affair, transforming his somber features into something of the more happier person he was in his high school years.

"First of all...Do you have lycanthrophy in your ancestry?"

@Michale CS
 
"If its alright, I wanted to talk to you about some of your....Current problems. At any time, if you feel as though its too much? You may inform me and I'll stop questioning. But anything you can tell me, might prove useful in stopping any of this from happening again."

He smiled kindly for the first time since this affair, transforming his somber features into something of the more happier person he was in his high school years.

"First of all...Do you have lycanthrophy in your ancestry?"

@Michale CS
"I appreciate your sensitivity but I shall do all in my power to answer you." the Professor responded.

"And as to your question, no sir. I am Arcturan, of the sea variety, although you'd be hard-pressed to tell that now. The closest you would be able to relate from an exclusively Terran perspective would be, I was a mermaid, sir. From just below the mammalian breasts downward, I was very dolphin-like in my appearance, and quite waterbound. My curiosity about the world of those on land, I suppose would be quite the same as that Terran tale of a mermaid seeking to be among the land dwellers, but ultimately ending up as mist adrift the sea. I felt quite similar until I came to Dr. Harmond. I thought perhaps I would descend into an entirely Downfall state, which saddened me almost to the point of suicide. I thank the One that she was able to convince me this was a reversible state."

She paused and shook her head. "I have been questioned extensively even under hypnosis about what was done to me exactly, but I'm afraid I was so deeply sedated any memories simply are not clear enough to be of any use. Odd delusional flashes, at best, I wager."

@Saint Guillotine
 
Alien. Not terran.

Which meant any form of problem most likely sprung from the experiments being conducted. He filed that in his mind, remembering it for next time as he slowly nodded.

"No further questions. You've been most helpful to me."

He had what he wanted.

Now all that was left was the hunt as he bowed from the waist formally, to the doctor and the professor.

"Until next time."

And stepping back into the closest shadow, the darkness appeared to absorb him till only his eyes could be seen, before that too vanished.

Lucifer himself phasing back and using a bit to cloak himself away as he headed into the streets, keeping to the dark before flying away in a swarm of bats back to the hotel.

@Michale CS
 
"Not a clue honey. Want I go talk to the doggies?" She said breezily, still slightly inebriated.
And it was true, the two in question were... well one was most definitely an Uplift from a Collie or Sheltie dog, and the other, a human who was wearing one of the false heads, but had a small tail already implanted. Pretty much that was the first step, and for some, the only step, in becoming more animal.

Most of the rest of the conversations were of... a sexual nature, or simply discussing topics of interest to Furries and Fursuiters.

The stage was taken by a woman who was decidedly feline in nature, but just barely. The ears, a light dusting of fur over her body, and a tail, probably prehensile. She began dancing seductively and singing...



So, what did Libra do?

@Rookry
"Hmm..." her processes ticked over her decision trees. Acura was obviously fast approaching the event horizon of her alcohol limit for the night. She would need to monitor her drink consumption more closely to avoid injury or embarrassment. Then again, she didn't know how the reporter would react in most of the scenarios she could think of playing out... Was she into this scene? A question for another time perhaps. She had questions, and the 'Doggies' had possible answers... She just wished she could get inebriated, and loosened up for these clubby kind of social interactions.

"To the Doggies." she grinned at Acura, and motioned her to lead the way. The better to introduce them to her and 'Break the ice', as well, she could catch Acura if she was just a little too far into her glasses....


@Michale CS
 
"Hmm..." her processes ticked over her decision trees. Acura was obviously fast approaching the event horizon of her alcohol limit for the night. She would need to monitor her drink consumption more closely to avoid injury or embarrassment. Then again, she didn't know how the reporter would react in most of the scenarios she could think of playing out... Was she into this scene? A question for another time perhaps. She had questions, and the 'Doggies' had possible answers... She just wished she could get inebriated, and loosened up for these clubby kind of social interactions.

"To the Doggies." she grinned at Acura, and motioned her to lead the way. The better to introduce them to her and 'Break the ice', as well, she could catch Acura if she was just a little too far into her glasses....


@Michale CS
"Off we go then." Acura grinned and in character, half held on to and half dragged Libra over to where the two dog-furries were conversing.

"Hi! This is our first time here. Haven't been on Feiss long, so we kind of wanted to meet people. I'm still trying to figure out just which animal I identify with best, unlike Lee here. Oh, is it a break of etiquette to have cats and dogs conversing? I'm still new to this whole thing." She rattled it off excitedly, and... if Libra didn't have many other ways of confirming the data, it really appeared to her visually and audibly that Acura was an entirely different person - she held herself in a different manner, not quite as confident in posture, her voice was about 23% different, enough to not trigger a voiceprint analysis, and she was keeping her knees just slightly bent even when 'straightened up'.

The collie was the first to reply, with a part chuckle-part bark. "No, it's fine. The dogs who can't stand cats wouldn't come to Furrends, as they promote everyone getting along. I'm Sparks, and this is Kerry. Have a seat, ladies."

@Rookry
 
"Off we go then." Acura grinned and in character, half held on to and half dragged Libra over to where the two dog-furries were conversing.

"Hi! This is our first time here. Haven't been on Feiss long, so we kind of wanted to meet people. I'm still trying to figure out just which animal I identify with best, unlike Lee here. Oh, is it a break of etiquette to have cats and dogs conversing? I'm still new to this whole thing." She rattled it off excitedly, and... if Libra didn't have many other ways of confirming the data, it really appeared to her visually and audibly that Acura was an entirely different person - she held herself in a different manner, not quite as confident in posture, her voice was about 23% different, enough to not trigger a voiceprint analysis, and she was keeping her knees just slightly bent even when 'straightened up'.

The collie was the first to reply, with a part chuckle-part bark. "No, it's fine. The dogs who can't stand cats wouldn't come to Furrends, as they promote everyone getting along. I'm Sparks, and this is Kerry. Have a seat, ladies."

@Rookry

Perhaps she had underestimated Acura's constitution. If she didn't know better, she too could have been fooled by her actions. As it was, it seemed like she was playing the two they were talking to. She paid attention and took notes as well... Oddly enough the suggestion that Acura could be a cat came up as well... However, one of her processor nodes picked up on just What Acura had implied with their introduction, and started to work overtime on solutions as she took a seat with Acura.

"Hi Sparks, Kerry." she smiled as she greeted them. "This is-" there as an imperceptible pause as a warning flashed on her processes, Acura hadn't used her real name, just a little nick name. She didn't know if it were apart of their cover, and if she were to reciprocate... but she went with that assumption anyway and worked on a nick name for Acura "- Akey, and as she said, I am Lee." turning to Acura she commented "I just hope you do not want to be a big cat. I hear the taste of Venison is hard to replicate." she laughed.
 
"- Akey, and as she said, I am Lee." turning to Acura she commented "I just hope you do not want to be a big cat. I hear the taste of Venison is hard to replicate." she laughed.
"Akey? Maybe I should have introduced myself as part of my ramble. Your improvisational subroutines need some fine-tuning." Acura sent via her own com-implant to Libra, though nothing showed on her face that would give that away.

"Not going to be a deer, dear. And If I'm gonna be a cat, I'm going to be a spoiled housecat." Acura laughed. "And actually its Akina, Akey is her pet name for me. Glad to meet you!"

Sparks also laughed a bit. "Good to meet you, girls. Have a seat, we were about to order some appetizers. You're not vegan or anything, right? Our treat, were going to order this monster here..." He pointed to the menu that was on the table-screen.


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"They call it the Kitchen Sink, because it has everything on it. Quesadilla bites, sesame wings, carrot chips and hummus, and two kinds of sliders, chicken and beef. Up for it? We can also recommend good prop shops for your fursuiting or some good biomodders who could do what I had done if you decide to go that far."

@Rookry
 
"Improvisation is not one of my strong suits!" She thought at Acura's com-implant to talk to her. Her own features not betraying the conversation in their heads either as she smiled at the two doggies and said "It looks lovely." if alittle more rich than what she was use to, but she knew her system could handle it, it would just be... odd for her....

That was one thing she never really got use to with her synth skin.... the end result of feeding it... which she shut down that thought process and focused on the mission at hand.


"It may be too soon for us, but I might consider a consult with some... Who did your mods?" She asked.



@Michale CS
 
That was one thing she never really got use to with her synth skin.... the end result of feeding it... which she shut down that thought process and focused on the mission at hand.


"It may be too soon for us, but I might consider a consult with some... Who did your mods?" She asked.
"I started out without a lot of money until I got a good paying programming gig, so my initial mods, the fur and tail, I got from Dr. Bogasian. He's cheap - real cheap, but I've gotten some horror stories from people when they got more complex stuff done. The old story of you get what you pay for." Sparks replied, shaking his head.

"Then I got my tail done - that's the only part that's bio on me right now for my mods, with Doctor Harmond. She's got the bedside manner of a sculpture, but she does good work. That's where Sparks got his major work done. Still that takes courage. Trust me, a head mod... hurts. Harmond wouldn't even start on it until I signed that I'd be right there with Sparks during his transition, in case he had to be brought into the hospital." Kerry added.


"Yep. Two weeks in bed, one of them on an IV and feeding tube, and no pain killer in the 'verse can get rid of all the pain. Totally worth it though. I feel that I'm who I'm supposed to be now." Sparks replied.


"Wow. Good to know. That's a lot to think about. Do you have any other questions, Lee?" Acura asked, smiling as Kerry confirmed the order for the appetizer and a pitcher of Margaritas.

@Rookry
 
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