How The Star Captain Got His Groove Back: Part One

[hominilupusinexilio]

[1: Network: Immediately Post "A New Path"]

I must know: what is the secret of the Spheroid obsession with female breasts? Anyone who has this information, come forward.

[2: Action]

Five opponents have been beaten in the Trials Of Bloodright held over the previous month. Resnick's about to face his last.

A blustery afternoon, and snow accumulates on his mech. He sits in the cockpit, his eyes open and taking in everything through his mech's sensors. He stands above, around, through himself in the total immersion of the enhanced imaging system, no longer man but a metal giant with thunder and lightning in each hand.

His opponent is entering the Circle Of Equals, piloting a massive Jengiz omnifighter. Resnick is no stranger to shooting down fighters, and hasn't thought much of them before. Even here, out on the plain where he can't use cover, he's confident.

The fighter appears as a blip on his sensors and a tiny dot in his new vision. He waits for it to close.

What follows is a systematic destruction. The heavily customized Jengiz peppered him with gauss rifle and PPC fire from outside the range of his pulse lasers. When he finally managed to lock on with his LRMs, twin anti-missile system shot most of them down before they could even threaten it, and the rest ineffectually peppered the fighter's hull, confused by its ECM system. Roaring with frustration, Resnick activated his MASC system, sending his Timber Wolf towards the fighter at a gallop. Perhaps he could corner it against the Circle's edge...

Attempting to gain a last little bit of closure with it, he activated his jumpjets, and was pleased to see the fighter turn in towards him for a strafing run. In a comparison of firepower and armor, mechs were superior and he could still salvage his bloodname that way.

They bore down on each other, Resnick melting armor off its hull with his twin large pulse lasers. Then the fighter abruptly pulled up...

A clear shot at its belly. But what were those things detaching from it?

Mid-jump, Resnick's mech took a volley of vibrobombs direct to the face. His mech fell backwards and his head whiplashed, giving him a hell of a concussion. One wing half cut-off, the fighter pilot was still the clear winner.

When he awoke in the infirmary, he was informed that his opponent had won the bloodname. But how, he thought? It was as if the aerospace pilot had known his configuration and tactics in advance. He'd known he'd jump. He'd been...he'd been trained by someone who'd seen him fight many times.

Tynall.

[3: action]

One dire wolf pup had proved unwilling to adapt to the wild. Surprisingly not malnourished, it had still bullied its way onto the Chalice during its last Russian stop.

A truly massive animal now, brown with blood red spots that gave it a wounded look, it followed Resnick like a large, menacingly toothed shadow.

"Why do you not leave me be?!" He cried, winding up a kick for it but thinking better as it bared those long fangs.

Isaac was his name, the one he'd impulsively named for the sibkin he'd accidentally-on-purpose killed.

[4: network: private to everyone who participated in the second half of the Getter Robo finale mission]

There is a matter concerning the aftermath of the battle that you should know.

Comments

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[neverwanted2dance]

"So, you wanna know about breasts, huh? Well, I know I've got one of the nicest pair on the ship."

At least in this case, bigger is better, because this is educational!

[hominilupusinexilio]

They are certainly large, but what makes them the 'nicest'? They do not appear to serve any practical use.

[neverwanted2dance]

Of course they do! Firstly, unlike you Clanner guys, and most guys here..., boys my age are TOTALLY distracted by them, so, just a little push forward [[She leans forward and presses them with her biceps as an example]] and I can get a lot of boys to do whatever I tell them.

Secondly, they just feel really good when you touch em in bed. You know, sex for pleasure, not just sex for, I dunno, you Clanner guys have a totally different view on sex that isn't love or pleasure.

[hominilupusinexilio]

I must admit that is pleasing to look at. I can not imagine why it would cause someone to obey you though.

However you are mistaken about our attitude towards coupling. It is freely given and received among Warriors, with none of the complications you freeborn attach to the act.

[neverwanted2dance]

So, you just have sex to have it? No strings, no emotions, none of that?

I'm not complaining at all, but, there's kind of a term for that but, you guys are like, kind of an alien culture here so, who am I to judge! [[Of course she'd address things out of order.]]

Well, they kind of obey because of the prospect of getting to touch them! Unlike you guys, girls here don't just give it away for free! Most of the time we expect something in exchange for letting someone else touch something as awesome as boobs, or, see them. But, like, it's all totally situational. Point is, they're useful! Even you said the view is nice! [[And she pulls her top down a bit more just to show them off!]]

[hominilupusinexilio]

Aff. It is a gift exchanged between comrades. While coupling with one's trothkin is common, it is not considered a proof of an emotional attachment. But what is that term?

I am still confused. Those are quite pleasing to look at, and to touch I am sure, but why would being servile to you increase my chance of doing so? Among us that would make others question your honor and thus make it less likely for them to want to couple with you.

[neverwanted2dance]

[[She wonders what the fuck Trothkin is but... Most importantly]]

Because boys are dumb and think with their dicks more than their head! They don't think about that kind of stuff right away. I get homework or manual labor done, and they get permission to touch! Or more, depending on how I'm feeling.

That's just how boys are. The more they think they're impressing me, the more likely they think they are to get me in bed. And I do, at least, play fair on that.

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[saikyocivrobo]

Well, since we're Spheroids, we're obsessed with everything that's spherical. Makes sense, doesn't it?

[hominilupusinexilio]

...I suppose it does. So the breasts are a metaphor for the shape of Terra then, quiaff?

[saikyocivrobo]

The way you phrase it makes it sound like you've seen planets of different shapes.

[hominilupusinexilio]

Well, I have been on some moons that were shaped strangely. No doubt breasts shaped like them would not be pleasing to look at.

[saikyocivrobo]

And now you know the real reason. They're pleasing to look at.

[hominilupusinexilio]

That is all then? It seems more important than it turned out to be.

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[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew shows up to Resnick's bed, the bruises and cuts from the battle against Rigger and Finch mostly healed.

He waits, silent, for Resnick to break the ice.

[hominilupusinexilio]

Resnick groans and sits up. He has a headache the size of an Overlord dropship.

"What do you want?"

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"To wish you a speedy recovery." Matthew replied.

Then with a pensive look, he continues.

"And to talk of Tynall. I saw the footage of the final Trial."

[hominilupusinexilio]

"Heh." He clutched at the flower of pain that bloomed behind his temple. "Then you figured it out before I did."

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Only in retrospect. She had alluded to some contacts with an unblooded pilot in Siberia. I pieced together the clues."

Matthew stares at you, as if trying to piece another set of clues together.

"Tell me about Isaac."

[hominilupusinexilio]

"What do you know about-" He stops himself from snapping at Matthew. "You should ask Tynall. She was the one who had the...bond with him. I coupled with him a few times but we were not as close. Though I did admire him. He was the best of our sibko." Of course he wouldn't say the L-word, but the implication of Tynall and Isaac's relationship is there.

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[emorangerpink]

The battle?

[Because, sad to say, that doesn't really narrow it down for Laura these days.]

[hominilupusinexilio]

The one against the Invaders. You may wish to sit down for this.

[emorangerpink]

The Invaders...

[She's already sitting down, but she puts her tea aside.]

What fallout could there be? Was someone injured in the battle at Earth?

[hominilupusinexilio]

Neg, this is actually good news.

Ranna just told me she will be petitioning the Clan Council and Loremaster to have the Getter Dragon team's mission included in The Remembrance.

[Obviously he thinks this is more of a big deal than a non-clanner would]

[emorangerpink]

The Remembrance...!

[It may not be as big a deal for Laura, but she has some idea of how big it is for the Clans.]

That's... unusual, isn't it? For someone outside the Clans to be added...

Wait - is this why Matthew was asking about what happened?

[hominilupusinexilio]

It is unusual but there is a precedent. [He clears his throat]

Tyra and her warriors fought
Like crazed demons above Radstadt.
When her fighter crippled by ours,
And her life leaked away into the endless night,
She chose to die
And sent her fighter like a spear
Through the Dire Wolf, claiming as isorla
Our mighty ilKhan's life. Sing of our loss, warriors!
Sing, but of Tyra also
For though an enemy, her courage none can deny.

[Unbeknownst to him, that verse refers to Ranna's boyfriend's (and the current Khan) ex.]

...Aff, he and Ranna had the same idea.