trans_9 | Aim to Win [Closed, pre Beyond the Sea Plot]

The excitement of the poddrop had died down after a few days and Lash found herself back to her usual routine on the ship. It was rather amazing how much she could manage to do each 'day', from working in the labs, to shop management to training in the sensoriums. Truthfully, everything served to keep her occupied, which was an excellent thing--if Lash ever got bored anywhere it was a sure setup for a disaster of terrible repercussions. Probably explosive ones. Speaking of which...

"Fire! Fire!"

One of the ship's sensoriums was now being taken by her as she played it wisely and used it to tested out various prototypes before building them. They'd come out with a lot of robot parts to build thanks to SHODAN's rampage, and she was going to make the most use of what she'd gotten. With a typical Lash twist and flare, of course.

The soldier obeyed and fired the first cannon with a button press, the cannonball flying out and landing far away. Lash kept tabs using a CO pad, analyzing how the prototype fared. Upon landing, the cannonball opened itself up amongst the surprised enemy soldiers and turned into a small robot with turrets built on each side.

"Tee hee! It works, it works! Now, if I adjust the energy here, I should be able to build a small army, and that would be useful to aid during away missions..."

As she was about to approve it, the robot exploded. Soldiers, trees, dirt and burnt robot pieces flew into the air, landing close by.

"Oh oops! Hmmm...better not put that much energy into that one. The crew could lose a few arms and legs like that!" She said it with such a calm voice too, even if she was speaking to no one but herself and the nearby soldiers. With a small flick, she brushed off a piece of cracked robot, and began another prototype test.

Just another typical day for a wunderkind.

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And he poked her, very delicately, in her side with one claw. "Who are you, Kaya?"

Okay, she laughed at that one. "Nah! I don't think I could do the whole water bending thing. Not when I can do the lightning stuff with the Ranger powers and all." Electrical powers were cooler anyway.

After saying that, she let herself sink even more into the tub. It was causing her hair to start to curl up from the humidity rather comically, mind you.

"Good, because I'd probably have a lot of explaining to do all around if you WERE Kaya," Zetta said. He didn't exactly approve of her sliding off his lap to sink deeper in, but hey, she was new to hot tubs, he could let her go to appreciate it.

~~Lash sank into the depths and was never heard from again.~~

It got to the ridiculous point where the water reached her neck and her hair was struggling to stay in its normal manner, instead either curling or falling from the water and humidity buildup. Her skin was getting pretty red from the heat, but she didn't care.

Wow, cold showers were gonna be really lame after this.

"This is great!" she said for what was probably the third time in a row. "So people get these just to relax I'm guessing? You can't exactly take a bath in this."

Frankly, Lash's hair was an entertaining show in and of itself. As usual! He watched it waver in the heat with an amused, fond smile. "Relax, hang out, get amorous. They're comfy and intimate, so they have lots of uses!"

After Zetta had explained this to her, suddenly Lash disappeared into the water.

...Okay, that was kind of weird.

Suddenly, the water in the tub parted as Lash launched herself towards him in the most mature display of maturity ever as she tried (because you know, Zetta was Zetta) to tackle him.

Her efforts were sort of successful... insasmuch as Zetta's back was against the side of the tub, so he couldn't go bowling over backwards if he wanted to. Still, he did slip down father into the water as she grabbed him, laughing.

"Tee hee hee! I totally got you!" she cried out, triumphant at her small victory that was utterly pointless, but don't tell Lash that. She began to wonder if she should do that again...

"And I got you!" Zetta roared, pouncing forward to grab the Wunderkind. Turnabout was fair play! "Hyaaa ha ha ha ha! Witness the true power of the Overlord's grabby hands!"

Oh dang, she should have really seen that one coming. Lash let out a small yelp of surprise before they collided, and she burst out laughing.

"H-hey! H-hey that's not fair! Not fair!"

"All's fair in love and war, Lash!" And their relationship was probably always gonna be a little of both. He lifted her up off her feet a little. "And now you're my prisoner! Captive!"

"Hey don't you remember what happened the last time you lifted me a little too high?" she said with a sly grin. "You should be more careful than that, tee hee hee!"

Granted, no, she wouldn't hit him like that again, but...okay she was just terrible and reminding him about that.

"That was a real body," Zetta said, unbothered. "This is a sensorium one. I'd just edit out the pain."

Aim to Win [Closed, pre Beyond the Sea Plot]

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