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These Puzzling Creatures
Topic Started: Jun 1 2013, 05:29 PM (2,166 Views)
Zerna Jernal
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“Come now. The look on your face. You LOVED it!” he teased.
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"Okay, let me rephrase that... let's not do it again today." Clio snickered a little as she 'forced' Spunky to sit on her lap. As much as the cat protested being captured, she didn't do much complaining once she had someone to take a nap with.

"You two are so adorable. I should record this and play it for Angel." Jhu paused briefly. "I'm joking. Please don't kill me."

"I resent being called 'adorable'. I am fierce and deadly."

"You're spending too much time with those cave cats... that seriously sounds like something one of them would say."
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He heard Spunky purring. “Never seen her purr when forced to something...” he rubbed his chin. “But enough about that.” he headed to work on the pool.
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Clio snorted at Zerna's parting comment. "Like I could really force Spunky to do anything. He's just jealous that she likes to sleep on my lap."

"You have to admit, that's a little odd. She's not your cat, you know."

"Well... no." Clio paused, giving the young cat a curious look. "This isn't the first time she's chosen to sit with me instead of investigate whatever Zerna's doing either."

"Didn't Murphy go sit in the lab when Zerna's was working at Cordale?"

"That's different. Zerna was feeding him snacks and thought I wouldn't notice."

"Are you telling me you don't have to bribe Spunky to sit with you? I can't even get Lydek to stay on my lap, and I've had him for years. More to the point, he's my cat and won't sit with me half the time. Granted he's not semi-sentient either..."

"No... I haven't fed her anything since I rescued her and gave her to Zerna. She just... well I guess she just likes me."

"Huh. Maybe." Jhu paused for a moment, considering why the young cat would act that way. "You're on the Aglaia, right?"

"Well, yeah. We came back here because a crowd was gathering..."

Jhu giggled at her. "You're her hot water bottle. The caves are hot, remember? You're the warmest thing in the room, so of course she's going to sit on you."

"...oh, right. That makes sense... she likes to go sit in the tank too."
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= 2 ½ hours later =

Zerna had been working hard since he left Clio and his cat alone. But now everything was ready, he had calculated the density of the gel and the silicon based on her fully grown size and mass. He also wanted the gel to be the perfect makeup in order to make it as comfortable as possible.
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With Spunky still cradled in her arms, Clio wandered into the work area. "I don't know what your cat wants, but she woke me up and then wouldn't let me put her down. She's worse than Murphy, I swear."
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“You can only blame your self for letting her do it. I recall you wanted her to come to you, but it should be time for her food.” he gestured to the replicator. “Just ask her what she wants. Spunky 1 through 20.”
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"Yeah, I know. I spoil her worse than you do." Clio pulled up the menu labeled 'Spunky' and held the cat where she could see it. Once the cat picked one, she replicated it and placed the dish and the cat on the floor. "Jhu thinks she only likes to sit on me because I'm warmer than the floor."
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He thought for a moment. “That makes sense, I haven't completed her thermal collar yet. Hard to get perfect.”
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"Creating a thermal field is a tricky thing, even if you aren't trying to make it into something mobile. She seems to have adapted pretty well to the cooler temperatures, but cats in general like to sit somewhere warm anyway."
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“Indeed, but all I need to do is heat her core, the heat would then flow through the blood to the rest of the body. But the tricky part is to not make it so it get to hot or something like radiation or anything like that would come from it. So many variables.”
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"That sounds a lot harder than the thermal suit... really complicated. I barely understand how the suit works, so I'm not going to be much help in figuring out Spunky's collar." Clio glanced over at the table, where the calculations were easily visible. "I didn't think we had this much information on the bioships in the Navy databases."
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“You don't. These are from information from Peach her self and my own logic calculations. Of course there has to be test on what would be the most comfortable for her.” he said, not realizing that he had more or less told her what he was working on.
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"So you are building something for Peach! And you mentioned gel earlier..." Spotting a PADD with a simple graphic on it, Clio grabbed it before he could try to hide it from her. "Wait... this looks like the tank..."
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He snatched it back with impressive speed. “Hah. Wrong and no I will not tell you. I don't want you to tell her or she hears it through you.”
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