Chapter 11
"Java" yelled Ram down the corridor as he chased after the dark beauty. "Java..." he began when he finally reached her but she interrupted him before he could continue.
"Yes" she said simply and calmly giving him the answer he had been pining after for three days. Little did he know that she had made her decision seconds after he had proposed, but there was no need to look desperate, she had played hard to get so far, there was no need to go ruining all her hard work by answering too soon. But she knew her little game was over, if she had turned Ram down her time in the Technos would have been over, Java knew this, she knew all the rules to playing hard to get, she could have written most of them herself.
His face suddenly lit up
"Yes?" he said his voice exploding with joy
"That's what I said wasn't it?" Java said coolly, unaffected by his sudden childlike joy apart from a strong urge to laugh at him
He stuttered slightly unsure of what to say next and then deciding words weren't the best thing to explain his joy in he pulled Java to him and kissed her lustfully. This time Java let him have the run of her mouth, letting him dictate the terms of the kiss and giving him a slight taste of what he would get on his wedding night. When he released her she stepped backwards and watched him. He seemed to want to bound for joy like a little boy and her face cracked into a cold smile of amusement at the pleasure she had given him.
"C'mon, lets go tell everyone" he said as he turned and walked off, a spring in his step followed by a triumphant Java.
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When the announcement system began to crackle all the members of the Techno tribe turned suddenly to watch their nearest speaker. The system was very rarely used, only when there was important news to get to the whole tribe quickly and it was very rarely good news. This showed in the faces of the tribe many of which were etched with worry and concern but the boundless joy of the announcement that followed displaced those looks.
"This is your leader, Ram" it began "I have some exciting news for you, you are all invited to a wedding, my wedding...mine and Java's"
Shock registered first on the faces of the tribe but that was quickly replaced by emotions varying from approval to mild happiness and in one or two rooms there were a few outbreaks of clapping and one or two cheers, though those were few and far between.
It wasn't that the tribe was particularly happy or excited about the couple but being practical they realized that a wedding meant parties and quite possibly several days off and who was going to complain at that? Most of the tribe liked or at least respected Java, she had seen off Opal and Kiki and working with her many had discovered her skills. However there were very few members of the tribe that were disillusioned enough, except for some of the newer recruits, to imagine the marriage was for love, at least on Java's part, they knew her better than that.
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In the radio room Java turned to Ram with a wry smile
"All we need now is a wedding" she commented
"Leave it all to me" he told her "I'll organize it, you just enjoy it"
She smiled at him then left being careful to sway her hips seductively as she did so and she could feel her gaze following her. Allowing herself a slight smile she knew she had won, big time.
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Several weeks later Java walked into her room to find her bed covered in wedding dresses and Ram sat at her computer obviously waiting for her.
"One week to go" he said "And you need a wedding dress" he indicated to the dresses on her bed "A selection for your enjoyment
"Oh goody" Java said with fake excitement. Then, looking closer at the dresses she said accusingly "These are white" as she walked over to the bed and picked up a handful of material disdainfully.
"And..." said Ram failing to see the problem. Java laughed slightly
"White equals purity" she said "And you don't get much further from pure than me" Ram shrugged uncaringly
"These were the only wedding dresses we could find," he told her. Java sighed
"If I must," she said resignedly
"That's the sprit said Ram getting up to leave, but when he reached the door he turned paused and turned back
"I'll send you bridesmaids to show you their dresses and help you pick" he told her before shutting the door
"Bridesmaids?!" said Java loudly but he was already gone
She sat down on the bed sulkily uncaring of the delicate dresses she was sat on and muttered. Ram was really beginning to get on her nerves. Pure? Her? She didn't think so, for gods sake she was having it off with his second in command, not that he knew, but that wasn't the point. He was driving her insane and they weren't even married yet.
A knock sounded on the door interrupting Java's brooding
"Go away" she snapped not caring who it was
"It's your bridesmaids," A voice told her, a hint of evil glee entering it.
"Come in then" Java snapped at whomever it was impatiently not really wanting to know who Ram had sent
The door opened and Java felt her annoyance triple, there stood Becka, Celes and Jenai. "Why has he send you?" she snapped accusingly, she would have preferred complete strangers to Celes and Becka
"Apparently we're the only girls you've had contact with in this tribe, it being male dominated and all that" Becka told her smiling at Java's annoyance
"Oh joy" said Java sulkily "We had better get this over with" she told them "Lets see your dresses"
While the three girls changed in the next room Java laid back on her bed over the wedding dresses trying to compose herself to deal with her bridesmaids. Jenai she could cope with, she was shy and quiet and obviously scared of Java, it was the other two bi!ches she had a problem with
All too soon the three girls returned interrupting Java's peaceful solitude. They were all wearing identical red halter necked dresses that dropped in a beautiful figure hugging material to their ankles. Java grudgingly had to admit to herself that they did look very good all lined up together in the elegant dresses but she wasn't going to let them know that.
"Satisfied now?" she asked snidely "Done your little fashion show?"
"Isn't it your turn now?" asked Celes putting on the same tone as Java
"Fine" sighed Java standing up to inspect the dresses on the bed as her bridesmaids went to get changed again. She discarded the greater part of the pile on the basis that they were a. puffy b. too white c. not her d. not showing enough cleavage and/or leg. After going through them with her criteria for a suitable dress and tossing the rejects onto the floor disdainfully she was left with three candidates. As she tired the first one on her three 'friends' returned and sat behind her.
"What are you doing here?" she snapped, "You've had your little display, now go"
"Can't," said Becka with a wicked grin "Ram told us to help you choose your dress"
Java groaned and then turned away trying to ignore the three girls. She discarded the first dress immediately and the second almost as fast. The third however she decided was perfect, it was white, and still a wedding dress, and yet it did not scream purity at you like the others. It was a silver corset with white material at the cleavage and dropping into a skirt beneath it ending in a diagonal split at the front of the dress about her knees, which continued down to her ankles. At the neck it had a collar of white material which connected with the rest of the dress via a thin piece of material towards her right shoulder, it was perfect, just enough skin covered to be modest and yet be very sexy, Java hadn't thought she would find a wedding dress that would suit her but she had, and she loved it.
"You can go now," Java told her three bridesmaids once she had taken off the dress. She was utterly fed up with Becka and Celes, they had made nasty snide remarks all the time and she was verging on violence towards them. "And take those back to Ram" she said as they left, indicating the pile of untidily discarded dresses on the floor which they divided up and left with.
"Java" yelled Ram down the corridor as he chased after the dark beauty. "Java..." he began when he finally reached her but she interrupted him before he could continue.
"Yes" she said simply and calmly giving him the answer he had been pining after for three days. Little did he know that she had made her decision seconds after he had proposed, but there was no need to look desperate, she had played hard to get so far, there was no need to go ruining all her hard work by answering too soon. But she knew her little game was over, if she had turned Ram down her time in the Technos would have been over, Java knew this, she knew all the rules to playing hard to get, she could have written most of them herself.
His face suddenly lit up
"Yes?" he said his voice exploding with joy
"That's what I said wasn't it?" Java said coolly, unaffected by his sudden childlike joy apart from a strong urge to laugh at him
He stuttered slightly unsure of what to say next and then deciding words weren't the best thing to explain his joy in he pulled Java to him and kissed her lustfully. This time Java let him have the run of her mouth, letting him dictate the terms of the kiss and giving him a slight taste of what he would get on his wedding night. When he released her she stepped backwards and watched him. He seemed to want to bound for joy like a little boy and her face cracked into a cold smile of amusement at the pleasure she had given him.
"C'mon, lets go tell everyone" he said as he turned and walked off, a spring in his step followed by a triumphant Java.
~~~~~~~~~~~
When the announcement system began to crackle all the members of the Techno tribe turned suddenly to watch their nearest speaker. The system was very rarely used, only when there was important news to get to the whole tribe quickly and it was very rarely good news. This showed in the faces of the tribe many of which were etched with worry and concern but the boundless joy of the announcement that followed displaced those looks.
"This is your leader, Ram" it began "I have some exciting news for you, you are all invited to a wedding, my wedding...mine and Java's"
Shock registered first on the faces of the tribe but that was quickly replaced by emotions varying from approval to mild happiness and in one or two rooms there were a few outbreaks of clapping and one or two cheers, though those were few and far between.
It wasn't that the tribe was particularly happy or excited about the couple but being practical they realized that a wedding meant parties and quite possibly several days off and who was going to complain at that? Most of the tribe liked or at least respected Java, she had seen off Opal and Kiki and working with her many had discovered her skills. However there were very few members of the tribe that were disillusioned enough, except for some of the newer recruits, to imagine the marriage was for love, at least on Java's part, they knew her better than that.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the radio room Java turned to Ram with a wry smile
"All we need now is a wedding" she commented
"Leave it all to me" he told her "I'll organize it, you just enjoy it"
She smiled at him then left being careful to sway her hips seductively as she did so and she could feel her gaze following her. Allowing herself a slight smile she knew she had won, big time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Several weeks later Java walked into her room to find her bed covered in wedding dresses and Ram sat at her computer obviously waiting for her.
"One week to go" he said "And you need a wedding dress" he indicated to the dresses on her bed "A selection for your enjoyment
"Oh goody" Java said with fake excitement. Then, looking closer at the dresses she said accusingly "These are white" as she walked over to the bed and picked up a handful of material disdainfully.
"And..." said Ram failing to see the problem. Java laughed slightly
"White equals purity" she said "And you don't get much further from pure than me" Ram shrugged uncaringly
"These were the only wedding dresses we could find," he told her. Java sighed
"If I must," she said resignedly
"That's the sprit said Ram getting up to leave, but when he reached the door he turned paused and turned back
"I'll send you bridesmaids to show you their dresses and help you pick" he told her before shutting the door
"Bridesmaids?!" said Java loudly but he was already gone
She sat down on the bed sulkily uncaring of the delicate dresses she was sat on and muttered. Ram was really beginning to get on her nerves. Pure? Her? She didn't think so, for gods sake she was having it off with his second in command, not that he knew, but that wasn't the point. He was driving her insane and they weren't even married yet.
A knock sounded on the door interrupting Java's brooding
"Go away" she snapped not caring who it was
"It's your bridesmaids," A voice told her, a hint of evil glee entering it.
"Come in then" Java snapped at whomever it was impatiently not really wanting to know who Ram had sent
The door opened and Java felt her annoyance triple, there stood Becka, Celes and Jenai. "Why has he send you?" she snapped accusingly, she would have preferred complete strangers to Celes and Becka
"Apparently we're the only girls you've had contact with in this tribe, it being male dominated and all that" Becka told her smiling at Java's annoyance
"Oh joy" said Java sulkily "We had better get this over with" she told them "Lets see your dresses"
While the three girls changed in the next room Java laid back on her bed over the wedding dresses trying to compose herself to deal with her bridesmaids. Jenai she could cope with, she was shy and quiet and obviously scared of Java, it was the other two bi!ches she had a problem with
All too soon the three girls returned interrupting Java's peaceful solitude. They were all wearing identical red halter necked dresses that dropped in a beautiful figure hugging material to their ankles. Java grudgingly had to admit to herself that they did look very good all lined up together in the elegant dresses but she wasn't going to let them know that.
"Satisfied now?" she asked snidely "Done your little fashion show?"
"Isn't it your turn now?" asked Celes putting on the same tone as Java
"Fine" sighed Java standing up to inspect the dresses on the bed as her bridesmaids went to get changed again. She discarded the greater part of the pile on the basis that they were a. puffy b. too white c. not her d. not showing enough cleavage and/or leg. After going through them with her criteria for a suitable dress and tossing the rejects onto the floor disdainfully she was left with three candidates. As she tired the first one on her three 'friends' returned and sat behind her.
"What are you doing here?" she snapped, "You've had your little display, now go"
"Can't," said Becka with a wicked grin "Ram told us to help you choose your dress"
Java groaned and then turned away trying to ignore the three girls. She discarded the first dress immediately and the second almost as fast. The third however she decided was perfect, it was white, and still a wedding dress, and yet it did not scream purity at you like the others. It was a silver corset with white material at the cleavage and dropping into a skirt beneath it ending in a diagonal split at the front of the dress about her knees, which continued down to her ankles. At the neck it had a collar of white material which connected with the rest of the dress via a thin piece of material towards her right shoulder, it was perfect, just enough skin covered to be modest and yet be very sexy, Java hadn't thought she would find a wedding dress that would suit her but she had, and she loved it.
"You can go now," Java told her three bridesmaids once she had taken off the dress. She was utterly fed up with Becka and Celes, they had made nasty snide remarks all the time and she was verging on violence towards them. "And take those back to Ram" she said as they left, indicating the pile of untidily discarded dresses on the floor which they divided up and left with.