Harper had been moving around as he talked, to excited to stand still. He
accidentally stumbled into a coil of cabling that rose into the hoist at
the ceiling of the maintenance bay. His attempt to step clear of the coil
only served to entangle him further. The hoist mechanism detected the
resulting tugs on the cable as a signal that something was attached and
ready to be lifted. The hoist engaged and Harper was pulled off his feet
and pulled upside down into the air, stopping when his head was almost
level with her head, but upside down.
"Oh Harper, that was so clever. Now we're at the same height, sort of", the woman said.
"This wasn't on purpose", said Harper. "Can you?"
"Now hush", said the purple woman as her tail wrapped around Harper and stopped him from swaying. "You know, Satchmo played a new song while we were there. He said was called "A Kiss to Build a Dream On."
She took Harper's face between her hands and kissed him, long and slow. When she finished, she released his head.
Harper hung upside down with a dazed but extremely happy look on his face.
"Now Harper", said Trance. "This dress is getting really, really uncomfortable, I'm going to go and take this off, then I'm going to go to Hydroponics and go skinny-dipping in the pond there. If you want to join me, be there in 15 minutes, OK?"
"What?", said Harper, still in a daze. "Skinny-dipping? Hydroponics? Right."
"Good! Bye Harper!" said Trance as she skipped out of the room.
"Skinny-dip? Wait. Trance. You've got to get me down from here. TRANCE! " yelled Harper.
"Rommie. Romdoll. I need your help. Rommie, where are you. Oh-no, she can't hear me. I made her shut off all of her monitoring devices. Can any-one hear me! HELP!! Oh CRAP!"
"Oh Harper, that was so clever. Now we're at the same height, sort of", the woman said.
"This wasn't on purpose", said Harper. "Can you?"
"Now hush", said the purple woman as her tail wrapped around Harper and stopped him from swaying. "You know, Satchmo played a new song while we were there. He said was called "A Kiss to Build a Dream On."
She took Harper's face between her hands and kissed him, long and slow. When she finished, she released his head.
Harper hung upside down with a dazed but extremely happy look on his face.
"Now Harper", said Trance. "This dress is getting really, really uncomfortable, I'm going to go and take this off, then I'm going to go to Hydroponics and go skinny-dipping in the pond there. If you want to join me, be there in 15 minutes, OK?"
"What?", said Harper, still in a daze. "Skinny-dipping? Hydroponics? Right."
"Good! Bye Harper!" said Trance as she skipped out of the room.
"Skinny-dip? Wait. Trance. You've got to get me down from here. TRANCE! " yelled Harper.
"Rommie. Romdoll. I need your help. Rommie, where are you. Oh-no, she can't hear me. I made her shut off all of her monitoring devices. Can any-one hear me! HELP!! Oh CRAP!"