And that, My dear readers, in that for "Specialisation is for Insects".
I hope you've enjoyed the ride.
Del
EpilogueThe Future
A Science habitat cluster 1AU from Sol. Roughly Old earth orbit
124c looked over the console, coloured lights reflected in the grey gloss of hir skin.
124C was nominally human, his base genome was sequenced from two human Caucasian male, selected for high intelligence and edited to remove vulnerabilities to neurone degeneration. From that modifications were made to adapt to low gravity and protein sequences from octopi were added to increase tissue elasticity. This was needed as old fashioned brittle bone had been replaced with diamondoid carbon smart matter, collections of nano scale computers and motor tools that could move and change as needed and new flesh needed to be able to stretch to accommodate these changes. The computers interfaced seamlessly with the nervous system and the brain, information flowing back and forth so you couldn't really say where a person's biological personality ended and electronic program began.
Physically he was a tall grey skinned humanoid, narrow faced and bald with long thin limbs and large jet black almond shaped eyes, wearing a plain Grey tunic smock.
A futuristic man mollusc with bones of thinking diamond.
To him the world was aglow with augmented reality information, his data mesh showing him everything going on around him.
Hundreds of Icons float round as people log in from the Family hub on 4864, eager to see what he was doing.
Today was the big day.
It was time to wake the data cores.
The originals were time-scarred stubs of diamondoid carbon, radiation damaged and holding data in a long obsolete format, but the Family had worked long and hard to restore the damage and fill the gaps, hopefully this time the rendering would be functional.
Nervous waiting as the readers try and calibrate
The board flashes with the green lights of Success. The optical readers start to spill forth Streams of data. When cryonics was no longer a viable method of storage they had been switched to high resolution nuclear resonant scans.
124c scanned the data, spotting and marking sequences that looked like DNA. Eventually it formed two complete sequence strands. Drawing up a virtual womb it ran a simulated growth pattern, watching the strands become cells that grew to become two representations of human bodies, one male, one female.
Turning the simulation gently it placed the brain scans into the virtual bodies and sent them both to the bio printer.
In a sterile white egg-like pod in the next room, long manipulator arms started laying out a structure, first long lengths of bone jointed by strands of cartilage.
As 124C watched it reconfigured the smart matter in its arms into hands with just 4 fingers and one opposable thumb, wiggling the digits experimentally. Running its new hands over its smooth grey scalp it stimulated the follicles to produce short black hair. It squinted, making its optical organs reshape and withdrawing the protective black anti-UV membrane. Best to look more like an old style human for the coming newborn guests.
In the pod old style calcium bones are being covered with muscle, laced with nerves and blood vessels. Over that layers of skin and the finishing touches, finger nails and hair until two bodies, a man and a woman, lie in the pod like uncanny wax mannequins.
Electrodes remotely stimulate the autonomous nervous system, starting their hearts beating, lungs rhythmically drawing in air. the skin slowly colours pink as fresh blood circulates.
124C makes sure it's senses are recording and shares the moment across the Family network, feeling many more people log in to watch this momentous moment. It presses the final control and stimulates the newly made bodies into consciousness
Simultaneously they both draw a long panicked breath, eyes fly open, soft newly made muscles tense and flex.
They both look round, confused and scared by the soft white pads of the sterile surroundings, then newly made eyes focus on each other, a look of recognition and wonder . He reaches out to take her hand. She takes it and closes it in hers.
After what seemed like forever they're together again.
SHELDON TRIUMPHANT
SPECIALISATION IS FOR INSECTS
Authors notes and thanksFirst, a disclaimer. I dont know much physics so all the (tech) bits are culled from Wikipedia and articles online, they may not be correct but they should at least sound right to a layman .
Any mistakes are my own.
This is my first Fanfic of any size, so I'd appreciate your feedback. What were the Best bits / Worst bits / Sexiest bits / Funniest bits and where there any scenes I've missed out you'd like to see?
You see, this all started out as a fun little kinky sex story as I was feeling bored , horny and generally frustrated. I'd been reading some Shenny / Submissive Penny fanfic and found MyOwnStars stuff, which inspired me to write a bit of my own. The trouble was I started having more fun writing the character bits than the actual sex, as I liked the early Big Bang theory but felt it was being made more and more for people to laugh at the geeks being socially awkward that for the geeks themselves. Maybe I just saw far too much of myself in the things they were laughing at. But the more I thought about it the more I wanted to write bits that should have happened, to explore the throw away lines and show what they'd actually really mean to the characters. I also wanted the characters to actually grow and develop, as TBBT is basically a comedy soap opera they keep forgetting / resetting the characters and not letting them improve.
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Continuity wise, This is set roughly to start so Sheldon asks Penny out during a split in Season 4 while Leonard is seeing Priya, but the timeline is not accurate. I've jumped it back and forth as I redo fun bits of the story I felt would work, or steal dialog from later in the series.
But overall I felt that Penny deserved to be with Sheldon, they both fit together so much better than with Leonard or Amy. They should have been allowed to grow and to have a happy nerdy life together.
If you've seen any of the 4Chan 'Zimbabwe' memes you'll understand the nerd-rage, too many scenes are just;
Penny - "what you doing?"
Sheldon - "I am playing a computer game / a role-play game / doing science. LOL I'm such a nerd! heh heh heh!"
The audience explodes with laughter.
Fuck you, I'm a nerd and My life is not your punch line.
Del
Pop quiz - There are a lots of in jokes and references
What does Sheldon say in Klingon after Paintball and why?
What are Sheldon's classic BDSM books?
How did penny open the basement door?
Whose DNA did Sheldon have and how?
