Warframe belongs to DA
That's all I can think off right now...
The soft humming stopped abruptly and Sindr let out a sigh. It just wasn't the same. Sure, this sonic shower thing cleaned you pretty thoroughly, but it missed the warmth, the nice feeling of dampness and the cosy embrace of a not-quite-wet towel. Those few moments before the smell of grime returned. Oh, Grineer showers were a thing to behold!
As she stepped out of the cabin and caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. The Grineer stepped closer and took a good and deep look at her reflection. Nice, healthy complexion, rosy lips, perfect teeth, capability to have mind-shattering orgasms. Maybe that Orokin tampering had its merits…
She let out a sigh. Still, it felt wrong. Unfamiliar. Icky. Not so much when she was with Ria and the little Tenno was looking at her with those big, admiring eyes. Or when she worshipped her breasts. Void, that girl loved those!
But being alone with that body would take some getting used to.
Sindr let out a sigh and looked up. "Hey, you!" she said loudly.
"Are you addressing me?" Sicarius asked coldly.
"Yeah, you… Sicarius, was it?"
"Indeed. How may I be of service?" The Cephalon in the same tone that the Elder Queen allegedly used towards soldiers who failed her and who were about to volunteer for a day-long execution.
"Sounds like I made a friend…" The Grineer sighed.
"I will repeat: How may I be of service?" Sicarius said angrily "The Operator ordered me to treat you like a guest and I will do so. But the Operator cannot force me to like or forgive you!"
"Believe it or not, that's what I wanted to talk to you about." Sindr sighed "Look, I get that you are really fucking protective of 'The Operator'." And she wiggled her fingers to stress the silliness "But you know what? Since recently, I am kinda too. So, we both have the same mission statement: To keep the little bitch happy."
"Please refrain from implying that the Operator is a female Kubrow!" Sicarius said sharply.
"It's how I express affection!" The Grineer growled "Anyways, we both like her and I doubt that she'll like the idea of you and me killing each other."
"Agreed. The Operator stated this much. I have ceased my efforts in this regard."
Sindr's eyes went wide. "Cease?"
"I will not lie or sugar-coat my actions. I had indeed plans to dispose of you. The Operator chastised me and I will not-"
"YOU FUCKFACE TRIED TO OFF ME!?"
"It is my purpose and desire to ensure the Operator's wellbeing and happiness. I found you to be a negative factor and therefore-"
"Can you PLEASE be ashamed or some shit?"
"I refuse." Sicarius said calmly "I had plans, they failed and therefore I am forced to serve you as well. I think this is shame enough."
"You know, I was about to offer you some kind of cease-fire or truce of whatever!" Sindr yelled "But you just fucked that up royally!"
"Such gestures are unnecessary. I serve the Operator and the Operator ordered me to accept your presence. I also promised the Operator that I would support her and this "phase" she is going through. I can only assume this is a misplaced affection will pass and once it is, I shall take solace in how the Operator will rid herself of you." Sicarius answered coldly.
"Ok, for that alone, I'll make the little bitch so fucking happy, your stupid circuits will turn green! And I'll make sure you know when I fuck 'the Operator' so hard, she'll forget that she's on a ship in the first place!" Sindr yelled back "That's what I get for trying to be nice! Fucking rust- NO! Shinebucket! At least the rusty ships have SENSE!"
The Grineer grabbed her clothes and stomped out of the bathroom.
For a moment, the room was silent. "The things I do for you, Operator…" Sicarius sighed sadly.
Sindr waltzed through the corridor towards Ria's room. That girl was in trouble! She would give her a stern talking to for keeping that kind of shit a secret! That wasn't funny anymore! She stopped in front of the door, anger fueling her. Why had her Tenno kept silent about that dumb Cephalon's shit? Why hadn't Ria told her that Sicarius had tried to KILL her? Why-
"Cause he didn't tell her either…" The Grineer muttered. Another burst of rage went through her. "And I can't tell her like this cause if she gets angry and throws him out, she's really all alone…"
An icy shiver went over Sindr's back as thoughts of her little Tenno's lonely future hit her. Her adorable Ria, desperate to drown out the solitude through endless slaughter, while a force from beyond constantly threatens violates her body and soul. No, she couldn't let that happen. There was no telling how much time she had but it was certainly less than Ria…
"Oh fuck, when did I start to care that much?"
Suddenly the door opened and Sindr took a step back in surprise. Ria was standing there, eyes wide.
"Oh? You're done?" She asked calmly.
"Ah, right, you wanted to shower too…" Sindr said and shook her head "No, just…" she made a choice "Do I have to do something special for those tests? Like, should I limber up for a treadmill or something?"
Bemusement invaded Ria's features. "No, silly, it's just some analysis with the scanner. I could use your input though. I only have body scans from after your ordeal after all."
"Yeah, sure, just don't ask my weight?" Sindr said with a sigh, but a smile slowly spread.
"Why? I didn't think Grineer would care about their figure?"
"Figure? Why figure? I was conscious about how many kilos of iron I had to lug around. Those implants are heavy!"
After Ria had taken a very short shower, the two women met inside the transference chamber. The Tenno instantly jumped into her chair and began opening holographic screens full of text and data that Sindr either couldn't or didn't want to read. That Tenno cypher was so weird and curvy. It was already rare for a Grineer to know their own letters and ancient basic, so she was not going to learn a new one any time soon.
Sindr watched the dark skinned girl for a while, her thoughts drifting. When she was sitting in that throne, she did seem like a queen, even if she was wearing grey baggy pants and a tank top. Hm… and that room was really fancy and big. Maybe add some pillows, a few mattresses, something to smoke… that would make one heck of a harem chamber. Her thoughts moved on, seeing Ria sitting there, a huge grin on her blue lips, a dozen or so women, drenched in sweat and devotion before her, all while her favourite Grineer was-
"Sindr?" Ria asked loudly and Sindr snapped out of her fantasy.
"Yeah? You need something?"
"Erm, no, I just… you were kinda… purring?"
"Um… just thinking of breakfast… we kinda skipped that, you know…" The Grineer deflected. Monogamy! Don't think of orgy pits! Not yet!
"You can get some any time." Ria said with a smile "I don't need any while in the chair… and I'd rather not spill anything on my priceless, irreplaceable piece of ancient technology."
"You know what? I will…" Sindr answered and left. She returned not long after, holding a plate in one hand and a blanket in the other.
Ria was almost too busy reading charts and numbers and whatever to notice the tall woman return. Sindr wasn't sure why she felt so weird right now. There was something to the Tenno whenever she was reading or researching. The kind of steely dedication that others had when they fought for their very lives. It seemed laughable at first but looking at it now, it felt somewhat powerful and enticing. Especially to a woman that still had "Strength is Justification" burning in her head. Heck, if the tech-heads looked like that when they were thinking, she might have considered giving them a smooch or two.
The Tenno only looked up when she noticed Sindr throwing her blanket at Ria's feet. The Grineer sat down to the right of the Tenno's legs and began eating while lounging against the chair.
"So, are you finally embracing the Tenno way of eating?" Ria asked with a giggle. Her friend was so delightfully tall, she could pat her on the head just by reaching out a bit.
"I'm making with what I have…" Sindr answered and leaned a bit against Ria. It wasn't an orgy pit yet, but she could get used to pats, food and all that.
"At least she knows her place…" Sicarius said in something that could be considered a mutter, if it hadn't come from all speakers.
"Ria, tell that piece of slimy circuit that I'm not gonna talk to him until I need something! And I'm sure as fuck gonna enjoy the fact that he'll have to do as I say!"
The Tenno sighed. "Do I want to know what happened between you?"
"What do you think? We fucked and he didn't deliver!" Sindr said loudly.
"What?" Sicarius replied in shock.
"Just now actually. He's such a fast shooter, the dispenser wasn't done filling my plate! What do you expect? Asshat couldn't statisfy a woman if-"
"Operator, I swear, I did not touch this woman! I would never lead anyone to cheat on you! Your happine-"
"Sicarius, I'm pretty sure that Sindr is just messing with you." Ria said neutrally and gave the Grineer's head a soft tussle "And she is really trying hard." The Tenno added with a giggle.
"Hey, gotta amuse myself when you are playing with your scribbles. Mind giving me a translation?"
"Oh, right, sorry, Orokin cypher. I forgot." Ria said quickly and switched to basic "It's an analysis of your body that I had Sicarius run. There are a few things that really confuse me…"
"Yeah, me too." Sindr muttered "So, mind sharing with the cheap seats?"
"Long story short, you're still good for killing, but slightly less than you could be…" Ria said slowly "Your chest-size was enhanced to a level that would increase your reloading time by up to two seconds. Your butt is slightly bigger too, but they didn't add mu-"
"If you tell me that I have a fat ass now, I'll-"
"Not fat… just…" Ria bit her lip "Juicy… and slightly less agile then it could have made it…"
Sindr groaned "Well, at least you like it… so what now? Did the thing fuck up or is there some ingenious plan behind it? Cause this body is weird enough, I really don't need some secret shit going on!"
"That's what's puzzling me a bit. I can see no artificial muscle fibre or ceramic traces for the bones either. You're still all natural with compensations for missing organs." The Tenno continued "I mean, as natural as Grineer ever were. Still, I have a hypothesis, but honestly, it is a pretty wild stab. Though it would explain why you were left all alone on the vessel." Ria mused "But I'd like to do a few more comparisons between now and your past condition…" She pushed a few buttons and a new, huge screen appeared in the middle of the room.
Sindr felt her chest tighten a little. It was her file, featuring her old mugshot. She had never noticed how ugly she had been. Lips blue from a poor oxygen circulations, pale, pock-marked skin and sunken-in eyes. Of course, you didn't notice, fuckstick. You didn't know anything besides other Grineer…
"I'd like to compare your implants now to your old ones, but I can't find any memos…" Ria sighed.
"Yeah, cause they didn't keep any." Sindr said while shaking her head "Didn't need to. The doctors just checked our barcodes. They got updated with every operation."
"Barcode?"
"Yeah. I think they burn it in. Hurts like fuck every time."
"There must be a mistake, Operator!" Sicarius said harshly "I analysed every bit of skin on this woman and there was no barcode anywhere."
"Yeah, shinebucket, that's cause our doctors aren't stupid!" Sindr hissed "At least not as dumb as you. Your Operator, though, has already found it at least once…" She added with a dirty grin.
"What, I did?"
"You gave it a few tickles with that tongue of yours…" the Grineer laughed.
"Wait! It's in your-"
"Yeah, it's in my mouth. Under my tongue." Sindr interrupted and she didn't need to see Ria to know that her head was turning from brown to red "Gotta put it somewhere close to the brain. You know, skin burns off, body parts get lost… but if they tear it off there, you're beyond hope anyways."
"None can deny the Grineer's practical approach…" Sicarius said coldly "Operator, did you-"
"I'M NOT A BARCODE SCANNER!" Ria exploded "Get Helios and…" she leaned down to Sindr "And you open your mouth as wide as possible and push your tongue onto the top of your mouth… and then keep like that! Whatever stops you from talking! You're having way too much fun!"
"Bite me… and then lick me, you're kinda good at that."
The Tenno let out a groan. She felt quite a bit of relief when Helios flew in and scanned Sindr's mouth.
"Oh dear. Operator, I can cross reference all the implants, but goodness, those records. It might take me a bit to distinguish the functions. I swear, these Grineer doctors use crayon to-"
"I understand. Take your time and then give me a full report. Until then switch to privacy mode." Ria ordered. A beep followed. "What was that about?" The Tenno asked and looked down at the Grineer.
"I thought you were used to my type of humour by now…" Sindr replied dryly.
"No, what happened between you and Sicarius?" Ria sighed "You weren't just making jokes. You were putting a claim on my butt and showing it off to everyone! Come on, even a shut-in like me gets that."
Sindr sighed. "You know that he tried to kill me?"
The Tenno sighed "Yes… I figured it out…"
The Grineer bit her lip. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"My suspicions began after he went offline. And until he came back on, I was still speculating, so I didn't want to alert you unwarranted." Ria sighed "First thing I told him after confronting him was to leave you alone. But you know… he doesn't have to like you… or us."
"And if you hadn't, he would have just offed me…" The Grineer said, eyes straight ahead.
The Tenno's gaze lowered. "You and I spent the last few days getting to know each other. To him… you're still just another enemy."
Sindr nodded. "So… when would you have told me?"
"Later… I guess… I just felt… stupid… you were there, waiting, supportive-"
"Eager…"
"Yes… and after… Void, how do you say that?" She raised a hand and began to move it like a mouth "Hey, hot stuff, the guy in charge of your food and oxygen wants you dead… wanna make out?"
Sindr shook her head and let out a laugh. "You know, the answer would have been yes!" She said.
"Glad to hear..." Ria said with a sigh "But I have to admit, I don't like how he is acting." The Tenno stated coldly "And what he's doing now is so obvious too! He plays the part of the contrarian to push us together…"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Sicarius takes his role of serving my interests very seriously. And he doesn't let me chose what they are…" Ria sighed "He is a weird Cephalon. Used to independent thinking and working. Useful when we research things and to keep stuff going without me caring, but now…"
"So that's why he accept my peace offer… shinebucket is crafty."
"Shine? Bucket?"
Sindr rolled her eyes. "I made it up on the spot!"
"Fits…" Ria sighed "Looks like I can't even ask you to be the bigger person… since you actually offered peace. I'll talk to him later. Maybe-"
"No!" Sindr interrupted coldly.
"Hm?"
The Grineer stood up and turned to Ria. "Look, I appreciate the offer. But I think this is something I have to do myself. I'll make him understand… or we kill each other… but I don't like the idea of you fighting my battles."
The Tenno smiled wryly. "You better not kill each other. I still need him! He has to handle my ship when I'm making out with you."
Sindr grinned. "Cute…" Then she pointed over her shoulder. "Say, can you turn that thing off for a while? I don't like being watched by that ugly, old mug when I'm about to kiss you…"
"Hm… Come on, you were not too bad."
The tall woman rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I was." She stepped back "Just look at that bitch! Probably still believes all that shit they drilled into that noggin!"
"Hey!" Ria said harshly.
"What?" Sindr asked with a frown.
The Tenno stood as well. Then she wrapped her arms around Sindr's waist and pulled close. "It wasn't your fault…" Ria said firmly.
"But-"
"It wasn't hers either!" The Tenno interrupted "So stop it! I don't like it when people talk bad about my friends!"
The Girneer sighed and nodded slowly. "She is one lucky bitch, isn't she?"
"Nah, she's stuck with me now…" Ria said with a giggle and gave Sindr's rear a gentle slap "Hm… really juicy…"
"I've created a monster…"
"No, just woke it up." The Tenno giggled and returned to her chair.
Sindr let out a snort and sat down on the blanket. "Say, speaking of waking… what moon did you sleep on? You said something like that."
"Lua."
"What? Where's that? One of Jupiter's?"
Ria let out a giggle. "No, Lua is earth's moon."
The Grineer let out a laugh. "Now you're messing with me! Come on! I know that earth has no moons."
"Oh, it does now. Lotus hid it in the Void. It's back."
Sindr let out a groan. "You know, my life has gotten so fucked up, I instantly believe you! No matter how dumb it sounds."
I love Warframe, but some parts are bananas!