blackaeronaut Wrote:Consider this the RSS feed, then...Quote:It appears that it is possible for a modded person and an unmodded person to have children together, at least if it's a minor biomod. I was approached by the expectant mother (who is in her early second trimester) last week for medical advice. It's still too early to tell whether the child will inherit the mother's biomod, but both parents have agreed to let this pregnancy be written up for the medical journals so look there for more information over the next seven months.
Gina's going to be keeping *very* close tabs on this, to the point of having an RSS feed in her field of vision.
Infirmary office
Stellvia
11:52 GMT 20 February 2014
"You're WHAT???"
Leda smiled. "We have been having sex every night for the last five weeks, Noah."
"Every night since Boskone Prime fell, yes. But you're on the Pill."
A.C. put her datapadd onto the nurse's desk. "It seems Leda's biomod interfered with the artificial hormones. She was taking the Pill, but she wasn't protected."
Noah took a deep breath, then released it five seconds later. "Well. Outside of the three of us, who knows?"
"Nobody." A.C. looked slightly cross. "I treat doctor/patient confidentiality very seriously. You know that, Noah."
"I also know that everybody in your crew knew my medical history right after the Crystal Paris incident."
A.C. blushed. "Well, we are all pretty close to being an extended family."
"And that's the only reason I didn't yell at you when I found out." Noah grinned for a moment. Then he continued, completely seriously. "Please don't tell anybody else. Anybody. If Andy or Greenpeace or Kohran or anyone else were to tell Sora that Leda and I have been sharing a bed, she might not take it well."
"You think our oldest daughter has a 'father complex'?"
"No, I think she's still loyal to Yoriko."
Nobody said anything for a moment.
Finally, Noah turned to Leda. "The two of us have a decision to make. Well, you have a decision to make, but I'm involved ..."
Leda kissed Noah to shut him up. "We may not have planned for this yet, but that doesn't matter. I'm not getting an abortion. Unless A.C. tells me carrying the baby to term would put my or its life at risk."
"It won't," A.C. offered, "unless something goes drastically wrong in the next eight months. And the baby's a 'she', not an 'it'."
"A girl?" Noah sighed happily. "Story of my life. Well, I'm not going to let my daughter grow up without a father, if I can help it."
A.C. grinned. "As far as I can see, you've got one option left. When's the ceremony?"
Engineering laboratory
Stellvia
19:33 GMT 23 February 2014
"Noah, exactly what are you doing?"
"Planning for our daughter's future. What does it look like I'm doing?"
"Getting ready to build another android. Couldn't you just hire a nanny?"
Noah shook his head. "We'll have no problem finding a nanny. I'd bet Greenpeace would love the job, and if she wouldn't, there's hundreds of people Up who know just how precious children are, now. No, this is our daughter's tutor."
"And why does she need a tutor?"
"Do you see any schools around here, not counting the ones on Earth? Tell you what: if a school opens up before she's ready to attend it, I'll suggest to ... whoever this is going to be ... that she apply to the teaching staff. Otherwise, she'll have a job here."
Leda thought for a moment. "I guess that'll work. But why start building her now?"
"It takes a while for one of my androids to wake up for the first time. I want to make sure she's ready before she's needed."
"Oh. Okay. Now for the important question: who is she?"
Noah frowned. "That's the tricky part. Most of the fictional meganekko teachers I know of are nymphomaniacs; having somebody like Mitsuka Yoshimine or Saori Shikijo on staff would be a distraction for whoever they were sleeping with and bad for the morale of whoever they weren't. Mizuho Kazami might be good, but she's a high-school teacher; I'd rather somebody who has experience with all grades and subjects."
"Somebody who's a substitute teacher, then?"
"Yes, exactly. But who ... Oh, of course! And I hear The Jason and some of the Supers are playing with simulating some metahuman powers with Trekkie holotech. I think we can make this work ... but our budget for paper is going to go through the roof."
Habitat Module #1
Old Ring, Stellvia
7:26 GMT 1 March 2014
"You asked WHO???"
"And why shouldn't I ask her? She's our friend."
"It's her other friends that I don't want to see ever again. And you know they'll come with her; the five of them are inseperable."
"Noah, it's long past time you made peace with them."
"But ..."
"She's already accepted, and Judy's already tailored her bridesmaid dress."
"But ..."
"You're rich enough that you can buy me almost anything I want, so the material things you give me don't matter as much as the favours. Give me this as a wedding present, please."
"But ..."
Leda scowled. "No more 'buts'! Noah Scott Anderson, you will let Mikuru Asahina be one of my bridesmaids."
"This is so important to you that you'd use my old 'daneside name?" She nodded, and he sighed. "All right, Leda Sosipatra Swansen. Mikuru can be in the wedding party. But in return, please never use my full name in public. Let everyone keep thinking 'Scott' is my family name."
"As long as you don't call me 'Sosipatra' in public, either."
"Deal." They kissed, quickly.
Leda frowned for a moment. "Since you mentioned 'daneside ..."
"I've already made the arrangements. Your parents, your sisters, my father, my brother and his family should be on their way to Sydney even as I speak. They've got non-bumpable tickets on the next flight of the Ad Astra, so they should be here two days before the wedding."
Leda grinned, and they kissed again. Not quickly ...
And at this point I open the story to contributions. The wedding party is already set: Yayoi Fujisawa as Best Person, A.C. Peters, Jake Hansen, and Mal Fnord as ushers, Kohran Li as Maid of Honour, Patty O'Neill, Mikuru Asahina, and Sora Hasegawa as bridesmaids, and Safety as flower girl / ring bearer. (Mal and Sora by telepresence if necessary; they'll either be back in-system or close enough that there'll be no noticeable FTL lag, unless RL-Mal's planning something that'll keep the VVS at Delta Pavonis.) Maico Tange gets exclusive rights to cover the ceremony live, in order to keep paparazzi out; this will be enforced by Tachikomas.) And the wedding's going to be held on Saturday 15 March 2014.
A venue large enough to hold all the guests still needs to be chosen, though. Also, nobody's found a preacher yet. And who knows what else might happen...?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012