《Agalma》chapter 10
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When we reached the main deck i saw more zyanites then i ever saw in my life. It was absolutely swarming with them but just as shocked as I was to see them they seemed just as shocked to see me. Gwendolyn could sense the aura in the room so she made it a point to stop. I almost hit her back side but i was graceful enough to walk around the abrupt pause and prance to her side. The scene was odd I'm sure not only was she taller and stronger then me but she was carry a book obviously meant for me like she was my caddy, even it was true I'm sure they didn't see this everyday, if ever.
She began to shout on maximum volume "Listen UP" making everyone just stare more "This Human Farron is protected under The crown prince His Royal Highness, so don't even dream of insulting, injuring or abusing him in any way , shape or form."
"Any of those things directed towards him is the equivalent to insulting the Prince His Royal Highness himself", " The prince choose him for whatever reason but it quite literally doesn't matter , DO YOU UNDERSTAND!"
The robots began muttering amongst themselves no one really directly responded to her proclamation but i assumed it was good enough because i heard something that sounded like a scattered roger. I thought about if she would have to do that every time she met a new group of zyanites to deter them from ripping my head off . I really couldn't leave her side or i might wind up mysteriously missing. mhhh i would have to remember all of this so i can write it down but what here is the most important? Probably there reactions to the princes authority and the initial reactions, that's a decent start but I'm sure there will be more to observe. We better start moving before someone actually challenges her authority, the only silver lining is the prince is somewhere on this ship so i doubt anyone would be that brazen. Gwendolyn began walking slow and with confidence , which was the direct anthesis to me staring at everyone and everything. It really was no wonder these robots thought they were better then everything the whole ship seemed so advanced, then i wondered why aren't they more advance then this, is there a bottleneck somewhere? Gotta write that down as well, it appears that you can make up a infinite amount of questions. mhh this ship even seemed more like a palace then any battle ship I've ever seen, not that I've ever seen a palace or battleship.
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Through the windows i could see the ship landing which was kind of making me motion sick but i endured it epically in front of so many people .Our surroundings changed from above the clouds to inside some sort of fancy garage .The ship never landing but stabilized ,I could only see parts of it though since i was still inside. There was a big circle in the middle of the cruiser similar to a trap door that started opening from left to right.I made the conclusion that stairs would extend downwards as the ship was till a few hundred feet in the air but then i realized the only person who would need stairs are humans. Even beastkin probably would have a easy time descending due to their stronger bodies.
I walked over the the 40 feet wide circle and got on knees in front of it. if i fell it would be splat town so i didn't want to risk anything.I changed my mind i knew there was androids watching but did i have to pretend to be a dignified whatever forever, no i didn't. Looking down at what i could see were a different and new type of robot scurrying about ,this type had no legs or arms but was in a perfect circle. It was flying around doing repairs and working on parts in what looked to be a assembly line.Others were going in and out of corridors that led to who know where.
"Gwendolyn" i called
"im getting real tired of you saying my name, call me-" - Gwendolyn
Interrupting her dialogue i asked "is this your planetary base or is this just somewhere you refuel"- Farron
"Your geting cocky i see, Yes this is our phenomenal base once you get out you'll see how humongous and beautiful it is, consider this a blessing" - Gwendolyn
She's going to talk like this the whole time i guess, what a arrogant prick but we already knew that
"is that right, ok take me down then i want to see how humongous and beautiful it is with my one eyes"
"Cant you drop a few hundred feet?"-Gwen said sneering and with more superiority then usual
what type of question was that obviously i couldn't or i would have but you know what she wanted to be a ... resist the provocation. Once i get settled i could begin really thinking and adapting, usually I'm much calmer but the stress and insults must be getting to me
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"No i cant please carry me my knight, like earlier, make sure everyone knows that you are the one protecting me"-Farron
I could get back at her in little ways but i didn't want to do anything without thinking
"... fine" -Gwen
This time she princess style picked me up in one hand , then placed the book on my chest to use both of her hands.She grabbed the glass and just threw it down the opening in the ship without a care in the world
"dont piss your pants"
Dammit why did she have to have photographic memory... i should do it to spite her. I'm being petty but she really deserves it in more ways then one . Maybe not but i still felt like she did. While i was doing my ever long internal monologue we hit the floor silently , gracefully and without me even realizing. Everything down below even the sphere bots was much bigger then i anticipated. They seemed to have 10 foot diameter with cylindrical boosters on the bottom. What type of fuel they used , maybe it the same thing powering Gwen ,i would need to found out. The circle bots looked content to focus on their job leaving me to watch .After standing there for about 10 minutes a familiar annoying voice says
"so are we ever going to get a move on"-Gwen
Only this time she was right how long was i going to stay here im sure there was a a lot to see but i needed to settle down, even if it was just to reset my mind.
"Do i have a room?"-Farron
"Hell no the prince decided to let you live on a whim its because he likes collecting pets"-Gwen
"Your his Knight , so your room is his room" Said the prince from affair just loud enough so that everyone in the station could here it but not in a shouting manner. Now the robots in the room went from curiosity to being down right in disbelief, even the sphere bots stopped to look at me and Gwen. I could faintly hear the whispers. Where they sentient this whole time ,i suppose that would make perfect sense.
"Gwendolyn an elite warrior was assigned a human? that's such disgrace, wonder what she did to get on the princes bad side" -rando 1
"probably all that ass kissing she does" rando 2
"Serves her right for being so damn cocky all the time i hope that human destroys her mind, ive read the database of how perverted they are"- rando 3
"This should be a fun few months, for us that is" rando 4
Calling humans perverted wasn't totally unwarranted but coming from them made it lose alot of its value. This is news to me apparently she's a elite warrior, was she really just toying with me at the temple? whatever, I needed to sleep and the feeling was creeping through the back of my mind like i was being lulled by something.
"Just ignore them do you have to respond to every little thing. I really need to sleep so lets go"-Farron
i felt like my conscious was going in and out this definitely wasn't normal. Maybe i was drugged? why would the do that ,maybe its the fatigue , but i was feeling just fine earlier, air difference, ugh i feel like I'm about to pass out.
"Gwendolyn please lets go" i said almost about to pass out
"MPHH" she picked me up in the same style, it looked like what i said earlier finally got through a little
"oh look she actually listen to that guy" rando 5
"Organic life needs sleep , take him to your room" -Remiel
"fine fine if you tell me too crown prince your highness"-Gwendolyn
She dashed literally dashed through the crowd waking me from almost passing out in her arms, that would've been embarrassing. That's exactly what i need though to last another few minutes .zipping through the gigantic halls she decided to do a double triple jump onto some type symmetrical podium staircase with 6 doors .Each were spaced out with the middles one having the most space and the smaller ones being to the side. She opened the door the was farthest left and alas i finally enter what i thought to be her room. It looked very much exactly like i expected from someone like her .Swords, knives, pistols, Machines guns all plastered on the wall, i doubt they were for display purposes . Only thing i didn't notice was a bed , oh that's right they don't even need beds . I guess ill just end up sleeping on the floor at this point it didn't matter . It was like a spell was being cast andi couldn't resist anymore.
"Lock the door "-Farron
she did it without protest,once i ensured that she put the code in the number lock I immediately fell victim to my tiredness.
"Do you really hate me" i heard in a resounding voice neither masculine nor feminine
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