novelzi Chapter 11 – Princess’ new clothes
Chapter 11 – Princess’ new clothes
Chapter 11 – Princess’ new clothes
“Samurai fashion is a bit of a mixed bag. Depending on personality or theme their style can vary greatly. Generally they can be categorised into three overall groups: The first doesn’t care for fashion, they just want the gear that best does the job and they don’t care much about the looks. Often these types are new Samurai who simply hadn’t had the time yet to care too much about looks. Rarely these kinds of chaotic designs persist into their continued career though, such as with Hodgepodge, a Tier 3 Samurai who has become well known for their utter disregard for fashion.
Secondly you have those who favour function over form, but still make sure that they at least follow an easy to identify theme.
And then lastly there are the fashion freaks, who can single handedly shift the flavour of the week with one simple shift in design.”
- “Samurai Fashionista”, issue 124, 2049
Luckily for us we were Samurai and after asking some people around we were immediately directed to some head honchos office and told to take all the time we needed.
“Yes, please, Cleopatra,” Jenna said, an unhappy frown on her face. She noticed my confusion and shrugged, “They got like half a dozen cameras in here. Really don’t need them watching me undress, Cleopatra deactivated them.”
That did explain things. I just shrugged, it wasn’t really that I cared too much.
Once inside I looked down at my clothing, then first got rid of my boots, then the armor. It had served its purposes, but truth be told it was a blessing to be rid of it, considering that it really wasn’t comfortable.
Once finally free of it I also got rid of my last remaining piece of clothing, the bra. At this point it was so sweaty that I really didn’t even want to attempt to clean it up.UppTodated from
“Well... I need to clean up. Do you have something for that?”
Certainly. From the Class 0 General Civilian Utilities Catalogue, Crystalwash. It is a rather potent cleaning agent that was designed to get rid of even the most stubborn dirt, without hurting your skin. Simply pour it over your head and rub it in for a couple of minutes. The chemicals will harden and fall off.
“Sounds fancy. How much?”
1 point per bottle.
“Grand, I’ll take two.”
New purchase: Crystalwash x2!
Points reduced to: 1625
I knelt down and opened both boxes. They were small things, rather wasteful honestly. Not that I cared too much, our planet was fucked anyways. I grabbed them both and made my way over to Jenna who was deep in discussion with her own AI, and rather uncertain from the looks of it.
“Here, will help you clean off a bit,” I said and handed her one of the bottles with a smile.
She looked confused for a moment, then down at my outstretched hand. “Uhm, thanks?”
“No worries. Just pour it over yourself and rub it in, stuff will do the rest.”
She nodded, then got lost in her own conversation again when she listened to Cleopatra. I just shrugged and wandered off to my own corner again.
“Well, Kaysa, I need clothes. Good ones too.” While I spoke I opened the bottle and poured it over myself as instructed. It felt... weird, similar to jelly but without the consistency.
“Not sure I need to focus on weapons, at least for now, considering I have the Pristine Fortress and the Reaver, especially once it starts churning out Hexclaws.”
That should hopefully not take long, considering the biomass laying around. I would also advise you to have the Reaver consume the Devouring Rose once it has starved. While its toxin would be nice to keep the antithesis hives in check, the biomass at hand is quite considerable and can easily be turned into an army if given the time.
“If I get that time,” I muttered, rubbing the weird jelly stuff into the more hard to reach places, “I don’t think we will be able to spend much time here. Even if we beat back the scourge, we need to figure out how to save the others, and the Reaver would be quite helpful for that.” I thought for a moment, “I think I’ll name it Snuffles.”
Perhaps you might want to consider obtaining more Progenitor Hexclaws, to increase the throughput.
“Maybe, not now though. I need clothes that can work as armor and that don’t look like that,” I said, throwing a thumb over my shoulder to the old armor Chloe had given me. It had done its job, but I really didn’t want to get something so ugly again.
In that case it might be a good idea for you to finally obtain the Class I Mythical Kitsune Catalogue. It has quite the broad collection of clothing items that could be upgraded to work as armor. They should also still retain their usefulness should you decide for body modifications later down the line. Of course, depending on what you wish to achieve with that there might be some things that won’t work well together.
“Talking about body mods, what kind of point cost can I expect? Generally speaking I mean, still not sure what I actually want from that.”
I waited while the weird Crystalwash stuff did its thing. It felt a bit fucky, something was happening with it, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
That is a rather hard question to answer. Roughly between eight thousand to thirty thousand points, depending on the goal you wish to achieve; you can almost certainly spend much more. As I have mentioned before, most Samurai usually use body modifications to make themselves more resilient, however some also use it to redesign their own body. You seem to like the Kitsune theme so far, perhaps you wish to imitate some of the things they are most well known for? It would be rather easy with the catalogue unlocked.
I shrugged, “I haven’t put much thought into it, really. I like the idea of being all cute, and pretty, and sexy, and stuff, but at the same time... I mean Chloe mentioned something about misdirection and stuff like that, right? Body doubles, Shapeshifting? I guess it would be fun to do, not sure how much use those will have when fighting off the hordes of aliens though.”
Seraphine, you have access to the Hexclaw Swarm Intelligence Catalogue. Any body doubles and any shapeshifting abilities you might get in the future can become quite potent weapons in your arsenal. Even if you disregard the more hideous appearances of the Hexclaws you could still integrate natural weapons into your look temporarily.
“I guess that is a point... Hm, put it on the list for future consideration. I still need to think more about that. Will make picking out clothing difficult though... Actually, scratch that. I doubt I will need or use the same kind of stuff I get now when I get to that point. I mean, you said it costs tens of thousands of points, right? Might as well get new and improved stuff then.”
Very well. In that case I do have some recommendations for you. How many points are you willing to spend on this?
“Good question,” I said, then looked down at myself.
A similar style was present around the chest area, which did have quite a bit of cleavage, but not enough to look slutty.
When I put it on it fit me very well, almost too well. Then again Kaysa had probably my exact measurements down to nanometer scale or something and had used some weird protector AI math fuckery to get the perfect lines done.
The sleeves were equally elegant. They hid away my lower arms, while keeping my upper arms bare to the shoulders. They attached at a very small point on the outside of my shoulders to the dress with a small magnetic clip, making them very easy to put on, while also strongly enough attached that I didn’t need to worry about accidentally ripping them down. The clips also doubled as small Hard-Light emitters that would prevent any attack from hitting me around my bare arms unhindered.
The bracelets and earrings were of course meant to complete the entire look, they looked stylish and elegant, but didn’t overshadow the design, rather underlining it. Of course the earrings were shaped like stylized fox heads, which looked quite nice.
Sadly I had to put my Pristine Fortress over my sleeves, which did look a bit out of place at first, but after adjusting the gear a bit I did manage to get it to fit in a way I liked.
Next up were the boots, which were just as nice as the dress. They generally followed the same design pattern and despite being quite durable looked more like soft cloth socks, rather than thigh highs. They reached just under mid thigh, which meant that there was this small little thigh window that I knew from experience was something most clients enjoyed to see.
The heels weren’t too high, but high enough to give me an inch or two in height, and surprisingly stable. I had to actively try to trip before I could bend my ankle, probably the balance system at work considering how the boots themselves tried to prevent me from falling. I loved it immediately. No need to worry about running in heels anymore.
The tail was... an interesting experience. Full fur that felt almost real, and it snuck under the dress in just the right way to hide what needed to be hidden, yet looked rather provocative when I was sashaying, I thought.
Once I had fully clothed myself and inspected my new look as well as I could I opened the next box, which contained the Sensory Suite. True to its name the Mark III Twin-Ears Sensory Suite came in the form of two large and fluffy fox ears that I had to place on my head. The fur was of course the same shade of red as my hair, similar to the tail. Once placed I could feel them shift and move until something attached itself to my scalp and held fast. No matter how I moved they didn’t move from their place on my head.
It was a sin that I didn’t have a mirror to admire myself in, but considering the utterly slack jawed look Jenna was giving me, despite her best attempts to hide it, was indication enough that I looked extremely good. Awesome!
Last but not least I had the augmentations upgrade, which... looked a bit sketchy.
Take the two disks out of the box, and place one on your forehead, and one on the side of your neck. Next take the needle and inject the contents next to each disks. Lastly, take the eye cover and place it on your eyes. You need to keep your eyes open during the operation, which the cover will help you do.
“This... sounds like quite the intrusive operation," I said, slightly unsure.
That’s because it is. You shouldn’t feel much pain, nor should it interfere with any future biological changes, unless you fully want to switch to an animal-like form, in which case some upgrades to the Mark VII Hexclaw Swarm Intelligence Singularity Legion Control would be in order.
I took a deep breath, then prepared as I was told. “Here goes nothing."
Then I felt a sudden, but short pain, before my sight went away. That had me panic for a moment, before it returned, although changed.
You can now remove the disks and the eye cover.
I did and... the world... looked different. Not a lot different, it still had the same kind of general look to it, but it looked sharper. Then my sight shifted and I could suddenly see... heat. Then even more.
You are now capable of perceiving things far further removed from the normal human spectrum, plus some additions like limited X-Ray vision. Your sight should be as sharp as it is possible for your brain to comprehend as well.
“Damn! You weren’t kidding when you said this shit is worth it!" I said, examining everything around me. Switching through my different forms of vision I could see... a lot. Jenna already looked pretty good with my new eyes, but now I was able to see her body temperature, her heartbeat, blood flow, and even skeleton if I felt like it. It was amazing, even if a bit freaky.
“Uhm... Could you stop staring?" she said, slowly covering up, even though she was already fully dressed in her own new getup.
“Oh, sorry! I was checking your blood flow out! Just got new augs and they are crazy good! I even have X-Ray vision!”
That earned me a scandalous look.
“Oh, I didn’t mean it like that. I can see your skeleton and such, not that kind of X-Ray vision.”
She didn’t seem convinced.
I snorted and focused back on my normal vision, fully taking in her new outfit.
It was similar to mine in terms of flavour, although more armoured and in an entirely different style. She had gone full Egyptian Queen or Pharaoh, with sandy browns, whites, and purple and golden accents. It was very much in line with the remainder of her theme, but it did have some more modern looking cuts as well, especially the armor bits. It all accumulated with her looking like a believable modern rendition of the Pharaoh’s of old.
The dress was a bit revealing, yes, but not in a sexual way. In fact, it managed to show a lot of skin in a very elegant and majestic fashion. While I had more of a seductive look, she looked like a Queen on a throne.
“Wow... You look really nice in that," I said, and I meant it.
“Thanks... Yours is quite fitting too.” It was hard to pick out, but she seemed genuinely happy at the compliment.
“Thanks! I really like it!" I beamed, then tilted my head, “But hey, weren’t you focused on Sentinels and such? Didn’t you get more of those?"
“Yeah, I plan to, but I can’t well get them in here, since they are quite large. I mean, I could, but I thought I’d wait until we were outside.”
“That makes sense. Ready to head out then?" I asked, with an excited gleam. I couldn’t wait to show off my new look!
“Uhm, sure. Aren’t you going to get more weapons though?"
“Nah, I got my Pristine Fortress and Snuffles, who can make more Hexclaw thingies later. Just need to be patient.”
Talking about Snuffles, with the new augs I could now perceive its... hers? I decided on hers, since the Reaver was all about birthing new Hatchlings. Anyway, I could now perceive her perspective separately, while still retaining my attention on my own senses. It was a bit of a fucky feeling that I would probably need to get used to, but it already made controlling her quite a lot easier. Who knows, maybe one day I would fight the xenos side by side with her. That thought made me grin. I couldn’t wait!
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