Water warts vagina

I 24,F got 3 hpv vaccines at 14 years old. however i’m now unsure because I have a small raised bump, skin coloured, on the skin outside of my vagina. it looks like it could be a genital wart but is not cauliflower shaped, and it’s been there for about 7 months and came out of no where. what’s the chances it’s a genital wart, even though i’ve had the vaccines. 💉

The beginning of the bitter rivalry between the Gojiras and the Great Apes started around the late Neogene to early Quaternary period. The Iwi people were at their highest point, accomplishing many feats in architecture, technology, and art. The Iwi expanded their range across the Hollow Earth to the point of splitting off into different factions and adapting to new environments, developing their own culture independently. This cultural shift has been correlated with the first well-established instances of religion by the Iwi, and the gods they worshipped were none other than the Titans. It is well established that the Iwi regarded the Great Apes with reverence, but this is an oversimplification, as the Iwi are a diverse people, and various factions of the Iwi worshipped different Titans due in part to the different relationships they had with them.
Iwi factions that resided in the jungles or plains typically worshipped the Great Apes, intelligent Titans that also achieved many of the same feats as they did. They exchanged information and ideas with each other, built monuments, settlements, and advanced plumbing systems together, and the Great Apes protected the Iwi from hostile Titans. Iwis aligned with the Great Apes were more independent from nature and could obtain their resources from their crops and livestock. Iwi factions that lived in more coastal regions such as mangroves and beaches worshipped the Gojiras. While the Gojiras were not their defenders in the same manner as the Great Apes were, these Iwi still worshipped them as protectors of balance, neutral forces that do not obligate themselves to defend any one particular people or animals. Still, archaeological records indicate the Gojiras had a soft spot for humans and even developed symbiotic relationships with them. These Iwi, while not as proactive in building monuments as the Great Ape aligned Iwi, still built impressive monuments for their reptilian lords to rest in. They also would pick out dermal parasites on Gojiras for food, freeing them from pesky parasites. And there are even reported cases of seafaring Iwi working with young Gojiras to hunt fish, much like surface world humans and orcas. The Gojira aligned Iwi were hunter gatherers and relied on gathering resources from the wild, especially from aquatic environments. There are also many other Iwi factions that worshipped Mosura, the moth god, or regarded more than one or even all Titans as benevolent gods. Most of these Iwi factions reached a middle ground as hunter-gatherers and architects and farmers.
The Gojiras and the Great Apes, along with their human allies, initially coexisted. Both sides did not have overlapping territories, and even when they did, their niche portioning avoided conflict over the same resources. Tensions began to arise when the Great Apes and their Iwi allies began to expand their range, destroying habitats and displacing local flora and fauna. They also brought invasive species along with them, both intentionally and unintentionally. One of these species was the MUTO, the young of which are a delicacy to the Great Apes, but a deadly parasite to the Gojiras. The aqueducts constructed by the Great Apes and their Iwi allies, however, was a bigger problem, as they expelled a dangerous amount of wastewater, polluting the waters that the Gojiras and their Iwi allies heavily depended on. The Gojiras were the first to open fire, destroying entire settlements that they found to be too close for comfort. While their goal was to destroy the settlements and not kill the Great Apes or Iwi, collateral damage could not be avoided. Current research indicates that these attacks did not lead to any fatalities, but in response, the Great Apes would launch attacks of their own, usually by hurling objects (rocks, dung, etc.) at Gojiras to intimidate them into fleeing the territory. This sparked a cold war between the Gojiras and Great Apes, with their Iwi allies accompanying them in their conflict. Neither side wanted a full-on war, but they both wanted the other side to leave. The Mosura worshipping Iwi were the mediators in this conflict, as Mosura had a symbiotic relationship with both Gojiras and Great Apes. Mosura would relay messages from the Gojiras and their Iwi allies to the Great Apes and their Iwi allies and vice versa. This diplomacy seemed to have worked, and the Great Apes, for the most part, were willing to adjust their ways to continue their lifestyles without a cost to the Gojiras. But not all Great Apes were happy with this.
There were two types of Great Apes in the Hollow Earth, the Pankongs (which includes Kong) and the Orangutitans (which includes Skar King). The Orangutitans, initially thought to be a different species of ape, have been confirmed by DNA analysis to be a unique ecotype adapted for life in the mountainous cloud forests of the Hollow Earth. They are distinguished by their leaner, more athletic build and red hair is a dominant trait. The Orangutitans were an isolationist culture and unlike other Great Apes, they did not have many Iwi allies. They built megamonuments much like their counterparts, but had a clear social hierarchy, with the king, the son of royal blood, at the top, middle class workers, and slaves at the bottom. They believed that the Gojiras were an evil force that had to be destroyed and the Great Apes that found a way to co-exist with them were traitors to their species. Despite this extreme ideology, the Orangutitans seemed to have a high moral code, regarding each individual with value, care, and respect; even their slaves were guaranteed a humane lifestyle, even if denied freedom. And their number one rule that could not be broken was that they could not kill another ape, not even traitors.
However, things changed during the rule of the Manic King (The name I would give to Skar King's father). This king neglected his duties in protecting his people, focusing more on planning a crusade against the Gojiras and their allies to finally eradicate them. He also broke their moral codes in that he allowed his soldiers to kill each other in mortal combat. According to records, he believed that in order to win against the Gojiras, he needed to weed out inferior blood and promote only the strongest and healthiest bloodlines. These records also indicated that the king truly believed he was morally right and had no interest in conquering the Great Apes or the world, only in destroying the Gojiras. However, he died before he could carry out these plans. His son, Skar King, ascended to the throne and picked up where his father left off, but he had other plans.
The Skar King had no interest in upholding his peoples' morals or serving anyone else but himself, and he wanted control over the Titans and the Hollow Earth and the surface world underneath his foot. So instead of attacking the Gojiras as his father planned, he sent his forces, which included other kaiju such as domesticated Wart Dogs and Skullcrawlers to invade the settlements of other Great Apes and the Iwi, conquering them and taking the inhabitants captive as slaves. The strongest of the conquered were either converted into loyal soldiers for executed if they were disloyal. Mosura, Godzilla and some of the other Gojiras responded with force, seeing this invasion as an existential threat, but most of the Gojiras did not intervene, seeing this as an ape-only conflict that did not directly impact them. This changed when the Skar King began to send war parties hunting Gojiras, some of which he partook in, which ultimately caused the Titan War. Most Gojiras indiscriminately targeted all Great Apes and their Iwi allies, even those who escaped Skar King and did not do his bidding, forcing these refugees to fight back. When they were outmatched, they were exiled by the Gojiras to Skull Island. As for Skar King's empire, this fight waged on for much longer until the Gojiras trapped them deep within the Hollow Earth. At the end, both sides took heavy losses, with the Gojira species being brought to the brink of extinction, and now Godzilla is the endling of the species. The fate of the Great Apes looked grim as well. The refugees on Skull Island had a rough time, and a very small number of Skar King's goons who were fortunate enough not to be present at the final battle between the Gojiras and Great Apes released a swarm of Skullcrawlers to exterminate the rest of the refugees, leaving just one sole survivor. The rest of the Great Apes would continue to live under the tyrannical iron fist of the Skar King, who now developed a deep hatred for Godzilla, not for killing many of his people, but for getting in his way of conquest and confining him to a prison for millennia. From that point on, he continued to plot his global conquest, rallying his supporters and claiming control of the ancient ice Titan, Shimo.

Hello, so yesterday we had sex (with condom on always) the first round he cum and he pulll out. Second round, we had sex condom still intact but we stopped since his penis become soft, I touch his condom while it's still on him and apparently I felt like my nails( not long nails, it's trimmed but like kinda sharp) broke or destroyed the condom since i feel like it. We changed condoms after that and had sex again for the last round, with condom still intact and he cum outside.
After that, we proceed with dry humping however I was ovulating I guess at that time (flo says I was ovulating and before the deed I had very sticky clear discharge, also the day during the deed I also had that discharge again) now since I am having discharge on my vagina entrance and his penis got precum on his tip, he is poking his penis in contact to my vagina entrance but it never went in.
After sex, I checked the condom two of them were not broken and no leaks (I used water testing) and then the other one ripped the base off. I know I could be the one who ripped it, but I didn't check after I felt like my nails destroyed it to see if I rip it, so I am not sure if that's really because of my nails. The condom has precum. Now I was having like egg white discharge.
With this scenario, do you think there's a chance that I am going to be pregnant?

I’m 18 male. My girlfriend(18F) and I have been together for 2 years.
She’s always told me and been open to me about the fact that she wants children. She’s told me before that she wants kids quite young (around 22-24), and I was fine with that.
We’re both at uni. The uni we go to is far away from where we live so we stay at student accommodation. We chose to live together in uni accommodation because I worked out cheaper.
I always wear a condom. I keep them in my side table.
4 months ago she told me that she is pregnant. I was obviously shocked but began to become excited.
My girlfriends’ friend came over one night (we’ll call her Kate) when my girlfriend was out. Kate asked me what made my girlfriend and I want a baby so young, I was a bit confused about this as I assumed Kate would have known it wasn’t planned. I told her that it wasn’t planned and that we always used protection. Kate then told me that my girlfriend told her that we were trying for a baby. I assumed it was some sort of misunderstanding.
When Kate left I told my girlfriend about this and she burst out crying and telling me she is sorry.
Turns out, my girlfriend has been trying to get pregnant for about 1-2 months without me knowing.
She told me that after we have sex, when I leave the room to get some water, she would get the cum out of my condom and rub it into her vagina. She then started poking holes into the condom.
I really don’t know what to do. Advice?

36 weeks tomorrow, and pretty much all day on and off, I've had lightening crotch (I think) like baby is flicking over a nerve in my vagina. Is this something to be concerned about ? I've had it sporadically but it's pretty much been all day today, not increasing in intensity or time between, just a huge notice in frequency. Not painful, just incredibly uncomfortable and odd feeling !
I've also had what like 3 bouts of loss of parts of mucus plug past 3 days.
Do we think labour could be near ? My first born was 3 weeks early, but my waters broke prior to labour starting so I was induced so I didn't really get anything like this first time round

Me and my boyfriend were on a trip in some forest land and we hired a local car.
The day went out smoothly until the late afternoon when suddenly on our way back to town our car broke down in middle of nowhere- a forest green field.
It was a hot summer weather.
We soon figured out that the vehicle had some deep issue and obviously which cannot be fixed by us and nowhere nearby was any village to get a mechanic.
We were kind of worried as it was a forest region no wild animals though and we may have to spend out night inside the car if we don't find any help soon.
Also, there wasn't any traffic as it was a remote region and hardly any truck or a small vehicle passes after a while.
Luckily we had some food so we stayed in the car for an hour just thinking and then came up with an idea about exploring the green filed and dense trees. We set-off in the nearby field walking by curiously and adventurous around the nature.
It was damn hot but the birds chirping and nature sounds made it soothing. I saw my boyfriend removed his shirt as we were sweating and he was just on his shorts. I too felt the same and removed my top but realized I wasnt on my bra as anyways I dont wear bra and suddenly I was nude on the top. It was crazy for both of us.
We roamed half nude through the filed chatting and tickling and touching each other until we found a water stream and a huge pond of fresh water. A sigh of relief for two thirsty sweaty bodies.
Without thinking we jumped into the natural pond and it was surprisingly cold enough to quench our bodies. We were uncomfortable on our clothes so came out and undressed completely and again jumped into the pond.
I was simply standing under the stream which was a small waterfall. It was an amazing feeling. I felt the urge to answer natures call so came out and went into the bushes to pee.
My man followed me and he saw me peeing and quietly without my notice put his palm under my pee to feel the warmth of it and I was clueless about it until he touched me down and I screamed shockingly. I shouted at him what the fuck was he doing as I was afraid like anything.
He immediately kissed me and grabbed me in his arms. He then carried me in his arms to the pond and almost threw me in the water. He too followed me.
I was nervous as well as afraid as I never experienced such things outside. We soon started kissing and fondling each other.
The water was neck deep and only our faces were out to kiss. I can feel his dick hard touching me as he groped kissed and fondled my breasts.
Soon we started the next level while standing itself he fingered me and I was shaking his dick.
He dived inside the water and started licking my pussy while I moaned, he then started fingering again and I can feel my vagina already expanded and water entering and exiting my pussy. It was too horny to feel.
He started rubbing his dick on my pussy in the water itself but couldn't get the grip properly so we proceeded towards the edge of the pond where I took the position of doggy style and he came in from behind.
And there we started our wild sex!!
I soon had an orgasm due to the fact of the sexual excitement of getting fucked in the wild.
That day was so different form the rest and my man was in full strength and power. Never ever he must have fucked me so hard and rough.
I knew nobody will ever hear me and I started screaming and moaning in the nature very loudly as he kept pounding me from every angles.
We both were very loud in expressing our emotions while the birds watched us getting fucked.
I wanted to try different positions and we climbed tress and fucked there,
we fucked in the fields
our minds were not in control not in senses and we were sexually mad & lost as the only thing in our mind was FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!
We climbed the stones
and fucked there too and
he cummed inside me
OMG his cums warmth made me squirt instantly
thus we both cummed together. He was still hard and I dont wanted him to loosen up and immediately grabbed his penis in my mouth without resting a bit and kept sucking
every ounce of his semen and he was hard in no time.
I wanted to fuck inside water so we went in the pond and kept fucking. I can feel water entering my pussy
along with his penis and bubbles blasting in. It was such a divine feeling. He then shifted to my ass
and started fucking like crazy.
We then came out and I wanted him to suck my vagina like a wild tiger he grabbed my pussy lips in his mouth and kept sucking like a hungry wolf and he kept pulling them so hard I was literally crying and shouting in pain but wanted him to continue.
My vagina was already swollen red and injured too and so was his penis.
Soon it was getting dark and all we can hear was our sex sound shouting and the water from the stream.
We got the jungle on fire with our sex.
It was that final time when we both wanted this to end but in a memorable way. We took missionery position
and he kept fucking hard and hard until he exploded inside me and I kept fingering my cunt until I squirted the final time
We both screamed so loudly may be someone heard us may be not but we surely weren't in out senses either.
One accident led us to the most sexual pleasurable incidence I can ever forget.
I have put it practically graphically with images though not of us but similar to what and how we did that day.
Hope you all love it :P

I have a very vague memory of seeing a scene from a very strange film when I was 15-16 years (around 2006):
Asian film, maybe Chinese or Japanese. A woman is standing in a supermarket or small store, and something (I think water) is running out of her vagina and forming into a river that runs out of the store and downhill and through the city.
This is the only thing I remember. This was shown on Norwegian TV, NRK2. I have tried googling for years, but only end up on adult movie sites :(
Hope someone can help and that this was not just a fever dream

TL;DR -> Weed caused a mental breakdown that lead to an analysis of my life and the eventual realization that porn ruined my life. I, 22 m, am 14 days clean from porn after over a decade of addiction. I started in 5th grade. We just had sex ed, and I got hooked on porn as soon as I looked up “vagina” on the family computer. Being that young, I couldn’t comprehend how dangerous and wrong this all was. I would watch porn at least once every day. There were some stretches where I resisted the temptation of porn, but it always found me again. Every single day I would wake up and jerk off. I would get home from school and jerk off. I’m on the toilet and have my phone in my hand? Let’s search pornhub. I was a frog in boiling water. Before I knew it I was in the deep end on Twitter and displaying my body for random people (low key glad omegle is gone). Interestingly, weed was the catalyst to the end of my addiction.
Smoking isn’t for everyone, and at the start, getting high made the orgasm so much better. I would watch nasty shit and have the fattest nut of my life. As that became more regular however, I started to struggle having erections, I lost passion for a lot of things. I started to really CRAVE porn instead of just having it as a novelty. I knew something was seriously wrong. Two weeks ago, I got high, looked at myself in the mirror and didn’t recognize the person staring back. Porn had stolen 10 years of my life. I realized how uncertain my identity, personality, and morals were. I cried right there for the first time in years. And realized that porn had been putting a dampener on my emotions. I’ve cried more times in the last 2 weeks than have in my entire life. I realized how much porn was stunting my emotional growth.
To anyone who made it this far or is trying to quit porn I say this: think about what you really want out of life. What makes you happy. What drives you. Porn is a hinderance. It puts you in handcuffs. Whatever you want out of life, porn is there to make sure you fail. Don’t let it drag you down.

If u check my account, I've been posting a lot about my GW updates.
After checking for cleaning yesterday, my vagina is clear with GW aside from some warts growth near my pubic hair out near lower abdomen. Around 5 warts are took off. I'm so happy!
Just continued taking Vitamin C + Zinc 2x a day, Inosine Pranobex for almost 4 weeks down to 3x a day then B complex every night.
Also got my 2nd dose of vaccine.
I hope no regrowth to the rest of the months. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
LET's FIGHT HPV together 🙏

I’ve had these two bumps in my vaginal area for about a week now, both been there for the same amount of time. one is inside my vagina and one is right below it by the entrance. they do not hurt, itch, or cause any discomfort. they feel solid when I play with and touch them. I am very scared that they are hpv warts. I know I was vaccinated when I was 14-15, but I know it’s still possible. I don’t know what else these could be. I had an urgent care dr look at the one inside and she said it was a skin tag, but I don’t think she saw the one on the outside. Any help is appreciated, thank you

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I’ve had these two bumps in my vaginal area for about a week now. one is inside my vagina and one is right below it by the entrance. they do not hurt, itch, or cause any discomfort. they feel solid when I play with and touch them. I am very scared that they are hpv warts. I know I was vaccinated when I was 14-15, but I know it’s still possible. I don’t know what else these could be. I had an urgent care dr look at the one inside and she said it was a skin tag, but I don’t think she saw the one on the outside. Any help is appreciated, thank you

Hello ladies, <3
It's lovely to meet you all.
My name is Lisa, and I'm going to give you a little bit of a BG first.
I'm 41 (in a few weeks), married, was a virgin until I was married, recently had a baby. ^_^
Now for a bit of story (this is long, so I'm going to try and pair it down)-
The month that I turned 30 (June), I woke up to something that I thought was a UTI- naturally went to the doctor, got antibiotics, it seemed better, went on with life. A few days later, here it was again. This started a cycle that lasted over 8 months, and cost easily over 4,000$ in doctor visits, and the like. There was lots of head scratching, and about 6 different rounds of antibiotics that were all different.
Eventually they diagnosed me with "urethritis" (if you have chronic pain in your urethral area, please look into this.)
Long story short, lots started going wrong. Serious pain in my "lower half" (internally). I started going to the doctor for other things.
But I'll never forget when I went in for another exam, the doctor put her finger in me, and the pain was so intense that I fell back. That was new. More tests, more problems. I went to a specialist. She diagnosed me with vestibulitis and vulvodynia and told me that it would clear up in about 6 months.
Welp, a year went by, then another. I am married, so this was extremely difficult on our sex life. Almost every time we had sex, it was excruciating for me. We actually went an entire year one time without almost touching each other.
I started doing my own research and digging into things and I found a group on facebook called "Vulvodynia Curing it Naturally with Laura." - And I'll tell you right now, while I understand that correlation does NOT equal causation - nearly EVERY SINGLE WOMAN in there had the same story about how all of their symptoms started. - The culprit ? Antibiotics, or some medicine for "down there" (as a few had had yeast infections and used monostat)... I saw a few posts earlier this week where women said they got it after surgery (of things not related to the vagina)... the more likely scenario is that the antibiotics did it as most surgeries require you to take antibiotics afterwards.
The vagina is an ecosystem made of perfect flora and fauna and when we disrupt it, we can cause all kinds of crappy things to happen... pain, dryness, itching, and so on. Antibiotics work to destroy bacteria- and not only the bad, but the good as well.
What I found were a few things - firstly, if you CAN contact her, get Laura to send you her free book on how she cured her vulvodynia (I DO NOT have it- so please don't ask. I had it years ago, but no longer do.)
What I can tell you, however is this- her book talks a lot about the benefits of replacing good bacteria, PH balancing (drinking water like essentia, etc), and eating a LOW OXALATE diet- I started to eat a low oxalate diet, and I only followed it about 80 % (Because I'm a dumb dumb) and I'll tell you right now, even THAT much saw an improvement in pain. I was floored. It DID take some time (about a month to really start to notice a difference) But I went from near constant feeling like burning / acidy feeling down there, to having breaks, and the overall pain lessening by about 30% ... that was HUGE for me.
Something else I did was started taking several probiotics, and drinking KEFIR, etc. I SUGGEST Femdophilus if you haven't taken it/ tried it.
Still, it wasn't gone, and our sex life was still suffering tremendously.
So, I started doing another round of research and realized that there was a good chance that the doctors had also missed something.
Not to get TOO TMI - but for years, I had had GREEN discharge... like snot -_- So gross. No one could ever explain that. I didn't have an STD, There was no trace of certain kinds of bacteria that would make that happen.
One day I came upon an article about desquamative vaginitis, and they stated that for many women the answer seemed to be vitamin D- Welp, I went out, bought some regular old vitamin D, and started slamming it like crazy to the point of near ODing on it. (I looked up how much was safe to take first) ...
And let me tell you... I thought I was crazy, but the pain that I had been experiencing for over EIGHT YEARS almost vanished overnight...
I believe it was all of the things that I did working together, but I've been basically in "remission" for about 3 years now. I even had a baby. ^_^
I STILL have a day EVERY SO OFTEN where I get a "minor" itch down there, that is totally manageable and nothing like before, but otherwise? Pain free.
I don't claim any of this as "cure" or any such thing, but if anyone can be helped by ANY of this, then God bless you, I hope it helps. <3
Well, that's my story, and I REALLY hope someone benefits from it. <3

Chapter 26 - The Infinite Beckons
Previous Chapter
“Okay, this part’s a little tricky.” Ma’et gestured out the shuttle’s cockpit. “You got lined up easy enough, and our velocity’s at a relative zero to the ship. The bay door’s open. Now you engage the lateral thrusters while monitoring the distance from the shuttle to the bay’s interior wall. Come in too fast and you’ll damage them both..”
Trix looked over at the controls, and the neatly gummed labels that the humans had placed over the English text with her own language. She gingerly pressed the ‘Lateral Thruster’ button, then as the control knob next to it lit up, she twisted it slowly.
An earlier misadventure when lining up the ship and the shuttle where she’d twisted the control knob much more rapidly made her much more cautious about giving it too much power too quickly, yet the shuttle slowly drifted - away from the ship. “Other thruster, feathers.”
Chagrined, she dialed the thruster back to zero, then rotated it the other direction. The ship immediately stopped moving away, and instead drifted into the hangar bay. Trix watched as it drifted past the door, staring at the distance readout until it dropped into the yellow and immediately swung the knob the other way. It took a couple of tries to get the velocity back to zero, but she managed it.
“Beautiful. Now we engage the grav plating which lets the ship’s internal grav pull us down as it ramps up, and close the external door via the console over there.” Ma’et gestured to the remote console, and Trix scanned it, punching the buttons as she found them.
“Nicely done. Go ahead and hit the engine shutdown. In the old days there’d be like, thirty steps to it but nearly all of it is automated. But lucky you, you get to read all about the manual sequence since taking over in the event of computer failure is one of a pilot’s duties.” Ma’et chuckled and squeezed Trix’s shoulder. “For now, that’s good enough. Go ahead and open both the lateral boarding door, and the rear loading door. Also extend the rear loading ramp.”
Trix did, then glanced over at Ma’et. “Anything more?”
“Nope. First day on the job, and you’ve done the first job successfully. Not perfectly, but pretty damn good for your first time piloting off planet. Go ahead and head back to talk with the Captain, and I’ll handle the rest.”
Trix unbuckled the acceleration harness (Though, she felt zero acceleration during the entire trip so she couldn’t fathom just WHY Ma’et had insisted on her buckling in) and moved past the much smaller woman as she left the cockpit.
In the back, Josh was already outside the ship, grabbing a handtruck. She watched as he pushed it up the loading ramp to the stack of boxes that contained the food and equipment she’d need for the next few weeks of existence here in space. “Why aren’t you using one of the gravity belts?” She gestured over to the wall where the belts were hanging.
“Eh, this stuff’s fairly light and those have a limited lifespan. I don’t want to burn out the Keplite cores on stuff we can just move by hand. They’re expensive.”
“Oh. What’s Keplite, anyway? Ji and Min have mentioned it a few times.” Trix glanced over at the large belts with their big circular pads in the middle.
Before Josh could answer, Alex walked in between them. “Ji, Min! We’re going to be converting the room across from yours back into crew quarters for Trix. Gonna need you two to move the Spider. Is there room here in the hangar for it?”
“It’ll fit better if we assemble it and use packing mode.” Ji countered, as he hopped out of the shuttle. “It’ll take a day or so. We’ve got it spread all out in there.”
Alex turned over to Trix and beckoned. “Follow me. Gonna give you the full tour while they’re unloading." He took a few steps back, then lifted his arms wide to gesture to their surroundings. "This is obviously the hangar bay. Shuttle's the big thing you were just flying. Below us is a small cargo hold, empty right now. Not gonna show you unless you happen to like large empty boring-ass boxes.” He raised an eyebrow, and Trix quickly shook her head. "Alright. Most of the shit in here is just maintenance tools and loading gear. Nothing exciting. Ramp to main transit corridor here."
They walked out into the hallway. “Okay, well through that door’s opposite the hangar is the fabber bay. The fabber is a huge machine that manufactures stuff for us, like a 3D printer. Do you guys have anything like that?” Trix shrugged, and Alex continued. “Well either way, it can make virtually anything from a bed to a bomb to a computer. The more complex and difficult items take a hell of a lot longer to make. It’s also a major power hog since the manufacturing process uses extremely powerful fields, both magnetic and force. In other words, if you need something and we didn’t bring it with you we can make it here.”
He walked down the hall a bit, and gestured to the doors on either side. “Launcher bays, 1 and 2. Normally we use ‘em to launch beacons, buoys, sensors, things like that into space. If someone tries to start shit with us we CAN use them to launch missiles but we have very few of those available. We’re not out here to get in fights, but if we have to defend ourselves we pack a big punch.” He opened one of the doors and walked inside. “The big hatch over there is the manual tube loader. The ship can auto-load various things but if we need to put something into space that isn’t already in storage, that’s where we do it. If Ji tells you to climb in yourself, he’s joking and you should hit him because it only exists to launch shit into space.”
Trix laughed at that, but she had learned enough of Ji’s sense of humor while working on the car to understand the sentiment. “Will I even be in here at all though?”
“Maybe. If something needs to be manually loaded, we use these. Back when we were at the derelict ship I had to send a battery over to help out while we planned our rescue. You might be asked to do the same.” Alex shrugged and lead her out into the hall. “Last thing here is the ship’s primary armament.” He reached over to the side of the hallway and pressed a hatch release. The compartment it lead to was incredibly small and tightly cramped.
“We don’t use it much outside of scaring off pirates or relieving stress, but this is our primary weapon out in space. Eight-chamber five meter long rotary railgun. Fires one round every 1.2 seconds that travel roughly a million kilometers per hour when fired stationary, or closer to 280 kilometers per second. It fires either solid armor-piercing unguided slugs or flak munitions that are used to produce clouds of metallic debris. The former will shred a ship’s armor and pulverize anything inside. The latter can overwhelm particle shields and damage exterior components without nearly as much penetration. The reason I’m saying all this to you,” He tapped the top of the cannon where it joined to the ship. “This thing’s got a super limited firing arc. Meaning that we can only shoot what we’re pointed at. If, by some miracle, we get into a fight out there then our ability to shoot back is gonna depend on your ability to fly the ship while facing the enemy.”
Trix swallowed heavily as she tried to imagine just how powerful this massive cannon was. She glanced over at the side of it, to the twin belts that fed in ammo. Each round it would fire was longer than her forearm and thicker than her waist.
“That’s the worst case scenario though. In reality, if we get into any shit out there, fighting is the LAST thing we want to do. Negotiation to avoid hostility first, escape second, fight last.” Alex shooed her out of the compartment. “That said if we encounter any low-yield junk out there then we’ll get some target practice in. If you’re game then we can let you try targeting for a bit and unload some kinetic mayhem while things are dull.” He grinned wickedly, as he manually pulled the hatch back into place, sliding two large locking levers into place.
“Okay, that’s it for this deck. There’s stairs on the far side leading up to the tech deck but the ladder here’s quicker.”
They climbed up the ladder, with Alex leading and Trix following. Her wings banged against the ceiling as she climbed, and it took her a few moments to get them tucked in tight enough to get through the hatch but with Alex’s help they got up there.
“Tech deck. Mostly. In the front of the ship here right under Bridge access is the exception, the pool room.” He opened the door and they walked in together. “Mainly used for observation but the pool there is great for relaxation. You can adjust the temperature with the controls on the wall there, goes from chilly to full on hot tub. Adjustable depth from 3 to 10 feet, and the pool walls are display panels. If you use a breather it’s fun to turn the display to external then go down underwater and relax while staring at the stars. Do you swim much?”
Trix nodded. “Sure, there’s a river a… couple kilometers? I think? I’m not good with converting distances yet. Anyway, it’s near the hab and we’d go there when I was younger and didn’t have as much to do in the fields.”
“Cool. Well, feel free to use it but just a word of warning you might want to check if anyone’s in first. Swimwear is optional and since the crew is a pretty tight family we don’t usually get embarrassed if we’re seen swimming in the buff.” Alex waved over at the control console. “If you’re not sure the big green button on the outside is the comm button, just ask if anyone’s using it.”
“Ji brought me in here when we came up to do the medical scans. He showed me Kiveyt from orbit for the first time. Do all human ships have a room like this?” Trix reached over to dip her hand into the water. It was quite warm to the touch.
“Nah. This ship wasn’t originally designed as a scout ship or survey ship. It was originally a yacht. Big luxury vehicle for rich people to fly around in space and have fun in. Throw parties. Most of the ridiculous amenities it has I got rid of ages ago, but that left a huge amount of space we filled up with all the launchers and sensors and whatnot. I kept the pool though because I love soaking after a long day.” He pressed the door control and they left the pool room.
“Just past the pool room on either side of the ship we have collection dishes for D-space particles. Those are EVA only, so you won’t be dealing with those. They let us collect extremely powerful particles which lead back here.” Alex spoke as he walked, and turned the corner into a much, much larger room.
“This is the ship’s main power supply. Charged particles enter the torus reactor and discharge energy which is converted into electrical power and routed through the ship. Those bottles over there…” He gestured to four massive grey metal canisters on the wall. “Contain the actual particles. They’re made of the strongest materials we have because if one ruptured, the ship would instantly explode from the inside out. Don’t worry,” Alex quickly raised his hands. “The chances of that happening are virtually impossible. This is the single most well-protected location on the ship.”
He gestured to the other side of the large room. “Over there’s the terminals that Min is usually at. She and Ji are in charge of all engineering. That means power, propulsion, all computer systems, and the like. Well, the physical parts of them that is. Ma’et is our computer geek when it comes to integration, programming, and all the fun software shit.”
Alex left the room, and gestured to the other side. “I’m sure you’re familiar with medical over there. Let’s do us both a favor and not have to go there much. Otherwise I’m pretty sure Kyshe will gut me.” He didn’t stop to show her inside, and they reached the main staircase. “The back half of the ship on this deck is all propulsion access and maintenance. I’m more or less our damage control guy, along with Ji and Min. For them it’s because they’re smart as shit and for me it’s because I had to learn how to maintain my own ship. Most common damage out here is stray micro meteors or debris while we’re parked and the particle shields are down. Sometimes worn out components inside. Again, no EVA for you so the only thing you’ll need to worry about for DC is being an assistant to one of us while we fix shit.”
They went up the stairwell to the uppermost of the three floors. “There used to be an observation bubble above us, but I had it removed because it was useless. Even if I covered it with ablative plating it was a massive wart on top of the ship that served zero practical purpose. Anyway, the top floor here is where you’ll spend 90% of your time on the ship. Back here…” Alex started walking to the rear of the ship, and walked through a large open doorway. “Mess hall. We generally have two kinds of meals here - when we’re on long deployment, the food extruder over there can produce rations. They’re not amazing but they’re quick both to make and eat. It’ll also make reasonable meat and dairy substitutes. If you want a real meal though we usually keep the good stuff in deep freeze so it takes a fair amount of time to be ready. Other than that the bev dispenser is over there. Water and various juices on tap all the time, alcohol is restricted only to meals only. We all get together for breakfast and dinner though, since it’s just a good way to socialize. Tonight expect a big meal in celebration.”
He walked out of the mess, and opened a door to a large open area. “Rec room. Not used a whole lot because most of us use haptic suits for exercise and recreation but we don’t have a suit that’ll fit you or your wings, so I want you to be in here twice a week at least. Ma’et is a great partner for any exercise that doesn’t involve fighting, unless you like bruises in which case she’ll happily go a few rounds with gloves on. Pilots don’t get the level of exercise you’re used to on the planet working fields so exercise up here will be pretty damn vital.”
She looked around the room, then hurried to catch up to the captain as he walked out. “On the other side of the hall from the Mess is general storage. Cleaning supplies, a small laundry unit if the one in your room quits working, random odds and ends. Also a few extra bunks just in case we need them. Unfortunately I am going to have to have you spend one night in here while we get your room cleaned up and ready for you.” He walked in, and over to one of the walls. “Bunk folds down from here. Looks, uh…” He glanced at the fold-down bed and back at Trix. “Looks tight. Do me a favor and see if you’re gonna be OK there?”
It was very close, but Trix laid down on the sleeping pad and adjusted until she found a good comfortable spot. “For just one night, this will do…”
“Alright, no worries then. We’ll have your room ready quick as we can.” She got off the pad and Alex gestured for her to follow. “Quarters themselves are here, 4 on either side of the main hallway. Myself, Josh, Ma’et, and Amanda on the right in that order. Ji, Min, Your quarters, and the last was converted into a mechanical room for Par. Speaking of…”
He walked into the last room and knocked on a large hatch. “Par, would it be alright if I introduced our newest shipmate?”
“Of course, Captain.” The hatch slid silently open revealing a large, intricate array. Circuit boards were laid out in rows and wires ran between them in perfectly neat, ordered channels. In the center of it all was a large oblong egg-looking object. “Trix, may I present to you Parathanelias Sigma-822.”
Several rows of lights lit up along the side of the egg, and the pleasant musical voice she’d heard so often came from a small speaker alongside it. “It is a pleasure to meet you in person, Trksehnoarala.”
Trix stared at the open hatch then gestured behind her. “I thought you were in those floating metal balls…?”
“The spheres you mention are my remotes. None of them are large enough to house my primary systems. In a way, they are my eyes, ears, and limbs. My true nature is integration here within the ship itself, and I make up for my limited mobility in person by having the greatest mobility of any other member of the crew.”
“He also has an avatar in VR of an organic human, but most of the time he uses the floating spheres to interact with us and the rest of the world. His core,” Alex gestured to the egg-like central object, “houses his base personality and his most important memories. The rest of this is extra storage for less critical information. I’m a bit jealous because his most important memories will always be preserved forever in perfect clarity. The rest of us get to have our memories fade with time, but his will be eternal.”
Alex stood there mutely for a moment then shook his head. “Anyway. Back to the tour. Thanks Par!”
“My pleasure.” The hatch slid silently shut and Alex and Trix left the room. “This room has been empty for long enough I pretty much gave it over to Ji and Min for a long while.” Alex walked into the room next to Par’s. “It’s kind of a mess but we’re going to get it cleaned up then it’ll be yours.”
There was no bed in the room, and the tables against the walls were covered with electronics and quickboards. In the center of the room, a huge metal contraption was spread out. Eight large jointed legs were wired in to a big central circular turret. Above that, a multitude of ‘limbs’ extended out - one a large grasper with clawed metal fingers, another ending with an odd cone-shaped implement with a blackened tip. A third was a huge metal pipe jutting out, and a fourth looked to be a number of small openings to place something into.
Trix gestured to it, “What is THAT thing?”
“That’s the Spider. It’s a long-time project the Twins have been working on. Pretty much since they joined the crew, really. It was meant to be a mechanical walker for the military but… well, that’s their story to tell.” Alex snorted. “There’s going to be enough time to go into the details later. Point is, before we even start leaving the system we’re gonna move this out, get a full king sized bed in here for you, some more storage, and so on. That door,” He gestured to a door on the other side of the room, “Leads to a hygiene unit. Full on shower, no bath but if you want to soak the Pool’s down a floor. Aside from no tub it has a deluxe toilet, sink, and a small cleaning unit for clothes.”
Trix cautiously stepped around the large disassembled robot, and opened the door to peer inside. The hygiene unit was much larger than she’d expected, and she was grateful to see that most of the facilities was familiar to her.
“Okay, one last stop and it’s the most important.” Alex walked out into the hallway and Trix rushed to catch up, almost tripping as she hopped over a piece of scrap cable along the floor. “I’m sure this will become your second home on the ship real fast. The bridge.”
They walked down the hall through a small access corridor into a large, wide open space. A large chair sat in the center with a number of controls and articulating arms present on the back. In front of it, a number of control panels were arranged in rows. The front of the bridge and both sides were dominated by massive window screens that showed the area the ship was currently facing. She could see one screen to the side with a display showing Kiveyt, first as a small dot with a zoomed-in and blown up image next to it.
“The door back there in the corner leads to a briefing room, nothing special there but a table and chairs. The big chair in the middle is mine, but if you ask super nicely I’ll let you sit in it.” Alex grinned, and pointed at the console in the very center of the bridge, in front of the Captain’s chair. “But that station over there is primary navigation. Josh is there quite a lot of the time, though just as often I navigate from the Captain’s Chair or Ma’et controls the ship from her neural interface. As of now, though, I bequeath ownership of it unto you - for the next few weeks, at least.”
Trix walked around the bridge staring at everything. The control consoles were smooth, rounded and sleek in their presentation. Each one had a large keyboard in front covered with the strange runes of the Humans’ language. Various other instruments and implements were present at each station, but at hers she smiled gratefully to see that the keys had already changed and had more familiar and recognizable letters in place of the Humans odd script. The layout was definitely weird, and she knew it was going to take time and effort to grow accustomed but at the very least she would be able to understand what she was doing as she learned. Even better, the seat lacked the same high back that the other seats had, which would have been pressed tightly and uncomfortably against her wings.
She glanced back at Alex, who just nodded at her. Encouraged, she took a seat and glanced around. “This is mine.” She whispered it and then let her wings spread out with pleasure as she realized that from here, from this station, she would be the one personally controlling the entire massive vehicle behind her. It lacked the flight stick of the shuttle or the handle controls of her aircar, and in a way she felt disappointed she wouldn’t be able to manually control the ship the same way she could the smaller vehicles. But as she looked around her and rested her hands on the cool surface of the console, she felt something else. A thrill of anticipation at the thought of being the one in control of this massive ship and everyone inside of it.
Alex climbed several steps up to the captain’s chair on its elevated dais, and took a seat directly behind her. The sight of a winged alien in front of him at the nav console with the stars stretching out above and beyond her was a strange one, but a pleasant one. He tried to think of a witty quip to finish the tour with, but failing that he settled for a much simpler one instead.
“Welcome aboard, Pilot.”
—--
“Okay, before we get started, I believe that this is a special occasion warranting a toast.” Alex sat at the head of the large table at the mess, with the other six organic members of the crew assembled further down. “To our new pilot trainee!”
“Here Here!” “To Trix!” “To our Trainee!”
Alex took a sip of his whisky, and sighed in pleasure. “God that hits the spot. Okay everyone, dig in.”
The dinner was an odd affair, mostly because every single member was wearing their visor. Trix could not speak English, and the crew couldn’t speak her native tongue. Masks which would automatically translate couldn’t be worn during a meal so the solution was to have real-time speech to text appearing on everyone’s visor. Trix, who never had worn a visor before, had a difficult time getting the display to appear just right in front of her eyes but she and Par had gotten it dialed in.
Trix glanced at the array of food in front of her. Some items looked familiar, others completely foreign, and none of it smelled quite right. She gestured to the food. “None of this is from Kiveyt. Is it safe for me to eat it?”
“I went through our entire comestible database while we were on the planet. Surprisingly there’s almost no Terran food you can’t eat.” Josh had a massive burrito nearly as long as Ma’et’s arm on the plate in front of him, and he spoke while dabbing hot sauce over it. “All of our Macronutrients are completely interchangeable. Most Micronutrients are as well. There’s a few exotic vitamins and amino acids that you need that we can’t provide, but we have supplements from the planet that’ll handle those.”
“Oh.” Trix glanced around at the table, trying to decide what to eat. The spread was, per Alex’s suggestion, extremely large and quite diverse. “I’m not sure where to start then.”
Min picked up a large platter with a circular dish on it. “Far as I’m concerned the best place to start is with Pizza. It’s one of the most widely loved foods throughout Terran space.” She dumped a slice onto the plate in front of Trix, while Ji slid a very tall glass of water over to her, alongside an odd reddish looking beverage.
“Give the fruit punch a try too. It’s much more sweet than the juice you were serving down on the planet. A lot more mild too.” He suggested, and gestured to another plate. “Also? Tacos are never a bad choice.”
Trix reached out and picked up one of the odd, semi-circular items. Ji grabbed one as well, and bit into it with gusto. Trix mimicked the motion, crunching into the hard shell. It was quite interesting, tasteless at first as she bit into the shell and the lettuce, but then the spiced meat hit her tongue. It was quite mild but not unpleasant. She chewed on it and gulped down a mouthful. “Not bad.” She took another bite.
The taco vanished quickly, and she glanced down at the slice of Pizza next. “Like this, Trix.” Min gestured to pick it up by the crust, putting her fingers in front of it to prevent it from flopping down. Trix followed Min’s example, and took a huge bite. This one was even milder, almost disappointingly so. “Not much flavor to this one. Is all your food really light like this?”
The humans glanced around at that. “Y’know, Sophie mentioned our rations were tasteless. They have a pretty strong cinnamon taste to ‘em.” Alex sat back thoughtfully as he nursed the glass of whisky in his hand. “The food we had down on the planet was all pretty strong flavors…”
Josh handed the bottle of hot sauce in his hand over to Trix. “Try a dab of this. It adds a kick to some foods.”
Trix took the bottle, and put a few drops of it on the slice of pizza in front of her. She took another bite, and her eyes lit up. The next few bites all had more hot sauce each, and the crust itself ended up practically drenched in it. “Thanks, Josh. That was delicious.”
The rest of the crew was staring at her and she shrunk back slightly at their intense scrutiny. Had she done something wrong? She hadn’t ever offended them during any meals back on the planet, so the sudden shift in attention was jarring and quite uncomfortable.
Ji whistled at the sight of the alien hungrily wofling down the slice of pizza covered in bright spicy sauce. “Here, try some of that on a taco next!” He picked up another shell and offered it to her.
Trix reached out and took the taco, this time pouring a hefty amount of sauce on it. Eating this one was much messier, and she could feel the hot sauce dribbling down the side of her mouth as she took a huge bite. Min handed her a paper towel, and she embarrassedly wiped away the errant food. “Thanks, Min. That was great too, Ji.”
“Hold up.” Alex stood up and walked over to one of the cupboards, pulling out another bottle of sauce. “I’m curious now. This is a lot hotter than the sauce you’ve been trying thus far. See if it’s to your liking. Just, start with a very small amount. A little goes a LONG way.” He walked back to the table, placing the bottle next to Trix. She studied it briefly, mostly the logo - a caricature of a human whose head appeared to be on fire.
“Um, Okay. Should I try it with the Pizza or the Taco?” She glanced between the two dishes she’d already tried. “Either one. Whichever you prefer.” was Alex’s reply.
Trix reached out and grabbed a third Taco, opening up the bottle. Immediately she could smell the fragrant sauce within, and she carefully poured a small amount into the shell. She cautiously took a bite and chewed thoughtfully.
“Too hot?” Alex suggested, but she shook her head. “No. Just…” She poured more sauce on the taco, and ate the rest in only a few bites. “Whew. Sorry, Captain Alexander. That was incredible! I’ve never tasted anything like it before.”
“Captain Alexander just sounds weird. Call me Alex or Al. Or ‘Captain’ if you really, really need to use my rank for whatever reason.” Alex sat down, and chuckled. “But that’s interesting. Very, very interesting. That sauce there?” He gestured towards the bottle. “It’s made with a chemical called ‘Capsaicin’. To humans it’s a powerful spice. Too much of it causes a painful burning sensation that lingers. We normally dilute it to make it more palatable and less painful.”
Trix glanced at the bottle. “I guess that explains the fire on the little picture here.” She grabbed another slice of the pizza, and drizzled the sauce on top.
“Three tacos and two slices of pizza?” Ma’et was impressed as she saw how much food the Avian was packing away.
“The disadvantage of those muscular bodies.” Josh waved his hand towards Trix. “They require all the calories that a Human does and more. Back on the planet I learned their species used to be a lot smaller, but after developing animal husbandry and reliable sources of higher calorie foods they bulked up pretty quick.”
Trix, for her part, slicked off the second slice of pizza with gusto. She grabbed a fourth taco, and liberally poured the spicy sauce all over, before wolfing that down as well. She grabbed the fruit juice that Ji had offered her… the ‘punch’? And downed it almost as quickly.
“I hope after all this is over, we can buy some more of that sauce. I definitely want the others back at home to try it.” She licked her lips, and sighed with contentment. “This juice too. I like how sweet it is.”
“Birds are immune to Capsaicin.” Josh murmured softly, but it was picked up by the visor and translated perfectly. “I wonder what the chances are that space-birds would be too?”
—--
“Slide the jack under that joint there.” Trix did as instructed, wheeling the small hydraulic device under the ‘spider’s’ massive leg. “Great. Just gotta line up the leg with where the servos join in…” Ji and Min lifted the leg and immediately began connecting up cables and lines. After all the connections were made, Ji braced himself against the wall and shoved - hard - against the leg, firmly connecting the mechanical rotary joint into place.
“Okay, testing.” Min walked over to the console and began punching in codes. Like the other six limbs before it, this one shook slightly then began to flex, twist, and move around. “Range of motion is nominal. Motors are all showing peak. Locking joints and anchor bolt systems are green.”
Ji wiped off some sweat from his forehead, and leaned back against the wall. “I knew it was a mistake to work on it up here. At least if we put it in the hangar we could have lowered the gravity.”
“It would have been in the way during the rescue op, and we had enough shit going on then we didn’t need to add ‘reassemble a multi-ton walking modular platform’ to the list.” Min gestured with her head, not even glancing over at her brother. “Man up. Trix hasn’t even broken a sweat.”
“I don’t sweat.” Trix mumbled, as she stared at the massive machine. “This thing is crazy. Puts my car to shame.”
“Yeah, our pride and joy. Together we’ve spent decades refining it.” Min glanced over at Trix with a broad smile. “The modular bay on top has been my focus, while Ji’s been adjusting and perfecting the leg and motion systems.”
“What’s it for?”
“Well, right now it’s kind of in between intended uses.” Ji walked over to a large shelf and gestured to the assorted objects there. “With our original plans it was going to have a bunch of swappable options. Right now, it has short and long range assault armaments and a plasma cutter for breaching sealed doors. A basic military drone capable of adapting to all kinds of situations.”
Trix stared at the array of weapons in front of her. “So this is what the human military uses to fight with?”
“Nah.” Min set down the quickboard and walked over to the huge machine. “We envisioned it as a multi-purpose response unit. Capable of dropping in from outside the atmosphere an landing anywhere, going anywhere. Dealing with any situation that could possibly arise. It’s an all-terrain support mech and its modular nature would have made it able to respond to nearly any situation. And it was rejected by the military.”
“What? Why?”
Ji held up a hand and ticked off his fingers. “One, it’s more expensive to drop one of these than a squad of soldiers. Nevermind the fact that it can do 10 people’s worth of work without putting even a single person in danger. Two, it’s too big to be fired out of normal launchers. Adding new launchers to ships would have been a significant amount of work and cost that the navy wasn’t willing to foot the bill. Three, we didn’t have any money after developing it. Meaning we couldn’t bribe anyone in the government into pressuring the military to work with us.”
“Four, they already have hover tanks and artillery and we couldn’t convince them that our system was superior to those.” Min sighed, and threw herself into a chair.
“Hovering is cheating though.” Ji glared at his sister.
“Cheating? What?” Trix just looked bewildered at this.
“Hovering isn’t all-terrain. Hovering is NO terrain.”
“Oh.” Trix took a seat in a nearby chair herself. “So did the captain buy this then?”
“Nope. See, we were finishing up Uni and started developing the Spider, but we didn’t really have the money to actually MAKE one. We had all the plans and all the research on our side but not the raw materials or the money to get those raw materials.” Ji pulled out a stick of gum and popped it in his mouth. “At first we tried going straight to the military which was a huge mistake, they just made a million excuses and told us to get lost. Then we tried approaching some weapon dev companies for funding. They basically told us they’d fund it in exchange for all the rights to production and we’d get whatever they felt was fair. Which when we pressed on a figure, wasn’t much.”
Trix glanced over at the massive mech. “But it got made, obviously.”
“Yup. When we weren’t sure what to do, a buddy of ours mentioned that Al was looking for an engineering team. We can do starship engineering.” Min grabbed the quickboard and extended one of the spider’s legs towards her, so she could kick her feet up on it. “Matter of fact, this ship’s a thing of beauty. Al is a complete doofus but he takes fantastic care of the ship. When we came on we gave him a list of everything that should change. He sat down with us, went over it point by point, and even though it ended up costing over half a million credits he gave us full authorization to make every single change we suggested.”
“So after we did a stint working as engineers we joined up as crew.” Ji had an odd smile on his face. “Since then, we’ve put the money we made from working here towards building this thing. We actually had it completed but then I had this idea of using an array of microservo actuators instead of a larger servo to give us a lot more fine control over the joints. That didn’t work, like, at all but when we used a combination of them we managed to find just the right ratio that gives us twice the amount of precision in each joint, which lets us use the-”
“ANYWAY.” Min interrupted her Brother before he could get too deep into the weeds. “We had it built, with the original armaments we envisioned, but Al suggested making a module for mining and sampling. We brought it in here in order to disassemble it to make the servo adjustments and while we were at it we were going to be replacing the actual weapons with a mining beam, core sample collector, and an array of sensors. Now though we’re going to put it in storage for a while. We got much more important things to take care of now.”
“Oh.” Trix had begun to tune Ji out when he launched into his diatribe. “But what do you mean joined up as crew? You were already crew, weren’t you?”
Min swung her foot down, and gestured to the ship. “It’s different. There’s employees… and then there’s crew. Right now you’re an employee. You’re working with us, you’re out here, but your home’s back with your Teff. Right?”
Trix nodded.
“Well, when you’re crew… this is your home. We’re all family out here. I don’t know as much about the whole Teff thing but I think it’s sort of similar. This ship’s our home, the crew is our family. Alex may be a childish idiot but he’s loyal to his crew like nothing else.” Min stood up and walked over to put her hand on her brother’s shoulder. “When we worked here and started to see how well he treats his people, we felt like we could really belong here. He asked if we’d like to join up, so we did. Best decision we ever made.”
“Yup. He treats the crew as well as he treats the ship.” Ji gestured around him. “Working for him paid well. Working as crew, we don’t get paid regularly but we get a cut out of every mission and that cut is HUGE. That’s how we could afford to actually build the spider in the first place.”
“Ah. So if he invited me along, does that mean he wants me to join the crew too?” Trix wasn’t sure how she felt about that. Joining another family was commonplace for males who left their Teff to join others, but incredibly rare for females.
“Dunno. He’s hired on specialists in the past who’ve come and gone. And he’s invited people to join up who said no and that was that.” Ji shrugged and pressed the release on the hydraulic press, letting it collapse down. “C’mon, we should get the last leg attached. Then we can pack it up and use a grav collar to move it down to the hangar. Don’t want to make you stay in that cramped storage room again tonight.”
“Yeah, I tried to stretch my wings in the morning and I banged up against one of the shelves. Really not looking forward to that again.” Trix grumbled at the memory, and stood up. “Okay, what more do we need done to get this over with?”
—--

I (19F) have been dating my boyfriend (21M) for almost two years. We used to be long distance, and I’d take the bus to go visit him quite often (7-hour bus rides, often for just a weekend). After close to a year of dating, I chose to move to his city, alone. I was originally planning on going to university there anyways, but moved a year earlier and did online school.
I would have done anything for him. I was the type of girlfriend to jump in his arms and smile every time he walked through my door after work. I would big spoon him, kiss his forehead, tell him how amazing he is, how handsome he is and how much I love him. I would draw Valentine’s day cards, little cartoons of where we first met, or encouragement doodles before sporting events. I was also always available for sex and I have never once said no to him. I gave him blowjobs every, single, time. I would diet, buy expensive makeup, buy new clothes. I went shopping with my mom, spent 400$ of her money on Victoria’s Secret just so he’d think I’m attractive. I don’t think he has ever noticed.
Our sexual issues started when I moved (June 2023), the first time we were ever in the same city for over two weeks. At that time, I did not have any urge to masturbate and would prefer fulfilling my sexual desire with him. However, he was frequently turning me down and rarely initiating. I let him call me a bitch, a slut, even though I felt extremely uncomfortable with those terms. He wanted to come in my mouth, so I let him, but he just thrusted it in (using my mouth as a vagina), didn’t look at me, didn’t check up on me or offer my water afterwards.
He also started getting soft. Either he couldn’t orgasm because his dick would abandon midway through, or he’d come way too quick (before me, couldn't control it) and call it a day. Two weeks ago (the last time we had sex), I basically put my mouth on his dick for two seconds, he came, then left for work.
I knew that this was because of porn (he has been watching since he was 12). I’ve seen it in his search history. I’ve also found wet tissues, in my own house, after coming back from work (he waited for me to leave to jack off). I knew deep down that he was masturbating way more than he was having sex with me, that he preferred and prioritized porn over our relationship.
I’ve confronted him about this multiple times, telling him I feel extremely undesired, disgusting. He insists that he is going through a lot; his sex drive is low, he is tired. When mentioning porn, he’s laughed at me, "bruh"'d me, told me he doesn’t use it that often, and that our sexual issues are totally separate from his masturbation habits. He has tried painting me as a controlling girlfriend, even though I’ve always been clear on my position that it’s not a “private issue” if it seeps into OUR relationship and MY life. I was worried that I was being overdramatic. He also told me that our sex was “only for love” (whatever that means). He once told me “well, maybe if you did something different for once” (implying it was my fault and that our sex is boring). He has then apologized, said that it was out of anger.
So, on Halloween, we were on his phone together and his downloaded Only Fans leaks popped up. Damn, I balled my eyes out. He did not want to have sex with me but was constantly jacking off to all these women? He got soft for me but was purposefully downloading links so he could see specific girls naked. I felt disgusting, ugly, worthless. I used to think that most guys would have sex with a piece of cardboard if it was willing, but my own boyfriend did not even want me. He preferred porn over me. He preferred selfies of Only Fans models over a willing, real-life girl.
He cried, apologized profusely. Told me he would never hurt me again. How he didn’t know how horrible it made me feel. But now, he will stop for sure! I should trust him! He will change for me! He has self control! I had a hard time believing that it could be so sudden, so I often asked if he stopped. He reassured me multiple times over the past 199 days. I was extremely proud of him, so happy that he was FINALLY listening to me. But sometimes, when I’d mention it, he’d blame me for always looking at the past.
I had a gut feeling something was wrong, but never to this point.
So, what did I find out yesterday? Well, I found his Pornhub account, with the last login being 2 weeks ago. He lied about it, said it was his friend, but ultimately admitted it after a long battle.
Then, I found his SimpCity account and successfully logged in. He basically never stopped. He promised he would on October 31^st but bookmarked a post on November 2^nd (I would like to clarify that these are only bookmarks. It does not paint the full picture, as he was probably not bookmarking something new every single time).
In December, he bookmarked stuff almost every single day and kept lying about it. He’s bookmarked on his birthday, on Valentine’s day. In February, he went as far as to post on forums (one request, another providing photos and videos from a weird google images/mega dupe??? I forgot the name but he has an account on there too).
He has been lying and manipulating me this entire time, taking advantage of my faith in him, in my kindness and in my forgiveness. The SimpCity forum is extremely fucking hurtful. And the posts. And the lying.
To give you an example, he has spent the whole of last weekend with me, not initiating sex (we haven’t had sex since the blowjob incident I mentioned previously). BUT, as soon as he got home, he logged onto Simp City, jacking it to some random girl.
He said that he didn’t even think about me all of those times, he was just thinking about himself. How you claim to love someone but not think of how broken they are because of this exact action? He doesn’t remember me crying in front of him, begging him to desire me and to think I’m beautiful? He told me that porn is way easier than having sex, that sex is more difficult because you must consider the other person. How is getting your dick sucked and ejaculating prematurely difficult?!?!
We phoned for like 10 hours yesterday. He said that he wants to stop for real for real (frfr) now. He cried, the whole shtick (I have seen this multiple times before). He even came on this subreddit lol.
I do think that he feels sorry, but he is sorry because I found out. This would have gone on forever if I didn’t. I do think that he loves me, even if I have doubts. He basically held up this lie and manipulated me for almost 200 days. Looked me in the eye, told me how horrible porn is, how he thinks of me when he masturbates, how he doesn’t watch it anymore. But now, he says that porn has completely ruined his life and he wants to stop watching completely. He is going to look for help. I don't respect him anymore, I view him as a loser, as a basement dweller. I'm embarassed that I've sacrificed so much for THAT type of guy. I regret meeting him for all the pain he has caused me. But I don't want to leave. But I also don't trust him at all. Besides, it will be the same with another man, right?
I posted for three reasons. To you guys, I am begging you to think of your girlfriend (or your future girlfriend if you do not currently have one). Please do not treat a girl like this, you will break her soul, her confidence and her self-esteem in exchange for her love and unconditional support. That is not a fair trade-off. The second reason is that I want to understand his perspective from current or former porn addicts. Or just men in general. I am really trying to be empathetic, I just wish that he would give me that same respect. He needs to consider my emotions, no matter if I am not physically in the same room. Just because I don't know doesn't make it right. Third reason is that I just need to know, why??????!!!!!!!???????????

Life just fucking blows, and I seriously don't think anyone can convince me otherwise. It's just so disappointing how I have to suffer and pay the consequences because two stupid people decided to reproduce. After billions of years of not existing, I just one day exist and am forced to live through this pointless existence. If life was at least interesting, then I wouldn't even mind the pointlessness of it all, but life isn't interesting at all. I'm just another drone, created for the sole purpose of providing labor and being a slave to a corporation until I die. That's all life really is, you just work your whole life away until you're old and dead.
I just wish my stupid parents wouldn't have had me. If I didn't exist, there's nothing I would've missed out on. The good thing is that once I do die, it wont really make a difference. It'll be as if I never existed in the first place, and honestly that's a relief. But I still wish I was never brought here. Now I'm trapped in a life being mocked, belittled, paying bills, working a fucking slave job, suffering until I die until I can peacefully go back into non-existence. But like...it would've just been better if I never came into existence to begin with. There is no suffering in the non-existent state. It's better than existence in every way shape and form.
Every time I make these posts, people always say that I'm just depressed and it's depression. Well, how couldn't you be depressed when this is how life is. You just randomly exist all of the sudden and spawn out of your mothers vagina, and if your parents are assholes, then you're doomed to lots of suffering. You're tossed into the rat race at a young age, just being told "DO THIS OR YOU ARE A LOSER AND FAILURE". You then get mocked and belittled for things that are out of your control like your appearance, your race, etc. And then all you have to do now is just be an obedient slave and slave your whole life away at a job. Being competitive in this fucking pointless rat race just to die and lose it all in the end anyways.
And life is not only pointless, but it's also boring. Being an animal would be so much more interesting than a human. Some animals just sleep 90% of their whole lives away, others just sit idle in the same position most of their existence. Their lives are very simple. They eat, they sleep, they shit, and that's it. If I had a life as simple as that, then I wouldn't even mind. But no, I sadly am a human being. We are the only species that let money, a piece of paper, control every aspect of our lives. When an animal wants to drink water, they can just do it whenever. If a giraffe wants to eat food, they just walk up to some leaves and start eating. But we have to pay for these simple necessities. A piece of paper decides whether we can eat, drink, sleep comfortably, piss, shit, everything.
Oh wait, but then you also have to compete for that piece of paper because every job gets thousands of applicants. You have to compete with others just to have a chance at living a comfortable life, and if you're not a competitive person, well sucks for you I guess. Especially if you're Asian! You're a waste of space, failure, and you don't deserve to the pieces of paper that you need in order to have basic necessities for your existence.
This life is literally a joke dude. I despise my parents for bringing me here. Death is the only way out.

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the other day I noticed what looked like a skin tag in my vagina and posted it on here, but now I’m seeing another bump that kinda looks like it on the outside of my vagina near the bottom of the opening. it was always there, but I didn’t think anything of it and the doctor who examined me didn’t notice it. I’ll be honest it’s been there for the same amount of time, I surmise a week. it doesn’t hurt, itch, I have no other symptoms. Idk if it appeared as a result of tearing from sex (I had sex 1 week ago with new partner) or if it’s a wart or something similar. I had the hpv vaccine but I’m not sure what else it could be. it feels like a little cut, it’s solid, doesn’t hurt or anything when I pick at it. does anyone know what it is? I made an appointment with a gynecologist.

Wart showed up on my forehead a while ago and before I knew what it was I picked at it subconsciously and made it worse. It grew to about 5mm high and almost a centimetre in diameter with a spiky, scaly surface sitting proud.
Already had a lot of potassium hydroxide lying around and a quick Google turned up some papers suggesting it was effective so I gave it a try.
Started with 5% KOH applied nightly with a cotton bud. First applications were obviously effective with a soapy feeling as it dissolved the outer layer and debris coming with it. As the outer layer hardened it stopped doing so much and required soaking in warm water first, then drying with tissue before application. I did cause some minor skin damage near it which scabbed by being too liberal with the application and trying to attack the base with the cotton bud rather than just applying to the top. So best avoid that. Wash any KOH off the skin immediately if you miss the target.
I increased the concentration to 10% since papers mentioned both 5 and 10 being used. This was more effective though I still had a situation where sometimes it would do a lot and other times nothing. I stopped using the cotton bud and started just applying a tiny drop to the surface with a fine syringe though without the mechanical action of rubbing with the cotton bud I think this was less effective at removing tissue. This still had some noticeable effect and proved less risky in terms of avoiding damage to nearby skin. A drop of top and then covering to keep it there would probably be good but wasn't practical with where it was.
I did not debride the surface as useless information online told me not to try cutting it and I hadn't looked here before to see that debriding was common. I did burn it a few times with the red hot tip of a scalpel though and this similarly destroyed the outer layer allowing the KOH to penetrate. It was this burning and KOH application that finally seemed to finish off the last of it. Took about a month or maybe 6 weeks total I think but I'm now left with a smooth area that has shown no sign of regrowth. Not sure if they'll be any scarring but don't really care about that as it's on the hairline anyway.

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i have never been swimming or in water during my period before so i’m not sure which one is the best option. i use tampons so that option isn’t uncomfortable for me but i’m just nervous about getting an infection because i heard that the end of the tampon that sticks out to make it easier to take out of the vagina can get some of the water when ur submerged and it can go inside the vagina and cause an infection. i would really like to avoid that but ive been trying to use menstrual discs (Soft Disc) and i can’t seem to put it in correctly and it feels uncomfortable. i’m also open to using a menstrual cup but i would like to know which option of the three is best and can prevent me getting an infection.

Hey guys! Let me start by saying this is my third month of being on the ring. So tonight I had to remove my Nuva ring for a short period of time (I’m talking like maybe 2 minutes max) due to it coming too far out of my vagina where it was uncomfortable so I figured I’d readjust it. When I took the ring out nothing was on it so I rinsed it with some warm water before inserting it again. I typically used an empty tampon container to insert it again as I have pretty small hands and want it to be up there comfortably. When I removed the tampon inserted I noticed a light pink discharge on it. Then I started to spot the same color discharge. I guess I’m wondering if this is normal? I take my ring out in two days, and I’ve been pretty diligent with when I put it in and take it out. I just wasn’t sure if this has happened to anyone else or not. Thank you guys in advance!

Hi ladies, I guess I just wanted to update the group here to share my first pap experience post-treatment. I feel it's easier to share this in bite-sized chunks, so here we go.
Physical Changes I've Experienced My vaginal canal is doing all right, all things considered. No shortening, not much narrowing, but the opening to my vagina is MUCH tighter and just plain HURTS with any kind of insertion/penetration. Sex hurts, even with lube and gentle motion.
Lower-belly bloating and gas nearly every day due to the external rads, most likely. I notice it's worse after moderate activity like yard work or other more physical chores, or when I eat gluten or have the occasional beer. I don't drink soda or other carbonated beverages, just water throughout the day and some coffee in the mornings.
Loose stools that float in the water every day. This happens no matter what or how I eat. This is another external radiation change I'm just coming to accept. At least I don't have to run to the bathroom immediately after eating, so 🤷🏼‍♀️
How It Went Yesterday My gyn-onc inserted the most awful-looking, medieval speculum (huge, rigid and metal) into my vagina.
I've always had the small, clear plastic ones in the past before treatment. Idk why we needed the torture device this time!
This thing f**king HURT, and I was whincing in pain the entire time, on the verge of tears.
He finally got it inside far enough to expand it, and that even hurt but it was more pleasant than the initial insertion.
Then came the cervical scraping and it was the MOST painful pap I have ever had!! My doctor said my cervix was nearly closed up and could see on my MRI that there was trapped fluid up in my uterus because of it.
He said he wanted to try and "open it up" so he could drain it, and proceeded to do who knows what inside me. It was so excruciating that I kept saying "that hurts, that hurts, thst hurts" over and over again until he stopped.
How I Felt Last Night I felt sore but it was manageable all evening until my boyfriend and I got home. I laid down in bed and immediately started having painful spasms in my rear end, like I used to get from period cramps. It was so bad that it woke me up at 2:30 a.m. and I had to run to the bathroom. On my way to the toilet I felt watery stuff trickling down my legs. Apparently my cervix decided to spasm and open up, letting most if not all of the trapped fluid out. I was shivering, pooping my brains out on the toilet, and felt nauseated. My boyfriend cleaned up the trail of juice I'd created, and proceeded to get me a blanket and draw me a bath.
Conclusion & Question for the Group This was, single-handedly, the worst pap of my ENTIRE life. I understand the soreness in my vaginal canal, and the cervix being irritated from radiation. But why is it OK to put us through such a harsh "digging-around", when clearly we are in pain!?
Has anyone else had this happen after treatment? Is it always going to be this painful from now on? I had to take an oxycodone last night in order to sleep. And I was finally starting to feel really good, physically, until the pap yesterday. 😭🥺