Everything except the brain. - Part 1
~/o In the night, in my dreams, I'm in love with you ~/o

I admit it, I'm guilty, I sing to myself when I'm happy. No major injuries
had happened in the past week since my last fight with Cossack, Cossack
himself hadn't been pestering me, and this day's load had been fairly
light, limited to some ill girls from the main harem and patching up the
members of a main harem cat fight.

~/o 'Cause you talk to me like lovers do ~/o

The office door creaked open behind me, most likely Elkrys with my evening
tea. I worked to finish an incomplete medical form recording the list of
injuries to a particular man-slave.

~/o I feel joy, I feel pain, 'cause it's still the same ~/o

A blue hand reached from behind me to set a teacup beside my elbow.

~/o When the night is gone I'll be alone ~/o

I took a quick chug of tea, jotting down a perscription for one of the main
harem girls. I could hear the door creak open behind me.

~/o Another night, another dream, but always you, a vision of love that
seems to be true ~/o

The door creaked to a close, sounding unusually loud. Wait a minute,
Elkrys always stays and chats for a bit. I looked at my teacup. It looked
normal. I got up and walked over to the door. When did the distance get
so long? Upon opening the door and looking around, the only one of the
crew within sight was Jubin.
"Hey, Jubin, have you seen Elkrys?"

"Not since he clocked out half an hour ago."

I beckoned him over. I think he's confused, but I can't really tell with
that plastic mask he has on. Plastic mask?
"Did you tell anyone to bring me my evening tea?"

"No, I was going to bring it in myself in just a few minutes."
I pointed, roughly in the direction of the teacup on my desk . . . wait a
minute, why was a goblin eating my desk blotter?
"Examine the tea for anything unusual, please."
Was that my voice? So shakey, so odd?
"B-boss?!"
Is that Jubin's hand at my elbow? I can't tell, tell what I am . . . where
am I? It's so dark . .

~/o Another night, another dream, but always you, 'cause you talk to me of
love so true ~/o
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~/o domineo veniteo sacramentum eodeo ~/o
~/o disceum ~/o

Where is everyone? Where is my body?
" . . . altering all tissues of her body . . ."

" . . nervous tissues afftected . ."

Why can't I feel anything? * You never did understand things completely *

". . except for the brain . . . impossibly complex pattern of brain waves . . . "
" . . . is she dreaming? . . ."
Uncle Uras?
* Now you're ready to listen, are you? *
~/o domineo veniteo sacramentum eodeo ~/o
~/o disceum ~/o
* Foolish neice * Uncle, what's going on?
* You' ve been poisened, and your power has risen in response *

My power . . . ? " . . . temperature is rising rapidly . . . "

Uncle, I have no power. I'm the weakest in the family, remember?
* Oh, you do have power, but until now, when your life is threatened . . *

I'm a latent?
* Right on the nail * " . . .-owing at an abnormal rate . . . "

Why wasn't I told?
" . . . caught the bastard outside of the main complex . . "
". . trying to get away in a speeder . . . " * Never thought it would develop *
" . . . . who caught . . . jackass?"

Who is that?
~/o domineo veniteo sacramentum eodeo ~/o
~/o disceum ~/o
* Your medical crew. Talking about you. * " . . . Cossack?!"

" . . . surprised? . . . he . . . fallin in . . . our boss?"
* Well, that's all I have to say *

Uncle? Where are you going?

~/o athairarneamhdialinn . . athairarneamhdialiom ~/o

* Oh, I'm not going anywhere, little one You're leaving here *
But where is here?
" . . . eartrate is stabilizing . . . . "
* . . . don't you know, little one? *

~/o Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. ~/o

I think I do, now. I love you, uncle.
* Love you too, you little pain in the ass *

What hurt the most was that I never got to say goodbye to you.
* You can say it now * " . . . breathing rate . . . . normal . . . "

Goodbye, uncle . . .
" . . . gonna wake up soon."
* Goodbye, little one . . . and good luck *
My eyes hurt. Elkrys grins at me, or at least that's what I think he's doing. My eyesight's still a little blurry.
"Welcome back boss. How do you feel?"

My voice is a pathetic croak.
"Sod off."

"She's feeling better!"

"I feel like hell warmed over, that's what I feel like."

~/o Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. ~/o
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~/o When I was young ~/o

"Ok, Elkrys, what happened?"
Long bed rest with nothing to do leaves me cranky. He laughed.

"It turns out your poisoner is none other than the main medic doctor that
you got in a snit with over that soldier two weeks ago."

"The dork with the glasses?"

~/o I never needed anyone ~/o

"None other. Turns out what he put in your tea is only mildy harmful to
both Drule and Human, but with your weird heiritage . . ."

"It became a serious problem. Wonderful, I've been poisoned with a Doom
version of dragonsbane."

"He didn't expect the reaction you gave us, and when you turned out worse-"

~/o And making love was just for fun ~/o

"He panicked. But why didn't he just stay in the medic labs? It wasn't
likely that someone would find him."

"Samara saw him on his way out of the harem compound, and after finding out
you had been poisoned, teamed up with Cossack to get him."

"Cossack? Why him?"

"He's in charge of harem gaurds, and they didn't want to startle the doc
too soon, in case he might be able to get away."

~/o Those days are gone ~/o

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"I see Cossack's been by again."
I glowered at Dom, who gave me a cheerful grin and hopped up on the end of
my bed. I transferred the glower to the large boquet of purple flowers he
had left behind.

"Annoying man."

"I agree completely. Do you want to borrow the Anti-Cossack paddle?"

~/o Livin' alone ~/o

"I have claws."

"New and improved, so I hear."

"Only a bit longer and tougher, not necessarily sharper."
I extended my claws briefly to show her.

~/o I think of all the friends I've known ~/o

"I can see the change in your wings. What else happened?"

I lifted my tail from underneath the bedsheet.
"Tail's longer and thicker, the scales are also thicker than before, and
that purple sheen is definitely new. And I've started developing a
spineridge. That's what those little bumps are."

"What's with all the changes?"

"The poison seemed to send me through my third genesis prematurely."

~/o When I dial the telephone ~/o

"Third genesis? What?"

"A mist dragon goes through a 'genesis' at specific ages and levels of
development. A genesis is a drastic physical and mental change that
happens over the period of a few days, unlike most species' continual
development, even though they have that too."

"Oh . . . . I think I understood that."

"Well, nobody's perfect."

"Hey!"

~/o Nobody's home ~/o
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Doctor Sarah


Evertything except the brain. - Part 4

~/o Here's the best I can do ~/o

"Sammie, could you puh-lease not let him in here?!"
Samara gave me a nochalant look as she finished straightening the curtains
she had just finished hanging in my room. It had been a week since I had
been inadvertantly poisoned, and Cossack had found some excuse or another
to drop in on me in a non-medical fashion.
"Not let who in here?"
"Don't play innocent."

~/o So far away from you ~/o

"I don't really know who you mean."
"Grrrr . . . Cossack. I don't want to see him! He's driving me nuts!"
"I can see that."
"So why do you keep letting him into the complex?!"

~/o As the ocean holds the sky ~/o

"You're being quite irrational, you know. He is in charge of the Harem's
security."
"Hmph."
She sighed, shaking her head.
"Sometimes I think it's the only thing he's ever done right."

~/o So I try to hold your eyes ~/o

"He's a moron!"
"Well . . . not quite that stupid. But definitely lacking most higher
mental capabilities."
" . . . .hmph. Stupid Cossack."
"Is he really all that annoying?"

~/o And I know the world is turning ~/o

"Yes! Stupid man won't leave me alone . . . and all these flowers!
They're driving me crazy, they make me sneeze so much!"
I gestured at a particularly strong-scented boquet of orange-striped yellow
flowers.
"It's charming and all, but it's been done to death!"
I reached out and pulled a petal off a nearby flower.
"I have no idea why he's giving them to me either."

~/o I know it's yesterday for you ~/o

"To get your attention?"
"He's got that already. Every time I see him, he does something to annoy
me. That doesn't explain the flowers."
"Maybe he wants your attention without your anger."

~/o But the shape we're giving love ~/o

"Him? Not be annoying? I don't see that happening."
Samara sighed, and sat next to me. I wrapped my arms around my legs and
stared morosely at the one boquet of roses in the entire floral mess. The
roses were a deep red. I reached out and plucked one from the set,
twirling the stem between my fingers gently.
"I don't understand him at all."
Samara patted me lightly on the shoulder.
"Men are not understandable creatures. At least he's loyal."

~/o Could never be untrue ~/o

"Does have a nice bod."
"And he is honest."
"But he doesn't really seem to have any mind of his own sometimes."

~/o Choose the way you want to be ~/o
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Ok, whatcha need? I have m'four Vs. Cossack fics, the ongoing one, and
zippo artwork (yet). Would you like me to do the composite picture (the
one you have on the mainpage of the site) or are you going to do it?
I think I'll strangle him . .. if I could breath without sneezing.
*sighwaCHOO!* Too darn persistent.
. . . .
Oh lordy. I just found a box in the middle of the boquet, hidden by the
flowers. Guess what's in it.
VERY persistent.
~Doctor Sarah
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"No Kunika, you're not giving Ramses his physical, and that's final!"
Normally she's a hard worker. Normally, she's trustworthy. However, now
she's fairly hormone-addled so I'm not about to trust her with some of the
personal man-slaves.

"Hey Doc!"

"Hiya Tamy, bringing in Loggan for his physical?"
Loggan grinned at me, even as Tamy nodded. He opened his mouth to say
something, and I took advatage of the moment to pop a lollipop in his
mouth. That puzzled 'em. Heh.
"Go take him over to Ellnika, she's the calmest of the lot so far."

"Gotcha. Come on Loggan."
I watched them walk over to Ellnika, then stepped into my office. I was
nearly knocked over by the prevalent floral scent that seemed to have taken
over the room.
"Doesn't give up, doesn't he?"

I gave the latest offering, a very large boquet of deep red-violet flowers.
Wait a minute . . . . What's that? I moved some of the soft blossoms,
revealing the corner of what appeared to be a box. The door creaked open,
revealing Tamy.
"Hey Tamysan, can you ask Jubin to bring some vases in here? I found
something and I don't want to ruin the flowers."

It was only a short wait before Jubin showed up, carrying vases. With
their help, the overlarge boquet was quickly seperated into several smaller
bunches, revealing the box that had been hidden underneath them. I peeked
under the lid.
"Out, Jubin."

"Whatever for?"

"If this is what I think it is, out!"
He gave me an odd look but obeyed. Once he had left, I flipped the lid
off the box onto my desk, revealing deep purple fabric with a opalescent
sheen.

"Ooo . . That's lovely!"

"I'm afraid to find out what it is."

"Oh, c'mon, it's not going to hurt you!"

"Hmph."
I lifted the fabric from the box, letting it drape over the edge of the
table, revealing that it was a nightgown. Of a particular old-fashioned,
off the shoulder design that I particularly like, trimmed with emerald
silk. The sleeves were short, and would only come to about my elbow, but
were very wide, and would float around my arm. The dress itself was made
from yards of fabric, billowy and soft. And the fabric was translucent
enough that I could easily read the title of my medical text right through
it.

"Oh gods . . . "
The panties and bra beneath it in the box matched it perfectly.
"What is that horny goof thinking of?!"

"What's this?"
Tamy lifted a smaller box from the boquet-box. I peeked inside,
unashamedly curious, even after the nightclothes.
"Oh my . . . I don't know wheither to thank him or strangle him. Leaning
towards strangling."
A perfectly matched set of silver bracers, with roses engraved in them and
ornamented with emeralds carved in the shapes of rose leaves. A pair of simple hoop earrings with small, dangling, emerald rose leaves. A simple ring, set with a silver rose. And sixteen triple packs of condoms.
"That's it. I'm going to strangle him."
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Sarah