Lottery
Chapter 12
By Mark J. Silva Jr
Mark stood outside of the Tether Lift's base station. It was an old technology but was still widely used because of its efficiency. It has always been cheaper to use a space elevator than to have a small ship move everyday needs into orbit. It also was easier on the human body than the rough ride in a ship, into and out of orbit.
Today, Mark and Lisa were traveling to one of the two moons to look at a possible job. The ride up was nine hours long and they would take a sub-light shuttle to O'na City on the moon: Liuio.
“I assure you, Mark, that this is a much better ride than in a ship. Unless you look out of a window, you won't even know were traveling at all,” Lisa said as she lead Mark into the station.
Once inside the station, Lisa walked over to a booth on the side. “Bradly Party. You should have a suite for us,” Lisa said.
The lady behind the counter looked up from her display.
“Yes, Mrs. Bradly. You and your party are in Suite 701: deck seven, forward,”
Lisa smiled and accepted a dataslip from the lady who suddenly noticed Mark, “Oh, my! Such lovely eyes!”
Lisa pulled Mark closer so the lady could see him better, and Mark blushed at the attention.
“Aren’t they? He's my 'blue eyed wonder,'” Lisa said proudly.
The room was more like an apartment than a room to wait in. It had a large front room with a full wall window. To one side was a full bath, and the other had a large bedroom. Penny ran around the large room, with her arms out, making airplane noises. Tina sat down at a console and started going over a few things, for Mark, which included ordering some motion sickness medication.
Lisa watched as Mark avoided getting close to the window.
“Once we start the lift you can explore the elevator, I know there is a restaurant and a gaming arcade. Or you can enjoy a nice hot bath or even get some shut eye if you like.”
Mark walked into, and quickly out of, the bathroom. His eyes were wide and he'd lost the color from his face. Lisa entered the bathroom, and it was very 'clear' that she'd picked the wrong suite.
The big full wall window curved so that you could stand on it, and look between your feet to the ground. That window extended into the bathroom. The tub and shower were both on the window, meaning you could take a bath or shower while viewing the ground below, from inside of each one.
Between Mark's first flight experience, and then being tossed off the sixth floor balcony after being shot, he now had a major fear of heights. This bathroom didn't help that at all. Without missing a pace, she went from the bathroom directly to the bedroom and let out a sigh of relief. This room had a large full-wall window too, but the bed was set back on the opposite wall, and there was a curtain-wall that could be closed. Before Mark entered the room, Lisa hit the control panel and closed the curtain. The room now darkened the to the point that the lights came on, automatically.
An announcement come over the rooms com, letting them all know the elevator had been secured, and would start the first phase of the lift in five minutes.
Penny zoomed into the room and landed on the bed. Lisa smiled. Penny was a good pet and did everything asked of her for Mark, but she was still the same little girl, and acted like it most of the time.
Stepping back into the main room, Lisa found Mark talking to Tina about something on the console.
Mark then turned to her and smiled.
“Lisa, can I head up to the Arcade?”
Lisa smiled, “Yes, but remember I want you back down here for lunch. Penny!”
Penny moved like greased lighting and was at Mark's side, much faster than really needed.
“Good! Penny, stay with Mark. Don't let him out of your sight,” said Lisa.
Penny gave Lisa a toothy smile as she replied, “Yes, Mistress.”
It had annoyed Mark a little at how seriously Penny followed Lisa orders. Penny and Tina were his, but Di had explained that since he was owned by Lisa, she had reserved some control over them. They always did as he asked, but Lisa's order was law. Mark looked down at Penny. Part of her changes included her height and weight. He watched as her fluffy tail wagged behind her.
Mark headed out of the suite with Penny following very closely behind.
The door slid closed and Lisa turned to Tina, who had a silly smile on her face.
“Tina, would you come and join me on the couch?”
Tina closed down what she was doing, and gracefully moved over to where Lisa had sat down.
“So tell me, Tina, how is he adjusting to having Penny?”
Tina sat down, “He has gotten frustrated a few times, but he's never been mean. She ready and willing to do what he asks, but she sometimes she doesn't fully understand what is requested of her.”
“I see, is it her age, or?” Lisa asked thinking sexually.
“Her age? No, Mistress. She just doesn't always make well informed choices, and it causes Mark to have to instruct her in things, like: how to fold a blouse properly, and to be gentle when brushing out his hair.”
“I see. So her performance in bed has been satisfactory over all, then?”
“No, Mistress, she is still untouched. Mark fears she is still to young for that, and doesn't want to hurt her. Maybe Mistress doesn't know? Penny seems to have mental issues, and acts very much younger than she really is.”
Lisa laughed, “I assure you, Tina, I know full well about Penny. So, he cares about her state of mind. Okay, what what is his state of mind, Tina? How is he doing?”
Tina frowned, “He has not been happy. He complains a lot about boredom, and being locked up in the house so much.”
* * * *
The Arcade was huge! There were thousands of game stations, from a basic one player VR games, to twenty person interactive VR worlds. Mark wandered around, checking out the systems. One thing had become clear, quickly. All of these games required the user to have at least basic wetware packages.
As Mark walked down one aisle, a girl stopped right in front of him.
“You look lost.”
Mark batted his eyes at her and smiled, “No I'm not lost. Why? Do you want to help me find my way to somewhere?”
Lara looked into Mark's eyes.
'Damn! He's cute,' she thought, as she reached and touched Mark's cheek.
“That depends on what you are looking for,” she said.
Mark put on the charm as he replied, “What all boys want, just to have fun!”
“I'm Lara. How about you join me and my friends for a Tether Party?”
Mark just noticed a small group of girls gathering around him as another hand touched his cheek from behind, then suddenly Penny pushed her way to him and smiled at the girl in front of him.
“A pet! Is she yours?” Lara asked.
“Yes, this is Penny. Penny, say hello to Lara,” Mark answered as he stroked her back gently.
Lara reached out and took Mark's hand, “If you want to have some fun we need to head to my room,”
The room was on the inner side of the elevator, and had no widows. Mark felt so much better at not seeing the ground shrinking away. They started off with a very old fashioned game of 'Truth or Dare,' and moved on to a game of 'Five Minutes in Heaven,' in a closet.
Mark was having a great time, when the one of the girls come up with a new game. Lara vanished into a room, and came back with some rope.
Mark backed away at first, and Penny started to get agitated.
“Easy. Becca had an idea for a new game. We want to tie you to the bed, and blindfold you. It will be up to you to guess who is with you. Each of us gets five minutes in the room, alone with you,” Lara explained.
Mark was nervous, being tied up didn't sound like fun.
“Penny stays with me!”
Lara smiled, “We wouldn't think of separating her from you. Just no cheating. It has to be you making the guesses.”
Mark eased up a bit, “What will they do?”
Becca moved over to Mark and squeezed his ass cheek, “Anything we want,”
“No! No whipping or beatings, unless you want Penny to attack,” Mark said.
All the girls had a look of shock! That was not in their plans at all.
“Oh, no, baby boy! We just want to play fuck and suck, tickle and tease. I promise, no pain!” Becca said.
Mark lay on the bed, and Lara and Becca tied him down, taking great care to make sure Mark was as comfortable as possible. Before leaving the room Lara bent down and covered Mark eyes and kissed him on the lips.
“I will be back, soon. Hope you can tell who is who!”
After two hours of teasing and screwing, Mark was exhausted but really, really happy, He could never guess who was who, but all of them had fun at the game.
Mark was still tied up, and everyone else had fallen asleep, when the suite room door chimed. Lara ignored it at first, but then Penny whined, and Lara looked at her.
Penny had a worried look on her face, that made Lara wonder if maybe something was wrong.
“Do you know who's at the door?” Lara asked, but Penny didn't answer her.
Grabbing a robe from the floor, she threw it on. After going through the bedroom door she walked across the sitting room to the front door, and hit the open button.
The door slid open, and a bunnygirl shoved right by Lara as if she wasn't there.
“Hey! You don't belong in here!” Lara yelled when another person placed her hand on Lara's shoulder.
“I understand Mark is here.”
Lara looked at Lisa, and realized this had to be Mark's owner.
“Yeah, he's in the bedroom.”
Lisa followed Tina into the bedroom and found her slicing through the ropes like a razorblade through string. Mark opened his eyes and smiled when he saw Tina smiling at him.
With a hiccup, Mark said “Such pretty whiskers.”
Lisa crossed her arms, “Your drunk!”
Mark giggled, “The drink was fruity.”
“And you’re late for lunch,” Lisa said.
Mark frowned, and tried his best puppy eyes. The look didn't work so well while he was intoxicated. Lisa looked over at the only girl who was standing.
“Besides drinking… and mind you, I can clearly see you all are underage… was there anything else given to him?”
Lara swallow hard.
“Nothing, directly. We been smokin' skunk, though, so he may have gotten a contact high.”
[Skunk, a hyperactive type of marijuana, grown locally. It was legal, but restricted to adult use, as was booze.]
Lisa look back at Mark, who was giggling.
“I guess lunch, together, is out. Come on, blue eyes.”
Mark got up. He looked around the room, but couldn't find the dress he had worn coming in, or had he? Maybe he was nakie to start with? But the floor was awfully cold. Mark walked over to a door, while Lisa watched in amusement. The door slid open and Mark walked right into the closet. The door shut behind him, plunging him into darkness. Worse yet, he couldn't find the door opener.
Lisa waited a few moments, and then opened the door herself. She found Mark staring at the wall.
“Come on. Let's get you back to our room.”
Taking Mark's hand, Lisa walked him from the bedroom. She ran into Becca, who was obviously the oldest of the girls in the room.
“You! What's your name?”
“Becca. Becca Holden.”
“Remember! The next time you play with someone else's property, return said property undrugged, and healthy; or you may end up as property, yourself,” Lisa said as she watched Becca sweat.
Becca was worried. She was eighteen, and if Lisa wanted to push the issue, she could end up legally responsible and in big time trouble.
Lisa walked Mark to the suite's main door, and tapped the open button.
As the door opened Mark stopped and complained, “Buut I ams nakie!”
“It's your own fault. Now move it,” she said with a swat on Mark's bare ass.
Mark stepped into the hall and headed where Lisa steered him, with Tina and Penny following close behind.
“I do good?” Penny asked Tina as they followed Lisa and Mark.
“You did good. Did you learn anything?”
“Yes. The bouncing looked like lots of fun, and they got milk from his thingy… lots of milk.”
Tina giggled at the mental picture of Mark giving milk!
* * * *
After a nice long nap, and a short nerve wracking trip on a shuttle, Mark stepped off the shuttle and took his first breath of the moon's unrecycled air. He started to feel better. O'na City was the largest city on Liuio. They had landed at a private landing pad, at a major ship building yard.
“Hello, Lisa,” said a very dark skinned lady.
Mark stopped short, and Penny walked right into him.
When Penny looked up, she smiled, “Momma!”
Mark looked back at Penny, who was super excited, and back over to the lady that had greeted them.
“I didn't expect you, Sandy,” Lisa replied.
Sandy looked at Penny and then to Mark, “I wanted to meet the boy who is taking care of my baby. So, how are you, Mark?”
Sandy went to step in front of Mark, only to find her path suddenly blocked by a bunnygirl, and seconds later Penny was beside the bunnygirl, also blocking Sandy's path.
Sandy gave Lisa a questioning look.
“Girl's, she's not going to hurt him,” Lisa said, answering Sandy's unasked question.
Penny looked up at her mom, who reached and patted her on her head, while Tina moved close to Mark's side.
“It's okay, sweety. You did the right thing to block someone from approaching Mark.”
Now moving to Mark she said, “We wouldn't want anyone hurting this young man, now would we?”
Sandy brushed Mark's hair from his eyes.
Lisa smiled, “No, we wouldn't want that. Now, Sandy, you said your boss has a project she would love to have Mark work on?”
Sandy smiled and replied, “Yes. If you'll follow me we can get you settled, and get set up for Mark's interview.”
The room was more like a small apartment, with a private bathroom and a small kitchenette. Mark paced, while Lisa sat at a small table sipping tea. Sandy had left them with some info packs, but for Mark, they were useless.
Lisa suddenly stood up, and walked over to the door, “Mark, it's time.”
Mark followed Lisa, with Tina and Sandy in tow, 'till they came to a security office. The door led into a scanner tunnel, and they each had to enter one at a time.
In the booth, Donna watched the full body scanner as it revealed all of Lisa wetware. Lisa had most of the standard basics, but some of her ONI items were highlighted in yellow, contrasting to the background of gray.
Then Mark entered, and Donna raised an eyebrow. Mark had nothing at all. Even Mark's basic com package of contact lenses were gone. They'd been lost when he was tossed off of that balcony, twenty-four years ago. After her surprise, Donna buzzed him through.
Then Tina stepped in, and Donna eyes went wide. Tina's whole body was filled with unknown wetware, and it set off a bunch of alarms. Donna jumped from her desk, and rounded the corner to find Mark opening the supposedly locked and secured door.
“What the hell are you doing!”
The door opened, and Tina walked out with a smile on her face.
Donna pulled out her blaster, and tried to point it at Mark and Tina. Lisa moved like a viper, and disarmed Donna faster than anything Donna ever seen!
“What is your problem!” Lisa shouted.
A door on the other side of the room opened, and an older, heavy set lady waddled into the room.
“Donna, what the hell are you doing to our guests?”
“That pet! She's loaded with unregistered wetware!”
Today, Mark and Lisa were traveling to one of the two moons to look at a possible job. The ride up was nine hours long and they would take a sub-light shuttle to O'na City on the moon: Liuio.
“I assure you, Mark, that this is a much better ride than in a ship. Unless you look out of a window, you won't even know were traveling at all,” Lisa said as she lead Mark into the station.
Once inside the station, Lisa walked over to a booth on the side. “Bradly Party. You should have a suite for us,” Lisa said.
The lady behind the counter looked up from her display.
“Yes, Mrs. Bradly. You and your party are in Suite 701: deck seven, forward,”
Lisa smiled and accepted a dataslip from the lady who suddenly noticed Mark, “Oh, my! Such lovely eyes!”
Lisa pulled Mark closer so the lady could see him better, and Mark blushed at the attention.
“Aren’t they? He's my 'blue eyed wonder,'” Lisa said proudly.
The room was more like an apartment than a room to wait in. It had a large front room with a full wall window. To one side was a full bath, and the other had a large bedroom. Penny ran around the large room, with her arms out, making airplane noises. Tina sat down at a console and started going over a few things, for Mark, which included ordering some motion sickness medication.
Lisa watched as Mark avoided getting close to the window.
“Once we start the lift you can explore the elevator, I know there is a restaurant and a gaming arcade. Or you can enjoy a nice hot bath or even get some shut eye if you like.”
Mark walked into, and quickly out of, the bathroom. His eyes were wide and he'd lost the color from his face. Lisa entered the bathroom, and it was very 'clear' that she'd picked the wrong suite.
The big full wall window curved so that you could stand on it, and look between your feet to the ground. That window extended into the bathroom. The tub and shower were both on the window, meaning you could take a bath or shower while viewing the ground below, from inside of each one.
Between Mark's first flight experience, and then being tossed off the sixth floor balcony after being shot, he now had a major fear of heights. This bathroom didn't help that at all. Without missing a pace, she went from the bathroom directly to the bedroom and let out a sigh of relief. This room had a large full-wall window too, but the bed was set back on the opposite wall, and there was a curtain-wall that could be closed. Before Mark entered the room, Lisa hit the control panel and closed the curtain. The room now darkened the to the point that the lights came on, automatically.
An announcement come over the rooms com, letting them all know the elevator had been secured, and would start the first phase of the lift in five minutes.
Penny zoomed into the room and landed on the bed. Lisa smiled. Penny was a good pet and did everything asked of her for Mark, but she was still the same little girl, and acted like it most of the time.
Stepping back into the main room, Lisa found Mark talking to Tina about something on the console.
Mark then turned to her and smiled.
“Lisa, can I head up to the Arcade?”
Lisa smiled, “Yes, but remember I want you back down here for lunch. Penny!”
Penny moved like greased lighting and was at Mark's side, much faster than really needed.
“Good! Penny, stay with Mark. Don't let him out of your sight,” said Lisa.
Penny gave Lisa a toothy smile as she replied, “Yes, Mistress.”
It had annoyed Mark a little at how seriously Penny followed Lisa orders. Penny and Tina were his, but Di had explained that since he was owned by Lisa, she had reserved some control over them. They always did as he asked, but Lisa's order was law. Mark looked down at Penny. Part of her changes included her height and weight. He watched as her fluffy tail wagged behind her.
Mark headed out of the suite with Penny following very closely behind.
The door slid closed and Lisa turned to Tina, who had a silly smile on her face.
“Tina, would you come and join me on the couch?”
Tina closed down what she was doing, and gracefully moved over to where Lisa had sat down.
“So tell me, Tina, how is he adjusting to having Penny?”
Tina sat down, “He has gotten frustrated a few times, but he's never been mean. She ready and willing to do what he asks, but she sometimes she doesn't fully understand what is requested of her.”
“I see, is it her age, or?” Lisa asked thinking sexually.
“Her age? No, Mistress. She just doesn't always make well informed choices, and it causes Mark to have to instruct her in things, like: how to fold a blouse properly, and to be gentle when brushing out his hair.”
“I see. So her performance in bed has been satisfactory over all, then?”
“No, Mistress, she is still untouched. Mark fears she is still to young for that, and doesn't want to hurt her. Maybe Mistress doesn't know? Penny seems to have mental issues, and acts very much younger than she really is.”
Lisa laughed, “I assure you, Tina, I know full well about Penny. So, he cares about her state of mind. Okay, what what is his state of mind, Tina? How is he doing?”
Tina frowned, “He has not been happy. He complains a lot about boredom, and being locked up in the house so much.”
* * * *
The Arcade was huge! There were thousands of game stations, from a basic one player VR games, to twenty person interactive VR worlds. Mark wandered around, checking out the systems. One thing had become clear, quickly. All of these games required the user to have at least basic wetware packages.
As Mark walked down one aisle, a girl stopped right in front of him.
“You look lost.”
Mark batted his eyes at her and smiled, “No I'm not lost. Why? Do you want to help me find my way to somewhere?”
Lara looked into Mark's eyes.
'Damn! He's cute,' she thought, as she reached and touched Mark's cheek.
“That depends on what you are looking for,” she said.
Mark put on the charm as he replied, “What all boys want, just to have fun!”
“I'm Lara. How about you join me and my friends for a Tether Party?”
Mark just noticed a small group of girls gathering around him as another hand touched his cheek from behind, then suddenly Penny pushed her way to him and smiled at the girl in front of him.
“A pet! Is she yours?” Lara asked.
“Yes, this is Penny. Penny, say hello to Lara,” Mark answered as he stroked her back gently.
Lara reached out and took Mark's hand, “If you want to have some fun we need to head to my room,”
The room was on the inner side of the elevator, and had no widows. Mark felt so much better at not seeing the ground shrinking away. They started off with a very old fashioned game of 'Truth or Dare,' and moved on to a game of 'Five Minutes in Heaven,' in a closet.
Mark was having a great time, when the one of the girls come up with a new game. Lara vanished into a room, and came back with some rope.
Mark backed away at first, and Penny started to get agitated.
“Easy. Becca had an idea for a new game. We want to tie you to the bed, and blindfold you. It will be up to you to guess who is with you. Each of us gets five minutes in the room, alone with you,” Lara explained.
Mark was nervous, being tied up didn't sound like fun.
“Penny stays with me!”
Lara smiled, “We wouldn't think of separating her from you. Just no cheating. It has to be you making the guesses.”
Mark eased up a bit, “What will they do?”
Becca moved over to Mark and squeezed his ass cheek, “Anything we want,”
“No! No whipping or beatings, unless you want Penny to attack,” Mark said.
All the girls had a look of shock! That was not in their plans at all.
“Oh, no, baby boy! We just want to play fuck and suck, tickle and tease. I promise, no pain!” Becca said.
Mark lay on the bed, and Lara and Becca tied him down, taking great care to make sure Mark was as comfortable as possible. Before leaving the room Lara bent down and covered Mark eyes and kissed him on the lips.
“I will be back, soon. Hope you can tell who is who!”
After two hours of teasing and screwing, Mark was exhausted but really, really happy, He could never guess who was who, but all of them had fun at the game.
Mark was still tied up, and everyone else had fallen asleep, when the suite room door chimed. Lara ignored it at first, but then Penny whined, and Lara looked at her.
Penny had a worried look on her face, that made Lara wonder if maybe something was wrong.
“Do you know who's at the door?” Lara asked, but Penny didn't answer her.
Grabbing a robe from the floor, she threw it on. After going through the bedroom door she walked across the sitting room to the front door, and hit the open button.
The door slid open, and a bunnygirl shoved right by Lara as if she wasn't there.
“Hey! You don't belong in here!” Lara yelled when another person placed her hand on Lara's shoulder.
“I understand Mark is here.”
Lara looked at Lisa, and realized this had to be Mark's owner.
“Yeah, he's in the bedroom.”
Lisa followed Tina into the bedroom and found her slicing through the ropes like a razorblade through string. Mark opened his eyes and smiled when he saw Tina smiling at him.
With a hiccup, Mark said “Such pretty whiskers.”
Lisa crossed her arms, “Your drunk!”
Mark giggled, “The drink was fruity.”
“And you’re late for lunch,” Lisa said.
Mark frowned, and tried his best puppy eyes. The look didn't work so well while he was intoxicated. Lisa looked over at the only girl who was standing.
“Besides drinking… and mind you, I can clearly see you all are underage… was there anything else given to him?”
Lara swallow hard.
“Nothing, directly. We been smokin' skunk, though, so he may have gotten a contact high.”
[Skunk, a hyperactive type of marijuana, grown locally. It was legal, but restricted to adult use, as was booze.]
Lisa look back at Mark, who was giggling.
“I guess lunch, together, is out. Come on, blue eyes.”
Mark got up. He looked around the room, but couldn't find the dress he had worn coming in, or had he? Maybe he was nakie to start with? But the floor was awfully cold. Mark walked over to a door, while Lisa watched in amusement. The door slid open and Mark walked right into the closet. The door shut behind him, plunging him into darkness. Worse yet, he couldn't find the door opener.
Lisa waited a few moments, and then opened the door herself. She found Mark staring at the wall.
“Come on. Let's get you back to our room.”
Taking Mark's hand, Lisa walked him from the bedroom. She ran into Becca, who was obviously the oldest of the girls in the room.
“You! What's your name?”
“Becca. Becca Holden.”
“Remember! The next time you play with someone else's property, return said property undrugged, and healthy; or you may end up as property, yourself,” Lisa said as she watched Becca sweat.
Becca was worried. She was eighteen, and if Lisa wanted to push the issue, she could end up legally responsible and in big time trouble.
Lisa walked Mark to the suite's main door, and tapped the open button.
As the door opened Mark stopped and complained, “Buut I ams nakie!”
“It's your own fault. Now move it,” she said with a swat on Mark's bare ass.
Mark stepped into the hall and headed where Lisa steered him, with Tina and Penny following close behind.
“I do good?” Penny asked Tina as they followed Lisa and Mark.
“You did good. Did you learn anything?”
“Yes. The bouncing looked like lots of fun, and they got milk from his thingy… lots of milk.”
Tina giggled at the mental picture of Mark giving milk!
* * * *
After a nice long nap, and a short nerve wracking trip on a shuttle, Mark stepped off the shuttle and took his first breath of the moon's unrecycled air. He started to feel better. O'na City was the largest city on Liuio. They had landed at a private landing pad, at a major ship building yard.
“Hello, Lisa,” said a very dark skinned lady.
Mark stopped short, and Penny walked right into him.
When Penny looked up, she smiled, “Momma!”
Mark looked back at Penny, who was super excited, and back over to the lady that had greeted them.
“I didn't expect you, Sandy,” Lisa replied.
Sandy looked at Penny and then to Mark, “I wanted to meet the boy who is taking care of my baby. So, how are you, Mark?”
Sandy went to step in front of Mark, only to find her path suddenly blocked by a bunnygirl, and seconds later Penny was beside the bunnygirl, also blocking Sandy's path.
Sandy gave Lisa a questioning look.
“Girl's, she's not going to hurt him,” Lisa said, answering Sandy's unasked question.
Penny looked up at her mom, who reached and patted her on her head, while Tina moved close to Mark's side.
“It's okay, sweety. You did the right thing to block someone from approaching Mark.”
Now moving to Mark she said, “We wouldn't want anyone hurting this young man, now would we?”
Sandy brushed Mark's hair from his eyes.
Lisa smiled, “No, we wouldn't want that. Now, Sandy, you said your boss has a project she would love to have Mark work on?”
Sandy smiled and replied, “Yes. If you'll follow me we can get you settled, and get set up for Mark's interview.”
The room was more like a small apartment, with a private bathroom and a small kitchenette. Mark paced, while Lisa sat at a small table sipping tea. Sandy had left them with some info packs, but for Mark, they were useless.
Lisa suddenly stood up, and walked over to the door, “Mark, it's time.”
Mark followed Lisa, with Tina and Sandy in tow, 'till they came to a security office. The door led into a scanner tunnel, and they each had to enter one at a time.
In the booth, Donna watched the full body scanner as it revealed all of Lisa wetware. Lisa had most of the standard basics, but some of her ONI items were highlighted in yellow, contrasting to the background of gray.
Then Mark entered, and Donna raised an eyebrow. Mark had nothing at all. Even Mark's basic com package of contact lenses were gone. They'd been lost when he was tossed off of that balcony, twenty-four years ago. After her surprise, Donna buzzed him through.
Then Tina stepped in, and Donna eyes went wide. Tina's whole body was filled with unknown wetware, and it set off a bunch of alarms. Donna jumped from her desk, and rounded the corner to find Mark opening the supposedly locked and secured door.
“What the hell are you doing!”
The door opened, and Tina walked out with a smile on her face.
Donna pulled out her blaster, and tried to point it at Mark and Tina. Lisa moved like a viper, and disarmed Donna faster than anything Donna ever seen!
“What is your problem!” Lisa shouted.
A door on the other side of the room opened, and an older, heavy set lady waddled into the room.
“Donna, what the hell are you doing to our guests?”
“That pet! She's loaded with unregistered wetware!”