Waking up slowly I find myself in a room with a Ceiling I´m not used to seeing. It is neither the black ceiling of my apartment nor the yellowish tinted ceiling with burn marks from the lab. No, this is a perfectly white ceiling as well as a white bed. Seems like I´m in some kind of Infirmary.
How the hell did I end up here...? Wait, that´s right, JACKO! That two-faced shitstain betrayed me.
From all the Ruckus Mira makes a door is opened.
(???) "Ah, I see you´re conscious. Are you able to answer a few questions for me and my boss?"
Who the hell is this Bitch? She´s not part of the staff, probably sent by that bastard Jacko.
(Mira) "Piss off you piece of shit, and tell Jacko to go fuck himself as well as you, I will not disclose the research Data I got before working with him."
The woman and Mira start glaring daggers at each other until a man in a smoking without the Tie or a fly enters.
(???) "I don´t know who this Jacko is, but it was you who appeared in our base. You even destroyed one of our hot air Balloons with your fall.
Well, I guess introductions are in order. My name is Giovanni the Leader of the group owning this compound named Team Rocket.
Now for my first question: Who or to put it in better words, what are you?"
Mira stares at the man as if he´s a Goblin that achieved Monkhood.
(Mira) "What do you mean? Never seen a Lamia before? We´re not that uncommon, as for my name, since you were so courteous as to give me yours I shall give you mine. It´s Mira Jharmind."
(Giovanni) "Well then Miss Jharmind, let´s get one thing out of the way first. There are no such things as Lamias on this Planet, only Humans and Pokémon."
Mira is now looking quite shocked like someone ate her favourite food from the company fridge.
(Mira) "Oh shit... That bastard."
(Giovanni) "What is it? More cussing in order? Or did you realize something you want to tell us?"
Mira sighs
(Mira) "Well seeing as you and your people saved my scaly behind, I will tell you everything. It all started yesterday or how long was I unconscious?"
Giovanni looks at the Nurse while she flips through the papers.
(Nurse) "You have been unconscious for about 2 days now."
(Mira) "Well okay, then it all started 3 days ago."
---- 3 Days ago. Melrok Institute of Technology Development Branch ----
Mira was working on a Machine resembling a Disk.
(Mira) "Hey Jacko, I need the Flux Emitter and the Void Mana Converter and then I´m done with the Transport Disk."
Jacko promptly leaves the room and comes back with the two pieces. Mira promptly takes both pieces and installs them into the giant construct of wires and Metal.
(Mira) “And with that, we´re finally done, Jacko. This is going down in history. High Five!”
Mira is holding up her hand for a High five of epic proportions however Jacko simply stands there and starts trembling and holding his hand in front of his mouth.
(Mira) “Jacko?”
Jacko now starts laughing loudly in a creepy manner which starts to even scare Mira a bit.
(Jacko) “Well, well, well Mira… Thank you for your contribution, but I guess this charade will have to come to a close now.”
Jacko snips his fingers and fully armed people in Dark Armor stream into the room.
(Jacko) “You see, it was pretty hard to find a Technomancer who actually has the ability to invent this kind of thing. Call it bad luck, but we will have to make sure you won´t talk after we get everything out of you. Guards, knock her out.”
---- Team Rocket Base. Now ----
(Mira) “And that´s the last thing I remember. They probably found my blueprints and Journal and therefore had no more use for me, so they most certainly used me as a Test Subject to see if the Teleporter works in the first place. Also judging by me being on another planet they probably wanted to kill me by sending me into space.”
Giovanni is putting his hand on his chin and stroking it.
(Giovanni) “Why would he have to go undercover in the first place to get their hands on that Teleporter? Wouldn´t it be enough to simply kidnap you?”
Mira now bursts out laughing whilst slapping her tail.
(Mira) “Ah yes, the good old hostage situation. Well, one person tried that with a Technomancer before and they built a Bomb into the invention that levelled a five Kilometer area and turned it into a giant crater. Well, he didn´t make it out alive either, but he wouldn´t have either way.”
Giovanni is now looking slightly shocked that a Researcher would prioritize blowing up an entire place just because he got kidnapped.
(Giovanni) “Wait, you mentioned something called a Technomancer. What is that? Could you please elaborate?”
Mira is now once again looking perplexed.
(Mira) “Does this mean you have no Job System?”
Giovanni simply nods.
(Mira) “*sigh* Oh boy, how do I explain this one so someone without prior knowledge could understand… once someone passes the age of Adulthood we get to do the Job Ceremony where we can choose which job we want to take. In my case that was the Technomancer, which basically allows me to alter or fuse technology to my liking. It´s also the reason why I can talk to you. I built a translator into my ears which converts your language into the soul of the words which basically tells me what you want to tell me and I do the same vice versa to speak to you.”
Both the nurse and Giovanni look stunned and don´t react for quite some time in which Mira once again ogles the Room in which she´s in.
(Mira) ‘Damn, I can´t find any decent tech to repurpose here… First thing on the list will be something to make me look more human because if this Giovanni guy is indeed right I will stick out like a sore thumb and I don´t want to get experimented on.’
Giovanni seems to have snapped out of confusion first and he starts massaging his temples as if he´s got a headache.
(Giovanni) “Okay, I get the gist of it. You´re a different Species that got sent here from a different planet where you have jobs that allow you to do otherwise impossible feats. Well then here are a few problems I find in this whole thing:
First of all, you´re not Human so you have to disguise yourself.
Second of all is that you need Technology for your Job to even work and we don´t know if it´s compatible with our Technology.
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And last but not least is you have no common sense from around here.
How do you plan to approach these problems?”
Mira starts mumbling around for a bit and starts opening her mouth, but she closes it immediately afterwards and goes back to thinking. After a good five Minutes, she finally starts to answer
(Mira) “Well for the first problem there is a simple solution, a Wheelchair and some fumbling around with my ability to hide my tail and adding a pair of fake legs.
The second problem you presented is by far the most important one… I need something that is expendable in that case since Technomancy can get pretty destructive when it doesn´t work, or when it does work and the circuits are hidden. And by that I mean “oops I broke it” destructive in case it works and full on disintegrated destructive if it doesn´t.
And for the common sense part, I completely agree. You said you were an organization so could you spare some of your people in that regard for me? In return, I will use my ability for your group if it works here.”
Giovanni simply pulls out a round, red and white ball with a protruding circle and hands it to Mira.
(Giovanni) “This is one of the most common and extraordinary items a company called Silph.co sells. It´s called the Poké Ball. Basically, what it does it allows you to catch wild Pokémon and keep them inside them so they are always well rested when they come out since they run around enough in Pokémon battles.”
Mira simply grabs hold of the Ball and gets to work.
(Mira) “Okay then let´s see, it´s way too heavy for plastic but to light, for it to be Steal or Iron… so what does this button here do.”
As she presses the button the Poké ball expands.
(Mira) “Fascinating, a form changing Metal… a form of rubber perhaps, but it´s to firm for that? Mixed with another substance maybe? Ah well, let´s crack it open and look at the goods inside” *Crunch* “Oh my, this definitely looks interesting. Okay, I finally know enough about this balls layers now, so let´s get serious now, shall we. [Circuit Reader]”
Mira's eyes suddenly change from her normal snake-like pupils into rectangles with a bunch of transparent windows appearing in front of her head. Meanwhile, Giovanni and the Nurse look visibly stunned that she simply replaced her pupils with Holographic Monitors.
(Mira) “Ooooh, now would you look at that. A check to see which kind of Organic life form it is and it even saves the Mana Signature to it whilst refusing creatures of a certain genetic makeup, guessing it´s human DNA.
A basic mind control formula which only works in tandem with adrenalin and only goes as far as suggesting how to attack. Oh dear, which caveman designed that catch mechanic, this thing is a one-time use item that breaks if you miss… Well, corporate greed I guess.
Doesn’t even scan for the rightful owner. This thing is such an ugly piece of shit… wait, what´s this? HOLY SHIT! THIS THING ACTUALLY HAD AN INTERDIMENSIONAL STORAGE JUST CASUALLY PROGRAMMED IN?! If I tweak this part a bit I can hide my tail with this. Wait… Mr Giovanni, you said this thing was common? A thing that defies space-time is actually common here?”
After Mira started talking like a Machine gun Giovanni only got back from zoning out after she screamed out loud, since he and the nurse were not only stunned after the display of the thing she called Circuit Reader but also after she broke a Poké Ball. Those things were supposed to be nearly indestructible so that you could catch a Pokémon in any kind of hazardous condition and she simply cracked it open like a peanut.
(Giovanni) “Well yes, these were invented in Ancient times that are far in the past and Silph.co recently discovered how to build these things at an affordable rate and on mass. The first of this type was invented Three hundred years ago and offered less control over a Pokémon’s actions then now.”
(Mira) “Okay, so that settles the question of whether or not my ability can be used here. Next, I´m going to need a Wheelchair. Can Miss… I don´t know your name.”
(Nurse) “It´s Nelly. And if you don´t mind I´d like an apology from you.”
Mira starts scratching her head.
(Mira) “Well Miss Nelly, why should I apologize to you aga…. Oh, wait, the Jacko thing. Sorry I get a bit sidetracked sometimes. I´m sorry about the insult, but could you get me the Wheelchair nonetheless?”
Nelly simply sighs.
(Nelly) “Fine, be right back. Boss, the Security cams are still on in case she tries something."
After Nelly walks out the door, the room gets pretty silent since Mira and Giovanni don´t have any topic to talk about for the time until suddenly Mira starts to fidget around.
(Giovanni) “What? Don´t tell me you have to go to the toilet now that Nelly is gone.”
Mira starts to blush.
(Mira) “NO! It´s just this thing was way too high tech for it to be cheap right. Even if it was only a one time use thing.”
Giovanni simply starts snickering.
(Giovanni) “No. I´m not joking this thing only costs about 200 Poké En, The average Salary here in Kanto is around 400 Thousand Poké En per year.”
Mira simply looks at him astonished.
(Mira) “You mean to say… that an Interdimensional Storage is sold for basically the price of Candy?”
Giovanni shakes his head.
(Giovanni) “No. No. No. More like a fast food meal from a non-chain store.”
Mira starts mumbling again until she´s distracted by the door opening and Nelly pushing in a Wheelchair.
(Nelly) “I´m back Boss, one Wheelchair on the house. Courtesy of Medical section Chief Nelly.”
Mira starts ogling the Wheelchair and slowly slithers out of bed only to instantly get back into the bed.
(Giovanni) “Is something the matter?”
Both Nelly and Giovanni look at her, not sure why she slithered back into the bed.
(Mira) “The Floor is way too cold for me. I´m cold-blooded, meaning I lose my Energy when it becomes cold, and the floor is basically on the Level of Ice.”
While Mira is complaining Nelly pushes the Wheelchair to her bed.
(Mira) “And also, why is it so cold here in general? When I got betrayed it was still summer so I don´t have my Tail warmer with me. Oh, wait… being in a different world doesn´t mean it has to be the same season as where I came from. Oh and thanks for bringing that closer, Nelly.”
Nelly simply nods while Giovanni rubs his temples.
(Giovanni) “Do you always drift off and talk so much?”
Mira simply shakes her head.
(Mira) “No. At least not often, well except when it concerns Technology or complaints then I can rant enough to fill a few hours. Well enough sidetracking let´s get to work on the Wheelchair then [Code Overwrite].”
Mira once again gets to work on the Poké ball and rips out a small piece of the Circuit board, then she sends small blue Tendrils from her Fingers into the board which slowly starts to rearrange itself and now no longer looks like something that got broken off.
Afterwards, Mira wipes the sweat off her face.
(Mira) “Phew, that´s always the hardest part. Okay, I´m done with the Storage it now recognizes my Tail as something it should store while converting the Mass inside into Legs. Now I just have to install it into the Wheelchair and my disguise is all set.”
Once Mira stops talking she uses the blue Tendrils which go under the seat of the Wheelchair with the Circuit she rewrote. Once the Circuit and the Tendrils are inside the seat one of them rips open a small hole in the middle with a Button sticking out of it.
Meanwhile Nelly and Giovanni stare in awe until she pierces a hole in the Wheelchair which makes Nelly frown.
Once all the Tendrils stop moving Mira gets her tail out of the blanket she rolled it back into and places it on the button, which makes a light clicking noise and suddenly Mira's tail turns into red light like when one captures a Pokémon until she is stuck on the seat and her tail is nowhere to be seen. However, suddenly a sick crunching noise starts accompanied by Mira biting into the blanket and leaking muffled screams while suddenly stumps grow out of her lower body which forms into fully grown legs after three minutes of agonizing pain for Mira.
While that was happening Nelly left the room to puke and Giovanni can only stare disgustedly at what he just witnessed.
(Mira) “Fuck my life…*wheeze* I´m never doing this again until I can get something to kill the noise and more importantly the fucking pain. Well, at least that solves two of the Problems we discussed Giovanni.”
Giovanni, whilst still not having recovered from Mira's little performance has to suddenly continue his talk with her whilst keeping his Lunch where it belongs.
(Giovanni) “Yes, I can see that… is your ability always this… well, powerful?”
Mira weakly shakes her head as she clearly hasn´t got enough energy to continue the conversation for much longer, and who would if the equivalent of your legs were chopped in two for three minutes without painkillers.
(Mira) “No, definitely not. Most things in my world are designed that Technomancers can´t fiddle with them, otherwise, we´d have way too many explosive life support machines, since not everyone has good intentions.”
Giovanni only nods.
(Giovanni) “Well, I´m going to go to my office now and get some Grunts from our organization to become your guides and common sense Teachers in a way. And while I´m doing that you should rest and work on the Abomination you created. That was almost disgusting enough to throw up, even from my standards.”
With that Giovanni leaves the room and Mira now realizing that if she wants to rest in a bed she has to do this procedure again this time having it fuse together and pales at the pain this could bring.
(Mira) ‘Oh damn I should really think more before acting, that was so dumb of me. Well, let´s hope the deactivation makes me go unconscious from the pain.’
After her train of thought concluded she lifts herself up from the Wheelchair which releases the button and turns Mira's fake legs into red light, which is just the mass of her Tails recalibrated to look like legs. This time Mira can´t even grab the blanket from the pain that suddenly assaults her and falls down whilst convulsing.
Hearing Mira scream once more Nelly who comes back from her Vomit break runs inside to see Mira's tail growing back to its former length while she is on the floor and cramping up.
Seeing this Nellies Nurse training kicks in and she administers first aid by making sure she can´t bite of her Tongue or do any other kind of damage to herself until Mira simply falls unconscious. After Nelly notices that Mira stopped struggling she picks her up and places her back in her bed, this time with two new Blankets seeing as she chomped through the first one in her first test of the Wheelchair.
(Nelly) “I sure hope for you this does no long-term damage, you scatterbrain. After all, that´s happened today I think I need a drink. A hard one preferably.”
Saying that Nelly goes out of the room and says goodbye to her colleagues and disappearing towards the bar afterwards while Giovanni disappeared into his office to get Mira some escorts.