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 Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:11 pm
Taken the presumption as an invitation, Doc launched into what seemed to be very practiced. "You may have noticed that Eowyn has been in your care for some time now," he said. "The reason I called you hear today is so I can make some adjustments that will allow Eowyn to transfer into her next stage of growth. In other words," he stated, bending down to Eowyn's level, "It's kind of like your birthday. You're going to grow up a little today."
He stood again. "So, that's all in order. Would you please accompany me into the lab?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:15 pm
Growth? Already? Amyla was initially surprised that Eowyn would be growing so soon, but then again... well, kids did grow quickly. As long as Eowyn wasn't worried, she shouldn't be. "Lead on."
Eowyn, if it was possible, looked even more shocked than her mother at first, but she quickly took this new change in stride. She could handle growing up. Growing meant being bigger, bigger meant more privileges, and more privileges meant the possibility of her own horse. Yes, this she could handle. "Okay," she said, trying to maintain a polite expression though the eagerness in her eyes belied her enthusiasm.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:21 pm
"Okay then!" Doc said cheerfully, turning and striding into the lab, assuming they were following. He lead them expertly through a series of winding corridors of computer equipment, finally stopping in a clearing divided by a large oriental screen. On the visable side lay a child sized gurney and a work table with a curious looking metal rod on it.
"If you'll just lie down," he informed Eowyn, motioning for the gurney, "We'll get started."
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:25 pm
Both looking eager, Eowyn moreso, the two followed the Doc into the lab. With her shorter legs, Eowyn had to move at almost a half-trot, but she made it just fine, not the least bit tired upon arrival. She spied the gurney and worktable, her expression turning dark for a moment upon spying the metal rod. She obediently climbed up onto the gurney to lie down on it, turning her head just a bit so she could see the Doc once she got settled. "Please don't poke me with that," she added, her gaze falling again on the strange rod.
Amyla just tried hard not to grin and stayed a few feet back, watching the two of them in silence.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:49 pm
 "I'm not going to poke you," laughed Doc. "Now, to make these adjustments I'm going to need to drain your energy for a few minutes. It won't be very long, and it will be a little like sleep mode, only you won't wake up until I tell you, okay? I'm just going to wave it across your face and you're going to fall asleep, and before you know it, I'll be done and you'll be awake again." Smiling, he powered up the batton and waved it across her face, just like he'd said he would. The lights behind Eowyn's eyes faded and her eyelids drooped shut. Doc turned to Amyla.
"Now, I need you to promise me you won't tell her what happens now. I haven't run simulations of how mental data will react to this situation, so she can't find out about it."
Turning back to Eowyn's limp form, he propped her up into a sitting position and opened the hatch on the back of her head. He extracted the chip and a memory stick and laid her back down. Motioning for Amyla to follow, he crossed around to the other side of the divider.
Lying on a somewhat larger gurney was another Eowyn, somewhat larger and older looking than the first and dressed in clothes fitting to an adventurer straight out of the world of her base story.
"I finally have the nanotech worked out so that it will be just as durable as her first body, but will be able to repair and update itself," he explained, propping the second body into a sitting position, opening the hatch on its head, and installing the chip and the memory stick. "So I won't have to do this again."
He laid the body back down but didn't wake her up just yet. First he went around to the other side, pushed the first gurney towards the back of the clearing, and positioned the room divider so the other body would not be visable on the way out. Finally, he went back over to the new body and waved the batton across its face.
Eowyn's eyes opened and the lights behind them flickered to life. She had a dreamy look on her face as she sat up.
Eowyn has grown to Pre-Adolescent.
Her body is nanotech, but also nearly indestructable and waterproof.
Her reflexes have also improved.
Please record her dream in her journal.
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