The Unexplored (For Frankfly)

[FrankFly]

"U-understood, captain," Lady mumbled, moving away to start cleaning up the campsite. There was a tingling, hot feeling that was tickling her artificial cheeks. It was somewhat similar to the feeling of "embarrassment" that she had experienced previously. No... This one was different. If the situation was confusing for the captain, it was far beyond comprehension for the socially-stunted android. Lanka, the one woman who could possibly explain Lady's situation to her, was unavailable, but for some reason, Lady felt that the missing engineer could not only help her, but also the captain. She hoped that the small, nearby blips on the radar belonged to the engineer, rather than one of the other crew members.

It wasn't terribly long before the two women had completely packed up their camp, leaving little evidence that they had ever been there. They were again walking together, once again in very close proximity, but now, an exceptionally awkward silence hung over the two. Confusion clouded the android's artificial brain, and the robot seemed unable to speak, even though she desperately wanted to end the nonspeaking between the captain and herself.

Amia chewed her lip as they walked, trying to think of what to say, or what to do. This whole situation made her feel like she was back in high school again, all socially awkward and such. She looked up at the sky for a while, before glancing over at Lady, only to glance away in embarrassment. What to do? What to say? "So... how are you feeling?"

... that was smooth...

[FrankFly]

Lady looked over, slightly startled that the silence had been broken. She didn't know if she should answer the question honestly, or just reply "Good" and leave it at that, allowing the pair to settle back into silence.

"Confused, captain," Lady said, not meeting eyes with her commander, and instead, watching the screen of the computer that had located their crashed comrades. They were getting awfully near that blip on the radar...

She nodded. "Me too," she admitted. "And I don't like feeling that way." She was aware that they were getting close, but she made an attempt at getting this all off of her chest. "I think... that I'm wrestling with my natural urges, versus my standing as captain. I have to be tough and professional and keep things in line, but... when I was over your lap, I... enjoyed it. I enjoyed the idea of you taking control of me, if only for a little bit of time. It was exciting and it was fun and I suppose I'm still not sure how best to deal with that. I normally don't like feeling helpless, but when you are involved (and it's in private, I will add) I... don't mind you taking me to task." She shrugged gently. "Do you... want to know the details of the dream I had last night?" she mumbled.

[FrankFly]

As the captain spoke, Lady felt the tingling sensation in her face again. There was no doubt about it. This was embarrassment. Her beautiful face a bright red, she spoke.

"Yes, captain," she stated quietly, although there was definitely an excited tone in her voice.

She nodded, taking a deep breath. "I dreamed that you didn't have obedience programming in you. That you could always act of your own free will. Oh, you were still intelligent, and had enough emotion to know what was right and wrong, as I'm sure you do now, but the difference was I couldn't just order you to do something and you would do it. You had choice... um, anyway..." she blushed herself as she continued. "I dreamed that you took me by my ear and pulled me along down a dirt path for a while, scolding me the whole time, calling me naughty, bad, telling me I needed to be punished... and then you stripped off my pants and underwear as we neared an old treestump... you got a switch from one of the trees and then put me over your lap. Then, you spanked me with your hand as a warm up... and then you switched me until I was naughty and sobbing and... and wet," she flushed harder, coughing. "And then we... well... I assume you know what happens when two people get very excited and like each other very much," she muttered. Since there was a line of 'Sensual' androids that were built expressly for fantasy fulfillment, most companies just had sex education programmed into their androids from the start, whether it made sense for them to have it while on the job, or not.

[FrankFly]

"Th-that is a very interesting dream, captain," Lady said, her face still as red as a tomato. Suddenly, unable to believe she was doing it, Lady extended her hand, and took a firm grip on Amia's ear, giving it a slight tug. Was she going to go through with it? No. Her regular, submissive programming suddenly kicked back in. She let go her commander's ear, and stepped back, still brushing furiously.

"F-forgive me, captain. I-I am out of line," she stammered, before her tone took a more serious one. "Captain. I-I can't do this right now. I-I think that if it is possible, we must discuss this with Lanka before I pursue any more... You know..."

Lady trailed off.

Amia was similarly flushed and shocked when she felt the android pulling at her ear. She gave a startled yelp, feeling butterflies filling her stomach, but just like that, the feeling vanished when her ear was released. "Oh... um... okay, certainly," she said gently, wiggling lightly, more than a little disappointed at the sudden stop. She tried to hide it, but Lady could see the flash of disappointment that she wouldn't go any further, but she quickly banished it. "The others should be right around here..." she said quickly, pointing off quickly.

[FrankFly]

"Yes, just over this next hill," Lady said, referring to the grassy, green rise in terrain that stood in front of them. Once atop the hill, the women would be able to see their comrades. The robot felt a bit awkward about the sudden change in conversation, but was somewhat thankful that they had dropped the subject. As curious as Lady was about these newly-discovered feelings, all these emotions where somewhat overwhelming the android. As the duo ascended up the hill, a new feeling settled itself into Lady. Worry. Sure, there was a good chance that they would see their friends, alive and well once they got over the hill. Then again, there was just as good of a chance that they would find their friends in a much less desirable state...

Amia had the same level of concern, but she trudged on quickly, smiling a little bit at her robotic companion as they slowly made their way over the last obstacle. And there were the others, sitting at a campsite nearby, in the open air, breaking down their tent. Their dear engineer and cabin girl were in one piece, though Lanka seemed as though she had suffered a slight injury to her arm, as it was in a makeshift sling.