escapades last night, I was quite impressed. I was actually hoping we might be able to meet up again,” Galatea said excitedly.
“Impressed isn't the word I would use. Well, actually, I might use that word to describe Thomas last night, but not me. I was sloppy,” Regina said, walking over to Yosha.
“Artemis told me that he was able to pull you up the side of a building. I had a hard time believing that at first, given the data I have on the two of you,” Galatea said curiously.
“Still as cold and calculating a bitch as ever, huh?” Regina replied with a laugh.
“It is not on purpose,” Galatea said, sounding defeated.
“I know. I know. Don't let my odd sense of depraved social humor bring you down. It's just something us humans do,” Regina said as she tapped Yosha on the shoulder.
Yosha looked up curiously. “Hold on,” they said, lifting the headset up slightly from their ears. “You need something loaded to your rig?”
Regina smiled, and produced a small data card from her belt. “Yep,” she said, handing over the data card. “Just load the functions in for me, please. I'll assign them after I get synced with the dive suit.”
“You sure?” Yosha asked.
“Yeah. Though... you could change all these bright green screens over to blue for me,” Regina replied jokingly.
Yosha smiled. “You'll always be Natali8 to me. But don't worry, I'll take care of this for you,” Yosha said with a wink.
“Thanks,” Regina said as she turned to leave.
“Oh hey, hold on,” Yosha said quickly.
Regina turned back around. “What's up?”
“What's your take on Art diving with us this time?” Yosha asked.
“You really got me there. I mean, I know he's good at it, but he's never gone in with us before. Maybe he's just tired of being the smiling face the clients get to see, and wants to prove his chops. My only hope is that he isn't hiding something from us,” Regina replied.
“Like what?”
“I dunno. Maybe something he found that the rest of us didn't see. Something that has him spooked, perhaps. Or maybe he just really really wants this to go down as the fastest smash and dash we've ever done,” Regina said with a shrug.
“Either that, or he's trying to balance out the gender spectrum of our diving team,” Yosha said with a grin.
Regina snickered.
“Hey. The dive was just set for two and a half hours from now,” Amina announced as she again climbed into the belly of the armored suit.
Regina gave a small wave to Yosha, who returned it swiftly, and then went back to work. She turned around, and gave Amina a quick two-finger salute, which she returned with a knowing smile.
“Leaving?” asked Thomas.
“No, I'm just going to get changed, Thomas,” Regina replied with a loving head scratch behind Thomas's right ear.
“Okay,” Thomas said. He then returned to his conversation with Galatea.
“Thomas cares for you a lot, you know,” Galatea said to Regina.
“I know.”
-5-
Regina studied her reflection.
“I look pretty damn good in this,” she said to herself as she admired her silhouette in the dive suit that Artemis had bought her.
The dive suit was designed so that its user could easily issue commands by using simple or complex motions when connected to a dive rig, such as tapping the index finger on the thumb to execute a copy command, and then tapping the pinkie finger to the thumb for copy. Though most hardcore divers used them to issue more elaborate commands. Sadly, Regina didn't have the time.
Regina reached up and connected the dangling cord from her headset to the dive suits interface connector located at the base of her neck. She smiled again. “I'm all dressed up with one very particular place to go,” she said to her reflection. Then blew herself a kiss.
“Why you talk to self?” asked Thomas.
Regina jumped in shock as she quickly turned and blurted out something inaudible. “Damnit,
“Impressed isn't the word I would use. Well, actually, I might use that word to describe Thomas last night, but not me. I was sloppy,” Regina said, walking over to Yosha.
“Artemis told me that he was able to pull you up the side of a building. I had a hard time believing that at first, given the data I have on the two of you,” Galatea said curiously.
“Still as cold and calculating a bitch as ever, huh?” Regina replied with a laugh.
“It is not on purpose,” Galatea said, sounding defeated.
“I know. I know. Don't let my odd sense of depraved social humor bring you down. It's just something us humans do,” Regina said as she tapped Yosha on the shoulder.
Yosha looked up curiously. “Hold on,” they said, lifting the headset up slightly from their ears. “You need something loaded to your rig?”
Regina smiled, and produced a small data card from her belt. “Yep,” she said, handing over the data card. “Just load the functions in for me, please. I'll assign them after I get synced with the dive suit.”
“You sure?” Yosha asked.
“Yeah. Though... you could change all these bright green screens over to blue for me,” Regina replied jokingly.
Yosha smiled. “You'll always be Natali8 to me. But don't worry, I'll take care of this for you,” Yosha said with a wink.
“Thanks,” Regina said as she turned to leave.
“Oh hey, hold on,” Yosha said quickly.
Regina turned back around. “What's up?”
“What's your take on Art diving with us this time?” Yosha asked.
“You really got me there. I mean, I know he's good at it, but he's never gone in with us before. Maybe he's just tired of being the smiling face the clients get to see, and wants to prove his chops. My only hope is that he isn't hiding something from us,” Regina replied.
“Like what?”
“I dunno. Maybe something he found that the rest of us didn't see. Something that has him spooked, perhaps. Or maybe he just really really wants this to go down as the fastest smash and dash we've ever done,” Regina said with a shrug.
“Either that, or he's trying to balance out the gender spectrum of our diving team,” Yosha said with a grin.
Regina snickered.
“Hey. The dive was just set for two and a half hours from now,” Amina announced as she again climbed into the belly of the armored suit.
Regina gave a small wave to Yosha, who returned it swiftly, and then went back to work. She turned around, and gave Amina a quick two-finger salute, which she returned with a knowing smile.
“Leaving?” asked Thomas.
“No, I'm just going to get changed, Thomas,” Regina replied with a loving head scratch behind Thomas's right ear.
“Okay,” Thomas said. He then returned to his conversation with Galatea.
“Thomas cares for you a lot, you know,” Galatea said to Regina.
“I know.”
-5-
Regina studied her reflection.
“I look pretty damn good in this,” she said to herself as she admired her silhouette in the dive suit that Artemis had bought her.
The dive suit was designed so that its user could easily issue commands by using simple or complex motions when connected to a dive rig, such as tapping the index finger on the thumb to execute a copy command, and then tapping the pinkie finger to the thumb for copy. Though most hardcore divers used them to issue more elaborate commands. Sadly, Regina didn't have the time.
Regina reached up and connected the dangling cord from her headset to the dive suits interface connector located at the base of her neck. She smiled again. “I'm all dressed up with one very particular place to go,” she said to her reflection. Then blew herself a kiss.
“Why you talk to self?” asked Thomas.
Regina jumped in shock as she quickly turned and blurted out something inaudible. “Damnit,
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