Binary Love (18+)

One Man In His Time Plays Many Parts

"You are fascinating, aren't you?" Rosalind was leaning over Mark, pulling his eyelids open by her fingers, so that she could flash a small light into his eyes. Mark patiently allowed this to happen, but Nova could see how uncomfortable he was.

"Have you noticed that his pupils and the light receptors in his eyes seem to randomly fluctuate? It's almost as if they are responding to emotional states, not to the light of the environment. What I wouldn't give to open you up and have a good look at you." At this, Mark must have given some sign of his shock and discomfort at the idea, as Rosalind suddenly exclaimed, "Look! They're doing it again."

"I told you that you'd be interested." Nova nodded smugly, before gently pushing against Rosalind's arm to move her away.

"Oh, sorry, Mark. I got overexcited." The friendly doctor rested herself against her desk and gave Mark his personal space again. She began to absentmindedly play with the small torch in her hand, while she stared at the android.

"It is alright, Doctor Asena." He politely responded. Mark began to visibly relax now that he was no longer under such scrutiny and made himself comfortable in his chair next to Nova.

"So, will you help?" Nova pressed. She could feel her heart beat racing at just the idea of getting started. It was almost as if she wanted this just as much as Mark - obviously, they had different intentions for it, but she felt that the drive for it to work was the same. She wanted him to have the body he wanted, to live a fuller life, but she was also beside herself with the prospect of completing her life's work.

"As if I could pass something like this up! Of course I'll help." Rosalind let out a sigh, then a soft smile spread across her face. "My brain is already going haywire with all the things I need to start doing!" Nova let out a soft chuckle of excitement, grabbed her bag, then proceeded to empty the contents on her friend's desk.

"This is everything that I have so far. All I need to do on my end is change the chassis to match a Homo Lupus build." Nova quickly straightened out her blue prints on the desk, roughly setting aside some of Rosalind's trinkets. She started roughly pointing to legs, the spinal cord and skull. "This shouldn't take me too long, perhaps two weeks at most with Mark's help." At this Mark perked up, coming around the desk to also start looking at the blue prints.

"Ms. Williams, I do not understand. An entire cyborg chassis would take at least several..." Mark's eyes flashed an inhuman blue, suddenly shooting up to make contact with Nova's. "You have already made one?" Both Rosalind and Nova seemed pretty pleased with themselves.

"We completed it together before leaving Earth Tech. It's the reason why we all left. However, at the moment it's structure is humanoid so we'll need to get to work on changing it." Nova once again pointed to the legs, arms and spine. "The joints are wrong, and the overall size will need to be increased. Luckily, by you choosing a Homo Lupus build, I won't need to entirely rework it."

"I'll start collecting the relevant DNA and tissue. We're going to have to put the chassis into one of the tanks to slowly grow the biological material. How are we going to transfer his consciousness into it?"

"I still don't know what has made him... more. I have no idea if it's coding, a virus, foreign material." Nova flung her hands up in the air, "It means that I can't risk anything. Our best bet is the take his main frame, down to about C1 or C3, and attach it to the chassis. We'll have to grow the generic material around it or from it." Rosalind turned to Nova in shock.

"You want me to grow a brain? Nova, brains aren't built; they grow and evolve. I could get all the relevant tissue, but that doesn't mean it will develop appropriately. Even if it does work, he could potentially have a brain of a child."