Astra Submits

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 40287

Astra thought for a long, long time, contemplating what life would be like without arms. Having to lap up her food and drink from bowls, unable to dress or bathe herself, requiring help whenever she needed to urinate or defaecate.

Eventually, head bowed, she said: "Very well - but only if you restore Fred to his old self as well."

"Agreed. Now swear your loyalty. Say after me: 'By my honour as a Princess of Aqualaria and by the Goddess whom I worship, I swear my loyalty to Doctor Vincent until the death of one or other of us shall break the bond. I shall serve and obey him in all things.'"

Feeling wretched, Astra repeated the words. When she had finished, Vincent said: "Excellent. Now I have much work to do. Both you and Fred shall sleep until it is completed." He gestured, and Astra immediately lost consciousness.

When she came round:

  1. She was still without arms. Had Vincent betrayed her?
  2. Her arms were back, good as new, but there was no sign that any surgery had taken place. Could Vincent have tricked her? Perhaps her armlessness had been no more than an illusion?
  3. She had overlooked that Vincent had said that he would make her "better than new". She found that she now had two prosthetic arms made of metal struts and cables. An engineer might have said that they were beautiful.
  4. She discovered that, rather than wearing armour, she now had built-in armour, with her skin in vulnerable areas having been replaced by polished metal.
  5. Previously she had been athletic yet voluptuous, but now she looked as though she had been on a steroids-assisted body-building course. She had gained forty or fifty pounds, all of it muscle.

Add New Option

Go Back

View Forward Story Tree
View Back Story Tree


JH

3/25/2004 2:49:33 AM

Extending Enabled

The Never Ending Quest Home

Extend-A-Story Home

21383842 episodes viewed since 9/30/2002 1:22:06 PM.

Do not click me.