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The sun glowed orange over the landscape, causing the large fir trees to cast long shadows against the mountainside. Small creatures darted through the underbrush, and herds of machines could be heard on the horizon, harvesting scraps and performing their tasks set for them by Gaia.
Aloy took in the scenery surrounding her, as her thick, bright red hair flowed behind her in the breeze. From the back of her charger, she could observe the entire valley, machines working in tandem with nature. Aloy was returning from a hunt, gathering some materials she required to repair her equipment that was damaged in a prior engagement with a slitherfang the week prior. Aloy knew that recovering was in her best interest in that moment, but pressing matters to the north had driven her back out. The battle replayed in her head again.
She had been riding through the trees, her mind wandering slightly as the day got later into the evening. Normally this area was of low risk and she was not worried about any machines getting the jump on her here. As she was thinking the ground shook underneath her and her charger bolted, causing her to fall off and her bow flew and hit a tree in the distance. Aloy hit the ground with a heavy thud, the air leaving her lungs as a large snake like machine erupted from the ground beside her. The machine let out a loud and violent hiss and Aloy rolled out of the way as it struck the ground beside her with its sharp fangs. Pulling out her spear, she struck the slitherfang, striking under its throat at a plate covering the sac of acid underneath. A sharp, well delivered blow knocked the plate off and penetrated the sac, causing it to burst. The slitherfang drew back as the acid leaked out over its metallic body, giving Aloy the chance she needed to run towards the tree and retrieve her bow. Notching three arrows onto the string, she took aim as the slitherfang bore down on her position, hissing as if it were irritated. It opened its mouth and Aloy let loose her arrows, making contact with the component nearing the rear of its throat. The slitherfang dropped, stunned momentarily. Aloy took advantage of this and moved in quickly to deliver a lethal blow into the neck components of her foe. Letting loose one final cry, the slitherfang's tail swung wildly around and made contact with Aloy, launching her against a nearby tree. As Aloy felt herself lose consciousness momentarily, she saw the snake twitch in its final moments before laying completely still.
Aloy awoke with a start and immediately observed her surroundings. The sky was dark, the stars shining brightly through the leaves on the trees. A full moon shone bright, it’s light filtering though the trees in beams. The slitherfang lay before Aloy, unmoving. Aloy attempted to get up, but her body wasn’t as willing to move as she collapsed back onto the ground. Calling her charger, she managed to crawl up onto its back and returned to their base of operations to recover.
…
Snapping out of her thoughts, Aloy knew she wasn’t fully recovered, but with tensions being as high as they were, she couldn’t relax at the time and didn’t need to have a clan war on her hands. Five days had passed since her encounter and she had promised Erend to not risk any further injuries until she had time to properly rest. Returning to base, she took inventory of what she had collected and set the parts she needed aside. Barely enough, but it would work to get her gear in better condition for the moment. Aloy set to work and lost track of time repairing her bow, when she finished she observed the time on her focus which showed to be late into the night.
Wanting to clean up and head to bed, Aloy made her way into her quarters. A message popped up, and Aloy saw a recording of Sylus, that began to play: “If you’re seeing this, you made it back in one piece. I replicated some old world tech that might interest you. Apparently they used it to help rejuvenate the muscular structure and relax, I made a few modifications for convenience sake, but you should try it out”. At that the message slipped out and a location pinged in the shower area through the focus. Though she wasn’t terribly concerned with relaxing, her curiosity got the better of her and she headed to the marker. Entering the showering area, Aloy immediately noted a large tub like hole in the floor. Using her focus she was able to see a digital control panel with information on it. The device was supposed to fill with warm water and apparently ancient humans would sit or lay in it to relax. Looking at the control panel, Aloy decided that a little bit of relaxation couldn’t hurt.
Pressing a couple buttons on the panel filled the tub with water, and soon enough steam was lifting off the surface. Knowing she was the only one at the base in that moment, Aloy stripped and lowered herself into the warm water. Her muscles absorbed the heat, and she sunk deeper into the water. Looking further into the controls, Aloy pressed another button which allowed water to shoot from jets around the tub, almost like a massage. Aloy shifted around and jumped with a quiet yelp as her foot crossed one of the water streams. Aloy giggled to herself as the tickling sensation subsided, and she repositioned her body.
Pressing another button activated a cleansing mode, which released a soapy substance into the water. As the soapy water penetrated her skin, Aloy felt that it was getting slightly softer as it went on. Suddenly machines whirred to life as soft brushes protruded from the walls, these went around and spun lightly against Aloy’s arms, cleaning any remaining dirt from her skin, the sensation was relaxing. A brush moved along her back, causing her to squirm as it went along her lower back. More machines whirred to life as thin straps went around Aloy’s waist and ankles, locking her into place. She tried pulling against these restraints, to no avail, the straps were locked into place, and she couldn’t reach her weapons to break her way out. As she fought against the metal bindings, additional brushes moved and started their cleaning tasks. Aloy giggled as a brush moved its way along the backs of her legs, covering every spot and cleansing all the dirt that had accumulated from her journey. These brushes moved all over her body, causing Aloy to gasp and laugh a bubbly laugh as they went over her exposed and now softened feet, then moved up to her sides and stomach. Aloy twisted and contorted her body as best she could but could not escape the brushing that was inflicting its ticklish torment on her sensitive body. Her laughter turned into gasping as the brushes retreated momentarily, and catching her breath, she looked at the control panel for a cancellation protocol but found nothing that was apparent.
Assuming the procedure was complete, Aloy waited for the straps to release her. After several seconds went by, she assumed something was wrong. This was quickly proven incorrect as move buzzing came from the machine and additional arms came out and locked against Aloy’s body. Arms came out of the ankle straps and wrapped themselves around her feet, leaving them unable to move. Spinning brushes activated in these arms and began scrubbing Aloy’s feet, making sure to not leave a single spot untouched. Aloy screamed with laughter as electrifying sensations cascaded through her nervous system, quickly causing her to tumble into a panicked state where she could not think clearly. Additional sensation came from her torso as similar brushes activated on her sides and stomach. As much as Aloy wanted to twist and run away, she was completely immobilized against the tickling and could only shriek and laugh. Seconds of this went by and Aloy was laughing in gasping bursts now, unable to properly catch her breath.
The sensation ceased and the brushes stopped. Aloy felt the straps recede back into the tub and she couldn’t even move from the heated water as energy began returning to her body. Getting out of the tub, Aloy wondered who in their right mind would actually have done that back in ancient times, then she remembered what Sylus’s message had said about him making additional modifications to the system. Two and Two were put together and Aloy felt a sudden rage and the wish to drive her spear into his chest…later. For that moment, Aloy was exhausted, between working all night on her repairs, then the physical torture she had just endured. Returning to her quarters, Aloy vowed to get her revenge as she collapsed onto her bed and fell into an immediate, deep sleep.
Aloy took in the scenery surrounding her, as her thick, bright red hair flowed behind her in the breeze. From the back of her charger, she could observe the entire valley, machines working in tandem with nature. Aloy was returning from a hunt, gathering some materials she required to repair her equipment that was damaged in a prior engagement with a slitherfang the week prior. Aloy knew that recovering was in her best interest in that moment, but pressing matters to the north had driven her back out. The battle replayed in her head again.
She had been riding through the trees, her mind wandering slightly as the day got later into the evening. Normally this area was of low risk and she was not worried about any machines getting the jump on her here. As she was thinking the ground shook underneath her and her charger bolted, causing her to fall off and her bow flew and hit a tree in the distance. Aloy hit the ground with a heavy thud, the air leaving her lungs as a large snake like machine erupted from the ground beside her. The machine let out a loud and violent hiss and Aloy rolled out of the way as it struck the ground beside her with its sharp fangs. Pulling out her spear, she struck the slitherfang, striking under its throat at a plate covering the sac of acid underneath. A sharp, well delivered blow knocked the plate off and penetrated the sac, causing it to burst. The slitherfang drew back as the acid leaked out over its metallic body, giving Aloy the chance she needed to run towards the tree and retrieve her bow. Notching three arrows onto the string, she took aim as the slitherfang bore down on her position, hissing as if it were irritated. It opened its mouth and Aloy let loose her arrows, making contact with the component nearing the rear of its throat. The slitherfang dropped, stunned momentarily. Aloy took advantage of this and moved in quickly to deliver a lethal blow into the neck components of her foe. Letting loose one final cry, the slitherfang's tail swung wildly around and made contact with Aloy, launching her against a nearby tree. As Aloy felt herself lose consciousness momentarily, she saw the snake twitch in its final moments before laying completely still.
Aloy awoke with a start and immediately observed her surroundings. The sky was dark, the stars shining brightly through the leaves on the trees. A full moon shone bright, it’s light filtering though the trees in beams. The slitherfang lay before Aloy, unmoving. Aloy attempted to get up, but her body wasn’t as willing to move as she collapsed back onto the ground. Calling her charger, she managed to crawl up onto its back and returned to their base of operations to recover.
…
Snapping out of her thoughts, Aloy knew she wasn’t fully recovered, but with tensions being as high as they were, she couldn’t relax at the time and didn’t need to have a clan war on her hands. Five days had passed since her encounter and she had promised Erend to not risk any further injuries until she had time to properly rest. Returning to base, she took inventory of what she had collected and set the parts she needed aside. Barely enough, but it would work to get her gear in better condition for the moment. Aloy set to work and lost track of time repairing her bow, when she finished she observed the time on her focus which showed to be late into the night.
Wanting to clean up and head to bed, Aloy made her way into her quarters. A message popped up, and Aloy saw a recording of Sylus, that began to play: “If you’re seeing this, you made it back in one piece. I replicated some old world tech that might interest you. Apparently they used it to help rejuvenate the muscular structure and relax, I made a few modifications for convenience sake, but you should try it out”. At that the message slipped out and a location pinged in the shower area through the focus. Though she wasn’t terribly concerned with relaxing, her curiosity got the better of her and she headed to the marker. Entering the showering area, Aloy immediately noted a large tub like hole in the floor. Using her focus she was able to see a digital control panel with information on it. The device was supposed to fill with warm water and apparently ancient humans would sit or lay in it to relax. Looking at the control panel, Aloy decided that a little bit of relaxation couldn’t hurt.
Pressing a couple buttons on the panel filled the tub with water, and soon enough steam was lifting off the surface. Knowing she was the only one at the base in that moment, Aloy stripped and lowered herself into the warm water. Her muscles absorbed the heat, and she sunk deeper into the water. Looking further into the controls, Aloy pressed another button which allowed water to shoot from jets around the tub, almost like a massage. Aloy shifted around and jumped with a quiet yelp as her foot crossed one of the water streams. Aloy giggled to herself as the tickling sensation subsided, and she repositioned her body.
Pressing another button activated a cleansing mode, which released a soapy substance into the water. As the soapy water penetrated her skin, Aloy felt that it was getting slightly softer as it went on. Suddenly machines whirred to life as soft brushes protruded from the walls, these went around and spun lightly against Aloy’s arms, cleaning any remaining dirt from her skin, the sensation was relaxing. A brush moved along her back, causing her to squirm as it went along her lower back. More machines whirred to life as thin straps went around Aloy’s waist and ankles, locking her into place. She tried pulling against these restraints, to no avail, the straps were locked into place, and she couldn’t reach her weapons to break her way out. As she fought against the metal bindings, additional brushes moved and started their cleaning tasks. Aloy giggled as a brush moved its way along the backs of her legs, covering every spot and cleansing all the dirt that had accumulated from her journey. These brushes moved all over her body, causing Aloy to gasp and laugh a bubbly laugh as they went over her exposed and now softened feet, then moved up to her sides and stomach. Aloy twisted and contorted her body as best she could but could not escape the brushing that was inflicting its ticklish torment on her sensitive body. Her laughter turned into gasping as the brushes retreated momentarily, and catching her breath, she looked at the control panel for a cancellation protocol but found nothing that was apparent.
Assuming the procedure was complete, Aloy waited for the straps to release her. After several seconds went by, she assumed something was wrong. This was quickly proven incorrect as move buzzing came from the machine and additional arms came out and locked against Aloy’s body. Arms came out of the ankle straps and wrapped themselves around her feet, leaving them unable to move. Spinning brushes activated in these arms and began scrubbing Aloy’s feet, making sure to not leave a single spot untouched. Aloy screamed with laughter as electrifying sensations cascaded through her nervous system, quickly causing her to tumble into a panicked state where she could not think clearly. Additional sensation came from her torso as similar brushes activated on her sides and stomach. As much as Aloy wanted to twist and run away, she was completely immobilized against the tickling and could only shriek and laugh. Seconds of this went by and Aloy was laughing in gasping bursts now, unable to properly catch her breath.
The sensation ceased and the brushes stopped. Aloy felt the straps recede back into the tub and she couldn’t even move from the heated water as energy began returning to her body. Getting out of the tub, Aloy wondered who in their right mind would actually have done that back in ancient times, then she remembered what Sylus’s message had said about him making additional modifications to the system. Two and Two were put together and Aloy felt a sudden rage and the wish to drive her spear into his chest…later. For that moment, Aloy was exhausted, between working all night on her repairs, then the physical torture she had just endured. Returning to her quarters, Aloy vowed to get her revenge as she collapsed onto her bed and fell into an immediate, deep sleep.
