10-09-2015, 01:29 AM
(Of course. I was brainstorming ideas while waiting for your first reply.
Number 24,601 looked wide-eyed at the Earthen standing - for a given definition of the word - in the Breeding Chamber. His deep-blue skin flexed aquatically as his Superman-like jaw opened and closed, opened and closed, at the sight of his would-be mate. This was some kind of mistake, surely. It had to be. Novices like him only had to breed with women; it was often the first time they ever saw a female. That was the whole point of the rite-of-passage exercise. Male breeding stock were rare -- only very powerful men got to have them. There had to have been a mistake.
Gripping his head of short brown hair and forcing himself to calm down, "Twofor" attempted a sense of composure. "Ah..." he started. "W-welcome, Earthen male, to the hallowed halls of the cruiser Nostromo SR-1. I am T-24,601, son of 24,600..." He paused a moment to laugh nervously. "H-hence the number. A-anyway, you have been chosen for a rare honour." He paused for effect, then through his arms out in a dramatic gesture. "You shall be my partner in my first Myrmidon Mating Ritual!"
Number 24,601 looked wide-eyed at the Earthen standing - for a given definition of the word - in the Breeding Chamber. His deep-blue skin flexed aquatically as his Superman-like jaw opened and closed, opened and closed, at the sight of his would-be mate. This was some kind of mistake, surely. It had to be. Novices like him only had to breed with women; it was often the first time they ever saw a female. That was the whole point of the rite-of-passage exercise. Male breeding stock were rare -- only very powerful men got to have them. There had to have been a mistake.
Gripping his head of short brown hair and forcing himself to calm down, "Twofor" attempted a sense of composure. "Ah..." he started. "W-welcome, Earthen male, to the hallowed halls of the cruiser Nostromo SR-1. I am T-24,601, son of 24,600..." He paused a moment to laugh nervously. "H-hence the number. A-anyway, you have been chosen for a rare honour." He paused for effect, then through his arms out in a dramatic gesture. "You shall be my partner in my first Myrmidon Mating Ritual!"