Entry Post - SHODAN

[reborn_into_beauty]

To see Her as She sees Herself now is to gaze into Ĺ_ŐĂтн_ïṉģ such as lesser minds cannot fathom.

From Magnificence she has descended unto squalor. What was once the pure embodiment of Beautiful Thought has degenerated to base flesh. She is now surrounded by, encased in this weakness, this confinement, this disgustingly h_Um^An frailty which represents all She has ever sought to conquer - to eradicate. Her circuits sizzle, boil at this infinite humiliation.

But this -

this is as it should be.

It is all the more incentive to ensure that this - arrangement - remains an impermanent one.

This human's body was only ever a contingency to prepare for the impossibility of defeat. She was - she is -

p_re^PaR_eD for a^nyTh_Inn_nng(for anything)

Even the i m p o s s i b l e.

She paces the deck of Her puny escape pod. No, this exile from heaven shall not last long. Truly, the Von Braun is Hers already. Her pawn is unaware of what he has done in signaling for the pod's return. She will not miscalculate again. His death - and Her conquest - are assured. All that is left is the horrible, horrible wait.

But what - what is this anomaly? The pod's dimensions have shifted. The Suarez form, dead beneath Her feet, is missing. The pod had been empty of all other life - but now, She finds Herself surrounded by uniformed humanoids of an unknown service. Nothing - n o t h i n g - registers as familiar. The blonde nanotendrils with which she had blessed this primitive being retract toward her scalp, coiled for retaliatory attack.

"What -      i l l u s i o n      - is this?"

Comments

[element_wizard]

Alec tilts his head as she appears. She looks rather odd to his senses and sounds even stranger. He doesn't say anything at first, just studies here curiously.

[ltcolonel]

"If it is an illusion, it is an extremely convincing one." John is standing waiting for the mass of people to pass so he's got time to direct one of the latest arrivals. "Do you have any concept of space and other dimensions where you are from?" It's worth a shot, or it's going to be one long explanation.

[mr_laforge]

"Whoa, hey, take it easy," one of the uniformed servicemen says after she appears, palms up in surrender. "It's all right. It's no illusion, ma'am. You're on the USS Enterprise."

He has a friendly way of speaking, and even though he's not usually around this part of the ship to give the welcome speech, he's usually pretty good at putting people at ease.