Furry paused for a second, looking up at this thing that was nearly three times her height before finding the handholds and hauling herself up and into the cockpit.Furry paused for a second, looking up at this thing that was nearly three times her height before finding the handholds and hauling herself up and into the cockpit. "Now then," she said, "You'll find a set of headbands behind and to the left of you. Are you both familiar with biocybe and how it works?" Both acknowledged that they did. "Good," Molly said. "Okay, put the headbands on and wait. Tell me when you're ready." "Ready," Furry announced. "Ready," Nickolai agreed. "Okay. Hold on." Without warning, the front hatches MHD latches activated, closing down. "Okay, you're now in a suit of Shirow. Buckle up- use the full harness. Tell me when you think you've got it." There was another long pause, and then both said they were ready. Molly's disembodied voice corrected Nickolai on the placement of two buckles around his crotch- "They're in the wrong slots. If the suit inverted, that would do very bad things to parts of your anatomy that both you and Furry probably deem very precious." "Probably," Furry agreed, chuckling over the intercom. "Okay," Molly said, "Nickolai, take a step forward." "What?" "Think about the process of taking a step, without actually moving the leg. Try and send the orders down the nerves to your leg without really moving it." Nickolai concentrated for a moment, and then the suit lurched forward slightly. "Okay, I've got you in training mode... the suit is doing its own counterbalancing for you. In full-function mode, the sense of balance is provided by the user. So you're not going to fall over unless I want you to." "Thanks," Nickolai said dryly. "Take another step." The suit lurched again. |