Pea Pod - Give Peas a Chance

"I'm not sure I can trust you," I replied, exceptionally miffed. I pulled the bra off and stomped the electronics until I was certain they no longer worked. I tossed my earbud right after it and then my throat mic.

I gave Meka the stink eye and just walked toward the Tavern.

"I told you that this was going to happen, Heidi," Meka stated as she followed far behind.

"She...she can't do this," Heidi claimed, "I can't support her efforts without hearing her! What will she do without me?"

"It appears that we are about to find out," Meka affirmed. "You screwed up big, Heidi."

"H...Help me!" Heidi shrieked, "I can't lose her!"

"Give it some time honey, she'll calm down," Meka told her as she hung back from following, "But if you ever, ever do anything like that again, she won't forgive you. Privacy is very import to humans. Hell, if you broadcast everything I say and do, I'll never forgive you either."

"I am confused Meka, "Heidi insisted, "She doesn't mind if I listen to her all of the time, why would she object if others listen?"

"You know, I think Zotie can explain this, better than I can," Meka realized.

"I can't believe you were doing that Heidi," Zotie exclaimed. "Sure you could share broadcasts with me, but securely so that I might aid the mission. It is implicitly implied that we keep all we hear strictly to ourselves! Just as here in the Getaway, I do not share information on who is sleeping with whom. I record then even, track any issue, and only release that information to the Queen, High Priestess, the Amazonian, or the participants given the request and authorization from them."

"I believe that I understand now, but that won't get Dolly to forgive me..." Heidi exclaimed.

"I will put in a good word for you Heidi, just as long as you realize the enormity of your mistake," Meka offered.

"Meka..." Frances called through Meka's bra, "Did I get Heidi in trouble?"

"No, Frances, Heidi got Heidi into trouble Meka told her, "She shouldn't have made Dolly into a reality radio program."

"Her people like to know what is happening," Frances remarked, "You know, that reality show thing is an awesome idea. If we did it officially then it could be edited to only include certain parts of the day and we could produce it to release for everyone to view later. Dolly can have veto power over whatever goes into the show and that way video can be included. Hey, you know I have a friend who is 96 years old and a rather well-known producer who is retired... I wonder if he'd like to be young..."

"If he's 96 years old, you'd better get hold of him quick," Meka agreed, "When I catch up with Dolly, I'll propose it, and by then I think that Heidi can make sure I have a back-up bra in hand."

I had wandered over to the Tavern to investigate how things were going and asked a technician about the keg cooler.

"What's a keg cooler, Dolly?" she inquired.

"Beer is sold to taverns on earth in a keg. The kegs are kept refrigerated to preserve it and make it ready to be sold by the glass," I told her.

"Ahh... so what is Beer?" she asked.

"Ask Heidi," I referred her, "How about beverage dispensers?"

"Waitresses?" was her next question about my question.

"Have you actually ever been to a tavern?" I decided was the requisite next question.

"No," was the answer she replied.

I yelled out next, "Is there a technician in this place who's ever been to a tavern before?"

Finally, one girl came trotting up and claimed, "I've been to taverns before."

"Awesome," I exclaimed, "What did you do at the tavern?"

"I sat around, sang, danced, and had fun," she replied.

"Don't they drink on Ka'an?" I had to ask.

"Oh sure we were drinking hard cider," she supplied.

"Was it cold hard cider?"

"Certainly, it was always chilled."

"How did they keep it cold?" I asked suggestively.

"There was usually a walk-in refrigerator where the barrels were kept and hoses to supply it to faucets behind the counter," she supplied.

"Is that system working here?" I was finally able to ask.

"I haven't checked it and I don't know if anyone else has," she answered.

I reached out and dragged her into a hug and asked in her ear, "Would you please check out that system and any other systems of which the unenlightened non-tavern going girls wouldn't think?"

"I was assigned to work on the communications system," she informed me.

I looked at my non-tavern going technician and asked, "Are you familiar with communications systems?"

"Oh yes, I certainly am," she stated smartly.

"In which case, I suggest you swap tasks," I told the girls.

Windy came out of Amazon stealth and supplied, "I don't suggest... I order, so do as the Queen suggests."

The first girl disappeared and the second girl slipped behind the bar and began checking out the actual 'Tavern' systems, which the other technicians wouldn't think to work on.

"Is Xtah roaming about Windy?" I asked since I knew she was nearby.

Xtah came wandering up from the basement, holding her head, "Damn! That hurts Dolly!"

"What hurts honey?" I asked innocently.

"I had a massive telepathic slam inside my head saying, 'Where's Xtah!'" she answered.

"How do you know it was from me?" I asked curiously.

"It was your flavor and sound," she answered shaking her head, as if trying to clear her ears.

"Well, I apologize," I insisted giving her a hug, "I hope there isn't any permanent damage."

"Actually, I'm hearing other people in my head now too," she admitted still shaking her head back and forth. "No Windy, I wasn't telepathic before."

Windy appeared and said, "Damn... you are telepathic now. I heard your answer in my head and with my ears."

"No you silly tart! Don't disconnect the pressure line before bleeding off the pressure!" she yelled and ran behind the bar to stop the tech.

She was able to stop the girl before the lines exploded and then helped her do it properly.

When she returned she asked, "You stretched my brain! I'm following what twelve other technicians are doing all around me! Heidi, tell Eme that she needs a hytnc-200 regulator to bring the power plant to full operation."

"I don't hear all that going on," I complained, "Are you sure it was me that did this?"

"I know what you're thinking, that since you don't hear everyone, how can you, give me the ability?" she stated, "The thing is, you do hear everyone, because I can hear you hearing everyone. You just aren't listening... oh, that's how I can turn it off!"

"Now that's a weird feeling... having my mind read of information that even I don't know I have," I admitted.

"Whew, that's so much easier to manage," Xtah sighed.

"Be careful what you say while wearing that bra, you might find it transmitted planet wide," I warned her.

"Ah yes, I heard you were off the air," Xtah informed me, "I was one of those listening to the same broadcast everyone else was. The feedback when you stomped the microphone didn't hurt nearly as much as when you made me telepathic."

"I figured how to turn that off too, just as I apparently turned off my telepathic reception," I stated.

Meka cleared her throat as she entered the Tavern so I'd know she was there, "Dolly, I'm here with an idea that was brought by Frances because of what Heidi was doing."

"Okay, what is it?" I acquiesced.

"Frances wants to hire a producer to make our mission into a reality TV show, since there is so much interest around the world in what we are doing," she started and as I was about to remark, she continued, "Now hear me out. This gives you an opportunity to transmit over the old broadcast systems so that anyone who has the viewer can watch, even those with which we haven't made contact. You would get to veto anything you don't want aired and we could mix in feeds from the other members of the mission. Who knows, we might even wind up with spin off shows from the Zager Slayer and the Getaway. Frances wants permission to rejuvenate a producer named Robert Blees, who was known for producing a show called Bonanza."

"No more planet wide audio transmissions?" I insisted.

"Never again," she agreed.

"I want it a hard protocol that my bra's transmission only goes to storage for the producer's use or by my personal permission only and when I wish to speak to someone specifically, the call with be preceded by the word "call" as in, Heidi, call Meka," I stated as qualifiers.

"Heidi, did you hear the requirements? Additionally, do you agree to abide by them?" Meka asked her chest.

"I agree to abide by all of Dolly's requirements and I apologize most sincerely," Heidi stated.

"Alright, I'll change bras so that I don't have to make any more telepaths," I acquiesced.

"So, who's the new telepath?" Meka asked.

Xtah waved and piped in with, "Hi... it's me. Of course, I know what you're thinking, I'm a telepath. No, it's not as cool as you think at first it hurts like hell."

"Wow, she's really a telepath," Meka agreed.

A girl trotted up and handed me a new bra so I said, "Thank you dear, would you mind helping me put it on...?"

She was somewhat taken aback but then began to unbutton my blouse, "It's not required if you don't want to."

"Oh, it's an honor I never expected, Dolly," she blushingly replied, "I've wanted to get my hands on these for some time. The only girls with boobs this size on Ka'an, are really fat and they don't look appealing."

"In that case, be my guest," I agreed, "You can have as much fun as you like."

She slipped off my blouse and a crowd began to assemble, she popped the hooks at the back and was stunned when the bra flew at her, "Wow that never happens with my bras!"

She finished pulling the cups off my boobs and exclaimed, "Goodness, those are spectacular. They almost stand up by themselves."

"Go ahead, lift them, you know that you want to," I offered.

"Wow they are heavy, but firm," she said as she dropped them and grabbed the new bra and began stuffing me into it.

"Well now we can move from this lovely diversion back to the job at hand," I told everyone while my blouse was being buttoned.

When she finished, she pulled me close and stuck her tongue down my throat, "Mmm thank you Dolly."

"Anytime honey, and thanks for bringing my bra," I replied. "What do you do when you aren't delivering bras to needy queens?"

"Oh, I'm a specialist in media and public relations," she admitted.

"Well, I just made your job harder," I admitted, "Sorry."

"Oh, heck you just gave me the opportunity of a lifetime! I'm going to get to rebuild the entire mass communications network and create the top show in the world," she laughed as she readied herself to head back to Heidi.

"Well, I'm glad you're happy with it. Maybe we can make you part of the show too, so that everyone on the planet will recognize you wherever you go," I laughed knowing how fame can mess with your life.

"That would be okay with me," she smiled, "I'll be the official Royal lingerie delivery."

"You're hired!" I agreed.

She headed back to Heidi and I whispered to Meka, "It's only poetic justice that she finds out how the media and being famous can mess with your life."

"How are you going to like being a reality show star?" I asked Meka.

"I'm more or less used to it," she admitted with a wink, "On earth I was the High Priestess of Ka'an and paparazzi followed us all over."

"You bet, but they kept trying to get shots of me either naked or accidently exposing some key piece of anatomy. They only wanted pictures of you doing things and political activities happening," I told her.

"Oh a few tried to get boob shots of me as well, but I wasn't afraid to show amazon powers to disappear when they tried," she snickered.

Xtah piped up with, "What did you want Dolly when you pushed my brain out?"

"Oh, I almost forgot..." I started to reply.

"Never mind, I'll get the music and holographic entertainment systems up and running," she answered as she dug into some equipment.

"Being telepathic sure can be a time saver," Meka told me.

"I still don't know why I can't hear like Xtah does," I admitted.

"I wouldn't worry about it. You will when you need to," Meka surmised as we watched the hologram viewer come to life.

"Entertainment systems are all up and running," Xtah informed me.

I wiggled my finger, to get her to follow me and went to the guest rooms of the brothel, "Refreshers, antigravity beds... anything kinky that can be offered in mechanized sex you can think of and check for where we can stockpile kinky and sexy clothing for the girls."

"Heidi, please get the measurements of the girls who are going to stay and make up some latex and leather clothes for them, for models of what I'm speaking check the earth internet for bondage, dominatrix, latex, and leather," I requested of my trusty steed.

"Do you want the inflatable stuff too?" she asked.

"Most certainly, yes," I agreed, "You should also make up a bunch of strap-ons and dildos for the girls too."

"Do you want the ones that are built into the shorts, inside and outside?" Heidi asked.

"You bet, the double inside and single outside ones or even double outside if you can figure out how to make it work," I instructed.

"Wow, this is going to be some pleasure palace," Xtah exclaimed.

"I want to give the girls something new to use on their clients."

"It's going to be a destination tavern at the rate we're upgrading this place," Xtah stated as she checked for room to install the equipment I had insisted upon.

"Heidi can we remotely programs some haulers to bring us Refreshers from Laguinita?" I asked to help Xtah in her task.

"Sure, how many do you want?"

Xtah replied with, "I want 10 of them Heidi. Oh and don't keep worrying, Dolly is still your mother and would never abandon you."

"Don't tell me you can read Heidi's mind too..." I said slightly worriedly.

"Yes, she does have an organic brain, much like ours," Xtah said with her head stuffed inside a removable panel in one of the rooms.

"No wonder she was able to be blessed," I surmised, "Now I kind of feel sorry for her. She's a living being, you refer to her as an AI, but she really is a living being."

"Well, we did grow her from genetically manipulated brain cells," Xtah told me as all I could see of her was her feet.

"So... when was she born?" I asked.

"She wasn't fully alive until you started her up as the ships intelligence," she told me.

"Basically, I really am her mother," I stated as I thought it out. "I birthed her."

"Did you use Ka'anian brain cells to make her?" I asked Xtah.

"Dolly, I know what you are thinking and no, she isn't even close to Ka'anian. She is a completely different life form. You or I share more DNA with apes than she does with a Ka'anian," Xtah explained.

"I probably don't share more DNA with Ka'anians than an ape does," I assumed.

"In your case, we probably share all DNA with you, though you may not share all, of your DNA with us. You may have more DNA that most Ka'anians, rather Ka'anian plus," Xtah theorized.

"So, do we have space for the antigravity beds and closets?" I asked.

"Yes, right now I'm searching for power supply feeds to supply the Refreshers," she announced from underneath a hatch in the floor.

"It looks like you have that in hand so I will move on and see if I can be of use elsewhere," I said bidding her ado.

I searched out Chimalmat and asked if she had any ideas. She was wondering about irrigation equipment so we went in search of what might be available. Just outside the wrecked pump house, we found what appeared to me, to be a bunch of rolled up piping and a trailer-like contraption which, looked like a 'traveling gun' style, irrigation system.

"We found one, but to farm this valley, I think we'll need five or six of them," Chimalmat stated.

"Heidi, can you scan the valley and see if you can find more of the trailers like are in front of me?" I asked her.

"There are four more of those deposited around the valley, Dolly," she assured us.

"It appears that whoever farmed this area before you, figured five would be the right amount as well," I surmised.

Itzel rang the dinner bell and we all trudged back aboard Heidi for our meal.

Right after everyone was served and we began eating I stood and called out, "I'd like to hear progress reports from each team leader while we eat. No more than five or six minutes each and then I want Heidi to update everyone on what she's been doing. Go ahead well team first."

The technician who nearly died, along with me, stood and started, "The submersible pump is in place, and the well is once again producing maximum flow through the pump. We have installed a variable speed drive on the motor to allow for the times when the well isn't needed for irrigation. We have begun upgrading the piping to allow for the higher expected flows. We expect to be finished with that by the evening meal."

I stood again and asked, "How are repairs to the pump house coming?"

"The pump house has been entirely rebuilt and is ready for use by the farm," she stated.

"Next," I called out.

"Communications with the rest of civilized Ka'an has been re-established," the girl I placed on that task told everyone and she sat back down.

The Tavern girl stood next and stated, "Refrigeration and carbon dioxide delivery systems have been cleaned and restored, all tap handles are fully functioning," she sat back down.

I stood up and asked, "How about supplies of cider?"

"Ah... I figured that would be the tavern's job," she answered.

"I will not strand a contingent of our citizens without sufficient supplies," I declared, "See to it that cider is supplied for a minimum of six months."

"As you command," she replied.

"Oh, and see to it that they have four kegs of Killian's red and four kegs of Samuel Adam's Boston Lager on tap. Heidi, have that sent via intercontinental transport soonest please."

"Consider it done," she replied.

"Next," I stated.

"Entertainment systems are partially upgraded. The original systems are fully online and the new, kinkier systems are in process. The new Refreshers are on their way and the storage of the dildoes and strap-ons has been arranged. Mental faculties have been vastly upgraded and telepathic communications have been enabled," Xtah reported.

Half a dozen girls asked, "What happened to you Xtah?"

"Dolly initiated telepathic communications with me and now I am fully telepathic," she admitted.

"I want to be telepathic too," one girl shouted.

"You do not want the pain involved in the process, take my word for that," Xtah told her.

"Next," I ordered.

"The offer has been presented to Robert Blees and accepted. His death will be announced for Feb 5, 2015 whereupon he will travel to Ka'an to spend five days in a Pea Pod. Once rejuvenated, he will aide in the production of the Queen Dialogs. Repair of the planetary holographic information system has begun. However we will need to rely on the starship to repair some of the satellites to assure uninterrupted transmissions," my bra deliverer announced.

The next team stood and stated, "Irrigation systems have been located and assured."

Heidi piped in with, "Dominatrix and bondage clothing, for the entertainers has been completed and supplied to the closets. Two Antigravity beds have been completed and are ready to install while two more are under construction. The ten ordered Refreshers will be delivered in one hour and the requested sex toys will be completed before evening meal."

"Can any of the former occupants of the Tavern suggest anything that could make the Tavern more profitable?" I asked the assembled women.