SC - Do as you're told

You stay out of leadership stuff. You just do as you’re told. If Eliza says that the meeting is over, it's over.

On Grace’s advice, when you get some time you play more Mass Effect and talk to the blue girl more. That leads to a very interesting lewd scene, and the next day in the shower you have to stroke yourself off to the memory of your character and the blue girl rolling through the sheets, gasping and writhing in pleasure. With a little perseverance, you even managed to get both of those women into bed at once in the game. It’s the memory of your character and the two of them exchanging kisses in the sheets that’s on your mind when you cover the tile wall of the shower in semen.

You clean it up responsibly and get on with your day, as always.

Soon it’s time for another meeting, so you make sure that all your business is taken care of, put on clean shorts and a t-shirt, and head out of the cabin to sneak into the big building.

You find the others already in the basement. They’ve brought a hot water dispenser and are making instant noodles. Grace puts a steaming bowl in your hands and sits next to you. Sakura passes you chopsticks and you politely thank her.

“I call,” Hana pauses, slurping noodles, “the meeting to order. Let’s talk about Mass Effect. It was trash when it came out, and it’s trash now, and here’s why: the story is dumb and not original, the dialogue is terrible, the mission structure is dumb, and you can’t give a girl MC a dick. The shooting gameplay was also weak.” She gestures graciously at Sakura, who grins.

“I loved it,” Sakura says, eyes sparkling. “Flying around. Spacey stuff.” She gives everyone a naughty look. “I kissed a blue girl that was very cute. And I had magic powers and a gun.” She nods, looking satisfied. “It was cool. Cheryl?”

Cheryl shrugs. “Not really my thing,” she says. “I liked the blue girl. She had a nice ass. And I liked Garrus. He was hot. I still don’t get why we couldn’t bang him.”

“Seconded,” Grace says.

You also raise your hand and nod. You were very puzzled when it wasn’t an option to romance him.

“You can in 2,” Hana says, rolling her eyes. “I think. I don’t remember. It’s been a while. Max?”

“It was fun,” she says. “Not my cup of tea, really. In terms of genre. I like sci fi, but like all the shooting… it was a lot of shooting,” she adds.

“You bang anyone?” Grace asks.

“Liara,” Max replies right away. “Of course. I would have gotten with Tali, but was that an option? Isn’t there a girl here at FUTA named Tali? Does nobody else find that strange?”

“Your turn, Monika,” Hana says quickly, pointing at you.

“I liked it,” you reply hesitantly. “It was good. I think that in the future when there are spaceships,” you speak awkwardly because English is difficult. “That there should be more gadgets. Like perhaps a gadget to let you see the things that the enemy uses through the wall.”

“Yeah. And we should be able to call their cell phones,” Grace adds, patting your shoulder. “She’s right. It’s bullshit. That was supposed to be the future? Where were the gadgets?”

“OK, setting your gadget fetish aside,” Cheryl says. “Is that everyone?”

“I liked it too,” Grace says.

“OK, now that’s everyone.” Cheryl yawns. “So that’s a success, we all liked it.”

“I hate it,” Hana says, but everyone else speaks over her.

“It was good,” you agree with the others.

“Grace. What are we doing this week?” Cheryl asks, then picks up her ramen bowl and drinks the broth.

“Um,” Grace says, looking uncertainly at you. “Has anyone heard of a sci-fi thing called Star Trek?”