Working for the weekend

The final day's work dragged on so incredibly slowly. Marian and Jessie continued to work well with one another as they finished with framing, getting the structure for the roof ready for next week's work of finishing out the exterior construction, with whoever might be on site that day. Every glance toward each other seemed to see the other woman in a new light, though you noticed a difference in response depending on where you looked. What you saw was Jessie's sexy, incredible physical form. What Marian saw seemed to be incredible mechanical hands that could rock her whole body, that just happened to be attached to some random person. The differences in where your eyes wandered depending on who was in control amused you slightly.

The hours rolled on, and then around 5PM, a truck stopped by your trailer to drop off a Phase Binder unit, right as you were wrapping up some cleanup with Jessie on the site, trying to leave things tidy for the next crew. With the intended work completed on time and within spec as if Jessie and Marian had both been seasoned professionals, it seemed time to use the Phase Binder to disconnect for the weekend. Marian seemed hesitant to let go of what had really become an extension of her body, but there wasn't another choice while she was being evaluated for her future on the team based on your comments. You'd been writing up blurbs throughout the day, but it had been hard to focus as Jessie still occupied a significant part of your mind.

As Marian headed back toward the trailer, Jessie jogged up alongside, her friendly grin feeling a bit more genuine, tailor-made for someone she was fond of rather than simply a way of disarming strangers. "Hey, uh, Mari. I was wonderin', are you still thinkin' a beach trip? You think I could tag along still?" Jessie seemed hopeful, truly admiring Marian in a way that sent shivers through both of you. Marian recognized quickly that Jessie seemed to be a little in love with her, but she felt that even after last night, she had to come clean.

"There's something I have to say," Marian started, and you remained relaxed in Marian's body, not wanting to interrupt what she thought was important. Especially given that the day was nearing an end, you were minutes away from disconnecting with Marian anyway, so there wasn't much point in trying to override her to hide anything. "I had fun last night, a lot of fun. I've never felt so amazing, and it's all thanks to everything you did with those arms of yours on me, in me..." Marian sighed dreamily, remembering it for a brief moment. "But this thing, between us... it's not really between us. I've got a training module installed, and they're the one who had been really attracted to you from the start. I sort of resisted, or hesitated, or got hung up on all that, but I kinda let them do all that because it felt good to connect with anyone, and even if I was just borrowing their attraction to you, I appreciated it."

"So... what're you sayin'..?" Jessie asked, growing quieter with a look of concern on her face.

Marian frowned, as she stepped up to the Phase Binder, staring at her gateway to normalcy for the weekend, not wanting things to end but knowing that in moments everything would be different again. With the Tarantula unit being so massive, the whole thing didn't fit into the Phase Binder area of effect, but there was enough space for her to fit the important parts in for the unbinding. "It's just when I disconnect from the Tarantula and from Module 6, I don't think I'll be feeling much about us being, uh, us. We can still spend time at the beach, but you have to know that if it's just me, we're just friends."

Marian stepped forward a bit more, putting herself in the Phase Binder area of effect, glancing over to an emotionless Jessie. "I'm sorry... but I had to say something. Could you, uh, start things up..?"

With a solemn nod, Jessie started to type on the nearby console, as the Phase Binder started to charge. Everything around the front half of the Tarantula unit froze, contained within the binding agent as electrical pulses and a strange gel flowed from the device, filling the area from the very front of the tarantula back to just slightly into the main module. Through Marian's eyes, you could see that Jessie seemed to be pondering something as she looked at the screen for setting up and removing the phase binds. When the process actually started, however, it seemed over and done instantly.

The Tarantula unit and Marian had successfully separated, as intended, as Marian stood to the side of the empty, 'headless' machine. However, there was one slight oddity...

You were still looking through Marian's eyes.

You blinked, glancing down and seeing Marian's full body all of a sudden, from her upper body you were familiar with to just her two legs encased in some special Yabusa-designed tech encasing her legs so she could connect long-term to the Tarantula from the other phased side. You were stunned, trying to figure out what exactly was happening, until you realized your back felt strange. You reached back, touching at a plastic strip that ran up your spine... Looking over your shoulder at one of the mirror-like panels on the side of the Tarantula, you could clearly see a black patch of plastic running between the shoulderblades just below the neck, with the words "Module 6" printed along it.

Marian's confusion paralleled yours, and she suddenly turned to Jessie--not angry or anything, but still a bit stunned. "What's going on?" she asked, trying to understand why she was still connected with her trainer.

"I can undo it if y'all like, but just give it a moment to think it over while you unbind me, alright?" Jessie said, a bit of a nervous quiver in her voice. While Marian was still a bit shocked by the inclusion of you in her body, you embraced the opportunity to at least keep moving like a human again, taking careful steps on two legs--it felt like forever since you did that--to stand in front of the Phase Binder console, effectively replacing Jessie's position while she entered the area. The Tarantula unit had enough of a basic AI to know to slowly walk into the trailer and idle, giving Jessie enough freedom to move in to position.

You fiddled with the Phase Binder controls, very familiar with using the machine to bind and unbind. It was mostly matching shapes to other shapes, and for unbinding, you merely had to drag the position of one object--the Silverback frame--away from the other bound object or person. You moved the Silverback machinery to the side on the screen, but noticed something else affixed to Jessie... curious, you hit the Phase Binder's activation button, and in moments the Silverback's massive arms and the machinery that ran along her spine and legs, both inside and out, were totally disconnected. Jessie's back was to you, and the white t-shirt she had been wearing was transparent enough that through the fabric, you could just make out the strip of plastic running between her shoulderblades that said "Module 9" on it.

You blinked, as she turned around, with a nervous grin. "Wait, so you... the whole time..." you started to say.

Jessie nodded. "The whole time." She sounded different when she spoke, the friendly twang in her voice gone, taking on a totally different tone. "Sorry, Jessie, since my cover's blown I'll skip trying to keep up with your accent. Your story's not exactly... unique. I think Jessie and I went through the same thing. She's happy to be friendly and all, but I was getting a bit out of control seeing such a beautiful girl working alongside me, I didn't expect it. And with that Tarantula body, just... wow. Really amazing. You're lovely how you are now, but still, I was impressed. She and I were confused about how to proceed, but eventually we decided it didn't matter who was interested in who, as long as everyone was having a good time. We kept it secret to follow the rules about revealing training units, as I suspect you did too."

Marian briefly stole back control, putting her hands on her hips with a smile. "This is a bit of a relief to hear! Like, two training modules are the ones interested in each other, that's great! Then maybe, Jessie and I can keep working together on friendly terms when this is all over."

"You got it, par'ner," Jessie said, with a wink to accompany her brief return to her southern twang. "Y'all are still attached to us though, don't we need to fix that before the weekend?"

You shuffled a little, stealing back a bit of control to make a case for remaining attached a bit longer. "You did promise 'anything' for a good review, Marian. A beach weekend with Jessie would turn my review of your solid performance into a demand that they issue you your own Tarantula unit or I resign on the spot." Marian's eyes went wide, and she nodded vigorously. It was a deal she couldn't refuse.

"Same here," Jessie said, with a smile. "Jessie here's a natural Silverback operator, but they keep wanting to put her back on other projects. Let's have a nice weekend, and then we'll make sure Terraflex treats you two right, okay?"

Both girls nodded, as the four minds agreed.

Late into Saturday, you and Jessie--or, Nine, as was more appropriate--sat on beach chairs along the sandy shore, watching the sun dip below the horizon while sipping on some fancy drinks. You'd fished out a purple bikini from Marian's wardrobe earlier, while Nine had found this incredible one-piece in sky blue with straps that wrapped out from a central circle around her stomach. It almost looked like a spider's web... perhaps more suitable for someone who operated a machine that looked like a spider, but she looked too incredible in it to complain.

You sat up, stretching out, and Nine did the same, leaning into kiss you gently. Both Marian and Jessie seemed content to relinquish control of their bodies, to let you and Nine do as you pleased for the weekend. It was a small price for them to pay in order to get the long-term results they desired: Marian would've handed over her organic body entirely to you if there was some way she could simply stay contained inside the Tarantula unit, that was how enamored she had become with the thought of the mechanical form, to the point that she was ready to leave her biological one totally behind. So, at that point, it really didn't matter what you did to her, with her, as her--she barely registered it.

All the better for you, of course! You were happy to have her biological body all to yourself, able to touch and feel from head to toe, and to be able to do the same with Nine. Jessie's body was always available for either you or Nine to touch, it seemed, and vice versa--and you didn't shy away from getting handsy. There was no nervous hesitation on Marian's part, and Jessie's southern charm had been slightly muted but in favor of an equally wonderful mind in control of that incredible body.

"Would you like to head back to the room, get changed, head to dinner?" Nine asked, smiling. You nodded, as you put a hand on Nine's thigh, running along her bare skin. "Ooh, or maybe we should add an extra activity in before dinner. A bit of a team-building exercise between coworkers, perhaps, because we seem to work so well with each other. Besides, you know what they say about putting Six and Nine together..."

You puzzled her words for a moment, and then grinned as the realization hit you what Nine was thinking about eating before dinner.

"Nice."