Chapter 51 by Wolf13

What's next?

A Precious Privilege

[Authors Note: I totally missed that last chapter was number 50. I want to thank you for sticking with me and the story so far.

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Walt was getting ready to leave for work. The girls had training to but not for a little bit and he didn't want to take them down early and then just have them stuck waiting around. That didn't sound fun.

He was wondering when and how best to tell them about the comming new arrivals. Maybe right now? Give them most of the day to think about it? Maybe in the afternoon and have the time to sit and duscuss it? Over dinner and then everyone could sleep on it that night?

He decided to tell them later. Let them enjoy their morning and without distraction at traing. Speaking of... he looked over at Penny and Neo.

They were both hanging aroud Pyrrha and not being at all subtle about it. Penny was bouncing in place so much she looked ready to burst. If she were still a robot he'd think she was malfunctioning. And Neo was was being Neo. Suggestive winks, motions and gestures followed by knowing looks wiggling eyebrows and gentle elbowing. She kept sending poor Pyrrha texts as well. She eventually just shut her phone off.

Walt sighed. Poor Pyrrha was as red as hair. Should he step in? Penny wasn't being malicious but her excitement was obvious. Neo was mostly behaving as well. She wasn't overtly trolling Pyrrha. Still... he decided to nip it in the bud.

"Penny, Neo, Pyrrha... care to walk with me out to the truck?"

Most of the other girls looked up knowingly. Their display this morning in the kitchen was pretty obvious but they were pretending to ignore it until Pyrrha was ready to share. It looked like Blake and Sienna were the only ones in the dark.

The three got up and followed him outside. Once they were at the truck. "Penny, Neo. I know you talked to Pyrrha and you want talk to her about it more but she's uncomfortable so I'll-"

"Walt and I had a second date this morning and we did it! We slept together! I took your advice! It was wonderful! You both were right!" Pyrrha spilled her guts all over the place.

Penny was immediately hugging the two of them. "Congratulations Pyrrha! I'm so happy for you my friend! And you too Walt! I hope you're both very happy!" She announced loud enough that Walt was pretty sure not only everyone in the house heard, but probably the whole valley could hear echoing off the mountain. Maybe she should take up yodeling?

Walt sighed. He looked up and sure enough the widows were full of faces. He looked at Neo who made a motion that her lips were sealed. "Gee, thanks, Neopolitan!"

Neo tiped her hat grinning. He couldn't help it and he started laughing. "Well the cat's out of the bag now. I better get out of here before the bear decides to come congratulate me personally. He's probably still out there looking for a mate for himself and I got three now." He kissed each one of them. "Take it easy on her. Enjoy training. I'll try to come back as soon as I can. I love you. All of you."

Neo blew him a kiss and waved. "I love you too, Walt!" Said Penny as Pyrrha blushed and smiled, "I love you too. Have a good day at work!"

He put his hat on and climbed into the truck and started it up. "Friday, look after them, please?"

(("Always, Boss."))

Seeing the rest had gathered on the porch he waved his hat out the window as he tooted the horn and drove off.

In the truck going down the road Walt decides he better ask.

"Anything else I should know about today Friday?"

(("Security patrols caught three rogue Nora's this morning. None were the one we're looking for."))

"Yeah, I figured as much when we made that many pancakes... feral?"

(("No, Boss. But one of them was a bitter. Lutz is being treated by the doctor... again."))

Walt shakes his head. "That boy always only gets tagged in the ass. I don't know if he's lucky or unlucky... what did they do?"

(("They fed the Nora's and turned them over for pick up to Rein Corp. You need to change that policy. You keep feeding them, they'll just keep coming back, Boss."))

"I like Nora's. Policy stands. What else?"

(("The shipment is coming today. Where would you like it dropped off?"))

Walt's confused. "Shipment of what? I wasn't expecting anything delivered today."

(("The rest of the ladies purchases , Boss. Where exactly should it be dropped off?"))

"Oh, that. Uhh... the house?"

(("Yes. But where at the house, Boss?"))

"The front where the ladies will find it?"

(("Understood sir. I'll have them drop off the container in front of the house."))

Walt had a sinking feeling. "Friday... when you say "container" what kind do you mean?"

(("A shipping container."))

"For freight?!"

(("Yes, Boss. It was the most cost efficient."))

He shook his head. "Scratch that, Friday. Have them drop it alongside the barn."

(("Understood, Boss. Protestors are back."))

Walt sighed. "Character rights, primacy supremacists or other?"

(("Congratulations, Boss. You can check off each of those boxes."))

Walt rolled his eyes. "Nice to know we're still popular. So who do we have exactly?"

(("First theres the Character Liberation Interworld-"))

"Team?" He asked hopefully.

(("Foundation or C.L.I.F."))

Walt snapped his fingers. "So close!"

(("They do have a small subgroup inside their organization that is a team, and uses the acronym you were hoping for. So congratulations Boss, you found the CLIT."))

Walt grinned and pumped his fist. "I'm good! No need to ask why they're here. And contestant number two is?"

(("A small group from Prime First has begun to gather."))

Walt smirked. "What did we do now?"

(("Apparently one of the Nora's from this morning, the bitter, has an owner who belongs to a local chapter. He's taken umbrage that 3S fed his character without permission. There's only 10 or so that have gathered so far. 3S undermined his authority and primacy over his character by treating it like a person."))

"That was fast! Fuck that guy. Rein Corp or one of the pounds would have fed her anyway. Noras are on the "Hangry" list. If he pushes it have legal threaten to pursue him for damages to company property aka Lutz's Butt. And behind door number three?"

(("Strip Mining Conservancy. They're upset about the latest mountain you bought for the Protected Parks program."))

Walt nodded. "Of course. Just another day in paradise. Well as long as they all behave themselves and stay in the designated protest area and follow the rules everything should be alright. Have security and surveillance be extra vigilant though. I wouldn't put it past our other trouble makers to use this situation to try something. Hold up there's the van."

Walt slowed the truck and leaned out the window. He grinned. "Howdy ladies. How was the pizza?"

Rally leans out the window grinning and Cover-Girl gives a thumbs-up. "Fantastic, Boss man!"

"Glad to hear it." He said.

Cover-Girl leans forward smiling. "And how was your date?" Rally leans forward as well.

Walt shakes his head. "A gentleman never tells... but if yall ladies want to talk amongst yourselves that's fine. You're a bit early. Mught be some breakfast still up the house. You can ask them there... Just go easy on Pyrrha, ok?"

Rally grinned. "That means something definitely happened! Nice! We promise to behave. We'll take good care of them again."

Walt smiled. "Thank you. I appreciate that. Yall have a good day!"

"You too! Later, Boss!" They said as both vehicles continued towards their destinations.

Pyrrha was blushing but also happy. Her friends had congratulated her and most were being supportive of her new relationship. It was embarrassing and she kept the more "intimate" details private. She wanted those to just remain special between her and Walter.

Rally and Courtney had come early and were having coffee with them before it was time to leave and several of them were hanging out. There was a lot of "girl talk" going on.

"So it's the three of you so far?" Rally smiled. "Lucky. Boss man's a catch!"

"Rally!" Said Cover-Girl.

Penny smiled. "You think so too, Rally?"

Rally nodded. "He's a handsome man if you like the rugged type. Doesn't hurt that he's a gentleman too." She looks at Cover-Girl. "What he's not your type as well, Courtney?"

Cover-Girl shrugs. "Doesn't matter if he was... Boss doesn't sleep with company assets. He never has."

"I see," said Pyrrha thinking back to yesterdays conversations. "Is that common practice on Prime?"

Rally shrugged. "It varies from workplace to workplace. Obviously the places that specialize in providing adult entertainment the characters there are generally sleeping with their bosses as well as clients. Other places it depends. Some keep it professional, or at least are discreet about it, and others don't. Most though you can expect the higher ups to be taking liberties of one kind or another, either behind closed doors or not." She shakes her head. "Not Walt though. He's a super nice guy, not a prude but..."

"He's also a professional and more than a little old fashioned." Finished Cover-Girl. "Too bad. He has quite the fan club in 3S. He tries hard to treat everyone like friends and they personally matter which leads to a lot of interest."

"What is this "fan club" you mentioned?" Kali asked her ears perked at attention.

"Oh! Are you ladies interested?" Rally pulls out her phone to show them she blushes her wallpaper has a picture of Raylan.

"Oh!" Says Blake. "Are you and Givens-"

Neo makes a suggestive gesture grinning.

"No!... maybe... look it's not anything yet-" Rally says.

"Meaning you'd like it to be something, yes?" Ahnassi smiles enjoying the gossip.

Cover-Girl laughs seeing her flustered. "But what about Bean? Aren't guys like him and the "Boss" your usual type, Irene?"

Rally is beat red. "Yes... they are..." she shakes her head. "But Bean on this posting has the other "Rally"..."

Cover-Girl sees,"I'm sorry, Irene."

The others though are in the dark. "What other "Rally"do you mean," asks Sienna.

Cover-Girl shrugs. "There are two versions of her character. Our "Rally" here is from the manga and OVAs that featured her as a main character and used this appearance with darker skin and hair and the other is the sidekick/partner from the properties where Bean Bandit is the Main character and she's a fair-skinned, blue-eyed blond. It's the same Bean Bandit in each but the "Rallys" are slighlty different persons and very different in appearance."

"... she's prettier than I am..." Rally muttered.

"That's not true!" Cover-Girl stated and hugged her. The other girls did too saying they thought she was beautiful.

"Thanks you guys," Rally tried to shrugs it off. "Anyway Ray-Ray is good looking guy and we've been partnered up on some assignments... we're not exactly dating though. I'd appreciate it if you could keep that quiet for now. You also have to keep what I show you secret too"

Neo made the motion that her lips were sealed fir the second time that morning and everyone laughed and agreed.

Rally showed them a site of the "3S Boss fan club". It's full of candid pictures and video of Walt as well as commets from various employees, personnel and characters alike.

[I ran into the Boss today and nearly fainted when he helped me up! I got this picture of his ass while he helped pick up the papers! - ohmercyg12]

[Here's Boss with his shirt off at one of the company picnics. Ken, Ryu and some of the others wanted a friendly match after they drank too much. He wiped the floor with them! Wish he'd take me on 1v1! Meow! - ki113rB]

[I was so nervous. I'm new but I went for it and he said yes and let me take this picture with him! He even treated me to lunch! He's so kind - "Lucia"]

And there were many more. Shots of eating, working, on the range, dressed up, etc.

"But he seems like such a private person," Pyrrha said.

Rally grinned. "He is and honestly we all know he knows about it. Nothing gets past him. But he pretends not too. And he's not the only one. Hell I'm sure there's one for Courtney here. Possibly one for myself. With all the hot bods running around, men and women, the sites aren't taken down. As long as nothing **** happens and everyone is okay with it it's just another company perk. A sort of "3S Exclusive". But "Boss" Man's is huge and one of the most popular. Friday could scrub the whole thing. Sometimes images or video get taken down and erased and we're sure it's her doing. But most stay up."

Cover-Girl nods and sighs."I'm aware of mine and try to ignore it. I got used to that stuff in my modeling days, but apparently some guys find an attractive female mechanic exciting too. It is, what it is. I'm fine with it as long as nothing **** is shared."

(("Walter has me monitor all the sites not just his. Walter knows about it. He finds it embarrassing but ignores it as much as possible. As long as nothing scandalous is shared and it doesn't effect job performance he's generally fine with it. He's more concerned about the other members "fan clubs" and their privacy than his own. And security here and at the bases is so tight peeping isn't really a possibility. But that also means surveillance is a constant as well. Here it's entirely managed by myself and extensions of me. I think he feels bad about the bases so he Let's his "fan club" get away with it. Including you two members."))

Rally and Cover-Girl grin.

Cover-Girl shrugs. "That's life on base. Privacy is what everyone tries to give each other. You pretend you don't know everyone else's business and they try to pretend not to know yours. Eventually you develop blinders. You girls probably know a lot about each others business and pretend otherwise, right?"

There's a lot of nodding. That was indeed often true. Privacy was often about about respect. Just this morning most of them had pretended they didn't know about Walt and Pyrrha until Pyrrha was comfortable. On base it'd be like it is here as well.

Still... they all pretend not to look at each other.

"Friday..."

"... do we..."

"... have..."

"... access..."

"... to the..."

"... same..."

"... network?"

"...."

(("Of course. Let me bring that up for you on your phone."))

Cover-Girl and Rally grin. "We'll be out by the van when you're ready!"

[Walter Stark Penny Polendina F.R.I.D.A.Y Neopolitan Pyrrha Nikos Blake Belladonna Kali Belladonna Sienna Khan Ahnassi and Lifts-Her-Tail