Vi of Syrma

I awoke as the sun hung low in the Iotaian sky and the moons were coming out which was common for the Syrma people, the aliens native to this world though I suppose technically I was the alien since it was there world and I was there guest. Even the name of the star Syrma , or binary stars should I say, was technically a human word since humans didn't have the vocal range to speak some of their language and some of the sounds they made could make were in the ultrasonic beyond human hearing or Visitors as they called us since human or earthling had no translation in there tongue. I slid on my clothes which were earth clothes and headed up stairs. The bedrooms being built into the basement of the dormitory where it stayed nice and cool during the day.

Even with Syrma technology I was a year from home by star jump or roughly seventy two light years from home in the Virgo constellation. Star jump was a technology well beyond current human understanding which was why me and other Visitors had come here. I was one of maybe a hundred visitors selected to come. I had a good grasp on the Syrma math system. The fact that it was based on the number eight and not ten, giving they only had eight fingers on each hand, made it confusing for many humans to understand since four plus four added up to ten. Many universal math based concepts went completely out the window once you took out numbers humans were used to. Whoever said math was a universal language had it wrong. I could even understand the theory of the star jump and how it created a wormhole by bending the gravitational pull between two stars even though I didn't have the first clue how to begin fucking building one to get home if I wanted to. least not yet.

I was fairly smart though I was sure there were smarter people back on earth more suited to the job but I, like most visitors, had been picked more for my young age having graduated college at eighteen. The Iotan people were alien so only those with an open mind were selected. One of the things it diffidently took some getting used to is their views on nudity and sexuality. The planets climate was hot so clothing was minimal even at night the temperatures were typically warm and the people were active.

Sexually speaking males were fewer making up only a quarter of the population so women were the more aggressive and sexually adventitious ones. It wasn't uncommon for one male to have many mates. Marriage and monogamy were alien to them as males were expected to have many children with many women. Homosexuality was common among women who would sometimes formed lasting relationships and raise children together but frowned upon in males. Males and females rarely cohabited and only if they had a child together and a male typically mated with several women in the household. Sadly sex with humans was a bit of a taboo currently as it was genetically impossible for our two species to mate though not unheard of but far more common for the Syrma women on Earth.

I headed out of the bedroom which was in the basement so it was nice and cool during the day for sleeping. Another reason only young people were allowed to visit as the nocturnal lifestyle took some getting used to and was easier for us to adjust to. The Syrma were far better adapted to the hundred plus temperatures common on there planet during the day and even they preferred the times between sunset and sunrise. A human wouldn't last a day out in the sun.

Everything of there planet seemed strange and backwards to us humans. They were active at night but slept during the day. Seasons were not based on the planets tilt but on the position of the planet and its two suns. At the height of what we might call summer the second sun which was further away cast the planet in a constant daylight. Some of the Syrma actually hibernated, or a form of it called estivation, during the summers away in the hotter regions near the equator. Crops were planted at the end of summer in the autumn and grew through winter to be harvested in the spring when things would just begin to grow on earth.

I headed into the kitchen to find Vi our Syrma observer. We called her Violet because of her hair and since no one could pronounce her full name without butchering it. In her tongue it sounded closer to Vi Talon Low Let and that was just the first part since her name was like twenty syllables long so we called her Violet or Vi for short.

She served as sort of resident adviser on Syrma culture though her job was really to observe us and learn as much of our culture and behavior as possible meaning she was the only Syrma who lived and interacted with outside of work and study. It was so she could get an better understanding of us without outside influence of her own culture. She immersed herself in our culture and daily lives trying to be one of us as close as she could. Vi had wanted to go to earth an study there but had settled for our little test group of lab rats.

“Your up early?” She said turning to see me flashing a smile as she brushed her pink hair back from her face showing off her purple skin. Perfect camouflage for the purple plants that grew across the planet.
She had lovely blue eyes that glowed in the dark when she went outside after twilight but were still noticeable now. A pair of sun glasses on top of her head encase the lightening of the dorms got to her as it was meant more for us humans. Her lips and eye lids had a slightly blue tint that made it look as if she was wearing makeup though it was from the blue blood coursing through her veins. Long pointed ears swept back from her hair which were pierced in several places though not overly so. By human standards she was gorgeous but I couldn't say where she stood among her own kind.

While she had a lovely face she had one hell of a body. She was dressed in casual earth clothes of a camisole top and matching pajama shorts. I couldn't help but admire her body. The Syrma were thin by nature as fat was insulating but the one thing she did have were tits. They not only provided nutrients for the offspring but for the Syrma women as well being akin to that if a camels hump. She had a nice ass as well but it was more muscle then fat. She had a slender waist and slightly narrower hips then a human woman but still well rounded. Long ass legs that helped remind me she wasn't human as they were slightly digitigrade meaning she walked on her toes. Long heel like talons grew out of the back of her heels giving her the appearance of always wearing heels even when bear foot. It was a form of natural self defense that had remained with them so that they could kick at pursuing predators and though possibly harmful it only served to make her look sexy as fuck. The standard shoe for the Syrma was wedges with holes for the talons to slid down into.

“That is kind of relative isn't it.” I joked and came over kissing my left hand and touching it to her chest. It was a typical greeting among Syrma friends and family and meant from my lips to your heart. I had fucked it up a few times by using the wrong hand or touching the wrong side of the chest considering their heart was on the right side of the body. Once even getting a handful of her breast when I was half asleep since she was taller then most human females.

“True.” Vi smiled and kissed her hand and touched my chest leaving it there for a second. “Coffee?”

“Yes please. Happy birthday by the way. I know you don't celebrate it the way we do but still.” I smiled. She wouldn't say how old she was but the Syrma aged differently then we did and even if she did one year here was sixteen months earth time or four hundred and eighty six days. Hell I would only be fifteen by there calendar. The way I understood it she was a young adult by Syrma standards and this birthday was roughly equivalent to humans turning twenty one and being able to legally drink.

“Thank you. I assume you still got me a present knowing you.” She joked as she gave me a knowing look tilting her head to the side. She had made it a point to tell us we didn't have to get her anything but we humans didn't listen all that well when we wanted to do something nice. The girls were putting together a small surprise party for her early in the morning.

“It is up in my room if you want it now.” I shrugged.

“You can give it to me later at the surprise party the others are throwing.” She gave me a sly grin.

“How do you know about that?”

“Apologies. I did not mean to snoop but with these ears you guys are not as secretive as you think you are.” She smiled and gave her pointy ear a flick.

“Fair enough. So. Got any questions for me today.” I joked. She never seemed to have a shortage of them. It was her job after all to get to know us.

“What is the purpose of a tie. I have seen humans wear them but they seem to have almost no function.” She came over with a cup of coffee or the Syrma equivalent of coffee. It had a similar smell and taste even if it was blue so we called it blue coffee. It was made from some kind of fruit high in caffeine but with several times the kick of earth coffee..I knew Vi didn't drink much of it because it worked as both a stimulant and an aphrodisiac on the Syrma but if she needed a pick me up she would partake in some. If she drank more then a cup I might not see her for the next hour as she would vanish to her room.

“None that I know of other then to maybe strangle the life out of the working man. If you figure out one let me know.” I joked and took a sip feeling the flavor hit me right away..

“I suppose they will make a convenient leash for when my people conquer yours.” Vi shrugged and blew on her cup and glanced up at me. “That was a joke. I am working on my human humor.”

“Just let me know who's good side I have to get on to not be culled with the rest.” I shook my head and took another sip. Her humor was getting better but still needed work.

“A smart human like yourself would never be culled. You would be sent to the breeding pits where you would be mated with the other women we brought here with you.” She said taking a sip of her coffee. I actually got a small laugh out of that one.

“Okay. Maybe not tell that joke to the ladies of the house but I am down with the idea.” I shook my head at her.

“Understood.” She nodded. She had learned to limit her candor a little with the ladies as the Syrma women could be just as perverse as any human man.

“Next question. What is a vibrator. I know I am getting one for my birthday but I could not find a translation for the word in my language in the index.” She said. I froze about to take a sip of my coffee thinking I ad miss heard her for a second.

“Oh wow. Wasn't expecting that one.” I stalled looking for a way to explain it to her and not seem vulgar. “It's a device that vibrates. Human females use it to stimulate there neither regions.”

“Oh so slang for a personal massager. I will have to update the index. I look forward to testing it out at the party.”

“No. You don't use it in front of people...“ I began to saw as I saw the corners of her mouth curl. “You are messing with me again aren't you?” She had actually got me with that one.

“Yes. That was also a joke. I believe the human expression is fucking with you as Joshua put it. Which is not a slip of the tongue you want to use with one of my kind as he found out. Jasmine, as you call her, thought he was propositioning her for sex and took offense.” Vi smiled.

Josh hadn't bothered t tell me that one though I think it was because he actually liked Jasmine. Jasmine was the human name we had given her. It sounded close to the first part of her name in her tongue. Most Syrma we knew we had given names or nicknames unless they had a title to address them by. Jasmine was another Syrma close to our age. She studied archaeology and had a particular interest in human technological development as they compared to those of her own people. In a sense we probably looked like cave men to her people who had colonized several star systems. I had worked with her a few times to help translate human binary into something she could understand. Sadly I had been to good at my job that I gave her enough that a computer program quickly replaced me.

“Bet that took some explaining on your part.” I smiled.

“Yes though I am not entirely sure if she was offended by the thought. Maybe just in the way it was said.” Vi shrugged. Syrma culture was at it's heart a woman run society so us guys had it a little hard socially.

“So what does your species's do to celebrate this milestone if there is one.” I took a sip of my coffee. They didn't have birthday parties to celebrate a persons age but like us they had certain events in life they celebrated at certain ages such as graduation from apprenticeship under there master when they came of age marked there becoming an adult as did there entering into apprenticeship signaled there entry into adolescence and an end of childhood.

“Me and my mother will exchange gifts as the day is marks the bond between us but as far as as social outings typically we mate.” She said with a little shrug of her shoulders. I almost spat hot coffee all over her and had to down a swallow. It took a few seconds of coughing for me to catch my breath.

“Come again?” I wiped my mouth and thumped my chest giving one last cough.

“Not right away. The first mating marks the transition into womanhood. While legally I am an adult we are not seen as a woman by our peers until the first mating.” She replied and took a sip of her own coffee.

“And I thought there was pressure for us guys to loose our virginity on earth.” I shook my head. It was hard to think they had a whole ceremony around there first time.

“It is not pressure but tradition. Customarily I have up to a year before I am expected to present my mate publicly though it is more of a social expectation then a rule. My oldest sister on the other hand only waited a whole day so maybe a little pressure from her.” Vi ran her finger around her cup. I wondered if she had someone selected already or was still looking. I didn't know her social life outside of the dormitory or school away from us humans. Other then Jasmine I didn't know any of her non human friends and I sure as hell didn't know of any boyfriend.