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Heliera had been sitting, watching the snow falling. Another snowstorm had left a large amount of snow deposited. Kets, were actively engaged in a snow ball fight! A number of them, losing; but they were, in high spirits! “We’ll wup you in the Strat!” Ameryst had been laughing teasing Coleja and Cxan who were chucking back snowballs with as much ferocity! “Ouch!” Howls Uanita, as she almost fell over, from the impact of? Whatever it was had cut her skin, only slightly but enough to cause it to bleed.
They stared at the broken snowball, pieces of it scattered on the ground at the feet of Uanita? She glanced down to see an object that shimmered in the light, even sparkled? She leaned down, picked it out from the snow. The others moved in closer, to have a look at it. “What ever is it?” Uanita allowed them to look but she would NOT surrender her find. She had been adamant, that it was her, who had found it and it would be her, who kept it!
They had decided, well some of them, it looked like but could not possibly be, a rare Likorian crystal! The next day, they were all assembling, in their teams at the Stratorium. The second level of it had been allocated to them for their ongoing Realt tests. Systems sensed activity from the Kets on a neural net and a physical neumonic based layer that was applied to their skin before they were laid flat on what some would have called reclines.
The Reclu although looking, like recline units had a special Phaze gas, circulated from within, seeping in from the bottom of the Reclu to drift up and over the Kets. To exit into a special suction unit that recycles it. As the gas drifts across the Kets data is collected enhanced by that gas, that gives detailed information on how much sweat the Ket was producing, nervous? Shaking? Pulse rate and so on. BUT that only works with the Ultra Realt skin.
Our bodies react, when we are afraid of something. FEAR or HAPPY or SAD or ANGRY and each EMOTION. has a slightly different body response. As our pulse increases, our heart pumps faster and so on. Which is about right for Humana (Humans). Others can react in similar, or totally different ways. by releasing smells to ward off possible attackers, predators! Some produce Nemnode responses, which create tiny spikes along their skin. The sensation can be unpleasant to those attempting to touch them or hold them.
Applying the Ultra Realt, skin, is an OK thing for some, but others? Some Kets might have problems? Given the fact that it has to be applied to their naked skin? It’s very thin and contains a sticky substance which contains thousands of tiny what we would call ethcrodes. These act as sensors and the Phaze gas reacts with these.
The female Kets or Ketlets to use the correct terminology. Help each other, as do the male Kets or special Elder Kets, those who have been at the Akademy a bit longer and are used to, applying the skins? Following some well established practices, a few simple rules and everything is fine.
Becci giggled. “That feels really weird!“ Soniette sprayed her again, the fine mist along the back of her arms and her back, as she continued until she reached the bottom of her legs. Seconds later, a slight pale blue haze, appeared on her skin. With the help of Rilovek one of the Elder Kets. Rilovek who had been supervising, now peeled off, the backing, leaving the skin, to hold it, telling Soniette to hold it as well?
They made Becci stand straight, whilst they secured it to her skin. “The spray acts as a glue, it gives those applying it, a few minutes before it sets, so you can make minor adjustments, smooth out small air bubbles, minor creases in the skin. A monitor with a special scanner, checks to ensure the completed application is at least 95% correctly applied.
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