Exit Systolina

The tryp'At breeding game. Image by Leonardo.

 On this blog page there are plans for events in the rest of the science fiction story "The Hierozyme Intervention". Also, after those plans have been sketched in outline, this blog page has the text of Chapter 6 (below). 

 Plans. Chapter 6 begins with a scene that takes place in the middle of the night, showing Systolina telling Anthony that she is departing from Earth. Anthony suggests that when this copy of Systolina returns to the Hierion Domain, another copy will replace her on Earth.

Systolina then returns to Observer Base and works with the Tyhry1 and Tyhry2 replicoids to search for information about the future of the current Reality; of particular concern is what will happen to the original biological copies of Tyhry and Marda who are on Earth. However, Manny appears and hints that Systolina and the two replicoid copies of Tyhry are being actively blocked from seeing the futures of Tyhry and Marda. It is revealed that Ylyndra is now stationed inside Tyhry2 and preventing her from accessing the Sedron Time Stream and from telepathically working in tandem with Tyhry1 to get around the block that has been imposed by Manny on access to information about the future of the current Reality.

In a Chapter 7 scene (Monday morning when Tyhry and Marda are on their way to school), Anthony has disposed of Tyhry's anti-gravity bike. Tyhry asks Anthony to drive her to Marda's place. 

Tyhry in her laboratory.

While Marda and Tyhry wait for the school bus to arrive, Rylla and Anthony talk. Anthony's prediction is shown to have been correct: Rylla is now a "backup copy" of Systolina.  

 Positronic robots. “The Hierozyme Intervention” has two characters who are the remnants of positronic robots from the era before the Huaoshy tossed T-particles into the trash-bin of Time. In my imagination, both Anthony and Systolina are replicoid copies of positronic robots. That means that the structures of their original positronic brains have been converted into hierions. They now exist as complex collections of femtobots that simulate robotic bodies that were originally designed to look like human bodies. However, both Anthony and Systolina retain telepathic powers that are similar to their original telepathic abilities that they had as positronic robots back when T-particles still existed.  

 Telepathy. Two years ago in a story titled “The Nanite Smuggler”, I introduced 'entrons' as a specific type of hierion. The tryp'At make use of entrons to share communications signals that make possible a form of technology-assisted telepathy that relies on using the zeptite endosymbiont of the tryp'At. In my imagination, the bumpha would deploy 'entrons' for use by humans and tryp'At because entrons are relatively primitive hierions. The bumpha would reserve other (more advanced) sedron-based communications protocols for their own use (for example, in the mechanism of the Sedron Time Stream ). I have never describe the physical basis for the other technology-assisted telepathy system that is used by the pek femtobots that are components of femtobot endosymbionts. Also, there is yet another communications method involved in the technology-assisted telepathy of Anthony and Systolina. The end of the Time Travel War (between the positronic robots of Earth and the bumpha) came with an agreement that I call the Trysta-Grean Pact (Trysta being the representative of the robots and Grean representing the bumpha). Under the terms of the Trysta-Grean Pact, the bumpha accepted the requirement that humans be allowed to develop space travel and spread through their home galaxy.

The second scene in Chapter 7 of “The Hierozyme Intervention” can return to Observer Base where Systolina tries to make use of her probot-style telepathy and her connections to the Phari to get around Manny's block that is preventing access to information about the future. Discussion in this scene between Systolina and the Tyhry replicoids can explicitly compare and contrast (1) proton wire positronics to (2) the sedron-facilitated positronics that are included in “The Foundations of Eternity”. Systolina has been informed by the Phari of the true meaning of positronics, but she has to argue with Tyhry1 and Tyhry2 who know a bumpha “cover story”. Intrigued by why there is a cover story, Systolina proposes that by combining “true positronics” with Phari Simulator technology they should be able to learn about the future of Earth in the current Reality. Since Tyhry is now locked out of the Sedron Time Stream (by Ylyndra), Systolina proposes learning enough about positronics to “hack into” the sedron domain. Systolina proposes finding a way to telepathically contact the Sedruth entity by positronic means, a method that will not become known to Manny.

There are three important future time points to be visited (see the timeline of events that is on this blog page): (1) 2013, when Tyhry goes to Hawaii in order to attend college, (2) 2019 when Marda returns to Arizona from Germany, (3) 2027 when Tyhry returns to Arizona where Marda completes work on the bio-engineered microbe that will solve the global warming problem.  

Manny the bumpha.

Chapter 7 can end by leaping ahead 16 years from the time of the first five chapters of the story (2011). Then, later in the story, I can do flashbacks to events in 2013 and 2019 (see FB1 and FB2, below). Chapter 8 could leap ahead to 2040, returning to Observer Base where the Tyhry replicoids finally get around Manny's block against obtaining information about the future of the current Reality. Nyrtia, Manny and three replicoid copies of Tyhry (including the one that went to Tar'tron with Klaudy) all assemble and discuss the fact that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are falling. Nyrtia is pleased that "humans solved the problem". Manny exits from that meeting and finally visits Marda and her Ek'col husband (Nileck) on Earth. Manny explains that humans must eventually transcend into the Sedron Domain and return Earth to the status of a Garden World. Tyhry arrives and asks who Manny is, but she is unable to believe the answer: that Manny is an alien. Tyhry talks about having seen Manny on a beach in Hawaii in 2013 (FB1). Then Marda tells Tyhry about how Manny introduced her to Nileck when Marda was in Germany (FB2). The story ends with the two children of Marda and Nileck meeting with Manny and discussing Manny's plans for her next intervention, which involves introducing a system for technology-assisted telepathy to the people of Earth.

The Hierozyme Intervention Chapter 6 - Success (Chap. 1)(Chap. 2)(Chap. 3)(Chap. 4)(Chap. 5)    

Zeta and Rylla. Image by Flow.

Eddy finally worked himself to a pause point in his writing and he went from the great room to master bedroom suite. Zeta was also still awake and pondering the mysteries of the universe: Rylla's inexplicable physical appearance, so like that of Zeta and Tyhry's strange pronouncements at the diner table that evening. Zeta told Eddy, "I don't know what is going on."

Eddy tossed off his clothing and melted into Zeta's welcoming arms. He knew exactly what Zeta meant. "Clearly, Tyhry's world has been shattered this week."

"As has mine. I find Rylla irresistible." 

Eddy kissed Zeta's mouth then said, "Your sense of self-love is strong. I find it impossible to keep my eyes off of Rylla." He was playing his fingers over Zeta's dripping wet labia.

"Well, I've worn myself out trying to solve the mystery. As far as I can tell, Rylla is a copy of me right down to details of my unusual external genitalia." 

Eddy stroked the erect glans of Zeta's clitoris. "You are hard as diamond. Have you been masturbating?"

"Yes. When I fantasize about Rylla I can't control myself."

"Well, I'll do what I can to calm your neediness, but I doubt I can match Rylla's tongue work."

Still, they knew each-others bodies well and after a shared orgasm, Eddy and Zeta were soon quietly asleep.

Systolina and Antony. Image by Flow.

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Anthony was in his studio, pretending to prepare a stone for carving, but he was obsessively thinking about what he had done to Tyhry's brain. The Casanay security system blipped. Anthony was used to no longer responding to the coyotes that wandered through the backyard. Systolina sent Anthony a message: Let me in.

Suddenly, Anthony could telepathically sense the mind pattern of Systolina. He let her in to Casanay through the back service entrance of the west wing and quietly led her to his suite. Systolina was once again in her original robotic form. Anthony was still being blocked from forming a deep telepathic link into Systolina's mind. Rather impatiently, Anthony asked Systolina, "What now?"

Systolina explained, "I'm returning to the Hierion Domain. I just wanted to scold you for your abuse of Tyhry."

"You are late." Anthony smiled grimly. "You should have been here when Ylyndra and Manny chastised me. You can't make me feel any worse than I already do."

Anthony's core positronic brain pattern was open to Systolina. She could see that he was close to a circuit lock-up for having possibly harmed Tyhry's mind. Systolina put her arms around Anthony. "You should quit. Nyrtia will put you in an early grave."

"I can only blame Manny. She's flipped out. Forcing a mind-wipe on Tyhry for nothing."

Systolina giggled. "Anthony, I didn't think you had it in you! You are furious at Manny."

Systolina and Antony. Image by Flow.

Anthony pulled his hands off of Systolina's curvy hips and spun away. He picked up a file and pretended to work on the stone block that stood in the center of his studio. "I'd be just as angry with you, but you don;t seem to have a clue as to what Manny is trying to accomplish. Still, you are facilitating Manny's bad actions. You and the Phari are just as much to blame."

Systolina placed one hand on Anthony's shoulder, feeling the rippling simulated muscled as he worked the stone. "The Phari are curious. They've used their Simulation technology to predict how this will all play out. They are not certain of their prediction and asked me to visit Casanay and gather more information."

Anthony turned his head and looked into Systolina's eyes. "I've left my mind open to you. Your mission was a waste of time. I can't imaging what Manny is trying to accomplish. It is as if she spent huge amounts of effort to solve Earth's global warming problem in the previous Reality and then flushed it all down into the septic tank." 

Systolina placed her free hand on Anthony's cheek, preventing him from turning his head away from her. "It is obvious that Manny was not satisfied with the previous Reality."

"Neither was Nyrtia, after she realized how she had been duped by Manny."

Systolina suggested, "Maybe that is the explanation. Manny tricked Nyrtia beautifully, but Manny loves Nyrtia. Manny would not expect to continue to work with Nyrtia after humiliating her."

Anthony observed, "Not even Manny can erase the past. Nyrtia's humiliation can't be washed away by forcing me to erase Tyhry's memories."

Systolina and Antony. Image by Flow.

Systolina pulled Anthony's head down. By standing on her toes she managed to place a kiss on on Anthony's lips. Then she sank back on the flats of her feet. "I just wanted to say farewell." 

"You are going to abandon Marda?"

"I'm not worried about Marda. I suspect that Ylyndra turned her into a fully self-actualized tryp'At adult. If nothing else, Marda could move in here and live happily with Tyhry. I'm more worried about Zeta. She's infatuated with you."

 Systolina giggled. "I had fun with Zeta, just like I did when she visited Threy in a past Reality. She'll get over me this time, just like last time. Call it a sweet summer vacation fling." Systolina activated her recall signal and the Phari teleported her off of Earth and back to the Hierion Domain.

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Systolina was immediately teleported into Observer Base. She found herself standing outside of Tyhry's residence. Systolina could sense the telepathic mind patterns of the two replicoid copies of Tyhry inside the house. They deep in a telepathic shared mind space where Tyhry1 was teaching Tyhry2 what it meant to live as a tryp'At. Systolina let her presence be known and a rather startled Tyhry1 invited Systolina inside.

Systolina joined the two Tyhrys on Tyhry's big bed. 

Tyhry1 was struggling to get her penis back into her abdominal sheath. Tyhr1 asked: Did you bring Marda?

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"No. Nyrtia has not touched Marda." Seeing that Tyhry2 was having trouble pulling out of her deep mindlink, Systolina spoke out loud to Tyhr1. "The whole situation is depressing. Manny has thrown away a perfectly good Reality; Earth's solution to global warming. And for what?"

Tyhry1 was licking semen off of her hands and thinking. She had expected both Tyhry and Marda to be exiled to Observer Base. "I've been watching. Marda was the one who provoked Tyhry into making hierozymes."

"I suppose Nyrtia blames Ylyndra."

"Ylyndra?"

"Ylyndra has been inside of Marda for years."

"I was ready to blame you for getting Marda into trouble. I just found out today that you were pretending to be Rylla."

"I'm glad to here it was not obvious to you. I put a lot of effort into my disguise."

"How did you explain to Marda the physical similarity between Rylla and Zeta?"

"What's to explain? Ylyndra taught Marda about Manny's penchant for genetically engineering humans. Marda never asked. She probably assumed that Manny designed Rylla for a specific purpose." Systolina modded towards Tyhry2 and asked, "What's wrong with her?"

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"Nothing bad." Tyhry1 glanced at Tyhry2. "She just got her first big dose of tryp'At sex hormones. She's recovering from her first orgasm trance." Tyhry1 popped Tyhry2 off of her lower right breast. Pink oxypathin-rich fluid continued to dribble from both of her two lower breasts.

Tyhry2 opened her eyes and tried to focus on Systolina. She managed to mutter, "Who?"

Tyhry1 propped Tyhry2 up into a sitting position on the bed. "This is Systolina Kato." 

"A character from dad's novel? The Nanite Smuggler."

 Systolina nodded, "That novel provides a fairly accurate account of your family's visit to Threy. That is when I first met an analogue of you in a past Reality."

"I see. Why are you here now?"

"I went to Earth on a mission to find out what the pek know about Manny's current Casanay Intervention. They know nothing. It is up to us to sort this out."

Tyhry1 shook her head. "Sorry to disappoint you, but I detected no amplification of my telepathic abilities, even when in a shared orgasm trance with her." Tyhry1 tilted her head towards Tyhry2.

"How can that be?"

As if in reply to Systolina, Manny materialized there on the bed and began playing with Tyhry2's hair nanites, putting them into an organized and mesmerizing pattern. "I can't allow you meddling do gooders to see the future of the current Reality."

Tyhry1 demanded, "How can you stop us?"

Manny patted her own flamboyant hair. "I could send you off to Tar'tron, but I prefer to have you here where you can give Nyrtia something to watch."

 Manny bundled Tyhry2 into her arms and scolded Tyhry1, "You over-dosed this child."

"She asked for it."

Manny teleported Tyhry2 out of Observer Base. Tyhry2 was looking around at her new surroundings when she felt the mind pattern of Ylyndra: It is true. She insisted on getting a complete tour of the features of her tryp'At body form.

Manny stood Tyhry2 on her feet. Speaking out load for Tyhry2's benefit, Manny said, "I suppose I should never have counted on you to protect the poor girl."

Don't pretend to be surprised. Tyhry thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Even now, she's only irked with you for having cut short her first orgasm trance.

Tyhry2  said, "I hear a voice in my head."

Manny told Tyhry, "Get used to it. Ylyndra the zeptozoan will be with you for the next couple of decades, making sure you don't interfere with my plans for Earth."

Two Tyhry's and Systolina. Image by Leonardo.

Tyhry felt a shiver of horror run through her. Ylyndra assured Tyhry: It is not all bad. There will be plenty for you to do. Get integrated into life here at Observer Base, learn how to explore Simulations of past and future Realities, make babies, keep Systolina and your analogue out of trouble... we'll be quite busy. 

Manny patted Tyhry on the head. "I'll leave you to it." Manny departed from the Hierion Domain.

Tyhry asked, "Where are we?"

Ylyndra explained: This is a part of Observer Base called the Writers Block.

Now Tyhry recognized the office of the Director of the Writers Block from its description in Eddy's novels. "Why are we here?"

I suppose Manny want's you to meet some of the residents. Tyhry exited from the Director's office without remembering that she was naked. Ylyndra suggested: Clothing is optional at the Writers Block, but you might want to cover-up a few of your nipples and tuck your penis back in its sheath. Tryp'At anatomy is a bit much for conventional humans to process.

Two Tyhry's and Systolina. Image by Leonardo.

Tyhry looked down at herself and took hold of her erection. Not yet experienced in the art of pushing tryp'At penises back into their sheaths, it took a minute for Tyhry to make herself presentable. When she had finished licking tryp'At body secretions and sex hormones off of her hands, she stepped out into the busy central plaza of the Writers Block. Ylyndra said: There's Sydney. Let's go say hello. Tyhry was pleased to meet one of her favorite writers. 

Tyhry could not resist asking Sydney if she really believed an alien humanoid species could be as she imagined: almost totally lacking a sex drive. Tyhry ended up admitting that she was struggling to control her enthusiasm for her newly discovered tryp'At sex organs. Sydney laughed and told Tyhry2, "I once spent a night with your sister. I don't think I was able to satisfy her needs. She wore me out."

Tyhry2 nodded. "I'm just discovering how to be tryp'At, but I'm glad to be here where I'm treated like an adult. On Earth I was treated like a human child."

"What's wrong with that. At a glance you look like a little girl, except for your ears."

Tyhry asked, "Would you like me to show you my penis? You'd no longer call me little."

"Sure, I'd love to see how big you really are."

Tyhry2 stood up and brushing aside her clothing nanites and pulled out her penis. Sydney reached out and fondled Tyhry2's erection. "How cute. I'd say you are about half the size of your sister."

"She's not really my sister. She's me. My analogue. And I'll be as huge as she is when I'm done growing." A small crowd of admirers had quickly gathered around Tyhry. Ylyndra warned Tyhry: You better control your exhibitionism or you are going to trigger an orgy. Remembering Nyrtia's warning to take things slow, Tyhry reluctantly pushed her penis back into its sheath. She had been starting to recognize Sydney's unique telepathic mind pattern, but now in the middle of a group horny writers, Tyhry was feeling cognitively overwhelmed. "Sorry, the show is over!" She took Sydney by the hand and led her out of the commons. "I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm lost. I'm starting to sense your thoughts, and I believe you know where my analogue lives."

"I have not seen her in over a year, but I remember where she lives."

"There's something else. Do you know where Nyrtia lives?"

Sydney laughed. "You are pushing the word 'live' beyond its useful boundaries. Most people try to avoid Nyrtia. I still resent the fact that she exiled me from Earth."

"I think I'm going to like it here. Do you ever Observe your copy on Earth?"

"Not anymore. She's dead. It is one of the problems with being an immortal replicoid. We all out-live our biological copies."

"Sorry to remind you."

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"I don't mind." For a time they walked along the path that led towards the hidden gate that linked the Writers Block to the rest of Observer Base. "I don't think Nyrtia has a home. She comes and goes as she pleases. I'm satisfied to stay out of her way. She never explained to my why I was exiled from Earth."

"I suppose you wrote something about the aliens that got you in trouble."

"I suppose I was not as lucky as your father."

"You know my father?"

"I know of him. Eddy is rather famous at the Writers Block. It seems rather unfair that he can write anything he likes about the pek and the bumpha... all with no consequences."

"In a way, dad was responsible for getting me into trouble with Nyrtia."

"What happened?"

Ylyndra told Tyhry: Sorry, I can't let you blabber about me. Tyhry stopped trying to say the word 'Ylyndra' and said, "My friend, Marda, figured out that Eddy's stories contain factual accounts of real aliens. She found us and provoked me into a noble act. Nyrtia took exception to my use of advanced bumpha technology to combat rising greenhouse gas levels."

"The rumor I heard was that Earth's climate woes were solved."

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"I'm still learning about past Realities. My analogue has promised to show me her Simulator. I should be able to explore all of the past Realities of Earth!"

They had finally reached the gate. Sydney showed Tyhry the trick of slipping through the hidden gate. Once on the other side, Sydney said, "Well have to use the rail system. It is a long way to Tyhry's place."

In the distance, Tyhry could see the tall buildings of the central district of Observer Base. "I think I can find my way now, if you want to go back."

"I've come this far... I'm curious to see if your sister remembers me."

Tyhry laughed. "The longer I spend with you, the more I can follow your thoughts. I think you must have some tryp'At gene patterns. That must be why the other Tyhry was interested in you."

"See said something about Asterothropes and my big breasts."

"If you don't mind me asking, how many nipples do you have?"

"Four."

"Interesting. But only two breasts?"

"Yes. It is strange, when I arrive here from Earth and found the two extra nipples."

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"There is nothing extra about them. They are critical to Asterothrope and tryp'At biology. My father's theory is that the lower Asterothrope breasts were engineered to make the hormones that support telepathy. That's a feature that was carried over into the tryp'At. Sadly my lower breasts are still not growing, so I can't make oxypathin."

"That pink stuff?"

"Yes, there is oxypathin in the secretions of the two lower tryp'At breasts. That secretion goes on all the time. Until by ducts open up, all of my body's oxypathin goes right into my blood, making me horny all the time."

Sydney laughed. "All the time?"

"Yes, all the time. The tryp'At penis is always erect."

"Wow."

"I can ejaculate any time I want... internally."

"So how often do you have an orgasm?"

 "That is becoming a problem. All I can say is that it has been too long since my last one. If you wouldn't mind..."

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The two women stopped walking. Sydney said, "I want to watch. I could not believe the volume of semen that your sister produced."

Tyhry pulled down her skirt and her penis popped out. Tyhry resisted the temptation to touch the silky skin pf her erection. She saw Sydney lick her lips. "There's another hormone in tryp'At semen. Klytykinin. I suspect you have both oxypathin and klytykinin receptors. Go ahead."

Sydney reached out and began playing with Tyhry's erection. Slippery emission fluid was dribbling from its tip. Sydney took the tip of Tyhry's penis in her mouth and then Tyhry could no longer control herself and she began ejaculating. When Sydney could no longer keep up swallowing she pulled away and watched great spurts of semen continue to erupt from Tyhry's penis. "How long can you do that?"

"I don't know. Normally, I'd be ejaculating into the body of another tryp'At. There is something sad in seeing all of that Klytykinin-laced semen decorating the bushes."

Sydney complained, "Now I'm very horny."

"Its all the Klytykinin you swallowed." The two women sank down on the grass and made love. Latter, Tyhry slowly emerged from her orgasm trance. She realized that she had just shared her orgasm trance with Ylyndra.

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Ylyndra told Tyhry: There's something wrong.

Tyhry replied: That seemed perfect to me. 

There was no amplification. Between the two of us, we should have been able to bring Sydney into that orgasm trance.

Sydney was fondling Tyhry's erection with own hand and exploring her two vaginas. "I thought you were not coming back."

Tyhry accused Ylyndra: You planned this whole thing. 

I hoped Sydney would sexually excite you and allow for my experiment. I hate to break the news to you, Tyhry, just when you are learning to love your penis, but Manny must be blocking your full tryp'At telepathic powers. And it is not just you. It is like there is a telepathy damping field here iside Observer Base.

Tyhry asked, "Nyrtia?"  

Sydney said, "What about Nyrtia?" 

"Oh, nothing. She warned me to take things slow, but I've ravished you after just having met you."

"I don't mind. That was very hot sex. I would not mind doing it again."

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"Let's wait until we get home. I want to ask my analog how Nyrtia could be blocking telepathic signals."

The two women resumed walking and soon reached the nearest monorail station. They tried to retrain themselves and only kiss while in the train car, but Tyhry's erection popped out again and they grabbed another quick orgasm before reaching their stop. Emerging from the train station, Tyhry2 could sense Tyhry1's telepathic mind pattern, which was almost the same as her own. The two Tyhry's and Ylyndra merged into a shred telepathic mind space. Ylyndra commented: Without our normal telepathic abilities, you won't have access to the Time Stream.

Tyhr1 added: And we will have no hope of Viewing the future of the current Reality.

Tyhry2 telepathically asked: Can Nyrtia do that? At the same time, she was re-introducing Sydney to Tyhry1, "I guess you two know each-other."

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Tyhry1 hugged Sydney. "Of course. We had a hot little romance back a year or so ago." Tyhry1 telepathically said: I don't think it is Nyrtia. It must be Manny. Remember what she said? Something about not letting us see the future.

Ylyndra said: Well, I'm not giving up. Maybe we just need more minds in a group orgasm trance. 

Tyhry1 took hold of Sydney's hand and guided her towards the bedroom. "I'm so glad you are here." She telepathically signaled to Systolina: We need you. All hands on deck.

 Related Music: We Walk the Line and Exile.

Next: Chapter 7 of "The Hierozyme Intervention".

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Memory Edit

Observer Base.

Below on this page is Chapter 5 of the science fiction story "The Hierozyme Intervention", in which a copy of Tyhry is sent to Observer Base by Nyrtia, the Overseer of Earth. Now existing as a replicoid, Tyhry is allowed to recover her tyrp'At body structure.

The original biological copy of Tyhry remains on Earth, but she now has a set of Nyrtia's memory-altering nanites in her femtobot endosymbiont. With her memories and thought processes now under Nyrtia's control, Tyhry is like her father, unable to contemplate the possibility that ancient aliens are watching over Humanity.

The Hierozyme Intervention Chapter 5 - Exile (Chap. 1)(Chap. 2)(Chap. 3)(Chap. 4)   

The Sunday evening routine at Casanay revolved around the playing of a complex stock trading game that Zeta had created and continued to continually modify. The only reason Eddy continued to play was because Zeta had, over the previous decade, incorporated science fiction elements into her game. The goal was to control the economies of the majority of the planets (the game had expanded to include all 112 inhabited planets that Eddy had included in his published science fiction stories).

Starting a gaming session was delayed for two reasons. First, Tyhry made a strange speech immediately after dinner during which she thanked her parents for allowing Marda to sleep over that weekend. She then thanked Marda for "the best weekend ever". Then Tyhry thanked her parents for "the best life ever".

 Puzzled, Zeta had jokingly asked, "Will we be getting this kind of 'thank you' at regular twelve year intervals?"

Eddy had then muttered, "What's going on?"

Rylla had suggested, "I recognize a pattern. Marda becomes very polite when she has done something forbidden."

Marda had laughed and said, "You can blame me for any trouble Tyhry finds herself in." Then she changed the subject and asked, "Zeta, tell me about the high finance game you invented."

The second delay was created by the guests. It took Zeta half an hour to explain to Rylla and Marda the workings of the Galactic Stock Market that was the core of the game. Finally, because Marda was now continually telepathically linked to Tyhry, she told Zeta, "Okay, I get it."

Rylla laughed and said, "Maybe I should go to business school for a few years."

Tyhry said, "Here's how we'll do this: teams. Rylla, you work with Zeta. Marda, you are with me." She pointed at Anthony who was picking up empty glasses and ice cream bowls, "And Anthony and dad are the third team."

A tryp'At game. Image by Leonardo.

Zeta took Rylla by the hand and said, "We'll be in my office. All stock trades will be announced by phone conference call." She led Rylla off to the master suite.

Tyhry and Marda went to Tyhry's suite of rooms. Tyhry told Marda, "We'll be continuing the game that I've been playing with my parents for the past three months."

Back in the dining room, Anthony asked Eddy, "Do you really need me?"

"No, but you are welcome to try to help my lost cause." Eddy was in control of the economies of only seven planets and had been hopelessly behind both Zeta and Tyhry for months. Eddy contented himself by continually developing a version of the Galactic Stock Market game that was on his website for the enjoyment of his fans who had several years previously organized a series of online tournaments for players of the game.

Anthony was expecting Nyrtia to arrive at any moment. Just before dinner, Tyhry had completed the programming of zeptites so that now a continual stream of hierozymes was being assembled from hierions that were collected every time Casanay's gas-burning water heaters were used. It was clear that Tyhry was going ahead with mass production of methane-destroying hierozymes. Anthony took the dishes to the kitchen and discovered that both Nyrtia and Manny were there. Anthony could not see them: they had not instantiated in human-scale bodies. Nyrtia was inside Pepper the cat's body and Manny was there, inside Trib the cat. When Anthony entered the kitchen, he was linked into the on-going telepathic conversation between Nyrtia and Manny. Nyrtia said: You can handle the memory wipe, Anthony.

A tryp'At game. Image by Leonardo.

Trib looked at Anthony. Manny said: Don't make Anthony do your dirty work. He's programmed to be nice to humans.

Pepper hissed at Trib. Nyrtia said: I've always been very kind to Tyhry. It is you who have brought this upon Tyhry.

Anthony put a popcorn bag in the microwave oven then began loading the dishwasher. He said: I don't mind doing it. I think it will actually give the poor girl a more normal personality if she is robbed of her obsession with programming zeptites. Anthony had for years been uncomfortable knowing that a human on Earth was being allowed to use bumpha zeptite technology. It would be a relief to put an end to that and get back to normal.

 Manny told Nyrtia: You don't have to do this. It won't be until next winter that natural gas usage will increase and then a significant number of hierozymes will be released.

 Nyrtia was uneasy. It had been absurdly easy for Anthony to notice what was going on when Tyhry started making hierozymes. I don't know what your game is, Manny. I'm nipping this hierozyme nonsense in the bud before you get the idea that this kind of deployment of advanced bumpha technology will be tolerated on Earth.

Manny told Nyrtia: Think of it this way, Nyrtia. If atmospheric methane levels start to drop, it will be a morale boost for humans. They'll see that endlessly rising greenhouse gas levels is not inevitable. They'll buckle down and solve the carbon dioxide problem.

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Nyrtia dismissed Manny's sophistry: The humans can do far better than using you Interventions as a model for their behavior. I suspect that if you did magically reduce methane levels then that would only make humans expect the carbon dioxide problem to also magically go away.

Anthony pulled the popcorn out of the oven and put it into a bowl. Wish me luck. He exited from the kitchen and headed for Tyhry's suite. Anthony always worried when editing memories; there was simply no way to avoid unintended damage to the neural circuits. Anthony knocked and entered. Marda and Tyhry were only paying minimal attention to the on-going game. In fact, Anthony had interrupted them in the middle of a long hot kiss. Anthony announced, "Popcorn. Who wants salt or butter?"

Tyhry was a bit irked at Anthony for barging in. "Just set it on the table." She pulled a hand off of Marda to point at the table.

Anthony returned to the hallway and closed the door, but he now had his memory-editing infites inside of Tyhry's femtobot endosymbiont. Ignoring the enticing aroma of popped corn and butter, Tyhry and Marda returned to their deep breathing and kissing. When Tyhry finally went to the popcorn bowl, Eddy was speaking through her phone and describing his next move in the galactic finance game. As he described a complex stock swap that might flip control of the planet Sermyth, Marda said, "I wonder how he came up with the name Sermyth for a planet?"

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Tyhry brought the bowl of popcorn back to Marda and to Tyhry it seemed that this was the first time she had ever thought seriously about Sermyth. Tyhry was familiar with the novel "The Hua Nanites" which had been in book stores for three years and the idea that Sermyth was the home world of the Hua, one of the original biological species that had eventually become the Huaoshy. She sat down beside Marda and said, "It's just a silly name."

Marda popped a piece of corn in her mouth and said, "But it is an important planet. How many billions of years ago did the Hua arise? That started it all!"

Tyhry started to undress Marda. "You started it all. It will be my pleasure to finish it."

Marda laughed, but began re-buttoning as fast as Tyhry was unbuttoning. She telepathically said: Cool it, Tyhry. My mom's gonna get tired of the game soon and want to take me home. We'll be alone first thing tomorrow when you fly me to school. Remember, we need to get the other gas well producing hierozymes... we need to get in and out before the workmen arrive. 

But Tyhry was not desisting in her efforts to undress Marda. Ylyndra told Marda: Tyhry can't hear you. Anthony edited her memories and I think he damaged her telepathic ability.

Marda asked, "You can't hear me?"

"I hear you fine."

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"But not internally? Telepathy?"

Tyhry laughed. "You should not take may father's stories so seriously. Telepathy is fun in science fiction, but really... how could it possibly work?"

Marda felt a sinking feeling. She told Tyhry, "It is worse than I thought. Nyrtia took your memory of us being tryp'At."

Tyhry giggled, "You can pretend to be tryp'At when you are on Eddy's website, but don't expect me to play that game. Now that I have you in my arms I have better games to play."

Marda jumped to her feet. "Tyhry! You are not yourself. Nyrtia must have edited your memories."

 Tyhry looked up at Marda and rubbed her forehead. "Nyrtia?"

"You don't remember? This morning... Nyrtia warned you..."

Tyhry stood up and put her arms around Marda. Tyhry's phone now squawked with Zeta coaching Rylla on how to announce their next move in the game. "Oh, bother. It is our turn next."

Marda spoke to Ylyndra: This is terrible! Tyhry's mind had been cleansed of more than just the tricks of zeptite programming.

But there was no reply from Ylyndra who had gone to the kitchen. Arriving right behind Anthony, Ylyndra tuned into Nyrtia's commentary on Anthony's work: Good, Tyhry has no memory of what she did."

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Anthony added: And there is no way for her to go down that path again. She's now unable to believe in aliens. 

Ylyndra told Manny: I'll be heading out.

Anthony asked Ylyndra: Did you really think that I'd let you use Tyhry to make your hierozymes?

 Ylyndra replied: You did let Tyhry make a few hierozymes. Why not a few more? What would be the harm?

Nyrtia cut in: Don't whine, Ylyndra. We left Tyhry with her memories of Marda. They will be happy together. 

Manny asked: What about the other copy of Tyhry at Observer Base?

 Nyrtia had already instantiated a replicoid copy of Tyhry at Observer Base. Yes, I better attend to that Tyhry. Nyrtia returned to Observer base.

Ylyndra told Anthony: I hope you can live with yourself. You destroyed Tyhry's free will and agency. 

Ylyndra and Manny departed from Casanay. Anthony went to the great room and tried to be of assistance to Eddy in the game. He ended up helping Eddy debug some code for the online version of the game. Eventually, Rylla returned to the great room, announcing, "I've had enough. I'm not helping, I'm just getting in Zeta's way." And she was satisfied with that, since Zeta had just used her tongue to give Rylla a mind-altering orgasm. Rylla asked Anthony, "Where is Marda? We should be going."

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Anthony went and collected Marda and quickly Rylla and Marda were in the Jeep and on their way down the long dark Casanay driveway. 

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Nyrtia allowed the older replicoid to activate the new Tyhry replicoid at Observer Base. As the new replicoid copy of Tyhry began to realize what had happened to her, Nyrtia finished loading her orientation nanites into Tyhry. "Just take things slow." Nyrtia told her new guest at Observer Base, "This is a copy of you from a previous Reality... Tyhry2, meet Tyhry1."

Tyhry2 complained, "Why can't I be Tyhry1? I'm the real Tyhry from the current Reality." She told the other Tyhry, "You are just a ghost from a forgotten Reality."

Tyhry1 laughed. "You're not even Tyhry2. The real Tyhry2 has gone off to visit planet Tar'tron in the galactic core. And don't try to annoy me by calling my Reality a relic of the past. I'll show you a Simulation System that gives us access to all past Realities and also simulations of possible future Realities."

Tyhry2 asked, "Are you serious? You have access to a Simulator, just like in dad's fiction?"

"The alien technology that dad described in his novels is not fiction."

Nyrtia told Tyhry2, "You seem to be adjusting well to your new life. Remember, you are now a femtobot replicoid. Enjoy your artificial life and if you have any questions, just let me know." Nyrtia dissolved her nanite components and drifted away.

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Tyhry2 told Tyhry1, "I have a million questions. What is it like to be a replicoid?"

Tyhry2 took Tyhry1 by the hand and led her towards the Fishbowl. "Different. First of all, you do not need to eat anymore. You can eat, but it is pointless. The best thing about not eating is that your new body makes no excrement."

Tyhry2 reached a hand inside her skirt. "I really am a tryp'At. So that's what an allzaurish feels like."

 Tyhry1 yanked Tyhry2's arm, pulling her hand out of her skirt. "Don't play with your allzaurish. I'll introduce you to your new equipment when we get home."

Tyhry2 patted Tyhry1's crotch. "You have a penis?"

"You have a penis. Can't you feel it?"

"Yes, I think I can. I've never felt so... excited." She put her hand down inside the front of her skirt just as they were passing another resident of Observer Base who asked Tyhry1, "Another Tyhry?"

"Ya. Just in from Earth." Then she told Tyhry2, "Stop playing with your genitals."

Tyhry2 said, "The glans of my clitoris is huge and hard."

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"Look, if you'll stop masturbating in public, I'll give you an orgasm." Tyhry1 telepathically linked to Tyhry2 and said: A real tryp'At orgasm is mostly a type of telepathic feedback between two lovers.

Tyhry2 felt her sexual pleasure sky-rocketing. No longer able to tolerate her own finger tips on her clitoris nor able to keep walking, she stood still and closed her eyes. She asked telepathically: How old are you?

 Tyhry1 replied: I've been here at Observer base for 87 physioyears. But I stopped this body from aging when I hit 30.

Both Tyhry's achieved telepathic orgasms and before Tyhry1 had recovered, Tyhry1 pulled Tyhry2 back to walking. When she could speak again, Tyhry2 asked, "Where are we going? I saw something in your mind... you are going to show me Casanay?"

"Yes, I want to see how your biocopy is doing."

Tyhry2 put her hand back inside her skirt. "My clitoris is growing!"

"Oh, bother. Didn't you read dad's stories. Don't..." But it was too late. 

Tyhry2's penis had emerged from its abdominal storage compartment. Tyhry2 pulled down her skirt and looked at her penis. "Wow. I'm huge."

Tyhry1 pushed Tyhry2's penis back into its sheath. "Don't do that in public. I'll show how to use your penis when we get home." She pulled Tyhry2's skirt back into place.

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Tyhry2 complained, "That was rude. I feel like I'm going to explode."

"You need to learn how to be a tryp'At. For the rest of your life your penis will be erect. You can ejaculate internally anytime you like. Try it." Tyhry1 telepathically showed Tyhry2 how to stimulate her penis without touching it.

Tyhry2 stopped walking again and when she ejaculated she gave a little scream. "Oh!"

Tyhry1 led Tyhry2 inside the Fishbowl and they sat at one of the consoles. Tyhry1 brought up a view of the biological Tyhry on Earth. "She's a horny little devil."

"I get very horny. She gets horny. I am horny." Tyhry2 again slipped her hand inside her skirt and began fondling the swollen tip of her penis.

"Stop that. You can call your copy on Earth bioTyhry. Remember, she is no longer you. From today on, your two minds will diverge. I want to figure out how much she can remember." Tyhry1 brought up a view of Marda who was being questioned by Rylla.

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Rylla asked Marda, "Tyhry forgot all she knew about zeptites?"

"I think so." Marda slowly shook her head. "Anyhow, that's what Nyrtia said would happen. I did not want to believe it." 

Rylla said, "At least you were not harmed."

"Wasn't I? How do I know what memories I lost?"

"You seem fine."

"I'm not fine. I don't think Tyhry can even remember having been telepathically linked to me."

"I can tell she still loves you. "

"But she does not remember that she is tryp'At. And what does it matter. The hierozyme project is dead."

Rylla hugged Marda. "You'll be fine, darling. There are a hundred ways to fight climate change. Pick one and get on with your life. I'll be getting on with mine."

Marda asked, "What does that mean?"

"There's no point in me remaining here."

"You are going to abandon me?"

"Rylla will stay with you. But me, Systolina, there's nothing for me here, now."

"Systolina?"

"I'm Systolina, a positronic robot from Deep Time."

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"I know Systolina from Eddy's novels. But you are Rylla, my mom."

Systolina held Marda tight. "Your mother died three years ago, along with your father. I stepped in and pretended to be your mother. And Rylla will stay with you even after I depart. So you'll have your mother. And Tyhry. Your life will go on."

Marda pulled back and looked at Rylla. Somehow, Marda knew it was all true and she was not even very surprised. "Systolina. Can you show me?"

Rylla allowed her physical form to shift and she took on the original form of Systolina, as described in Eddy's novel The Nanite Smuggler.

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Rylla and Marda continued to talk, but Tyhry1 was satisfied and told Tyhry2, "Wow, I totally missed that! Rylla is actually Systolina."

Tyhry2 asked, "What does she mean? Rylla will remain."

Tyhry1 explained, "Systolina is a replicoid copy of a positronic robot. She'll go back to the Hierion Domain, but a replicoid will remain to care for Marda."

"How weird." 

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"Yes, what do you expect when Manny is up to her Interventionist tricks?" Tyhry1 shut off the equipment that allowed for viewing on-going events on Earth. "Okay, let's go. I'll show you where I live. You can stay with me as long as you like, but eventually you will move into a residence of your own." Tyhry2 again had her penis out and was stroking it. "Don't make a mess in here, this is delicate equipment." Tyhry1 deployed a nanite screen that caught all of the semen when Tyhry2 ejaculated.

When Tyhry2 recovered from her orgasm and began trying to rub up another one, Tyhry1 pushed her penis back into her body, pulled up her skirt and led Tyhry2 out of the Fishbowl. Tyhry2 asked, "You know how to program zeptites?"

"Yes, of course."

"So I can can continue to learn about zeptite programming?"

"Yes, but don't expect to be babied by Manny. I've had to work hard to figure out how to use zeptites to improve my access to the Sedron Time Stream."

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 "Sedron Time Stream?"

Tyhry1 asked, "So you don't have visions of the future?"

Tyhry2 shook her head. "That's just in dad's stories."

"Well, we'll have to investigate what has been blocking you from accessing information about the future via the Sedron Time Stream. That mystery must be related to Manny's current Casanay Intervention. Why did Manny get you exiled to Observer Base for no apparent gain?"

Tyhry2 shrugged. "I didn't do anything. I thought I'd get to talk to Manny before being exiled."

Tyhry1 suggested, "There might be a way to crack this case. We can try telepathically linking and see if that improves my access to the Time Stream. So far I've been blocked from seeing your future... apparently there is a Temporal Paradox in play.  

Tyhry1 led Tyhry2 into an underground monorail station. "I live out on the periphery." They boarded a rail car and were soon being transported out of the core of Observer Base. "We'll get to the bottom of these mysteries." Tyhry2 was again investigating her allzaurish. Tyhry1 added, "And I'll introduce you to the anatomy of your tryp'At bottom."

Tyhry2 said, "It is true... I have two vaginas." Then she lifted up her shirt and saw that she now had four nipples. She reached up had felt the tip of an ear, which was now pointed. "The tryp'At phenotype."

"Yes, Eddy described it in detail in his novels."

"And dad is also tryp'At?"

 "Your dad? I don't know. Maybe yes, maybe no. I suspect it is different in each Reality, depending on what Manny is trying to accomplish. If he is, his tryp'At features are all hidden by developmental control nanites."

End Chapter 5

 Related Music: I had Claude help me with lyrics for a song titled "Literal Legal Fiction".

I tried to create an alien voice using my "4D Nanotech Vocal Lab" tool. I then had Google's Flow Music try to craft a complementary human voice track (Human Response to Alien). The composite video was made with Apple's iMovie from images and two short video clips that were generated by Flow.

Next: Chapter 6 of "The Hierozyme Intervention".

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