Richard watched somewhat helplessly as they made their way through the forest, the last couple necessary items from Fisc's ship in hand, or in Across's case the entire Nova Armor case held up on his shoulder. "Maybe I should have hung back." He mumbled, not liking the fact that he was pretty useless.
Kikata shrugged, not realizing that the movement nearly toppled Richard to the ground, "You got a nice view of the scenery."
The three giants made their way back into Kikata's ship, the living quarters feeling a little cluttered with all of the extra items. Richard plopped down into his piolets seat, "I'm driven." He called back, wondering how hard it could possibly be.
"You will certainly not be driving." She retorted as her fingers ran across the display
"Aw c'mon Kikata, let the man drive!"
Kikata grumbled, but eventually allowed it, "Fine. Fine. But my hands will be on the sticks."
"Awesome." Richard said facing back towards his own display. "Now what do I do?"
Kikata slowly led him through the processes, igniting the engines, setting up the controls, and finally lift off. "Don't pull on the controls, let them flow smoothly otherwise-" She screamed a little as the ship tilted a little too far backwards, "Easy! Easy! That is exactly what I'm talking about. Level it out!"
"Do a flip!"
"Shut up Fisc, don't give him ideas!" Kikata groaned, her neck straining to watch Richard down below.
"Okay I got it, now where do I go?"
"It's over there. I can see the roof from here." She said pointing towards a small red object in the distance, "Now tip the nose down slightly, we're not racing there!" She ordered, half expecting Richard to run them straight into the ground. But oddly enough the ship coasted smoothly over the tree line towards Midnights home, though Across seemed a little on edge, his hands tightly gripping the circular table as they flew.
"This is easy!" Richard laughed, "Hey where are the guns on this thing?"
"Yeah I'll keep that on a need to know basis." Kikata retorted quickly. Her eyes fell on the house, a large grassy clearing spread around it, "Okay now I think I should probably-"
"No I got it." Richard said, his arms pulling the sticks back gently, "Just like going up right?"
"Gently..." Kikata groaned, watching the ship start to slowly descend.
"Yeah yeah." Richard called back watching the ground rise infront of them. He felt the ship jerk slightly, "There. Easy as-" The ship bumped as it finally set down on the grass, "Oh, guess I wasn't done landing yet." He chuckled. He turned back towards Kikata as she glared at him. "Hey come on it wasn't that bad."
She just rolled her eyes and carried him back into the now cramped living quarters. "Okay, well I'm going to get out of this armor finally." She eyed the three men, "Some privacy would be appreciated."
"Well I got my clothes already on, so I'll see ya guys back inside." Fisc said, "Come on bud lets go." He said towards Across, whose eyes were still staring around the ship in wonder. He tapped him on the shoulder and waved his hand, motioning for him to follow. Across rose to his feet, a good two heads taller than the Neko male.
Kikata watched as they exited the ship, "And you need to get changed too." She said before removing her shoulder and chest pieces. Richard lowered himself down on the elevator, sighing a bit as he watched her slender figure once again emerge from the bulky armor. He shook his head as he came to a halt at the floor, walking over to his own case. He turned his head to watch her disappear into the bathroom, her white clothes in hand.
~ ~ ~ ~
They found themselves once again in the large living room of Midnight, her large eyes happily scanning over them, "Everything went well?" She asked with a smile.
"Very well. Across was a big help." Kikata said with a nod.
Midnight whispered something to Across, he nodded, silently replying. She smiled, "He was glad to help." Her hand gently falling on his back as his ears fell in embarrassment. Her large, gentle fingers stroked his wings lovingly, seeming to calm him down. Eventually the conversation flowed, Midnight was understandably curious as to how this all had happened. She seemed rather disturbed that such conflict still existed among civilizations that seemed so advanced.
"Well with new races being added every couple of decades conflict almost seems unavoidable." Richard chimed in, he nearly squirmed as the goddess sized alien's eyes shifted onto him.
She smiled, "I suppose so. I'm sorry you are just so small that I almost forget you are there." She leaned forward, an impossibly large hand settling next to him, "So I can get a better look at you."
Richard had to struggle to climb up onto her palm, she waited patiently for him to sit down before she leaned back and held her hand before her face, "So small and yet so similar." She mused, "Is it not funny that all of the possible forms life could take it always seemed to develop into the same basic shape? Very interesting." She said with a toothy smile. "Is it okay if I place you here?" She asked hovering her hand by her shoulder.
"That's fine." Richard said hopping down onto the warm, soft suface. For her size her hair was rather short. He sat down, his eyes looking up towards her giant face, the color of her eyes was nearly hypnotizing.
"Let's go for a walk? I would like to show you around some. It is nearly sun fall and the best time to view the scenery."
"That sounds nice." Kikata said rising to her feet. The Neko's watched as the titanic Midnight walked slowly towards the door, following closely behind as they left the home. For the first time Richard was able to look down on everyone as they followed a wide path through the forest, Kikata just below him to his right, Fisc trailing a little behind her. Across kept to himself on Midnights left, seeming to be lost in his own world as they talked. In front of Richard Midnights bossom shivered and quaked, taking on the appearance of some sort of living balcony that stretched out what seemed like hundreds of feet in front of him. Obviously this was an overestimation, but it seemed a miracle that midnight was able to keep her back upright as she walked.
In their walk they exited the thick forest, their eyes falling over a wide grassy plain. A rocky waterfall trickled out of the forest and wound its way through the green hills. The group set down to watch the sunset, the blazing star taking on a strange purple color as it began to dip behind the horizon.
"So is all of your planet so peaceful?" Kikata asked hopefully, her eyes falling over a landscape that didn't seem to have a care in the world. There were no tall towers cutting through the forests, or loud spacecraft roaring over head.
"Not always." Midnight sighed, "Where there is life there is almost certainly conflict."
The group fell silent for a long while, no one wanting to disturb the peace and silence as they watched the sun go down, the bubbling water was the only thing that drowned out the sound of nothingness.
Finally as darkness had set, their eyes not looking upwards to the stars, "Hey." Fisc started, "I've got quite a few drinks back at the ship. We could celebrate? You know. To new friendships and what not."
"Sounds good to me." Richard said with a chuckle.
"Even after last time?" Kikata giggled, her eyes playfully darting towards Richard.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Fisc asked with a raised brow.
"Nothing. Nothing at all." Richard nearly growled, Kikata just laughed again, shaking her head.
"Wait...tell me what happened!" Fisc nearly pleaded.
"It was nothing." Kikata sighed rising to her feet, "That was very lovely, thanks for taking us here, Midnight."
The group made their way back to the house...and probably to more troubles.
Giantess World
Nova Force by Ginbug