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The Synthogenesis Report


(Hiromi – volunteer test subject of vaccine )

I stood on the threshold of the planes of hope. The skies swirling wheels of gemstone, set aflame with a light I could not find words sufficient nor adequate to describe. Any attempt on my part would fail miserably to pay such a wonder its due!

(Prof. Meioh Setsuna)

How did you feel as the transmogrification from human-organic to Synthogenic took place?

(Hiromi) I felt exhilarated. I felt alive, I suppose, like I was emerging from a kaleidoscopic womb, the membrane I could only describe as like a living, breathing and sensate, very colorful Mandelbrot set on steroids, a true enigma. I was absorbing it as much as it was consuming my essence.

(Prof. Meioh Setsuna)

Using metaphor as a kind of prop, can you convey something of the encounter, as surreal as it may be.

(Hiromi)

I found myself in a place I called, Port Impossible, where dream, fantasy and bliss were all insufficient signifiers to convey the profundity of my personal experience. It was like good sex, or some other fabulous peak experience that involved mind, body and spirit and something beyond definition. I think we are going to be, all of us, all right!


Dr. Kira Hiromi Nanotechnology vaccine tester personal log during the trials of the "Synthogenesis" vaccine program: January 2043 CE Tokyo Japan


(Taken from Stargate Atlantis)

First appearing in the episode "
Progeny", the Asurans (which are similar to the Milky-Way Replicators) are another powerful enemy of the Atlanteans (although created by the Lanteans as weapons). They are artificial life forms that evolved from an Ancient experiment to create powerful and aggressive nanites to attack the Wraith on a cellular level. However, the microscopic creatures came together to form increasingly larger and more complex organisms, eventually imitating their creators to become human in appearance. When the Ancients realized their experiment had gotten out of hand, they attacked this new race with their fleet of warships and nearly wiped them out. The Atlantis expedition became their enemies when they learned that the humans from Earth were descendants of the Ancients and living in Atlantis.


Portugal June 30 2043


It was much as they had remembered it, the rambling stylized Spanish homestead, with its inevitable stone arches, verandas and charm-laden architecture and beauty in plentiful supply. The fragrance of freshly cut lawns, the occasional butterfly, and the sound of voices floating towards them as they left the red hover sports car as Jad parked it inside the garage made Usagi feel at home.

She felt the breeze caressing the skin of her shoulders and legs as the soft white sundress fluttered like a protesting sail of a tall ship as she moved towards the house.

She squealed with delight, "Oh, Mamo-chan! Its so pretty and welcoming, the flowers and the balloons," she gushed, jumping up and down on the soft grass as Mamoru laughed light-heartedly at his Usako. "Come on Mamo-chan, there's Molly and Umino and Araya and the gang…they're all here! Oooh!"

Usagi's heart burst with the love she felt in that moment for all her friends. Suddenly, the house erupted into a flurry of Spanish flamenco guitars as traditionally dressed men in sombreros looking like the leading cast of Zorro, accompanied by a cluster of stunning dark haired women of elegant beauty emerged from the house singing a Spanish version of happy birthday, Usagi. All smiles, each in their turn bowed to the smiling couple and put on a performance for their second honeymoon. The breeze picked up a little as the copious multi-colored balloons hovered from their thin tethers as Usagi and Mamoru greeted their friends, old and new upon the spacious lawns of the estate.

Motoki, dressed in a form-fitting tuxedo, was all-smiles, holding two glasses of champagne and handed one to each of his friends, "Welcome to the party guys!" he beamed, taking a glass for himself, kindly provided by Reika, who stood beside him in a white mini dress that set off her dusky complexion. Usagi thought the shoes way too high for her sister. Reika's eyes filled with adoration as she looked upon the tall blonde MC and he grinned and kissed her on the forehead. Reika too gave her warm greeting to her sister. Then running out of the house Ikuko clutched at her chest dramatically, she wore a claret colored summer dress, not as short as Reika's but her beauty was no less striking as she burst out laughing as the siblings hugged each other. Mamoru and Motoki were chatting about the trip whilst looking on at their women folk.

"You guys look great, and after all you've been through you look rested and refreshed. I am so glad and Usagi is back to her chirpy self."

"And you and Reika, how long has that been going on, my friend?"

"We've always had a good rapport, but recently, things have evolved you might say, as well as our physiology -- sorry about the obvious pun there, Mamoru-kun. As she is of age, Aiko had allowed us to date, chaperoned of course by Luna and Artemis -- when not on assignment that is -- that, my friend, left us plenty of time to get to know each other better as people and not merely the traditional staff-monarch relationship. Mamoru , she loves me and I love her, what more can I say. We're getting married – today!" he whispered conspiratorially.

Mamoru arched an eyebrow, "Today, he said, careful not to let the cat out of the bag. "Congratulations then!"

"Yeah, and that's not the only surprise, but I will not spoil that for you guys; the best is yet to come!" Motoki grinned like a loon.

"Well, my best friend's getting hitched, and so it seems there are more surprises in store for Usagi and I. I am intrigued."

"Well let's get some finger food, I'm starved. We spent all morning prepping for this fantastic day and the weather, like the fine wines and good food, glorious!" he said, gesturing towards the sky and looking like an over dressed traffic cop.

Mamoru laughed at the image of Motoki waving hover cars and transports through a busy intersection whilst handing out milkshake and burger vouchers to well behaved drivers for the Crown Arcade. "Okay, lets get something into our stomachs. I'm famished and I know Usagi is already loading up her plate, so let's eat!"

~*~

"This is marvelous is it not, Usagi?" Luna giggled, holding onto Artemis's arm, "and we've got another surprise for you, and did I say one surprise?" Luna laughed, jerking her head towards the veranda.

Laughing and dancing with the Spanish musicians was her mother. She, every bit as beautiful and alluring as the women whirling about her. She was playing a set of castanets, dressed in a sumptuous low-cut black dress showing off plenty of cleavage, the skirt flowing over her rounded hips falling in layers as the twirling skirts fanned out knee-high with her body's graceful movements. Aiko's raven-black tresses flew about her hips as she maintained perfect balance on her toes, the action exposing shapely tanned calves and ankles. But the bright pink sandals made Usagi giggle most, so kawaii.

Aiko waved at Usagi and Mamoru. "I love it, and what I love more, dear daughter, is a chance to get away with your father… Oh, there you are, Sokhumi!"

Usagi laughed and clapped. Mamoru too applauded Aiko's skill as a dancer as Sokhumi, equally skilled, played her leading man to perfection. He tilted his hat to the lady, his boots clicking on the stone patio in perfect sync with the music.

He beamed, then bowed. "Yes, my sakura blossom, and your children are preparing the BBQ. Spanish style. And, Makoto is adding a little Japanese flare to the menu!"

Aiko, gave him the once over, he was just as sexy as he was when they'd met. But since the Synthogenesis, he'd appeared so much younger as did she. Life in this almost immortal body took a little getting used to, but she wasn't complaining. No, she was ecstatic. In fact, she thought he looked taller, and so debonair in his matador outfit.

She observed the younger women, Jessica, Araya, Mina standing a short distance away, each holding a portable holo-scanner, recording the event for the palace archive. Nearby, Rei and Yuuichirou stood smiling and waving from the drive where the BBQ was sizzling away as Molly, Umino, and Ami were helping Makoto with the cooking.

Mina was as usual, unashamedly flirty and coquettish. Rei thought her so kitten-like, the way she played the men around her off against one another as she flirted shamelessly with them as she danced, her bright orange mini-dress leaving little to the imagination. Mina's hair, almost as long as Usagi's shone in the sunshine, as did her ocean-blue eyes. She was Aphrodite incarnate, perfection from her adorable and pretty face to those sculpted and impossibly long legs like those of a bronzed statuette; her sensual aura drawing her admirers like magnets, all supplicants to Lady Mina. The male contingent flocked around her like ravenous seagulls. Her eyes shimmering, her dusky complexion aglow and the white high heels finishing off the ensemble. She was in her element.

"How she can do all that and not spill a drop of shampas I'll never know how she does that," Ikuko joked, as the young man playing for her affections, Kenji bowed. She took his hand and they began to dance.

Aiko sighed with pleasure, joining Motoki and Sokhumi as they watched the dancers, including all their children having a great time on the lawns, verandas and upon the flagstone court beside the inviting blue water of the swimming pool.

"The exuberance of youth, the joys thereof. I don't know about you, my husband, but I feel those two will be next after Luna, and Artemis."

Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the swimming pool, the two cats, one black, Luna and the other, Artemis, obviously named by Usagi after her dear friends, sat like plushy moneyboxes, with Onyx, Rei’s faithful black and white cat, like their special envoy to the Terran Realm. The felines overseeing proceedings like a pair of moon monarchs in a Lunarian Kingdom of ancient legend; the thought made Usagi chuckle.

“They'd be cute mentors, or guardians, I could imagine them talking and the princess of the moon waggling an admonishing finger for tattle-tailing on her for sneaking her prince into the palace for an intimate interlude,” she giggled, taking another glass of the delicious Cabernet Sauvignon and promised herself one glass of Merlot after dinner. These were non-alcoholic and for not only the babies, but also the taste was no lesser in quality. She breathed in the aroma, noticing the woody flavor and fruit after-taste on her pallet. A 2032 vintage, just right. Satisfied, she moved towards Mamoru who was talking with the new arrivals. Chibi-Chibi and then followed Nyanko, Lead Crow and Iron Mouse, each child-like woman holding Hotaru by the hand.

"They look adorable, don't they," Ami commented, as she looked at Usagi and patted her hand and placed another biscuit with a yummy savory topping in her open palm.

"Thanks, Ami-chan!" she smiled.

Ami stood beside Usagi with her new love-interest, Zoicite, one of the Shitennou task force operatives. "You know Zoi, Usagi-chan?" she blushed as he bowed and squeezed Ami's slim waist.

"Majesty… good to see you, you look radiant and the babies?" he ventured, his eyes sparkling.

"Thanks Zoi, and please, call me Usagi whilst I'm not being all regal and official and stuff, okay? I want to chill out and be myself out of the throne room, but its great to see you and you're looking great, both of you!"

"Thanks… Usagi-chan!" he said smiling as Ami kissed his cheek and it was Zoicite's turn to go beet-red.

"What you think about this star locket. It is so sweet of Mamoru," she said, pulling the object from her bodice. The locket caught the light as it emerged from its resting place on a silver chain between her breasts. She set it upon her open hand. With a bubblegum pink nail, she flipped it open and the beautiful haunting melody began to play. She swooned. "He is so sweet.”

"Its quite lovely, Usagi, and that tune, its sounds familiar. But I can't place it, yet…" Ami said, and Mina agreed.

"I know, the man who sold it to Mamoru said it had been found in a demolished temple in Kyoto, but nothing inside the building indicated its origin as, it wasn't Shinto, nor Buddhist, and yet, the civilization worshiped the moon. That they gleaned from the moon motifs that were everywhere. Mamoru bought it for a song… pardon the obvious pun guys, but 15000000 transglobal dollars in my view, a bargain for such a treasure. I wear it day and night. When you play it under the moonlight, a haunting magic weaves its power over you. It kind of pulls me into its embrace, especially under the full moon. That is best. But its like it belongs to me, to both of us. Chibi-Usa and Kino, my little ones, adore it and tell me they know the tune, isn't that weird, nice weird, I mean. So, there's a real mystery for you!"

"Awesome! Umino said, as he joined them, Molly rhapsodizing over the locket, captivated by the tune as still others approached.

"Hey, Jizela, come look! And Kunz, get your gorgeous ass over here!" Araya shouted, and soon everyone was spellbound as the star locket played, the rose and crescent catching the sunlight.

~*~

Later, Usagi and Mamoru went for a walk after the delicious BBQ where Usagi had stuffed herself with delicious fair, arguing successfully that she was now eating for three people.

Mamoru thought she looked so endearing with her eyes closed, and that familiar blissed-out expression on her cute face; cheeks puffed as usual whenever she pigged-out. She lost herself to the moment.

But as they approached the rose garden, Mamoru took pause, cocked his head and listened.

"What is it, Mamo-chan?"

"I don't know, I think its coming from over there behind the lavender bushes. Let's check it out," he grinned, "Aren't you curious?"

"Er, no! But all right then, I need a little entertainment, sounds like they're enjoying themselves over something."

Then as they rounded a hedgerow, the sight that met their eyes stunned them both. They had finally come upon the source of the giggles. Usagi's jaw dropped and she just stared at the familiar frame of the young man before her. It was Shingo. Chest bare while quickly doing up his pants. The shapely form of a topless Chibi-Chibi, her hair wildly draped over her back and teardrop-shaped breasts sitting cross-legged in only her skirt. Her top, along with her underwear and shoes piled beside her. She was leaning upon her elbows propped upon her knees, watching Shingo as he hopped about like a crazed jackrabbit trying to put his shoe on as the purple color rose around his face like a traffic light.

"Argh! Usagi! Mamo-kun! Oh by the Kamis! Shit, Damn! Um, sorry!" he said, rushing to dress. "Er, sis…I-I mean, we were," he stumbled, quite literally and fell over and Chibi-Chibi laughed as did Usagi and Mamoru.

Chibi-Chibi looked up at Usagi and grinned like a baka, "He is beautiful. Everything I want in a guy, and I am not just talking about what we're doing here. The sex I mean. But Usa-chan, can I have him? Your romantic traditions please me. I want him!"

"Eeeep! Er, okay, but Shingo should have a say in this, too. You know, Chibi-Chibi," Usagi said, still staring at the two lovers in stunned disbelief.

"Can I-I want to marry him. Shingo! You want to be my husband. Oh, Mamoru, Usagi, he's so cute and caring!" she announced, batting her eyelashes and reached for her bra and her top.

He was frantically buttoning his shirt, tucking it into his pants and combing his hair with his hand. Usagi began to laugh, not able to help herself. This, inevitably set off Chibi-Chibi and before long, both women were rolling on the grass on their backs, kicking their legs into the air and it was quite a sight as a very contrite and sheepish Shingo stood there mortified, doing up his bowtie.

Mamoru sighed and clapped him on the shoulder. "Shingo, I'll never understand them; women, I mean… and you know, truth is, they feel exactly like that about us guys. But let me tell you, she's a fine woman. Chibi-Chibi is not completely aware of customs and protocols, but like your sister, she too flouts convention. But in Chibi-Chibi's case, she is a little more eccentric. But, not that you need it my friend, you have my blessing for all its worth, and you obviously have Usagi's!" he chuckled as Shingo exploded into a cascade of uproarious laughter also.

Shingo coughed and cleared his throat and sat beside Chibi-Chibi. He put his arm around her. She closed her eyes, smiled blissfully, and placed her head on his shoulder. "Chibi-Chibi sweetheart, you're embarrassing me…" Shingo sighed and began stroking her hair.

"Sorry, Shingo my love, but… I do love you, very much I-I love-" she began to cry, but Shingo brushed her tears away and pulled her close, and Usagi and Mamoru stepped away to leave them to their private moment.

"I love you, too and yes, I want to be your husband very, very much!"

"Really?” She said, looking up at him with a look that just melted his heart.

"Really, and I will always be here for you," he said, and closing the gap between them, weaving his hand into her sumptuous blonde locks, he pulled her mouth to his and they engaged in another searing kiss. This all the sweeter for its significance.

~*~

Ten minutes later, the four of them, still giggling, approached the house. The sounds of the Baby-Grand piano they knew, the prelude to the surprise weddings.

~*~

Rei stood as celebrant and performed the Shinto joint wedding ceremonies for Luna and Artemis and Reika and Motoki.
It was a moving ritual and the happy couples were talking about their lives, each other and their friends and families; stock standard practice for these sorts of occasions. Shingo and Chibi-Chibi announced their engagement. Aiko, and Sokhumi just looked at each other with puzzled expressions as it took a few minutes for Chibi-Chibi and Shingo along with Usagi and Mamoru to control their fountainhead of mirth.

~*~

As the night melted into another day, everyone flew home to Japan and China respectively.

Usagi sat on the banana lounge in her frilly chemise. She looked beautiful Mamoru thought as he sat beside her and began to massage her silken thighs. She sighed.

"Alone at last!" she smiled and sipped her juice.

"I find it so peaceful now, it has been like we've come back to a point where we can pick up where we left off. I want us to have as near to a normal life as is possible, given the circumstances. And that little bulge," he smiled tracing the line of her belly with his fingertips made Usagi giggle, the sensation ticklish.

Usagi took his hand, pressing it against her breast. "I want you!" was all she said.

Draining the cup, he pulled her onto his lap and held her, placing butterfly kisses over her closed eyelids, her nose, and cheeks; prizing her lips open. He tasted her sweet mouth.

"Mamo-chan, I love you so much, and you're going to be the best father and the children love you so much!"

"And I love you all, and now, precious," he murmured and unbuttoned the back of her chemise, brushing her hair from the soft skin of her back, smelling the scent of her shampoo and musky scent of sexual excitement. Usagi leaned forward, pulled the garment over her head, and tossed it to one side. Leaning back against his bared chest, she felt in heaven. She could stay like that forever. But had another idea, becoming aware of his hardness beneath her and began to wiggle her hips. The solid swell grew. Before long, Usagi was guiding him into her fiery depths. As she leaned against him, she felt the heat and the rush of desire sweeping over her. The sensation intensifying as he cupped her breasts and kissed her neck, his fingertips stroking her nipples. She soon reached orgasm, as he rode his own climactic wave. She faced him then. He admired the pillars of bronzed perfection that were her thighs and hips, handcrafted by a mason of celestial magic. She leaned forward, her curtain of gold pouring over her glistening breasts. Usagi cried out as she took him inside her floral depths once more and sank down consuming him to the hilt of his manhood and grunted with the pleasurable sensation. Once more, she pressed down, the action generating that wild-woman passion burning within her bejeweled eyes. She kissed him hard. Usagi's tongue thrusting into his mouth, she was the sexual aggressor now, she took control of the man she loved and she was ablaze. At that moment, the sea crashed upon his soul, the light exploded in a rain of shimmering golden starlight as he felt himself release all the love, and all his want into her. For an hour or more, they sated their desires on the sun lounge.

Usagi had fallen asleep on Mamoru's chest. He smiled, happy and content. Life was indeed good.

He woke her at lunch, having snuck into the kitchen to prepare a seafood salad. There were more than enough leftovers from the birthday party and the wedding fest to last them a month at least.

"Wake-up my love, got some delicious food," he chuckled as she licked her lips and began a mischievous giggle.

"I could eat a horse after all that hot sex. Let's eat!"

After washing down their lunch with a glass of lemonade, they sat and talked about the babies, about the news locally and the party and kept off the subject of state affairs and just soaked up the afternoon sun. Then they went for a swim, showered and spent the rest of the day out on the patio -- a cat on each of their laps -- going through holo-albums and enjoying just being together and sharing anecdotes and jokes.

That night, they walked under the light of the full moon. Usagi played the star locket. "Thank you again for this beautiful gift Mamo-chan!"

"It was nothing, money is no object when it comes to my Usako, and I love you so much!" He kissed her and took her by the hand and they began to dance in the moonlight.

"I love you too, and always will my muffin!"


Tokyo

The Palace


Usagi and Mamoru were happy to see their new friends. Kino and Chibi-Usa were adorable, the children it seemed had no trouble getting acquainted as the adults looked on with pride.

"Beryl, I am so glad you called us to meet with you, Vesta is adorable."

"Yes, and so too are you!" she cooed as she knelt on one knee to hug the little prince and princess as Mamoru and Usagi smiled. "I am so glad we're all family, and who would have thought. Chibi-Chibi and Shingo will be here soon. I think this meeting is going to be especially interesting."

"Sure is, and you look great!" Usagi said, hugging the redhead as she welcomed the embrace, turning at the sound of footsteps. "Oh, Beryl, here they are now!"

Chibi-Chibi smiled as she too embraced Beryl, "Oh, and Beryl! You're pregnant, I mean, you were, and this is…"

"Vesta. Chibi-Chibi and Shingo, I am sorry, but I hadn't realized I was pregnant until I had recovered from the vaccination. I had a bad reaction as Seiya infected the nanites upon conception. Fortunately for me, the trace elements of the blast on the space plane weren't life threatening. But after I complained to the palace clinic of severe cramps, they scanned me. Then, they placed me in stasis until they could regulate the nano-virus. I was then given a clean bill of health and so too my, or our child. So, you see, Chibi-Chibi, you have a daughter, albeit, Seiya's child. Though you are a unique individual now, you have a bond with my child. Let's just say, a kind of, aunt. Let's not get caught up with cats cradle gender bending or warping shall we, so… you're both welcome to play a role in her upbringing and I would be honored as you're expecting as well Chibi-Chibi?"

"Oh, yes, I'm five months along. I am not upset by this at all, and I am sure we're all going to be great parents and Beryl, thank you for coming to us and letting us know. It wouldn't have been easy for you. I am learning all the time as I was like an adult child, albeit with a complex mind and biosynthetic body, but I am still learning."

"I am more than happy to play a role, too, Beryl-chan. So Vesta, pleased to meet you!" Shingo said, as the shy redheaded toddler peeked out from behind her smiling mother's skirts.

"Hello Uncle Shingo and Aunt Chibi-Chibi!" she said, and ran to each of them and hugged them.

Shingo hoisted the little girl into his arms and then handed her to Chibi-Chibi.

"Pleased to meet you Vesta, I look forward to you meeting my child. You're adorable!"

Vesta giggled, "Thank you Aunt Chibi-Chibi!"


Juuban Prefecture


Yatan took Gabriella's hand, and they walked along the corridor to their next class at Tokyo University. Gabriella, the name the former Sovereign of Silence had taken once purged of the dark ZP weapon within her system. Now she was a biosynth hybrid. Like herself, she learned of other drones given biosynthetic treatments. She was a new individual. She smiled at Yatan, her fiancé, she was truly happy. Studying Japanese history and culture was her chosen field. She also excelled at sports and made life-like dolls of contemporary and historical women and girls and these dolls were drones, but she treated them as if these were her children. And people adopted these unique beings, not simply to adorn their homes, but as true companions with equal rights to all biogenic life forms. And of course, cats, dogs, and other traditional pets were also biosynthetic, but were happy with the new additions, as they too had evolved.

Gabriella and Yatan had met up with Hotaru and her partner, and enjoyed being on first-name terms with the royal family of Japan and the federation. Yatan's former existence a distant blur and only the future counted now. As was the old saying…

"Let no sunrise, find you where sunset left you!" (Paraphrased from the Prophet)


Nano-Genesis Theorist Diaries October 2019 Juniper Institute Greenland


Nanotechnology

Grey goo is a hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario involving
Molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating robots consume all living matter on Earth while building more of themselves (a scenario known as, ecophagy ; eating the environment).

The term "grey goo" usually used in a science fiction or popular-press context. In the worst postulated scenarios (requiring large, space-capable machines), matter beyond Earth would also be turned into goo (with "goo" meaning a large mass of replicating nano-machines lacking large-scale structure, which may or may not actually appear goo-like). The disaster, posited to result from a deliberate doomsday device, or from an accidental mutation in a self-replicating nano-machine used for other purposes, but designed to operate in a natural environment.

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