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[TinyTale] Date Night (First Draft)

Zee glared into the mirror, the access port on her neck open as far as it could go, a myriad of wires poking out of it. It was an awkward and sometimes even painful angle to work at. What made it even more awkward was the module she was trying to work on, it was part of her motor function relay. One slip and she'd potentially paralyse herself. Her primary relay was already shot, the primary backup was on the way out, and this was her secondary backup. She grumbled to herself some more, a small click and the feeling came back in her fingers. Pausing her work she extended her right arm out and tested each digit. They worked.
Her workstation chimed, “Incoming video call from, Nadja.” a silly photo of the wolf pulling a face filled the previously sleeping display.
Leaning over she tapped a key, the picture was replaced with a live picture of Nadja leaning back at her own workstation somewhere in the city. The wall behind her was covered in a mix of cybernetic parts and weapons, it provided an impressive, and ominous backdrop to the call.
“Heya rabbit!” Nadja paused, her eyes flicked up and down taking in the sight of the reclining, and very naked Zee, “Ohh, Very nice!”, adjusting her posture slightly she continued, “I've tracked down a D46 type MFR.”
Zee's ears perked and she turned to look at the screen more intently, “A Haimatsu?”
“Afraid not, a CyCon.” Nadja shook her head slowly, glancing away from her camera seeming to look into her pile of crap around her workspace.
“Ugh, the feedback on those is a bitch, but it'll have to do.” Zee sighed as she stuffed the wires back into her neck.
“I'm sorry hon, but you know as well as I do that Haimatsu stopped manufacturing D46s nearly 5 years ago. You've been living off new-old-stock, and they're getting hard to find in serviceable condition.” Nadja's eyes returned to the camera as she held the module in question up to it for Zee to inspect.
Zee glared at it, CyCon made serviceable clones of Haimatsu products, at best. Absolute junkers at worst. This one seemed to be somewhere towards “serviceable”. 
“It's gonna be OK bun, I'll come over and install it for you soon.” Nadja's smile returned, her eyes again drifting over Zee's naked form.
“Thanks Nadja... all this effort... it means a lot.” Zee sighed again, her eyes seeming to avoid the camera as her mind contemplated the complete failure of her MFR. Not a pleasant thought.
“You take care OK? I'll be in touch. Kissies!” Nadja grinned and blew a kiss towards the camera, Zee smiled quietly in response. Nadja always knew how to make her smile.
The call ended and Zee stared blankly at her workstation screen for a moment, her screensaver coming back on immediately, 3D rendered pipes spidering out across her displays. Her attention was briefly drawn back to the open panel on her neck, it looked to be in an acceptable condition. She'd need to ask Leon to give her systems a once-over again, that chatty little cat seemed to have a way with augmentations and bodging that was hard to top.
Her attention was abruptly taken away as an alert flashed across her HUD, there was someone at her apartment door. Turning on her camera link she saw it was Melissa. Her smile returned as she issued a remote unlock command.
“Door's open Melissa, come on in, I'll be out in a sec.”
Rising carefully from her chair she did one last quick check of her extremities. Control wasn't great, but it worked, full feeling in all her digits and about 80 or 90% control. It would do.

Melissa stood in Zee's living room, it wasn't particularly lived in, apart from the clear dent in the sofa where Zee would sometimes relax. Full body cyborgs were heavy. Melissa knew from experience that Zee spent most of her time at home in her room at her workstation.
The bedroom door clicked and swung open, Zee stepped into the living room a moment later still in the process of pulling her top on over her ample bosom.
“We good to go Zee?” Melissa smiled as Zee stepped into the room, she wasn't wearing anything particularly diverse from her usual attire, short-sleeved t-shirt and cargo pants.
Zee's outfit was considerably more revealing, short skirt, fishnet stockings and a low cut tank-top that barely made it down to her stomach. Quite the unmatched pair. “Just finished!”
The two of them turned and headed for the door, Zee grabbing her jacket on the way out.
The door closed behind them with a positive click, followed by the definitive clunk of multiple locks engaging.
“Something to eat and then some drinks?” Zee stated after a moment of silence as they walked along the hallway towards the lifts.
“Sounds like a plan, there's a new place just opened not far from here. I believe they serve food from your home country. Want to check it out?” Melissa suggested, looking up at Zee as they both stopped, waiting for the lift to arrive.
It arrived a moment later and they stepped inside, Zee seemed to ponder for a moment, “You mean 'Earl's Eats'? I've heard good things. Sure let's try it out. I'll tell you if they got it right!” she smiled, her first proper smile of the night.
“I'm sure you will!” Melissa chuckled as the lift doors closed.