Chapter 10 - Day 10

The ship that me and Tempest were to live on was a luxury freighter measuring about 300 meters long. The interior for the most part was the definition of opulence with golden inlay and trim on the walls and furniture. I decide the cargo bay of the ship would be the garden and work space. Setting up my desk in the cargo bay I get to designing the space. With rudimentary plans for my "office space" I start planning the area for the mana tree and botanical gardens. I mean we do have a hydroponics bay but its not very good for mana gathering or meditation. Also I have a feeling that Tempest will be quite the handful when she wakes up she is a blackhole fox and has always been physically active and hyper. Thinking about this I realize that it might take a lot of effort to get her to actually cultivate. With that though I add a section of the garden as a spot to hold her so that I can get Tempest to do the cultivate. Moving on the to work spaces I designed platforms that float using mana with steps and have a pleasing flower formations. These platforms were mostly for admin work but there are two for manufacturing and fabrication because I suspect that with the very powerful prodigal Tempest, who also happens to be very unfocused and unlucky I might be making a lot of ship repairs and clones/androids. Moving on to the final floating platform it has cloning and android production facilities because as the only humanoid currently on the ship. I am going to need some help maintaining the ship and taking care of Tempest as she will be literally useless for the next couple weeks while she adjusts to her body. Thinking about Tempest cultivation again she will probably get a humanoid form before immortality, but as she has all ready experienced pseudo immortality she might get that first as she has spent many years as a un-aging immortal. It also worries me deeply that she is already more powerful than me a nine tail; because when she wakes up from her slumber almost all existences, powerful and weak, within one light year will be alerted. That new grand power has awoken and will come to either ally with us or kill us. However it could be easy to hide it if I break the limit or call upon the Guardians of the Tail, who might be here before Tempest wakes up. Making up my mind to contact the Guardians as protectors and allies. To help obscure our location. Walking up to the final platform the cloning zone I use a bit of my genome. I start the process of making a new clone. This one is an experiment to see what happens because as a nine tailed kitsune in humanoid form the clone could be a nine tailed kitsune or a single tailed kitsune with no power at all. As cultivation power is tied to an ethereal entity that resides with in the body you can swap bodies and keep ones cultivation level. How ever I have never heard of what happens if you clone someone at the peak. After the vat was all setup I move to the communication room. Setting up a comfy chair for the long conversation that is about to take place. Contacting the Guardians of the Tail using the unique identifier of my mothers family, one of the founding families. Originally the Guardians of the Tail was a mercenary group on my home planet that was made up of powerful kitsunes to protect weaker kitsunes and make money. As time passed however they grew and the elders got to levels of power that were near impossible. The elders decided to leave the planet and form an interstellar mercenary company. Waiting for the response I think about how to brooch the subject my bloodline still exists as the rest of my family was either long dead or died on our home planet. Once I get a response it was one of surprise as they had realized the credentials I used belonged to an extinct bloodline. None the less it was a cordial greeting. I greeted them back and asked if they could help me. They said "We can but for a price as you did use founding credentials from an extinct bloodline. We can be sure you actually belong to them. Although we did hear rumors that one of yours left the planet after achieving immortality. Though we can't remember her name." To which I reply. "Her name is Kitsuna and I am currently talking to you. I obtained these credentials from my mother Rain." They then come back with "Miss Kitsuna, it is a pleasure to work with you what needs protecting?" I say "My fiancé Tempest is under going the transition and is emitting an aura stronger than my own a nine tailed. I am worried that when she awakens we might have some issues with strong existences wanting to do naughty things to us." They then ask. "Where are you?" The reply being fairly simple of. "We are currently aboard cargo ship of the Star-Crossed Imperium as she previously had the rank of duchess. The rank has since been transferred to me as her heir and all. Here are the exact coordinates in spacetime (XXXX,YYYY,ZZZZ,T). I am not sure how much time we have till she awakens but if you need me contact me again." With that long and boring conversation done I move to Tempest to find her rolled over in bed moving her limbs sporadically like she was having a nightmare. In all my time observing her I have never seen her have one.