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Chapter 2: Rough Gems

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Three scientists and three officers sat across from Tucker in a conference room. On the redwood desk a pair of identical sapphire globes rested on white cloth. Tucker removed his bedraggled hat and rubbed at newly grown stubble on his head. “Am I in trouble?” he asked the group. A burly officer had escorted him through the facility to the conference room. It was the same officer who had stepped out of a helicopter at his ranch and who had insisted Tucker accompany him. At Alice Springs airport they had jogged across the tarmac from the helicopter to a waiting small jet which whisked them to Melbourne. Another helicopter ferried Tucker and the officer to this military compound.

One of the scientists, a woman with bronze skin, spoke up. “No, not at all mister Tucker. In fact,” she reassured the weathered man, “we’re quite excited you were able to join us here.”

“Mister Tucker,” began the older male scientist, “we’ve spoken to Officer Tameril who accompanied you on a…” he checked his notes, “…survey of an old tin mine turned chemical dump. He said you found another artefact while on your mission. We’d like you to tell us your version of what happened on the mission.”

“Did you have dogs with you?” the youngest officer blurted a seeming non-sequitur.

The scientists shushed the young man, “Rob, don’t ask leading questions,” said the other male scientist.

Tucker followed the back and forth. “Officer Tameril is a grumpy sod and he dropped the gem while we were packing at night. I found it in the morning near Kalina and Boorie. I accidentally set it off again so we completed the survey. I don’t know about another artefact – we only had one.”

“Hold on… hold on… back up a bit,” the older scientist said. “Who are Kalina and Boorie? There were other people with you?”

“Kalina’s my sweetheart,” Tucker’s eyes softened. “I rode her and Officer Tameril rode Boorie. He’s got no brains but he’s a reliable ride.”

“Oh, the horses, of course,” said the older man. He scribbled a note on a jotter. “The officer told us you donned the Sapphire Suit the afternoon before but you were unsuccessful completing the mission. He was evasive about exactly what transpired. Can you fill in the blanks about what happened with the first attempt?”

“You sure I’m not in trouble?” asked Tucker again, dubiously, “Because I think I’m getting in trouble here. Room full of white fellahs and one black man - I gotta be in trouble.”

“I’m hardly a white fellah,” scoffed the female scientist.

“You’re a white fellah in a brown sheila’s skin,” said Tucker.

The younger male scientist spoke up. “I’m Doctor Karl. This is Doctor Chand,” he gestured to the scowling bronze woman on his left, “and Doctor Ash.” He pointed to the older man on his right. “Officer Wright is the young guy with the buzz-cut. I don’t remember the names of the other two officers.” He looked embarrassed for a moment. “We’ve been working with the artefacts for a few years. We know they have some… quirks. Everyone in this room is under strict non-disclosure. Nothing you say here can be used against you in any way. The military’s only concern is with details of the artefact.”

The burly officer nodded. “Officers Laidlaw and Carrington. Sir, Doctor Karl is correct. We don’t care what you did with the suit – when your testimony is done here you can walk out that door.” The officer who spoke didn’t clarify if he was Laidlaw or Carrington.

“But you’re going to fly me back home, right?” asked the weathered man.

“All expenses paid, complimentary champagne on the flight,” said Doctor Chand. “Just, please, be one hundred percent honest and go into as much detail as you can remember. Anything you say could be critical in understanding how we ended up with two suits.”

Tucker sighed. “You’re not gonna like it… You absolutely sure I’m not in trouble?”

“Yes!” the others chorused.

“Okay then. But if there’s mister policeman waiting at my farm when I get back I’m gonna be really annoyed.” He took a deep breath and related the events of a week earlier while the scientists and officers scrawled notes on jotter pads.

“Despite Officer Tameril not knowing the north end of a horse from the south we made good time to the mine. We arrived around three in the afternoon – plenty of time to check out the mine and set up camp. You fellahs all know you gotta strip before putting on the suit? Okay, yeah. So I got naked and squashed the crystal. Next thing I’m covered in the stuff – it’s crawled up my butt and inside my dick! Oh, you know that happens too… okay. Then it began humming, and shit man that gets you so rowdy. Like, you gotta fuck something or go mad.

“My girl, Kalina, was in season. She’s a sexy beast all the time but when she’s in season, man she’s irresistible. I couldn’t help myself – she just smelled like heaven, like sunshine. She was being a total slut too – sorry Doctor Chand. Kalina was all flirty like she gets when she’s horny too. Hey, you fellahs okay with me talking about this? Some of you townies get kinda agro about cockies messing with their horsies. Officer Tameril totally freaked about it. You sure? Okay then…

“Boorie’s okay for a fuck but gelding butt is nothing compared to my sweet Kalina. She’s a good girl and backed up to the stump like she’s done a hundred times. So I’m absolutely going mad with desire – I think the humming of the suit mixed with her smell made me drunk. I barely lasted a minute before I spat my wad into her sweet pussy. You’re all nodding along like you’ve fucked mares before. No? Well anyway, she’s the best. No girl in the world like my Kalina.

“I guess the suit popped off – I don’t remember but it was on the ground when we were done. Officer Grumpy was like super pissed off. Geeze, I thought he was gonna hit me. He was all complaining about the mission being ruined and annoyed that he would have to ride back again. So we set up camp for the night, planning to ride back in the morning. Grumpy forgot to pack the Sapphire Suit – I found it by the horses next morning. When I tried to hand it back to Grumpy I almost dropped it – sorry. I wouldn’t have broken it? Oh. Well anyway I grabbed it with my other hand and I guess accidentally set it off again. Damn if it didn’t rip my shirt and jeans to bits! So I’m naked again with a hardon, suit buzzing inside and out driving me nuts.

“Lucky, I guess, Kalina had come out of season overnight. Yeah, just like that. Snap. No longer smelling like angels and spices. Officer Grumpy is all worried I’m gonna get distracted by my sweetheart again. But I think I blew off enough steam previous night that I didn’t need to root her again. I mean, I would have, if she’d asked nicely. But anyway Grumpy was all in my face so I trotted off to the mine. Man it was rough there – dead trees, bare soil, rotting animal carcasses. Some really bad shit down in that dark hole. Lots of rusting barrels leaking shit. You don’t care about the mine? Shit… Why did I waste… another department, okay. Anyway I photographed it all, got my samples and got the hell out. Place gave me the creeps – dreaming was nightmare – all death and rot. Just lookin’ at it made me feel crook. I skedaddled back to camp.

“Got back all horny again. Jogging with a stiffy is all ‘slap… slap…’ kinda awkward. Man I needed to make love to my sweet honey. But Kalina was a tart, being silly and coy. So I had a wank behind the bushes instead. Officer Grumpy packed the crystal and we rode back. Oh, I had no clothes so I wore a blanket. Man, leather saddle in the sun burns your arse.

“And that’s it,” he finished. “So, ah, I can go now?” Tucker stared hopefully toward the door.

The older scientist spoke, “Thank you, Mister Tucker. That has been more helpful than you can imagine. You candour was very much appreciated and I can assure you no-one here is shocked or disgusted by your tale.” He consulted his notes. “If you don’t mind staying a little longer I’d like you to clarify a few details, and I’m sure the other scientists have questions too.”

“Oh. Okay.” But the weathered man seemed resigned to his fate.

“When you first wore the suit do you think it forced you to have sex with your mare, ah, Kalina?” asked Doctor Ash.

“Nah. I woulda given her sweet love anyway. She’d just come into season.” The weathered man’s eyes softened whenever he talked about his lover. “But she did smell super sexy – I think she made me drunk with lust. Suit didn’t need to force me to do anything.”

“Wait… you said she just came into season,” Doctor Karl checked his notes, “but earlier you said by morning she was out of season again. Is that right?”

“Yeah. I remember it was odd – she should have been in season for another week. We usually get a whole week where she’s flirting and peeing and backing me into the fences.” Tucker mused. “Gotta say I was a bit disappointed. She’s still a tart, but when she’s in season she’s a real slut. Mmm!”

Officer Wright was nodding and shared an indecipherable look with Doctor Karl. He murmured, “Came out of season the day after sex with the suit…” The young office asked Tucker, “Can you describe the smell you talked about when you were with Kalina?”

“Sure. It was really strong, like overpowering but in a good way. Spicy apples, or mulled cider. Hot, like mares’ flanks smell in the sunshine.” Tucker considered. “It was in my head but tickling my cock. I wanted to breathe the scent of my lover until I passed out drunk.” He adjusted the front of his jeans. “Sorry – thinking about my girl gets me rowdy.”

“Know what you mean,” muttered the young officer quietly.

Doctor Chand spoke up, “Mister Tucker, how would you describe the behaviour of your horse, Kalina”

He raised an eyebrow. “First time I wore the suit she was the sluttiest girl. Like, she gets demanding when she’s in season but, wow, she was peeing and squealing and acting up like I was the sexiest stud. Horses are easy to read and she was like ‘root me now!’”

“And the next morning when you got back from the mine?” Doctor Chand prompted.

“Like she didn’t want to speak to me.” He frowned. “Kinda hurt my feelings. Soon as I had a wank she’s all back and cuddly again like my best buddie though. So I forgive her.” He paused, considering. “You blokes really interested in fucking horses then?”

Doctor Karl turned to the older scientist. “Doctor Ash, do you mind if I tell him about the dogs? Doctor Chand?” Both scientists nodded.

“Mister Tucker, we think you and Kalina produced a second Sapphire Suit.” He tapped one of the crystals on the table with his pencil.

“That’s Kalina’s baby? Don’t look much like her. Or me, either.” The weathered man responded dubiously.

Doctor Karl chuckled, “Nope, and my baby didn’t look much like me either. A couple of years ago while I was wearing a Diamond Suit – clear crystal version of your Sapphire Suit – I had an encounter with a dog. Stellar was a German Shepard bitch, very much in season. I had sex with her. Next morning she was found with a duplicate Diamond Suit and she was also suddenly out of season. I was affected by driving pheromones similar to what you described.”

Tucker’s interest was suddenly piqued. “Your sweetheart is a dog? Cool.” He looked at the gems lying on the desk. “How many of these crystals are there?”

“Just the three – one diamond and two sapphire,” replied Doctor Karl. “Ah, me and Rob were messing about with the two Diamond Suits and one went blue.” He took a breath and clarified, “Or to put that candidly… we fucked each other while wearing the suits. Mine, the ‘bottom’ one, changed to the blue colour you see here.”

Tucker nodded toward the younger officer and asked, “He your boyfriend? Nice. He fuck dogs too?”

Officer Wright blushed deep crimson. “Um, actually, yeah.”

“Sweet. I used to mess with the strays when I was a kid on the farm,” admitted Tucker. “But when my uncles introduced me to the mares I never touched dogs again. You don’t know heaven until you’re buried in a mares giant pussy. I know how to talk with horses – they’re easy to work with. Dogs are confusing. I just don’t get them.”

“You’ve just never met the right Great Dane bitch,” chuckled Doctor Karl.

“Boys… boys… penises back in pants, please.” Doctor Chand admonished the bantering men. “Mister Tucker, you have helped us considerably. And more than that, you’ve managed to recreate the circumstances leading to the duplication of one of the most important devices on the planet. I cannot overstate how profoundly important your discovery is to us here. Accommodation has been arranged, you’ll be flown back home tomorrow. Legally we can’t pay you for your time, however I’m happy to submit an extremely generous and somewhat creative expense claim for your time – think of it as partial compensation for you providing us with a priceless gem.”

“You’re paying me to fuck my horse? Choice!” The weathered man stood as Officer Laidlaw opened the conference room door. “If any you fellahs out Alice Springs way drop in to the ranch. Got a couple of mares who would be enthusiastic to recruit you to the Light Side.” He followed the surly officer out the door.

“Well… comments?” said Doctor Ash when the horseman had left.

“Mister Tucker’s testimony corresponds remarkably well with the events surrounding your duplication of the Diamond Suit.” Doctor Chand addressed Doctor Karl.

“Yeah, right down to the pheromones and abrupt changes in oestrous,” he agreed. “You remember a couple of years ago we talked about the Diamond Suit having an ‘affinity’ for canines? I speculated the Sapphire Suit was somehow aligned differently. It looks like we’ve discovered the blue suit’s affinity for horses.”

“Let’s speculate wildly for a moment,” began Doctor Ash. “We had one Diamond Suit. In a freak convergence of circumstances Leon mated with a dog while wearing the suit. A second Diamond Suit came about from that conjunction.” Everyone nodded along. “Despite repeated attempts to recreate the circumstances, we couldn’t produce a third Diamond Suit. In ‘messing about’ as Leon primly said, one of the Diamond Suits changed to sapphire. We determined the new suit was unresponsive to canines. Mister Tucker has fortuitously shown us the Sapphire suit is strongly reactive to horses and in doing so produced a second Sapphire suit.”

“I think I see where you’re going with this,” agreed Doctor Chand. “You’re going to say that even if we tried again with someone in a Sapphire Suit and a mare no third Sapphire Suit would be produced. Right?”

“That’s what I’m thinking. One Diamond Suit can duplicate and create another Diamond Suit. But neither will duplicate to produce a third Diamond Suit. Changing the aspect of one of the suits to sapphire changed the affinity of the suit to horses. The Sapphire Suit was able to spawn another suit with a horse. But I’m guessing that with two Sapphire Suits no amount of horse or dog interactions will produce a fourth suit of either aspect.”

Doctor Karl spoke up, “There are a few assumptions in there. We should at least attempt to recreate another suit – perhaps horses are a more compatible host for an embryonic suit.”

Officer Wright chuckled quietly, “Leon, you getting an itch to fuck a horse?”

Doctor Karl glowered at him. “No – I don’t actually like horses. Too intimidating. I just want to do good science.” He continued, “What about two people wearing Sapphire Suits? Maybe we can re-aspect one of them toward a third species.”

“Oh, you want me to fuck you! Now we’re doing real science!” the young officer smirked.

“Well, yeah, actually. But not until we’ve done more testing.”

Doctor Chand jotted notes. “So, first we re-test with the Diamond Suit to confirm it has no affinity for horses. Now we know there’s a second trigger species we should verify the alignment of the Diamond Suit is only toward canines and not triggered by horses. We haven’t tested that before. Second, we know the Sapphire Suit isn’t aligned to canines – we’ve tested that in the past. I would like to re-confirm the suit’s affinity toward horses. One event might have been chance. More events add weight to the theory. Thirdly, I’m actually in agreement with Doctor Karl about conjoining the two Sapphire Suits. I agree with Doctor Ash that we’re unlikely to create another Sapphire Suit. But if we change the aspect of one again perhaps there’s a chance another species is compatible. Valuable data would be gained regardless of the outcomes.”

“And then maybe another outing to the Zoological Park with our shiny new baby,” suggested Officer Wright.

“I guess, yeah,” agreed Doctor Karl, cautiously. “If we do re-aspect one of the suits maybe we’ll get lucky with discovering its alignment.”

“Take a ladder for the elephants,” Officer Wright teased.

Doctor Ash interrupted, “We’re getting a long way ahead of ourselves now. First test then is with a person in a Diamond Suit around oestrous mares. Another person with a Sapphire Suit standing by to repeat the test.”

“Oh, why not ask Mister Tucker if he’d be interested in allowing the science team to interact with his horses,” suggested Doctor Chand. “While I’m sure his invitation was off-hand and not necessarily serious he’s obviously amenable to people having intercourse with horses. We can offer generous compensation for use of his facilities. Wait, do we have access to the Diamond Suit? Doctor Ash”

“Ah, almost certainly. When I sent my report that we had a third suit Head Office practically wet themselves. Knowing that cloning the suits wasn’t a random, one-off event I think they’ll let us do anything we want if there’s a chance of making a fourth. I’m confident we can get the Diamond Suit flown to Alice Springs to meet us at Tucker’s ranch if he agrees to host.” He paused, then spoke into his phone. “Officer Laidlaw, could you escort Mister Tucker back to the conference room? Yes, assure him he’s still not in trouble. Great.”

A few moments later the horseman and surly officer returned. “Aww man, I was just sitting down to lunch the officer bought me,” complained Tucker.

“Mister Tucker,” began Doctor Ash, “I mentioned earlier how important your discovery with the Sapphire Suit was. We’d like the opportunity to repeat your success. We were hoping you’d be amenable to some of the science team spending a week at your ranch. If you were serious earlier about allowing one of the scientists to, ah, mate with a mare while wearing the suit it would be immeasurably valuable to us. Obviously we’d compensate you generously for use of your facilities.”

“Ha! Knew you dog-fuckers want to try the real thing!” he chuckled at the young officer and scientist who both blushed. “Course you can. Venus and Patty will make you cum your brains out. Pervert you forever and you’ll never want dog pussy again. No touchy my Kalina, though. She’s my special girl and I’ll personally castrate anyone who gets too frisky with her. She’s an evil seductress though, so if you want to keep your nads you push her away. Guest house will take three… or four if someone sleeps on a camp bed.” He practically beamed with enthusiasm. “So when’s the piss-up there?”

“Say, a week from today?” suggested Doctor Chand. “That’ll give us time to pack the monitoring equipment and book flights. Doctor Karl and Officer Wright, I’d definitely like you both along. Officer Laidlaw, do you have the bandwidth to act as military presence to keep Head Office happy? Doctor Ash?”

“No, not me,” he shook his head. “Rural air disagrees with me. I can watch everything on live stream – but I’ll do it from the comfort of my office here.”

“Right. I’m the fourth body then. Someone has to keep you randy boys under control,” she pretended sternness. “Excellent. We have a plan.”