Forgetting my chores, I stayed and talked to Taliya while she was doing hers. I didn't think time passed so fast; it was nearly noon and Mistress woul... be home first. I ran downstairs, trying to get everything in order. As I was heading to the living room, I had forgotten about the kitchen when I heard Mistress pull up in the driveway. I didn't have time to even dust. She was opening the door when I felt my heart stop. She closed the door behind her, checked me over a few times. . Sor."Ignoring Heather, Rinrin called up her DroidScan 17.7 detailed analysis program. "Heather, what's your body unit number?" she asked."U.nit-num.ber-Ee-Kay-Eight-Six-Ef-En-Zero-Ex-Zero-One-Six-Nine-Ay."Rinrin typed in EK-86F-N-0X0169A into the UNIT B.U.N. field on the control screen, and then she tapped the FULL SYSTEMS SCAN function icon. Heather seemed to perk as she announced, "Link-o.pen-to-Droid-Scan-Seven.teen-point-Seven-pro.gram. Full-sys.tems-an.al.y.sis-com.men.cing.. “Everything’s a go outside?”“They will be by the time we’re ready to blast.” Helen replied. A little chuckle followed. “You know, in politics, when they say someone got ‘blasted,’ it just means someone else in politics was talking shit about them. Then they say that person ‘took fire.’ And if they reply, they ‘fired back.’ Trying to make it sound cool doesn’t impress anyone.”“And here, Your Countessness is the only one who literally goes out and does it.”Helen and Suzy-Q both laughed at that.. I would have to be quite careful as to how I spent my money. I walked over to the strip mall where Mistress Nancy had her salon, and I stood outside for quite some time trying to muster enough courage to go in. I needed some work on my eye color, and I didn't want to spend any of my meager funds at this point. Finally, I took a deep breath, and went in. I walked into the salon, and Mistress Nancy saw me right away. She was working on a male customer, giving him a makeover, and I asked her if.