This day had not been what Tiara had expected. Over the span of just a few hours she had crawled through the station's air system, captured a few bounty hunters, had tea with the Imperial Princesses and now, she had found herself in a very compromised position with Tali. Fortunately she still had an injector of Thara-tin with her. The powerful pheromone suppressant had even knocked Tali out for her, so she hadn't needed to resort to more emergency measures. That was the only fortunate part though. Another five minutes and she wouldn't have had that. By the worst luck possible she had started her own reproductive cycle three days ago.

After a quick search of the room she determined that Tali didn't have any Thara-tin. Which meant that Tali, likely wasn't expecting to go into a reproductive cycle anytime soon. Which meant that it was likely her fault this had all happened. The only question now was why hadn't Tali noticed she was starting early. But for the moment that question would have to wait as Tali was sleeping, her soft lips slightly opened as if waiting for a kiss.

"NOW ENOUGH OF THAT!" She yelled to herself. That line of thinking was only going to lead to trouble. Michael's muffled voice immediately responded to her outburst. "Everything alright in there?" He yelled.

Two things happened, in that exact moment. The first was a spike of excitement ran up her spine. The second was her scrambling to disable the door before she acted on that feeling. She had just barely disable the door when someone on the outside tried to open it.

"Tiara the door's not working. Are you ok" To some relief it was Amara who called through the door. "Yes, we're fine. Might have a small problem though." The Thara-tin she had taken last night was starting to wear off and she was starting to think that the reason she teased Michael so much may have been something more than just for fun. "I just used my last dose of Thara-tin on Tali and she doesn't have any." She could just hear Amara's muffled curse. "Don't worry I'm going to the infirmary to get some."

"Can someone please explain what is going on?" Poor Orin was probably thinking they had all gone crazy. Fortunately Eric saved her from having to explain it. "The girls have gone into their reproductive cycles. Happens about once every six months."

"So that caused Tali to sit naked in Michael's lap?" She could only imagine the looks on the two males' faces as they tried to explain that. The truth was that it wasn't normal.

Michael let out a little cough to get their attention. "Umm, Tali is from a New Found Agri World." This shocking revelation explained everything. Frayins had a large discrepancy between male and female birth rates. Normally this was roughly seven females for every male born. However young single females are the most likely to go out to a new colony. This means that the difference is usually hundreds or even thousands of females per each male. These New Found Worlds ran under special laws for the first hundred or so years until the population evened out. Which meant Tali had likely never even seen a male before joining the Imperial Academy unless that male had been a sibling.

As Michael and Eric tried to explain all of this to Orin a soft moan drew Tiara's attention, Tali was starting to wake up. She looked tired, confused and a little flushed. But she didn't look like she was going to try anything improper l, at least as long as Michael wasn't in the room. It was at this moment the holo imiter on Tali's desk lit up displaying Nayomi's familiar form. "Tiara, Dr Khan wanted me to tell you, she won't be able to finish synthesizing the Thara-tin for you and Tali till the morning." This was horrible news.

"Thara-tin? Why would I need that? My cycle isn't for another two months." So Tali was still on a pheromone high and couldn't be trusted. "Looks like we are going to have to stay here till morning." She yelled back through the door. There was some grumbling from Orin but that was to be expected.

"Is there Anything I can do to help?" Michael's innocent question made her heart flutter and she only just managed to yell out a resounding NO! To Tali’s flirty, yes.

She let out a nervous laugh. She could feel Tali looking into her back expectantly. Then she had a bad idea. Letting out a mischievous smile she talked back through the door. "That is unless bound to me and Tali for the rest of your life." She could just imagine Michael's face as he desperately tried to backpedal his offer. Except the only thing that came after was an awkward pause. "Don't stand there and actually consider it!!!" This seemed to knock the idiot out of whatever stupidity he was considering. "Right I'm going to, ah, ya." Michael just managed to choke out before his footsteps could be heard retreat away. Eric and Orin seemed to take the hint and soon followed after.

With the boys taken care of, all that was left was to deal with Tali. "Sooo, is Michael going to be coming back soon?" The cute and innocent the question was asked in definitely didn't match what it implied. Turning back, she locked Tali. The petite and typical shy girl was currently laying on her stomach, her tail swaying back and forth, on top of the sheets of her bed. Fortunately she looks by far more in control of herself so perhaps blunt reasoning would be able to snap her back to her senses. "Right. Tali you've got into a reproductive cycle."

"But I already said I'm not do for another two months. I mean sure it can vary by a few weeks but not months? Right?" She looked confused now, like she was trying to figure out if she could have possibly miscounted. "Unfortunately if you are constantly near another female who has stronger pheromones and you are both attracted to the same male it can push it up by a few months."

"No, that…" Tali tried to rebuttal this but she wasn't going to give her the chance. "You were sitting completely naked in Michael's lap when I came in." Tali’s expression was a mix of confusion and concern at this point. "That was… a dream…." As she began to realize the truth a look of horror slowly spread across her face, as her entire body turned a lovely scarlet that would have easily matched Michael's eyes. "Oh Great Spirits take me!" Tali cried out in embarrassment while covering her face with her hands.

Tiara could stop herself from laughing at Tali’s little prayer. "I think that might have been what you were going for." Tali only groaned in response. Which only prompted a new bout of giggles and laughter from Tiara. It got so bad that her sides started to hurt from laughing so much. It took a few minutes for her to recover enough to compose herself. When she did she looked back at Tali who was trying to meld with the bed.

"We may as well both get comfortable. We are probably not going to get out of here till morning." Tali stopped trying to will herself from the experience for a moment to look at her. "What do you mean?" Tiara ran her hand through her long silver hair and stretched before sitting down on Orin's bed and answering. "Well we won't have any more Thara-tin till the morning." Then she looked at the door and tilted her head. She could tell Tali had followed her gaze there as well. "I'm also fairly sure I broke the door and they are going to have to cut it open to get us out."