Though she had her own sensations of panic at Akari's revelation, Zoey was almost certain that her fiance was the one having the bigger freakout here. The evidence was in the brightness of the asian woman's cheeks, reaching an intensity she'd only seen once before. That occasion had been perhaps the worst moment of Akari's life, when her parents rejected her completely for her prefernces and left her sobbing for days - anything that intense couldn't be good, she thought.
"I... uh..." She clasped her hands together in front of her mouth. "You... know what my favorite superhero is... right?"
Well of course she did. You didn't propose to a woman and not know her favorite superhero. "Yeah, Iron M-" She paused, the circuits that now contained her mind running through a whole lot of deduction in a very short span of time. Zoey hadn't ever been that slow on the uptake, but her ability to reach a conclusion had increased dramatically with this change, something proved to her now as she looked down at her body.
It was still kind of difficult to believe, but a hesitant knock against her side, and careful listening to the way the sound reverbating inside a hollow body provided confirmation. That, and the variety of readings and information that flooded her central processor, but none of them had the emotional impact of hearing the emptiness within her body. "You... you wanted an exoskeleton?"
Akari nodded, but was quick to make an addition. "N-not just an exoskeleton. I always thought it'd be cool, to imagine having one... and imagining that it was... you." She let out a shaky breath. "I guess because... when I'm down, and hurting... you're always there, keeping me safe... making me feel like I can handle everything the world's throwing at me." She looked down, moisture welling up in her eyes. "I-I didn't... if I had known the candles would do that, I-I wouldn't have..."
She was silenced by a shiny plastic-textured finger placed on her lips, forcing her to look up into Zoey's cybernetic eyes. "Hey," the roboticized woman whispered, "Look at me. It's... it's weird, but..." She grinned for a second. "I'm a badass robot super-suit. An engaged badass robot super-suit. That's... that's pretty awesome."
Their gazes lingered as Akari swallowed audibly. "You were awesome before."
"And now I'm way more awesome." She leaned in to press her lips against Akari's for a moment, briefly cupping her fiance's face and smiling before she took a few steps back. "Now... how about you take off that suit and get inside me?"
In spite of all her anxieties, the dirty joke caused Akari to giggle, softening her mood ever so slightly. Her breathing started to even out, but quickly picked back up as Zoey closed her eyes, her whole body beginning to ripple and shift. The gaps between her white plates began to open up, hinges working in order to expose the soft black interior of her body. The blue-tinged section of her chest opened vertically, as did her face, turning upwards as her legs split apart. All to accomodate Akari stepping inside, something she hurried to do after stripping down to her underwear and bra.
The material that coated the inside of Zoey's new form was cool to the touch, even a little luxurious, like silk against her bare skin. With just a little pressure it neatly conformed to the shape of her body; she was, overall, smaller than Zoey had ever been, and not merely in height department, a fact made clear by the extra padding in the buttocks and chest areas. Yet there wasn't a hint of discomfort as she relaxed into the foamy interior. Even when Zoey closed back up and Akari felt pressure against every inch of her body, it was more akin to a blanket wrapped around her than a robot crushing her.
Her vision went dark once Zoey's faceplate closed down over her, eyes reflexively shutting as she felt something urging her on to a sleepy sort of sate. In moments, however, she was jolted to awareness, as the comfort of Zoey's foam was replaced by a hundred alien sensation. Heat rippling across her body, electricity flowing over her skin, her heels pressing agains the floor - heels? That wasn't right. She willed her eyes to open, and was met with the vision of Zoey's body in the mirror, along with a cavalcade of information flashing across her vision in holographic lettering. It took her a moment further to realize that Zoey's expression, and the locations her eyes darted to in her reflection, matched her own.
A hesitant lifting of a robotic arm to trail along one of the plates, producing a thrilling tingle up her spine, affirmed what she had started to suspect. She was in full control of Zoey's body, piloting it... feeling everything it felt. It was a jarring sight alone, not to mention the strangeness of looking down and feeling a much taller, much more... robust body than the one she'd always known. In idle curiousity she couldn't help but lift a hand up towards hers - Zoey's - their own breast, hesitantly placing it on the surface at first. The shock of arousal that swept into her caused the young woman to squeeze suddenly, moaning at the incredible sensitivity - not to mention the sheer quantity of synthetic flesh that slipped between her fingers, far more than she possessed herself.
"Awwww, my lovely little pervert."
The voice rang out in her mind, snapping Akari out of the trance she had begun to fall into as she looked around. "Zoey?" She hasked quietly, "Are you... are in there? Er... in here? With me?"
"Here, there, eyerywhere, babe." In the corner of Akari's heads-up display appeared an image of Zoey's face, blue and partially transparent like some kind of sci-fi hologram. "It looks like when you're inside, I get put into some kind of support mode. I can still access everything, but you're in control." She paused. "I uh... I feel everything, too."
"Everything, huh?" She smiled at her reflection, a hand running down Zoey's robotic stomach. "Well... I was gonna take you out for a spin, but... maybe we can stay inside for a little while..."