*Gulps as I gaze up at her elegant, serpentine form easily towering over me, freezing in place out of shyness* I-! Uhh...! H-Hello...miss?

I'm not...interrupting anything...am I? A-At least I...hope I'm not...! owo;

\*Iris peers down imperiously, the single glowing eye cut into her smooth, ceramic mask glowering with a look of bored disdain. The spindly, mechanical arms that support the vast web of cables and hoses that drape down from the shadows and into her back shift and hiss as she leans over slightly to inspect you...*

"Hm...? Curious. Usually visitors wander in further from my chambers... well. No matter. You're my guest, for now; may I be of service?"

*Instinctively backs away for a brief moment as she leans down towards me, becoming transfixed to the piercing, yet tranquil glow of her mask’s eye before suddenly shifting elsewhere as if feeling unworthy* W-Well...It’s just that you...looked rather...alone and...Umm...

I was wondering if...if... >uo;;

\*She seems to consider that for a moment, then sighs and slithers slowly about you, tracing a circle across the grills and metal plates of the floor while her mechanical "servants" rotate and follow behind her on unseen tracks somewhere high above.*

"Well... I am alone in my role as Empress, I suppose. All you see is an extension of myself- my empire of brass and copper and steel and steam. If you offer your companionship, I may deign to accept your offer. But first, tell me..."

\*She fixes you with her single, glowing yellow eye, her manner assuring her sense of superiority over you in every way~*

"Are you to offer me something, or I you? I give very little away for free- all things have their price. But fair is fair- if you consider yourself worthy enough that I might benefit your presence, what would your price be...?"

*Trembles with my muscles locking while witnessing her effortlessly gliding around my space to isolate me with her powerful-looking coils, panicking a little at the revelation of her status* Y-You're an-? Uhh-! I'm sorry, my Mistress! I...didn't realize-! I mean-! P...Price?

*A faint blush starts to emerge across my cheeks as her monstrous, yet alluring figure continues to loom over me* I-It's nothing...physical...or large...either of us has to give up...! I guess...our time and...our selves is all? ;////;

*She taps the little plate embedded on her breastbone idly, seeming to weigh your words, still holding herself with an air of superiority, boredom, indifference.*

"...Very well. You are still my guest, and I shall extend my hospitality to you, small and trembling though you may be."

\*Ceasing her slow, circular movements, she adjusts her dark, shining coils and pats a "seat" she forms out of them, indicating a spot against her you may take by her side.*

*Feels my insides jolt from feeling her lengthy body subtly pushing me closer to her as the area closes in around me, anxiously glancing over to the space being provided before gazing up into the glow of her "eye"* Ah-! Wh-? Then it's...really okay for me to-? I mean-! Th...Thank you...Miss-

*Prods my claws as I inch towards my "seat" before hesitantly settling beside her, allowing myself to lean into the supple curves of her sinuous, inky-black form* Oh...! Though, I...don't believe I've caught your...name yet...? ;u;

"You may call me Iris- and what may I call you?" *She asks, her sinuous form shifting underneath you, powerful and muscular.*

*Lightly gasps from sensing myself starting to sink into the fluid, meticulous movements of her coils as if they had become quicksand, quivering from their slick, silicone-like texture skimming across my body* I-! Ehhh..."I-Iris..." A...very lovely name you have...! Really...!

*Blushes cherry-red with my ears rearing back cutely out of shyness, still fixated to the golden luster of her gaze* I'm...K-Karma~ o//w//o