the One

[xandimouse]

He sighed and leaned back in his chair. Checking the battery components individually would be very tedious indeed.

He figured he'd start with a preliminary system test before continuing with any more hardware examinations.

Very carefully he repositioned her interior facial hardware, making sure everything 'clicked' into place. Looking across the bed, he picked up her faceplate, kissing each cheek and the forehead lightly before repositioning it over the multitude of tiny apricot wires reaching out from her hardware for it.

He made sure she was running on AC power (He was glad noone ever asked him why his electric bill was so high.), and depressed the small indentation on her back, next to her L3 again.

He listened close to her chest for the almost inaudible sound of each of her cpus coming online and the sound of the servos booting.

Leaning forward, he kissed her.
This was another of his favorite idiosyncracies programmed within her. At the pressure of his lips on hers, her small cables connected with her faceplate. He smiled at the sound of them all connecting, like a quick, soft rain against her skin.
Her lips curled up in a smile beneath his and returned the tender kiss.

"Start up sequence complete. Next Command?"

She looked at him with a fixed smile and wide eyes, that fluctuated between a light topaz brown to a dark emerald green.

"Verify AC charging is stable throughout components."

He could almost see the computations running inside her pupils, and smiled at her as she responded quickly.

"Current is steady. No systems reporting any shorts or loss of power input."

Great, no internal shorts, this wasn't turning out to be something easy. He thought to himself. "Battery System Test."

Her battery system he appreciated too, though he received quite a bit of harassment from his buddies about the design.
He wanted someplace that would be reasonably sturdy, and would allow for quite a bit of storage room, without taking up so much of her internal space.
He also wanted something that would allow him to provide her with immediate power, no matter where the cpu needing it was housed.

So, he built her a spinal battery column. They acted like one huge battery most times, but each one supplied it's own little neighborhood with power.
If her breathing/heartrate cpu needed the extra current to produce a faster rate, it would pull from it's closest battery, while the farther away ones would replenish power used across the board.

She usually had consistent high charge, because she was constantly intaking solar energy through her soft, human like, hair.
(Another wonderous gift from his chemist friend.) He'd found a synthetic silicon substance that for all intents worked like a fiber optic strand, but was lighter, and less susceptible to damage from the elements. (And responded well to dying. So it made her feel more like a woman.)

This energy was collected in a small unit, about where a person's cerebellum is (it was actually a little lower), and fed into the battery system for dispersal.

"Besides." he told himself. "You had other plans for that area. She can't possibly hold a battery there."

"Check complete. Battery System shows functioning at full capacity. Charge capacity fluctuating. Unit is on AC Power only."

Looking at her eyes, he debated taking her outside to test the solar charging systems.

"Current Charge Level?" he inquired.

He watched her eyes again.

Her eyes widened and flashed a brilliant blue. Then back to light topaz.
"Respond" he said, sliding closer and holding her arms in his hands. "Respond!"

Feeling his arms, she blinked, leaned forward and kissed him.

Her head fell to his shoulder. Then straightening back up she said "I lo-...Battery Sys-..Che-...Com-...System Fail-..PLEASE St-...I lov-..."

Her eyes closed.
"AI OVERRIDE. SYSTEM SHUTDOWN."

He held her cold body to him and listened to her power down. Looking back up at her face he simply stared in confusion.

Looking back at him were her cold, dark eyes. She looked so lost and empty as a small synthetic tear clung to her cheek.

[DollSpace]

Such a pretty and sad tale...is this the continuation of the one that you already have up on the board or the start of a new one?

Please, keep writing! ^^

Ryn

P.S. I added you to Y!M, in case you ever want to chat.

[ButchyBoy]

Awwwwwww, what a touching tale. Nice work

[xandimouse]

it's a continuation.

i just thought i'd give it a title.

it's the only title i could think of so far.

it's subject to change.

it's the first story of it's kind i've written....so forgive me.

let's just say, i'm inspired.

[Orion987]

Well, I think its a good job.

I hope the inspiration continues.

[TheSpotConlon]

Your writing feels familiar, like a voice from my past.

Needless to say, I'm intrigued, and I hope to see even more soon.

[MAGNUS]

It's nice to read a story once in a while like yours that doesn't have sex involved in the plot. This might sound a little strange to some because i have included sex in a lot of my daydream ideas & short story outlines.

This story reminds me of published short stories i've read from the past where there is an absence of sex, bad language & product advertising. You can focus on the plot more when these things are not present.

I don't want to sound critical of those who do include sexual references in stories but when it comes to sustained reading for longer stories i usually prefer a little more going on in the plot than just a variety of sexbot maneuvers.

I have a preference for the classic android fiction from the past & this is probably why i feel this way. This story evokes more feeling & compassion for me than the ones that include a lot of graphic sex situations & explicit language.

I'm sure a lot of people here have no problem with explicit content since it is a sex fetish site & you generally don't encounter stories of sex mixed with robots outside the story section on this website.

I use sexual references in my incomplete daydream ideas but if i was going to write a 50 page short story there would probably be no sex whatsoever in the plot. I imagine no one here would be very interested in reading a lengthy fembot story without the sex thrown in somewhere.

I'm not attacking stories with sex despite the way it sounds so far. I do enjoy these imaginary flights of fantasy as much as the next horny individual but i guess i'm looking for something a little different than reading a porno.

Some of the best movies ever made with fembots have no nudity or sex but there are few memorable adult movies with fembots. A teacher once said that without conflict there is no drive to a story. You would categorize stories with conflict into man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, man vs. himself or man vs. the unknown.

This is all just my personal opinion & should not be reflected on any of the great work in this section. It is impossible for any of this to apply to all of the stories here because i haven't even read them all yet. I don't even think most of my own ideas would work in an extended format.

I'm starting to ramble on at this point. The end of this story reminds me of an android episode of the Night Gallery series called "You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore." In the beginning a female android servant is in the shop for repairs after being abused by her owners. You feel compassion for her as she is damaged & if i remember correctly she is crying or looks very sad. I felt sympathy for her just the same as the female android at the end of your story. That's a good thing by the way!

MAGNUS

[jovianjeff]

This was a truely awesome and tender composition you wrote. I love this story. You made what could have been a dry reciting of technology, technobabble, sweet like poetry to read. It had a...gentle and tender feel to it.

I do hope you continue it, I really enjoyed this.

Regards,

Jeff

[jovianjeff]

Really this is an aside for Magnus as I was surprised to find someone so like minded as myself.

"It's nice to read a story once in a while like yours that doesn't have sex involved in the plot. This might sound a little strange to some because i have included sex in a lot of my daydream ideas & short story outlines.

This story reminds me of published short stories i've read from the past where there is an absence of sex, bad language & product advertising. You can focus on the plot more when these things are not present."

I SO agree. Its part of the reasons why I constructed some of the rules in the rpg I run to have fade to black and censoring language, its to get the players writing, focusing on the story and plot.

"I don't want to sound critical of those who do include sexual references in stories but when it comes to sustained reading for longer stories i usually prefer a little more going on in the plot than just a variety of sexbot maneuvers."

Nor am I. Particularly as I've tried to run the just sexual game before and it does not sustain itself as a good read.

"I have a preference for the classic android fiction from the past & this is probably why i feel this way. This story evokes more feeling & compassion for me than the ones that include a lot of graphic sex situations & explicit language."

Yes, yes, yes! Wow, I thought I was -really- different in feeling this way. Thank you Magnus. I really appreciate you sharing this.

"I'm sure a lot of people here have no problem with explicit content since it is a sex fetish site & you generally don't encounter stories of sex mixed with robots outside the story section on this website."

Accepting of it, but like horror, or even suspense, sex is sexier when its implied, hinted at, instead of explicitly stated. Letting the mind do the work instead of spelling it out. This composition did that. Engage the senses without telling us what we see. Painting the words of her booting up, having problems, yet in a way that made me think of soft, tender, instead of hard and technical, while being -very- technical. Its one of those stories I would use as a reference for rpg, setting the mood.

"I use sexual references in my incomplete daydream ideas but if i was going to write a 50 page short story there would probably be no sex whatsoever in the plot. I imagine no one here would be very interested in reading a lengthy fembot story without the sex thrown in somewhere."

I would say you are wrong. I would be.

"I'm not attacking stories with sex despite the way it sounds so far. I do enjoy these imaginary flights of fantasy as much as the next horny individual but i guess i'm looking for something a little different than reading a porno."

There is a place for everything, just not all the time. However, since we do have a variety of writers, it does appear like its always instead of some of the time.

"Some of the best movies ever made with fembots have no nudity or sex but there are few memorable adult movies with fembots. A teacher once said that without conflict there is no drive to a story. You would categorize stories with conflict into man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, man vs. himself or man vs. the unknown."

Agreed, and actually using sex as a threat works better than a means to the story's end. Threat meaning conflict in this context.

"This is all just my personal opinion & should not be reflected on any of the great work in this section. It is impossible for any of this to apply to all of the stories here because i haven't even read them all yet. I don't even think most of my own ideas would work in an extended format."

Ageed, nor as I add my own agreement to yours Magnus (wow, this is good to find), I do hope no one takes offense.

Take care and thanks for posting this Magnus. I feel soooo much better finding someone like minded and thank you xandimouse for this incredible story.

Jeff

[xandimouse]

It could simply be that they don't remember yours. Or that this one has gone on longer, and is more involving.

Or, they're just trying to butter me up cause i'm a femmie.

but i'm glad they like it.

and on a side note, i loved yours...

[jovianjeff]

To Magnus and JovianJeff:

It's interesting that you both post about this sort of thing here, but neither of you posted anything to the last story I wrote (I didn't know).

Does that mean you both skipped it, or that neither of you cared enough to post a comment?

I'm not fishing for a compliment, just curious as to why you passed up another story with no sex and many of the other devices that are present within this one.

Can't speak for Magnus, me, totally skipped it. Didn't even know it existed until now.

What is the title?

Jeff

[jovianjeff]

It could simply be that they don't remember yours. Or that this one has gone on longer, and is more involving.

Or, they're just trying to butter me up cause i'm a femmie.

but i'm glad they like it.

and on a side note, i loved yours...

Partially it was one of the latest, as in up further on the list of stories, partially when I skim a story to see if I wish to read it, this one drew me in immediately, and finally it was because I just had not seen your other story Kishin. My apologies.

As for buttering up, that would have made a lovely motivation, wish I had thought of it. The old Virginian gentlemen in me would have demanded of such.

However, it was because it was a really nice story, but please, -do- feel buttered up! You deserve it!

I wish it was polite to invite you to my rpg, but this format is not the time or place to do so as I have learned.

Jeff

[jovianjeff]

http://www.fembotcentral.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=3199

If the link is not working the actual story title is: I Didn't Know

Like I said, I wasn't fishing for a compliment or anything.

I just found it curious that a couple of fellows were writing in about liking the less sexually developed themes in some of the stories.

You might also like stories by Kano (TGIF, Monday), or Fection (Charlies Angel, and the sequels).

There's really a lot of non-sexual ASFR stories out there and a lot of them are listed at the Legacy Of Timeless Beauty Story Archive (If it's still working).

Good hunting.

Oh in the Archives! Mea culpa. No, I had not looked there, though I do skim through that area. I remember finding some very nice stories there.

Its also a matter of saturation. When -most- of what you read is focused on sex it makes it less special.

Read some of Fection's and made comments (I thought I did atleast), about the stories, but I had not yet run into any of Kano's.

I was more surprised to find someone like minded than anything else. There are plenty of wonderful stories here, with a good community of people just talking to.

I am really glad to come across this place.

Thank you for pointing me to your story. I'll send along comments to you as the Archive does not allow posting any there.

Thank you for taking the time again Kishin and best wishes to you!

Jeff

[MAGNUS]

This is a reply for Jovianjeff & Kishin.

I'm glad my comments were met with a positive response. I debated whether or not to actually post them at all as i thought they might be interpreted as a complaint. I tried to say things in such a way that it should be viewed as constructive criticism. These thoughts of mine have been stirring since before i joined the board.

My opinions are not based on any one story & i'm sure there are other stories here which rely more on the imagination than trying to provoke an erection. A number of stories here could be collected together under the category of technosexual erotica.

I'm not trying to sound high & mighty by saying there is too much sex & profanity. I have posted some highly bizarre subject matter & i will continue to do so in the future as well. Some suggestive content & an occasional four letter word can add impact but tends to have a diminished effect when frequently used.

I feel that a story can be just as effective if the explicit content in question is removed. A story that is good should be able to stand on its own legs without the aforementioned overdose of bodily fluids, technical jargon & four letter words. It starts to sound like it is only added for shock value than for any other reason.

I have no problem with some explicit subject matter if it is to serve the story or advance the plot. Ultimately, what i would like to see is more high adventure, suspense, drama & i want to be taken away to another place & time. Most of the time while i imagine female androids it is in a mirror world that vaguely resembles our own. This would be like trying to verbalize the rich world of Star Wars in writing.

In many stories i've skimmed through there is plenty of description for the lovely fembot form but i don't get a sense of the time & place. I suppose for technological erotica it really isn't all that important. I guess it would be nice to see more adventure stories with implied sexual content. A lot of published robot stories have enough of a plot & a lot of the stories here have too much sexual content. I think it would be nice to see a healthier mix of these two items.

I can make an analogy with some of the things i've mentioned. The Terminator was a trendsetting film but the negative impact it had was inspiring an endless bombardment of substandard imitations. Very few different kinds of robot movies have come out in the past couple of decades that deviate from this pattern. It is an endless barrage of killer androids out to destroy mankind.

After a while i become a little tired of the same thing over & over again. It's like when students used to do speeches in school & half the class chose the subject of their cat or dog. It was torture beyond belief to have to listen to a succession of tales about my dog Spot or my cat Fluffy.

When i imagine female robots it is more based on the artistic images one would find in Playboy & not the images one would find in an issue of Hustler magazine. I guess i am sitting in the middle of the fence between those people who want to see very little sexual content & those that can't get enough.

As far as Kishin's story is concerned i did read your piece tonight. I've heard that a good writer should write about what they know & it sounds like there is a lot of truth put into the composition. I can't tell if any of this is extrapolated from reality or not but it sounds like a lot of detail could have been taken from actual circumstances. This is excluding the part with the fembot, of course. The background of the character gives it added weight in reality when the fantasy elements come into play & thus is more effective. The only negative thing about it is that it is too grounded in reality. To improve on this you should have included some warring spaceships, mutant jellyfish girls, sasquatch, two-headed snake girls & Fluffy the cat thrown in for good measure.

MAGNUS

[jovianjeff]

To Magnus (mainly since Kishin and I have had a wonderful talk in PM already)

I'm glad my comments were met with a positive response. I debated whether or not to actually post them at all as i thought they might be interpreted as a complaint. I tried to say things in such a way that it should be viewed as constructive criticism. these thoughts of mine have been stirring since before i joined the board.

MAGNUS

I want to thank you for sharing your post. It put into words things I could not and helped me to grasp some issues I knew mattered to me.

Regards,

Jeff

[MAGNUS]

I guess i've said all i need to say at this time. I'll consider this my chance to stand up within a community meeting session to say what is on my mind. It would be nice to see more of a variety like when you sit down to watch an episode of The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits & you don't know what to expect.

The only other thing i thought might be helpful would be having a synopsis or a plot review at the beginning of stories like you would find on the back of a pocket novel. It could even be worded in a way that is similar to Rod Serling's voiceover that precedes each Twilight Zone story.

The main reason i haven't read a lot of the stories here is simply an issue of time. I am not avoiding this area due to explicit content. It takes a lot of time to develop the posts i've been working on for the past few months & i am sacrificing other things in order to work on them. When i have exhausted all ideas for the topics i've been working on then i will have more time to spend working on other projects like stories.

A lot of the ideas i've posted wouldn't make a good short story. They exist only as ideas & i thought they would be worth posting since everyone is interested in the subject matter. It is actually more fun for me to brainstorm & come up with 10 ideas than concentrating solely on developing just 1 idea.

I have briefly mentioned story ideas in the past that i have been working on but they are only in point form notes. These consist of subjects about the end of the world & the android society that populates a new, mystery landscape. Another idea has a team that travels all over the globe to vanquish any robot threats in the year 7000 A.D. Either of these two ideas would end up being the size of a novel or a film screenplay if i ever developed them further.

There is one story idea i thought of last fall that i am thinking about writing out & including dialogue. The begining, middle & end exists in point form notes & concerns a female android slave farm. I was going to call it "The Fembot Farm" but afterwards i thought that title sounds stupid. I have changed the title of this story to "For The Love Of Tina". If i get the urge to write this one out in complete form then i might post it later this year.

These things might develop in time since there are very few fembot movies coming out any given year & my film reports can't go on forever. By now i thought there would be very little left to cover but i probably have enough material to keep posting thru until the end of the year.

MAGNUS

[A.N.N.]

Hey Kishin, I just read your story. I must have missed it before. It's so sad! It's very well written, just too bad the poor dude missed his chance and won't ever see Tammy again.