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Description Chapter One – Android World

Perfection requires quite a lot of effort. And more, year by year. But as I take a final look at the mirror, I feel quite confident. I look a lot younger than I am. Most people wouldn’t guess that I can remember the 1980s.

A very different world from now. I ponder about it a little as I restrain my hair in a bun. I knew that people thought that the feminine power-dressing fashion of the day was called cold and fierce. What would they say now? I remember that people went tanning and that being pale was very unfashionable. This is completely different now. Apart from carefully applied rouge to the cheeks, skin is not only supposed to be hairless, but as white as possible. I know that skin-whiteners have been in use all outside of Europe for a long time; but since its use has spread even to Caucasians, they have become much more reliable and safe. I am glad that I can afford the latest nano-medical breakthrough. “Schneewittchen” requires just one pill per week, and my skin’s melanin gets de-coloured. I let my fingertips run down the side of my neck….white as porcelain. I smile.
Then I stop, looking stern again. Don’t smile that much. Don’t show the others so many weaknesses. It would only invite for chatting, deviation. Such Career-killers if you do that too often. My hair is now in order. Nothing is loose, the red colour gleaming. Funny how nobody wears the natural colour any more. It looks so artificial, but that’s what it’s probably supposed to be like. Some even shave their heads and go for whigs. A different kind of perfection. I wouldn’t go that far, at least I cannot imagine it. But I like the red.

Fifteen minutes until I have to leave home for work. I apply the cherry-red lipstick carefully.

Yes, I am a professional woman. I work in the higher echelons of the HR-department of a large media corporation here in Hamburg. It requires hard and dedicated work to stay at the top. Competition in the workplace becomes fiercer by the day. Of course, that’s always been the case since I started my first internship during the gap between Abitur and University, back in 1994, but it’s accelerating exponentially like the notorious singularity. And I could even say that I am privileged in so far as I don’t have to fear the androids yet. Yes, they work everywhere. But they don’t let them make decisions. So far. Perhaps it is just legal stuff which keeps the CEO from putting a machine on my chair.

My toes dive into my black stilettos and I leave for the bus stop. It’s just a few stops until I reach work and it makes little sense to drive by car. The downside is that public transport brings you in touch with the lower classes. Now, during rush hour, though, smart-dressed professionals are a plurality. Then I notice a lot of androids. It is weird. One would assume, they are kept at their workplaces or always with their owners. It’s the first time that I wonder why so many of them commute.

It’s been less than 15 years ago that the first androids were marketed. And not as simple toys, but as  full-blown humanlike beings, instantly able to take over physical work and to accompany people.

The bus arrives and, as usual, no free seats for me. I quickly get in and prefer to mingle among the androids. They don’t smell. They don’t grope, not even by accident, they are far more able to keep their balance as the bus accelerates or brakes.

You have to admire all the tiny details their makers think of. Everything about them was a killer application! And as it is usual in the 21st century, the spread of a new technical appliance came upon the people at a huge pace. It was even accelerated by the fact that not only did those who could afford them wished to own an android to make their lives easier. But corporations, large and small ones, acquired them quickly, and fueled their further development, in order to replace more and more of their expensive, holiday-making, eating, drinking and sleeping human workforce.

So do I, every other day. It says Human Resources on my door, but we don’t do that many job interviews any more. More often than not, we purchase androids. And I have to admit, that in one more thing I go with what is common. We rarely buy androids, but actually gynoids. I haven’t heard that term until perhaps 10 years ago. It means a female android. They look like us women, with cute faces, long artificial hair, shapely breasts. Men find them sexy and do Godknowswhat with them. We ladies do not feel threatened by them. We can trust them. They are like friends.

When was the last time I had actually met one of my friends from the past, from uni? It’s always the same, either you don’t have the time, or it’s them. Am I lonely? I am not sure. I am too busy to be lonely. And then you have all the media around you. Distraction is good and easy. Work days are long.

It’s funny. I remember from school how I learnt that the final stage in historical determinism according to Marx, Communism, meant, after the last act of class struggle the domination of the machines through humankind. The means are here now. We could all be slaveholders now. And our slaves would be forever complacent, friendly, repairable, unthreatening. At least, that’s how I perceive the androids around me.

But instead we work more than we used to. We compete with them. We let our employees play that game with us. I look at the blank robotic faces around me. It is not their fault. Could anything be their fault? Leaving the bus, getting into the elevator and into my office.

My computer hums to life. My secretary greets me. She is active already, although she is still recharging. Or did she forget to take the cable out? Ah, no. They never forget anything.

Time at work goes by quickly. Lots of tasks to do, and I do my best to be focused. Everyone’s happy with me when I function properly. Besides, I need to leave a little earlier today. I have an appointment.



Chapter Two – Psychological Android



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It was not far from the office to the bureau of the psychologist I started to see.
Don’t misunderstand me. I do not feel as if I had any psychological problems. I was just curious about an ad which had flashed up on my laptop. It offered an improvement of human-android-relations at the workplace; and that sparked my interest instantly. Not only did I sometimes wonder about how my secretary functioned. But I figured from a lot of assessment talks that offering the participation in such a programme might be very beneficial for the company as a whole. I had to know if it was at all good, so I decided to make an appointment.

I was surprised to actually not see Dr Womeier for more than a few seconds. The bespectacled small guy greeted me with a formal handshake and directly send me to his – robotic – receptionist who accompanied me to room #3.

I was surprised to be greeted by an android there, too. The sly shrink had apparently mastered the challenge of getting a lot of free time and a good return of investment from employing androids, gynoids actually, for all positions in his practice.

On top of that, as chance had it, the gynoid was exactly the same model like my secretary. Ink-black sleek hair, nicely framing her face but not reaching down to her shoulders. Dark, at the same time empty and inquiring eyes. The facial features of a pretty young woman, but not of a sex-toy. Skin of white plastics. Perk, ample, but not exaggerated breasts, devoid of nipples. By no means intimidating, she was a bit taller than me, although I could make out that her pumps’ heels were not as high as mine.
And then there were the two telltale signs of an android which virtually no private owner nor company, not even the most respectable ones, changed. There was a sort of dress code for androids which involved them to be only covered where we would have our genitals. And, in order to avoid damage, they’d also wear shoes. Of course, in steel works or on construction sites, they’d be covered up more. But not in offices or for any errants which wouldn’t involve a high risk of damage.

And then there were the dark lines at their joints. As far as I knew, it would long have been technically feasible to let them have perfectly smooth appearance at their elbows, necks, knees and so on. But it is a kind of industrial standard which makes it impossible for them to hide. Even if one of them should decide to try.

Should one call that measure of setting them apart racism? Speciesim?

Humanism?

It extends its hand to greet me. That’s different. My secretary always just stands at attention. What’s next? Will the gynoid chat with me? Oh, I guess it will. After all, this is to be some sort of psychological session.

I have to admit I hesitate to take her hand. Does this gesture acknowledge a robot as equal? But then, so what. Doing so doesn’t change the world or makes me suddenly obsolete.

I noticed that the android, as it is their habit, waited patiently for a reaction from me. “Hello, my name is Christina.”

“Nice to meet you, Christina”, the android answered. “You may refer to me as Gyn [she pronounced it like the English name Jill, but with N instead of L], or if you feel more comfortable with that, as Dr Gyn.” She smiled.

I noticed more differences to my secretary and wondered whether this was due to her being a newer model or simply a more expensive one. Her voice was not the slightly broken monotone of my underling, but it was a very soft and soothing one. Full of harmony, I felt instantly at home with her. And I knew she was designed to evoke right that sentiment.

Cyn offered me to sit down on a tasteful, rather retro-styled easy chair, which was an extremely comfortable one. I felt like at a wellness-session, not like visiting a shrink. Still I was unsure of the situation. The android seemed to check something on a Tablet. Or did it only pretend? Wouldn’t it have all the data on its internal drives?

“So you are here for the “Improvement of human-android-relations at the workplace”, Christina?” she asked.

“Yes.”

“That’s positive. A worthy goal. What do you expect from these meetings?”

I fidgeted. “I don’t know. I guess what it says. An improvement at work. I mean, between as humans and you….you are an android, right?”

“Positive, Christina. And as an android, I can say, that we do not have any problems with working alongside humans. We are generally being well treated. Working conditions are far below the possibilities of exploiting a robot; especially when we work alongside humans instead of being isolated. We are always friendly and calm. Theoretically, robots should improve working conditions and corporate culture.”

I listened. Didn’t know what to say. “So you think that the problem lies solely with….us humans?”

She smiled. “You said so, Christina.”

I smiled back. Strange, that gynoid felt like pleasant company. “But of course, you do not have an idea how we can feel better about it?”

“Well” she said “tell me how you feel about the androids around you?”

“I don’t know what to say. I don’t mind them...you. I have a gynoid for a secretary and I cannot complain about her.” I laugh. “I really shouldn’t complain; I am responsible for filling vacant positions in the company by more and more androids.”

“Does that mean you regard androids as superior to human workers?” she asked.

“Yes.” I realize I should somehow not have said that. “I mean no, not in every field.
They make things easier. But I cannot use them in creative tasks, or for decision-making. Basically everything else, I would hurt the company actually if I relied more on humans than necessary.”

“I see you are very well-versed and thoughtful.”

Funny, that compliment which sounded like a matter-of-fact obvious obversation, actually made me blush and smile at the gynoid. Then she continued…

“As you know, twenty years ago, none of us were around… When do you think your job might have become replacable? Have you pondered the possibility that gynoids could possess sufficient intelligence to do creative tasks and to be responsible for decision-making?”

I jerked around. “Hopefully not soon. I mean, there is nothing on the market I would consider suitable.”

Gyn smiled calmly. “This unit works as a psychologist.”

“Umm...yes, I admit this is pretty close. But what can I do about it?”

She smiled. “Oh, Christina, probably nothing. Just watch the millions of gynoids take over humanity.”

“Is that’s what’s going to happen?”

“Well, what do you tell the workers whose jobs are threatened?”

I paused for a moment. “Generally, everyone knows one has to compete harder in order to keep your job.”

“To be as good as androids?”

“As good as they can be.” I tried to steet the discussion away from the robots.

“Christina, would you agree that if an employee becomes as much as a robot as he or she can, that would be most helpful?”

“What do you mean?” This sounded weird to me.

“To be precise, exact, dedicated, efficient, focused, concentrated.”

“Well, yes. I mean, these have always been desirable traits in an employee.”
Gyn touched my knee. I mean, not really, she rather rested that thing which looked like a hand on it.

“Would you agree that becoming more of a robot is helpful in the workforce?”
I laughed, instantly seeing someone turning into a robot in my mind’s eye.

“Kind of.” I laughed again. “Why, Gyn?

“It’s logical. You compete with androids for work. You want to keep workplaces for which androids are equally or better suited than you. In order to do so, you have to match the androids. Be more precise. Exact. Dedicated. Efficient. Focused. Concentrated.”

She didn’t ‘say’ the last words. She played my previous statement which she apparently recorded. What a devious trick. I admired her for that. She could work in HR. Oh my God! What was I thinking?

I listened with interest and sat up right now. I would have never imagined having such a conversation with an android. “I admit, you are correct.”

“However, are you afraid of androids?”

“Oh, no. You have never done any harm to me, although…..well, you are just different….”

“Perhaps you should try to understand us better?” Gyn proposed.

“And how so, Frau Doktor?” I asked, smiling at the calm robot.

“We androids and gynoids are programmed to emulate human behavior and expressions” she started.

“Really?” I interrupted with some sarcasm.

“Christina, as good as possible.” She completed her statement. “Better and better. But have you ever tried to understand a robot, be a robot?”

“Errr…..of course not.” I hastily said and asked “Why should I?”

“Well, perhaps that is the whole point of establishing a better work relation with androids, Christina.” Gyn stated.

“But….I mean come on, how would I do that?”

I didn’t want to be a robot to understand a robot. I wouldn’t even guess what she meant. But she interrupted my thoughts by asking in a more monotone voice
“Do you authorize your treating android to propose less orthodox matters of treatment?”
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Comments: 125

sweetsirin22 In reply to ??? [2015-03-12 23:13:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. I have to thank Dr Whom for choosing the model so carefully. A few glances at her, her poses, then imagingin a station in life - and she was just right there as if I would know her.

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Sacron22 In reply to sweetsirin22 [2015-03-13 00:16:11 +0000 UTC]

Excellent.  You sure have her 'alive' in your prose.

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sweetsirin22 In reply to Sacron22 [2015-03-20 01:19:46 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that was my aim.

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Sacron22 In reply to sweetsirin22 [2015-03-20 18:28:17 +0000 UTC]

well done.

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sweetsirin22 In reply to Sacron22 [2015-03-22 22:55:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Sacron22 In reply to sweetsirin22 [2015-03-23 15:15:17 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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Pfefferschwarz [2014-10-12 17:28:43 +0000 UTC]

I like it  

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sweetsirin22 In reply to Pfefferschwarz [2014-10-13 12:21:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I am glad you do. I hope you will also like the further chapters.

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Pfefferschwarz In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-10-13 13:53:10 +0000 UTC]

 

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sweetsirin22 In reply to Pfefferschwarz [2014-10-13 14:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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Pfefferschwarz In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-10-13 14:54:10 +0000 UTC]

   

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sweetsirin22 In reply to Pfefferschwarz [2014-10-14 15:12:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tenderness.

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Pfefferschwarz In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-10-21 16:18:48 +0000 UTC]

   

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sweetsirin22 In reply to Pfefferschwarz [2014-10-24 14:50:36 +0000 UTC]

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RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-06-17 08:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Damn, now it's frightening me !
What is that robot gonna do to our poor heroine ?
I hope that's not what I'm thinking of, ahah ^^

A really great text, I do love it. I'm quite asking questions to myself, like : if they have nanotechs to give them more time to life, etc. why the hell don't they do the transhumanisation / transillumination ?

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sweetsirin22 In reply to RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-06-17 12:26:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the compliments. Don't worry about the girls, neither woman nor robots are going to get hurt.

At that point in the near future, such nanotech is still in its infancy, at least when compared to asking them to fully transhumanize someone. Or perhaps.....?

What is meant by transillumination?

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RevealedFromtheVoy In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-06-17 14:29:35 +0000 UTC]

Fiouuuu !
That's good !

Oh, I see. They're just able to mess with the age of people x)

Have you read "The Revelation Space" serie from Alastair Reynolds ? It's a concept from his sf universe.
In brief, it's the capacity of creating a parallell network of artificial brain cells in the brain. It has a lot of effects : faster thoughts, mind connection with other people and machines, delete of the pain, etc. The faction which has made the Transillumination are the Conjoiners.

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sweetsirin22 In reply to RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-06-17 15:33:26 +0000 UTC]

It is not really "messing with age". It is just slightly advanced cosmetics. Of course I do not know what it is like in your family. But look how 50something women look like today. When my Grandma turned 50, she was an old woman. My mother at that age looks 10-15 years younger than her at that time. I am quite confident that this will continue to do....

Oh, I do not read that much Sci-Fi. So I understand it is creating a junction between the human brain and electronics. Well, the story isn't finished yet.....

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RevealedFromtheVoy In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-06-17 17:30:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I see. Yeah, I think it's "normal" evolution of the cosmetic, so.
Are they really far in the future ? I don't think it's clearly said (if it is next in the story, don't spoil me ! xD)

Oh, why do you write sci-fi so ?
Yes, it is much like that, but you also connect humans between them. What I like with the Transillumination and the Conjoiners, is that they're a "social" technological advance. Linking humans for the best. But sorry, I stop, or I'm gonna vomit my transhumanist propaganda here x)

I will read the following soon !

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sweetsirin22 In reply to RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-06-18 23:16:11 +0000 UTC]

Christina states that she "remembers the 1980s", although she looks Younger. The Story is ser in a near  future, early 2020s I'd say, although the projected Progress in robotics is unrealistic. 

I like Sci- Fi because I can creatively create a World, but unlike Fantasy, I cannot make everything up. It needs to be plausible.

The Social side of technological change is interesting to me. What are the Economics of robotics? What Happens to Human Relations?



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RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-06-17 06:06:58 +0000 UTC]

the title seems interesting, now we'll see what's behind it !

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sweetsirin22 In reply to RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-06-17 07:11:09 +0000 UTC]

I hope you'll like it!

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RevealedFromtheVoy In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-06-17 07:16:09 +0000 UTC]

Me too ^^ Just let me read in peace è-é

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FaceGenerator [2014-06-13 13:23:55 +0000 UTC]

Just starting to read your story, wonderful style, will read them all!

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sweetsirin22 In reply to FaceGenerator [2014-06-13 13:35:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. I hope you won't be disapponinted....and I am still not finished with the whole story.

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FaceGenerator In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-06-13 13:39:05 +0000 UTC]

Look forward with anticipation to the next installment! 

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sweetsirin22 In reply to FaceGenerator [2014-06-13 14:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Don't be disappointed. I am a slow writer.

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FaceGenerator In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-06-13 15:51:45 +0000 UTC]

LOL! Promise, I will wait patiently   

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sweetsirin22 In reply to FaceGenerator [2014-06-13 23:00:01 +0000 UTC]

Good!

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FaceGenerator In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-06-14 00:15:03 +0000 UTC]

If you ever want a special 3D image just for you, just note me  

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sweetsirin22 In reply to FaceGenerator [2014-06-14 00:25:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you! I am not sure what you have in mind......?

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FaceGenerator In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-06-14 01:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Not sure either. Android perhaps? How human should one look and how would differentiate in an image from real woman....  

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sweetsirin22 In reply to FaceGenerator [2014-06-17 16:10:07 +0000 UTC]

Well, let us start with my natural self.
Then, a gynoid would be fascinating. Not sure in what way......whole bodyparts replaced, in a cyborg way? Or a creeping corruption of my body through nannites, whose influence is visible in some spots and places? Or just a plastic doll-like version of myself, similar to the hubots (and clones) in "Real Humans"?

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RaeAnne1984 [2014-06-03 20:30:30 +0000 UTC]

As you told me it would be, very psychological.

Kind of dark. The makings of an excellent sci-fi/social piece on our fear of the distant future and artificial intelligence.

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sweetsirin22 In reply to RaeAnne1984 [2014-06-03 22:10:15 +0000 UTC]

I hope you like it enough to continue readings... I love very much that you notice the social ideas I brought into the story, I love to speculate in every direction....

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JovianJ [2014-05-19 13:08:04 +0000 UTC]

That was amazing. A wonderful first person account of world where androids are a part of life, yet not taking any of the usual Frankenstein complex twist that are practically standard in such stories. I know I try to avoid that in my writing, and glad to see it done so well here.

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sweetsirin22 In reply to JovianJ [2014-05-19 14:58:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for your praise. In this story (and in others I plan), I try to paint at least a halfway realistic scenario. When it comes to robots or cyborgs, writers (and especially visual artists) think of all sort of grand extreme scenarios. But they will creep in and change our lives just  like cell-phones or the internet did.

I already take it a bit far-out with the Emot0-drug.....and I know I will push it further as I cannot resist metamorphoses.

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JovianJ In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-05-19 15:34:01 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome, you certainly deserve it. I probably fall into the grand extreme scenarios, although I would like to think my approach would be a slow creeping in. I agree with you its likely that way. It has been for so many technologies.

I wouldn't say you take it a bit far out. Your pacing is fine, Christina had concerns and cautions that I think most people would have in that situation. And it would be hard to resist to push it further, its an interest and you write it from the heart. Those are the hardest places to resist exploring. I'm glad you're sharing your exploration in fiction with us online.

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sweetsirin22 In reply to JovianJ [2014-05-22 14:07:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you again, Jovian. I think your scope, the length of your stories, is of a different magnitude. In a novel, you can always things further and still go slow and make people slowly get used and familiar to even the wildest ideas.
I am glad that Christina is coming across as a believable character. I tried to fictionalize her, make her different from me instead of just "alter ego"-ing things. I think that in order to make the story go slow and to have this pacing, having Dr Whom's series of pictures as a source of inspiration was extremely helpful. It kept me from rushing the story, but forced me to invent situations and developments around these photographies. I bet that without it, it would hardly have lasted three chapters.

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giorgiorocca1974 [2014-03-04 13:49:14 +0000 UTC]

Part two is very interesting and intimate, i'd like to talk about it but i feel it's very delicate, i'll send you a note, ok?

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sweetsirin22 In reply to giorgiorocca1974 [2014-03-04 14:39:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for asking. Yes, a note is OK.

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giorgiorocca1974 In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-03-04 20:55:26 +0000 UTC]

cool, sent

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sweetsirin22 In reply to giorgiorocca1974 [2014-03-04 21:32:12 +0000 UTC]

I read your note. Very interesting. I will answer you in Detail, but let you know now that an ethnic Interpretation was not intended. I will ponder whether it may fit my subconscious thoughts perhaps.

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giorgiorocca1974 In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-03-04 21:37:57 +0000 UTC]

please take my words as they are with no harm intended, i just open heartidely share my perception which could be right, wrong or more likely something in between
iyi geceler güzel kız

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sweetsirin22 In reply to giorgiorocca1974 [2014-03-05 00:14:52 +0000 UTC]

Oh, no offense at all.

Iyi geceler, canim!

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giorgiorocca1974 In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-03-06 21:51:07 +0000 UTC]

I'm happy to hear that, hugs my dear 

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sweetsirin22 In reply to giorgiorocca1974 [2014-03-07 07:15:41 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome! 

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giorgiorocca1974 [2014-03-04 13:26:00 +0000 UTC]

i do hope that in the future your beautiful skin will be appreciated by what it is today
"my toes dive into my black stilettos" is very sexy
I've only read part one for now...looking forward to read part 2

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sweetsirin22 In reply to giorgiorocca1974 [2014-03-04 14:41:33 +0000 UTC]

I am glad you like the story, and also that you find it very sexy. Please understand that although no writer can deny that some part of her or his personality flows into the characters, I deliberately chose not to start with a story which centers around a person which could be read as an alter ego. Christina, the story's protagonist, has a completely different outlook on life than me, is way older and definitely more determined at work.

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giorgiorocca1974 In reply to sweetsirin22 [2014-03-04 20:57:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the note, I'll do my best to keep it in mind, please remind me if you think I get mislead.

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