"Well, the aggressive version of him wasn't too rough or anything last night. He'll just have to keep his hands of my chest. Do you mind calling him if he's free?" Figuring out a way to name Lee's different forms serves as a pleasant distraction from Calista's abashment. "His last name's Sun, right? I know it's pronounced 'soon,' but you could try something based on space still--like calling one of them day and the other night, or maybe naming the forms after a sun and moon god like Apollo and Artemis?" She shrugs.
As they stop into the expensive boutiques, Chastity surprises her sister - not only does she pressure her fellow blond into trying dresses and lingerie, all designer brands and best fabrics, though all rather skimpy, she purchases several of them as well. "Call them my gift for letting me stay. And no, you can't say no, and we're not returning them." She cuts off Jenny's protests before they can leave her mouth. "Don't worry about me - Lucas makes enough for me not to have to worry about money. Plus, I've had a bit of a windfall recently." She chuckles. Later, as they sit, shopping bags by their feet, Chastity reaches across to take Jenny's hand. "Hey, Jen... What's wrong? You seem like you need to get something off that chest of yours." She asks, her expression reassuring. "You can tell me anything - I won't judge. And if there are parts you feel you have to leave out, you can just tell me the important bits."
"Below the projector, there is a slot where my engram chip has been stored." The voice responds cooly, digitized voice coming from nearby speakers. "What do you intend?" The AI asks, a little robotically. He seems like Oscar, but not as animated as he was in life.
"Sure. Heh, I guess you like being dominated?" Lana teases, as she works her phone. "That's an interesting idea. I'll run it past him." Lana makes small talk for a while, asking Calista about her double-life, what it's like, and about what she was doing before she got signed. Finally, Lee enters the door, licking his lips as he zones in on Calista.
"Well, some people are looking for you. And I plan to find out why, sadly I can't do so in this place." Vanessa said as she ducks down to look at the spot he mentiomed, unintentionally showing the AI how her round, curvy ass strained the fabric of her dress. "Now, it's time for you to go to sleep for a bit." She said as she attempts to retrieve the chip, going through the proper procedures to unslot it. Vanessa then takes a peek at the projector, wondering if it was special, or if any kind of device would work to contain the AI.
Jenny gently squeezed Chastity's hand in reply and forced a smile. "I-I know and... thank you. I-" The woman in turmoil regarded her twin and debated confessing. Jenny wondered if her sister would truly understand; the cult that Chastity belonged to didn't exactly condemn the kind of behavior that Jenny had been engaging in over the past few days; in fact from her memory it went out of its way to encourage it. She wasn't looking for encouragement, she was looking for help. Failing that at least an ear to air her conflict. As she looked into Chastity's eyes however, she knew her sister was right in one thing, there would be no judgement. Leaning in across the table, Jenny looked around nervously before she admitted "I-I've cheated on Harold." With the words uttered from her lips to another person a great wave washed from her, and tears started to well in her eyes. "Oh God Chass what have I done? I-I didn't mean to, honestly I didn't; it all just sort of happened." Jenny rocked slightly in her chair, holding herself with her arms. "I-it's a part of the work I've been doing outside of my app project." she explained "I c-can't get into how it started but... oh God. I want it to stop." There was a pit in her stomach at that assertion, and the pit told her that her claim was a lie. It had felt so... GOOD... at the thought of stopping an angered panic rose in her gut. She shoved that aside. "I need to stop." she corrected herself. "I can't lose my marriage. But I need help." It was then she looked at her twin with pleading eyes. "Will you help me Chass? Will you help me get back to being the person I'm supposed to be?"
"I see..." Oscar's AI says in a level tone, before the lights go out as she tugs out the chip, a surprisingly small device that fits in the palm of her hand. Looking at the wall, she sees that the projector's connected to some kind of computing device in the wall, but the chip itself looks universal, like it could be hooked up to multiple types of devices.
"Right." Vanessa hides the chip inside of her coat, before ascending the stairs. Hoping Professor Cyning was far too focused on her work to have noticed her disappearance. After that, she picks up all her pears, before making an excuse to Doctor James to leave due to her damaged accessory.
"Oh, sis..." Chastity looks at her sister sympathetically, squeezing her hand as Jenny breaks down. "You are the person you're supposed to be. You're the most wonderful, beautiful and kind woman I know." She sighs. "You know me - some of the stuff you think is wrong... I just don't." The blonde grips Jenny's hand tighter. "But you mean the world to me, and I'm not here to force my beliefs onto you - so yes, I'll help in any way I can to save your marriage with Harold. After all, he's a good man, and we don't want to hurt him, right?" There's silence for a few minutes, Chastity just letting her sister be held, and know that she's not alone. Finally, she continues. "I know you can't go into details, but there's one guy in particular, I'm going to guess? Someone very masculine, who makes you lose control?"
Some of the researchers notice Vanessa coming up from the area, but they leave her be - after all, she owns the place, plus, there's nothing left down there of interest without the chip. She's not harried on her way back, quickly making it back to her car with the item in her purse.
"Phew." Vanessa lets out a relieved sigh as she's back in her car, I suppose I'll need a computer to plug this in... one that has no way to connect to the wifi, or anything else. Wouldn't want thise sci-fi movies about AI destroying the world to come true. She thinks to herself, texting Lawrence to prepare such a computer as she drives straight to the safehouse.
"Thank you." she said and just enjoyed being held in her sister's comforting embrace. Chastity's support was like a weight off of her shoulders and it felt like for the first time in a while Jenny could actually breathe. Jenny sniffed and wiped her nose before she nodded at her sister's question. "Yeah." she said meekly, even just the thought of Hammer caused her to grow aroused. "I just... I lose all self determination when I'm with him. I become some sort of subservient or... submissive toy for him to play with and-" Jenny grew quiet as a near climax came over her at her admission. "-I don't know how to stop."
Calista looks away from Lana for a few moments, wrestling internally. "I-I guess I do." She eventually admits, staring nervously at the wall in front of her. "Normally I take the more dominant role, but, as Calista...I don't know. L-last night was the first time I'd been her during sex, and it felt right to let you two take the lead." Committed to being an open book to the couple but hesitant to give all the details, she tells Lana about how the company wanted her to crossdress to hire her, complains about how much effort it takes to stay on top of her looks, and details how she got an audition and preliminary contract straight after graduating high school. Noticing Lee, Calista gives a small wave of her hand and smiles. "Hey, Lee! Did Lana fill you in already?"
Soon, she's back at the safehouse, Lawrence bringing out an old looking computer for her. "I'm guessing this means success, madame?"
In response, Lee lifts his shirt off to reveal his muscular chest, tossing it away. "Yeah, she said you needed some company - and I should avoid your chest."
"Chass I'm at a point where I'll try damned near anything." Jenny replied exacerbated, "If you have any ideas I'm all ears."
"Yes, it does. Sadly success only raised more questions." Vanessa sighed, showing Lawrence the engram chip. "See, this is the AI reconstruction of Oscar's consciousness. Meaning that fat boy we came across isn't him." She said in a confused tone as she boots up the old computer, and plugs in the chip.
She flushes with desire, admiring his gruff, rugged handsomeness as he walks across the room to the couch. "G-great!" Looking between both halves of the couple, she asks "Um, should we go to the bedroom, or d-do you want to stay here?"
"Alright." She nods. "Just don't say I didn't warn you. Well, the problem you're having is that this guy of yours is giving you - body and mind - something you've never experienced before. Something that, in your heart of hearts, you really like." She explains, voice low so the other tables can't overhear. "I'm just guessing at this point, but I'd say that this guy is really dominant, and really good in bed? The guys back home weren't ever like that, and neither, let's face it, is Harold. So since you've been deprived of these feelings all your life, whenever this guy comes on to you, that little reptile brain in your subconscious doesn't want to let him - let the feeling - go. You can train your willpower, do hypnotherapy, whatever, but it's all going to go out the window the next time you see him, and you'll end up in his bed again." Chastity looks her sister in the eye. "The problem is that this guy is fulfilling a need. To resist him, you're going to have to start fulfilling that need yourself - with guys that aren't him, or Harold. Call it immersion therapy, or whatever. Eventually, you should be sated - you'll never stop desiring this guy, but you should be able to bring yourself to say no, and go back to being monogamous. If that's what you want."
