This is not my story. It is Dulcinda's, but she, bursting with wonder and delight after the event, is happy for me to relay it. I am keen to do so, because the advanced bio-technology involved, beyond my own experience and almost inconceivable, intrigued me. And I think it points the way to a near-future in which the ancient myth of the hermaphrodite points the way to further possibilities of how we can realise our sexuality. Dulcinda features in my previous stories, 'Beyond' and 'Beyond Beyond,' but if you haven't read them, I must tell you that she is beautiful, about five feet three, with lovely breasts, a big bottom, and an enormous penis.
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Overnight ferries, in my experience, are excellent opportunities for sexual encounters, and so it proved for Dulcinda. Never mind the route, the important point is that the excellent dinner on board provided, as often, the meeting-place for those desirous of a one-nighter. For while Dulcinda, sitting over her plateful, was surveying with a practised eye the potential partners of all sexualities, a tall attractive woman in her thirties asked if she might sit there.
Dulcinda had not so far taken note of this individual, but now did so, without, she hoped, appearing to stare. The lady's brunette hair was short but thick and expertly cut. Her eyes were hazel under perfectly trimmed dark brows. These were high-arched, so gave the impression their owner was both questioning and amused, an impression increased by little movements of her plump, carmine-lipsticked mouth. She was wearing a close-fitting, short-sleeved, lemon-yellow dress, complementing her dark colouring and tanned arms. A pale-blue silk scarf round her neck was tucked into the vee-neck of the dress, but did not mask the upper crease of the cleavage between generously proportioned but not huge breasts.
No-one joined their table, and the two of them ate in silence for a short while. Dulcinda is, of course, nowadays always eager to make love, so she was quite excited by the proximity of this clearly sophisticated and probably wealthy woman, wealth suggested by several rings with opulent stones and a thick gold necklace emerging from under the scarf, drawing attention to the division of the bosom.
The woman put down her cutlery and asked, 'Do you like what you see?'
Dulcinda was a little taken-aback, but replied almost at once, 'Very much.'
The dialogue continued:
'Were you going to invite me to a stroll on deck or an after-dinner drink?'
'Well, yes, something of that kind.'
'And during the something-of-that-kind did you wish to sound me out.'
'To sound you out. Well, yes.'
'With a view to a retreat to your cabin or mine, supposing one of them was private.'
'That was my idea, yes. But you've cut to the chase, so to speak.'
'Do you think it's a chase?'
'Not really. More of a mutually exciting possibility.'
'Of course, you're assuming I like to have intercourse with transsexuals.'
Dulcinda was again taken-aback, more so this time, as she was confident that her female configuration was proof against scrutiny, particularly as she was clad in a crisp white blouse and tartan skirt, with a broad black belt, emphasising her slim waist and the curvature of her bosom and hips. So, she asked, 'Is it obvious?'
'Not obvious, no. But I can tell if the person sizing me up has a penis.'
'How does that work?' Dulcinda was curious, having not met this perception before.
'Because the owner is wanting to insert it into me, in one aperture or another, or all of them, and that intention shows.'
Dulcinda asked, 'What about someone without a penis.'
'A woman signals desire, or at least willingness, to enclose the penis, in one aperture of another, or all of them, but those with cocks must necessarily want them enclosed, even if just by my fingers. That's how they function, isn't it?'
'Now we have got to the point, then, so to speak.'
'We got to the point as soon as I sat at your table. Didn't we?'
'Yes, we did.'
'The question is, how many points are there?'
Dulcinda was taken-aback, yet again. 'You mean?'
'Tell me your name, then look into my eyes.'
'I'm Dulcinda, and I love your eyes.'
'I'm Hilary. What do you see?'
'Hilary, I see that we are going to your cabin or mine and we're going to explore each other in delight. Oh, but, wait a minute. There's something else, isn't there? I think you have a point as well. I see what you mean. I think you want to be enclosed, too.'
'That's part of it, yes, but there's more for you to find out, dear Dulcinda, and don't worry, there are apertures as well.'
This conversation sounds a bit stilted when written down. It can't be verbatim, of course, but the style is faithful to Dulcinda's account. She and Hilary were enjoying the way they were expressing themselves. Especially as both were confident a night of sexual exploration would follow, which meant that they did not hurry to finish their meals, knowing that they would need fuel for the approaching expenditure of energy.
Now I must try and reproduce Dulcinda's reminiscence of what was, and probably always will be, a unique experience. For off they went to Hilary's cabin, where they didn't at once fall on each other and wrench off their few garments, because both wished the approaches to be slow and gentle. Dulcinda knew there was a secret to be revealed, too, which was partly indicated by those twitching lips and air of amusement, and she, Dulcinda, wanted the revelation to be gradual, and at the pace chosen by Hilary.
They began with a long, standing, embrace, with a slow opening of their mouths and deep, deep kissing. This was not only exciting but satisfying, as if a whole night of nothing more would be wonderful. But after some minutes, they began to run their hands over each other, marvelling as they did so.
'Your breasts are perfect, Hilary. You hardly need a bra, and your nipples are so hard. I could such them through the bra you hardly need.'
'Dulcinda, your bottom is amazing. Bigger than mine, and those cheeks must have been so ready to swell. I love the tuck-under. Your sulcus creases are perfect. They trap your knickers a treat, don't they? No riding up for those.'
'What about your bottom? It's so firm and resilient. And I don't think you're wearing any knickers.'
'I'm not. I took them off before going into dinner. I wanted the pheromones to fly free I love the scents of sex.'
'What a good idea. I didn't smell them, but, then, often you aren't conscious of them, though they're finding their way straight through your nose into your brain.'
There was more prolonged kissing and fondling, then Hilary said, 'Your cock is going to suffer serious damage if it stays in your knickers much longer. Let me free it?'
'I usually wear lycra shorts, but tonight I'm in schoolgirl bloomers. You'll see why.'
Hilary knelt to reach up Dulcinda's skirt and found that huge, part-erected cock. 'My goodness, that's enormous, and not yet right up. No wonder you keep it tucked away.'
'It takes a while to get fully hard, but if you keep handling it like that it soon will be, and that's just through the knicks. Can I reach down your dress? I'm longing to hold those lovely breasts.'
'Of course. What fun it is to get under that tight elastic and draw that monster down and out of the leg. It might be a challenge to fi that into one of my apertures.'
'Hilary, you are a woman of mystery. You must have more apertures than me, then.'
'Wait and see.'
'That's lovely, but be careful or I'll come. Can I reach down your dress? Your breasts are so sweet and strokeable.'
'Let's have those bloomers off. Carefully, yes. That's better. That is magnificent. Huge and nearly fully hard. And it certainly wants containing somewhere, and we'll find out where soon. My nipples are loving that. But I want your lips round them. I'll stand up.'
'I want that, too, so much. They're so big and hard.'
'Unzip me, Dulcinda. That's right. Off comes the scarf and then the dress.'