Unemployed, still living at home I spent my share of time on the internet. It was a different internet in those days Windows 98 was brand new, and it seemed like the perfect playground to escape the harsh realities of real life. I'd played video games, surfed for porn and at 21 I was ready for something more real.
So I started searching for sex on the net that would translate to sex in the real world for me. It felt dangerous, a huge risk to take meeting somebody for sex over the internet. I had quite a bit of experience playing board games, and a little playing role playing games. So when I learned there was such a thing as Adult Role Playing I thought cool, sex games with acting. Somehow this was easier for me, I didn't have the burden of being me, I could just play the role of my character.
It's a good thing I was cautious. There were some creepy sounding people. I've wasn't willing to put my picture on the internet, especially not looking for some kind of wild start to my sex life. That wouldn't have been a good idea in my town of roughly 10,000 people. I drew hope in the fact that I could travel north a few miles to nearby Eugene on the local bus.
Finally I found something that looked like the kind of thing I might be interested in. I remember it was pretty generic sounding. Looking for Adults for role playing group. A variety of games are played it said, and that even people with minimal role playing experience were encouraged to apply. The only restrictions seemed to be that you had to be 21. You had to be open minded and open to the possibility of nudity and consensual sex between players. It said something about honesty about your appearance being most important and that players of all shapes and sizes were welcomed. It mentioned that the group had female players and game masters.
Still living at home I had tried to get my act together and call the number it had given to leave a message answering the questions the advertisement asked for. Physical description was only part of it, it asked about role playing experience as well as sexual fantasies and experiences.
I knew I better be honest because eventually the goal was to meet and role play. So I gave my physical description and it had asked about athletics so I included the sports I had done in school. I had gained a few pounds when school ended and didn't think I looked particularly hot but the instructions said honesty was most important.
When I called it was a longer recording, a woman's voice thanking me for applying, repeating the instructions but going into more detail about the fantasies and experiences questions. I needed to rework my message or I would never stand a chance of getting into the group. It was obvious from listening to her that these guys were not playing Dungeons and Dragons, Traveler or Space 1889. It was obvious from the sexy way she talked that erotic play would be the focus of the game, she said that it would vary from participation in very sexually intense scenes and interactions sometimes for others benefit to sex with single partners all the way up to groups. All sex would be consensual and participants would be limited to those 21 and over.
I hung up, thinking I've got to revise my story in light of new information.
And the phone rang. I thought those dirty bastards this better not be some freak calling going to harass my family.
"Hello," I said.
"Hi I just saw that you called and you didn't leave a message, you didnt dial my number by accident did you?"
"No."
"So your curious about adult role playing, you sound young and I just want to be sure you are 21 aren't you honey?". The way she called me honey was nice, made me wonder if she wouldn't be trying to extract my credit card number at some point.
"I am 21, and yes I am interested in role playing in your group. I just thought the answers I had for your questions needed work after listening to your message it gave me ideas."
"Do you have time to answer a few questions for me now?", she asked, "I may be able to tell if your going to be right for our play right away and save you a lot of trouble writing up something to read out for my answering machine. You sound really cute so please describe yourself to me, and remember to be honest I am not a model but I am attractive."
"Well I'm 6'1" tall and weight about 230 lbs, I have short blond hair and blue eyes."
"You sound awfully shy, but there's something about your voice that I like. "Well I'm a bit shorter only 5'3" and weight maybe 140 lbs, my hair is light brown and my eyes are green. I'm a few years older than you, I turn 35 this fall."
"You sound really beautiful", I told her.
"This is personal, your answer wont disqualify you so be honest with me, are you a virgin?"
"Yes"
"Thank you for being honest with me, I can work with an honest virgin but not somebody that lies and brags about how many chicks he's bagged. So learning about having sex is one of the things your after? Why don't you put out a personal add, there are always people wanting to fuck virgins"
"I wanted it to be more exciting, to participate in somebody's fantasy world and help them live out their fantasies would be really cool and would be an exciting way to start having sex."
"Do you have a computer handy?"
"Yes its right here."
"Are you willing to give me your email so I can send you some fun links"
I gave it to her. She told me to hang on while she sent me an email. She said there were some pics in there and links to various websites that I might be interested in. None of it safe to open at work or in front of anyone. I was to keep it to myself, there was some pics of the gaming areas and a little information on the group and some of the games that she knew were available.
"I should ask before we get too much further into this what part of Oregon are you in. It looks like your from a little ways south of Eugene/Springfield, that's where I'm at so to have play in my group you need to be able to get to our play spots which were mostly in the Pacific Northwest.
I told her what city I was in and confessed that I didn't have a car, but that I could take the bus to see her. I was just sure that would be a deal breaker but it wasn't.
"You don't need a car to play in my group, if you can get here and you do well at an audition I can get you anything we go to out of area. Did you get that email?