This one is a little different from my others. It started off in my Hypnotizing Kim series but the writing went somewhere else... I debated where to place it, non-consent/reluctance or mind control. It is here because, in the end, it is about controlling the mind. Before writing these stories, it never occurred to me how close those two topics are... Let me know if you like it.
Nathan
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I grew up around computers. I can't remember not having one. Programming was fascinating and second nature to me. Growing up, when other kids played outside, I programmed. I made code. I sold my first bit of code when I was 13. My natural ability got me a full scholarship to Stanford.
It was there that my app was conceived.
I had mostly been interested in gaming and that is where I'd focused my energy. However, the university required a social studies course so I ending up having to take a Psychology class. It ended up changing my life.
Although most of the course was worthless jiberjabber taught be hippy wanabe wishy-washy young professor, there was a bit that got into the "coding of the human brain."
'Coding of the brain'? Now we were talking. To me, this was interesting. I listened in class and I read the text but this was an intro course - it wasn't enough. I asked the professor and he had no desire or ability to answer my queries. He suggested talking to the department head, Dr. Steingraff.
Since I was in the building, I went immediately to meet with him. However, the stuffy department secretary stopped me and told me I had to set an appointment. I guess he was just soooo busy - these liberal arts professors were so full of themselves. I rolled my eyes and set up an appointment for the following week.
In the meantime, I did some research on my own. There was quite a bit of information available on campus and even more on the Internet. As always, the problem was to sift through the data to find the relevant information - relevant, quality information. Armed with the information I found and filtered, I was convinced that there was a correlation between software coding and the natural coding of the human brain. Enough of a similarity, at least, to merit more study. So I and came up with a very specific plan for independent study. I knew I could get the approval of Dr. Patel, the Computer Science head. I just needed the approval and support of Dr. Steingraff too, since the degree plan crossed strongly into the Psychology field.
The morning of my appointment, I went to the Social sciences building and told the woman at the desk that I had an appointment with Dr. Steingraff. She told me that Dr. Steingraff had just stepped out and would be back in a moment. She told me to wait in the office. She asked me if I wanted a tea. I declined and had a seat in the office.
After a few moments, another middle-aged woman came into the office with a cup of tea in her hands. She placed some papers on a table by the door. She was hotter than the other. Bitchy expression though. How many clerks worked for this guy anyway?
This woman was tall with short graying hair. She wore a low-cut blouse showing too much cleavage and a tight skirt that was very snug around her hips and ass. She was probably in her mid-forties. She was in pretty good shape for her age and couldn't help notice that her large erect nipples pushed through the light material of her blouse. Gotta love central air conditioning, I guess. After giving her a full once over, I thought, 'I'd giv'er one'.
Regardless, I had an appointment and had no time for this large-breasted office worker. I wanted to get started, damn it. I wished her away, 'Instead of bringing me tea I didn't want, move your ass out there to get Dr. Steingraff.'
"No thank you, I already told the other lady I didn't want tea. What's taking so long anyway? I have an appointment. Can you do something useful and go get him?" I said impatiently.
The woman stopped briefly and stared at me for a second. The stare turned into a scowl and she walked passed me, sat behind the desk, and set the mug down in front of her.
"What took me so long is none of your business, young man." She said icily.
'Wha...Oh shit. SHE was Dr. Steingraff? 'This woman was the department head?'
Dr. Steingraff was female?' As if looking for proof to confirm this, my eyes drifted the nipples poking out of her blouse.
"Ummm... Well you're a woman..." I said quietly, stating the obvious.
"And you what? You thought I'd be a man? Is that it? A woman couldn't possibly be a department head? Right?" She prodded.
I stared blankly not knowing what to say.
"Well...Welcome to the 21st century. We can vote now and everything." She smiled and flashed her eyelids.
"I uh...What I mean to say is that...uh"
"Did you have a proposal or did you want to just stare at my breasts?" I realized I was still staring. I looked up.
"Or, did you come here to discuss your obvious issues with women in general?" She asked.
"What? No...I was...um..." I was flustered. I now noticed the little sign on the desk. DR. JILLIAN STEINGRAFF. Shit. Why didn't I see that before? Why didn't I notice it during my online research?
"I understood that you wanted my approval for some special course of study."
"Hello?"
"Hello?"
She snapped her fingers angrily in front of me. I was going through my recent research in my mind and it must've looked like I was staring at her tits again. Shit.
"They're just breasts, young man. You're in college now. Grow up a bit. Jesus."
She reached over, snatched my proposal from my hands, and shook her head muttering under her breath. "Computer science majors. Never seen a woman before..."
She flipped the pages of my proposal quickly, not even taking the time to read it. She glanced back up at me. "Mr. Lipshitz, is it? Mr. Lipshitz, Psychology 101 is required. You cannot escape it with this pathetic excuse to create some kind of video game...about the human brain."
""No no, no. IT'S NOT A GAME - " Shocked and still flustered, I spoke too loud. "It's a study to prove how the human brain - "
"Don't you raise your voice at me!" She scolded angrily puffing out her chest. Her swelling breasts confounding me again. I stared unintentionally. "And have the courtesy, my young computer geek, to look me in the eyes - not at my breasts!"
Dr. Steingraff tossed my proposal back to me. "Finish PS101. Take your silly plans back to Dr. Patel. Leave the study of the brain to other students who are...more mature, perhaps. Better prepared to take this field seriously, hmmm?"
I stood, dumbfounded. This was not at all how I planned for this meeting to go...
"I suggest you find professional help to deal with your obvious problems with members of the opposite sex. And, perhaps a girlfriend. Find a nice girl...or boy. Whatever." She advised me without looking away from her screen.
What had just happened? This bitch just refused my course of study without reading it. Seriously? I was furious.
I spat out the words I would later regret.