This work is inspired by "The Reward" by Azil.
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It was Sunday evening, so it had been a little over a day since my life changed forever. I had another day to myself; the family would be back Monday night, and of course I didn't have work on the holiday, if I decided I wanted to keep working at all. My life was going to be very different, but I hadn't decided how different yet. Aside from spouting random convenience things at Power, I had spent the last day and change getting my rocks off (and unexpectedly making a friend). So far the only major thing I had done was add a pool and a privacy filter to my back yard, and made Beth's family not notice her being too happy.
I wanted to feel a little normalcy after what was admittedly a couple days of the best sex I had ever had in my life, so I threw together a quick dinner and sat down to watch a movie. I could have just made the food appear, but it would be boring just sitting on the couch having everything appear and do itself for me, at least for simple things (though I did throw cleaning the house and taking out the garbage on the automatic pile). I cheated a little by picking a movie that was still in theaters, but otherwise just hit Netflix like normal. As I brought it up, I noticed that Netfucks was still on my smart TV's app menu, but rather than get rid of it, I just had it go unnoticed; no reason not to keep it if I could make it a non-issue.
I concluded the movie was just ok, nothing special though. It occurred to me later I could have made it the greatest ever, but oh well. With the evening wearing on, I decided to put a little thought into how I would be using Power in the long term. Sensing I wanted to talk, rather than just issue orders, Power appeared before me, her translucent hologram body 'seated' in the recliner to the side of the couch.
"So I can do anything?" I began. It was still a lot to wrap my head around, even with everything I had already done.
"As I previously stated, I can fulfill any request you have, so long as you do not cause problems for the earth and sentient life in general," she replied, paraphrasing the earlier explanation; her tone had gotten much more conversational than someone reading off cue cards. "My personality has been adjusted to best communicate with you," she added, answering my unasked question. "You found my original manner uncomfortable."
"Please wait for me to actually ask things," I replied, pinching my nose a bit in annoyance. "Having you answer things I was only thinking about is giving me a headache. It's ok when things are going on. I appreciate the little fixes you were throwing out when I was with Lisa, and I don't want to have to say every little thing, but I am trying to have conversation right now."
"I am sorry. I am still adjusting my personality simulation to most easily communicate with you," she replied contritely.
"Personality simulation?" I repeated. "What do you mean? What exactly are you?"
"I am the interface for your powers. I do not, strictly speaking, exist. What you are currently talking to akin to a help program. The powers you have been granted cannot be manually operated by a human, so I receive and interpret you wishes and translate them into instructions, which then allows for your desires to become real."
"So you aren't something I was given that has power; I was given the powers and you just operate them?" I reasoned, trying to wrap my head around things.
"You can alter all matter and energy within the confines of your solar system in any way. Doing so without properly formulated instructions would result in at best nothing and at worst total annihilation of all life in a quantum event. I determine the minimal alterations need to achieve the desired result, perfectly managing the matter and energy changes to achieve the desired result, without any side effects."
I was getting a distinct headache by this time. "Look, I'm just an advertising guy. This sounds like high level science stuff. I have no idea how this works, but just to be clear, as long as I don't blow up the planet or end life in this solar system, you can do literally anything?"
"Yes," she confirmed.
This was a lot to take in. Sure, I had been changing things around a bit already, altering minds and bodies, making things appear. But that had all been small stuff. I could literally do anything at all I wanted in the entire solar system? "Ok, don't do anything big without making really sure I mean it," I said. I was seriously a bit scared I could do something really bad by accident. "Also nothing in response to dreams or anything; I don't want to cause a Zombie Apocalypse or something due to a nightmare."
"Of course. Such would be against the rules in any case," she added, which was reassuring. "You cannot do anything that would cause you to cease to exist or to be unable to utilize your reward, so you will always be able to undo anything you do."
"So anything I want for the rest of my life, just for bringing a tablet to a cave?" I repeated, a little shell shocked.
"How long would you like to live for?" she asked.
I was overwhelmed, and without responding headed to bed.
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Monday was Labor Day, so I could have slept in if I wanted to, but I am one of those people who just wakes up at a certain time no matter what. As I drank my morning coffee, it occurred to me that I probably didn't need to sleep anymore, or eat, or use the bathroom. I felt any of that would be a step too far; if I started eliminating things like that, I would not be human anymore. I noticed the kitchen was nice and clean, and the laundry was also washed, folded and put away despite the basket being full when I went to bed last night. That kind of thing I had no trouble passing off.
I was still in my pajamas, fishing up my breakfast and starting to think about what I could do with the day, when the phone rang. It was Beth.
"Good morning!" she said in a happy singsong. "So listen, Mike has a shift today. I was wondering if I could maybe... come over and fuck you some more?" she asked.
I considered it for a second, a bit surprised at how forthright she was being. "Sure you could come over for a couple hours, but then I have other things to to do for the holiday," I answered, being sure to throw in the caveat since I wanted to try other things today before the family got home, though what I hadn't decided. I wandered over to the living room, where my front window had a view in the front window of Beth's house when her blinds were open, and was shocked to that she was calling me from her kitchen (it was one of those open plan ones abutting the living room/dining room). She was sitting at the table across from Melissa as we talked, who was obliviously eating some cereal at the table.
I didn't know Melissa, but I had to assume any 18 year old would be shocked to hear her mother calling someone and asking if they could come over for a fuck. However, she eating, and I even heard her say ok when Beth said she was going to be out for a bit before hanging up.
"You asked that 'no one over there could notice'," Power put in in her earpiece mode. I had just meant that to apply to Beth seeming to be too happy last night, but Power seemed to have taken that to mean that no one over there could notice anything unusual Beth did. I sighed a little figuring I would have to do more 'fine tuning'. I toned it down a bit just in case; I wouldn't want them unable to see her get injured or anything, but after a second left it so there would never be any issues with what went on regarding the two of us. I actually had a brief fantasy of walking over there and fucking Beth on her table while Melissa kept eating without noticing, but before I could do more than consider it, Beth had already run across the street, still in her nightgown, and was knocking on the door.
I couldn't even get the door closed when she grabbed me and pulled my lips down to hers, kissing me. We embraced in a deep soul kiss while she pressed her body tightly against me, almost humping into me sensually. I enjoyed it for a second, then I freaked out, because, even though we were inside my entry way, we would be completely visible to anyone passing on the street. Still lip-locked with Beth, I looked past her for a second and could see Melissa in her kitchen, eating her cereal, probably able to see us but not at all interested. Old lady Gretchen, the neighborhood gossip, was walking by slowly on her walker, and looked about to raise a stink (I could see her trademark accusatory finger coming up). I quickly extended the not noticing thing to the neighborhood, which resulted in her dropping her hand back onto her walker and continuing her morning walk.
All this had occurred in the time it took for me to reach out with a free hand (the other was around Beth) to swing the door closed. We broke apart, she took my hand, and without preamble began to lead me toward the bedroom, humming happily all the way.