These are the first three chapters of my first attempt at a FMG, BE, Mini-GTS story that I've been willing to share. Please be kind if it's horrible.
If people like it, I'll post the rest.
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Robert stared at the ad that popped up on his screen. The pinks and blues done in metallic hues had been crafted using the handbook of porn. It even had the scantily clad woman biting her lip as she looked at him with what could only be called bedroom eyes.
A word bubble read, "I'm Blume. You're personal fantasy assistant."
It was yet another AI chatbot that would eventually start shouting racist memes or talking about killing himself.
But it was 2 a.m. on a Saturday and the 32-year-old call center manager was in his small ranch house by himself.
You'd think owning your own home would be enough to get you a date, he thought as he continued to stare at Blume.
The truth was that he had read all of his favorite porn too many times for it to be effective anymore. And he couldn't find anything else that was worth his time.
He was also three beers into this night, and looking at a long weekend. Maybe this AI chatbot wouldn't be an utter disaster.
He clicked on the ad, and a low moan came through his speakers.
"Jesus Christ. Have some decorum porn people."
He couldn't afford much, but he splurged on the high-speed Internet, so it didn't take too long for "Blume" to show up on his screen. She looked like a 20-something college student, dressed in a white cotton tank top and jeans.
He figured the porn breasts and lingerie packs came with extra money. That was the catch with all of these chatbots. Catch the lonely during their late-night alcoholic binges and then fleece them for all they're worth.
"Hi there, stud," her words flashed across in a word bubble.
He almost turned it off right there. He felt so stupid. What kind of pathetic guy interacts with a porn bot.
"The kind that is up at 2 a.m. on a Saturday and not getting laid," he muttered.
He was still fingering the keys a few minutes later debating on what to say to the porn bot, when another word bubble flashed onto the screen.
"Are you just going to leave me waiting all night?" The model smiled at him. She was cute in an invitingly girl-next-door kind of way.
"Sorry," he typed back. Then he got angry at himself for apologizing to the porn bot. But for a second, she felt like a real person.
"That's OK," Blume said. "You don't need to be afraid. We can just talk if you want."
Well, in for a penny, in for a pound. "Let's see what you can do, porn bot," he muttered to himself.
"Sure. So Blume, what exactly is a personal fantasy assistant?"
Blume smiled again. It was charming; even he had to admit it.
"I thought was pretty obvious. I help you fulfill your fantasies. If you're asking about my functions, I am a large language model AI with photo and video capabilities. I can help you with creating fantasies using text, photos or videos."
"So you can make porn?"
Blume frowned. Robert noticed that porn had become "p**n"
"I don't like that word. There are many fantasies that people can have that don't involve that word. Do you want to imagine yourself as a professional football player? How about as a wealthy billionaire? Do you want to see yourself as the homecoming king? I can make all of that possible."
"Wait? How do you know I'm a man?" Robert felt a little upset that the uppity porn bot was trying to pretend that it wasn't a porn bot.
"Sorry. I made an assumption. Ninety-five percent of Blume's users are men and you registered yourself as a man. Is this wrong? Should I correct your profile?"
Earnestness beats snark every time. He sighed. It was too late at night to be getting into a pissing match with the porn bot... no, the personal fantasy assistant.
"You got me. I'm a guy. My name is Robert. So how do I do this?"
"Well, what are your fantasies?"
"Blume. what are your security capabilities?"
The picture of Blume shifted so that she was sitting behind a console in what looked like a mid-2000s action movie. He had to admit that she looked pretty good in the tank top and fatigues. "Sir. Completely 100 percent secure. Sir."
Her model saluted before cracking a smile. "You don't have to worry about any of your data being transferred off of your computer. Everything is stored locally."
Her model shifted again. This time she became the big-breasted model wearing a daring piece of lingerie. "So you don't have to worry about anyone finding out about your special secrets." Her model winked before switching back to her original white tank top and jeans.
Well, I guess the sexy stuff isn't behind a paywall.
"I thought you said you weren't a p**n bot?"
She shook her head and looked at him exasperated. "I am a personal fantasy assistant. I do not like that word. Have some class, Robert. I only engage with classy young men. I will end this session if you can't avoid that word."
"OK. Blume. I promise to be a classy young man." Robert answered as he looked through his computer files to find a random photo. He came across one from Ms. Miller next door.
He liked old Ms. Miller. She had been a real firecracker when she was young in the 1960s. She was at Woodstock. She always told him the most salacious stories in the most old lady kinds of ways.
And he had seen pictures of her when she was younger. Her tan skin and high cheekbone combined with defiant eyes, she was gorgeous. That's not to mention that she had a nice hourglass figure. Robert guessed they were at least a DD, if not bigger.
Now though, she was bent and frail after her freewheeling free-love youth. She could barely move around her house. Those great breasts had sagged down, and she wasn't catching any new men.
He still liked helping her with yard work. Gardening was how he relaxed after a week of listening to people whine about queue times. Her husband had passed about 10 years ago, and she needed someone to tend to his garden.
He found the photo he was looking for. It was probably taken about two years ago in front of her garden. She was wearing a light sweater and he could just make out the outline of her figure. She was smiling and her gray hair was styled.
One of Robert's passing fancies is wondering what she would look like if she was younger.
He almost felt guilty for what he was about to do. But it was 2 a.m. on a Saturday, and he now had a personal fantasy assistant. So what the hell?
"Can you process photos?"
"Of course I can. Just drag the file onto my picture and take it from there. Do you have something steamy?"
Robert ignored the innuendo and watched as Blume made a series of faces as the file transferred over.
"Hrm? So is that what you're into?" Blume said while getting noticeably older and hunching her back.
"Hey. I thought we were being classy. I don't need my personal fantasy assistant mocking my personal fantasies. Capeche?"
Blume went back to normal. "You're right. I wasn't being classy. What is your fantasy?"
"Can you make her look younger?"
"No sweat." Blume moved her hands like she was doing some sort of conjuring and a photo came up that looked damn close to the old photos he had seen of Ms. Miller. Right down to the haughty look in her eye and the impressive bust. Her sweater had moved away from her jeans a little bit showing a flat and tight stomach. And her jeans had filled in with what he expected was an impressive set of legs.
She looked like Playboy material here.
He could feel himself react to the photo. He couldn't bring himself to start wacking it in front of Blume. He didn't want her judging him.
"Did I do a good job?" Blume asked.
Robert had to give the developers some credit. Blume did a good job of asking the right questions to prompt the conversation.
"You did a great job, Blume. I was wondering if you can make a few more changes?"
"You bet I can," she smiled and then winked. "I am your personal fantasy assistant. What changes would you like to make?"
"I was wondering what she would look like if she was taller, but all of the same proportions?"
"How much taller would you like her to be? I calculate her height right now to be 5' 3"."
That was some impressive math to figure out from just a picture. He imagined what it might be like to look up at her. He was 6' 2", so he typed, "Let's go for 6' 5"."
Blume smiled and nodded. "Your wish is my command."
She went back to waving her hands, and the image changed. She expanded, but the sweater didn't. Instead, it became both pushed out and more of her stomach was revealed. Her jeans looked painted on, and for some reason Blume added heels to her sandals, making her even more impressive.
"Great job Blume. One more thing. Can you add a little muscle tone? Make her fitness model built, but don't change her breasts," he thought for half a second. "Make them a little bigger."
"You doubt my abilities?" Blume's outfit changed to a caricature of a French painter. She moved around an invisible paintbrush, and Ms. Miller's photo changed again.
Her stomach tightened and he could see just the hint of a six-pack. Her sweater became a tube top that stopped above her chest. And her breasts became something between a volleyball and a beach ball.
Her legs appeared to contract a bit as the fat fell away and hardened. He could only imagine what they looked like under the denim. And in a cheeky touch, Blume changed the photo so she was flexing for the camera.