Coleoidphilia
- Synopsis
Episode 1 -- Coleoidphilia
Emily Wilson is the great granddaughter of acclaimed erotic novelist, Emily Miller. She is a junior officer on a commercial space freighter. Only one crew member is on duty at any one time, the rest remaining in suspended animation. Emily is lonely, bored, and sexually frustrated, relying on vintage porn and the ship's "entertainment center" for stimulation.
During one of her shifts, the vessel is engulfed by a strange cloud, which terrifies Emily, but apparently nothing else happens. Later, while randomly searching for porn, she comes across a strange video in which a girl, looking very like her, is fucked by tentacles. She finds it oddly arousing.
The next day, a giant octopus manifests, to Emily's astonishment. He is a shapeshifting, telepathic alien, called David. He has been banished by his people for the crime of having sex with other species, and has been floating as an amorphous cloud in interstellar space for millennia. Being able to read her mind, David discerns Emily's sexual needs and they become lovers.
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Episode 2 -- Determination
Emily and David have been together on the vessel for some time, exploring their relationship, emotionally and sexually. David is preoccupied by the idea that his species are searching for him. Emily is restless and struggling with both commitment, and the concept of consent, when one partner can read the other's mind. She is also worried about what sort of future she can have with an immortal alien. She finds herself very irritable much of the time.
David tries to help and suggests that he could make Emily like him by using a machine. Emily is unsure, and is beginning to yearn for something other than what she has. She realizes that this is her pattern. In secret, David builds the machine they have been discussing, assuming Emily will be pleased. She is apoplectic, and feels that David is pushing her into things she is not ready for. The pair break up, and Emily decides to pursue human relations again.
Reluctantly, David helps Emily to revive a female crew member, Park Na-ri. David meanwhile adopts the persona of another officer. After several false starts, Emily and Na-ri hook up. Emily feels that she and Na-ri are in different places and she seeks solace again with David.
David explains that Emily is pregnant, a result of her and David fucking with him in humanoid form. This explains some of the weird behavior displayed by both David and Emily, though Emily also recognizes the issue of her own fear of commitment. David also explains that there are dangers for both Emily and their potential offspring if she continues with the pregnancy. These would be avoided if she used the machine.