The Making Of A Survey Service Captain
By Gary L.M. Martin
[Note: This Science Fiction story is an
intense character study
with occasional sex scenes.]
Journey to the Year 1,000,000,000
Her name was Pam.
Taylor met her on a layover while the
Westerner
was being refitted with new control components.
She was an exoanthropologist, lecturing on the development of cultures on foreign worlds. Taylor had gone to her lecture because he was bored, and also, to be honest, he had seen her holo and she looked really cute. Taylor's love life had gone downhill since he had stopped being a god, and now the only opportunity he had with women was to look at them.
But when he attended the lecture, something sparked within him. Pamela Nesbitt was not simply beautiful, she was
gorgeous
. She had beautiful straight blonde hair that curved inwards. She had stunning green eyes, and high cheekbones, and a pert little nose. Pam had sexy red lips that formed an easy smile. She was thin, but had large breasts for a woman her size, large as in long, projection wise, rather than wide, more like eggplants than melons, that classic teardrop shape that every man who ever loved large breasts absolutely loved.
As he listened to the lecture, sitting in the third row, he looked up at her. She saw him looking at her and she smiled. This happened more than once.
After the lecture, Taylor went up to her. He introduced himself, and held his breath. Would she be repulsed? Would she turn away, like so many other-
"You're that Michael Taylor? The Michael Taylor of PR-52981?"
She even knew the numerical designation of the-
"Yes," said Taylor, hoping beyond hope.
Pam's eyes widened, and she broke out into a smile and she extended an elf-like hand. "I've been so eager to meet you."
Not as eager as I am to meet you
, Taylor thought. When he touched her hand, she smile widened.
********
They went out to dinner.
And another dinner after that.
Taylor could see the classic struggle she was going through. Pam, like him, was in her early 30's. By their 30's, most women who were open to relationships had them, either with boyfriends or husband or girlfriends or through an assortment of inanimate objects with modest electrical requirements. But those who were still single in their 30's were usually single because they were not so easily beddable. Many of them still felt the urge to have sex, but many also had a countervailing urge
not
to have sex, to look for and find something wrong in every possible mate.
Taylor could see that struggle playing out before his own eyes inside of Pam's mind.
"He's handsome. He's dashing! He's famous! Let's fuck him!" Pam's Lust cried.
"No!" said Something's Wrong With All Men. "He's not good enough."
"Not good enough?" Pam's Lust cried.
"Or too good for us. One or the other," said Something's Wrong With All Men. "He'll drop us after one night. Or he'll be clingy and annoying and be very possessive. Or there could be another man, just around the bend, who will be even better!"
Taylor wasn't telepathic, but he could see the struggle playing out in her eyes. He knew he had to tip the balance, to help
Pam's Lust
overcome
Something's Wrong With All Men
. He didn't quite know the names of the generals of the armies fighting in Pam's mind, but he clearly saw the war being waged.
"So, you were a God, on that planet," said Pam. "What was it like? Being worshipped... by so many people?"
"It was terrible," said Taylor, giving her a smile to indicate the opposite. "Especially the women."
"The women?" said Pam, raising her eyebrows.
"They threw themselves at me, day and night," said Taylor. He gently took her hand in his, and started stroking it.
"And did you... let them have their way with you?"
"No," said Taylor. He saw the look of disappointment on Pam's face, like a cloud putting land in shadow, and realized his gut instinct had been right. "Only the prettier ones."
Pam's face lit up again. "The prettier ones?"
"Just a few," said Taylor. He had to be careful here. He was walking a fine line. Pam was attracted to men who themselves were attractive to other women. All women's minds worked that way. But if Taylor gave the impression that he had slept with large numbers of women, the attraction Pam felt for him would extinguish like a flame in a vacuum. He had to appear promiscuous, but not
too
promiscuous.
"How... how were they?" Pam asked, giving him a hint of a smile. He could tell she was intrigued.
"They were... fine, for the most part," said Taylor, shrugging his shoulders. "It really made me feel... jaded. Like all women are alike. Oddly enough, after my experience, I actually found it hard to be attracted to women," he said, rubbing her hand a little more intently.
"You do?" Pam said.
"Yes," said Taylor. "I just don't find most women attractive anymore. Not unless... not unless they've got something special about them...." He let his voice trail off. His hand started to work up her arm. He looked her straight in the eye, and gave her his patented Michael Taylor smile, guaranteed to charm the paint off of a building.
Pam shivered and her breasts visibly shook. Taylor leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. When she started moaning, he knew she would be his.
********
Of course, Pam continued to resist, up until the moment he actually took her.