Half past midnight.
There was a knock on the door. She opened the door and there was a tall man standing in the dimly lit hallway.
Slowly but confidently, he walked in and sat down on her twin size bed, in the middle of the room. He kicks up his feet and crosses his arms over his head, and breaks the silence,
"Judging by your reaction, I can assume you already know who I am?"
Chloe was frozen as his face was the last thing she expected to see, especially tonight. The thought of her own father being her Graduation Officer was unimaginable. A million thoughts were racing in her mind, when he continued,
"Well, I am so happy to finally meet you in-person. Wait! Did they tell you about the final measurement as well?"
"Final measurement?"
"Phew! I'm glad at least no one ruined the real surprise. I'll fill you in later." chuckles, "Let's get the formalities out of the way first. Shall we?"
"Yes" she squeaks.
"Good! Good!"
He pulled out a tablet from his coat pocket. Flipped it over to her and handed her a stylus.
"You need to scroll all the way down, and sign where it says Chloe Hill. I have already signed it."
While she slowly scrolled down, he took off his jacket and set it on the pillow next to him. He then took off his shoes and rolled up his long sleeves, revealing a dark glassy-bracelet on his right hand.
"There you go" she said as she handed him over the tablet and started to pull up her dark curly hair away from her neck, in preparation.
"Mhmm. looks good!"
He put away the tablet and pulled out a similar glassy-bracelet but almost double the size. Unclipped it and ceremoniously held it in front of her neck.
"Ok, now repeat after me"
"I, Chloe Hill, Daughter of James Hill, do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Cumtuket."
"I swear to perform my duty as a Volunteer of the Free Use for Contraception and Maternity Enhancement program, in service to the nation and its future, from now until the day I can serve no more."
"Very good! I James Hill, son of Richard Hill, accept Chloe Hill as my daughter, and solemnly swear to protect her from any harm that will prevent her from performing her duties to the best of her abilities."
He finally closed the collar shut around her neck with a loud click.
"Ok. Now let's get you calibrated."
He clicked away on the tablet and continued to speak while still looking down,
"I'm so excited! You don't know how much I have waited for this day!"
He tilted the tablet towards her to show her dozens of pictures of her, both old and new.
"The Academy has kept me up to date with your progress. I am very proud of your grades. You are a very smart kid. But, there will be time for more of this, later."
Suddenly he closed the tablet and took out the last item from his bag. It was a foot-long black cylindrical object made of a similar glassy material. Unlike the others, this cylinder was not smooth but rather had bumps and rings all along its length.
"This is the calibrator. Do you know how this works?"
She nodded her head.
"Well this is the part where you get naked and spread your legs on the bed."
"Oh"