What follows is a complete work of fiction. All characters are over eighteen years of age and any likeness to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This story contains elements of incest, consensual non-consent, and cheating.
Michael Kincaid pressed the play button on the tablet's screen. As he watched, a young, attractive, pink haired, woman smiled into the camera. Her pouty lips were coated in a shimmery pink lipgloss and parted into a smile. She was wearing an off the shoulder black top that was tight and accentuated her young, perky breasts. Around her neck was a black plastic choker with a tiny key pendant dangling from the center.
"Hey, welcome back Mina-J fans and a big welcome to all you 'FemFamily' who are new to the channel. This is 'FemFashions with Mina-J' and I am, you guessed it, Mina-J." she said as she started her opening monologue. "Today, the show is going to be a little different. We are going to take a break from fashion reviews and style tutorials to talk with one of my personal heroes in
the
space." she continued. "As you can see, we're not in the studio today, because I'm sitting here with the president, CEO, and inspiration behind this amazing platform, FemFam. The one and only, Miss Viktoria Kincaid."
Mina-J turned slightly and the camera angle changed to show her sitting across from a slender, attractive, blonde woman. Between the two women there was a small round coffee table with an ornamental sign displaying the colorful FemFam logo.
"Thank you Miss Kincaid for taking the time to talk with me today."
The camera switched to a medium shot of Viktoria Kincaid, sitting relaxed in a leather armchair wearing a pair of billowy black slacks and a loose long sleeve cream blouse, cut just low enough to show a hint of lightly freckled cleavage.
"It's my pleasure, Mina. And please, just call me Viktoria."
Michael rolled his eyes at the small screen.
"Oh course. Thank you." Mina responded with a smile as the video continued playing. The camera zoomed out to a wider shot, again showing the two women. "So Viktoria, tell us a little about yourself and how you to came to be the 'Queen of feminist media'."
Viktoria laughed. "Well, I can tell you I never set out in pursuit of that title."
Mina smiled, seemingly enamored with the older woman.
"The humble truth is, I lucked into being where I am today. You could say I was born into it."
"Right." Mina agrees. "Your father, Richard Kincaid, president and CEO of Kinoco, started Tam-Tam when you were just a child."
"That's right. And it had many years of success. But it was always overshadowed by the big boys in the content space."
"Right. So tell us a little about how you came to be where you are today, and how you transformed Tam-Tam into the overwhelmingly successful platform it is today, FemFam."
"Well, as you said, my father started Tam-Tam when I was young and it saw many successful and profitable years. But during my college days, new platforms and new fads came along and the company began falling behind. After college I started working for the company in the marketing department. I focused on broadening the appeal and drawing in more viewers." Viktoria explained. "It was during this time, while doing market analysis, that we realized the core user base of Tam-Tam was woman."
Mina nodded, thoughtfully.
"While doing this research we also discovered that the algorithms were pushing down female content creators and as a result they were being overshadowed by more male-centric content. The result of this was a dramatic loss of viewers."
"So this was the inspiration for 'FemFam'?"
"In a nutshell, yes." Viktoria continued. "At first it was only going to be a spin-off, or a sub channel within Tam-Tam, but after a lot of back and forth with the engineers, we crunched the numbers and decided a rebrand was in order. I will skip past all of the boring tech buzzwords from that meeting. There were certainly enough that I would bore your viewers to death with them."
Mina's laugh in response to this was a little too enthusiastic in Michael's opinion.
"Wow." the younger woman said with admiration. "And this was the catalyst for your first, and might I say, very iconic,
takeover
video. Your brainchild, I would assume?"
"Yes," Viktoria smiled.
Michael rolled his eyes again and shook his head.
"Demolishing the old Tam-Tam logo from the front of the headquarters must have been a hard one for your dad and your brother to swallow I assume. How did your father take it?"
"Well, as they say, it's better to beg forgiveness than be denied permission. So, we set up the shoot and the demo unbeknownst to any of the VP level administration or above."
"Amazing," Mina stated in awe. "So the future of girl power content was hanging in the balance. Powerful stuff! So with this, the new logo was born, algorithm changes were made promoting female content above all else, and here we are today."
Viktoria smiled and nodded slowly.
"You are such and inspirational woman, Viktoria. But there's also such a mystique around you personally. You've been seen elbow to elbow with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, music, even politics, but the world knows so little about you. Then, there's the falling out with your brother."
Michael closed his eyes and shook his head slowly as Mina continued talking from the small device.
"Please, would you tell us a little more about your formative years? There's not much known about you prior to college. Rumors circulating around the internet trace your feminist activism to this time. Rumblings say this is when you woke up, stopped dating men and joined the fight. Was there something that pushed you to this, or was it just...I don't know...organic?"
Viktoria bit her lip, looking thoughtful for a moment. "I guess you could say that I found my passion. What truly drove me."
*
Darkness had just descend on the college town and there was an almost palpable excitement in the air. Micheal Kincaid walked alone along the sidewalk that ran in front of the sorority houses. There was activity everywhere with laughter and excited screams from girls emanating out of every house. Jack-O-Lanterns adorned nearly every porch along with cheap looking fake cobwebs, crepe paper and lights. The tiny lawns were filled with inflatable decorations and most had some sort of spooky, stuffed, scarecrow out front sporting the letters of another sorority or the jersey from one of the college's rival teams.
It just so happened that October 31st fell on a Saturday this year. The football team had won the biggest state rivalry game just hours before and there was certainly celebration in the air. All of the associations on campus were going all out for the night with parties in every available venue. It was Michael's first time to the house since he'd begun dating Kayla just weeks before and he was nervous. He walked up the front steps, his identity concealed by the Freddie Kruger mask he wore. The striped sweater was real and looked just like the one worn by the actor in the movies, a great thrift store find the previous fall before another costume party. His glove weapon was ultra realistic as well, not some plastic, costume shop prop.
Michael didn't see many other guys around and felt like he was too early for the party, but his dad had always preached to him that one of the keys to success was punctuality. Starting college had been a whirlwind experience for him. Moving away from home and into a dorm was liberating but there was a lot of stress and pressure as well. It was a forgone conclusion that his father would one day turn the business over to him and his sister, Viktoria, but first he had to prove that he could handle the pressure before he could be trusted to run the global corporation. Intelligence wasn't an issue, it was the business sense he needed to work on as well as handling himself under pressure.
He'd made up his mind before ever stepping foot on campus that he was going to take college seriously and prove that he was up to the task, partly to make his father proud and partly to show that he could be just like Viktoria. If there was a polar opposite of Michael's naturally meek and mild temperament it was Viktoria's dominance and strong willpower. As long as he could remember, his older sister had tormented and teased him mercilessly. It was no secret that their father was concerned about Michael's demeanor for not taking on his sister but simply caving in to her any time she began her bullying.
"If he can't handle his own sister, what is he going to do when he's being pressured by the board to make a decision that he knows to be wrong?" his father had asked his mother one evening after the siblings had gotten into another fight.
Michael knew his father was right and that statement, made quietly to his wife and not intended for Michael's ears, had hit him hard. He was a sophomore in high school at that time with Viktoria about to graduate and leave for college. Michael decided, in that moment he was going to change. He was going to make his father proud. Over the following two years, Michael had worked on becoming more assertive and less anxious about new or confrontational situations. But as he turned and walked up the sidewalk towards the house with the Greek letters of Kayla's sorority, he felt the old trepidation wash over him once again. New situations always did this to him, regardless of how he had conditioned himself. The casual observer would never have known that the young man was nervous as he carried himself with determination and confidence, hiding his true nature.
The front door was open with loud music blaring from a sound system; a DJ was already playing tunes in the large common room as the girls ran here and there, finalizing everything for their party.
*
Viktoria Kincaid had spent a year in the dorm when she first arrived on campus. It was a miserable experience for her having to share space with scholarship girls and the "sleazies" as she called them; girls who were not of her social standing for one reason or another. But after the first year and the end of her probationary period in the sorority, she was allowed to move into the house. Finally, she felt as though she was in her proper place, more befitting her station in life.