25 - I Sex Robot #2
Carly had a thoughtful look on her face. She was silent for a few moments, and Mel just let the sadness settle around her like a layer of snowflakes.
“You know … maybe the solution isn’t finding another man.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well … when you have sex with these men … have you used toys?”
Mel scrunched up her face and shook her head.
“None of the men I’ve been with have been comfortable with that, and when I’ve been on my own, well …
it just doesn’t feel the same. Maybe I’m being greedy, but I want something done to me.
I don’t want to do it all myself. I want to feel a lack of control.
Maybe that’s the problem. Maybe I’ve never been able to let myself go properly. ”
“Maybe, and maybe there’s no man who can make you feel that way.”
Mel arched her eyebrows and sighed. “So, what you’re saying is that there is no hope for me. Well, I guess maybe I just need to accept it. After all, nobody can have everything in life. I guess this is just something that I need to miss out on.”
“I didn’t say that …” A stray thought passed across Carly’s face. She leaned back and pursed her lips. “You know, there is something that might help you.”
“Oh yeah? Do you know someone?”
“Not someone … something.”
Mel looked at her curiously, unsure what Carly was driving at.
Carly leaned forward and lowered her voice to a conspiratorial whisper.
“It’s a project that Jim has been working on.
He’s been trying to come up with an invention that’s going to change the world.
I told him he shouldn’t try to change the world; he should try to find a niche that hasn’t been exploited and, well, he’s always been a passionate man, so his mind naturally turned to sex. ”
Mel furrowed her brow at this and winced.
The last thing she wanted to do was associate Carly’s husband with sex.
It was an incongruous image, as well. Jim was the epitome of a geek.
At school, he had always been obsessed with experiments rather than people, although Carly seemed to have changed that for the better.
Still, Mel didn’t think that Jim was going to be the man to satisfy her.
Carly continued to talk, though. There was an excited gleam in her eyes, and her words rushed out in a whispered breath.
“He’s created something that might be exactly what you need. It’s just been untested so far because it needs someone brave enough to do it, and I haven’t been able to bring myself to. But maybe you could help?”
“What is it?” Mel asked warily.
Carly glanced around to ensure that nobody was listening to them. “It’s a robot.”
***
When Mel had first heard Carly utter those words, she was dumbfounded and didn’t know quite what to think.
Carly had gone on to explain that Jim had started off by trying to develop a sex toy that wasn’t just an inanimate object but could help alleviate a sense of loneliness.
At first, the whole thing seemed ridiculous, but Mel was so desperate that she thought she might as well try it, because she had exhausted every other available resource, and there was no harm in having a look.
They went back to Carly’s. Jim seemed delighted to see them, especially when Carly told him that Mel wanted to see his newest invention.
They took Carly down to the basement, which Jim had converted into his workshop.
There were wires and bits of machinery scattered all over the place, as well as a wall that was covered in tools.
Standing in the middle of the room was something that seemed like a statue, although it was draped in a white cloth.
Jim beamed as he went to stand beside it, placing his hand against his construction.
“I have been waiting for someone to try out my robot. I’ve been trying to think of a name, as well. Carly is usually the one who tests everything, but this one, well, it was a little different,” Jim said.
“Frankly, I’d feel like I was cheating on you,” Carly said to her husband.
Mel was a little confused. “I thought you said it was just a robot? If this is nothing more than an elaborate sex toy, then why would you feel jealous?” she asked.
“Oh, this is much more than a sex toy,” Jim said.
“I have programmed the robot with multiple techniques. I’ve included software to help it adapt to changing circumstances and respond to the reactions in the user’s body.
I’ve installed heat pads to ensure that his touch is not cold, as well as some unique technology that might offer a few surprises. ”
“Seems as though you haven’t left anything out,” Mel said, although she was still a little skeptical.
“Oh no, it’s quite comprehensive. I’ve put a lot of work into it.
I dare say it’s my greatest creation. All it needs now is someone to test it and make sure it works.
” His gaze fell to Mel, and she couldn’t help but feel as though she had been snared into a trap.
But, since no man had ever been able to satisfy her, she wondered if perhaps a robot was the way to go.
“All right then.” She shrugged. “Let me see what’s in store for me.”
Jim grinned as he pulled the cover off the robot, revealing its silver hue.
It wasn’t what Mel had assumed would be in store for her.
She had assumed the robot would be blocky and mechanical, covered in wires and buttons and other artificial things.
Instead, the robot was sleek. The plating was smooth and cool.
He stood at just over six feet, meaning he didn’t seem entirely inhuman.
The face was cast in the form of a human, as well, although the features were smoothed out and devoid of identity.
The eyes, for example, were shallow dips in the head without eyeballs, while the nose was just a narrow protrusion.
The lips were puckered metal. It was hairless, of course.
The torso had again been modeled on the human form, but there were no nipples.
The hands and feet had toes and fingers, but at first glance, she couldn’t see the male appendage.
There was a smooth area where the penis should have been.
“If this is supposed to be a sex robot, then where is the … you know?” Mel asked.
Jim smiled wickedly and pressed a button. There was a whirring sound as a hatch slid back, revealing a thick, long, metal rod. It was like a cylinder, with a smooth point that kept going and going.
“You can extend it to however long you’d like it to be,” he said.
Mel gulped a little as she looked at the impressive size and was a little afraid. She reached out to touch the robot and found it cold to the touch. She shivered.
“I thought you said it was going to be warm.”
“You have to activate it first. There are heat pads underneath the outer plating. I assumed that being cold wasn’t the ideal situation for intimacy.
Now, while I have programmed the robot to follow a certain set of actions, it will respond to what you want.
If, however, anything goes wrong, there is a button here”—he pointed to the base of the robot’s skull—“that will turn him off. There’s also a remote control you can use.
” He handed her a small rectangular device.
There were only a few buttons, and Mel thought it strange that she could be in control of this thing.
“So, what do you say, Mel? Are you willing to try it?” Carly asked.
Mel looked at the robot and arched an eyebrow.
She pressed her hand against the robot’s chest, feeling no heartbeat.
She had tried to be close with men. She had felt their warm flesh pressing against her, but none of them had been able to conjure the thrill of orgasm within her.
Perhaps Carly was right and all this time she had needed something more than a man to satisfy her, although part of her was afraid to try because if this robot couldn’t work, then what would?
She looked it in the sunken eyes and pressed her lips together.
“I’ll try it,” Mel said, giving an affirming nod.
***
Jim helped her transport the robot back to her house, setting it up in her bedroom.
“Once it’s activated, it will be able to walk around.
It will respond to some voice commands. I’d appreciate it if you made a note of what works and what doesn’t so that I can fix any bugs that might happen.
And please be gentle with it. This is the prototype, and it took me hours of work to design it,” he said.
Mel nodded.
When she was finally left alone with the robot, she stared at it and felt a little afraid. She had never experienced anything like this before, so she wasn’t sure how to proceed.
At first, she walked around, inspecting its naked form. She placed her hands upon it again and gasped at the cold metal. She certainly hoped those heat pads Jim had installed worked; otherwise, it was going to be a very uncomfortable sensation indeed.
She took the remote control and turned the robot on.
There was a whirring sound as the robot suddenly sprang into life.
Its arms and legs moved, and its head tilted from side to side.
It twisted its head to look at Mel. It was unsettling how much intent there was on its face.
Despite it having an abstract, almost alien appearance, it also seemed sympathetic and … interested in her.
“Okay, I guess there’s no time like the present,” she said.
The robot remained silent.
She approached and started to touch its chest and arms. Gradually, she felt it begin to warm up, and the feeling was pleasing against her skin.
There was something thrilling about touching metal instead of skin, about having this robot, whose sole purpose was to give her pleasure and nothing else.
She didn’t have to worry about hurting its feelings or making conversation or even falling in love.
There was nothing she had to do except enjoy what the robot had to offer.
Still, it was difficult to know where to begin.