Eros Imagined

Brad and Janet take a trip

Bradley was inordinately proud of his latest invention and felt entitled to a moment of smug satisfaction as he studied its elegant design. His brainchild was a brilliant synthesis of state-of-the-art engineering and advanced computer programming. Of course, it still had to be tested before it went to market but that would be the easy, pleasurable part. After that he could sit back and wait for the money start rolling in. Bradley was convinced that his EROS machine would become the next must have accessory for the super-rich. The price tag would of course deter most people, but to a billionaire tycoon, Arab sheik or Premier League football player, £1,500,000 would seem like money well spent. Bradley was sure they would derive a lot more enjoyment from his virtual reality machine than from some ludicrously expensive sports car. His other patented designs, such as the electric toothbrush docking station and cat care caddy (an automatic feline food dispenser) had unfortunately been less successful than anticipated. Sales had ticked over but only just enough to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. This time it would be different. The old adage that "sex sells" would be put to the test in a way that no one had previously imagined possible. It had taken years of development to finally bring the EROS project to fruition. Countless hours had been spent writing the code that would render the virtual sex scenarios. Bradley had spent months inside his workshop fabricating components, shaping and cutting metal, moulding fibreglass before finally assembling his technological masterpiece.

Janet, his long-suffering wife, had been coerced into testing the EROS machine with the promise of a more affluent lifestyle following the inevitable success of Bradley's latest invention. She had complained bitterly about the indignity of the full body scan, which required her to stand naked inside a scanning booth similar to those found in airport security zones. Bradley's scanner was far more sophisticated than the machines designed to look for suspicious objects secreted inside passenger clothing. It mapped out the human body, creating a three-dimensional facsimile of the person standing inside the booth. Digital avatars created by the scanner would inhabit the virtual world of EROS, interacting with other avatars whilst their corporeal owners lay in an induced dream state inside the relaxation pods. Sensors, probes and other devices attached to the incumbent's naked body would relay the physical aspects of the virtual sex encounters into their sub-conscious minds.

Bradley studied Janet's body scan with a critical eye. His wife had, he decided, become rather plump in recent years. He recalled with fond nostalgia the shy, slender young woman he had met at university. Unfortunately, Janet's addiction to chocolate biscuits, cream cakes and other sugary treats had played havoc with her once svelte figure. That however was an issue that could easily be addressed. Bradley clicked on the edit palette and selected the remodelling tool. After a quick bit of digital nip and tuck, he managed to reduce his wife's waistline to the size it had been when they first met. Bradley studied the results with quiet satisfaction, rotating Janet's avatar through 360 degrees, examining her wireframe figure from every angle. With a few deft mouse clicks he had eradicated two decades of binge eating. Bradley decided he might as well fix a few other things whilst he was at it. He began methodically re-sculpting Janet's virtual image, lengthening her legs, trimming and firming her arms and any other area of her body he thought in need of improvement. Unable to resist the temptation, Bradley inflated Janet's slightly underwhelming 36B breasts to a far more pneumatic 38EE. He was sure his wife wouldn't mind him remodelling her physical attributes. After saving Janet's modified avatar, Bradley decided he might as well make some long overdue enhancements to his own digital self. He awarded himself the muscular chest and arms he had always wanted and a taut six-pack to match. An eight-inch penis would suffice for the time being. Bradley didn't want to be too ostentatious and thought it would be sensible to stay within the bounds of probability. He could always increase his length and girth at a later date if required. His wife had always been somewhat dismissive of Bradley's admittedly modest natural endowment. Her casual indifference to his manhood would soon become a thing of the past. He had girded his virtual loins with a potent weapon that would intimidate and thrill Janet in equal measure. The additional functionality provided by the avatar editing suite was an optional extra Bradley intended to offer to his wealthier clients. He was certain they wouldn't be able to resist the temptation to buff up their digital physiques and give themselves the bodies they had always craved.