Beta Tested 2: Target Audience

Beta Tested 2: Target Audience

Samantha and her friends are avid gamers with access to the newest tech: a console that connects directly with someoneâ€™s mind. The console does more than play games though, letting its programmers program them.
This is a sequel to the events in Beta Tested, but it is also a self contained story.

[Warning: this 23600-word short story contains depictions of mind control and brainwashing, both subtle and overt.]

Excerpt:
â€œThatâ€™s right,â€ I agreed, â€œThe game canâ€™t control our minds.â€
Even as I said it though, I wondered if that was necessarily true. The smoke was already clinging to the ground in our cell, but it didnâ€™t smell the least bit sooty. It was more like someone had plopped us in a field of wildflowers in bloom, heady and sweet. I inhaled deeply, and my chest felt warm. My body began to relax again, taking on the heavy drowsiness I had felt when we first logged in. My arousal hadnâ€™t dipped at all either.
The game was certainly affecting my body.
Jenny voiced that thought. She wriggled a little, getting comfortable in the corner of the cell and asked, â€œBut why not? Itâ€™s putting images and sounds and smells right in our heads.â€ She took a deep breath for emphasis and asked, â€œWhatâ€™s the difference between putting in the idea of a smell, and the idea of kneeling?â€
Kneeling.
Just the mention of it made me want to get on my knees. I wondered dully if she might not be right.
â€œLike brainwashing?â€ Nate asked. His tone was skeptical, but his voice was dull too. Whatever the smoke was, it was definitely affecting all of us, not just me.
â€œMm,â€ I agreed, â€œI know it isnâ€™t, but I can imagine it. Maybe not likeâ€¦â€ I paused, finding it difficult to express my thoughts verbally, â€œâ€¦ not like thoughts right in our heads, but training us by making us feel things. Experience things.â€
I was starting to feel uncomfortably warm, even in my new and low-cut clothes. I unfastened the bustier idly, letting it slip open.
Nate protested weakly, â€œThatâ€™s still not mind control though. The game canâ€™t control our minds. It canâ€™t do any real harm.â€
Canâ€™t Control Our Minds.
Canâ€™t Do Any Real Harm.
That was all true. I definitely wanted to strip and kneel of my own free will.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-03-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-03-27
Format	Kindle eBook

Beta Tested 2: Target Audience

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