Date: April 24 2014 9:51 AM Title: Chapter 1
Cool, I look forward to seeing where this goes.
[Report This]Date: April 24 2014 6:55 AM Title: Chapter 1
Well, I enjoyed it. Regardless of whether it was meant to be comical or not, I smiled at Mary's cherry obsession and finger-fucking frenzy (with Jennifer's middle finger, how appropriate). The idea of needing to grow a Construct intrigues me. Wouldn't that mess with the world, having duplicates running around all over the place? Is the ability to be grown in case the "original" dies yet wants to continue living (not bringing the possibility of a human soul into the question)? Or is it just in case the owner of the Construct wants to have "normal" relations with it (including sex) if they don't see the "original" often (if ever)? Can the Constructs be re-shrunk after growth or is it permanent? Do they die? What happens if you make a copy of a copy? I'm sorry for bombarding you with so many questions, this is what happens when my curiousity gets piqued.
Author's Response:
Thank you!
That part was meant to have a good degree of comedy- a running gag, if you will.
Ah. Well, here is how the whole Construct thing is viewed in-universe:
Anyone can register to be part of a Construct program, and as such you can have a duplicate of just about anybody. Your file goes on record, and anyone can order a copy of you. If you order copies of yourself, it's immensely cheaper (the going rate for a Construct of yourself is about $300 plus S&H, of someone else is $725 plus S&H), and you get a small amount of compensation ($50) whenever someone wants a copy of you. The Construct has all the memories of the person from when they scanned themselves (this is important), as well as any errata from that time (for example, if you get your Construct made while your arm is broken, all Constructs of yourself have a broken arm).
The shrinking was actually a shipping thing. The only people with shrinking technology (at least in this universe) is the post office, who will shrink down large objects to make them cheaper to ship, but slightly more fragile. Technically, if someone broke into the post office and stole the shrinking serum, they'd be able to shrink anything (I don't plan to explore that, but I'll write it if it's requested).
If a Construct were to be scanned, the original would be contacted, to see if they wanted their Construct profile to be overwritten- they'd still receive any profits from others copying them, though.
Regarding whether someone wanted touse Constructs for immortality, that's physically impossible. Even if you were to repeatedly transfer your brain from body to body, the telomeres in your brain cells would eventually become too small to divide and the new body would be brain-dead. Not exactly pretty.
The owner of the Construct is permitted to do anything they want with their Construct, up to and including killing it.
Hope that answered everything. No probelm regarding the questions- I appreciate you taking the time to think about the implications.
[Report This]Date: April 24 2014 5:25 AM Title: Chapter 1
The theme of this story seems very similar to Jack Smith's YouPet, with the shrunken clone.
It seems promising though, keep it up. =)
Author's Response:
That is partially where I draw my inspiration from with this project, actually. I felt it could have gone on much longer, and explored much more ground.
Hence, the new scenario.