<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Mind-Wipe on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/mind-wipe/</link><description>Recent content in Mind-Wipe on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/mind-wipe/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Goth an Android for You</title><link>/stories/2018/06/14/goth-an-android-for-you/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2018/06/14/goth-an-android-for-you/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;story continues from &lt;a href="gothanandroidforyou.html"&gt;part one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part Two&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The trip to the android store is uneventful. Vic and Tess make small talk, while Rayn sits quietly in the back. Vic does not own a car, which is one of the reasons Rayn likes him so much: he is always against the establishment. Tess, on the other hand, says she is against society, but the way she dresses and acts, you could not tell it. Rayn, of course, is the most hard core of them all, so to be trapped as society&amp;rsquo;s puppet is a fate worse than&amp;hellip; worse than&amp;hellip; well, she thinks, I&amp;rsquo;m not sure what could be worse than that.
They pull into the parking garage that is above the store and take the elevator down to the first floor. Rayn is very self-conscious of her outfit, as it is against all of her likes: tight, bright, and latex-shiny. Her high heels click on the hard floor as her latex covered body makes squeaky noises.  They enter the store, just like her and her mom did the day before. The store is very busy, with multiple salesreps handling many customers. A corset-wearing, short-skirt, low-top, gloves-to-the-elbows and boots-to-the-knees, latex android saunters over. &amp;ldquo;Greetings, sir and madam. Welcome to the Android Store on 5th and Walnut! We are unusually busy at this time, but I can point you in the right direction.&amp;rdquo; 
Vic answers while putting his hand on Rayn, &amp;ldquo;My android here needs some upgrades, and I have my confirmation number from my online order.&amp;rdquo; He holds out the piece of paper. Tess is looking around the room, thinking of what she could do to humiliate Rayn now. The android takes the paper and scans it. &amp;ldquo;Very good,&amp;rdquo; it says, handing the paper back to Vic, &amp;ldquo;I have placed your request in the appropriate line. The current wait time is 45 minutes. You have three options: Would you care to wait with your android, leave it here and you will be notified when it is ready for pick-up, or return at a different time?&amp;rdquo;
Vic turns to Tess, but before he can ask, she says, &amp;ldquo;Oh, Vic! We don&amp;rsquo;t wanna stand around here all day. Let&amp;rsquo;s go out just us, then we can come back later.&amp;rdquo; Vic, being reminded why he broke up with her, seems to be taken with Tess again, so he simply nods his head. &amp;ldquo;We will leave it here. Let me know when I can come back.&amp;rdquo; Rayn can only sigh to herself, as she is about to be left in public like this. She watches her boyfriend and his ex-girlfriend leave while holding hands.
The android holds up a remote to Rayn&amp;rsquo;s collar. Suddenly, Rayn can feel a voice of sorts in her head. 
-Accessing android control- Who said that?
-Mainframe connection established- Main who?
-Android BangMeNow placed into database and added to store inventory- I&amp;rsquo;ve been added to what?
-Uploading window program- Upload?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>