<?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>Rental on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/rental/</link><description>Recent content in Rental on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/rental/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Everything You Always Wanted</title><link>/stories/2019/05/20/everything-you-always-wanted/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2019/05/20/everything-you-always-wanted/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;You finally have everything you always wanted. You’re not human anymore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You rub your new body up and down. It’s perfect, slender, and shiny, and it’s all yours. You’ve got a small access panel in your lower back. It contains your SRPI port, some status lights, and your power and reset buttons, all locked up with a key hidden in a place only your girlfriend Liz knows about. Even you can’t get in. You’re designed this way so a stranger can’t change your settings after they have been set and the panel has been locked back in place.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><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><item><title>A Weird Way to be Maid</title><link>/stories/2018/04/25/a-weird-way-to-be-maid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2018/04/25/a-weird-way-to-be-maid/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Woman to Maid-bot TF&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Really? You need me for this?” the beautiful woman asked, raising an eyebrow at the boy she was standing with in a living area. 
“Yes I’m serious Clara. I was drunk with some of my coworkers last week and let it slip that I had a really sexy maid-bot back home. They believed me, and that alone wouldn’t be anything to worry about, but then they mentioned it when the boss was talking about renting one for the office. He came to me and offered me a crazy amount of money. I couldn’t say no!” 
The girl, now identified as Clara, stared back at him. Hand lowering to position on her curvy hip. 
“And instead of using some of the money to rent one yourself, you decide to call up your girlfriend and ask her to do it? Kinda lame Greg.” 
Greg smiled at her. 
“I know babe, but think of it like this. We get to keep the money we would have spent on the actual bot for ourselves, come on, I already bought the outfit…” he finished with a sheepish smile as he held the hangar up, making his girlfriend blush like a tomato. 
“What is that! That isn’t even a maid outfit! It’s more like a bikini.”
She wasn’t wrong, as the hangar held a frilly hair piece with black bows to tie into her hair, a top that could barely be considered more than a bra with frilly white fringes and arm covers, a black, miniskirt that barely reached her midthigh with what looked like a frilly white apron running across her crotch, a pair of wrist bands with the same fringe as the rest of the outfit and a nice pair of black high heels on the floor next to it. 
“Apparently it is what all of the newer models of maid-bots are wearing. I went in with one of your dresses and had them use that to get them in your size. They also threw in this,” he reached over and placed a single shiny, metallic earing in her ear. 
“Apparently the new models don’t have those old control collars anymore. They gave me this and said all I had to do was have the app installed on my phone and synced to it to control the robot. You need to wear it to pass as one. So, are you in?”
The busty woman ran a hand through her long auburn hair. The money would really be nice… and it would only be for a weekend to clean the office up…
“Fine, give me the stupid outfit and get whatever else you need ready while I get changed.” She blushed and grabbed the flimsy clothes before storming out and into the bathroom. 
Not ten minutes later, she returned with the red face still present. Her breasts would bounce each time she took a step, the tight skirt forced her hips to sashay more than she was typically comfortable with and they were both lucky she frequently wore heels to work. 
Her long auburn hair tickled the middle of her back as she walked back into the room, smirking to her boyfriend who looked at her with an open mouth.
“Unit reporting for duty master. Is there anything I can do for you~” the last bit was said in a very sultry tone as she pulled him into a very teasing kiss, her lips just barely touching his own. 
“Uh…” his only answer was the clear sign his brain was shutting down. She ignored his plight, giggling at a job well done and turned to what he had been working on before she walked in. 
In front of her was a large metal case. It was propped open, exposing a foam interior with a body cutout that looked ready to fit her at a moment’s notice. It had wheels on the bottom for easy transport and the logo for the popular robotics company ‘Make It Easy’ right on the front. 
“So I assume I am getting into this thing and you are going to deliver me to your work?”
The man in the room nodded dumbly, just watching her move around and inspect her transport. She picked up a small metal tube and poked it. 
“What is this?” 
That was the cue for her boyfriend to stop drooling over her and get back to their job at hand. 
“Oh, that’s just the tool most people use to open the panels on the standard units. I am keeping it here so no one can try it.”
She nodded and stretched her body out. 
“Well okay then. Let’s get this show on the road. I wanna start serving your company and get it over with. Any rules I should know before you pack me up and rent me out sweetie,” the last point was said with a teasing glare at him. 
“Ah… I suppose you should refer to me as your owner or master or something like that. Be polite… I don’t know babe, just act like that robot your mom has back at home. That is what they are looking for.” 
Oh yeah, she forgot that her mom’s maid was a robot. Should be easy enough to copy the woman who cleaned up after her since high school. 
“Understood master. Shall I shut down and prepare my cleaning protocols?” she asked, mimicking her family’s personal maid-bot, Fiona, as best she can. 
He grinned and poked her nose. “Yes Clara. I will not be there once you turn back on, you are to obey Mr. Ferguson and work for our company until further notice.” 
“Affirmative master.” 
With that said, she made an exaggerated motion of slackening her shoulders, closing her eyes and leaning her head forward slightly while still standing upright.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Too Good to Be True</title><link>/stories/2010/02/16/too-good-to-be-true/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2010/02/16/too-good-to-be-true/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I browsed though the magazines in the rack while I waited in the queue eventually just picking one out at random, not really for the stories but the crosswords made work more bearable, I’m a customer service adviser, and yes that’s a fancy title for someone who answers the phones in one of the businesses that have gone back to the ‘human’ touch way of thinking.
The old man in front paid and shuffled out of the store so I placed the basket on the counter and waited while the robotic shop assistant efficiently packed the few items I was purchasing. ‘He’, I say he because this model had no discernible gender features which I always thought just made things harder, smiled at me and said “Hello Jenny ready meal again? I had deduced from your shopping habits that you enjoyed food preparation?”&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>