The Venus Project (part 1)

A story by SubSophie

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This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, or any real situation is entirely coincidental. The acts described are purely imaginary and are for the purposes of fantasy only. They are not suggested, recommended or condoned in ANY way whatsoever.

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It was a crisp July morning. The sun shone from a cloudless blue sky and the air was still chilly. Thirty six year-old mother of two, Rachel Kerrmann, arrived at the sleek, hi-rise block in the centre of town and walked up to the glass doors which opened automatically for her. Entering the glass and stainless steel lobby she felt slightly apprehensive, partly because she was always somewhat ill at ease in large public spaces, but partly because of the completely unfamiliar nature of what was about to happen to her. For the same reasons, however, her apprehension was mingled with butterflies of excitement in the pit of her stomach. As she approached the reception desk, the young woman seated behind it looked up and gave her a beaming smile.

����������� Good afternoon. May I help you? Rachel � her shoulders hunched with anxiety � answered,

����������� My name is Rachel. Rachel Kerrmann. I am here for the Venus Project? The last word was spoken with a slight upward inflection, now universal but which, only a few years earlier would have been associated exclusively with Australians. Rachel had studied the emailed documentation well and was pleased she had remembered the name without having to consult the version she had printed off and brought with her.

Certainly, madam, let me check...The woman consulted her monitor with a studious expression and, after making a few mouse clicks, looked back at Rachel with another professional smile. Ah yes, here we are...you are meeting Dr Kuren in room 137. So it�s over there to the lifts, she indicated across the lobby to her right, then up to the fifth floor and along the corridor to your right. Dr Kuren will meet you there.

Thank you, answered Rachel, do I need to sign in or anything?

No, everything�s arranged, madam. They are expecting you. Another smile, and another wave over to the lifts.

Rachel stood in the steel box as it ascended the lift shaft. She couldn�t back out now, even if she wanted to. She had announced her presence and was �expected�. She had heard about the Venus Project from a friend, some six months earlier. Or rather, she had heard about something which had piqued her interest. The rest had been accomplished courtesy of those clever people at Google.

 

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She had been at Catherine�s leaving party. Normally, she avoided such occasions, but Catherine had been a good friend and ally in the office, especially during her frequent brushes with the less than capable management. Rachel felt that the least she could do was to turn up and help to give her friend a decent send-off. They had been for a meal and soon found themselves in a less than salubrious bar not far from the office when she had overheard a conversation between two of the newer, younger girls in the finance division.

����������� I can�t remember what it�s called, Helen. Does it matter? I hardly think you�ve got that kind of money anyway, have you? Unless you�ve been doing the lottery again? General laughter. The point is, it sounds incredible! The ultimate sexual experience. And it�s only for women.

����������� Yeah but what does that actually mean, Karina? The ultimate sexual experience?

����������� Well apparently, it�s like some sort of science thing. They have all these experts doing it all. Working out what�s best for you and then designing it. I dunno. Kind of like going to some health spa, or the Sanctuary or something. Except it�s sex!

����������� Doesn�t sound that hot to me...

����������� Oh come off it, Karen. I reckon it sounds amazing. It�s all tailor-made to suit your own precise needs and sexual tastes. It�s unique for you. I�d love to do it, but I am never going to have that kind of dosh.

����������� And you don�t remember the name anyway! Helen laughed which might present certain problems, even if you did have the money!

����������� �Venus!� Shouted Karina. Something to do with Venus. And it�s in London somewhere. That�s all I remember.

Rachel�s interest had been aroused. She made a mental note and later that evening, she went online and searched using a variety of combinations of the words �Venus� �sexuality� �science� and �ultimate� It didn�t take her long to find the website and she read the marketing pitch with great interest.

Venus was the Roman goddess of love and all things erotic and was also the direct equivalent of the Aphrodite of ancient Greek mythology. Here at The Venus Project we like to think we are carrying on her noble tradition as champions of female sexuality. We are engaged on a unique and radical programme to develop the ultimate sexual experience. Our subjects are exclusively female as we believe women still (despite the social progress of the last few decades) spend most of their lives without having many truly satisfactory sexual experiences. Male sexuality is straight forward and easily catered for. Women, on the other hand, are highly individual and specific in their sexual needs and consequently much more difficult to satisfy. Our team of expert sexologists, physiologists and technicians will investigate your sexual anatomy and responses in great detail in order to create the ultimate in customised sexual experiences, just for you. They will make numerous measurements and evaluations of all aspects of your sexual anatomy and responsiveness. Once we have analysed all the data and have your program recorded, it can be recreated, at a fraction of the original cost, whenever you require it. You have never experienced anything like this... See below for our prices and how to register.

 

At first, she had been rather shocked by the price. You could go on a Mediterranean cruise for that kind of money! But on reflection a few days later, she felt that it was probably about time she treated herself. She had her savings, after all, and had spent most of her life raising children and looking after other people. Didn�t she deserve to indulge herself for once? In any case, there would still be a little left over and what else would she ever be likely to spend it on. As someone had once famously said, you can�t take it with you.

As the weeks went by and she got nearer and nearer to the appointment, she found her thoughts turning more and more towards sex. There was a general air of erotic anticipation about her that she had not experienced since her teens. Her life was so busy she scarcely had time to indulge her sexual feelings. Indeed, she had started to wonder if they had left her for good. But she soon found she was masturbating more often too (in the normal course of events, this only occurred once or twice a month). When the day of her appointment did finally arrive, she awoke with an almost overwhelming sense of expectation and on the train to London she became aware of an uncomfortable degree of dampness in her underwear. Evidence surely, if any were needed, of just how much she was looking forward to the experience. At one point, she even had to visit the rather less than salubrious train lavatory in order to absorb some of the moisture with some toilet tissue. She was relieved that she had at least decided to wear a skirt, since such indiscreet evidence of her excitement would be a good deal less troublesome.

 

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The lift came noiselessly to a halt and the doors opened. Rachel stepped forward tentatively before noticing the sign announcing the fifth floor. She was aware of a singular odour; electronics or computers, she thought. She turned to her right and walked along the corridor until she came to the door to the rather high-tech looking unit. She tried it, but it was sealed with a key card device. Looking through the glass door into what she assumed must be the Venus Project, everything she saw was sleek, modern and efficient. It seemed like some exclusive clinic or research lab. She was considering the problem of how she would gain access to the unit, when a tall, elegant woman in a white lab coat appeared at the other side and swiped her card causing the door to swing open.

����������� Good morning! She announced in a friendly yet authoritative tone. You must be Ms Kerrmann? Rachel. She smiled warmly and extended her hand in welcome and Rachel was struck, on looking into her eyes, by how handsome she was. Her long, dark hair fell in waves and framed an oval face of a somewhat Slavic or eastern appearance. Her eyes were brown and adorned with dark, pronounced brows and she had well chiselled cheekbones.

����������� Yes, answered Rachel. Hello. I am Rachel. Have I come to the right place? She let out a slightly strained laugh in her eagerness to seem as relaxed as possible. Her hunched shoulders, however, told a different story. The woman continued,

����������� I am Dr Kuren. I am delighted to welcome you to the Venus Project. The two shook hands and Rachel�s admittedly somewhat rhetorical question remained unanswered as Dr Kuren led her through the doorway and into the unit. She went on, I expect you have a lot of questions, Rachel. I shall attempt to explain as much about the project as I can before we meet the rest of the team, but in the meantime, do please feel free to ask me anything you like.

����������� Oh. Um, yes. Not sure where to start really! I have so many. How many people have done the program before me?

����������� Well, we started in the Summer of last year and I believe we have had about 62, all told.

����������� Wow! I assumed it was newer than that. So you must be getting pretty good at it by now. I mean... no, I�m sorry, that sounded a bit cheeky. I meant...to Rachel�s relief, Dr Kuren interrupted her with a laugh.

����������� Well, I hope so Rachel. We�ve certainly not had any complaints!

����������� Many satisfied customers then! Rachel laughed, put at her ease by Dr Kuren�s easy and relaxed manner.

����������� Quite so! Now, would you mind if I asked you a question, Rachel?

����������� No, of course. Feel free.

Well I gather from your application that you have had some episodes of sexual problems?

����������� Err...yes. That�s right. I used to have a lot of trouble reaching orgasm with men, until I met my second husband. He changed all that. But then, unfortunately, we broke up and I have pretty much avoided relationships since then.

����������� Yes, I see. I am sorry to hear that but I can quite understand, Rachel. We can explore that in a little more detail later, during the psychological evaluation. But, you�ll be relieved to hear that our project does not depend on men at all, or indeed any form of sexual partner.

����������� So, how does it all work exactly? Asked Rachel, who had surprised herself at how succinctly she had just summarised the last twenty plus years of her life to a complete stranger.

����������� In essence, answered Dr Kuren, we carry out a full evaluation of your physical and psychological sexual functioning and then use that information to construct a program of highly customised erotic stimuli for you - and only you - which will result in the most earth shattering sexual experience of your life. She led Rachel into a small room with a table and two chairs in the centre and a medical examination couch in the corner and they sat down at the table. Rachel flushed with excitement at the prospect and laughed nervously,

����������� Gosh! That certainly sounds incredible.

����������� Oh believe me, replied Dr Kuren, it is! I was the first subject. Rachel found this notion strangely enticing. She had never considered herself to have any real lesbian tendencies, although she had always preferred the company of women in general and had extremely close and long standing female friendships. And yet, the idea of this handsome, elegant and clearly accomplished woman experiencing intense sexual delight was arousing her. The detailed ground work we do allows us to build a complete picture of what works for you, what turns you on and how you respond on a psychic as well as on a physical level. Now, I shall soon introduce you to two of my colleagues, Dr Mace and Dr Bornholm who will carry out most of the evaluation. But first I want to explain to you roughly what you can expect in the next few hours. Oh, before I forget she reached into her pocket for a small plastic tube containing a tablet which she released and handed to Rachel. You need to take this.

����������� What is it?

����������� Really just a mild tranquiliser. Something of our own design. Just to relax you enough to participate fully in the project. Rachel frowned. She had an innate distrust of medicines. Of course, if you�d rather not, added Dr Kuren, reaching forward to recover the tablet.

No, no. That�s fine. Rachel swallowed the tiny white pill and then continued, can I just ask something?

����������� Of course, Rachel. Whatever you like. Dr Kuren smiled again and fixed Rachel�s gaze in an almost flirtatious way.

����������� Dr Bornholm and Dr...err..?

Mace.

����������� Mace. Yes. Are they male or female? asked Rachel.

����������� They are both male, Rachel. Why do you ask?

����������� Well, you said that there was a physical examination...I just... Dr Kuren put her hand on Rachel�s arm reassuringly.

����������� Oh you needn�t worry, Rachel. Dr Mace will be doing your physical, but I assure you it will not be unpleasant in the slightest. It�s not like having a pap smear or anything like that, I promise you. But if you�d rather, I can stay in the room with you during the entire process? It�s not a problem, at all. Rachel blushed again.

����������� I think I would like that, Dr Kuren, if that�s ok. I am sorry. It�s probably a bit silly. It�s just...

����������� Nonsense! Of course it�s perfectly ok, Rachel. I quite understand. But I suspect you have the wrong idea of the evaluation in any case. What we need to establish is precisely how your body is structured and how it functions, from a sexual point of view. Everyone is unique and we have to be able to build as complete a picture as possible about you. But it wasn�t as a chaperone that Rachel wanted Dr Kuren�s presence. It was as a voyeur. She wanted her to see her body and perhaps, who knows, even to be aroused by it. She relished the thought of having to expose herself, her sexual self, to this tall, impressive beauty

����������� So I guess that must be a pretty thorough physical then? asked Rachel, he�ll need to inspect me very closely, I presume? She paused, briefly. My front bottom, I mean?

����������� Yes, Rachel, that�s right. He will, but it will be done in a rather unusual way. Not the cold, clinical way it is done at the gynaecologist�s. Well...you�ll find out soon enough. But I have just learned one vital piece of information. She started to enter some keystrokes on the handheld device Rachel suddenly noticed she had been carrying since they met.

����������� Information? Asked Rachel. What information?

����������� The word you just used.� Front bottom�. It is vital for much ofwhat follows that we know your own personal word for your genitals. Everyone has their own preferred term they are comfortable with.We can�t just come out andask you because the response would be too considered. Too forced. So we must wait until it just �pops out� Usually, it takes a lot longer than that. So thank you!

����������� I must just be more brazen than most of you subjects then! she laughed.

����������� Indeed, smiled Dr Kuren. Indeed you must be. But her warm expression contained no judgment, despite her words. This was clearly a friendly and humorous exchange.

����������� And the psychological bit. How does that work? Is that to see what kind of things turn me on?

����������� Yes. Precisely. It is to reveal the innermost workings of your sexual imagination; to really pinpoint what it is that turns you on. What pushes your buttons, you might say. It will surprise you. It always does.

����������� Surprise me? How so? Surely I already know my own fantasies?

����������� Ah, this is not just about fantasies, Rachel, continued Dr Kuren, this is about sexual triggers you didn�t even know you had. Seeing Rachel�s puzzled expression, she went further. You see, the vast majority of us never reach our sexual potential, quite simply because we never find out what it is that really lights our candle. The lucky few discover this accidentally with a partner. Maybe one day they are experimenting and try some bondage or some other previously untried sexual practice and it unleashes the demon. But mostly, it remains hidden all their lives and they go to their grave having fulfilled only a fraction of their erotic potential.

����������� Gosh. Yes. I can see that. How incredible!

That, in essence, Rachel, is what we are all about here. Oh sure, we charge money for a service. But it�s as important to us to find out how this works as it is for you. It is our obsession, you might say. Whilst you may think this is a rather expensive indulgence, for us it is an almost sacred quest into the sexual unknown. We all do this at the most minimum cost that is sustainable. I am sure most of us would do it for nothing if need be.

Yes, I see. Rachel paused, briefly, before continuing. I do have one more question.

Sure, Rachel. Of course. Go ahead.

Well, I have occasionally wondered if there�s something wrong with me.

Wrong in what sense? Dr Kuren�s expression changed to one of concern.

I don�t know. Maybe something physical. With my front bottom, perhaps? The nerve endings. I don�t know. She gestured vaguely, as if to dismiss what she was saying. But Dr Kuren knew enough to know that this was perhaps the most important thing she had heard yet, from her new subject. Nevertheless, she must be sure not to over react to it.

Do you mean something that would explain your previous sexual difficulties?

Yes.

I think that�s very unlikely, Rachel. Such abnormalities are exceedingly rare. And, as I am sure you know, there are more than enough psychological processes at work that can ambush a woman�s sexual response! But the sure-fire test is whether or not you can achieve orgasm through masturbation. Can you? Rachel looked down at the table.

Yes. She seemed slightly embarrassed

Yes with difficulty? Or yes with ease?

����������� With ease, added Rachel, finally managing to look up and smile and Dr Kuren who instantly replied in an animated voice.

����������� There we are then! Case proven! If you can orgasm easily from masturbation, then there is nothing whatever the matter with you. Everything is working like clockwork. She suddenly looked up at the door, Aha! Look who�s here!

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