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by MagnusMagneto
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Story Outline / Plot / Characters by Corssan1
1.) Mid September
Eric awoke to an email he had been waiting for: he was invited to the alpha test of an upcoming video game named ‘Live-Sim’. It was the latest incarnation of the most popular life-simulation series of games. The games were something of an oddity in that they solely featured relatively normal virtual people living their lives, with a few supernatural elements added for the sake of fun. There was little to no action, challenge, or even a story — elements that typically attracted players to games. The gameplay almost entirely consisted of directing the inhabitants of a virtual world through their daily activities.
Despite his excitement, Eric still needed to go to school for the day. For the most part, his routine was the same as usual. Only a few things stuck out to him in particular: First, his math teacher was wearing a shorter skirt than usual without any pantyhose, which showcased her proportionately long, toned legs. Her name was Julia Williams, though the students almost always referred to her as “Ms. Williams”. Julia’s attire was of particular interest to Eric because he harbored a fairly sizable crush on her. She was still fairly young, a couple years under 30, and wildly beautiful for a teacher. Her body was tall, lithe and well endowed. Eric was a fairly short 18 year old, standing at 5’6”, so his teacher’s 5’9” frame towered over him a fair bit; even more so thanks to added height from the heels she almost always wore.
The other interesting thing that happened to Eric, was an assignment to help tutor who was, in his opinion, the hottest cheerleader in the entire school: a senior named Chalsey. Chalsey was the spitting picture of a bombshell high school babe: blonde and blue-eyed with a beautiful body. She possessed an even greater advantage over the other girls as she was actually 20 years old due to having been held back twice while growing up. As a result, she was essentially a prime college student physically stuck in a high school.
Chalsey wasn’t particularly unintelligent, just entirely uninterested with her studies. While she could maneuver through social situations with relative ease, and was actually fairly bright, she simple did not care whatsoever about any of the lectures she slept through. This year was her last chance; if she failed out again, the administration was going to permanently suspend her from the high school. As a result, her teachers were desperate to do whatever they could to assist her towards graduating.
The initial meeting with Chalsey was fairly awkward, as the blond was somewhat hostile towards Eric. While Eric had difficulty understanding why she acted this way, in reality it was due to a number of factors. For starters, Chalsey was already quite self conscious of the fact that she had stayed back two years already, and required tutoring just to stay on track to finally graduate. Adding onto that, she viewed Eric as someone that was beneath her, as the boy was physically smaller than she was. It wasn’t a fair prejudice, but it was one she harbored regardless. This made the tutoring periods even more degrading for the young woman. Eric was unsure if the sessions were going to accomplish much, but he didn’t mind getting to stare at Chalsey, even if she was fairly rude.
Eventually Eric made it home, where he was greeted by his step-mother and step-sister. Eric was part of a joint family. His mother passed away from a terrible illness; and only about one and a half years ago did his father, a tall, thin man named Norbert remarry. He coupled with a beautiful woman named Camille who happened to also have a daughter his age: Selina. Conveniently enough, Camille’s husband also died a mere few years prior. When Norbert and Camille met, they couldn’t help but feel that the set of circumstances was too great to pass up. They eloped fairly quickly after meeting, and ever since were mostly happy with one another. Their children however had a slightly more difficult time adjusting.
2.)
Later that afternoon Eric was finally able to play the game he so desperately desired to. He was eager to see all of the latest additions in this version of the game. Of particular interest to him, he had read that an extensive muscle-building system had been added. Prior versions of Live-Sim had allowed the virtual people, named Live-Sims, to work out and grow stronger; but this had been expanded significantly for this alpha. Specifically, the Live-Sims could become extremely visually muscular – including the females. This last point was of particular interest to Eric because he secretly harbored something of a secret fetish for muscles, strength, and all around superiority on women.
After finally installed the game and starting it it up, Eric made himself acquainted with the user interface. It was quite similar to the last version, so he understood what was going on very quickly. Without delay, he created a new Live-Sim town, and commenced making his first Live-Sim, which was a virtual version of himself. While he could have elected to turn himself into a veritable stud, he opted to remain closer to real life. This meant that virtual Eric was just as proportionately small as the real one.
Having recreating himself to the best of his ability, Eric was prompted to give his character two traits. Once again, he saw a list of incredible things; traits that would make his virtual self stronger, smarter, faster – almost anything he could desire. He decided to keep it fairly realistic by making one of the traits ‘Video Gamer’, which indicated that Eric’s character enjoyed video games and was quite good at them. After choosing this trait, a game controller appeared in his avatar’s hand, which he frantically tapped the buttons of. Next Eric decided to indulge a bit and made his second trait ‘Attractive’, which simply made his character more liked by the opposite sex. His character struck a confident pose after the bonus was applied.
With his traits selected, Eric was met with another decision: to choose a life-goal for his character. These ranged from all sorts of things, such as to become president of the world, to becoming a video game champion, or even curing a disease. Eric eventually decided to indulge again and selected the one that seemed like the most fun to him: getting laid by at least five different women. In response to this, Eric’s Live-Sim appeared in a hot-tub surrounded by bikini clad girls.
With his own character finished, Eric knew he needed more residents for his town. He clicked on the ‘New Live-Sim’ button and was greeted by the same character creation screen. The young man stared at it for a few moments, pondering who he should craft next. “Well, I don’t want virtual Eric to be alone.” He said to himself before clicking the female gender symbol. A generic female avatar appeared in front of him. He moused over to the name field, clicked on it, and then stopped to think for a moment. Eventually Eric decided to enter “Chalsey”, the same as the cheerleader who he recently helped tutor.
From here Eric began recreating the older girl to the best of his ability. He made her fairly tall for a female, busty, blond, blue-eyed, and quite beautiful: just like he saw her in real life. After he was satisfied with the results, Eric moved onto the next part of Live-Sim creation: character traits. He thought long and hard as he pondered them over. If he were to recreate Chalsey as she was in real life, he would likely give her the ‘Anti-Scholar’ and ‘Popular’ attributes. As he looked over the choices however, something caught his fancy: a ‘Bodybuilder’ option. It explained that characters with this trait loved building muscle, were able to gain muscle faster than other characters, and even possessed a much higher genetic potential for muscle growth than regular people. Eric grew aroused merely thinking about the real world Chalsey with those qualities. Eagerly, he added the trait to the character, and her virtual avatar performed a playful flex in response, causing her thin limbs to move slightly.
Eric next had to choose a second trait. Since virtual Chalsey was already quite different from the real one due to her ‘Bodybuilder’ trait, he figured he may as well idealize her further. This led him to select the ‘Super-Scholar’ trait. The description explained that characters with this trait were able to learn things faster than others, enjoyed strengthening their minds, and even possessed a greater mental capacity for new knowledge. After choosing the trait, virtual Chalsey’s head expanded and pulsated for a second before contracting back down to its normal size; a cartoonish indication for intelligence.
Finally, Eric had to select a goal for his new creation. After going through the collection, he noticed a few different ones from when he had to choose a goal for himself. One in particular caught his attention: a goal named “Ubermensch”. The description stated that characters with it wished to improve themselves as much as possible. Eric noticed that this wasn’t really the proper use of the term, but shrugged and selected it regardless, as he wanted virtual Chalsey to make the most of her traits. In response, the virtual avatar’s muscles momentarily swelled up to huge proportions , and a large stack of books appeared to her side. This sight alone made Eric shift around in his chair from excitement.
With Live-Sim versions of Chalsey and himself finished, Eric could have simply started the game up, but he wanted to have more fun. He started making a new character, another female; this time opting to recreate his school teacher, Julia. Similar to Chalsey, virtual-Julia was tall and beautiful, though possessed brown hair with green eyes. Next came the traits, and once again Eric was more than eager to grant his ideal version of the woman ‘Bodybuilder’. He scrolled through the other traits and saw another one that caught his eye: ‘Dominant Leader’. It explained that those with this trait tended to naturally lead others and command obedience more easily. He imagined his teacher wielding this power over her students, which was almost as exciting as the thought of her with muscles.
As was customary, Eric had to decide on a goal for Julia. He eventually settled on “Corporate Climber”, which was simply to excel at work and seek out promotions. While Julia didn’t exactly work at a corporate job, she did seem to do everything in her power to make the most of her career.
Once again Eric was faced with whether he wanted to start the game or keep making more Live-Sims. Recreating the two women he had was somehow quite thrilling, so he felt compelled to continue doing so. Next he moved to recreate his step-mother’s friend, someone who hasn’t been introduced in this story yet: Maya Sanders. Maya was an older lady, 37 to be precise, but could have easily passed as someone a decade younger. Virtual Maya was similar to Chalsey’s avatar – attractive, tall, blonde and blue-eyed. Of course, Eric also had to keep her enormous H-cup breasts, which looked pretty ridiculous in the game. As with the other girls, Eric slapped on the ‘Bodybuilder’ trait, eager to watch his virtual harem of girls pack of pounds of muscle. With the second trait, Eric was at a bit of a loss until he read over the description of ‘Seductress’, which actually described the real world Maya fairly well. Characters with this attribute were naturally flirtatious, and possessed a bonus towards romancing others. Her virtual self performed a ‘come hither’ movement after it was elected. Finally, Eric chose the ‘Immense Wealth’ goal, which was fairly self-explanatory, meaning that virtual Maya wanted to accumulate a ton of money. A huge pile of money-bags appeared behind virtual Maya as she flashed a toothy grin. All in all, aside from the bodybuilder aspect, the avatar of Maya was startlingly similar to her real world counterpart.
With three custom girls and his own avatar Eric could’ve simply started up the game. Then again, his character’s goal was to sleep with five separate ladies. On the other hand, the town would surely come populated with some prerendered Live-Sims; but they might not possess the bodybuilder trait. Eric felt some turmoil at this decision until his mind turned to two other women in his life: his step-mother and step-sister. He immediately felt slightly dirty for envisioning them joining his virtual conquests, but it wasn’t like they were blood relatives; plus this was just a game, a bit of a pervy fantasy – it didn’t mean anything. After mulling it over for a bit, Eric took the plunge and started creating a virtual version of his step-mother.
Virtual Camille was the first female to actually be shorter than virtual Eric, if only by a mere inch. Staying true to reality, he made her slightly less attractive than the younger girls, but still quite well-preserved for someone nearing middle age. Her dark-red hair and green eyes looked fairly exotic in the Create a Live-Sim viewer, and her D cup breasts were well proportioned with her height. He quickly slapped on the obligatory ‘Bodybuilder’ perk, which by now he had memorized the location of. The second trait was a bit trickier. While his growing pangs of arousal wanted to direct Eric towards granting her an attribute that increased her power, he eventually felt that the ‘Nurturing’ trait would be a better fit. The description explained that those with this characteristic were naturally great mothers who loved and protected their offspring. Eric felt a bit guilty because while the real-world Camille tried, she simply was not a naturally gifted mother. Despite this, after having the trait applied, a baby appeared in virtual Camille’s arms, which she snuggled for a bit before it disappeared.
As with every other character, Eric had to finish the creation off by choosing a goal. Another unique goal due to virtual Camille’s traits appeared: ‘#1 Mom’. The description explained that a Live-Sim with this trait wanted to be a better mother than anyone else, at any cost. The wording was fairly ambiguous, but Eric found it amusing enough and decided to select it. In response, a mug with the words “No. 1 Mom” appeared in the avatar’s right hand.
Finally, Eric moved on to creating the final Live-Sim, his step-sister Selina. He recreated her as best as he could, making her the same height as him, and ultimately a younger, hotter version of his step-mother; except with blue eyes. Once again, the ‘Bodybuilder’ trait was applied, followed by the avatar giving a flex. Eric browsed through the various options for the second attribute before ‘Extremely Competitive’ caught his attention. He couldn’t help but laugh as soon as he saw it, as the description fit a caricatured version of his sister; basically Live-Sims with this characteristic wanted to win every competition, pushing themselves and growing stronger from challenges. Virtual Selina punched the air a few times in response to the choice. Keeping with this theme, Eric opted for the ‘Champion’ goal, which was similarly ambiguous to the #1 Mom goal, in that it simply stated that the Live-Sim wanted to dominate every competition it entered. After making the choice, Selina’s avatar donned a crown and a wrestling champion’s belt, striking a proud pose.
It was a lot of work that took over an hour, but Eric had pain stinkingly recreated himself and the five ladies with only a few minor changes. It was finally time to play the game.
3.)
For an alpha test, this version of Live-Sim was extremely functional. After becoming acquainted with the user interface and controls, Eric started playing. First he allowed the characters to do whatever they wanted. It was fun to watch the virtual versions of himself and the various women in his life move to and fro, doing whatever they pleased. Eventually, however, Eric felt that they weren’t quite dancing to the tune he desired.
Eric proceeded to assume control over the denizens of his Live-Sim town. He started off by forcing all of the women to start working out at the local gym. Sure enough, they were eager to comply, and Eric watched with bated breath as the progress meters towards gaining more strength levels rose with each workout. Things moved along fairly slowly however, and Eric only had today to play the game. He needed to acquire more in-game currency so he could procure better equipment and nutrition for his Live-Sims. To accomplish this, he sent out his Live-Sims on various career paths to bring in some money.
Time passed and the progress of his avatars’ efforts to earn money grew apparent. Virtual Maya in particular was earning an obscene amount of money, in fact, she was increasing her earning potential at a far faster rate than the others, meaning they had no hope of ever reasonably catching up. Julia’s avatar was in second place for earning money, and the others were all far behind. This continued for a while until the combined money earned was enough for Eric to start reasonably spending it all.
The first thing he did was built a mansion to house all six of the characters. With the residents situated, Eric built multiple top-end gyms within the building, to allow the women to work their bodies. From here, he had accumulated enough in-game money that he didn’t have to worry about that, so he simply had the female Live-Sims exercise. Sure enough, their frames packed on muscle at an alarming rate. Eric wasn’t sure if this was a glitch, unbalance, or if that was how the bodybuilder trait was intended to function. Regardless, the female denizens gained a huge amount of strength, leaving Eric’s character, who was preoccupied with playing video games far in the dust physically.
Eric began to have some fun by allowing virtual him mingle with the ladies. Their in-game measurement for how much they liked Eric, succinctly named the ‘Affection Meter’, slowly began to fill out for each girl. It was only matter of time until Eric’s character began to “wow-wee!” with the others, the game’s child-friendly term for sex. These sessions consistent of Eric’s avatar and one of the females moving to his bed before disappearing underneath the covers, causing the entire bed to shake.
For the most part, Eric’s Live-Sim world was something of a utopia. The girls kept growing larger and stronger, possesing nearly twice the muscle mass of Eric’s, and easily three times as much strength. They also had far more endurance, and their other traits kicked in as well. Of particular note, the Chalsey character was becoming immensely intelligent, while the Maya avatar was having affairs with the other women; and their neighbors; and everyone else within the vicinity.
There was one unfortunate side-effect of the characters following their personality traits however, Selina’s Anger meter, a display indicating her general frustration, was growing alarmingly high. Eric theorized this was due to two primary things: first, that the other girls were gaining muscle comparable to her own; and secondly, that she had to share virtual Eric with the others. Instead of letting this bother him, Eric simply laughed and allowed the simulation to continue. After all, he only had the rest of the day to enjoy this vision of paradise.
Eric played the Live-Sim alpha the entire day, going so far as to eat his dinner at his computer. His step-mother seemed slightly concerned, but he assured her this was a one day thing only. The teen had to admit that it was a little jarring seeing Camille in the flesh after having turned her into a sexual muscle goddess inside the game. Fortunately for him, he was able to keep the details of his activities a secret.
Before long it was 11 PM at night. Eric was tired. Not only from it being so late, but from having been sedentary the entire day. His eyes in particular burned a little. He wiped them and took one last hard look at his Live-Sim world. The girls had sprouted into absolute powerhouses. They could lift untold amounts of weight, and possessed nearly endless stamina. Compared to virtual Eric, the women were like super humans. A bit of sadness crept over him as he knew that he would have to wait until the full game finally released in order to do this again. He worried that the bodybuilder trait may be toned down then, though on the other hand, maybe the girls would be able to become even more powerful in the full version. His mind spun for a bit until he decided that enough was enough and powered the game off. That night he dreamed of female muscle.
4.)
The next few days went by without much incident. Eric’s mind kept wandering back to the femmuscle utopia of the Live-Sim alpha, and he longed for the full version of the game to finally come out; or at the very least another testing period.
Time continued its course, until one day, a thought entered Camille’s mind. The 36 year old woman was home alone, watching television, as both her biological daughter and step-son were off at school, while her husband was busy making a living for them. Her phone vibrated as she had received a message, it was from her lifelong friend Maya. The message included a collection of images focusing on Maya’s recent vacation to an exotic beach. Despite being close to Camille’s age, Maya had a slender body that even showed some hints of muscle definition.
After looking at her friend’s lithe form, Camille glanced down at her pudgy belly and grimaced; it was only a mere year and a half ago that she was in shape similar to Maya. Camille had let herself go. Between the sedentary lifestyle afforded to her through her second marriage, and a lack of impetus to improve herself, she had fallen out of shape. She looked up at the television and realized that it was pointless; the show wasn’t improving her life in any way, it was simply helping the time pass by more quickly. Her life was almost half-way finished according to the average life expectancy, and here she was droning away her precious existence with vapid programs.
Frustrated, Camille got up and started performing a basic bodyweight exercise routine. She was shocked and slightly disgusted to find that alone challenged her quite a bit. Still, she had to start somewhere. As the blood pumped throughout her body, she felt a sensation of euphoria. Camille was familiar with the usual rush of endorphins from exercise, but this was on a much more intense level than ever before. Thoughts of growing fitter and stronger entered her mind, and were becoming increasingly appealing to the woman. She envisioned herself like Maya in the pictures she just saw, flat with lines of definition. No… she imagined herself even further: with visible biceps, capped shoulders, a six-pack, and tear-drop quadriceps. The thought of herself like that was almost arousing in a primal sense. Her mind continued to wander, and she envisioned herself with greater and greater amounts of muscle. Before long, her day dream consisted of her possessing muscles larger than any living human being; strength beyond compare; power emanating from her at all times. She imagined herself on the beach from Maya’s pictures, with unfathomably large muscles, lifting multiple people up to an adoring crowd. The Camille in this vision possessed arms with biceps that must have measured at least 30 inches in circumference; the rest of her body just as absurdly packed with muscle. A shiver of pleasure ran down her spine as she thought about this.
Finally, Camille snapped back to reality. She was panting from both the exercises she had just performed, and the elaborate fantasy that crossed her mind. The woman wasn’t sure what had come over her, and it quickly dawned on her how ridiculous those thoughts were. No man alive possessed a body like that, let alone a woman. Besides, she didn’t want to scare her loved ones, even if having that much strength would be incredibly fun. Regardless of the specifics, Camille’s mind was set: she was going to become fit. Very fit. She was going to reach the best shape of her life; no, she was going to reach the pinnacle of her personal physical potential.
Camille began planning her next step. She would clear out an unused room, possibly in the basement, and organize it as a home gym. After the body weight exercises could no longer challenge her, she’d try to get Norbert to furnish it with equipment. Perhaps she could even get the rest of her little family to join her. She knew that both her husband and step-son could stand to gain some muscle, and there was a distinct possibility her daughter’s competitive drive would kick in after witnessing Camille’s results.
It was settled. Camille had made her decision, and nothing would stop her. In fact, she had never felt so determined about anything in her life before – there was a slightly eery sensation, as if Camille was compelled to follow this course of action. Despite this, Camille was positive that these changes would benefit both her and her family.
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