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Chapter 17 Mokuba

The room phone rang.

"Moshi moshi," Mokuba answered without putting down his handheld.

"Good morning. Mr. Kaiba? We have a package for, I'm sorry, Kaiba mo-cue-baa? Is that right?"

"Yeah," he chuckled, "close enough. It's down at the desk? I'll be right there." He hung up.

_package is at the front desk_

_signed for by maggie / pretty blonde_

_how would you know_

_staff photo in personnel records_

_maybe i should redesign your visual / i wouldn't mind a pretty blonde_

_do it and i will fry every computer you own_

Mokuba laughed out loud as he hit the elevator button to go down.

_jealous_

_very_

It only took a couple minutes to ride the high speed elevator to the lobby. No one was around except the blonde at the front desk. She made him show ID, and sign for the box, and after, Mokuba stopped at the restaurant for a sandwich to take back to the room.

_ok i'm back_

_bout time / what's the code_

_i haven't opened the box yet_

_you open the box while i open the code_

_why are you so excited_

_we've never exchanged gifts before / it's like i'm really your boyfriend_

_you are really my boyfriend / i wish i could tell everyone / i wish i could tell anyone / i think i found a way to show you / the code is 5ing2M3_

Mokuba sat on the bed, put the handheld down and opened the box. Inside was a slender black cylinder, roughly a meter long. One end was flat, the other bullet-shaped. There were no markings or openings, but it seemed to be hollow with several heavy weights inside it.

}}...5ing2M3 / install touch / child safety controls enable disable / disable / activate all apps yes no / yes / vibrate on off / on / mic speakers on off / on / enhanced touchscreen settings...}}

_noa what is this_

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_what do you think it is_

Mokuba snickered.

_i think it's a dildo_

The object vibrated. Mokuba looked at it more closely. "Where do the batteries go?" He mused aloud.

"There are none," a voice replied. "UV absorption."

"HOLY FUCK!" The boy jumped nearly a foot before he realized the voice had come from his handheld and not the object.

"Noa?" Mokuba picked up the game. He had originally turned the sound off because it drove Seto crazy. But Noa's distinctive voice would likely push him to murder. "I thought I disconnected that."

"Disabled not disconnected," Noa replied. "I can hear you now, too. Do you always mutter when you play with my unit?"

Mokuba felt his whole body turn red at the innuendo.

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"Are you blushing?" Noa asked.

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"No," Mokuba lied. "I have to turn the sound off. Seto will freak. You sound just like you." In truth, Seto would, but the voice was giving Mokuba hot chills as well.

"But he's not there now, right?"

"No... How did you reactivate it anyhow?"

"It's one of the options in your download. I activated all the options. This isn't one of your programs. Stolen and customized?"

"Traded, not stolen," Mokuba smirked. "One of the guys at Adam and Eve gave me this in exchange for a stripped version of Breed and Battle. I don't even want to know what he's gonna do with that," he laughed.

{{...adamandeve search / development search / programmers / sex games...{{

"I see," Noa replied. "It appears you are alone now. Is that correct?"

"Yeah."

"What if I turn off all sound features when someone else is around? I can add an on-screen sound button." }}...sound / controls / display / properties / small icon / position:absolute / right:auto;top:auto...}} "How's that? When we're alone, we can talk."

"I guess." If Seto overheard them, he'd probably take the game, but the truth was that Mokuba wanted to talk to Noa. "And the new software will be more fun with the audio."

"So I see. I think we had the same thing in mind for gifts."

"I guess so." Mokuba picked up the vib. "So, how do I use this thing?"

"Hold on while I access your school records. I thought you passed Human Sexuality."

Mokuba blushed again. "Not - no... Geez! I know how to - what it's for. I mean, how do I turn it on, how does it operate." Mokuba's blush deepen. "How do I use it on you."

"The signal is one way," Noa said. "I wanted a way to touch you."

Mokuba put his hand on the game. "I've got the whole robotics division working on that one."

"I know. I'm the AI for the project."

"What?"

"A very simple AI. I only answer yes/no questions and I only follow five-word commands. But I can see what they're doing and keep them on the right path. They are making progress."

Mokuba grunted. "Doesn't look like it. They keep showing me better prosthetic limbs."

"Which is keeping the project funded."

"Yeah, I know." Mokuba sighed. "Okay. One way signal. So you control it."

"Yes. Do you want to try it now?"

His whole body clenched at the idea, but his heart raced and he knew they would be trying it. But not quite now.

"Let's - uh - let's look at the new software first." He licked his suddenly dry lips. "I want to see you. Full body image." He put the vib down; it rolled to rest next to his leg.

"Like this?" Noa appeared on screen, full color, dressed as Mokuba first saw him - the white school uniform, the shorts with knee socks. "Or should I pick from the new closet?"

His outfit changed to a tuxedo complete with top hat. A second later it changed to a swim brief. Then a ski suit. Then a kimono.

"Stop!" Mokuba laughed. "How about auto setting your clothes to TPO?"

"You sure?" The image wore leather straps, a studded cup, and carried a whip.

Mokuba's heart beat triple time. "Yeah. Sure."

The image settled to jeans and a T-shirt that read 'CIA you don't know me'.

"Okay. Hopefully this works." Mokuba zoomed in on Noa's face, and lightly stroked his hair.

"You're stroking my hair." Noa looked surprised and pleased.

"Okay. What about this?" Mokuba scrolled down and held his finger to Noa's shirt after a moment, the color changed. Mokuba slid his finger up and watched with glee as Noa's shirt lifted up and off. When he removed his finger, three choices appeared: delete, closet, wear. He clicked 'closet'.

Noa was topless, displaying a smooth chest. Defined, but not bulky. Beautiful. Mokuba zoomed in to find photorealistic nipples. He stroked them.

"Wow," Noa gasped. Against Mokuba's leg, the black cylinder vibrated for a moment.

Mokuba looked at the vib and then back at the screen. "Noa, where's Seto?"

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}}...tiffany store 242...}}

{{...find dessage...calendar...edit...new appointment...11:30...kaiba (2)...{{

"He has a salon appointment in half an hour," Noa said. "They should be busy for several hours. This program has some very interesting enhanced settings." {{...downloading adamandevedotecybersexprodotbeta...{{ "This is better than chocolate."

Author's End Note:

Standard reviews welcome. Even if you don't feel comfortable commenting, I would deeply appreciate a ":-)", ":-l", or ":-(". I feel a bit alone on this one. From the stage, the lights are blinding and you don't know if anyone is watching if the audience is silent. Let me know you're out there, please. Thank You. SJ