Desire Archipelago

Originally written by Redrover5890, re-written by TheQuelch

Devin was getting pretty tired of being single.

Now don’t get him wrong, he loved the bachelor lifestyle, going out to bars and picking up chicks for one night stands, but the whole scene was starting to get old, and he felt the need for something more serious.

Being a player was a young man’s game, and loneliness had finally caught up to the 31-year old.

And being a serial womaniser, it wasn’t like there was any girls he had any kind of emotional connection with were eyeing him up as a life partner, despite being a friendly, charitable, and overall good guy outside his pursuit, use and disposal of women he wanted to fuck.

However, one fateful day Devin received an email from the streaming service Showflix, and he was surprised to find that new he had won a spot on a new upcoming reality dating show called “Desire Archipelago”.

Located on, well, an archipelago, 8 women and 8 men would live in mansion for several months and compete with and against each other in challenges for a cash prize at the end, with the pursuit of marrying off the contestants at the end.

The challenges would be akin to dates and courtship, where the goal was for the contestants to find “the one”, and the women to get proposals from the men at the end.

The challenges could be fairly risqué, so the contestants would need to be confident in themselves.

The mansion is question would be an “autohouse”, a computer-controlled house of the future with autocloset-based technology to service the needs of the occupants for their maximum leisure (or lack of effort).

All of this sounded amazing, but Devin was confused as to why he received the email, having never applied to be on the show.

Then another email, from his sister, appeared in Devin’s inbox, reading:

“Hey there Dev

Please don’t hate me but I entered you into a contest to be on a dating game show and you won! All you gotta do is go to the house and meet the love of your life! I know this is sudden and all, but I could tell how sad you were being alone, and I thought this could really work. I hope you give it a try.

Love, Janet x”

‘Of course it was Janet’, Devin thought.

She had always hated his single lifestyle, especially considering that he had slept with most of her friends.

Janet was right about the loneliness though, and Devin felt it couldn’t hurt to give the show a shot, and so after verifying everything with his sister, he signed the digital contract attached to the email and sent it back.

The next morning, Devin got into his car and drove to the address from the email, taking a personal ferry to the island and pulling into the mansion’s driveway to see it consisted of two huge wings, one painted white and purple, the other white and blue, and after showing the admission letter and his ID to the guard at the gate, was directed to the purple wing of the mansion.

Upon reaching the front door, an overhead laser scanned him, and a feminine robotic voice stated “Welcome, Devin. Please follow the signs to your room, where your clothing has been prepared for you”.

The email had stated that his own clothes were unnecessary as bespoke outfits would be provided for him by autocloset, and so he had packed light.

As he looked for cameras which were unobservable to the naked eye, being hidden away for secrecy, Devin saw the corridors of the mansion were airy and stylish with a feminine tint, and thought ‘Come to think of it, it’s weird that the guys’ wing is purple instead of blue’.

Finding his room, Devin saw his name was written in pink elegant cursive letters, and the inside of his room reflected the rest of the house, being filled with white and light pastel coloured furnishings, including a large vanity.

The door slid shut and locked behind Devin, and he heard the robotic voice say “Welcome, Devin. You are one of the first contestants on “Desire Archipelago”. Before we get you started we have to get you ready to meet the other contestants. Now please step into the Autocloset”.

At the far wall was a metallic door with a touch pad interface, coloured in a rose gold hue.

The door slid open, revealing a pink plastic and metal interior with a large flatscreen TV, inner touchpad and mood lighting.

Upon hesitantly entering the closet, Devin made his concerns about the décor known, inquiring “Are you sure I’m in the right side? I think I should be with the guys, but everything in this place is so girly”.

The robotic voice replied with “Inquiry lodged. Now contacting show producer”, and the screen came to life with the image of a woman, who snidely remarked “Hello Devin. Nice of you to come onto my show”, before the Autocloset door slid shut and locked.

Devin recognised the woman on the screen and let out an audible “Oh fuck…”