Listen to Phil briefly explain about government and governance

“Right,” says Phil, “government and governance.” He goes on to explain that each neighbourhood has a council, with a local governor. The governor’s role is to chair the council meetings but not to express any opinions, unless a casting vote is called for. The governor in turn sits on a district council made up of the neighbourhood governors, with a district governor who carries out the same role and in turn sits on a higher council. In other words, it’s a fully federalised system. At the top of the chain of accountability is a high council, again with a governor - this time called the president - who once again has no power or authority other than to chair the high council meetings and have a casting vote when necessary. Elections take place for the very local neighbourhood councils, then each council nominates or elects a governor from among its members. So the president also has to be involved in a neighbourhood council and every tier of government all the way up; if any of the intermediate councils of which the president is a governor decides to appoint a different governor, the president can no longer be president.

“It might seem a bit odd and convoluted, but it seems to work,” says Phil. “One good thing is there are no political parties, no big political donations or advertising or any of that crap, because everything starts at the very local level with the people in your local neighbourhood, and your lowest level council is the only one that’s directly elected. Each governor’s job is to represent the council that appointed them, so all the power is as fully devolved as it can be.

"Anyway, that's enough of that boring shit," says Phil, "{if cop=true}oh, no pun intended!" he adds, gesturing towards Paul. "{endif}Let's get on with something a bit more interesting.

"I think it's time to implement the physiological changes we were talking about earlier.{if cop=true}"

A knock on the door interrupts him.

"Ah, or perhaps not," he says, walking over to the door and opening it. On the other side stands a short, weedy looking person with a small rucksack over one shoulder. Looking at them, you find it hard to tell whether they are male or female; they have very short hair under a baseball cap, and they are wearing denim dungarees and make-up.

"You ordered a cop, sir?" they say. Even their voice doesn't really give any clues as to their gender.

"Yes, thank you," says Phil, "come on in. Now, our guests here are off-worlders so this is their first time experiencing this. Paul here is your client."

"Hello, sir," says the cop to Paul, and takes a deep breath. "Mmmm, that smells delicious. I'll have you all cleaned up in no time. Shall we do it in front of everyone or shall we find some privacy?"

"Erm, privacy, I think," replies Paul. "I know Phil would probably prefer everyone to see, but..."

"It's fine, Paul," interrupts Phil. "As I said earlier, I want you all to be comfortable. And Chris, Mike, Lance and Rob will all get to experience this sooner or later. We'll see you back here in a few minutes, ok?"

"Er, yeah, sure," Paul agrees, standing up and following the cop out of the room.

"While they're gone, I'll briefly explain what's happens. The cop will take Paul to a room - most buildings will have dedicated cop rooms but if not, cops carry the equipment they need in their rucksacks. Paul will need to undress and the cop will bag up the dirty clothing to take away. Then the cop usually offers the client a choice of clean-up methods. With dedicated cop rooms there's usually a shower so Paul could clean himself up if he wants to. But if there's no shower, or if the client chooses a different option, the cop will have a good supply of wipes and things, or if the client lets them, they'll clean things up directly with their tongue. That's always cop's preferred method so they'll usually try to persuade you to choose that, but I've got to admit I held out for a few months before actually trying it. I've got to say it's now my preference too - it makes for a more thorough clean and when you get used to it, having your arse licked out feels amazing. And of course it gives the cops so much pleasure. I do recommend it, but go with whatever you prefer at the time.

A little while later, Paul comes back into the room with a grin on his face.

"That was actually a lot of fun, once I got over my initial inhibitions," he says, taking his seat again in the middle of the group.

"Phil was just telling us about the different clean-up options," Chris informs him. "What did you go for?"

"Bet it was the shower," says Mike.

"It was going to be," answers Paul, "but the cop was very persuasive. I ended up being licked clean. They shoved their tongue right up my arse, it felt amazing!"

Phil spreads his hands in an "I told you so" gesture.

"I'm surprised you went for that first time, well done Paul," he says. "I'm really impressed, it took me months to try it!"

Paul beams with pride.

"It was great. To be honest I can't wait for my next shit to come along so I can do it again!"

"Haha, steady on!" chuckles Phil. "In fact, there's another point to be made here. Although there are plenty of cops around to offer their services, they do tend to be pretty busy, especially in a city like this. So there is a sort of an etiquette - basically don't use a cop until you're **** for a clean-up. In fact it becomes almost a sort of status symbol - the more shit is bulging in your pants, the more impressed people are. A big load will get you lots of compliments. Women will want to fuck you and men will want you to fuck their wives and daughters. Of course you might want to get cleaned up before you actually do that though!

"Anyway, where were we? Ah, yes, we've talked about bulges in the back of your pants and now it's time to put some bulges in the front!{endif} If you take a look at your wrist-screens, you should now see it displaying two large squares - a blue one with a male symbol in it, and a pink one with a female symbol. That second one is disabled for now but we'll use it later. When you tap the blue one, your body will immediately start making the physiological changes. {if fart=true}Two last things{else}One last thing{endif} to mention before you do. Your muscle mass will grow significantly, as will your genitals. Basically, the clothes you're wearing will no longer fit properly, so you might want to strip off before you make the change; if you don't, you'll almost certainly need to afterwards.{if fart=true}The other thing is that as well as physiological changes there are metabolic changes. Frankly, you will need to fart an awful lot more. Farting openly in this culture is very normal, and women in particular find it very erotic. So at worst, when you fart, people will just ignore it. A good loud fart or a particularly smelly one might win you some admiring glances or spoken compliments{if cop=true} - because of the whole shitting thing, stinky smells are perceived as a very positive thing in this society - {endif} and women find it very attractive. Because women are much more easily aroused, when they fart the vibrations will often cause them to become more excited. It's not entirely unheard of for women to orgasm just from farting.{endif}

"On the tables at the back there are some new clothes that should fit each of you. I'm sure you won't worry about getting changed in front of one another. Particularly after the transformation, you'll all be pretty proud of your bodies and will have some pretty impressive equipment."