Chapters tagged psychological horror

Introduction by ArtificialFox

Chapter 1

My implant itched. It didn't actually itch—Dr. Marchetti had explained the phantom sensations when I got it installed, something about the brain mapping unfamiliar hardware onto familiar feelings—but I scratched the back of my neck anyway. "You're doing it again," said Kira, no...

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Secondary Motor Control by ArtificialFox

Chapter 2

The next few days, we talked more than we had before. Not through the link—just text, the way we'd started. But something had shifted. The party night had cracked something open. \*\*Rex:\*\* I keep thinking about the heels. \*\*Paula:\*\* Of course you do. \*\*Rex:\*\* Not ju...

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Primary Motor Control by ArtificialFox

Chapter 3

The sessions continued. Got longer. Got more intense. I stopped thinking of my body as entirely mine—it was ours now, a shared space, a collaboration. But Rex wanted more. He didn't push. He just mentioned it sometimes. Primary Motor Control. The inversion. The thing I'd seen i...

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The Upload by ArtificialFox

Chapter 4

\*I want to try something new.\* We were mid-session, Rex walking my body around the apartment. I'd gotten used to the feeling of being moved—my legs responding to his commands, my arms swinging in his rhythms. \*What kind of new?\* \*I want to go out.\* I felt a spike of fea...

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Things get worse... by ArtificialFox

Chapter 5

It was a Friday. Rex had my body for the evening; I was in the pendant, watching. He'd promised to stay in—movie, quiet night, nothing complicated. He opened a bottle of wine. "What are you doing?" I asked through the speaker. "Relaxing." He poured a glass, took a sip. "It's F...

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