TuskedCarpenter

Go round and round

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 48 in The Affection Multiplier

Actually, no. You _want_ to read what the Multiplier says right away, but you’re _going_ to prioritize like a responsible grownup (like a responsible grownup who has a girlfriend) (who has _five_ girlfriends!!!) and make sure Penelope knows you’re on your way. You open the messen...

Method and Opportunity

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 47 in The Affection Multiplier

The sound of Sweeney’s sobs fades into the distance, merging with the sound of her feet running down a flight of stairs. You and Callie stand in the empty apartment, frozen in shock. You recover first. “WHAT THE FUCK WAS _THAT!_” you yell. “I, I, I, I was just _teasing_...

The “curse of knowledge” is that knowing a fact makes it harder to imagine what it’s like to not know that fact

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 46 in The Affection Multiplier

In the doorway is a cheerful-looking young black woman, grinning at you. She’s barefoot, and wearing sweatpants and an oversized t-shirt… no, wait, that’s a _sleep_ shirt, and you realize that she’s still in her pajamas. Which means she’s probably not wearing panties. She i...

Let’s try that again, shall we?

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 45 in The Affection Multiplier

As you make your way down the street, you notice one significant advantage to Sweeney’s building: it’s on _the same block_ as a bus stop, as opposed to your place on Anglesey Street, which was _three_ blocks from a bus stop. Although this means you won’t have a chance to check t...

Check the calendar

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 44 in The Affection Multiplier

######For those of you who come to this chapter late: the reason I said to check the calendar was that it was originally posted on April 1. CHECK THE CALENDAR You walk to the building. There;s a woman outside. She;s playing wiht her phone. She is hot abnd pretty and has l...

At least rush hour is over

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 43 in The Affection Multiplier

Eventually, your phone buzzes with the ‘your ride is arriving in 2 minutes’ notification. It’s weird how, just a few days ago, it wouldn’t have bothered you that you’d have no idea ahead of time if the driver you were about to meet was male or female. “Remember,” you tell Moll...

Everyone expresses their emotions differently

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 42 in The Affection Multiplier

Your memories of the days immediately following your parents’ deaths are… weird. There are some things that are simply _gone_, and not in the way that memories from 14 years ago are usually gone. Even when you think about it (which you try not to do too often), there are time ski...

Rugpull

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 41 in The Affection Multiplier

It’s been just over a year since you met Penelope Jones for the first time. It’s been just over 24 hours since she admitted that she’d been completely unjustified in avoiding you for all of that year, because you had no way of knowing that your wardrobe matched that of her abusiv...

A wet washcloth

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 40 in The Affection Multiplier

Again, you have very intense and emotional dreams that make no impression on your long-term memory except for a feeling that you learned – and then forgot – something important about the universe. Eventually, you become gradually aware that there’s something warm and wet on yo...

Yes, I’m doing this again

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 39 in The Affection Multiplier

Eventually, you open your eyes. There’s someone else in the living room with you. But it’s not Tammy *or* Molly, it’s… a guy. You can move your eyes, a little, but the rest of you is paralyzed. This doesn’t worry you as much as it maybe should. The guy is wearing glasses, a...

Shift work has its advantages

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 38 in The Affection Multiplier

Sigrid picks up almost immediately. “Jacob?!?” she says. “You’re up early! Or… late?” “Late. Very, very late,” you say weakly. “I looked at your schedule, so I was pretty sure you’d be awake by now.” “… I was going to say it’s wonderful to hear you, but you don’t sound g...

Sometimes it genuinely hurts

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 37 in The Affection Multiplier

Level 4 of the Quantum Sperm Probability Eraser is even _more_ complicated – there’s the three-shot sperm that the tutorial warned about, and active components of the environment, and wormholes, and what looks like time dilation. Your eyes are sore, and your arms are cramped agai...

Beep Boop Beedly Boop

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 36 in The Affection Multiplier

You’re not sure what you were expecting the icon for the Quantum Sperm Probability Eraser to look like, but a cartoon sperm with a scared face, in front of a background that’s crumbling away, is so on the nose it feels like a parody. _Well, let’s see how the tool works,_ you t...

If I phrase a question like that, the answer is probably “no”

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 35 in The Affection Multiplier

You lay in Tammy’s bed with your eyes closed, Tammy on your left and Molly on your right, listening to them breathe slowly in the dark bedroom. Maybe it’s the stamina booster you bought earlier today (or… yesterday? Is it past midnight?), but something’s bothering you and you...

She can and she did

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 34 in The Affection Multiplier

It’s been a little over a year since you first met Penelope Jones, and although up until today she did her best to avoid interacting with you, you were still coworkers, and so you’ve learned some things about her personality. Penelope is someone who loves _solving puzzles_. Ta...

Caller ID services were first formally defined in 1993

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 33 in The Affection Multiplier

Your phone might not know that number, but you recognize it from earlier today. “That’s Penelope!” you say. “Calling this late, I bet she’s horny,” Molly says with a grin. “Shush!” you say. Tammy nods. Molly sighs. “I know, I know,” she says. “Sonia’s an outlier,” an...

Everything’s made up but the points still matter

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 32 in The Affection Multiplier

“I just thought of something,” Tammy says. “Jacob, shut your mouth, it’s important that you not speak. Acknowledge?” Your eyebrows go up, but Tammy’s sensible so you’re willing to go along with this for at least a few minutes. Molly looks perplexed also. “Mm hm,” you say, a...

Fucking finally (and vice versa)

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 31 in The Affection Multiplier

Molly lowers herself into a crouch and adjusts the position of her wadded-up t-shirt. “I’ve been thinking about doing this all day,” she comments as she kneels in front of your rigid erection. You reach out and touch her face, and stroke her short fire-hydrant-red hair. She sm...

I read the original chapters a few years ago - where does the new content start?

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 4 in The Affection Multiplier

How does Jacob’s story begin?

by TuskedCarpenter

Chapter 4 in The Affection Multiplier