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GROT CLUSTERS ENVIRONMENTS & OTHER PLEASURES
I Want My Grot Clusters [Part-3]
How a 282-year-old Man with All Original Parts Gets Hopeful
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[TW: foul language/swearing]
“You must have managed well,” Miss Traladder wondered.
“Yah. I get residuals from a whole line of HDV docs about me and my age and virtual experiences of my life, including a Holo-Phantasy about my earlier days at Dizley Orbital Station Alpha in the liquid skies of Saturn. And there’s the marketing of T-shirts, health and anti-age products etc.. I don’t see the bulk of that income anymore. My great-great manages it all and skims off at least fifty percent off the top.
“But ever since that woman exceeded my age by only one year and with 70 percent artificial parts, my fame and my popularity have been — well — dropping. You can imagine.”
“I am prepared to give you one hundred million grot cluster creds and some bonuses for this interview. Would that be agreeable?” she asked.
I nearly fell out of my chair. I eagerly did the retina scan as my signature for the deal once it was translated through the computer.