The Future Expo

Intro

“Welcome to the future expo!”

At the sight of the 1st annual future expo, numerous VIPs were already filing in. The place was huge, with the main exhibit featuring the new top of the line androids containing several football stadium sized domes fitted with numerous holographic viewing rooms to allow VIPs and other guests to try out each of the five featured models.

A sign posted at the entrance welcome people in with a brief message:

Welcome to the 1st annual future expo, hosted by the Spaztec Industries, where all your dreams can come true!

Here, you can help test out a variety of top of the line, fully realistic androids, as well as try out various other technological improvements offered by the other invited companies.

Each android, built in the image of an early 21st century celebrity, is programmed for a specific role in the hopes they might help better the average person’s life.

Expo attendees should be aware that each android is a prototype and may exhibit unintended behavior or glitches. Anyone wishing to test these androids out is required to sign a waiver of non-disclosure, as well as a waiver of liability, indemnification, and medical release. Please be aware that each scenario is monitored with both audio and video surveillance for quality assurance.

Thank you for attending, and we hope you have a pleasant experience!

A small group of friends, each in their late 30s, not quite dressed up like the other VIPs also filed in, each looking excited.

“Wow, I can’t believe we won tickets to this exclusive event!” the leader of the outfit said; a name badge pinned to his shirt showed his name as Kevin. Kevin was 33 years old and had a very handsome appearance with plain brown hair and blue eyes.

“I know Kev, thanks for bringing us into this,” one of the two girls in the group said; her name badge read Lisa. She was the youngest in the group, at only 30. She had a very girl-next-door look, with long brown hair and green eyes.

“What exactly are we supposed to be doing here though?” one of the other men asked; his name badge read Scott. With dirty blonde hair and brown eyes, Scott had a pretty stern look and was quite tall; he was 35. “These androids seem mostly marketed for lonely men who need a programmable sex companion,” he complained.

“Hey, there not just for sex,” the woman next to him said; she was Scott’s wife and her name badge read Bree. With long blonde hair and blue eyes, Bree looked exactly like a high school cheerleader, despite being 34; she actually had been a cheerleader. “There’s a personal secretary model that you should look at for your law firm,” she smiled, “I for one am going after the partier model since all my girlfriends moved away,”

“Well, I don’t about the rest of you, but I’m going for the personal trainer model,” the last man in the group said; his name badge read Jason, and he looked as though he had always been a jock. Although not totally burly, he was clearly in perfect shape. He had cropped black hair and brown eyes and was 32.

“Why Jason?” Kevin asked, “You already have a strict regime,”

“Well, it’s a lonely strict regime,” Jason said defensively, evoking laughter from the rest of the group.

“Well, I’m going to see the housewife model myself,” Kevin said without a hint of embarrassment, since he lived by himself.

“And I’m going to try out the perfect friend model,” Lisa finally admitted with a light blush, since it was the only one that had lesbian programming and she was bisexual.

“Good choice” Kevin complimented her, “I wonder why we had to sign all those release forms,” he said, as they gawked at all the sights inside the expo.

“Who cares?” Jason said, “Let’s just have us some fun!” he shouted, and they all headed to the massive domes to test out their android choices.

Closing

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