I'm playing some board games with Ruby. We wanted to take it slowly today. But we are planning to go out later.

Ruby doesn't know most of the board games.
Since she doesn't have them, I had to improvise how to use them.

I had to use some screen to draw the boards. A so called drawing tablet. She doesn't even have paper here.

And as tokens, we use random stuff like dropped buttons of clothing or removable keys of an old keyboard, which is normally used to write longer texts.

So that's what you play for fun?

Yeah. Do you never play such games?

Some mini games I play are similar. But they look better.

Normally my games look better, too.
We just had to improvise.
But I'd be happy to play your games later.

Yeah, I'll show you after I won.

As long as we have still enough time to go to the city, sure.

Yeah, we want to go out in the evening anyway, don't we?
You were the one who had that idea.

I just wanted to be sure. I don't know how long it takes to find a nice pub or something like that.

There are enough nice places nearby. I already have some club in mind. I hope, you'll like it.

Cool.

When we finished playing, Ruby shows me some games on the screen. Some of them are similar to the board games I know, but have a bunch of nice moving drawings. But other games she shows me are still a bit weird to me.

You can move some characters around freely without a real board in real time. It's more like sports outside than a board game, but without having to run myself.

It's already afternoon. I was thinking, we might want to go shopping before we go out. Would you like that?

Oh, that sounds nice.

In that case, we should go now.

But then we have to carry the stuff we buy around all the time...

No, if you find something nice, they can deliver it to our place.

Oh, nice. Just like our local butcher.

Ruby just smiles at me.

But I don't have any money. So how can I even buy something?

Every new citicen gets one unit of our most popular online currency.

What's does that mean?

Money is only stored on the screens. You don't carry it around.

And where do I have to go?

Nowhere. When you go somewhere, you already have the money. I don't know how it works. I heard it's verified by a decentralized artificial intelligence.

I have no idea about that. But how much is it worth?

Pretty much. If you work for a whole year, you earn around that much.

So I can live from it for a whole year?

Most people can live from this for five years. If you save some money, even longer.

How is this possible?

Nice people willing to use such currencies and a lot of automatization.

Okay, cool...

So, are you ready?

Yeah, I still have to put on some nice clothes for the club.

But we're buying them. Your clothes aren't suitable for a club.

Okay, but what should I do to my current clothes, then?
I can't just carry them around all the time.

In the shop, they can also deliver your old clothes home instead.

Oh, makes sense.

I only put on shoes and we go outside.

We walk around and see a lot of weird people again.
Some of them wear weird clothes, no clothes at all, don't look like humans, or aren't even humans.

Why are there so many weird people?

Everyone just wants to be special. In a huge city like this it's difficult to stand out.

But these creatures, or should I call them other humans?

These are just different humanoid races.
I think, your new friend will be able to tell you more about them.

Maybe. So what about this huge guy?

That's a plate human. Don't get too close to them. They aren't very social. They might harm you and don't seem to fear potential punishments.

I get scared.

But don't worry, in public streets like this, someone will safe you.

Oh, this one also looks funny. Does it even have a neck?

That's an amphibian human. They normally stay under water, but can still live on land. They are pretty weak though.
But don't hurt them. They might own tools for self defense. They're rather smart.

You know more than I thought.

I already had some interesting experiences.

She smiles at me as if she did something stupid.

Oh, and this must be a bird human?

Correctly! But this one wasn't difficult, I guess.

So what's dangerous about them?

Most of them are very honest and nice. So if you need help, just ask them. Only the females might be dangerous under some circumstances, but I've never seen one in the city.

We keep walking for a while.

And what about this one?

What about... her?

Do you know, what race this is?

Just a human. Looks pretty nice, though.

That's an elf. Don't you see her poited ears?

Oh, so the fairy tales about them are true?

Not really. They are just called elves because of the ears and other similarities.

That's funny.

We keep walking.

Don't forget to look at the clothes of all these people. This might inspire you.

I didn't like any of this. Just a dress like yours seems fine to me.

Well, we'll see.

Soon we reach the shop. It's huge. They mostly have clothes, which are meant to be worn when going out.

I pick two sets which might look good for tonight. Then I go to a changing cubicle and try them.
After I got dressed, I move away the curtain to let Ruby look at me.
The first one is fine, but it's not it.

When I'm changing Ruby always brings new clothes to try.
So I keep changing and showing my clothes to Ruby.

After trying a bunch of sets, I notice some blue skirt and shirt.

Don't you think, that one is a bit short?

Don't worry. I think it will fit you well. Just try it. Trying won't hurt.

Okay.

I try it and look at myself in the mirror. It's even worse than what I've seen other people wear. My panties are visible, my breasts almost look out, at least one.

I don't think, I can show you this.

Just show me. I'd just like to see. We don't have to take it.

I cautiously open the curtain.

Oh, that's perfect. Really beautiful. Now you're really sexy.

You really think so?

Yeah, really.

I feel flattered. Should I keep it? If she thinks, it's sexy, I guess it's fine to wear this.

So I don't even take it off anymore.
I also decide to take some other set for casual days.
My current clothes and the other set will be delivered home.

Good choice! I'm happy you really listened to my advice. Now we can go to the club.

We leave. I didn't do anything to pay. I didn't get it for free, did I? At least I'm happy I have it now.

When walking through the streets it feels like everyone is looking. But then I look at everyone else and notice how well I fit in now.
I'm still a bit embarrassed walking around like this.

It doesn't take long until we reach the club, so we just enter.

From the inside it really looks similar to the pub in my village.
There even is a bar, but instead of tables to sit down at they have a bunch of comfortable looking couches.
Not much is going on yet. Just a few single girls.

We also had places like these in my village. There was a nice pub, where people drank beer all night. But I was still too young for beer.

Here you can have all kinds of drinks. There is no age limit on alcohol in the city. The younger you are when you learn how much you can drink, the better.

I don't think, that's true, but whatever. As long as I can get some alcohol, I'm happy.

We get some drinks and sit down on one couch.

After a while, the club fills. More and more people are comming. All of them are girls.

We clink our glasses and then I try my drink.

It tastes awful.

Ugh...

It's your first time?

Yeah.

You'll get used to it.

I don't think so. Never again.

Would you like me to drink yours?

Yeah, thanks.

I give it to Ruby to drink it.

Then I look around a bit. Many of them are cuddling.
Some girls are even sitting on our couch already.
One gets pretty close to me, and another one is already cuddling with Ruby.

What is this place?

Oh, it's a cuddle club. Isn't that obvious?

No. We don't have such a place at home.

It's nice, isn't it? You can just cuddle with anyone you want.

I notice a few girls already undressing.
And it seems to me like some of them are staring at me.
They're staring at my new clothes. I almost forgot about them.

Ruby starts caressing my legs. She pulls up my short skirt, which is kind of arousing. She also puts her other hand on my breast.

But I'm not sure if I like where this is going.

The other girl next to me already tries to hug me.
And I'm sure she will do the same as Ruby.
And then I'm supposed to get naked, too.

No, I don't want this!

It's nice here, isn't it?

I get up.

No, we have to leave this place. I don't feel comfortable around girls like them.
Soon we will all be naked like these girls over there.

The other girl who was sitting next to me seems sad now.

Don't worry. It's only girls. I thought it would be fine.
You told me changing around other girls was common at times.

It was in the village. I knew most of them and we just changed. We didn't stay naked like some of these.
I'll go out now! If you want to stay, I go without you.

Ruby also gets up.

Fine, let's go home.

She sounds pretty disappointed.

After going outside, I feel bad for ruining her evening.

Sorry, this was weird to me. I just didn't want to be there anymore.
I'll make up for it soon.

Don't worry. I should have known, you wouldn't like it there.
Let's just spend the rest of the evening at home.
I'm sure that will be nice, too.

Yeah, we could watch stuff on the screen again.

One of these movies for children again?

Yeah...
But the plot seemed very mature to me.

At least the violent or erotic scenes aren't shown, even if they obviously happen.
This just seems childish to me.

I know your opinion about that.

When we reach our home again, we go to bed and watch a movie. It's pretty nice again.