User blog:JustAlex93/MGE 198X Chapter 1: Alex the Photographer

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to MGE, for it belongs to Kenkou Cross. This story is made for non-profit purposes only, under the Fair Use Act.

Author's Note: I'll be taking a bit of a break from working on R/C Monster Girls for a while, since I have so many fanfiction ideas that I really can't keep contained in my head. Plus, the 1981 Sony Mavica camera featured in this story, did NOT see retail release in real life.

MGE 198X: Monster Girls in the 1980s!

By JustAlex93

1.1
Alex Hendershot is a young man who lives in Washington State. He works as a professional photographer, because of a long-standing passion for photography that he has had as a child. When he was 6 years old, his father had taught him on how to use a camera, and had gotten his first taste of photography. His first camera was a Yashica Minister-D, and its ease of use and electronically-assisted photographic capabilities was a big hit with him. While he loved taking good pictures with it that represent the best times in his life, he was also frugal when it came to preserving unused film, intending to only save it for the good times, such as birthdays, holidays, trips, etc.

As he grew older, and camera technology advanced, Alex kept up with the ever-changing standards as much as he could. When he graduated from high school, he took on a job as a photographer. His talent behind the camera was renowned, and he was paid pretty good. Just when he thought that cameras couldn't get much better than what he's seen so far in his career, a new kind of camera had really come onto the scene.

It was in 1981 that the Japanese electronics giant, Sony, showcased the world's first still video camera; the Mavica (short for Magnetic Video Camera), which could take TV-quality still video photographs, and store them on a special 2-inch floppy disk, known as the Mavipak. Each Mavipak disk could store up to 50 still video photographs, and can be erased and re-recorded. The photographs can be printed out using a special printer, or displayed on a TV screen for all to see using a special Mavipak Viewer. The camera itself also runs on three AA-sized batteries.

Interested in the new camera, and the fact that it was going to be released in late 1981 or early 1982, Alex began to work harder in his photography job so that he could save up money for the new Mavica. When the camera came out, his foresight to save up money served him well, as the Mavica retailed for a couple or so hundred dollars, and each Mavipak costs about $9 each. Plus, the Mavica Printer and Mavipak Viewer are fairly expensive, as well. The zoom lens attachments for the Mavica aren't cheap either. Thus, he bought the Mavica, along with an extra Mavipak disk for good measure. Plus, it was a good thing that he has plenty of AA batteries at home.

However, since he knows that he doesn't have a Mavica Printer or the Mavipak Viewer, there's no way of telling whether or not that the pictures taken with the camera would come out looking good. Thankfully, he knows a guy who has access to a Mavica Printer, and has that individual's permission to use it for the photos that he took on the Mavica camera.

Another thing, is that he doesn't use the Mavica for his photography job, that which he reserves for his Olympus OM-10. While impressed with the Mavica's technological advances, he honestly sees it as something of a novelty, especially since it costed a lot, and the special printer is pretty expensive, too. However, Alex uses the Mavica for casual photography when he is not at work.

He eventually saved up enough money for a Mavica Printer, and sweetening the deal further for him, is that the local dealer in town was having a weekend sale on all products in the Mavica range, even the printer! Thus, he bought one, and in that way, he won't have to use his friend's printer anymore. He had also put together an album for the print-outs of the photos that he took with his Mavica.

But, little did he know, is that something significant would happen in his life...Very, very soon!

1.2
One fine Saturday morning, Alex woke up in his bed, as he stretched his arms upwards and out with a yawn. He then gets out of bed, reorganizes the sheets and did his morning stretches. He goes over to his bathroom to take a shower. He takes off his pajamas, and climbs into the shower before setting the water to something hot but not too hot. After his hot shower, he dries himself off and goes to his bedroom to put on some clean clothes for the day. After eating breakfast, he goes to his living room, sits down on the couch, and grabbed the TV remote. He turns on the TV and sets to the news channel.

It detailed a news report about an incident somewhere in Nevada. That got Alex's attention, as whenever Nevada is involved in a news report; it's either about a new attraction in Las Vegas or Area 51, the stuff of rumors relating to aliens and UFO's. Only this time, this incident does not appear to be a UFO sighting, but something else entirely. The government doesn't want to say anything. Perhaps they don't want to give any Soviet KGB agents that may be on American soil any ideas, or maybe it's to stop the public from panicking about a possible catastrophic event. What could it be?

"You know what," he thought dismissively, "Forget about this for the moment. If the government doesn't want to say anything, then I can live with that."

It is then that he turned off his TV, and decided to go out for a while, as he took his Mavica camera with him, hoping to find something to take pictures of with it. The disk that is in the camera's Mavipak drive still has room for about 15 photos, as indicated by its meter. To effectively keep track of how many photos that he had taken on any given Mavipak disk (since he doesn't want to have to constantly remove the disk from the drive to check the meter on its bottom right corner), Alex uses a notepad and a pencil, and drawing up one tally mark for each photo taken with the Mavica. When fifty tally marks are drawn up, it will indicate that it is time to move onto another blank disk. He gets out of the house, locks the front door, and gets into his car before driving off for a day in town.

He had a bit of fun at the video arcade, ate some lunch at the local Burger King, read some books relating to photography at the local library. After all that, he drove back to his house, to relax for a while. He sat down on his couch in the living room, and decided to turn on the TV for some cartoons. He smiled, as they were showing the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons, such as Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, etc. That is, until a news report suddenly went on, interrupting a Quick-Draw McGraw cartoon that he was watching.

"We have a breaking news report this afternoon! It is somewhere in the state of Nevada, that something strange and terrifying is going on that appears to be something out of a monster-themed pornography; female, semi-humanoid monsters are spreading throughout the state, attacking men to forcibly do the dirty with them, and are turning women into more monsters with a strange, perverse energy! The government had attempted to cover up the situation in order to prevent a mass panic throughout the nation to no avail.

If there are monsters coming to where you live, do not try to interact with them, unless they are harmless, but all women should be advised to avoid being turned into monsters, yourselves! Lock your doors and windows, gather vital supplies, grab anything that could be used for self-defense, and keep an eye out! The monsters are spreading as far as..."

When he turned off the TV, not believing that something like this is happening, as he scoffed to himself. "But," he thought to himself, "If there were such things as monster-girls, and it's not a seriously messed up publicity stunt for some cheesy, fantasy-based porno, maybe I can take a picture or two with the Mavica, or perhaps something a little more professional for a possible newspaper article, like my Olympus OM-10. Still, if they're dangerous as they said they are, then I gotta be careful!"

Later that night, when he was sleeping, Alex suddenly hears the sounds of a commotion of some kind going on. Groggily, he gets out of bed, and looked out the window to a shocking sight that made his eyes widen; The neighborhood is all upset, with damaged cars and houses, knocked-over trees and telephone poles, and people being chased around by monster-girls! Not only that, but he also heard the sounds of men getting raped, along with the smell of semen and a strange, perverse feeling in the air.

"This is very bad. I have to do something to protect myself," Alex said to himself as he decided to weigh his options as quickly as he could manage while keeping his cool, knowing that it would be a matter of time before they start coming after him, too. Thus, he went into action, locking up the doors and the windows, as Alex then went down into the basement, where he grabs several wooden planks and boards, a hammer and plenty of nails. He immediately gets to work, boarding up the doors and windows, while making sure not to get himself in the fingers with the hammer.

Just as he had finished boarding up the doors and windows, he took out a Bowie knife that he had gotten as a Christmas present some time ago, and steeled himself for any hostiles that may come breaking into his house. As for concerns about food, he has no need to worry for the moment, because he had gone grocery shopping the day before. Same for water, as he made sure to pay his water bill for the month. Alex also has his Mavica ready, around his neck via neck strap. The camera is also loaded with a blank Mavipak disk, ready to have some photos be saved on it.

He then turned on a portable transistor radio, and sets the dial to a news station, so that he could keep up on the latest information about the "monster-girl invasion" happening so far. However, he is also on the alert, keeping his eyes and ears out for any possible intruders. From what Alex has learned so far, the monsters don't intentionally harm humans, only to either copulate with them or transform them into more monsters, and that they don't go after anybody under the age of 16 years. Plus, they come in different varieties with unique personalities. Some are friendly, but others, not so much. At this, he began to hope that when a monster-girl comes by his place, that it's a friendly and harmless one. As he listened on, he began to wonder on what else would follow the monster-girls into the world, and hopefully, not a bunch of ruthless bandits that go around pillaging and killing, or even something much worse.

Still, he wanted to take some photos of the chaos that went on. Thus, he turned off the radio, grabbed his hammer, and used it to un-nail one of the wooden boards on one of the front windows. This created an opening from which he could covertly take photographs with the Mavica, provided that he doesn't get spotted by any potentially aggressive monster-girl, or worse. He took photographs of the collateral damage caused by the monster-girls and scenes of people being chased around and/or raped by monsters, with some people attempting to fight back. And just to be safe, he couches down out of sight for every photo he takes. When he got down after taking another photo, he decided to subtly make his way back to his radio for the latest updates in the monster-girl situation.

Chapter End

Author's Note: I had to end it right there, because I wasn't sure how Alex's first monster-girl encounter would play out, or which monster-girl to use. Maybe in the next chapter will he encounter a monster, OK? Good.