Talk:Alien Abductions/KiTA's Stories/Next Channel

From Grigbertz

Thoughts

More thoughts on the idea of a competing show: Maybe once her bosses find out she's no longer faking it she loses a lot of her authority over the show. They figure (rightly) that now she has no choice but to work as the show's host. Their first change is to remove the mosaic, displaying her nudity over the air like The Naked Truth. They then start to play with the format of the show, bringing her out from behind the desk and out of the studio more and more. These are well meaning choices that actually help repair the show's damaged ratings.

Ditto her reign of terror over her coworkers on the set. Once they realize that she can't even cover herself (the nanites sting her if she tries), yet alone wear clothes, they stop listening to her demands to not look at her. When her nanites' teasing and causing her to itch gets to be too much she begs one of her assistants to help her, which others find out about. Soon, she has lost all authority over her coworkers, who start treating her less like a star they have to obey and more like a coworker they have to put up with.

I actually think that maybe she had plans to sell the idea to the network and work as the producer, but the network executives saw through her and insisted that she host the show instead of just write/produce it. By the time she realized what exactly they had planned, it was too late for her to back out. Her plan was to string the show along long enough to become infamous, then sell a tell all book bragging about how the whole thing was fake (she planned on making herself look innocent in the whole thing). After the aliens abduct her, she's stuck having to try and make the show a success when she's really not ready to be a host of a national TV show.

The aliens help behind the scenes to keep her on the air, as their study of Earth culture suggests when two shows compete like this both benefit.

Natalie and Nancy might meet outside of work. I picture them both, by coincidence, having the same therapist. This therapist specializes in helping Receptor Girls and other Alien Abductees deal with their new lives. I don't think Dr. Throb is that kind of doctor, though -- maybe instead of a therapist they're both seeing him for regular check-ups? Either way, their shared doctor decides to bring the two together as a form of group therapy, and while they do not initially get along, once they get to know each other they become friends -- or perhaps more, given that both are constantly being teased by their nanites and while they cannot help themselves, they can help each other.

Nancy is about one half to one full head shorter than Natalie. This, combined with Natalie being able to dress somewhat and Nancy not being able to, sets up an interesting dynamic.  :)

Sequel

Think the next chapter will involve Nancy being abducted. The drug she was slipped in her coffee will set it up. Maybe it was nanites that force her out of town, or someplace where she can be captured safely, like the roof of her apartment building.

The aliens do not understand her exactly. They know she is claiming to be an abductee like Natalie, but she isn't. She's also hiding her identity with a wig while on air, which they, having an iffy understanding of human culture and deception, can't understand. However, some of the aliens really like her show, thinking it's better than Natalie's. So, they decide to fix her "confusion" -- making her hair permanently match the wig and giving her the nanites that all receptor girls have. Her hair is like her body -- whenever it is damaged, it returns to it's programmed shape, that of a long single ponytail that goes all the way down to the top of her ass.

They base her nanites' programming on the situation she claims to be trapped in during her show -- She cannot wear any clothing at all, as touching it causes her nanites to destroy it. In addition, if she tries to hide her body, the nanites zap her. The nanites ensure that she will be 100% stark naked, forever. The aliens believe that they are helping a confused young woman out; in reality they are giving her her "just deserts."

Later, when her bosses at work discover that her ruse is now real, they seek revenge. The first thing they do is remove the censorship on the show, replacing her desk with a glass one and forcing her to do more stand up work. The alien's influence makes it so they cannot end the show (as it is too popular), but with Nancy now trapped they do not have to treat her like royalty.