Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property
Username: marybethsanford, Oct/9/2005 10:20:17 [-04]
"Mark! Please, please, come in, and thank you for responding so quickly to
my summons," Ms. Baker says pleasantly, standing as her secretary opened
the door to allow Mark into her office. The door closed when he entered
leaving Mark alone with Ms. Baker and another woman.
"You're welcome," Mark said with a touch of nervousness. Ms. Helen Baker
was the Head Librarian and a formidable woman in Mark's eyes. Mark didn't
do well around large powerful women. A mixture of things going back to his
nanny.
"Mark, allow me first to introduce you to one of our benefactors Mrs. Aby
Van Braun. Mrs.Van Braun, Mark Evans, one of our freshman this year and
the young man I told you about," Ms. Baker said.
Another domineering woman, Mark noted, as she stood to take Mark's hand.
This was not a comfortable environment for Mark now that both women were
standing. Mark was small in stature and build and these women were not. He
was at one end of the spectrum, these woman at the other.
"Very nice to finally get to meet you Mark," Mrs. Van Braun said taking
Mark's hand in hers. Her fingers wrapped around Mark's hand like an adult
to a child and Mark saw it that way. Authoritarian, commanding, almost
imperious as if she was a queen. Traits that frightened Mark since early
childhood. He was on the verge of having an accident and knew it.
"Please, sit and I'll explain why I've asked you here," Ms. Baker said.
Mark obeyed instantly, nervously since there was no context to him being
there. Why Ms. Baker wanted to see him had been frightening enough and
that second woman, perceptively as powerful as Ms. Baker, only compounded
mark's fears. He was confused as he sat.
"Mark, a few weeks ago, five to be exact, you left a disk in one of the
libraries computers. A CD actually and while, both your session and that
CD are private, I did chance upon the contents. We are always concerned
that a student may have misplaced something of importance and might wish
that material back. Hence, I took the liberty of identifying it for that
reason," Ms. Baker said.
Mark's heart rate soared instantly matching his blood pressure and
mounting levels of adrenaline. Mark has known fear before this, but
nothing on this level as his world, this new world of his, was about to
come crashing in on him. He could hardly take a breath.
"Mark, please, relax a moment and breath. I assure you that the material I
chanced upon is being held in my trust and nothing of those contents is
anyones business but yours. As I said, it was an innocent discovery and up
until now of no concern to me. In fact, I would have destroyed it by now
if I hadn't talked with Mrs. Van Braun a week ago. We only hold material
left here for thirty days," Ms. Baker said as she sat back.
"Would you like a glass of water," Mrs. Van Braun asked.
Mark, still petrified and nearly on the verge of fainting had lost the
ability to hold himself and his disposable, already wet, got wetter. He
was almost past the point of comprehension as his mind reeled. He was
afraid to talk but did, "No! No liquids past eight o'clock. I mean... I'm
sorry, I didn't.... I mean I wasn't thinking just then... No thank you."
"Mark, please, take a breath and relax for me. As I said, that material of
yours is strictly yours and yours alone. If, at the end of this
conversation, you say no to this request, that disk is back in your hands.
It's yours again and allow me to assure you that it will still be the only
copy." Ms. Baker said.
"Request," Mark asked on the verge of tears.
"Yes, I've asked you here to make a request and it has a lot to do with
that disk of yours," Ms. Baker said.
"I can explain," Mark said now convinced that Ms. Baker had all of the
grimiest details and a clear picture of who or what Mark was. Yet, oddly,
there was no way she could have connected that disk to him except,
obviously, she had.
"Mark, there is no need for you to explain any of it, and I mean that. As
to how I came to know it was yours was simple, and I'm sure that's a
question you have. As to that, I had just cleared the room to close and
you were the last student to use computer number three on that night. The
log-in put you there and, as it happens, there is a picture on that disk
which obviously is you," Ms. Baker said.
Mark already on the verge of tears had been listening only selectively and
those last words along with that word 'picture' left little of Mark's
composure intact. He could feel the tears welling up in him and his eyes
filling. This was truly the end and of that he was sure. There was nothing
left to say or do and no way he could remain composed.
"Mark, Mark honey, please, you are not listening to me," Ms. Baker said as
she realized that Mark was on the verge of losing it.
"Ms. Baker, if you would allow me, perhaps I can explain this better,"
Mrs. Van Braun said as she shifted to face Mark.
"Please," Ms. Baker said realizing she had not done a proper job of
introducing their case to Mark.
"Mark, ten years ago my son, now thirty, dressed as a little girl for a
Halloween party. It was a private affair and completely innocent at the
time. As I remember he also won best costume that night. Anyway, there
were pictures. There are always pictures and unfortunately it was one
picture in particular that is most damaging," Mrs. Van Braun said.
"I don't understand," Mark said taking a breath after a soft sob. Ms.
Baker had handed Mark a tissue just then. What did his disk have to do
with this woman's son.
"I know and hopefully you will in a few more minutes. Mark, that one
picture in particular was taken after my son removed his wig and make-up.
The party had ended and he, like most boys, and I don't mean to be
offensive by saying this, was happy to get out of his outfit.
Unfortunately, by removing that makeup and wig, he became clearly
identifiable," Mrs. Van Braun noted and sadly.
"Your son," Mark asked not clear where this was going but realizing there
was a glimmer of hope in the changed tone of this meeting. It didn't
appear to Mark that he was actually the target now.
"Yes, my son," Mrs. Van Braun said.
"I'm not sure I follow what it is you are saying," Mark said still
confused but hopeful.
"I know and if you'll allow me a few more minutes, perhaps you'll
understand then. As I noted, there is a picture of my son looking very
much like a boy clearly dressed as a young girl. As a little girl actually
and I've just come into some information that this one picture in
particular is in the hands of a publisher. A publisher for want of a
better word. Mark, are you familiar with Missy's Sissies, the magazine,"
Mrs. Van Braun asked and added before Mark could answer, "it's important
you answer me honestly Mark. For my sake."
"Yes ma'am. I mean a little," Mark said now sure there was something else
at work here and that he really wasn't the target of some sort of
punishment or that he was about to be exposed. Clearly this was about this
woman's son and not him. He sensed a coincidence in this somewhere as he
played back Ms. Baker's statements to himself.
"Well Mark, as it happens this magazine, and my calling it that is a
kindness of the highest order, will be doing another publication in a
couple of months. Sadly, my son's picture will be in it based on a preview
of what is coming. Mark, I cannot allow that to happen. I won't let it
happen," Mrs. Van Braun said and the anger in her voice chilled Mark.
Mark, now feeling slightly better since this woman's son and he had a lot
in common, was not out of the woods yet, but he was no longer sobbing the
loss he had felt over being exposed. Now it appeared that they needed him
for something and it was connected to his disk.
"May I ask what this has to do with me," Mark asked with as much kindness
as he could muster. It was so this woman didn't feel challenged. Mark
would not challenge someone like her even if he could.
"Mark, I want to stop this company from publishing. I want to stop his
publications completely. In fact, I want to seize all of his pictures.
That seizure will gather into it that one picture of my son. I plan on
doing this legally through a lawsuit. Unfortunately the very act of suing
them for that picture will point to it. That is unfortunate and has left
me in a dilemma for weeks since finding out. That is until I was called by
Ms. Baker here," Mrs. Van Braun noted. "Yes ma'am. So how would I fit into
this," Mark asked now slightly past his anguish and very relieved at the
moment.
"Mark, I want you to sue this company on my behalf," Mrs. Van Braun said
and added, "Actually Mark, I want to sue them through you."
"Me? You want me to sue this company? I don't understand? I mean I'd like
to help, if I can, but I'm not sure I can," Mark said and clearly he was
relieved to know this wasn't about him at all or not about what he was or
did. Other than doing what her son did that is and Mark realized that
might not be the case either.
"Mark, I'm a very wealthy woman and trust me when I say this, you can and
if I can convince you to help me, I'll make sure of it," Mrs. Van Braun
said and that tone again changed. Mark was sure she could do almost
anything she set her mind to. That was scary enough and that scared Mark
anew.
"How," Mark said realizing in another thought that this might expose him.
When he said how he also wanted to ask what would happen to him if this
happened. Obviously she didn't want the publicity but neither did he.
"Mark, I have a private investigating firm that has traced a single copy
of that picture to a small sleazy office in New York. An old girlfriend of
my sons sent it off in anger. That office is a front for this man that
publishes that magazine. I have also secured, through my own legal staff,
a legal firm to act on your behalf. In addition to this New York effort, I
will be doing the same thing in Hong Kong where the magazine is actually
printed and published.
As it happens and fortunately for me, for us actually, Hong Kong has kept
the British legal system and English laws still apply. Hong Kong also
follows the English model of laws on intellectual property rights and
copyright. As it also happens the firm representing you will also be
coordinating the efforts of a Hong Kong legal firm at the same exact time.
Mark, my hope is you'll say yes and with that yes we will be able to shut
this magazine down and seize both materials and the assets of this man.
Seems he takes these images from all sorts of places and uses them without
the owners permission. He knows most will not sue out of fear of being
outed as it were. Anyway, once I have that image, he can do whatever it is
he does and however he wants to do it, but I must have that picture. Mark,
will you be willing to help me," Mrs. Van Braun asked and this time,
thankfully, her voice was far less forceful.
"May I ask what happens with me if I say yes," Mark asked with some degree
of confidence in the conversation with this woman but still fearful of the
consequences.
"Mark, if you say yes, I can guarantee you a very high degree of
anonymity. Once I've set this up you will be almost completely invisible
behind the legal process. Within a few days I will have you secured behind
a temporary visa in Taiwan that links you back to an address in Bolivia.
It would take a lot of effort and dollars to find out who you truly are,
if at all," Mrs. Van Braun said.
"I see," Mark said feeling slightly uncomfortable now that he had been
sitting on his wet diaper for so long.
"Mark, I realize that the risk, however slight, is still a risk and I'll
make every effort to guard you and your reputation. I also recognize that
I'm asking a lot of you so allow me to also extend to you an offer that I
hope makes what little risk there is worth it, Mrs. Van Braun said smiling
slightly, warmly.
"An offer," Mark asked not realizing, till now, he might get something out
of this.
"Mark, I will, the moment you agree, transfer $10,000 from one of my
holding companies into a bank in the Bahamas to be transferred to a bank
of your choosing. I will also pay the balance of your tuition and expenses
for the remainder of this year and while this is underway I will continue
to pay you on a very handsome retainer as a consultant," Mrs. Van Braun
said.
Mark sat there thunderstruck. He looked like a child at Christmas time
standing in front of his tree. It warmed him instantly. She had said
$10,000 dollars clearly, including his tuition and expenses. He had no
idea what she would pay him from that retainer, but he was already feeling
faint over that first part of her offer.
"Ma'am, that is very generous," Mark said.
"That is my offer and I'm hoping it's enough to make you say yes," Mrs.
Van Braun noted.
"How long would this take," Mark asked.
"A month I'm told, six weeks at the most. This man won't fight so it's the
span of the legal process itself. However, we can legally seize
everything, pending the suit, within a few days after this man has
downloaded your pictures," Mrs. Van Braun noted.
"My pictures? Ma'am, I'm sorry, but I actually don't have any pictures
that would be worthy of being printed in that magazine. The only image I
have is a picture of me wearing a dia... I mean I only have one picture of
me, and that's not the type this magazine is after," Mark said almost
telling her about that picture of him in one of his disposables.
"Mark, that too has been taken care of," Mrs. Van Braun noted with a
slightly different smile on her face.
"I'm not sure I follow," Mark said.
"Mark, I've secured the services of a woman that caters to this particular
life style and she's assured me that she is the best at what she does.
Mark, again, if you agree to do this, I can assure you there will be
pictures that this magazine will definitely be interested in. I've also,
as part of her retainer, included a substantial budget that is yours when
this is over, and that would include whatever was needed for those
pictures, Mrs. Van Braun said happily.
"I'd have to work out a schedule. You know, for classes," Mark said by way
of hinting he was going to say yes. He could not say no at this point.
Those pictures that this magazine was interested in were exactly why Mark
had once bought a copy. He didn't know the images were often stolen. They
published layouts of some of the best sissy pictures found and Mark was
suddenly scared again. There was another stranger out there and if he
understood this she would be dressing him up and taking pictures.
Ms. Baker cleared her throat and said, "school is not going to be an issue
for you Mark. I'm going to be taking care of that personally. I will, on
your behalf, secure you a leave of absence. You'll have that leave to work
for Mrs. Van Braun under our internship program. You will get credit for
this believe it or not, which should take care of your electives for this
semester. You will also maintain the credits you've earned to now. If need
be I will make sure you have any spots in any classes you chose when this
is over."
"I... I don't know what to say," Mark said.
"Say yes," Mrs. Van Braun added quickly with a sense of hope in her voice.
"Yes," Mark said and then sheepishly asked, "when would this start?"
"Right now? As soon as I can get you to this woman. That woman, the woman
you'll be staying with is waiting for my call," Mrs. Van Braun said.
"I'd need to stop at my dorm room first," Mark said blushing slightly. He
hadn't intended to be out this long or he would have added a soaker and a
pair of plastic pants.
"Mark, if you don't mind, I'd like this to start within the hour. Please
don't be embarrassed by this, but she can change you when we get there,"
Mrs. Van Braun noted as if she knew Mark better than she knew anyone.
"How... I mean how did you..." Mark asked stuttering over the question he
wanted to ask. It was impossible that she knew he was diapered.
"Actually I didn't know till now. I guessed because you've been squirming
a little, but you haven't asked for the bathroom yet," Mrs. Van Braun
noted smiling in a motherly sort of way as she added, "I have not seen
that disk or anything on it if that is what worries you."
"Speaking of which," Ms. Baker said as she opened her drawer. Mark
actually wet himself again slightly at the sight of his treasured disk.
Everything about being an adult sissy baby was on that disk. Images of
others, links, stories and all the other tid bits of information he had
gathered and treasured over these past few months.
"I guess it's yes then," Mark said almost ready to hug this stranger that
seemed to know him and yet not. He had questions but wasn't even sure what
to ask until he realized that his face would be shown in whatever pictures
were taken. He'd seen those faces of others as he asked, "my face."
"That I'm told is not going to be an issue. From what I've gathered on
this woman you're about to meet, even your own mother wouldn't recognize
you. And on that topic, I'm going to need you to agree to leave here in
disguise," Mrs. Van Braun said.
"Disguised," Mark said in a renewed panic.
"Just a wig, girl's coat and a pair of flats," Mrs. Van Braun said.
"Why," Mark asked suddenly fearful of this new bit of information and the
risk of public exposure.
"Mark, in my position, there is always the risk of a camera. When we leave
here I want you looking more like a girl than a boy. I'm going to be
dropping you off at a friends house that has a daughter your age. Your
hostess will be picking you up there the moment I reach home. Just another
precaution," Mrs. Van Braun noted as she moved to a small suitcase sitting
on the couch.
Mark hadn't noticed it until now.
The wig was jet black and long with bangs when he was put into it. Mark
also now wore a nearly perfectly sized pink coat and pink flats with ankle
length nylons he traded for his tennis shoes and socks. Mrs. Van Braun
added lipstick, blush and a touch of color to his eyes before handing him
a pair of girl's sun glasses. The bow, pink to match his long coat, came
out of a hand bag that also matched to the coat.
"Ready," Mrs. Van Braun said and Mark almost answered yes till he realized
that she was announcing him set and not asking if he was.
"Aby, say hello to the Senator for me when you see him," Ms. Baker said.
"I will Rose and Rose, thank you," Mrs. Van Braun said gratefully as she
took Mark's hand.
'Senator Van Braun,' Mark mused as he walked out of the office and past an
empty desk. No wonder this woman was so worried about her son. It was
nearly five thirty. He had been in that office almost an hour now and the
receptionist was gone. It also meant, thankfully, that the library would
have less people given it was dinner time.
"Are you OK," Mrs. Van Braun asked of Mark as they reached the steps.
"Yes ma'am," Mark said almost wanting to skip.
"Are you very wet," Mrs. Van Braun asked sounding sympathetic.
"Yes ma'am," Mark said finding no reason to hide the fact he was wearing a
diaper.
"Well, we'll get you changed in no time," Mrs. Van Braun noted as she
squeezed Mark's hand.
Mark wasn't sure what to say to that, but he felt giddy at the prospects
of what that meant and more so because of what he was wearing. He wore a
tee-shirt and jeans under his pink coat but that didn't matter because his
coat and those shoes he kept glancing at were pink. Pink to match his
purse he mused behind a smile.
"What bank do you use," Mrs. Van Braun asked.
"I don't have a bank actually. I use the Student Unions Voucher system.
It's mostly for my books and stuff and I have a charge account at the
cafeteria," Mark said slightly embarrassed that he didn't have enough
money to need a bank.
"Well, that's going to change some, so let me take care of that then. I'll
let you pick your own checks though," Mrs. Van Braun noted.
"Yes ma'am," Mark said as they reached the doors. Off to the left, as they
stepped out into a setting sun, was a pure white Rolls Royce and a driver.
Mark looked like a young girl walking with her mother and suddenly felt
like it. Mark, a few minutes later was in the back seat of a very elegant
car looking at the world in silence.
"Won't that girl tell," Mark asked out of curiosity.
"Which girl? Oh, you mean my son's old girlfriend? No. Mark, as you're no
doubt aware, lots of adults like wearing diapers and I've got pictures.
She's not anxious to go public either," Mrs. Van Braun said and in a voice
that made it clear she was in control.
"How will you know when that man has my pictures? I mean he's got to have
my pictures before you can sue right," Mark asked.
"Yes. As a matter of fact, I have a young man who is going to encrypt your
images with something that he can identify. He's already gotten into this
man's server, I believe you call it, and as soon as your pictures are on
that system, the legal process can begin. As to how he's doing that I
don't have a clue," Mrs. Van Braun said as they moved onto the freeway.
It was a thirty minute ride before they entered into an area clearly
richer than most parts of the city. The house was stately as they pulled
into a long private driveway. Mark was introduced to the woman who invited
him in leaving Mrs. Van Braun to go as planned. It was another half hour
over tea before there was a knock on the door. Mark desperately needed out
of that diaper he wore.
"Mark Adams," the woman asked when the women he was staying with invited
her in.
"Yes ma'am," Mark said taking her hand. He was still in his disguise and
feeling slightly embarrassed standing there being identified as a boy
between the two women.
"I'm called Hilga by my clients. You'll be staying with me," Hilga said
taking Mark's hand in a warm friendly greeting. She too was a formidable
presence, towering over Mark as she invited him to go with her. It was
another hour by the time they crossed town and remarkably into an area
that was very old and even more stately than the area they left.
Hilga's home, if it was her home, was set back from the street a couple of
hundred feet at least and circled by trees and shrubs that had to date
back to the turn of the century. As old as this old Victorian, Mark mused.
Without the car in front you could imagine a carriage sitting there.
"This is it," Hilga noted as she put the car in park.
"Beautiful," Mark said as he undid his belt to step onto the driveway.
There was a woman opening the door dressed in a uniform that suggested a
hotel maid or housekeeper. Hilga introduced her as Barbara and she was the
housekeeper as the woman warmly greeted Mark and took his coat. He would
miss that coat and felt slightly exposed without it.
Mark was looking at elegance with touches of modern but classy as he stood
in the middle of the foyer. To his right a library or sitting room and to
his left a large, very large living room. There were other women in
various places and all looking at him as Hilga guided him into that room.
"Ladies, our guest has arrived. Mark Adams, from left to right is Stacy,
Brigitte, Tracy and Susan. Stacy will be doing your makeup after we get
you into a bath and dressed. We'll be shooting in the basement. Tracy will
be putting your pictures up on our web site this evening," Hilga said.
There was an animated and very warm greeting from each and a hand shake
from Tracy who walked over to Mark. She smiled and said, "you're going to
make a very pretty little girl Mark."
Mark blushed crimson as he took her hand and the words in.
"He needs a bath first," Hilga said as she took Mark's hand before adding,
Barbara will you fix something for Mark to eat. It's getting late and I'm
guessing he hasn't eaten since lunch time."
"Yes ma'am," Barbara said walking off with Mark's coat.
"Are there other people... I mean guys here," Mark asked in a quiet voice.
"Actually there would be but you'd never see them. We keep our clients
separate for the sake of the clients but in this case and for however long
Mrs.Van Braun wishes, you are my only guest. She has secured my services
and my home for the duration of those legal proceedings. You are safe here
and under my care." Hilga said and added, "and this will be your room."
Mark gasped slightly although he tried not to. Mark was looking at the
inside of a fantasy as the door opened. A girl's room and to the smallest
of details feminine beyond words, striking Mark fully, as he gazed from
right to left. It could have been taken from the best catalogs of
children's designs and those designs put the age of a girl well below
puberty.
The bed, canopied commanded most of his attention at first and covered in
sheers that were highlighted by pink ribbons joining to large pink bows.
To the left dolls in various forms and dress with a few sitting around a
white wicker table holding a delicate tea set. A large dresser next to
those, night stand, then the bed. To the right of the bed another night
stand and a few feet from that one a vanity.
The vanity edged to a doorway that led into a brightly lit but soft pink
bathroom and another door next to that Mark guessed to be a closet. If it
was a closet it would be as big as the bathroom he mused as he stood there
in awe of his surroundings.
Bath first then we can find you something to wear. I've had a few days to
put things together so you have more than a few choices. Mrs.Van Braun has
been very generous with your budget," Hilga said as she moved towards the
bathroom. Mark followed but walking slower.
"A few days," Mark asked.
"My services were secured on Friday of last week. I've been preparing for
you visit since then," Hilga said as if Mark might have known that.
"She didn't know I'd say yes," Mark said.
"Actually Mark she didn't, but I did and advised her of that," Hilga said.
"You did," Mark asked slightly shaken by the fact that she might have seen
the disk. She couldn't know this side of him otherwise.
"Mark, I've been in this business for quite some time now and while I
don't really know you, I know of you," Hilga said as she moved to the
large ornate tub to turn on the water. The tub sat on gold claws lifting
it a few inches from the floor and it was huge. Mark watched Hilga unstop
a glass vase filled with lavender crystals that instantly changed the
water into foaming bubbles. There was the smell of lavender and baby
powder as the bubbles foamed.
"Now then young lady, let's get you out of those clothes," Hilga said as
she removed Mark's hair bow and wig.
"Excuse me," Mark said as he allowed his tee-shirt to be lifted.
"Would you prefer sissy or something else," Hilga asked as she disappeared
behind the tee-shirt now covering Mark's eyes.
"I don't know? I mean this is... this is all kind of new to me," Mark said
as his tee-shirt came off.
"Well Mark, I mostly take care of little girls, sissies and baby girls
here so I'm not use to using the masculine pronouns. I'm afraid it's young
lady until you can come up with a name more suitable. Calling you Mark
from here on out simply won't do," Hilga said as she bent slightly for the
button on his jeans as she added, "I've always favored Mary or perhaps
Mary Beth as in Mary Elisabeth and it suits you."
"It suits me," Mark asked as his jeans came lose. Hilga tugged his zipper
down making him slightly uncomfortable standing there, and more so as his
diaper came into view.
"Actually, it will suit you just as soon as I've put you into something
more suitable. Suitable for a pretty little girl and good heavens... Let's
start by making sure you're not this wet from now on," Hilga said as she
tugged his jeans down past the sodden diaper.
Mark's face went deep red as his diaper came into view. He had been in
that diaper since lunch time. Just wearing the diaper in front of this
woman and nothing else, as she removed his jeans, left him nearly
s***chless. More so when she drew closer to begin to lift off the first
tape.
And then that smile...
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