A Surprise Success
That night, in preparation for his video conference debut as Marian, Eli studied Marian’s social media pages. He needed to do his best to recreate her look. He studied every hairstyle, every outfit, every lipstick color. Marian was in her mid thirties and obviously prided herself on her office attire. She was curvy in all the right ways and didn’t try to hide it. As Eli poured through her social media photos he couldn’t help but admire her beauty. Before long his hand was in his pants and he’d gotten distracted from the task at hand.
Once he’d "finished" his distraction, he returned to picking out an outfit. After a little while he had all the pieces for a look alike outfit on amazon, complete with wig which was similar to Marian’s natural hair, and a makeup kit. With his task completed his hand found his way back into his pants yet again, but hey he was a young single man who had no social life because of his dedication to his work, what else did he have to do?!
The next day when his Amazon order had arrived he carefully unpacked everything. In addition to the wig and makeup, Eli had ordered a black blazer, pencil skirt, blue satin blouse, push-up bra (with lots of padding), and black pantyhose. He didn’t think much of any of it, a bit silly perhaps, but mostly a means to an end.
After watching a video on how to put pantyhose on, he started with those, pulling them over some of his boxers. The fabric of the boxers bunched up weird under the tight nylon pantyhose, but he could deal with the annoyance for one day. Then he put on the bra, and couldn’t help but squeeze his new “boobs” after it was on and let out a little chuckle. Next came the blouse, and wow was it comfortable to wear! Eli ran his hands down his sides, taking in how great it felt. Then came on the pencil skirt and blazer, and Eli was impressed how he looked all put together. A woman from the neck down!
To deal with the neck up, he spent hours trying to figure out makeup, it was not easy. Video after video he watched, technique after technique. He must’ve gone through a hundred makeup remover wipes in a single day just trying to fix his errors. But after hours of torment, he was satisfied. He put the wig on and opened his computer to test the illusion. He attached a cheap webcam to make sure the picture was terrible, and took a look at himself. Staring back at him was the vague image of a woman resembling Marian. He was going to pull it off.
The day of the video conference he packed his outfit and makeup in a gym bag so his coworkers wouldn’t know what he was doing. When he got to Marian’s office he closed the blinds first thing. As the time of the meeting got closer he locked his office door and began his transformation. He was far more nervous about getting caught by his coworkers than he was about doing the video conference, every sound outside his office set him on edge.
Finally he was all dressed up and ready to go, and then it dawned on him, he didn’t practice talking like a girl! “Shit” he thought! Immediately he started practicing, raising his pitch and sounding aloof like Marian. He didn’t know if it was convincing at all, and then it was the time! The client was calling! “Oh god, he was screwed” he thought in a panicked mind.
Eli answered the call, and did his best attempt at a smile when the client answered. “Marian’s” client smiled back at “her”. Eli took a deep breath and did his best impression of Marian’s voice to welcome the client. To Eli’s surprise, the client had almost no reaction, and proceeded to ask his questions. The client only had two questions he needed addressed, and despite the alleged urgency of the call the questions were not all that difficult to answer. It seemed more so that the client just wanted some facetime with the woman who would be managing his investments.Given the lack of visible suspicion from the client, Eli settled into his persona. He seamlessly answered the client’s question, and they bid each other farewell with a smile. It was over in around five minutes. He pulled it off! Later that day he got an email from the client thanking Marian for soothing his worries, and added how much he enjoyed talking with her. He also expressed his interest in scheduling regular calls to discuss the status of his investment portfolio.
“Man….” Eli thought, “I must’ve really pulled this off, that he wants to keep meeting with me!”
Feeling satisfied that his great ruse was going to work, he scheduled some more meetings with some more of Marian’s clients who were looking to meet when she was available. Eli could now look forward to a lot more time with his new “friend” Marian.