Chapter 6 - A Cam Star Is Born

A young waitress signs up for nude modeling at a Russian camming website where she partners with a shrewd and literary bilingual assistant who will show her the ropes.

Kira Orlov was very anxious about doing her first camming show. All night long she had studied the notes that Stefania Toporov had given her, memorized the many English words that were listed, and practiced their correct pronunciation with a software application called Google Translate. She also brushed up on her reading of English so she could understand the first word in a username and then say it like a nickname. Kira also studied Stefania's pronunciation chart that showed her how to vocalize the thirty basic sound-components of English.

 

After entering the warehouse, she walked down the main corridor to Stefania’s tiny office. Stefania smiled warmly when she saw Kira at her door and asked her new protégé to sit down.

"Kira, come on in my office, or as I like to call it, the broom closet." She snickered. "Oh, and by the way, Alexey's already picked and registered a cam-name for you. You're going to be KiraCutie. Hope that's okay."

"Sure, at least it's a fun name. Some of those cam-names can be a little raunchy."

"Exactly. Alexey's pretty good at making these types of decisions. Anyway, this being your first day and all, I hope you aren't nervous. There's really nothing that can go wrong -- even if you make a mistake, no one's really going to notice. Most of the guys realize new girls must learn during their first days, and if a girl is pretty like you, they'll be extra forgiving. But... some viewers can be very rude and we call them trolls, though fortunately trolls are rare among the registered members of WorldsGreatCams. However, if anyone does say something mean or rude, I'll erase their comments and ban them forever from your chatroom. And if you do read something that's abusive, don't take it seriously -- that's just the sick nature of an Internet troll. A troll's a little like an angry drunk you might see lying on the sidewalk in a bad neighborhood. If a drunk were to say you're ugly, you wouldn't pay any attention because you'd know he's half out of his head. However, because we can't see an Internet troll, we tend to think he's more respectable than a drunk who lies on the sidewalk -- but that's just an illusion. If we could actually see a troll in his own surroundings, we'd know his life is just as pathetic as a drunk's who pees in his pants."

"But with all these beautiful girls to look at, why would a guy need to say mean things?"

"Kira, it's a mental disease, like the way some people enjoy hurting small animals. Humanity is an enigma; it's always been capable of great kindness and great cruelty. It is what it is. As camgirls, it's not our job to understand -- just to erase and ban when we see that kind of behavior."

"Okay, Stefania. I really don't see me becoming offended by a troll, but thanks for the warning. Let's go, I'm ready. And don't think the nudity and sexy stuff will be an issue. All last night I've been hard at work -- standing in front of a mirror and practicing how to fondle myself." They both snickered.

The two young women walked down the hallway to their small studio room. Kira changed into violet lingerie while Stefania set up the video camera and lighting. Then Kira walked over to the futon sofa, sat down, and began to warm up by creating different poses for the camera. And at the same time, Stefania seated herself at a computer in the rear of the room and completed her preparations for the broadcast. Upon her lap she rearranged the cardboard cue cards that would show the English phrases that Kira should speak into the microphone.

 

Stefania turned on the video camera and confirmed its image upon her computer's display. That also caused the video feed to render onto Kira's computer. And now that Kira could see herself upon a computer, her poses became more provocative. With a toss of her head, she threw her hair back and began to practice a seductive gaze while slowly moving her head to different angles. Stefania was impressed; Kira did indeed have the instincts of a fashion model when it came to striking a pose for the camera.

"Okay Kira, for today you'll mostly stay on or in front of the sofa, and that means we won't have to reposition the camera very much. Just get comfortable, and remember you never have to rush to do anything. If things slow down, just sit like you are now, pretend like you're waiting for a bus, and occasionally move your head and smile. With your looks, that's all it will take. Are you ready?"

"Uh-huh, I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

 

With just a mouse-click upon the Broadcast Button, Kira's face and avatar became listed for the first time among the scores of other camgirls on the main page of WorldsGreatCams' website. Kira continued to smile seductively while creating new poses for the camera.

Within a couple of minutes the girls could see from their computers that a camfan had just entered Kira's chatroom. After several seconds passed, he typed a comment to the scrolling text of the chat-window.

TigerBob:  Hey baby, you sure are looking fine today.

 

Stefania quickly grabbed the cue card from her lap that said "thanks" and held it up. Kira read it, smiled, and said "thanks babe" into the microphone. With just that first simple vocalization from a cue card, Kira gained a new confidence in Stefania's system -- a system that would enable her to pretend she knew how to speak much more English than she really knew. TigerBob was not done, and some new text came up in the chat-window.

TigerBob: And you have a sexy voice! Are you ready to do a private show?

Then Stefania put her hand up and moved it in a circle. That was the signal Kira should bend forward and act like she was typing at the computer on the coffee table. She calmly reached forward and pressed the keys of a keyboard that was not connected. The microphone even added to the deception because the sound of Kira's typing could be heard upon the broadcast. But while Kira did her fake typing, Stefania was busy creating the actual response for the chat-window.

 

KiraCutie:  only doing private shows on Mondays for now.

TigerBob:  sure baby. I think you're one of the hottest new camgirls I've seen in a long time.

Though Kira had trouble understanding the comments in the chat-window, she saw Stefania make the OK-sign with her fingers and realized she was doing well. Just then a new camfan entered the room.

GarysPipeWork:  damn girl, you look like a fashion model from a magazine.

 

Stefania while posing as KiraCutie, again responded by typing a reply.

KiraCutie:  yeah, just stepped off a jet plane last night from a Paris photo shoot.

 

GarysPipeWork did not perceive the facetious nature of Stefania's sarcastic response, and he continued to inquire about Kira's nonexistent modeling career.

 

GarysPipeWork:  I thought I saw you in one of my sister's magazines! Which one did you pose for? Was it CoverGirl, or maybe Vogue?

Stefania held up the cue card that said "seriously?" And then Kira, while using the intonation of a question, said into the microphone: "Seriously, Gary?" Stefania felt like she could almost hear the sound of laughing camfans at their computers. She quickly typed a response.

 

KiraCutie:  just having some fun with you, Gary. cover girl models don't cam, but I like the way you think.  [ :smileyFace ]

The chat-window then received multiple posts of GIF animated graphics. Most of the GIF animations depicted men who were laughing and rolling around on the ground. That particular GIF animation was for the popular acronym, ROFL, which stood for Rolling On the Floor Laughing.

GarysPipeWork was a sport, found no offense in Stefania's little gag, and took the harmless joke in the spirit it was intended.

GarysPipeWork:  OK... you got me. I can take a joke. but I still think you could cut it as a magazine model.

And then he gave Kira a tip.

GarysPipeWork has tipped KiraCutie 10 tokens

Stefania held up the sign that said: "thanks," and after saying its text, Kira used her hands to make the popular camgirl hand-sign for I love you by forming the shape of a heart with the fingers of her two hands. Stefania was impressed. She hadn't taught Kira how to make the hand-heart gesture; Kira must have picked it up while watching WGC on her phone.

The girl's computers then produced the sound of a bell, and in a bright-yellow text a new comment was displayed onto the chat-window.

  

BobFromKansas has tipped KiraCutie 35 tokens

The bell and yellow text was an announcement that a viewer had just donated a tip and that Kira should respond by spanking her butt. Kira's menu at the top of her video window listed Spank A*s as a performance item that users could purchase for 35 tokens.

And without the help of a cue card, Kira correctly said into the microphone: "Thanks Bob." Great, thought Stefania, she's showing she knows how to read and make a nickname from a username, and she's even doing a reasonable job at pronunciation.

 

Kira slowly got up from the sofa, turned her body to the side, and put her foot on the coffee table so her forward thigh would be seductively parallel with the floor. She then pulled the bottom of her panties back to expose her buttock and began to gently fondle it with her hand. Then suddenly, and with a fast and aggressive motion, Kira brought her hand downward and slapped it. And then she gave two more hard spanks.

  

Stefania was surprised; it was like watching a video-recording of herself from the other day when she performed butt spanks during Kira's first visit to the studio. Apparently Kira had remembered her every move from that day.

The cam show continued to smoothly move forward through the use of Stefania's cue cards and Kira's vocalizations of their text. Kira also executed a few performance items from her menu, and she did them with style and enthusiasm. But then a new user named BadAssJumper came into the chatroom and entered an unusual comment.

BadAssJumper:  Did you used to be a filthy street w*ore before you started showing your pus*y to perverts?

Kira's English was good enough so that she could recognize the words 'w*ore' and 'filthy.' And though she had prepared herself for the first insult of a troll, the words still stung, but she kept her cool and said nothing.

 

Stefania went to work with the website's interface and quickly erased BadAssJumper's abusive comment from the chat-window. She then placed a ban on BadAssJumper's user-account so he could never again speak in Kira's chatroom. However Stefania could see that the comment's effect had not yet disappeared from Kira's face -- she no longer smiled and her lips were slightly pursed. Stefania didn't want Kira to lose her enthusiasm after just one abusive post by a sick troll. But after some moments had passed, another viewer posted a new comment.

RichardsPause:  Hello beautiful  [ :roseHeart ]

   

And next to Richard Dalton's line of text he had inserted an animated GIF image of a rose that turned into a red heart and back again. Kira knew the word for 'beautiful,' and roses had always held a special significance for her. She began to relax as she remembered that most of these guys wouldn't be jerks and trolls. Kira's smile began to return as yet another comment came up in the chat-window.

RichardsPause:  It says you're a new camgirl, hope everything is going OK. You seem very special.

Kira recognized the word 'special' and realized she had received a compliment. It no longer took an effort for her warm smile to work its magic. Stefania held up the cue card that said "thanks," and Kira responded with "thanks, Richard."

 

Stefania then quickly typed a message in Russian to the secret window that only she and Kira could see: "Finally, a nice guy. He sees you're new and will possibly try to help you. It'll make your job much easier. Just keep watching for the cue cards and my hand signal to act like you're typing at the computer. Anytime I need you to do something special, I'll type it out as a message in this secret chat window."

 

Stefania wanted to take some of the pressure off Kira by getting RichardsPause to do more talking, and asking questions of a camfan could usually accomplish that.

 

KiraCutie:  Well Richard, what's new with you?

RichardsPause:  I'm just hanging out. Taking a break from work, and hoped I could find a beautiful woman to chat with -- looks like I'm having some luck. Later this month I'll go to Vancouver on business for a week or so.

In response she held up a different cue card, and Kira said: "that's cool."

 

Stefania became interested in this camfan she had never met before. Upon her computer screen, she could see the website's internal statistics about him. He was a new user and didn't spend a whole lot of money though he frequently gave small tips. Stefania was tempted to send a message in Russian to Kira that this guy didn't have much cash, but then she became curious and opened up his Personal Profile webpage.

Every member on WorldsGreatCams gets a Personal Profile webpage where they can write something about themselves. Upon Richard Dalton's profile page was a section for Favorite Books, and he had listed some of Stefania’s favorite novels -- in fact it almost looked like a bibliography for an English literature class. She recognized many impressive authors: D.H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Flannery O'Connor, Joseph Heller, George Orwell, Truman Capote, and others.

 

Richard continued to talk about how much he liked Canada, and Stefania occasionally waved the cue card that said "cool." Kira realized that as long as RichardsPause was typing, and there were no question marks in his statements, all she really needed to do was nod in approval and occasionally say "cool." Stefania knew she shouldn't waste time with a cheapskate, but his reading list had aroused her curiosity. He was intelligent, well-read, and possibly an English professor.

 

She raised her arm and made the circling hand-sign, letting Kira know that she should pretend to be typing. Stefania then opened up a window for a Private Message session and directed it to RichardsPause. The only people who would see the comments in that new private message window would be Richard, Stefania, and Kira. Stefania again pretended to be Kira within the private window as she began to type.

KiraCutie:  Hello stranger... read any great novels lately?

A couple seconds later Richard read the private message upon his computer and tried to think of a response. Kira could also see that same private message window upon her computer and realized Stefania was beginning to have an involved conversation with this camfan. Richard started to type.

 

RichardsPause:  Haha - that's funny. Guess you looked at my Profile Page, saw what's listed for Favorite Books, and figured that I spend too much time reading modern classics. But what about you? You seem like you're Russian, and yet you recognize all these English and American authors?

Stefania continued with the private conversation although to Richard it seemed like it was with Kira.

 

KiraCutie:  Well, I studied English in school and always loved reading the great works. How did you develop an interest in literature?

RichardsPause:  When I was sixteen I wanted to be a writer and read all the modern classics. But in college I found out I didn't have a real talent for writing and studied something else.

 

KiraCutie:  Good fiction always seemed a little like a self-help book. The great fiction writers seem to know the most about the human condition. Why we want what we want, what our culture has to do with our desires, how our animal instincts affect our minds... you know, all of that.

 

RichardsPause:  Yeah, that's the same way I always viewed good fiction, although it seems a little strange that fiction writers might know more about human psychology than psychologists.

KiraCutie:  Yes, and besides... every psychology student I ever met was a little bit crazy. How is a crazy person going to help other crazy people, anyway? (lol)

RichardsPause:  True, and very funny!  BTW, your English is much better than I thought.

KiraCutie:  Oh... I'm just so ashamed of my broken English (lol). My bosses want me to look pretty, but not talk very much during my show. In fact they want me to appear a little ditzy so I can get guys into private shows, and not chitchat all day for free. Well, a girl has to make a buck somehow. If ditzy is what they want, then that's what I'll give them.

RichardsPause:  Hmm... like they say, never forget to pick up your paycheck.

KiraCutie:  Look Richard, need to get back to my show but it's been fun chatting with a guy who has a brain. Make sure you come back to my chatroom. If it's slow, we might be able to do more private messaging.  xoxo, kira

RichardsPause:  Sure, I'll be back.

Stefania then closed the private message window. Frustrated that the private message session took so much time, Kira wasn't sure how much longer she could ignore the comments in the public chat-window; however she wisely continued with her pretense at typing. Eventually, Kira sent a secret message to Stefania in Russian: "What's going on? What am I supposed to be doing?"

Stefania quickly typed another secret message back to Kira: "This RichardsPause guy is interesting -- he's intelligent and well-read. But he might just be another broke bohemian on a budget. Let's see if he'll give us some money."

Kira responded. "He seems like a nice guy. Actually, I think I like him for some strange reason. What can I do to make him like me, and maybe come back to my chatroom?"

 

Stefania snickered insidiously and thought:  Sure... I know just what you can do to get him to come back.

 

She sent a new secret message to Kira: "Okay, now you'll do the first flash of your bo*bs. Like we discussed earlier, very carefully take off your bra and slowly fondle your breasts for a few minutes. It'll bring lots of new guys into the chatroom and make sure this RichardsPause guy will come back, again and again."

 

Kira sat forward on the sofa. While gently releasing the brassiere straps from her shoulders she brought her eyes to a heavy-lidded gaze and delivered her toothy smile. Her gracefully formed breasts became exposed as Kira slowly slid the brassiere to her waist. She then moved her head downward, and while gazing at her torso, she slowly brought her hands upward and began to gently fondle her breasts. After a while, and with a look of arousal, she made a pouty face towards the camera -- almost as if it was her lover's hands that were really doing the touching. Then Kira looked upward and slowly raised her hands still higher near her neck, and for another minute she let her inner forearms press gently against her breasts. Her eyes then returned to the camera, she made a little smirk, and quietly pronounced the word Richard.

Kira's intimate little vocal gesture was not lost on either Richard or Stefania. Richard smiled and was sure he heard her say his name. However Stefania was far from amused and felt a little twinge in her stomach. For a second she wondered if Kira's flirtatious little call had made her jealous. Nonsense, she thought.

Richard was fascinated that a woman as stunning as Kira could also share his interest in literature. He quickly opened up the interface's Tip Window and sent out a contribution to Kira for 100 tokens. It was the biggest tip he ever gave, and with that tip, he attached a text-note that said: "love ya."

In response to the display of Kira's breasts, the chat-window became flooded with amorous comments and the multiple lines of yellow text that announced new tip donations.

 

Since Richard needed to get ready for a conference call from his business clients, he logged off WorldsGreatCams.com and returned to his desk. And on the other side of the globe, Kira and Stefania continued with the first of many more cam shows that they would create together during the weeks to come.