I think what attracted me to read this first part was the whole 'tickle-MACHINE' aspect & the fact that it was '*/f'. Being that there are really no such things as 'tickle-machines' , this story's "title" promises something fantastic ... fantastic meaning out-of-the-ordinary. There are tons of stories that are m/f or f/f ( & those are all great , I LOVE them ) , but I think that when a story is */f , it gives the reader a chance to use their imagination a little more & ( pardon the pun ) tickle their fantasy ..... being that most people can relate to or at least put themselves in a m/f or f/f situation. I guess I'm attracted to the possibilities of machine-tickling or */f tickling more so than the "standard" m/f , f/f stuff.