Content Warning: Verde’s Doohickey 2.0: Sensational Summer Romp contains content that some readers might find disturbing, triggering, or uncomfortable. This includes sexually explicit activities, dubious consent, strong language, hateful language and slurs, and incestuous activities. Reader discretion is advised.
Verde’s Doohickey 2.0: Sensational Summer Romp
July 10th – Jade & Caroline’s Austrian Adventure Episode 2
Part 1: Jade & Caroline’s Hiking Adventure
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 10:53 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Location: Hallstatt, Austria
Three days into their vacation, Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) had ventured from their first destination in Salzburg to the heart of Austria, Hallstatt: a small tranquil tourist destination for people the world over. It was buried deep in the alps, but not so deep it was not widely accessible through public transportation. Its 19th century architecture, steep forested mountains, and expansive lake made it a truly idyllic locale, and a must-see on Caroline’s loose itinerary.
After rising early and eating a full breakfast, the duo of Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) had taken off to the mountains, hiking along a safe and curated trail that was surprisingly isolated. Jade(Caroline) was dressed in a blue tank top and khaki capris, her blonde hair tied into a ponytail, and hazy blue eyes blocked by a pair of sunglasses. Caroline(Jade) was sporting black shorts and a purple T-shirt, her shorter hair loose in the wind while her emerald eyes were similarly blocked by sunglasses. And both were wearing their travel backpacks, but with far reduced loads, causing them to feel positively light on their shoulders. Well, more so for Caroline(Jade) than the one with mom shoulders.
Seeing as how they are in Austria, they also adopted the policy of speaking German. Not because they needed to, but when in a foreign country, sometimes it’s just easier to switch over to that language as your main language.
Jade(Caroline): “[How’re you holding up, ‘Jade?’]”
Caroline(Jade): “[I’m… I’m still moving, I guess. And here I thought this was going to be ‘easy’ with an 18-year-old body.]”
Saying that, Caroline(Jade) wiped a layer of sweat from her forehead, the sun beating down on her dark hair.
Caroline(Jade): “[They said its normally cool this time of year, but I guess we weren’t lucky.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Are you sure you’re not thinking of when we were planning on going here in Spring?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Oh, right. I probably am. Ha… We sure don’t have any place like this in Oransen, huh?]”
As Caroline(Jade) said that, she looked up at the imposing mountains they were surrounded by, covered in greenery, standing hundreds of meters tall, true feats of nature, yet it was nature people had come to coexist within. Houses were built into the base and face of the mountain, pathways spun through them, and beneath the mountain there was a freshwater lake that shimmered in the morning sunlight. Sure, it was a damn puddle compared to Lake Michigan, but there was no comparison between the beauty of the mountains to the flatness of the prairie state.
Jade(Caroline): “[That’s true. The beauty, the air, and the quietness. It’s like stepping into a different world. Hell, considering it’s my first time out of the ‘we’re in a different’ country, it feels like that.]”
While they had gotten pretty good working within Kayfabe Substitution Mode, but it still got the better of them at times.
Caroline(Jade): “[I know. Sights like this almost make me want to move away from Oransen to someplace more scenic, like the Rockies, probably Colorado in particular.]”
While Caroline had never been to Colorado, Jade had, and she didn’t have the best memories of that state. It is where she woke up during the Scenario The Malice of Abigale Quinlan. It was the state where she learned someone stole her body and used it to kill over a hundred students at Oransen High. It was where she was attacked by not one but two people, and where she was left stranded in the wilderness during a blizzard, where she was attacked by a bear. Where she had to sit with the fact that she was not only not herself, but she was not even a human anymore. And, worst of all, it’s where she was constantly berated and abused by Peatrice.
Jade(Caroline): “[There’s no chance in hell I’m going to Colorado.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Huh? Why do you feel so strongly about that? What did Colorado ever do to you? It’s not some backwoods state like South Carolina or—]”
Jade(Caroline): “[The Malice incident.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[…Oh! That completely slipped my mind. Are you okay with—]”
Jade(Caroline): “[I’m fine, that’s just… not a very good memory for me. Let’s forget it and move on.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[I… I will do that, ‘Mother.’ Let’s finish this vacation before we even consider the next one… In fact, let’s take a break before we get much further.]”
After a stretch of sunny dirt walkways, the pair reached a shady stone landing with a scattering of benches. It was not quite a rest stop, but a clear halfway point for this moderate hike, making this the perfect time and place to take a load off. Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) shared a bench, pulling off their backpacks and grabbing their steel water bottles, downing a quarter of them, knowing they have extra in their bags.
Jade(Caroline): “[You know, I was hoping that this would be a bit easier, considering how ‘I’ try to work out every day, and had such a regimented routine for all those years. Plus, with all of these body swaps ‘summer shenanigans,’ I figured we would have gotten some better stamina.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[I don’t think it’s that surprising. We’re doing something neither of us have tried all too much, we’ve been hiking for nearly an hour, and unless you’re used to it or do things that are more intense, you’re going to get exhausted, fast. …I’m wishing that ‘I’ put in a bit more effort in Strength and Conditioning right now. I know that you were ‘I was’ never a top athlete, but ‘I’ used to have some muscles before that… change.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Y-Yeah, it was hard for you to focus as much on working out after that, I guess. You had to go down from the 8 kilogram weights to the 5 kilogram ones in class, and had more on your mind than getting stronger.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Yeah… and now we know the answer on how to get stronger after what Verde did to Maxxie.]”
What she “did” to Maxxie was send her to another realm, perhaps another dimension, and then had her work out for days on end. Jade(Caroline) still couldn’t believe that’s what Verde decided to do. She was used to the impossible at this point, but that just seemed petty after what Urabe did to Nazz.
Jade(Caroline): “[W-We shouldn’t ask Verde to solve all of your problems.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[I know, but I ‘you’ would like to avoid spending thirty minutes a day working out.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[There’s… a point where improving the quality of life for something stops being additive.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[I know. I just wish that I was a man again ‘was more athletic’ at times like these…]”
Seeing as how they still had a lot more trail to go up, and eventually down, the two grabbed some granola bars from their backpacks for a quick burst of energy and resumed their hike.
After just shy of an hour of hiking through stone and dirt trails, Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) reached the top of the mountain. It was a forested area without a proper rest stop that featured a sturdy wooden observation deck, granting them an impeccable view of the mountain they had just climbed, and the valley Hallstatt called home. The sun cast everything in a clear, even lighting, with only a scant view clouds in the sky. The trees, enormous in their stature, shrunk as their eyes wander, yet never failed to cover every mountain. And though it was faint, obscured by a faint mist, they could see the sun reflecting off the lake. Which now actually looked like a puddle compared to Lake Michigan.
The two spent a minute basking in this sight and, in a sense, it made the whole trip worth it.
If they were of a prior era, they would simply catalog this sight into their minds, but role-playing as a member of the smartphone generation, Caroline(Jade) felt compelled to capture it with her phone. She pulled it out of her backpack, flipped it on its side, and took a few landscape pictures, before looking at Jade(Caroline).
Caroline(Jade): “[I think it’s time for the first ‘selfie’ of the trip.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Really, is that the name people are seriously going with? …I guess it’s at least easy to say. C’mon, let’s take our photo, ‘Jade.’]”
While fatigue riddled her words, Jade(Caroline) was quick to pose alongside her mother-turned-daughter and adopted her usual smile. Caroline(Jade) did the same, stretching her arm out as far as she could before taking half a dozen photos in rapid succession. Turning around her phone, she showed Jade(Caroline) some pretty decent shots of themselves, clearly phone camera photos, but they were good enough for a family scrapbook and sending to Telegram. Swiping over to the right app, she posted it to the group, but given the time zone difference, they were all asleep.
…And that’s when it hit her.
Caroline(Jade): “[Ah, crap! I’ve barely taken any photos of our trip so far!]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Oh yeah. I sometimes forget that’s something people typically do.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Same here. …Let me take a couple pictures of the mountain top while we’re here. Just to make it worthwhile.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Sure. You look around, and I’ll do the same. …Uh, as a teen, you’d probably like for dear old mom to get out of your hair for a while anyway.]”
Caroline(Jade) could not help but roll her eyes at how forced that line was.
Caroline(Jade): “[Oh, Mother.]”
Despite what she said, Jade(Caroline) took some time to stretch before heading out while Caroline(Jade) was snapping a picture every few seconds. The top of this mountain was just as forested as the sides, lined with trees, uneven dirt, weeds, and stray stones. These little details captured her eye more than the broader canvas that surrounded her on all sides, and she persisted, snapping away as she rode the adrenaline high of reaching the top of the mountain. However, Caroline(Jade) thoroughly enjoyed the activity— playing around with a camera without really needing to worry about storage or how many rolls she had left on her camera.
After exploring about half the mountain top, which was not saying much, Caroline(Jade) switched from her camera app to her photos app, viewing the dozens of images she took. They ran the gamut from pretty good to a blurry mess, yet there was one that stood out to her. A recent photo she took that looked… corrupted. The image was distorted, desaturated, and looked like it had to be the result of either a software glitch or hardware defect. Curious, she tried taking a few other photos of her surroundings, and noticed similar artifacts when photographing to the south specifically.
Her interest piqued by this technological anomaly, she switched her camera from photos to video to see if the error would persist, and… it did. With her phone in the corner of her vision, functioning as a radar of sorts, she searched the dense forestry around her, looking for whatever could be causing this defect.
Caroline(Jade): “[What is this? Is there some sort of magnetic rock or something causing a technical disturbance? How would that even get up here?]”
She continued through the trees, the distortion growing with nearly every step, eventually overwhelming the image of her camera. Out of caution, she turned her phone off, not wanting to somehow fry it while on vacation like this, and trusted her eyes to find the source of this disturbance. She looked at the ground for anything abnormal, up the trees for any sort of technological jammer that someone might have put up here for reasons beyond comprehension. Yet what she found was… far from what she could have so much as imagined.
It was a dark object bearing the clear shape of a rhombus. One that was nearly two meters and tall, floated 30 centimeters off the ground, and seemed to defy the rules of light, if not physics overall. Whereas most objects emitted or reflected light, this one appeared to be emitting… darkness. This dark glow did not go particularly far, but that did not make this thing any less foreboding. What was it? Why was it here in the middle of the woods? How was it doing these things? And… what was this feeling of dread that struck Caroline(Jade) as she stared at it?
This thing, this void— this rift in reality… it looked to not be of the natural world, nor did it look like a product of humankind. It looked like a glitch in reality itself— a thing that should not exist. …Yet it was precisely that reason why Caroline(Jade) looked at it with a sense of awe. The wiser parts of her mind screamed at her to leave, to run away, and to report her findings to Verde. This is NOT what she was here for.
She might have done that, just run away. But as she contemplated her decision, she heard something almost as strange as the sight before her. It came from this rhombus-shaped void in reality, and it sounded like… her. Her real self. But not now. It sounded like it was recorded when she was a teenager, but a bit… different. She tried to piece together why, but the sound was distorted, as if it was coming from a cassette tape recording, played far away.
Caroline???: “What was that? It smells familiar, but geez it packs a wallop! Raiyne, what are you doing out here with your uncle and a… floating white ball?”
The words confused her, yet she found them to serve a compelling mystery. Was this a recording from when she was a child? How was that here? Why was it here? Questions compounded in a predictable manner. She drew closer to this tear and as she did so, she heard Raiyne’s voice, once again sounding like a teenager.
Raiyne???: “Well, you see, that was—”
But how was that possible? As far as Caroline(Jade) knew, Raiyne was staying as Reyn for the majority of his life. If Reyn is currently Reyn, then it should be impossible for anyone to have access to any historical records of Reyn as Raiyne. This was becoming a mystery that she had to investigate.
Caroline???: “You said we’d meet on Tuesdays, but no! You had to go out and do something at seven in the morning! You don’t even answer my messages, what are you doing all the time?”
This sounded out of character, yet that was all the more reason for Caroline(Jade) to walk forward, inching closer to the void before her. As she did so, she noticed that it rhombus shape did not seem to alter no matter what angle she looked at it. It was as if it was a 2D object without any depth, always seen as a perfect rhombus, no matter the angle.
Raiyne???: “It’s, erm, well.”
Caroline???: “There was cheese over my carpeting, hot cheese! And it sunk in because I didn’t know how to clean it!”
…Caroline(Jade) did not remember anything that was said up to this point, but she definitely did not ever get hot cheese into any type of carpeting. …Even if she did enjoy her dairy.
Raiyne???: “Caroline… I’ve been hunting monsters!”
As that final line from Raiyne pierced her ears, Caroline(Jade) stuck her hand out into the dark rift. It did not hurt. It did not feel like anything, really. She had one final chance to flee, one last chance to not draw closer to this preternatural object, yet… she did not take it. Instead, she stepped forward into the unknown, and found herself… elsewhere.
It was not the Austrian mountaintop she was traversing, but it was still a forest. Just a… different one. One coated in 16 centimeters of snow, with more falling down at a gradual pace. Something about the pine trees surrounding her on all sides seemed familiar, as did their scent, yet with a different nose, that very well could have been a fluke or coincidence.
She looked around, spinning, trying to get a grasp on where she was, and on her second rotation, she found something that stood out amidst the snow and greenery. It was an animal. A fox. Just… a fox unlike any other she had ever seen. It was a fox with a pelt as white as snow, eyes a blinding cyan, its whiskers and legs were magenta, while its underbelly, ears, and the tips of its tail were all a bright yellow. Clearly unnatural, yet something about it struck her as familiar.
She knew she had seen this creature somewhere before, yet she could not recall where.
She did not think this creature was a physical threat, yet she was afraid of it.
Caroline(Jade): “W-What are you? Where am I?”
She reflexively switched back to English after hearing it just moments ago, yet the fox… seemed to dislike that. The fox shifted from a sitting position to one more aggressive, it opened its mouth to reveal a blackened hole and, without any warning, it pounced at Caroline(Jade). She panicked as this usually passive animal attacked her, holding up her arms and shutting her eyes out of fear. Time slowed as she waited, the howl of this fox seemed to echo throughout her ears, and as the far-too-long seconds continued without interruption, she opened her eyes again.
She saw green, she saw dirt, and she did not see a speck of snow. Caroline(Jade) recognized where she was, and it was the Austrian mountaintop she was at a mere minute ago. Seemingly in the same place as she was when she walked through the dark rhombus. Looking down at her arms, she did not see any wounds. Her T-shirt and shorts were as they were, a bit sweaty but not stinky. Turning on her phone, she found that it was fine, and still displayed Jade’s face in her camera. It looked like four minutes passed since she took her last photo.
Caroline(Jade): “Was… Was I just hallucinating or something? …Maybe I was pushing Jade’s ‘my’ body too far. Right, there’s no way I could have stepped into a portal, met a weirdly colored fox, and just wound up back here. I’m probably just winded after that hike. I’m in a different country, a different body ‘time zone,’ doing something physically demanding. I… I should just find Caroline and head back to town.”
Jade(Caroline): “[Ah, there you are!]”
Before she could have more than a moment to herself, Caroline(Jade) turned around to see Jade(Caroline) casually walking to her, smiling and waving an arm.
Caroline(Jade): “Oh hey— [‘Caroline.’ Sorry about that, I got a little lost.]“
Jade(Caroline): “[Aw, did my precious ‘daughter’ almost get lost in the woods? No worries, ‘mommy’ is here to save you.]”
From her tone, it was clear that Jade(Caroline) was playing up the situation, trying to tease Caroline(Jade) in a way mothers wanton do, and even capping it off with a hug. It was odd for Caroline(Jade) to hug herself in general, but in a taller body and feeling her own boobs press against her chest never felt normal. Still, she returned the hug, enjoying this moment together with her daughter, as bizarre as it may be. Then, like with all hugs, their embrace ended, and the two’s eyes landed on the hiking trail they took to get up here.
Jade(Caroline): “[It’s a shame they don’t have a cable car or zipline we can take down from this mountain…]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Ditto. But after that ‘rest,’ I think I have it in me to walk down a mountain.]”
With no further attractions, and no other travelers at the mountaintop for them to dawdle among, the pair of Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) carried out the other end of their hike. Fortunately for them, it was largely uneventful. An easygoing walk all things considered, enjoying the same nature the other way they came up, and even passing by a few people who were too busy with their group to pay anyone else much mind.
The only event of note came when they returned to the halfway mark, where the benches were uninhabited… except for one. A red fox was laying on its belly, calmly staring at the trail. Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) admired them it afar, looking without getting any closer, while remarking how few animals they had seen during their initial hike. It was then that the fox leapt forward, blocking the trail before the mother and daughter and letting out a squeaking noise from its mouth.
Jade(Caroline): “[…Huh. I have heard of dogs that accost tourists for food, but not foxes.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[And most of those seem to be in more urban areas. Surely this fox would rather have a wild shrew or—]”
Fox: “Myraaah~!“
Jade(Caroline): “[I know we’re not supposed to feed the animals, but we did grab that jerky in Salzburg… Could you grab a piece and—]”
Before Jade(Caroline) could finish asking, her mother took the initiative and produced the jerky bag from her backpack. Caroline(Jade) grabbed a single piece, put the bag away, and crouched before the fox, dangling a piece of jerky near it.
Caroline(Jade): “[Hi, little fox. Do you want some jerky?]”
The fox did not need any further convincing. It grabbed the jerky and fled the scene in a single motion, rushing into the bushes and away from prying eyes.
Caroline(Jade): “[Huh. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I was expecting something more.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[What… What do you mean by that?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Oh, uh, nothing. It’s just not every day that a fox comes up to you like that. I thought they would maybe let us pet them. Anyway, let’s keep going. We’ve got appointments to keep.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[That we do…]”
Part of Caroline(Jade) felt that she should confess what happened, but the more she played back the experience in her mind, the less real it all felt. Like it had to be some sort of hallucination. After all, Verde was just here to give them a body swapping adventure, and she knew Verde. Subtlety was not her style.
Part 2: Jade & Caroline’s Lakeside Adventure
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 13:22 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Location: Hallstatt, Austria
After returning from their hike, Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) immediately made their way to one of the nearby restaurants loitered about, a modestly busy outdoor establishment located just next to the lake. The pair ordered their food— grilled local reinanke and parsley potatoes for Jade(Caroline) while Caroline(Jade) had grilled trout and fries— and chatted as they ate. They continued speaking German as the tourists around them spoke English, hoping that they would not get any unwanted attention from prodding travelers.
Their conversation went in a wild array of directions as they munched away their meal, casually looking out at the water in front of them, before happening on a rather pertinent topic. A topic that, somehow, skirted around their limited language.
Caroline(Jade): “[There is merit to exercise in and of itself, in training and becoming comfortable with one’s body. However, if people could— hypothetically— pay someone to pilot their body and do the exercise for them, I think there would be a market for that. I know that a lot of people struggle with exercise because it involves effort, going to a place, and doing things you don’t want to do. But if a professional ‘exerciser’ could exercise for them for an hour while they watch a TV show, read a book, or play a game, that could be a billion-dollar industry.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[I already said I agreed with you, ‘Jade.’ I just don’t think it would work out the way you imagine. The legal liabilities, risk of injury, and cost of paying, what, thirty-five dollars for an hour of exercise, would price a lot of people out. Besides, exercising in a wide array of bodies is bound to be a skill in and of itself, as every body is different, as we are very much aware ‘obviously.’ …This censoring mechanism ‘tick of mine’ has a mind of its own.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[…How did it take me so long to realize that— in this hypothetical scenario where body swapping was real— rich people would just buy young and healthy bodies for themselves?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[You ‘just’ realized that? Of course widespread body swapping would result in rich people living forever, swapping into young healthy bodies every few years to keep up their image and health. Meanwhile, old, sick, and disabled bodies would be offloaded onto the poor. Probably through force.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[…Well, good thing body swapping’s not real then, eh?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Ugh… I swear, you’ve been getting more ‘juvenile’ every passing day…]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Hey! I gotta enjoy my youth while I have it, don’t I?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[I suppose…]”
After picking the final bit of flesh from her reinanke, Jade(Caroline) waved to a cute waiter to provide them with a bill and promptly paid it, leaving behind an American sized tip for good measure. The two then left the establishment behind, walking along the lake as they stared at a large dock with a tour boat departing.
Caroline(Jade): “[We still have an hour before our boat tour begins, don’t we?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Uh, let me check our tickets… yeah, it starts at 14:40.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[So, my marvelous mother, how shall we spend our time until then?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[You’re throwing it back to me?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Yes. You’re the adult after all.]”
She knew that she was being a bit of a brat, but after a good hike and a good meal, Caroline(Jade) felt the need to milk their current dynamic just a little.
Jade(Caroline): “[Well, they have a lot of neat attractions and shops here. …And we have that allowance to spend.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Sounds good to me!]”
Hopping into the first store they could find, Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) found themselves in the middle of a knickknack shop. A shop that was clearly catering to the frequent tourists Hallstatt received with all manner of branded merch: T-shirts, placards, postcards, and various collectibles style tat. There were general gift shop staples that mostly targeted kids, like small toys and stuffed animals. But there were also a few locally made crafts and even small paintings locked behind glass. Some had price tags exceeding a hundred Euro.
Jade(Caroline), having been primed to be the adult in their relationship, looked at this stuff with a pragmatic eye, thinking about what she would actually want and how it could fit in her suitcase. Caroline(Jade), embracing her inner child, was enjoying the sights for what they were, trying to see everything this shop had to offer… only to stop when she saw something unusual.
There was a dozen 15 centimeter tall fox plushies lining one shelf. They were nothing too special, the sort of thing that could be found anywhere, yet was a pain to track down if you were looking for a specific design. However, there was an anomaly among these plushies. In the sea of orange, there was a speck of white. Caroline(Jade) moved the foxes aside to get a better look at this, and found there was a white fox plushie pushed all the way in the back.
She thought back to that hallucination she had, and this fox plush looked to match its color scheme. It had a snow-white body, cyan eyes, magenta whiskers, yellow ears, and the tip of its tail was yellow. Everything about its design matched its normally colored company, making it look like the result of some factory error, where the wrong colors of fabric were used. It happened from time to time, yet finding one with discolorations this pronounced in the wild was remarkable.
Maybe it was part of a special promotion? …No, those only worked if they were in blind bags.
Feeling like she had to take this, Caroline(Jade) grabbed the small white fox plush and held it in her hands, feeling its soft fabric and giving it a small squeeze. It was a quality plush, and with the price tag for the shop only showing 12 Euro, it seemed like a reasonable purchase.
Jade(Caroline): “[Hey M— Jade, what do you have there?]”
Caroline(Jade) flinched as she heard her daughter, having almost forgotten she wasn’t here alone.
Caroline(Jade): “[Oh, well, I just thought that this fox doll looked really nice. I know you were ‘I was’ never into them, but… I feel like I should change that, starting with just one.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Uh… so, is this something that you-you want, or—]”
Caroline(Jade): “[We’ll decide that once our vacation is over.]”
Shrugging, Jade(Caroline) accepted her mother’s purchase and walked over to the register, going empty-handed herself.
Caroline(Jade): “[You’re not getting anything?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[With everything that’s happened over the past few months, I’m not exactly feeling all too ‘materialistic.’ For… a lot of reasons.]”
From the way she redesigned her room a while back to her transformation to all of this body swapping, it made sense that Jade was not much of a stuff person. Plus with Reyn moving in, the risk of stuff overflow was real. Still, this did not dissuade Caroline(Jade), who plopped the plush on the counter where the lone young woman running the shop was idly standing by. She was short, a bit pudgy, yet had a winning smile as she greeted the pair and saw the plush they grabbed… only for her expression to twist.
Shop Attendant: “[Hmm… I don’t remember having any ‘white’ foxes. Where did you find this?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Oh, I just found it with the other fox plushies. I thought it looked special, so I grabbed it.]”
Shop Attendant: “[That’s weird, I just did inventory yesterday and I don’t recall seeing any weirdly colored plushies. Ah well, that just makes it special.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Yeah, it’s like… it’s like finding a shiny Pokémon.]”
Hearing that comment made the shop attendant’s eyes light up, as if something buried deep in her brain was activated. Her pleasant smile grew twice its size and she immediately stopped processing the transaction.
Shop Attendant: “[Omigosh, you’re so right! I just ‘love’ shiny Pokémon~! How about you, are you a fellow shiny hunter?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[…Shiny hunter?]”
Shop Attendant: “[Yeah! I only got into it when I got Pokémon Y, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Been trying to go for all my favorites as shinies, and just nabbed myself the shiny charm! Oh, wait! You… wouldn’t happen to have your 3DS with you? Let’s add each other as friends, I have enough room in my Friend Safari, and I could always use more English Pokémon for breeding.]”
While she had technically played through the original Pokémon games during her cabin trip, and knew a thing or three about Pokémon from raising Jade, Caroline(Jade) was very confused by this woman.
Jade(Caroline): “[I, uh, think you put your 3DS in your backpack. For StreetPass coins.]”
Shop Attendant: “[Like, word! Get her out and let’s swap our stuff! In fact, I’ve got a little present for you if you give me something cool to trade. Just not a ‘Purmel’ or something. …Wait, no, that’d be perfect, I don’t have a full Vivillon set yet! Where are you from exactly?]”
Rather than respond right away, Caroline(Jade) looked at Jade(Caroline) as she continued to look around the shop, flipping through a book. Caroline(Jade) sighed, accepting that she was alone in entertaining this random Pokémaniac if she wanted to leave this shop.
Part 3: Caroline’s Boat Adventure
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 15:11 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Location: Hallstatt, Austria
Following their shopping foray, Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) made their way to their next highlight for the day, a boat trip through the lake surrounding Hallstatt. The water was calm and temperate. The view was immaculate, with a photo worthy sight available every minute. While the wind was just right, bringing in a coolness that balanced out the heat from the sun overhead, strong enough to be notable, yet mild enough to not be a nuisance. Sure, the engine of this boat, large enough to comfortably carry 40 passengers, was on the louder side of things. Yet that was balanced out by how the crowds were full of nothing but smiles as they went across the entire lake on this nice boat.
As the boat strayed further from the dock, the passengers began to disperse. With plenty of excess space and plenty of sights to see, there was no reason to stay seated, and they naturally gravitated into groups. One side was full of younger people: eens, college students, and twentysomethings. While the thirty to seventy-year-olds gravitated to another. This was from any formal decree, but from the youngsters wanting their own privacy. Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) were no exceptions, the two staying in their appropriate age groups, if only to give themselves some appreciated away time.
Drifting towards the back— stern if you want to be a pedant— Caroline(Jade) came across what more or less looked like a bunch of college students. They were chatting, leaning against whatever, safety be damned, and pulling out their phones, taking panoramic photos of the sights or themselves. Honestly, it was hard to tell the difference. She knew she was an outsider from these kids, in more ways than one, yet Caroline(Jade) looked down at herself, at her reflection in a conveniently placed window. She reassured herself, walking forward and looking for an “in,” choosing to complement a trendy-looking gal, dressed fashionably yet casually, with a breezy skirt, curly brown hair, glasses on her face, and rosy cheeks. The girl was taking photos of the lake, applying filters to her photo before posting it to her socials.
Caroline(Jade): “[Wow, nice shot there.]”
Trendy Austrian Gal: “[Thanks. I’m not much of a photographer, but with a view like this, even amateurs can make something decent.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Yeah, totally.]”
The trendy girl paused after Caroline(Jade) spoke, staring at her face as if she somehow recognized her, before asking a question.
Trendy Austrian Gal: “[You don’t sound like you’re from Austria. Or even Germany.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Ah, so much for that. I’m actually from America. Chicago, basically. My name’s Jade.]”
Rather than just nod along, the Austrian girl looked at Caroline(Jade) like said she came from the moon.
Trendy Austrian Gal: “[I’m Lia and… I don’t think I’ve ever run into an American who spoke decent German. Most don’t even bother and speak English wherever they go.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Ehehe… sorry for shattering your worldview, but ‘some’ of us do learn foreign languages.]”
As she said that, a mildly devilish idea blossomed in Caroline(Jade)’s head.
Caroline(Jade): “[I’m actually a bit of a wizz when it comes to foreign languages.] [Not only can I speak German, but I also know Spanish pretty well.] [I have recently started learning French, and can speak enough to get by.] [I am positively fluent when it comes to speaking Japanese.] [The same is true for Chinese, which is very useful when travelling to all sorts of places.] [I think you get the idea, but just to show off, I can also speak Indonesian.] And that’s not even all of them!”
Lia looked like she just saw a witch turn a stone into a rabbit that turned into a fish. She has no idea what half of what Caroline(Jade) had said, but rather than decry her as a weirdo, she was grabbed her hand.
Lia: “[Okay, ‘crazy girl,’ you have just ‘got’ to meet my friends.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Crazy? What’s crazy about being able to speak ten languages?]”
Lia: “[Everything!]”
Before Caroline(Jade) could get away, the trendy gal dragged her to a group of what looked to be her friends. Two boys and a girl, just lounging around and enjoying the boat ride. They looked at Lia as she brought her new “friend” and promptly introduced her.
The first guy looked shifty. A Red Sox cap on his head, average height, and of a shape where it wasn’t clear if he had muscle or was letting himself go. He looked find physically, but the look on his face made it easy to register him as a shit-stirrer.
The second guy was rather handsome. Tall, strong, and looking like the sort of man society would want to platform as an ideal. With his sunglasses, tight shirt, and casual shorts, he looked like he thought he was hot shit.
While the woman was tall, blonde, and looking rather Stoic. Not vain, more like she had seen a lot in her years and was above any and all bullshit.
Lia: “[Hey guys! I want to introduce you to my new friend. Her name’s Jade, she’s from America, and she says she can speak ten languages!]”
Austrian Guy 1: “[The hell are you talking about?]”
Austrian Guy 2: “[Yeah right. You prolly just fell for some cheap trick. Typical airhead…]”
Caroline(Jade): “[H-Hey, just because I am good at speaking languages doesn’t mean that’s how I want you to be introduced.]”
Lia giggled at the tension arising in her friend group, while the second guy stepped away from the railing to give Caroline(Jade) a proper greeting.
Austrian Guy 2: “[Hi there, my name’s Josef. A pleasure to meet you.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[L-Likewise.]”
Before a second set of pleasantries could be exchanged, the tall blonde girl stepped away from the boat’s railing, staring at Caroline(Jade) like she was sizing her up.
Tall Blonde Gal: “[Hey, Jade. My name’s Emma. What brings you across the pond?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Oh, I’m just here on vacation with my mother. I’m about to start college in the fall, and she wanted to have one last summer getaway with me.]”
Austrian Guy 1: “[Oh, so you’re a bit of a mommy’s girl, ain’tcha?]”
Emma did not waste a second before chiding the guy in the Red Sox hat.
Emma: “[Theo, shut up! …I’m sorry about him. Why Austria in particular?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[W-Well, it was planned to be part of a larger European trip a while back, but we had to change plans, and never came here, stopping once we hit Germany.]”
Lia: “[Aw, you missed the best part then! Germany’s pretty cool, but Austria is where the heart it. Especially back in Vienna.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[That’s our last planned stop.]”
Josef: “[A shame you’re strapped to your mother though. Vienna is a place where people like us can grab life by the balls and party, hard.]”
Emma: “[Josef, puh-lease. Let the girl enjoy the ‘wholesome’ side of our country, alright?]”
Josef: “[Fine, fine. …So, where in America are you from?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Uh, let’s just say Chicago.]”
Theo: “[Chicago? That’s where the Sox are from, right?]”
The shifty looking guy then pointed at his hat like he just made a poignant point.
Jade(Caroline): “[Wrong Sox, hate to say. White Sox are in Chicago, Red Sox are in Boston.]”
Theo then took off his had and looked at the small print on its back, as if he was trying to find evidence that Caroline(Jade) was wrong. Really, all he did was expose his thinning hairline.
Lia: “[So, you got any ‘plans’ for tonight? Or are you just going to keep studying your languages or whatever?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Why? Are you inviting me to something?]”
Emma: “[Yeah, she wants to know if you’d like to go clubbing.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[Clubbing? …Oh, like a nightclub? Well, that’s not my sort of thing, but maybe if I can convince my mother, that would be…]”
Josef: “[Eh, perhaps. She speaks her German well, but it can be a lot to take in, especially for your first time.]”
Theo: “[Man, how are you going to ask a girl like this out to a club? How old is she anyways? 16? Throw her in a club, and she’d just be pedo bait.]”
Caroline(Jade) clenched her fist at that remark, ready to smack this bastard right off of the boat for that. Fortunately, Emma moved faster than Caroline(Jade) could and smacked Theo so hard his hat fell off.
Theo: “[Bitch! What was that for?]”
Emma: “[For being a dumbass!]”
Josef: “[Heh. Gotta say, you deserved it, dude.]”
Seeing how angry she was, Emma and Lia pushed Caroline(Jade) away from their male “friends” and to a more secluded area.
Lia: “[Omigosh, I’m SO sorry about that! Theo’s been on some shit lately, and I totally don’t know why!]”
Emma: “[It’s ‘cos he got dumped before we went on a holiday, and he’s too immature to know how to handle his emotions. He’s always been like this, but he needs to grow up.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[It’s okay… well, it’s not ‘okay,’ but I guess guys like that crop up in every country. And I have no tolerance for disrespectful mediocre men like that who believe they can boss around and insult women they just met.]”
Caroline’s mind flashed back to her relationship with Bryce. The pain he inflicted on her, the demeaning comments he made, and how she molded her body in order to appease him. She looked down at herself, at Jade’s body. While it was not as eye-catching as hers was when she was a teenager, it was her daughter’s body, she was cute, and Caroline would not allow some punk to insult it.
Lia: “[Yo! That’s a good one. ‘Mediocre men!’ Girl, there are ‘so many’ mediocre men out there!]”
Emma: “[You’re right, Lia. So many think they deserve unconditional love, when they don’t even love themselves to wash their own asses.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[You can say that again. I know there are good men out there, but…]”
Lia: “[It takes way too much work to find one of the good ones. Yet we need to give 100% every day!]”
Emma: “[You can say that again. I bet most guys couldn’t last a week as an average girl.]”
Lia: “[Totes! And any girl could do a month as a guy, no problem, don’tcha agree, Jade?]”
“How do topics like this keep finding their way into my life?” Caroline(Jade) thought to herself. She knew that she had to just agree with them to earn their favor and move onto another topic, but before she did, she felt Emma poking at her face.
Emma: “[Hmm… you’re not wearing makeup, are you, Jade?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[I, uh, got back from a hike this morning, and didn’t feel the need to wear it. Besides, I’m on vacation, so…]”
Lia: “[Oh! Going all natural? I can respect that.]”
Emma: “[Same here, but, well—]”
Lia: “[Believe it or not, Emma’s actually a beautician in training.]”
Caroline(Jade) paused as she was given that information and looked at Emma again. She now noticed the light eye shadow she had applied, the modest red coating her lips, how even her complexion was, and how straight and well maintained her natural blonde hair was. She did not look like someone who would be interested in this sort of thing, especially with her reserved resting expression.
Emma: “[Ah, guilty as charged, and my inner love of beauty fills me with this incessant need to enhance whatever canvas is presented before me, through consent or otherwise. Much to my little ‘boy-Toby’s’ dismay…]”
Her flowery language mixed with her dry delivery made Caroline(Jade) freeze up, unsure as to how to react. So, she just stayed there as Emma criticized Jade’s face, but in a pointed constructed way. Highlighting how her curly brown hair would lose some of its puffiness if she grew it out, giving her a more refined, mature, look. How she should use this or that makeup brand, most of which Caroline(Jade) had never heard of, being local brands. She even threw out fashion recommendations, only stopping when Caroline(Jade) finally mustered up the conviction to speak up.
Caroline(Jade): “[I have a full wardrobe back home! I’m just dressing casually for vacation.]”
Emma: “[O-Oh. …I think I did it again, didn’t I?]”
Lia: “[Geek out about how to enhance one’s look? You sure did!]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Y-Yeah, and it was a bit much, being unprovoked and all. B-Besides, I’m comfortable with how I look, and am not in a need to change it—]”
Emma: “[No, I ‘cannot’ accept that.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[W-What?]”
Lia: “[Yeah, same here, Jade. You’re too young to just settle into a style. Wait until you find yourself one of the good men and become a mom. That’s when you settle in and get comfy. For now, you gotta experiment away, ‘cos you’re only young once!]”
Oh, the ways Caroline(Jade) could respond to that if the VD 2.0 would let her…
Emma: “[Tell you what, add us on your socials, and we can help you refine your style once you get back to America. Deal?]”
She knew she was already in deeper than she should be, but what choice did she have now but to accept?
Caroline(Jade): “[…Deal.]”
While a random run-in with these college kids was not her ideal vacation experience, after going through all of this, she couldn’t say she didn’t feel like a kid again.
Part 4: Jade’s Boat Adventure
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 15:23 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Location: Hallstatt, Austria
While Caroline(Jade) was getting acclimated with her younger side on this boat trip, Jade(Caroline) was in the front, around the older people, from ages 30 and beyond. While she was still young within that range, being around these people sure made her feel older by proximity. There was no mistaking her for being much younger, especially when in her hiking clothes, sunglasses on her forehead, and blonde hair still tucked in a ponytail. She simply looked like a woman who was vacationing alone, and to any observer, she was, sitting by herself and staring out at the lake, the trees, and the mountains in the distance. No phone or anything, just leaning back and existing in this place, filling her mind with this imagery.
…At least until someone sat down next to her and spoke English.
???: “Hey, is this seat taken?”
Turning around, Jade(Caroline) saw a Hispanic man with a beard, dressed like a true vacationer with his dad shorts and loose button-up short-sleeve shirt. Next to him was a White woman with scarlet red hair, wearing a pair of tinted glasses, dressed in a light green dress with a white jacket over it. Both looked to be in their early thirties, still new to this whole adult thing, and before even looking at their hands, Jade(Caroline) could tell they were newlyweds. They just had that certain look.
Jade(Caroline): “[Sure, help yourself.]”
The two promptly plopped their butts and bags next to Jade(Caroline) and spent not three seconds looking at the scenery before starting to socialize.
Hispanic Man: “I don’t mean to pry, but you don’t look like a local. Are you from America?”
Jade(Caroline): “…Is it really that obvious?”
Jade(Caroline) could not help but feel a bit slighted by that comment. Sure, Caroline’s body was half German and half Polish, a typical Chicagoland mix, but she thought she blended in with the locals pretty well.
Scarlet-Haired Woman: “No, no, Ryan here just has a knack for this sort of thing. It’s like he can see what region people are from.”
Ryan: “Plus, you have an American accent, even while speaking German.”
The redhead then reached over her husband to give Jade(Caroline) a handshake. It seemed like a curious thing for thirtysomething women to do with each other, but she did not question it.
Scarlet-Haired Woman: “My name’s Gaia, what’s yours?”
Jade(Caroline): “Uh, Jade ‘Caroline.'”
She chided herself for making that misstep, but months-old habits die hard. In response, she took a breath to steel herself, to avoid further automated corrections.
Ryan: “Caroline, that’s a lovely name. So what brings you to Austria?”
Jade(Caroline): “I’m on vacation with my daughter.”
Gaia: “Oh, really? …Is she back on land with your husband?”
Jade(Caroline): “No, no, I’m… I’m divorced, and my daughter’s on this boat, in the back.”
Ryan and Gaia stared at each other as they heard those words, concern dripping from their voices as they spoke.
Ryan: “You sure that’s the best idea? Leaving her unsupervised like that?”
Gaia: “Yeah, it’s one thing to leave them alone in a controlled space, but what if she falls overboard?”
Jade(Caroline): “I don’t think that’s a concern. She’s responsible and about to start her first year of university in the—”
Ryan: “Wait, what? How does that…”
Gaia: “Your daughter is not abnormally gifted or—”
Jade(Caroline): “She’s 18. …And to save you the trouble, I’m 34-years-old.”
Once again, Ryan and Gaia turned to look at each other, the gears in their mind turning as they did the addition and subtraction needed to make sense of the reality before them.
Gaia: “I’m sorry, but there’s no way you’re 34-years-old and have an 18-year-old.”
Jade(Caroline): “I’m afraid that’s the truth, more or less ‘on both fronts.'”
At this point, Jade(Caroline) was more surprised than upset whenever the Kayfabe Substitution Mode activated.
Ryan: “Well, regardless of your age, you look beautiful.”
Gaia: “You really do. What’s your secret?”
While Jade knew the answer and knew how Caroline would explain it, she still felt something inside her squirm as she gave the answer.
Jade(Caroline): “I was able to spend a lot of time focusing on my body, exercising, dieting, and doing what I could to keep myself in shape. It was not particularly fun or glamorous, nor was it strictly by choice. However, it allowed me to enter my thirties with grace, and for that, I am grateful. …Not that I would ever do things quite that way again.”
Just saying those words almost made Jade forget who she truly was behind her visage as Caroline.
Gaia: “I… think we shouldn’t pry any further.”
Jade(Caroline): “That would be for the best. Enough about me, tell me about you two. How long have you been together?”
Ryan: “Heh. Well, we first started dating in college. It was a positively magical winter night when we realized what we had, and ever since, we’ve been by each other’s side.”
Gaia: “It was awkward for Ryan at first, but with enough cloying and enough urging, he saw things my way and embraced the fire.”
From their obvious intonations, Jade(Caroline) felt that she was missing some vital subtext, yet she chose not to pry further. It was almost like these two were from a different story, or series, with or without as much transsexual fantasy.
Ryan: “We love being around each other, no matter where, but we felt we owed it to ourselves to see the world.”
Gaia: “We like doing it now while we’re young. Before we get too committed with our jobs, and before we have kids.”
Jade(Caroline): “Oh? You’ve been together for… a decade and don’t have kids?”
Ryan: “Not yet, but we know we want them. It’s just that… you know what they say. In a marriage, you live three lives. Before children, with children, and after your children leave the nest.”
Gaia: “Well, that’s what I say. I’ve wanted kids for years, but I keep getting doubts about whether or not we’ll be ready, if we have the savings, if we have the foundation to support a child, a place for them to grow up. We don’t want to rush it. We want to take time to be lovers in the ‘BC’ era. I know ‘rushing’ worked out for some people, and… I want to say that you’re one of them.”
All of this struck Jade(Caroline) as an incredibly… normal conversation for people her mother’s age to have. However, hearing these people talk, hearing them describe their worries about work, about children, housing… it filled her with a sense of dread. Dread that left her mind an array of confusion, questions without answers, as she wondered who she was and… what the hell she was doing now.
How… How did I get here? Just nine months ago, I was a world away from all this. I was just some high school kid going through the cycle of education. Finish high school, go to college for four years, get a job, and get on with the rest of my life. I… I guess I never really considered what other milestones I could pursue other than maybe write a novel or two. I never thought I would or could fall in love.
I loved Maxxie, she was the greatest friend I could ever ask for, but I did not love her romantically. Romance was a world that wasn’t for me. I felt that I lacked the capacity to truly love someone, to devote myself to them. Besides, why would they even want to be with me. I was asexual. Or so I thought. I never so much as considered having kids, as that would mean having sex. It would mean masturbating, something I… hated and only forced myself to do for the people I loved. God, that sounds so weird when I phrase it like that.
Yet, I am not the person I was back then. I am a woman now, and I am myself. Well, not right now, but in a general sense. I am a woman with my entire life ahead of me. I’m supposed to finish college, get a job, and I’m already in a relationship with Maxxie. An open relationship, yet a relationship nevertheless. …I still can’t believe I had sex with Shiaka in a Burger Queen bathroom a week ago… I’ll never be expected to father a child, but Maxxie is currently off, on her quest to get a bigger penis and hot body. I don’t know how long she’ll be, or what she’ll look like, but… I know what this will lead to. Sex, sex, and sex. Sex… followed by something else. With the powers available to us, I… I think Maxxie is going to want me to have her child.
That… that means I would be pregnant. That I would be carrying the child for nine months. That I would give birth. That I would have to raise the child. I would be their mother! Or… one of their mothers. All while working a job, maintaining a loving relationship, and, and, and—
How is that even possible? Who am I? What am I? Less than a year ago, I was just a teenage BOY who was going to school, then I experienced body swapping, and was never the same. I was never able to confront her true feelings. I was too afraid to accept that such a foundational part of my identity was wrong. I suppressed, suppressed, and suppressed it for MONTHS, until it all broke. Until I broke. Through experiences of abandonment, sex, and death. Deaths God, how many times did I even die? And… after all that, after all of those experiences, what… what am I?
If I speak, I will say that I am Caroline. That I am not me. Because, to the world, I am not me. I am a mother. I am my mother. And… and she is only 34. I am only 34. We are only 34! I’ll be as old as her in 16 years. I’m more than halfway to being that. To being like this. And… and I am like this. I’m stuck like this until I go back. If I go back. I could just stay like this, could just run away, or Jade could— Wait, no, she is not Jade, I am Jade. I might not have been for very long, but I am. I have to be. She is me, I am her, I am Jade down to my very soul!
But… can a soul change? Can it morph? Mine did! I went from Jad to Jade. Can I go from Jade to Caroline? I like her body. Her life won’t be that hard to live, I can just take it, and within time, with this command system, I could become her. But do I want to? No! I am me! I am Jade! This might be fun and informative, but… wait. By swapping bodies with someone, you are taking part of them with you. How much of me is even Jade anymore? How much will be by the end of this trip? By the end of the summer? What… what is I? What is me? What— what— what— what—
Ryan: “Caroline? Are you okay? Your face is looking awfully red, and I don’t think it’s sunburn.”
The voice of Gaia was enough to bring Jade(Caroline) back from her inner domain and into the realm of reality, where she found her heart racing and head hot with worry. Recognizing this, she reached for the steel water bottle on the outside of her backpack, taking a nice long swig as she cooled herself off.
Jade(Caroline): “S-Sorry about that. Just some, uh, bad memories from a… past relationship. N-Nothing you did wrong or anything, of course. …Excuse me.”
Desperate for some real alone time, Jade(Caroline) walked away from the front of the boat, hoping for any speck of isolation as she worked through the crap assaulting her head. She threw herself into the narrow right walkway of the boat and happened across Caroline(Jade), walking forward, looking like she was on the receiving end of an aggressive lecture.
Caroline(Jade): “[Hey, ‘Mother.’ Are you enjoying the sights?]”
With that comment, Jade(Caroline) found an out for her concerns and immediately leaned against the railing, looking out at the calm water, impressive mountains, and hundreds of trees viewable from any angle. She has found a calm sight. She just had to actually look at what was literally right in front of her.
Jade(Caroline): “[I wasn’t, and that was a problem. I… I sometimes forget how much commitment it takes for someone to love someone else, let alone to become a mother.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[…Well, nobody ever said that motherhood was easy. Though, even being a teenager isn’t easy. Everybody has so many expectations of you, is so picky about who you are and who you will be, and wants you to do what they want you to do. I guess that’s true no matter your age, but when you’re a teen, you feel especially powerless to resist.]”
Jade(Caroline) looked at her mother’s face for a moment. She wasn’t sure if it was the sunscreen or the sunlight, but something about her true body’s complexion looked different.
Jade(Caroline): “[Being a person in this world is complicated and difficult as it is. But it’s even harder when you’re swapping bodies with your mother ‘a mother,’ traveling to a foreign country. …Could you read between the lines there?]”
Caroline(Jade): “[Yeah, I could, but always remember that I’m here for you, no matter what body I’m in ‘because I’m your daughter.’ …I’m never going to get used to that.]”
Part 5: Jade & Caroline’s Sunset Adventure
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 20:32 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Location: Hallstatt, Austria
As the day came to an end and the sun crept behind the mountains, Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) were taking one last trek through Hallstatt. Where they admired the vintage architecture as the sun cast everything in a warm yellowish orange. They snapped scenic photos for themselves and their friends and traversed up the winding walkways as they watched the shadows of night slowly creep across the lake. They were far from the only people doing such things, but the vacationers, when not on a boat, proved themselves to be far more self-interested, which was just fine for these two.
A day full of walking and hiking had tuckered them out, but rather than venture back to their hotel, they opted to sit at a conveniently placed bench. One tall enough on the mountains to look over every building, yet isolated enough to not be crowded with people snapping photos for social media. Their bodies practically deflated as they sat down, each taking off their backpacks and plopping them onto the dirt floor as they stared out into the setting sun. Of course, with a pair of sunglasses shielding their eyes.
Caroline(Jade) took a moment to check her backpack, confirming that the white fox plush she bought earlier in the day was still securely placed. As she dawdled with this gift, thinking back to the conversation hurdle it took to snag it, Jade(Caroline) found the focus needed to break the ice.
Jade(Caroline): “[S-So, how are you holding up?]”
It was a weak opening line, enough to make Caroline(Jade) snicker a little, but she answered it earnestly.
Caroline(Jade): “[You need to ask? I’ve more than enjoyed this little reprieve, to feel so young, so carefree, and like I can do anything without needing to worry about being an adult for a little while. How’s the mom life treating you?]”
Jade(Caroline): “[It’s… it’s treating me, I suppose. But, you know, being out here, away from everything, it makes me think about things. About what I want, what I really desire.]”
Caroline(Jade): “[I know that feeling all too well. Being in— well, when ‘you’ were with Reyn, you thought about that a lot. While there were things to do, being isolated, away from the world, from the news, it can make one wonder about their place in the broader world. What they want to do. Being alone like that is why I ‘you’ love Reyn so dearly. I… sorry, ‘you’ were so lost without having Reyn in your life. Truly in your life. And now that you do… it’s like you have been freed from a holding pattern after being locked there for so long.]”
Jade(Caroline): “[I get what you are saying, but… when I’m like this, I feel like I cannot express my desires properly. So, I’ll just take a cue from you, I guess. As an 18-year-old, you are expected to start building your life from hereon out. To have a goal, to have a vision, and a multiyear plan, to be an adult in the adult world. However, that can be… scary. You don’t know your place in the world, might not even know yourself, and it’s so easy to feel lost. You’re ‘I’m’ a 34-year-old woman, so you ‘I’ have a lot of accomplishments behind you ‘me.’ A house, a daughter, an entire life of experiences, relationships, and so forth.]”
As she spoke, Jade(Caroline) paused to grab a drink from her water bottle, taking a swig and sighing before she continued.
Jade(Caroline): “[Anybody who looks at me sees me as an adult, a mother, a responsible woman, not as some high schooler. As an adult, I could just go anywhere, rebuild my life somewhere, and be… this. I don’t want that, but knowing I can do that… it makes me feel… awkward. Traveling in general requires sacrificing stability and familiarity for something new. It can be uncomfortable, sacrificing so much, and this trip, I am leaving behind far more than most travelers. Without you to anchor me, I don’t know who I would be, being here in this unfamiliar land, without a home to go back to at the end of the day.]”
At this point, Jade(Caroline) turned away from the sunset, turned away from her mother, and stared vacantly away from her, at a cluster of trees.
Jade(Caroline): “[There were many trials I had to undergo to become myself. Many… ‘masks’ I had to wear to decide who I wanted to be. I was confident in being that woman. The kind of confident that only comes from experiencing death ‘near-death.’ …I don’t know who I am becoming. And with all the adventures we are going on, I don’t know who I will be at the end of the summer. I have already gone against so many things I thought I would never do, and I have to ask if there is even a barrier—]”
Her speech came to a pause as she felt a set of arms wrap around her. Jade(Caroline) did not even need to look to see that it was Caroline(Jade), tightly clinging against her. Just like a mother would to her daughter… or a daughter to her mother.
Recognizing the tenderness of this moment, she switched back to English, as a conversation like this warranted the use of one’s native tongue.
Caroline(Jade): “During that time with Reyn, I know there was a lot of confusion about who was who, the meaning of one’s sex, and how to live one’s lives. When you experience something new, experience it regularly, it makes you question your values, your identity. It’s some pretty scary stuff. But, something that was learned was that, no matter what form one wears, at the end of the day, they are still them. Their heart, their soul, will always be theirs. And while it may shift or change, that’s just how the heart is. That’s just how humans are. While change is not always good, it should be embraced, it should be confronted, for change has immense capacity to make you stronger.”
Caroline(Jade) then broke off her hug with her daughter, looking at her with a bright smile as she extended her right index finger. She gingerly poked it against Jade(Caroline)’s right and left cheeks, alternating between them, before planting a kiss on her forehead, all while saying “poke-a poke-a puu, I love you.”
It was a simple, juvenile, gesture, but it was one that completely shifted Jade(Caroline)’s mood, going from sorrowful to beaming in just a few seconds.
Caroline(Jade): “You ‘I’ always loved that as a small child, whenever you were ‘I was’ sick or sad, that would cheer you ‘me’ right up. …You know what I mean.”
As Caroline(Jade) spoke, the sun drifted beyond the mountain. An orange glow still illuminated past it, but darkness was slowly creeping in, overtaking the sky, and dimming the surrounding forestry. Lights percolated from the quaint town below, and over the span of a few minutes, the entire atmosphere shifted.
Jade(Caroline): “Th-Thank you. I… I just worry about losing myself. About being… corrupted, and losing sight of my life. My soul may be the same, but my body does not always reflect who I am inside. Which is a… an issue that has caused me problems in the past.”
Caroline(Jade): “Everybody is a little corrupted. You’re just more sensitive to it than most. You have seen corruption and swore to never repeat it.”
Jade(Caroline): “I… I guess I did. But let’s not talk about him while we are here.”
Just referencing her father, Bryce, was enough to briefly twist Jade(Caroline)’s expression.
Jade(Caroline): “Thinking it through, I should probably view this experience as a preview for what could be.”
Caroline(Jade): “As you should. Every good mother hopes that her daughter will inherit her best traits and none of her worst. There was a lot of shit that went into… the life of Caroline, and she was lucky that things turned out as well as they did. A lot of women are not half as lucky. But Jade? Jade is going to be marvelous. With all the love, all the support, and all the experiences she has access to, she is going to be wonderful. So, please don’t worry about the destination, when you know the journey will not lead you astray.”
Jade(Caroline): “…You’re putting a lot of faith in Jade there, you know. At this rate, she’s due for the weirdest midlife crisis.”
Caroline(Jade): “She’ll be fine. After all, she’ll have her mother by her side to help her through anything.”
With that final line, Jade(Caroline) and Caroline(Jade) stood up from this bench and looked up at the sky. Stars had pierced across the clear dark sheathe of the night’s sky, and a half full moon was shining down upon them, its image reflected in the lake. The pair took a moment to admire this beauty before returning to the trail that brought them to this secluded spot. They had seen one of the many wonders of their planned trip, and come tomorrow, they would see another.
Gaiden July 10th: The Flare Family Geneva Getaway – Episode 2.0
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 19:22 CDT (Central Daylight Time)
Location: Timber Geneva Lodge, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
The past three days had been a deluge of delights for the Flare family as they indulged in whatever activates arose while pursuing their romantic conquests. Though Timber Geneva Lodge was a fairly modest establishment, it had numerous sister activities for the wealthier patrons. The Caucasian classic of kayaking. A fully featured golf course for professionals alongside mini-golf for the kid and casual golfers. Horseback riding lessons and trails for the more adventurous sort. Tour boats across the lake that were half as interesting as they sounded. And, of course, the robust indoor waterpark.
Combined with the unaffiliated attractions in the periphery, there was certainly no shortage of stuff for the Flare family to busy themselves. However, for Ken(Terra), Elly(Ken), and Terra(Elly), it was all in service of their romantic pursuits of Rakim, Bianca, and Petros respectively. Their burgeoning relationships with these three allowed them to feel as if they were forging new, brief, lives for themselves, bolstered by the thrills of forming a new relationship. However, with tonight serving as the final night at Timber Geneva Lodge, it was time for them to conclude their relationships in as glorious a manner as possible. With the day near its end and tensions rising, the family was preparing for the big finale, all in their own special ways.
At Timber Geneva Lodge proper, Ken(Terra) and Rakim, a 13-year-old Middle Eastern boy, were making the most of the waterpark of the resort. An expansive hybrid indoor and outdoor waterpark with about everything one would want. Sprinklers, fountains, lazy rivers, effectively a playground with rope bridges, swing sets, and several pathways to climb up in order to go down a dozen or so slides, some sending them halfway across the park. Hell, two even sent them out of the building. There were a flurry of kids going out and having the time of their summer, and it was no different for Ken(Terra) and Rakim.
Ken(Terra): “C’mon slowpoke! We’ve gotta go down ALL the slides before we’re done.”
Dressed in Terra’s one piece swimsuit, Ken heckled Rakim to climb up the surprisingly tall platform to get to the tallest slide. Kids were shooting through it so quickly lines weren’t an issue, but Rakim did not seem to have the same stamina as a middle-aged man with the power of youth on his side. Though, carrying a two person inner tube certainly wasn’t speeding him up.
Rakim: “Y-Yeah, just… just a minute, Terra.”
The pair loaded themselves into the inner tube as they reached the top— Ken(Terra) was in the front, of course— before taking the plunge through a twisting and turning green tube full of rushing water. Ken(Terra) cackled with glee as they braced the unknown, with only a dim light shining through the tube’s plastic, while Rakim was more of a scaredy-cat, screaming as they shot through the enclosed slide and into a shallow pool. They crashed down in a powerful splash, spraying a couple kids who were lingering around as they rushed forward.
High emotions coursed through them, their lips flapping as they delighted and recoiled from this rush, before Ken(Terra) plopped himself out of the inner tube, yanking Rakim out as well.
Ken(Terra): “So, how was it?”
Rakim: “It’s… it’s still a little much for me.”
Ken(Terra): “Really? You’re not gonna get the most out of your teens if you’re so timid! In fact, it looks like Dr. Flare needs to teach you another lesson. Let’s bounce!”
Without asking Rakim for his consent— not that children can consent for anything these days— Ken(Terra) made a beeline for the fence separating the Timber Geneva Lodge from the wild green yonder. With the agility of a kid of decent physical strength, Ken(Terra) vaulted over the fence, urging Rakim to do the same. He looked around, shuffling as he wondered if this was allowed, but all it took for him to get over was a single “pretty please” from the cute “girl” before him.
The two stood on the warm sidewalk beyond the fence, wearing only their swimsuits, a series of grass, trees, and bushes before them. They knew from their time here that the lake was only a short walk away, and with the cover of nature, they should be able to break free.
Ken(Terra): “You know, I’m tired of the pool, but still in the mood to get set and get wet. Let’s head down to the lake! Whaddya say?”
Rakim: “W-We really shouldn’t. My parents won’t like it if I’m—”
Before Rakim could voice another doubt, Ken(Terra) grabbed ahold of his hand and ran forward.
Ken(Terra): “Be rebellious while you still can, Rakim! Youth only comes once! …Most of the time!”
Literally pulled away by his manic “girlfriend,” Rakim stopped resisting, joining Ken(Terra) as they ventured through the mildly dense woodlands for a couple seconds before arriving at the other side. There, they saw what they were looking for— Geneva Lake in all its glory. The water was a deep blue, calm, full of docks, had a few boats zooming on along, and shimmered beautifully from the light cast by the setting sun. With a barrage of boats before them, Ken(Terra) dragged Rakim down the hillside they were on and to the end of the dock, where they were hidden by a particularly tall boat. They sat at the end, bare feet hanging off, and looked on at the sunset before them, just about to begin its descent past the trees.
Rakim: “W-Wow, this is…”
Ken(Terra): “Almost as pretty as me?”
Rakim: “H-Hey, I was going to say something more original than that!”
Ken(Terra): “Sure you were, smooth talker.”
Following that verbal jab, Ken(Terra) grabbed Rakim’s hand, squeezing it gently as he laid his head on his shoulder, enjoying this lovely little moment together. Rakim smiled from the affection, feeling something in his heart flutter… before being struck by the cold facts of his situation.”
Rakim: “Terra… I like you. I really do, but… I know this is all going to end tomorrow. I’m going back to Milwaukee, you’re going back to… Oransen. And I’m going to miss this place.”
Ken(Terra): “This place? I think you mean me.”
Rakim: “Y-Yeah, of course. You’re… you’re the most fun and coolest girl I’ve ever met, Terra. I’ve had to move around a lot because of my parents, from this city to that city, before winding up in Milwaukee. I’ve met a lot of people doing that, but… you’re someone special. It’s like… like you’re still a kid, you’re a kid at heart, but older in your mind… or maybe even your soul based on the types of things you like.”
Ken(Terra): “Oh, that’s because I’m actually a middle-aged man in his youngest daughter’s body ‘just how I was raised.’ …My parents say I take a lot after my father, and I guess it shows!”
Rakim: “Y-Yeah, it… it does. I… I just want you to know that I will never forget you, and that I hoped I made these few days half as special for you as they were for me.”
Ken(Terra): “Trust me, they were! I’m gonna remember this for a long time. It’s not like I’ll get too many chances to be a kid like this! Hahaha!”
Rakim: “W-Well, you… you’re not really a kid anymore, are you. You… you said that you’re 13, right?”
Thinking back on his past conversations with Rakim, and that little white lie he told, one of many, Ken(Terra) nodded with vigor.
Rakim: “Well, in that case… please don’t hate me for this!”
With a surprising level of spontaneity, Rakim threw his face at Ken(Terra), planting his lips onto his. Ken(Terra) was surprised by how forward the young boy was being, but did not resist him, choosing to play along and kiss Rakim for as long as he wanted. …Which was about five seconds. After this, he threw his head back, looking away in shame.
Rakim: “S-Sorry for that! I know I should have asked, but I just couldn’t and, and, it was my first kiss and—”
Ken(Terra): “D’aw, aren’t you just a little cutie. It was my first kiss… like this. And if you want, we can go in for another. A better one.”
Rakim turned back to look at Ken(Terra), looking like a little minx as he leaned forward, licking his lips before smiling. The momentum, the energy, of a sudden kiss like that stirred something within Ken(Terra)’s body, making him crave another. Not because he wanted to kiss a 13-year-old boy. He was quirky, but not that kind of quirky. Rather, after playing this role for four days, he was eager to go along, to continue the experience of being a young girl on a summer romance, and to give this sweet little kid some nice, innocent, memories. After all, it was just kissing, and people kiss as a greeting in loads of cultures, so was this really something worth overthinking? Probably not.
Convincing himself that this was fine, Ken(Terra) happily accepted Rakim as he threw himself at him, planting their lips together, even trying a bit of attempted tongue on tongue action. Falling back on his decades of romantic experience, Ken(Terra) tried to lead Rakim in the right direction as their mouths locked, wrapping his arms around him in an affectionate hug as this make out session crawled up to the minute mark, only stopping when the two needed to come up for some air.
Their hearts were racing, wet swimsuit-clad bodies felt surprisingly warm, and as Rakim looked at Ken(Terra), he did so with a slightly different glimmer in his eye. It was as if he just reached a new, if minor, frontier in his adolescent journey. Ken(Terra) smiled as he saw this, preparing to grab him to continue the fun… before they heard the voice of a disgruntled teenage boy.
Disgruntled Teenage Boy: “Hey, is someone out there? You need to tell me if you’re hiding in any of the boats. That’s illegal, you know!”
The light of a flashlight glimmered through the twilight air and on the dock itself. It happened, Ken(Terra) thought. They were gonna get caught. And Rakim would get in trouble for sneaking out. …Unless they actually used the lake in front of them… as a lake!
Ken(Terra): “Let’s swim for it!”
Dragging Rakim into yet another rule-breaking venture, Ken(Terra) leapt into the water with Rakim in hand, the two creating a notable splash on impact before swimming away. The water was cold, a bit murky, deep, and nowhere near as pleasant as the heated and curated pool water. However, Ken(Terra) and Rakim were both decent enough swimmers and began stroking and kicking their way through the water, heading for another dock. The disgruntled teen, naturally, heard the sounds of two kids kicking, and shined his flashlight on them.
Disgruntled Teenage Boy: “You’re not supposed to swim in the lake either, especially not at night!”
Rakim: “Y-Yeah, and what are you gonna do? Ch-Chase after us?”
Ken(Terra): “Then you’d be breaking your own rules, loser!”
The two laughed as they swam while the disgruntled teen shrugged, turning away his flashlight.
Disgruntled Teenage Boy: “I swear, this happens every week, every summer.”
With the disgruntled teen giving up his pursuit, Ken(Terra) and Rakim continued swimming through the lake as the sun set before them, the entire lakefront theirs to explore. There, they could do whatever their little minds could imagine.
Gaiden July 10th: The Flare Family Geneva Getaway – Episode 2.1
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 19:40 CDT (Central Daylight Time)
Location: Timber Geneva Lodge, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
While the main restaurant of Timber Geneva was open to all families, there was a private room for the mor affluent guests who wanted the convenience of being in the same hotel and the air of luxury. All patrons were dressed in accordance to a formal dress code, with not a child to be seen. There was a woman playing a piano for the sake of atmosphere, doing a positively bang-up job. While the menu was altered for smaller dishes that delivered on exotic flavors typically coveted by the wealthy, rather than commoner food.
Imported delicacies lined plates across these tables, but there was at least one table of people that did not care about the food, and were simply awash in the atmosphere, if not each other. Terra(Elly) sat in a simple yet elegant black dress, her hair as well done as she could manage at a hotel, and trying her darnedest to look like the mature confident businesswoman she was supposed to be. However, she found herself weak in her resolve as she planted down her depleted glass of red wine, glossed over her half-finished slice of black Forest cake, and stared at her chosen romantic pursuit, Petros.
For such a handsome and rugged man, he looked almost out of place at such a stuffy establishment. At least a week since he last shaved his face, his curly dark hair flowed down to the dress shirt and tie he was contained in. His sleeves were rolled up to reveal a virile field of dark hair that, if their pool trip was any indication, covered his entire form. He looked suave, he looked confident, and as he sat back casually, eyes glued to the woman before him, he smiled.
Petros: “Now that I’m back here again, it really isn’t too bad. But as you can see, I was never one for stuffy luxury like this. I need to be around people, not just a bunch of performers.”
Terra(Elly): “Y-You’re right. I— I shouldn’t have suggested this. I just wanted tonight to feel special and—”
Petros: “Every day is special when I’m with you, sweet Eleanore.”
Terra(Elly): “S-Stop it! You just know how to push my buttons! When we went golfing and you held my arms, teaching me how to control my stroke. Or… when we tried horse riding and you rode that giant beast like it was nothing while I was scared to even move on it. Or how you knew every tree and plant we saw when going through the woods or—”
Petros: “I don’t like to toot my own horn, but I like to think of myself as an impressive man. And I’ve clearly impressed you.”
Terra(Elly) did not want to acknowledge that he was right, but he was. The days they spent together had left her head over heels. She had never known love before, but the man before her… seemed like such a man. Knowledgeable, experienced, with multifaceted interest, a love of nature, and even after being with him for hours, how he looked at her with those hazel eyes, it was hard for her to contain her heart. She had been looking for a break in his armor, a sign that she had been mistaken, and he wasn’t actually a good guy, if only to protect her heart, but at the eleventh hour of their relationship, he was still golden.
Petros: “But much of my success can be attributed to looking at modern business wisdom and saying, no, that’s stupid. For one, to succeed in any field, you need people first and foremost, to cultivate a culture, and to build institutional knowledge. You don’t need a consultant if everybody is dedicated to work together, working as part of their life, not working to live.”
Terra(Elly): “I know, I know, and I agree. …But you did also come from wealth.”
Petros: “Hahaha! I suppose that is true. But not as much as you, Eleanore. I just have a couple million, most of which is in real estate. That is how you get rich here in America, though I don’t really need to get rich as it were, nor do I view it as right to up-charge people. Housing is a right, people should not be overcharged to live, and if all I’m charging people for utilities and property taxes plus ten percent, I view that as doing them a solid. But some people just don’t get it, they try to scam people into getting homes they can’t afford— they nearly collapsed the economy over that back in 2006— and keep trying to get people to buy mini mansions, when nobody needs a mansion!”
Terra(Elly), who lives in a massive house, wiggled in hear seat upon hearing that, unsure of how to respond.
Terra(Elly): “W-Well, I don’t need all that space, but my daughter Maxxie and I live in a three-story house, and it’s pretty empty. We could move, but it’s our house and…”
Petros: “Hmm… Sounds like you just require more company. That could easily be fixed, and a woman as fine as you easily have another decade in her.”
Despite trying to acclimate herself to the adult world, the double entendre of the line flew over Terra’s mind. Petros clearly was suggesting moving in with Terra before her body, and producing children with her before Elly’s body underwent menopause, which would likely start in 10, 15 years. But Terra hadn’t even gotten middle school health class. She didn’t even know what menopause meant.
Terra(Elly): “…I suppose I could have more people live with me, but I always viewed my house as the family house and—”
Petros: “Ah, forgive me, that joke was a bit dense and too crass to go alongside this beautiful piano. I should not even think that you would want to get remarried after your divorce.”
Hearing that, Terra(Elly) felt the need to preemptively bite her tongue. In the web of lies she’s spun during her time with Petros, she had erased Terra, divorced “her” husband, fired Babs, and been living as a single mother with Maxxie as her daughter. Truly, it was a mess primed for exploding, but as she knew, it would all end tonight. It would all end tonight… meaning this was her last chance.
Terra(Elly): “I… I don’t think I have it in me to get remarried, but… I don’t want to leave you without going all the way. I know from bitter experience that it is better to rush into something risky than to stand by and wait. So… I’m just going to do it!”
Feeling her time running out, Terra(Elly) grabbed Petros by the shoulder, pushed him forward, and leaned in for a kiss. Her boobs slid against the table, upper lip rubbed against Petros’s facial hair, and she felt a warm rush course through her body. Days of physical tension, a spike of alcohol, and the fear of missing out drew her to him, taking the first move after he maintained a careful distance. She savored in this kiss, her first true, romantic, kiss, before pulling away, looking into Petros’s eyes as he smiled. He was waiting for her to say what she wanted.
Terra(Elly): “I… I want to spend the night with you. Please, come to my room.”
Petros: “Oh, with pleasure.”
Leaving behind their unfinished desserts, Petros paid for their meal, swiping his card as Terra(Elly) fiddled with her ears, specifically the small gold rings going through her earlobe.
Terra was supposed to always have amethyst earrings in her ears, regardless of her body. Even when she swapped with Urabe. These earrings were supposed to prevent her from having sex until she turned 18, a punishment for the mess she conducted in Schaumberg back in June. The earrings were meant to stay there for years, branding her in a sense, and preventing her from having sex with any adult, in body or mind. It was a punishment, approved by her parents, but Terra was not willing to let Verde get this win on her, restricting her freedom. She wanted and out, and she found one.
When she was left as one of the two sober people in Casa del Dusk on July 4th, she got a devilish plan. She found the very same ear-piercing gun that Abigale used on her. Looking over it, she realized the gun had a curious feature, allowing the user to remove the earrings. With this in mind, she hid the earring gun away, waiting to retrieve it until an opportune time before, finally, bringing it here.
With her limiters disposed of— trashed— replaced by her mother’s earrings, she was ready to advance to the next step in her life. To pursue what some cultures— including America’s— viewed as the signifier where a girl became a woman, and where she would FINALLY get a taste of the infinitely hyped act of sex. She had explored sexual pleasure before— it was hard not to with all of this body swapping and the nightly moaning, but this was something different. Much like how she drank for the hell of it, she was going to finally have sex, and there was nothing anyone could do about it!
By the time she had brought Petros into her room, she was floating, her body warm as she imagined the way he would make her feel, seeing his naked form without any pesky trunks getting in the way. She was not even fully sure if Petros was her type of guy— if she even liked guys— yet she still could not contain herself. After so much wanting, after such elaborate trickery, she was FINALLY about to break free. Verde was not going to be casually driving up to Lake Geneva on a Friday night. There was no VD 2.0 for a hundred kilometers, much less the maximum range of ten. She had outsmarted GOD herself and was about to get laid.
With Petros taking the bathroom, Terra(Elly) took to the bedroom, shaking as she stripped out of her dress, watching her chest heave as she took off her bra, and finding her panty moist with some form of restless anticipation. Her mind was ready. Her body was ready. And as she double-checked her ears, nothing was going to stop her now! She splayed herself across the bed, showing off her mother’s figure and shutting off any voice in her brain that told her to stop or reconsider. Being Babs was weird enough last time, but this would only be weirder if her first time was as Maxxie. That may have been the case in some alternate universe, but not here.
After what felt like a small eternity, yet was two minutes at most, Petros arrived in the bedroom, his hairy chest exposed, looking even hairier when dry, and his excitement showing plainly through his briefs, struggling to contain his loukaniko.
Petros: “Well, you certainly look comfortable.”
Terra(Elly): “Oh, that’s where you’re wrong. I’m restless waiting for you.”
Petros: “Oh, and you were containing yourself so well. I won’t waste any time with foreplay then. Let’s begin…”
With two thumbs, Petros pulled down his underwear, but right as Terra(Elly) felt her heart race at anticipation of seeing what lied behind the field of pubic hairs… she felt her body grow frigid. Her heart slowed, the heat she was in became positively cold. She remembered what Abigale told her two weeks ago. “Furthermore, they are a libido inhibitor, and if you ever try to have sex, of any manner, with another person, your arousal will be nullified.” Her sex drive did not just diminish, it was negative. She was not at all horny, did not want to have sex, but… how?
Before she could even formulate a proper question, Terra felt an all-too-familiar sensation. Her every sense faded to nothingness, and from this nothingness, she found herself elsewhere. The regimented lighting of a hotel room was replaced with the light of a nearly set sun. She was standing up— running in fact— and from every facet of her person, it was clear which body she was in. The flat chest, the soaked one piece swimsuit, the damp hair on her shoulders, even the amethyst studs, somehow. Terra was Terra again, the body swap undone.
Struggling to adapt to where and who she was, Terra fell into the grass below, slamming her face in the dirt. She stayed like this, not moving, as she mused over what happened. She got rid of the earrings, they were not a part of her, and Abigale did not say anything about the earrings undoing this body swap. She tried to think of something she did wrong, wondered if Verde bugged her bedroom with a VD 2.0 or something. It was possible… but then she realized how ridiculous that whole theory was.
She stood up from the field, looking out to see Lake Geneva a few meters away and some forestry right behind her, nobody else around as far as she could tell. Meaning she could vent her rage.
Terra: “…The earrings never did anything did they? She put a damn booby trap in me! You bitch! You give EVERYONE ELSE everything they wanted, but not me?”
Her anger was not unjustified, but as Terra looked down, listened to her voice, she was reminded that she could never get too mad at Verde. She gave her this body, made her Terra, and helped her avoid all the messy nonsense of transitioning. By getting so angry… wasn’t she just showing her own immaturity?
Terra: “Ugh. I… I guess maybe they had a point. No matter how smart I am, I’m just 11-years-old. Not even a sixth grader yet. I might be one of the smartest kids in my grade, but that’s not enough. I just… I wish there was still a way to—”
As Terra spoke, acclimating back to her own voice, she heard a rustling sound from the bushes and trees behind her. Seconds later, the Middle Eastern boy Ken was playing around with, Rakim, popped out, wearing only his swimming trunks, looking a bit shaken up. Terra had looked at him from afar, but now that he was right before her, mostly naked, looking a little shaken up, staring at her with concerned eyes, at her height level, she… she felt something growing within her.
Rakim: “S-Sorry, I didn’t mean to lose you there, Terra. Are… Are you okay?”
She had heard about him, Ken gushing about his time with him during their shared breakfasts, but she was too infatuated with Petros to care. She thought Ken loved playing with him, as children like to do, but seeing him did something to her, and she wasn’t quite sure why. She was locked in this daze, trying to piece together her feelings after they shifted and altered so rapidly… when she felt Rakim press his lips against hers. She stopped breathing, froze in place, and when Rakim let his lips loose, she was shaking.
Rakim: “T-Terra, are you alright? I thought kisses were okay and you’re acting pretty weird.”
As Terra tried to speak, she noticed that she felt a certain… warmth in her body as she looked on at Rakim. He looked about her age, a bit older, and like the sorts of people she viewed as peers. There was nothing exotic about him, but the concern he expressed for her mingled with her unrequited desires, unearthing further memories of what Abigale and Verde told her on June 27th. “If you wanna have sex with Evelyn or Nina, then be my guest!” “Just no sex for… 2,439 days.” “It’s the permissible kind of rape!” …Then there was her conversation with Babs on June 7th, confirming that even 10-year-olds could get pregnant. And if they can get pregnant, they can also…
She had a chance, an opportunity, and if she understood the rules correctly, she could harness this feeling in her body, if not her heart, that she felt when she looked at Rakim. She might not have fallen in love with him, but…
Terra: “R-Rakim. Could you, uh, could I show you something in private. You’ve given me such a great time, and I want to show you something to remember me by. And… for me to remember you by.”
Rakim: “H-Huh? Terra, you already gave me my first kiss, and that was—”
Terra: “Please! I… I am being selfish here, but I want it so badly that I am willing to do anything. Just… Please.”
Rakim smiled and grabbed Terra, pushing her cold and wet body against his less cold and less wet chest.
Rakim: “Heh. It’s funny seeing you act so, uh, needy, I guess? Normally you’re the one shoving me around, not begging. But s-sure. There’s a clearing I found for us to—”
Terra: “Do it. Let… let’s do it. I promise, it will make this summer unforgettable for both of us.”
Grabbing Rakim’s hand, Terra dragged him into the woods so they could achieve the end of their relationship with a bang. Doubt still swelled in Terra’s mind, but she viewed this as a necessary part in her growth as a person, as a woman. It may be awkward, strange, and low on love, but… if her family was any indicator, this will be the first time of hundreds.
However, if Terra returned to her own body, then who landed in Elly’s body right as Petros was about to whip out his dick?
Well, as Ken(Terra) was sprinting forward, trying to catch up with Rakim as they escaped Timber Geneva security, he found his senses fade as well, returning to the sight of a handsome Greek man revealing his 6 inch dick. Confusion struck Ken as he found himself in this situation, but one look at his tits was enough to tell him all he needed to know. He was back in Elly’s body, and he recognized this man, but did not recall his name— Peter or something.
He had two choices. Go with it or fight against whatever circumstances led to this situation, and Ken… decided to go with the more entertaining option.
Ken(Elly): “Oh, is that it? Well, sweetie, it’s how you use it, not how big it is.”
Petros: “Ha! Where’d you get this dirty sense of humor?”
After saying that, Petros threw himself in the bed, lying next to Ken(Elly), who crawled on top of him.
Ken(Elly): “Hmm… you saw me stammering, struggling around you, right? Well, that’s because I was scared, anxious that you would reject me. But now that acting like a kitty in the streets has lured you in, I can finally show you why I’m a cougar in the sheets.”
Petros: “Really? You expect me to believe that?”
Ken(Elly): “Believe what you want. Just know… that we are going to have a great time tonight.”
Saying that, Ken(Elly) grabbed a tuft of hair off of Petros’s chest and licked his face. A weaker man would quiver or recoil, feeling like they had just been abducted by a spider disguised as something safe, but Petros beamed at this more aggressive side of “Eleanore.”
Petros: “If this is your true side, I would have been more aggressive around you. I like demure women as much as the next guy, but women like you? They’re something special.”
Ken(Elly): “Oh, flattery will get you lots of places with me, but I do hate waiting, so let’s begin…”
With a sexual conviction spurred by opportunism and a repressed libido, Ken(Elly) began one of the rougher sexual encounters of his tenure— trying to turn this man into putty.
Ken(Elly) began by planting himself over Petros, staring down at the man, taller than him, bigger than him, yet rendered as a submissive by his own will, carrying a cocksure smile on his handsome mug.
Ken(Elly): “Before I grant you the privilege of being inside me, I need to check what you’re working with.”
Like a vise, Ken(Elly) wrapped his slender hands around Petros’s penis, his elongated nails brushing against the skin like a set of talons. Petros’s eyes widened, his lips curled, and he seemed to relax as he felt this grip over his most tender spot. Ken(Elly), having successfully clocked this man from minute one, began to rub his wife’s fingers over his hardened cock. He did not even need to look a Petros’s face to tell that he loved it, but Ken(Elly) wanted to be a bit more involved with him. He was not one for fucking random dudes. Going on 50 years, he thought himself as a lady’s man. But after making kissy-kissy fun times with a 13-year-old boy, he did not have the same limits he did a few months ago.
With Petros’s handsome bearded visage looking down at him with his warm hazel eyes, Ken(Elly) moved upwards, planting his lips against his and feeling his dick squirm in delight. He felt Petros’s tongue lash into his mouth, but with the talented tongue of a seasoned smooch-master he asserted himself, pounding his way into Petros’s mouth while staring into his eyes. He watched as his pupils shrink in a primal fear, growing even smaller as Ken(Elly) brought his hands to the man’s chest, clenching a tuft of hair and giving it a sudden tug. A scream flooded from Petros’s mouth and into Ken(Elly)’s, where it lingered, stifled and muted.
Petros liked this. It was obvious from the way his dick wiggled in Ken(Elly)’s hand, eager to unleash its load as he was met with this ever-so-erotic friction. But that was not on the cards for Ken(Elly). Not yet. He strengthened his grip on Petros’s dick, grabbing it from the base and preventing even a drop of precum from sputtering out. Within his mouth, he could feel Petros asking for release, to be allowed to cum, just through vague muffles. Ken(Elly) merely tugged at his chest hair in response, continuing to overpower and restrict him from every angle. He wanted release… but he also desired exactly what he was being given.
Ken(Elly) eventually pulled away from Petros’s mouth, gasping for air before taking his mouth to the man’s neck and shoulders. He lapped the sweat from his skin, enjoying the salty flavor, before brandishing his teeth, nibbling away at Petros’s supple form. He groaned in delight and surprise all the same, yet never said no— not even the letter N— as Ken(Elly) continued this three-pronged attack on his neck, chest, and dick, waiting as the build-up grew stronger, hotter, and more potent down on his cock. Ken(Elly) tempered him, using his nails to scratch the thin skin of his dick. Moans gave way to screams of a complex character. Fear, excitement, and satisfaction all rang through as he released this alarm. Len(Elly) looked up to see the smile on his face and, content, he loosened his grip, giving Petros three rubs of the dick before he unleashed his load.
Elation painted the man’s face as he was allowed to rejoice in the freedom to cum, his joy only enhanced by the extra minutes of build up, of maintaining the 99% peak. Seeing this, Ken(Elly) could not help but be satisfied by himself. He had never done this to Elly— she didn’t like this shit— but that only made him feel all the better in this body. The thrill of wearing his wife’s figure as he did this, manipulating some stranger, and expressing such dominance, it made him wet between the legs, while giving him a more intellectual satisfaction all the same.
Ken(Elly): “You know, it takes a certain level of strength, of comfort in yourself, to allow a woman like me to dominate you. I can respect that.”
Petros: “Ha! That’s one weird compliment. What can I say? Masochism is a way of life for a lot of men of my people.”
Ken(Elly): “Greeks?”
Petros: “Eh, Europeans in general. We love ourselves a nice woman who can make us feel pain and pleasure at the same time. Especially when they’re of your complexion.”
Ken(Elly): “Pfft. Of course, it’s a race thing as well.”
Petros: “When you are raised in any country, you get the stink on you. And when you travel the world, you learn to love a bit of every flavor. And is it truly wrong to prefer a woman of a darker complexion?”
Ken(Elly): “Heh. I guess I should appreciate that you have so much of an open mind. I’ll keep that in mind for the real thing.”
With round two revved up and ret-2-go, Ken(Elly) rearranged himself around Petros, towering over him, making him look as small as possible, before sliding his asshole onto Petros’s cum coated cock, widening his anus enough to accommodate his modestly sized business before clenching it down. Petros gasped as his dick was denied its freedom yet again, and his expression was priceless. He could not even feign fear. He was all about this. With this anal vise established, Ken(Elly) went back to what he proved worked on this peculiar character.
He slammed his ass down, harshly rubbing it against a tightly wrapped wall of flesh before gripping it back down a second later. His hand reached out for the virile field of black hair before him, grabbing it as Petros groaned in delight. With two of three done, Ken(Elly) smacked lips down once again, forcing him to stare up at Ken(Elly)’s eyes of unflinching confidence, of great dominance, and show him his fear, unable to avert his gaze. He could have fought back, used his strength against the smaller and weaker person before him, yet Petros did not do anything more than wiggle his arms about, clenching his fists as pulses of pleasure zapped through him.
The mood was established, the tension was as thick as ever, and with Petros already riled up from the first time his cock was contained, he only lasted a few minutes before he was ready to go. He was ready to unleash his loads into Ken(Elly)’s asshole, muttered his anticipation, only for Ken(Elly) to unplug his ass from Petros’s dick at the last minute. Freed, his penis shot a thick rope of cum that harmlessly flew eight inches before splattering on the sheets.
Ken(Elly): “You thought I would let you cum inside me? Sorry, buddy, but I don’t work that way with casual hook-ups like this.”
Petros: “…Would you believe me if I said that was the normal response?”
The two shared in a post-orgasm laugh, even if Ken(Elly) still hadn’t actually gotten himself off.
Petros: “I mean it when I say that I would love to take a woman like you with me. Oh, the places we’d go, and the fun we would have.”
Ken(Elly): “You’ve laid on your proposition pretty thick, Pete. But this is just a night for me. …And the night is still young, if you want to go for another round or two.”
Hearing that, Petros looked disappointed… but accepting all the same.
Petros: “I suppose I’ll just have to take what I can get. Just know that… I love you.”
Ken(Elly): “That much is clear. Now, if you’d be a dear, turn yourself over. I’ve been giving your dick too much attention when your asshole is right there.”
As Petros’s eyes grew wide with anticipation, Ken(Elly) smirked to himself. What could he say? At this point in his life, men were an open book to him.
Gaiden July 10th: The Flare Family Geneva Getaway – Episode 2.2
Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Time: 20:30 CDT (Central Daylight Time)
Location: High-Class Bar, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
In her pursuit of moonlighting as a rich man going after a girl less than half their age, Elly(Ken) had chosen a high-class bar as their final “date spot.” It was an establishment targeting wealthy professionals who were on vacation here along with the local millionaires who appreciated the finer things in life. While not open to the public, it promised privacy, premium quality, and a professional staff who would look the other way at who was in attendance. Elly(Ken) could clearly recognize a handful of the patrons from her local business connections, but there was a sense of privacy, of respect, where you would not discuss business if you were with another person, and that person wasn’t your partner.
Some might call this infidelity, but for others it was a way of life, a way to express their power over the world. And for Elly(Ken), it wasn’t even that, as she had permission to be with her arm candy. Bianca sat cozily beside her, dressed in a sexy white number that her sugar daddy had bought her the other day, snugly wrapped around her plentiful curves. She attracted glances as she walked in, not matching the typical look of the types of girls powerful men brought into bars like this. However, with her hair done, nails did, and a fresh pair of $300 glasses on her face, she was looking sharp. Looking like a prime catch to any of the men— and it was mostly men— here with any taste.
Sat at the bar, they ordered some side dishes to captivate their stomachs before moving onto drinking, chipping away at artisanal fries before downing it with premium liquors and mixed drinks. For Elly(Ken), this was a flavor of luxury she had experienced before, even in this body. As a man, she could be more forward, more aggressive, with how she pursued the fried finger foods and dense alcohols before her, asserting her masculinity to both the woman next to her and the men around her, judging and observing everything, as they were inclined to do. Bianca, however, was a bit less couth in how she behaved, ignoring the classiness and demeanor around her as she took to the fries before her with gusto. She chomped them down, raw, while following up her initial Cosmo with a proper stein of local Milwaukee brew.
Once the beer was planted before her, she took her greasy fingers around the glass handle and chugged it like it was going to be taken away from her. She downed a pint’s worth before slamming it down on the table, triumphant.
Bianca: “Ah, now that’s the good shit!”
Elly(Ken): “Well, you look awfully satisfied…”
Bianca: “Hell yeah! I told ya that I could prolly drink more than you, and I meant it!”
Elly(Ken): “I’m going to need to drive home tomorrow, so I’d rather not test my skills.”
Bianca: “Pfft! More beer for me then!”
To punctuate her claim, she took her stein and downed the other half, slamming and pushing it forward for a refill.
Elly(Ken): “…Pardon my rudeness, but you’re only 22. That seems a bit young to be a heavy drinker.”
Bianca: “Huh? Shows what you know, old-timer. I’ve been drinking for years. My dad moved here a decade ago to work for a brewery, and you know what that means? Lotsa booze coming in every Friday night! My friends and I would steal a couple of beers from this milk crate he brought home every time, nobody would notice, and we’d party hard. Going to U-Dubbya-M, I would’ve gotten drunk every night if I wasn’t broke! The keggers we’d have at the sorority were fi-yah. So drinking’s sorta part of the Bianca brand, y’know.”
Presented with this story, Elly(Ken) just laughed.
Elly(Ken): “You’re a tried and true Wisconsin college girl, now aren’t you?”
Bianca: “Well, I ain’t in college no more, y’know. I got… I gots a degree in economics. And iffin’ ya want, I’m sure you could make use of me…”
Elly(Ken): “This is sure a strategy. Get drunk and ask me for a job? Do you even know what I do?”
Bianca: “Naaahhh. But every company can use an economist or two, riiight?”
Though her face was reddening and the effects of alcohol were starting to hit, Bianca was still fully in control. Given her prior expertise, it was hardly a surprise that she was a composed drunk, and that made talking to her easier at the least.
Elly(Ken): “Assuming I don’t already have two economists? Aren’t you a presumptuous girl…”
Bianca: “Heeey, I’m just trying to market myself, y’know. You gotta work to find work here, and you’ve been sooo nice to me, so why not try pushing you a little more, sugar bear?”
Elly(Ken): “Heh. I give you that dress, a new purse, and all this cash, yet you want more? So greedy…”
Bianca: “Eh, you’re a millionaire. You probably find greed hot, dontcha?”
At this point, Elly(Ken) could not contain her laughter anymore, letting out a loud “ha” before planting her lips around Bianca’s face, her breath rich with the pungent scent of booze.
Elly(Ken): “Maybe. What do you think?”
Bianca: “I think you’re thinking of how to get what you want out of me. And I get that. You’ve given me so much, and you want me to pay up. So, what do you have in mind?”
Elly(Ken): “I’ll tell you when you’re ready. But first, drink and eat to your heart’s content.”
Bianca: “I don’t think I can. My heart wants a lot, but my body can only take so much. If ya catch my drift.”
Elly(Ken): “I think I do, in my own way.”
As Bianca went in for her second stein of beer, Elly(Ken) grabbed her exposed leg, rubbing her large coarse hand up it, feeling her pasty, bumpy skin.
Elly(Ken): “Tell me, do you think you can take me?”
Bianca let Elly(Ken) wait as she downed another pint.
Bianca: “Y-Yeah! I *hic* I’ve only been fuckin’ college dudes who keep *hic* jackrabbiting in me when they get drunk. I want to see how a real man do— *hic* does it!”
Elly(Ken): “Oh, so you’ve wanted my cock all along? You’re quite shrewd, you know.”
Bianca: “Hey, I don’t make the r-rules in this *hic* messed-up world. I just know I gotta play the *hic* game if I wanna win.”
Sensing that it was time to change things up, Bianca took the last of her fries and shoved them in her mouth, downing them with beer.
Bianca: “S-So whaddya say we get outta here and move onto the m-main *hic* event?”
She was bold, that much was for certain, and while this level of confidence in the face of such a powerful man was far from the experience Elly(Ken) had in mind when she started… this was more enjoyable.
Elly(Ken): “I think it’s high time we left this place. There’s a hotel just a short walk away from here, and I think you’ll find it plenty comfortable.”
Bianca: “H-Hey, any bed’s a palace when you’re this *hic* drunk. Let’s go, Daddy-o. …But first.”
Reaching into her huge boobs, Bianca pulled out her freshly purchased smartphone, holding it out for a selfie with Elly(Ken), only for her to take it from Bianca’s shaky drunk hands. She arranged the photo to capture Bianca, but deliberately cut out her face, only including her sharply-dressed torso, with even her arms covered by her suit jacket.
Elly(Ken): “I’ll give you a lot of things, Bianca. But we want to keep our relationship on the down-low.”
Bianca: “Pfft! Fine. Just make sure you give me a *hic* nice looong time tonight!”
From that declaration, Elly(Ken) planted a generous cash tip on the bar before stepping off of her stool, grabbing Bianca as she wrapped herself around her arm, becoming a piece of chunky arm candy. The other men in the bar, almost all White, looked on at Elly(Ken) as she left, clearly knowing what she was going to get up to, before returning to their dates. Most of their dates were older, some younger, and many of them far darker than the fat White lady that was walking out the entrance.
As Elly(Ken) described, the walk to the nearest hotel was brief, and it was practically designed for situations like this. The man at the front desk asked zero questions as he provided the two with a hotel room made for people to fuck, sleep, and then run away come morning. Now, all Elly(Ken) had to do was write an ending to her story, and she knew exactly how things would go.
Bianca: “So, whaddya want from me?”
Elly(Ken): “I want to feel like the powerful man I am. Do you think you can help me with that?”
Bianca: “Hehehe! Yeah! I *hic* I can do that! Anything for you, Mister Williams.”
Elly(Ken) snickered at that pseudonym, having called herself Michael Williams as a cover.
Having set the scene, the two joined each other on the bed, still clothed, as they began their foreplay.
Bianca: “S-Sure thing, Mister Williams. Anything *hic* for my promotion.”
Elly(Ken): “Hmm… going so far to solicit me for more work and more pay? You’re an awfully desperate woman, aren’t you?”
Bianca: “I am! I need the money and, seeing you every day, so strong, so suave, why, it just *hic* makes my heart go crazy. So, whatever you want, I’ll do it.”
Elly(Ken) had to roll her eyes as she went through this. She knew what the business world was like, that this was cornier than a bucket of popcorn, and how modern business culture rightfully made these fantasies a thing of the past. …Still, that did not make them any less fun. She was not trying to be Ken Flare the actual executive. She was just a powerful man expressing “his” power over a young woman. And if this is how she saw the world, then who was she to deny her?
Elly(Ken): “Well, if you want to become my personal secretary, you need to be able to help me alleviate stress, and I have such a large desk for good reason. Let’s see how you like this.”
With a quick shuffling of her belt and gyrating of her flat dude ass, Elly(Ken) lowered her pants and boxers, letting her dick fly forward, all 9 inches in their glory, no worse for wear. The sight of such a fat cock was enough to leave Bianca dazed, briefly glancing at the door as she wondered “how the fuck am I gonna fit all that inside me?”
However, she did not falter. She merely craned open her mouth, bent down on the carpeted floors, and started shoving this musky meat rod into her mouth, flinching as it breached the top of her mouth and nearly hitting the back of her throat. She then clamped her mouth down, overwhelmed by the sheer heat of this cock, and began to slowly, methodically, move her mouth, especially her lips, across it.
Elly(Ken): “Your technique is amateurish, but that is something we can refine in time. Don’t fear my penis. Don’t be afraid that you’ll hurt it, or yourself. Embrace it. You’ll enjoy it much more that way.”
She was speaking from experience, from how she learned to enjoy sucking this very same dick, and how she taught her husband to do the same, just with a more direct tone. Bianca looked up, concerned for herself more than anything, and complied, loosening her mouth muscles and accepting this thick girthy rod, bringing her tongue to it and finding the sensory mix of latent beer and sweaty man-meat to be… interesting to say the least.
Elly(Ken) merely leaned back as the fat White girl before her did all the work, taking off her jacket and tie as she made herself comfortable so she could focus on the action. She knew this penis as if it were her own at this point, and focused on the differences that a partner makes, that the shape of a mouth makes, and how lighter, looser, and more reserved Bianca’s movements were. It still felt good. Any hole would. But her movements were laced with the tension of obligation rather than enthusiasm. It was a lesser feeling in her purview, yet it could not be separated by the power felt through the whole scenario. She knew that Bianca could be disposed of, that she could be disciplined, it made her feel like a big man. Elly(Ken) just wasn’t cruel enough to do harm unto her.
Soon enough, Elly(Ken) came, calling Bianca to stop as she instead bust into a tuft of complimentary tissues, tossing them into a thoughtfully placed rubbish bin.
Bianca: “Uh, thanks, but why’d…”
Elly(Ken): “You bust in the mouth of someone you love and who loves you, and busting on their face is just a mess to clean up. I am not a cruel man. And now that I’ve cleared myself out, we should be able to go for at least fifteen minutes. If you would please strip.”
Bianca nodded and complied, taking off her dress in a single motion, and removing her bra and panty with a second. Though, she deliberately left her glasses on. Her boobs were even larger when left to hang freely, adorned with stretch marks implying a sudden weight gain, and with veins stemming from her fat, surprisingly dark, areolas. With her hanging belly, billowing ass, and ample grabbing spots, she looked like a woman who would be shunned by morons. However, Elly(Ken) had seen enough women desperate to stay skinny, hurting themselves to maintain an ideal, to see the beauty of women who indulged in the delights of modernity, ate freely, and found comfort with their size. She, of course, would never change her shape, she knew the game was rigged but is invested in the system. However, that did not preclude her from enjoying the form in other ways.
Once she was as bare, Bianca lied on the bed, on top of the covers, looking up at Elly(Ken) sheepishly.
Bianca: “So, Mister Williams, what are we gonna do on the bed?”
Elly(Ken) scoffed, having nearly forgotten the pseudonym she gave herself.
Elly(Ken): “You stay put, while I indulge myself. Don’t worry. I wouldn’t want to hurt one of my employees.”
With a nod in affirmation, Bianca allowed Elly(Ken) to begin her indulgences, taking off her shirt, revealing her gut and hairy chest, and planting herself on top of Bianca, because symbolism. Her body was free for the plundering, her face still red from all the beer she chugged, and her sex just a motion away from being exposed. Elly(Ken) could do whatever she wanted to her, but she decided that she needed to prime the young woman before her first, get her going, make her eager, before plopping it in. …But first, Elly(Ken) dug into her pants to slap a condom on her penis. The women of the Swap Posse might not be able to get pregnant, but she didn’t want to be impregnating anyone with Ken’s body.
Elly(Ken) began by catering to Bianca’s eye-catching nipples, planting her tongue over them, giving them long, drawn-out licks, feeling the bumps surrounding the nipple before continuing past them. He hairs of Elly(Ken)’s face bristled against Bianca with every lick. Saliva shimmered on her pasty skin, and her body shivered as the warm fluid quickly became cold. She continued to use her talented tongue on the canvas before her, taking it to her neck as she lathered it, feeling Bianca flinch as she was tasted, her flavor… vaguely resembling cheese. This was dairy country after all.
Her hands drifted to Bianca’s body as she licked her, rubbing them across her many folds. Her body was soft, pillowy, and felt like it could be rolled up into something, like a squishy dense dough. It was something that skinny people seldom got to feel, and the cluster of nerves beyond all this fat made Bianca quiver, as if she was being lightly tickled with every rub. Elly(Ken) smiled down at her, poking into her belly button as she squirmed, her lips shut, yet sounds of laughter still eked out. She was teased, she was tendered, and with a moistness coming down from her legs, Elly(Ken) spread them and entered the soft pink flesh before her, slowly gliding her condom-covered cock through it.
The pre-applied lubricant of the condom made entering easy, yet the sheer tightness of Bianca urged Elly(Ken) to go slow, sliding past her folds as she was surrounded by pressure all around. She breathed in deep, Bianca did the same, and by the time she was all the way inside, they both let out a sigh of relief.
Elly(Ken): “Now is where you sit back and wiggle around. Let’s see if you’re really secretary material.”
Bianca eked out a small meep in affirmation before Elly(Ken) did her thing and started fucking. The act of penetration, of how to make a woman feel good, was an art she had made loads of progress on since she first entered this body, and even with a different pussy before her, the same rules applied. Move rhythmically, more deliberately, and never push the aggression past a point. She knew damn well what a woman wanted, and was not enough of a jackass to put herself before her, especially if she wanted a truly good time.
From the start, Bianca was cooing in pleasure, enraptured by this basic yet effective technique, cumming by the one-minute-mark and floating for several minutes afterward. Still, Elly(Ken) still pressed on, trying to last fifteen minutes like she said she would, and pushing herself through to the end, finally busting while inside Bianca, her condom gushing with the second round of cum. She pulled out a brief moment later, leaving Bianca hot, sweaty, and gazing at the ceiling overhead, the fan rotating at a leisurely pace, while Elly(Ken) was getting dressed.
Bianca: “H-Hey! You’re leaving me?”
Elly(Ken): “Yes. I’ve already pushed myself further than I should have. Lake Geneva’s not as private as it used to be, and I only went this far to prove that I could… still do this. I got what I wanted, and you got what you wanted. The room’s paid for through the night, but do leave here by ten.”
Bianca: “W-Wait, but I thought… No, this was a one night stand. You made that clear… Ugh. I finally find a man who knows how to treat me well and he up and leaves me!”
Elly(Ken): “Bianca… you’re not a bad girl. You’re more calculating and focused than most, but if you keep trying and keep going out into the world, you will eventually find someplace where you can thrive. The opportunities are out there, you just need to be out there as well, working toward what you, and the world, want. Times may be tough, recessions destroy so much, but you are the type of woman who will make something of yourself. …And if you check your purse, you will find a little bonus to help you get started.”
As she spoke, Elly(Ken) turned her back on Bianca to place some extra cash in her purse, resting on a small end table. She did not want to see Bianca’s reaction as she broke the news, so she accumulated her belongings and left her on the bed.
Just like that, Elly(Ken) had finished her little side story. She had experienced a brief compensated relationship, only blew about $2,000 in the process, and when she was done… she felt empty. She had grown so used to Ken, to doing things with him, that even decent sex like what she just experienced felt like it was lacking a critical element. Without the love, without the connection, it just felt hallow in a way she had… expected.
Elly(Ken): “I guess I really am still head over heels for you, Ken ‘Elly.’ And what those men experience really is a far cry from what we do. Maybe I was not brutal or mean enough, but I think I am willing to shake things up… so long as I’m with you.”
With those final words spoken to herself, Elly(Ken) walked out of the back entrance of the love hotel, calling up a taxi to bring her back to Timber Geneva Lodge and enjoy the last day with her husband-turned-daughter, unaware of what shenanigans lied in store for her when she came back.
Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Main Page
Act 1: SwitchY Swap
May 16th: Prom Pomf Pomf Preview
May 29th: Enter Verde’s Doohickey 2.0
May 30th: Let’s Get Swappin’
May 31st: Flare Family Fiasco
June 1st: Graduation Day
June 2nd: The Kurokawa ‘Sisters’
June 3rd: My Day As Zoe Xing
June 4th: Love in Seoul
June 5th: Sister Mother and Sister Daughter
June 6th: Back 2.0 Basics
June 7th: Assembling the Posse
June 8th: Anita Neukar in… Vivi Gaimz
June 9th: Mother Daughter Heart-2.0-Heart
June 10th: Daisuke and Paz in… Wacked Up Wednesday
June 11th: VAG Swap
June 12th: Terra’s Tomorrow
June 13th: Haruki’s Birthday Bash
Act 2: CHAOTIC CHANGES
June 14th: Jade and the Kuro Abigale Quinlans
June 15th: Aku_Mako’s E3 2015 Rundown – Day Zero
June 16th: Transform Sex Power
June 17th: Erotic Blitz
June 18th: An Evening At The Local Water Park
June 19th: Date Night Cubed
June 20th: Chicago Diamond Symphonia
June 21st: The Father’s Day Resurrection Special
June 22nd: Nazz and Liang Do Flare Industries
June 23rd: The Kurokawa Family Visits the Museum of Science and Industry
June 24th: Whatever Happened to… Yuccot Kikansky?
June 25th: A World Where The Gamers Won
June 26th: Bond Xing
June 27th: SSS – Sizzling Sexual Summer
June 28th: Lesbians 2.0 Gay Boys
June 29th: Caroline and Raiyne’s Cabin Logs
ACT 3: WORLDLY WONDERS
July 1st: We Lost the Remote in Tokyo!
July 2nd: Maid Café Mishaps
July 3rd: Pier Parties and Peaceful Palavers
July 4th: The Freedom To Get High At Burger Queen!
July 5th: From Nippon With Love
July 6th: Let’s Go Mexico with Haruya ‘n’ Da Boyz! Episode 1
July 7th: Jade & Caroline’s Austrian Adventure Episode 1
July 8th: Max’s Buff Quest Episode 1
July 9th: Let’s Go Mexico with Haruya ‘n’ Da Boyz! Episode 2
July 10th: Jade & Caroline’s Austrian Adventure Episode 2
July 11th: Max’s Buff Quest Episode 2
July 12th: Let’s Go Mexico with Haruya ‘n’ Da Boyz! Episode 3
July 13th: Jade & Caroline’s Austrian Adventure Episode 3
July 14th: Max’s Buff Quest Episode 3
July 15th: Utage Three-Point-Oh!