Chapter 19: Thursday Afternoon: Demo

Allison grinned and pulled her into a big hug as she stepped through the doorway and onto the backstage. I’m glad we’re doing this together; as much as I’m getting a little excited about this, I’m also pretty nervous. I can draw off of your confidence if need be.

Kara sighed a little as Emanuel’s presence faded from her view. Oh, by the way; where is Rachel anyway?

I’m not sure. She said she had something to talk to Mrs. Frauhold about, but that conversation should be over by now.

Let me see if I can find her then. Kara focused for a few moments on her own senses, then tried to push past them. Oh! She’s in the third dressing room; and unless I’m mistaken...

I don’t think you are. That certainly feels like arousal to me. From the intensity of it though...

I agree; she’s probably almost done. They grinned as a moment later a scream rang out through the area. Yup. Sounds like it was a good one too.

Like the ones we’re going to have during this. But before she comes out... Kara gasped briefly in surprise as Allison’s lips met her own, then settled into the passionate kiss.

“Aren’t the old PDA rules still in effect?”

Kara pulled her head back, looked at Rachel, and shrugged her shoulders. “So? We really don’t care. Especially since everyone is okay with all sorts of sexual stuff happening.”

Allison turned around as well. “Yeah. It makes no sense. So if I want to kiss my lovely wife, I’m going to do so.”

“As long as it doesn’t disrupt class time, I hope?”

They both nodded their heads. “Of course Mrs. Frauhold. That would just be rude.”

“Wife ... part of me still can’t quite accept that’s true. You three all seem so young...”

“Physically, yes; but there’s been enough that’s happened in our lives that’s forced more emotional maturity than seems typical of others our age. Of course, I can’t truly speak for everyone.”

“Not unless you’ve lived everyone’s lives, and that would be exhausting at best and mind breaking at worst” Mrs. Frauhold agreed. “I’m merely here to make sure nothing outright against Program or school rules happens; ignore my presence.”

Rachel read the worry on their faces. “Don’t worry; we’ll still be able to do everything we need to, and I’ll make sure neither of you goes home unsatisfied if you don’t want to.” She stepped over to the closed curtains and peaked through them. “That’s a bigger crowd than I was expecting. In fact, one of the girls out there is dressed much more conservatively than I’d expect of this crowd.”

Kara smiled. “That’s probably Bonnie. She’s seen that just because you’ve been taught something, that doesn’t mean it’s right.”

“Ah, I see. One of your ‘converts’ as Mrs. Frauhold put it earlier?”

“I really don’t like that term for it. I’m happy that we’ve been able to give others the courage to try expanding their comfort zones or try something new; but we’re not converting them. That implies they’re crazy enough to become one of our cult members.”

“You’ll need to explain how that happened later. For now though, are you both ready to get started?” They both nodded their heads. “Good. Take one of those seats for now while I explain what everyone can expect.” They watched her open the curtains slightly and step through them. “Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first of a series of toy safety demos. I’m Rachel, the owner of the Alternate Sex, an adult toy store in the mall. Before we start, I want to quickly make three announcements. First, all of you who were handed an envelope with our name and address and asked not to open it until you were told to. Please do so now.” Kara heard a series of gasps and surprised shouts. “That is a coupon for thirty-five percent off any purchase made before the expiration date.”

“One item?” a girl asked.

“No. Your ‘purchase’ in this case would be your entire cart, and the coupon is reusable until the day after the expiration date.”

“That’s...” Bonnie started to say.

“Ridiculous, yes. We believe that everyone should be able to fully explore their sexuality, and recognize that as high school students, lack of full time jobs shouldn’t prevent that chance. The coupon is usable only by you, and only good for a month. If you have friends who want a coupon of their own, they can come to one of the future sessions of this series; and only students of this school are eligible to receive a coupon. Second, two of your classmates have graciously agreed to be models for this series; I ask that you give them the respect that you would give a professional performer. Repeated rude behavior will result in you getting kicked out of the session, and your coupon taken back.”

“How about if someone needs to leave early?”

“Then the coupon is yours to keep. We ask that you stay for as long as possible though. Any other questions before we begin?”

“Some of us aren’t eighteen yet, and won’t turn eighteen before the coupon expires. Will that keep us from getting to use it?”

“No. Partially because, even though you can’t legally buy anything until you’re eighteen currently, you’re still allowed in the store as long as you’re sixteen or older. However, that law is changing in the next week or two; the tests of the new, sixteen to buy version have been successful so far. If you find things that you’d like to buy before that happens, we’ll put them in reserve for you until the law takes effect and you can come back for them.”

That’s pretty cool of them.

I agree darling. And from what Rachel said earlier, that’ll be the case for everyone who could buy under the new law, but not under the current one.

“Any other questions or concerns?” Kara heard her wait for a few moments. “No? Very well; there will be time for any questions that may come up during the demonstration after it’s done.” They watched her duck back in and lift a blanket from a nearby table. “Are you both ready?”

Kara glance over the items on the table. “I believe so.”

Allison grinned, her eyes focusing on a spot on the table that Kara couldn’t see very well. “Yes. That looks fun.”

“I was wondering which of you would notice it. It doesn’t need to be used as part of the demo, but I figured...”

What did you see, my muse?

You’ll see in a little bit. Trust me when I say that you’ll be happy though.

I do.

“I see I figured correctly. We won’t be starting with that though.” She walked over to the curtain controls. “I trust that neither of you have major problems with stage fright.”

Kara grinned and nodded her head. “This far into the week, with as much crazy stuff that’s happened? That would be impossible for us. Let’s do this.”

Rachel nodded her head and pulled the cord, opening the curtains to reveal about thirty of their schoolmates. “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. As you can see from the table next to Kara and Allison, today’s demonstration will cover the every possible kind of ‘toy’ you can reasonably find. Some of them are definitely not beginner friendly, and I doubt that there will be a single toy here that everyone is really interested in. That said, we’ll be starting with the more vanilla ones, then moving on to the kinkier options.”

She gestured for Kara to stand up and took a small box from the table. “Most of you won’t know what these are; thanks mainly to the improvements in medical science over the last decade. This is a box of condoms, and before anyone claims they’re not needed anymore, I’m going to show you a few situations where they do come in handy.” She put the box down and picked up a dildo. “This is the kind of dildo you’ll find most frequently if you find yourself looking for one. Now, while this one is made of silicone, and easy to clean with either soap and water or special cleansers; this is not true for all of them.”

She put that one down, and picked up another one. “This material used to be much more common in adult toys, but has been on the decline as of late. That’s because, in an effort to make it feel as much like a real penis as possible, it proved to be much harder to clean properly. This is thanks to its porous nature; bodily fluids tend to get caught in it, and that makes cleaning those fluids out rather difficult. If you choose to use a toy made of this material, then your best option for keeping it clean is to always use it with a condom.”

She glanced at Allison and Kara. “This is especially true if the toy in question will be used on or by multiple people. Now, since I highly doubt condom use is still taught in sex ed, I will demonstrate how to put one on.” Kara watched her take one out of the box, open it, and hold it up. “When putting one on something or someone, always pinch the little bulb at the top first, then slowly unroll it onto the object. The bulb at the top is a reservoir meant to catch and hold the semen that the condom would collect if used by someone with a working penis.” She gestured Kara over, and handed her the dildo and another condom. “Kara will now demonstrate why it matters that you use one with toys like this one.”

She wants us both to use this I’m guessing. Are you okay with this Ally?

Yes please. Are you?

I’m not particularly turned on at the moment, but I’m sure once I start using this on you that will change very quickly.

Kara knelt down in front of Allison, moved the dildo into position, and thrust it in. I don’t really feel a difference between this one and yours.

Without the condom, I’m sure we’d know the difference right away. A few more thrusts?

Yeah. This still feels good; just not as good. Kara gave Allison a few more good thrusts, then pulled it out of her. “Now, the benefit of using a condom for playing with someone who you’re not fluid bonded with is simple” Rachel began. “All you need to do for the next partner, assuming the first condom was put on properly of course, is take the old one off, and put a new one on.” Kara slowly pulled off the one already on the dildo and handed it to Allison. Oh wow! That does feel much more like Manny.

I know, right? But it’s not worth it if you always need to use a condom with one. She opened the second condom and unrolled it onto the dildo while Allison held it. Just give me a few thrusts as well.

Okay. Kara sat down, and gasped as the dildo was pushed into her, then sighed happily with the thrusts in and out that followed. I think that’s enough from this one. Allison nodded, pulled it out, took the used condom off it and handed it back to Rachel. “Clean up is as simple as that. Another use for condoms is when you want to use a toy for anal play. Using a condom allows you to go from using it anally, then change to vaginal usage simply by removing the condom.”

“But why do you need to do that?” one of the girls asked.

“There are a number of health reasons for why it’s a bad idea to take a dildo or penis that was up there and put it straight into your vagina. It’s much better to not have to worry about that and simply use the condom. This is true even for silicone dildos. Speaking of anal play” she continued, putting the dildo down “there is one other safety consideration you need to think about. Unlike the vagina, which is usually quite adept at producing its own lubricant, the anus does not. Putting anything up it requires outside lubrication, or else its really going to hurt. What kind of lube you need will depend on what material the toy is made of; some don’t react well to silicone, which requires the use of water based ones instead.”

She glanced at Allison and Kara. “I would love to be able to give you a demonstration of the warm-up and preparations usually needed for comfortable anal sex, but I’m not about to ask either Kara or Allison to try it if they don’t want to. Instead, I can give you a few pointers. First, too much lube usually isn’t a problem; too little can be devastating. Be generous when using it. Second, don’t go straight to your dildo or penis unless your partner is used to that, and go slow. Again, unlike the vagina which is designed to stretch and accommodate a penis, the anus is not. When in doubt, start small and work up from there. Be patient with this step; moving from a small plug like this one” she held up a small, tapered toy “to the next size up can sometimes take weeks or longer of preparation. Finally, always start slow unless your partner explicitly indicates otherwise.”

Darling, do you ... do you mind if we talk to Rachel about...

You want to physically demo some of what she just talked about, don’t you?

Allison nodded nervously. Yes. I don’t want to go all the way in front of everyone here, but that little plug is kind of ... exciting me.

Okay. I’m sure she’ll be happy to have us physically demo some of the process. “Rachel?”

“Yes Kara?”

“Allison and I are okay with demoing some of the acclimation process.”

“Are you sure?”

Allison smiled and bit her lip nervously. “Yeah. I’m actually really curious to try Kara’s strap on up there at some point.”

“Very well.” She glanced at the table, grabbed a small bottle of lube, a plug, a condom, and a disposable glove. “One other piece of safety gear you may want to have on hand for play like this; a glove. This is a medical grade latex glove, but it’s not necessary to go to quite that degree.”

“Why a glove though?” another girl asked.

“Simply because the first thing you can usually fit comfortably for getting used to anal play is a finger or two. Not everyone wants to put their fingers up their partner like that, especially if that partner hasn’t had an opportunity to use the bathroom before you start.” She turned to them for a moment. “You can use whatever natural lubrication Allison’s been producing up to now as a starting point; but you may need to use some from the bottle too. Remember, start with one finger and go slow.”

Kara nodded and motioned for Allison to stand to the side of one of the chairs. She sat down in that chair, slipped on the glove, and started to finger Allison normally at first. I think that’s enough to start with. Ready?

Yeah. Kara positioned a finger and slowly began to push it in. That’s a tight fit. No wonder she said to never go straight to the dildo.

Indeed. When that one’s in all the way, try a second finger. If that still feels alright, I want to try that little plug. Kara nodded, and finished pushing the first finger in, then began with the second. Am I crazy for someday wanting to see if I can get Manny up there?

Maybe a little. But you seem to be taking two fingers just fine.

That’s the widest I wan something to go for now. Give me a few good thrusts, and then let’s see how the plug feels.

Kara slowly pulled her fingers most of the way out, then pushed them back in. This feels ... a bit weird. I thought we feel full when riding Manny. But this...

Yeah; this takes that, and dials it up to eleven. Still, I think I can handle the plug.

Can you roll the condom onto it? You’re kind of keeping one of my hands hostage here.

Allison rolled her eyes, then smiled. Of course. There you go. Kara nodded her head, pulled both fingers all the way out, and with her other hand started to push the little plug up. So far so good...

It’s about halfway in. I think the last quarter will be the tough part though. Ready for more?

Not yet ... let me adjust a little first.

“What you’re seeing now is Kara letting Allison get used to the plug. Still...” she dropped her voice and stood next to Allison “I’m impressed you took as much of the plug as you did so quickly. Don’t rush yourself though.”

“I’m not. Give me more, my love.”

Kara nodded, and resumed pushing the plug up slowly. Both of them gasped as the last of the plug went in. Holy ... that’s intense.

I know! But it feels ... good too. I think we might need to pick up a set or two of plugs. Something that I can leave in like this for some amount of time. Do you think we can continue with the demo while it stays in?

We can always ask. “Do we need to take it out right away?”

“Since Allison put the condom on it first, no. It can stay in for awhile.” Rachel turned back to the audience. “Some of you might be wondering why the butt plugs flare out so much at the end. That’s a safety feature; to make sure that you always have somewhere good to grip to take them out.” She picked up a strange ‘string’ of beads; each one larger than the previous one. “This is another toy often used for anal play; in this case, the beads have a ring on the end that serves the same kind of purpose as the flared base of the plugs. One last word on lubrication; you don’t just need to think about it for anal play. Both water and silicon based lubricants are safe to use with condoms; avoid anything oil based as they can break down latex.”

She stepped back over to the table. “There’s one more thing to cover before we get to the kinkier of the toys on here.” She held up a harness. “One of the nice things about dildos and vibrators is that you don’t always need your hands to use them. A harness like this one allows one person to wear the attached dildo or vibrator on their person, and actually use it like one would use a penis.”

“That looks like if you’re wearing it, there’s no way your partner can get at your fun spots.”

“That’s true. There are other harness designs that do allow access to the wearer’s vagina as well.” She glanced over at Kara and smiled. “In fact, they have one.”

Kara grinned. “We have it with us.”

“Are you willing to give a demonstration of how it works?”

Kara glanced at Allison, who nodded her head vigorously. “Of course!” Yours or mine?

Let’s try mine. I want to see how the vibrating effects the experience.

I’ve been kind of curious about that myself. Kara stood up, grabbed the toy bag, and rummaged through it. Mine is still attached to the harness.

I’m sure Rachel can make something of that.

As Kara started to pull the harness out, Rachel glanced over at them. “As you can see, this is what a harness can look like with the a dildo properly attached to it. I had kind of hoped” she paused as Kara pulled out vibrator “never mind. A few important things about harnesses: first, pay attention to the cleaning instructions for yours. A leather one like Kara’s needs to be cleaned shortly after each use, and occasionally conditioned to keep it soft and pliable. However, a nylon one like this one is considerably easier to clean; simply throw it in the washing machine and let it air dry. Second, not all dildos and vibrators work with every harness. Kara’s has an adjustable opening; this one is designed for ones of a certain thickness. Neither will take a vibrator like this one; it’s base is simply too much like the rest of it to safely lock in place.”

“Third, it’s crucial to ensure that your dildo or vibe not only fits in your harness, but can be held securely by it.” Rachel pointed to Kara as she slid the cushioned covering off the dildo’s base and pulled it out of the harness. “That harness uses the two O rings and the users own body to keep the dildo firmly in place. The rings are adjustable to a degree, allowing them to be tightened around the dildo itself. That ensures a good, tight fit without threatening to pinch the dildo.” Kara took the vibrator, slid it in through both rings, and tightened both. “In this case, the vibrator that she’s putting in now is a little smaller than the original dildo, but a small adjustment and it works just fine.” Kara tested the vibrator to make sure it couldn’t shift around.

“Finally, the quality and strength of the straps used to secure the harness to your body is perhaps the most important component to consider. The straps on Kara’s are strong and thick, and from how easily she’s slipping them on, it’s clear that she’s tightened them to just the right setting.”

Ready Ally?

Yes. Put the vibrator on the lowest setting to start.

Kara reached down, turned on the vibrator, and motioned for Allison to bend over one of the chairs. Okay then, here I go. She thrust in, gasping as the vibrations from Allison hit her. Okay, your side of the vibrator is by far the better one. On mine...

It’s a little weird, yeah. I’m sure one of those harnesses would work better for it. Kara continued to thrust in and out, grinning as Allison’s breathing intensified. I’m tempted to suggest going to the next setting, but I think the weird would screw with the fun too much. Can you pause and just turn the thing off?

Of course. Kara pulled back, reached down, turned the vibrator off, then began to thrust again. Much better.

Yes it is. Can you reach forward and play with my breasts too? Kara grinned, grabbed Allison’ left breast, and began to trace around it, drawing moans and smiles from her. Not quite what I’d intended, but damn it this feels good.

I think I know what you want, and I will give it; just not right now. Can you feel the plug shifting slightly with each thrust?

Yes, and it’s driving me crazy! Now I really want you and Manny to make love to me at the same time like this.

Oh goddess ... that’s going to be out of this world. She finished the last stroke of her fingers’ exploration, then held and squeezed the breast. Allison’s moaning grew louder.

“Ordinarily, every one of these shifts in motion really should be accompanied by some form of communication. But as enough of you know...”

“We’re not normal, and we’re communicating just fine at the moment.” I can feel it ... you’re close Ally.

And you’re not far behind. Can ... can you slap my butt before ... you know. Even once would be amazing.

Kara continued thrusting in and out, watching Allison’s wave grow. As it reached its peak, she brought her free hand down hard onto Allison’s right cheek, then her left. The first hit pushed the wave of pleasure even higher; the second pushed it over the edge. Allison’s scream echoed through the stage area as the orgasm threatened to bring her to her knees; causing Kara’s to begin it’s rush a second behind. Her own scream left her mouth a few moments later, and she collapsed on top of Allison as the wave finished surge forward. Are ... are you okay, my love?

Wonderful. Although, I may need you to get up as soon as you’re able; this position is a little awkward for me to hold for long.

Kara pulled out and wobbled over to the other chair as Allison stood up. They both collapsed back onto a chair as their breathing slowly returned to normal.

“Are they okay?” A familiar voice asked from the audience.

“We’re fine Bonnie. That was just ... more intense than I was expecting it to be.”

“A few more quick questions for them, then we’ll move onto the kinky part of the table.”

“You didn’t use a condom. Why?” a boy asked.

Allison smiled. “It’s Kara’s, but it’s easy to clean, and we’ve shared enough of the messy stuff with each other that Kara doesn’t mind using it on me.”

“So you three are truly fluid bonded” Rachel observed.

“What does that mean?” another girls asked.

“It means that the people involved have shared some of their bodily fluids with each other, and thus have already exposed each other to anything the others might have. In this case, I’m sure the ‘fluids’ are their spit and anything that results from their orgasms. It’s generally much safer for a fluid bonded pair to ignore some of the safety precautions as they’ve also shared their anti-bodies with each other too. However” she paused for a moment, glancing around the room “just as the need for condoms has shrunk dramatically since the cures for STDs came along, so too has the idea of fluid bonding faded. Any other questions before we continue?”

“How did you two seem to read each other so well earlier with seemingly limited communication between each other? I assume there was some amount of negotiation ahead of time...” a girl asked.

Allison laughed softly. “I’m surprised some of you haven’t heard the rumors. The one about us being able to communicate telepathically is true. But even without that, we’ve had a lot of time since Sunday to get to know what makes the other person tick.”

“And that” Rachel quickly chimed in “is the perfect place to move on from. You specifically mentioned negotiation, which leads me to believe that you and your partner or partners is involved in the kinkier side of things to some degree.” Kara watched the girl nod her head. “For everyone who doesn’t know the kinky side of adult fun, successful negotiations are perhaps the most important safety tool you have at your disposal. Because the umbrella of possible actions is so much larger, it’s crucial for kinky players to explicitly and carefully talk about exactly what they’re okay with doing and being done to them, and how far they want to go.”

“How about safe words?” the girl asked.

“That’s one of the more important things to determine during the course of negotiating. For those who don’t know, a safe word is a word or phrase that the person on the receiving end of whatever is happening can say to instantly slow down or stop the play.”

“Wouldn’t ‘no’ or ‘stop’ work just fine?”

“For many, perhaps. But ‘stop’ and ‘no’ don’t work for people intentionally messing with consent rules by practicing consensual non-consent. For these people, they might need a word like ‘juniper’ or ‘hellion’ to truly mean stop. That said, one of the most common word sets used is red, yellow and green; fairly universal here, and easy to understand.”

“Wait, how can something non-consensual be consensual? That doesn’t make any sense” a boy asked.

“Everyone here understands the basic idea of consent, right?” Kara watched them nod their heads. “Good. So, the idea behind consensual non-consent is that all parties are going into whatever the situation is having agreed that everything that will happen is within their boundaries. However, at least one of them may not know when or how; and the person who is on the receiving end might try to ‘fight back’ or ‘resist’. In some cases, the receiver wants to feel vulnerable and helpless in the moment, while still knowing that ultimately they’re still in charge of their life. It can be freeing to not need to make any decisions for a time.”

“That said, regardless of what side of kink you want to engage in, there is one crucial element of safety than can not be ignored. Each act or tool carries with it its own set of pitfalls and things the doer needs to be aware of and working to avoid. Learning this and practicing something new enough that you feel comfortable doing or using that on someone else is crucial. For example” she paused, picking up a flogger from the table “while this may not look like much to some of you, it’s capable of causing considerable damage if you hit the wrong area on a person, or hit them too hard somewhere that’s normally fine. Thankfully, you can find the information you need if you do a little research online.”

Kara watched her turn to Allison. “I would love to be able to actually show the difference between dangerous spots and good ones with this. Are you willing to be my bottom for this lesson?”

That looks considerably heavier than any of ours. That could be fun.

I was just about to think that darling. I already like the idea. “Sure.”

Rachel motioned for her to stand facing away from the audience. “By far the safest area to hit is the butt. There’s more than enough padding there that it would take a lot to injure it. The upper back is one of the other common areas to aim for; but if you’re going to, be careful that you don’t hit the spine here” she added as she touched a spot just below Allison’s neck “or hit too high and have the hit wrap over their shoulder. The inner thighs are generally pretty safe; but this might be too intense for some people. On the front; arms and legs are generally safe. So are the breasts; but they require a very careful touch for most people. Again, getting to know your partner is the only way to do this effectively.” She turned back to Allison. “Can I demo actually striking the safe areas?”