Chapter 37: Saturday Evening: Floating Predicament Scene

Rosa turned her head to face Emanuel. “I see. Uhm ... who was General Orange, by the way?”

Kara laughed, and pointed toward the door. “Rachel. She lent us the other blade. By the way, are you feeling anything unusual right now?”

“If you’re referring to what your body heat does to the wicked cream you rubbed all over me, yes. Oh, and you can let her in if you want to.” Kara glanced around the room, registering three other glances, then quietly made her way to the door.

“I hope I’m not interrupting” Rachel started softly, quickly closing the door behind her. “I figured you might still want some privacy, but it looked like the scene is over.”

Rosa laughed softly again. “Yeah, we’re done with this one at least.” She turned to look at Kara. “Would you be okay if I went to lay down in that quiet room? I’m feeling kind of sleepy after all of that now.”

“Do you need one of us to go with you?”

“No, I’m good.”

Rachel grinned at them. “There’s a volunteer in that room at all times; they can contact someone if she does end up needing one of you.” Rosa smiled, nodded, and disengaged from Emanuel and Vanessa, then headed toward the door with her spare clothing in hand.

“Wait!” Vanessa exclaimed suddenly “what about your dildo and harness?”

“They can hold onto it until I come back in a little later.”

Allison nodded her head. “I’ll give them a good cleaning real quick. Especially the harness.” Rosa smiled, nodded her head, and confidently headed through the now open doorway; closing the door behind her again. “How much of all of that did you actually see?”

“Enough. Considering that was your first scene with her, I think you all did pretty good.” She glanced at the X shaped cross. “And you really surprised a lot of people when you adjusted that. Even a lot of the dungeon masters didn’t know that was possible.” Kara watched her watch them as Emanuel and Vanessa moved about the room quickly cleaning everything up. “You don’t have to hurry if you any of you need a few more moments. As far as I’m aware no one else is waiting for this space.”

“It feels like the right thing to do” Emanuel quickly remarked as he began packing up the toy bag.

“Besides, as you said during the demo” Kara started, restoring the X shaped cross to its original position “doing this sort of thing can often be the aftercare the top needs, right?”

“Right.”

“Well, I’m not entirely sure that’s true for me, but I won’t really know if I don’t try it.”

“Actually” Allison started to add, finishing the last wipe down of the knives “are you willing or able to give us a few pointers on what we can do better next time?”

“I can only speak generally; without Rosa being here too I can’t say for sure if you did something that negatively impacted her enjoyment of the scene. But from that general point of view, I could really only see one thing that might have been an issue. At a few points it looked like one of you wanted to do something you hadn’t negotiated earlier. Somehow everything seems to have ended okay though.”

“Oh, right...” Kara began, putting on her skirt before sitting down on one of the chairs “here’s the thing about all of that. Most of that was because Rosa and I had negotiated playing some of what happened by ear. The only exception to that was Vanessa being pulled into the scene part way through.”

“That sort of thing can often be detrimental to your bottom’s head space. How did you avoid that?”

“I know Rosa from my Improvisational Techniques class, and we’ve had a lot of practice lately using small body language signs to communicate. She and I used those same sort of signs for checking in on most of the up in the air stuff. And we all went into the scene expecting a lot of improvising anyway.”

“Okay, that matches some of what I heard from the Program coordinator. But what did you mean about Vanessa’s inclusion?”

“I wasn’t supposed to be part of the scene originally” Vanessa began, seemingly considering her shirt “in part because Rosa didn’t have a sense of me a partner I guess, and in part because I wasn’t sure I wanted to either. But after I did my little explore of the rest of the spaces, I realized I didn’t want to leave early yet, and I’d be pretty bored if I didn’t find something to do.”

“Obviously Rosa responded positively to the request.”

“In the beginning, mostly because I promised Vanessa would simply play the part of my assistant, and not play with Rosa in any physical way. And she only helped me by fetching things and the like for the most part. If Rosa didn’t want her helping with the binding and unbinding to the rack, all she had to do was give me a signal saying so, and I would have changed how I handled that part.”

“That last part was a little risky, but you seemed to have that under control.” Rachel nodded, turned around toward the door with her knife in hand and started toward it, then turned back around again. “I didn’t have a chance to really see what you drew into her back or arms. How did you run that by her without speaking?”

“I didn’t. Some things are too complex to just represent with motions. But she asked for that first, and we talked about it until we reached something we were both happy with. Once she’s had her nap though, I’m sure she’s going to come to you and ask for pictures.”

“May I ask what you opted to do in the end?”

“Her back is the twin masks of drama and comedy; or as Allison put it, the ‘Masks of Betrayal’. One arm has ‘Single does not equal being Alone’ and the other ‘You are ALWAYS worthy of being loved’.” She glanced down at her own arms. “Like mine, things she’ll probably need reminders of for a little while.”

“I’ll ask her for more details, but I have my suspicions what might have happened to make those important.” She turned quietly to Vanessa. “I imagine you may have noticed by now that clothing is very much optional here in the play space. You don’t need to put that back on if you don’t want to. And people here are probably better behaved than some of your classmates must have been.”

“Possibly. But honestly, I didn’t really have any problems with people touching me without asking first or going further than we agreed to. It was really the constant stopping for poses the first few days that was getting to be tiring. And the staring ... you’d think they’d never seen a naked girl before.”

Rachel followed them out the doorway. “That’s possibly true. If anyone missed the first week of school, then your week would have been their first. And even for the ones who didn’t, casual nakedness is probably going to take some time to get used to.” She turned to the rest of them. “Do you three know what you want to do next?”

“We” Kara started, glancing at Allison “have an idea or two. But our top choice sort of requires finding Will. And speaking on the Program, I think the bigger problem than even the staring was dealing with being almost constantly horny from those quick little interactions. I get that most of our classmates don’t have much experience, and that five minutes isn’t really enough to satisfy in most cases ... but enough of them seemed to have some very bad habits that needed to be broken.”

Vanessa laughed softly for a moment. “And you have the benefit of having two partners who actually know what they’re doing. Mine was next to useless ... I actually think he didn’t care to learn anything from the experience. Nothing that would challenge his ideas of what a good lover is anyway.”

Rachel’s stopped suddenly, raucous laughter flowing from her mouth. “I’ve found that to be true of too many ‘men’ for that matter. It seems a bit rare to find ones willing to be trained like my slave.” She pointed towards their right. “The new suspension rig was being installed that way; Will may still be there. Especially if its inaugural session really is going to be what was being discussed on the forums a few weeks ago.”

“Wait...” Emanuel began “the Association has a forums site?”

“Yeah” Allison agreed “and what were they discussing if I may ask.”

“The new members packet should have the forums address somewhere. And I think perhaps you should go take a look if you’re really curious about the scene ... it was supposed to start maybe ten minutes ago.”

Kara laughed suddenly, the volume of the laugh surprising her. Okay, correction ... I’m kind of horny. Little miss nympho here is very, as usual. She glanced over at Vanessa as they passed a couple laying down a clear tarp. “I’m sorry ... we’re doing it again, aren’t we?”

Vanessa laughed softly back, a hint of sadness in the sound. “I understand. If I could do communicate like that, I’d probably do that more often than actually speaking. Unrelated, why do you suppose that couple was doing what they were?”

“If I’m remembering the books Tony lent us properly” Emanuel began “whatever kind of play they’re about to engage in is likely to get messy. Maybe it’ll make their cleanup easier?”

A balding man near them laughed. “They’re setting up for some candle play. Sure, it’s easier to get the cooled down wax off of a floor like this than say, carpet ... but it’s still going to be annoying. Especially when it’s time to get the wax off of him.”

Kara watched Vanessa’s eyes go wide. “Wait ... lit candles? As in hot wax?”

“Yeah. It’s not for everyone, certainly; but it can be a lot of fun. And it can be as intense as you want it to be. All the top needs to do is adjust the height they hold the candle at.”

“Uhm ... that might be...” Vanessa began, then turned to them “out of curiosity, what do you think?”

“The description in the book didn’t give enough information to point me one way or another” Emanuel began “but I am sort of curious to watch a little if that’s okay.”

“Me too” Allison replied “if only because everything else we’ve tried so far has been more fun than we initially thought. How about you darling?”

“I’m not sure ... but it doesn’t hurt to learn about it.”

“You all should be fine if you stay right about here and keep your voices down.” He smiled as the woman checked a slowly burning candle. “My apologies, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Larry, one of the safety volunteers.”

“I’m Kara; that’s my wife Allison and our husband Emanuel.”

“And you?”

“Vanessa. Just a friend for now” she began “but maybe soon...” she continued, her voice growing softer.

Larry laughed softly. “I see. Nice to meet all of you.” He glanced again at the scene in front of them. “Something that might not be completely obvious right away in this is that the type of wax the candle is made of matters. That one is probably soy; that’s one of the safest ones as it doesn’t burn quite as hot as others, and cools really quickly compared to other types.”

“Is there really that great a range of difference between different types?” Vanessa asked.

“Yes. There are only a few waxes that are safe enough to be used. The candles you can find inexpensively at a home goods store, for example, are usually paraffin; that burns hot enough that it can be much more dangerous to use unless you really know what you’re doing.”

“What do people usually get out of that kind of play?”

“That really does depend on the person, honestly; but I’m willing to guess that some like the heat, while others like the minor feeling of restricted movement when the wax cools and solidifies again. And some probably really enjoy the methods sometimes used to remove that wax.” He glanced at Kara. “It’s one of the more fun things someone can do with a blade.”

Kara smiled and watched as the woman pick up the candle and hold it a few feet above the now laying down man’s back. She slowly tipped it on its side, causing a small bead of hot wax to fall, landing on him. He tensed up for a moment then seemed to melt slightly; very quickly becoming completely relaxed as the woman ‘drew’ curved lines with the blue wax. Kara watched the woman put down that candle and reach for a red one; then caught the quick rise in tension of Larry’s own body. “Why are you suddenly worried now?”

“The dye color can have a huge impact on the melting temperature of the wax, and I don’t know at a glance if that’s a safe red or one of the unsafe ones. But I can’t interrupt unless I believe one of the players needs is being ignored, or someone is doing something objectively stupid.”

The man gasped as the red wax began hitting him; the trio watching enraptured as an image slowly appeared among the colored lines. Three more curved lines later, the woman stopped and leaned forward, whispering something in the man’s ear. She listened for a moment, nodded her head, then put the red candle down next to the blue one. Kara gasped as she picked up a large Bowie knife a moment later, and began to slowly scrape away the wax. “Oh ... that’s what you meant by your blade comment.”

“A comb is the usual way to remove wax from skin, but personally I’ve always found a nice blade to be a much more interesting way to do it.”

It IS somewhat more interesting than I expected it to be. I especially wonder what the wax might feel like on my breasts...

Only you my muse. Although I’d be quite happy to remove it afterward. That said, we were on out way to find Will.

“There’s not going to be much more to this. Are you four just looking around at the moment?”

“Actually, we’re trying to find Will.”

“He’s back that way a little bit. You can’t miss the scene he was helping set up.”

“Thank you” Emanuel began “it was nice meeting you.” Kara and Allison nodded their heads, then started again in the direction he’d pointed.

A few moments later the large frame came into view. Wait ... what is... she began, suddenly stopping in her place at the sight in front of them.

Someone’s idea of a mutant octopus?

No Manny ... that’s definitely meant to be an alien of some kind. But more importantly, look at Vanessa real quick.

Kara turned to look at Vanessa and grinned. I know that look. She’s clearly thought about that sort of thing A LOT. “You might want to pick your jaw up off the floor.”

“Don’t begrudge me this. I didn’t think I’d see something like this in real life! I mean, I know that those tentacles aren’t ‘real’ the way hentai always makes them out to be. But it’s real enough that ... I kind of want to be in her place.”

“Kind of?” Allison began, smirking. “Oh no ... don’t try to minimize your interests. If you really want to be in her place, you can always ask the top what it would take to make that real when they’re done.” By the way, I just spotted Will. He’s apparently just to the left of that scene.

Kara watched the suspended woman squirm around on the tentacle like rope, trying to move her body away from the thicker tentacles being brought near her. One placed a small dildo into her mouth; another inserted a much larger one into her vagina. A third began to tease her anus with a flesh colored dildo, slowly pushing it in more and more as she continued to squirm. As the last inch of that one sunk into her all three tentacles began to thrust in and out, the woman’s squirming quickly giving way to an arched back and muffled screams. A few moments later her body went slack, a huge smile appearing on her face as the dildo was quietly pulled out.

“Wait a moment ... I think all three of those dildos are the kind that can ejaculate.”

“You appear to be correct darling. And they left behind a lot whatever they’re using to mimic cum. She looks really content though.”

“Let’s just talk to Will” Emanuel started, gently touching Vanessa on the shoulder. “You’re really into that, aren’t you?”

“Yeah. The only thing that would make something like that better would be if the one in her pussy laid some eggs or something.”

Kara looked up as Will quietly approached Vanessa. “You’re talking about ovipositors; those exist. We just don’t have one yet for the setup.”

“This is all yours?”

“Actually, the tentacles and tentacle like rope belongs to the play space.” He smiled at the rest of them, then turned back to Vanessa. “Clearly you’re with these crazy kids, but I don’t remember you being at the munch last night.”

“Oh, I wasn’t. I’m Vanessa.”

“The friend they mentioned! Are you really interested in experiencing something like this?”

“Yes. As long as the ropes can support my weight.”

“It’s not the ropes that determines that; it’s the rig. And that one is rated for at least a thousand pounds. I can assist someone in setting up a scene like that tonight if you’d really like one. You’d need to provide your own dildos though, and it might take long enough that you may not have much time to enjoy it. However, if you’re okay with waiting for the next party, one of us can make sure that you’ll have plenty of time. Particularly since we’re expecting more attachments in a few weeks.”

“More attachments?”

“An ovipositor and ones meant to suck on someone’s nipples. We would have had them for tonight, but they were essentially on back order.”

“Yes! But I’m sorry ... who are you?”

Will laughed, shaking his head. “I forget to do this every time! I’m Will, Amy’s husband.”

“Oh! That would be wonderful.”

“We can talk more a little later about what you’d want and who you’d want involved.” He turned to the rest of them. “Are you three just exploring around the space, or were you coming this way intentionally?”

Kara grinned. “We were actually looking for you. Allison and I were wondering if you’d help us out with setting up a scene.”

“If it’s something I can, sure.” He pointed to a nearby set of sofas. “We’ll be more comfortable there.” They nodded their heads and followed him to the sofas, settling in. “What did you have in mind?”

“Well” Kara began “We heard about something my mom called ‘predicament bondage’ and are really curious to try it ourselves. And I’ll be honest ... seeing that scene has made me even more curious what being suspended is like.”

“Have either of you ever experienced either kind of bondage? Suspension in particular can be really intense for some people.”

Allison shook her head. “No, but we’re somewhat used to intense experiences.”

“You two don’t do anything in half measures, do you?” Kara laughed and shook her head in unison with Allison. “We’d need to use the other rig; Carla and her tops won’t be done for at least another hour probably.”

“Would it support both of us?” Allison asked. “I’m willing to wait if it guarantees we won’t run into problems.”

“No setup can actually guarantee something like that. But the other rig is in good shape, and rated to support about six-hundred pounds. Depending on how you lay people out, there’s maybe room for three people on it. That said ... have either of you thought about what would be creating the predicament in the first place?”

“I was thinking of a classic one – a vibrator set up close enough to each of us that moving puts the other in contact with theirs. And Amy mentioned that if our little ones wouldn’t be right for something like that, you might have something.”

“That’s a pretty easy one to set up Kara; at least for me. And she’s right; I made sure to bring the magic wands tonight. They’ll work best I think.”

And that kind of predicament will be extra fun as our gift really gets going.

Damn straight darling. “I was hoping you’d say that. I love the idea, and I know Kara does too.” She turned to Vanessa. “Would you want to be involved too? I know how horny Kara got earlier, but I don’t know your signs quite so well.”

“It’s true that I’m pretty horny too, but I wasn’t really thinking about joining you as a possibility until now. If you two don’t mind, I could use the relief.” Kara watched her turn back to Will. “Would that be possible if they’re actively okay with it?”

Will chuckled. “Unless the three of you weigh more than six-hundred pounds combined, the rig will have no problem supporting you. And I have more than enough rope. The one thing I’m not sure of is if all of the wands have enough battery left. If they do, then sure.” He paused for a moment, glancing away for a second. “As I told them though, it’s going to be a really intense experience. If you haven’t explored this side of things much, then it might be too much.”

Kara joined Allison in looking surprised at him. “You have more than two?”

“Yes Allison; both Amy and Esther have two each. One less powerful, but smaller and one larger, but very powerful. The two big ones were charged last night, but I’m not sure about the small ones. Actually, give me a moment to check.”

They watched him quietly stand up and walk over to a large toy bag. “Are you sure Vanessa?” Allison asked, gently resting a hand on her shoulder “this promises to be really crazy.”

“I can’t stay in my shell forever. Besides, I’m used to rope hammocks; I can’t imagine the suspension part will be much different from that. It would just be the wands.”

“Don’t forget that your mobility will be very limited; and depending on how wide the actual rig is, Will might need to put you in the kind of position you’d never find yourself in for a typical hammock.”

Vanessa laughed loudly as Will began to return. “Maybe traditional ones here. I’m used to the one my cousins have, and that can put you in all sorts of interesting positions. There’s little enough to do in the town they live in, so they kind of need to get creative to not be bored.”

“The smaller ones should have enough charge for a little while. And to fit you three on the rig, I’d likely need to put you in positions closer to how you’d sit in a swing set than a hammock. You’ll be extremely vulnerable. Are you all okay with that?”

“Would you be able to let one of us down quickly if need be?”

“Yes Kara; I can build the joining knots in such a way that I’d only need a few minutes at most to get someone down. And as long as I have someone nearby to hold her up, it can be done very smoothly too.”

“Without disrupting the others much I hope” Allison replied.

“If I’m smart about how I set everything up, yes. Unrelated question” he paused for a second “would you want the rig and wands to basically be doing all the work, or would allow Emanuel to have some fun too?”

I’ll do it Ally. He turned to Vanessa. “It’s probably pretty clear what these two think about this. But what about you?”

Vanessa grinned. “I wouldn’t have made the requests I already have if I didn’t trust you. And that would give me a small taste of what the full tentacle treatment could be like. I’m game.”

Will laughed again, standing quickly. “I probably should have expected that. Two important things before I show you the rig and we can start though. First, I’m just setting up the actual rope work and will be right to the side in case something needs to be fixed or changed. I’ll take any cues for those things from Emanuel.” He turned to Emanuel. “That means you’re the one in charge once everything is set up. If you’re not sure how to interpret something one of them says, I’m happy to offer advice. But the finally decision is yours unless I deem the situation an emergency one.”

“You’ll step in then?”

“If I need to, yes. And I’ll do my best to coach you along the way. Second, you don’t need to be completely naked for this. In fact, it might be better if you’re not.” He glanced at Kara and Allison. “That is, assuming you still bother with underwear in the first place.”

Allison grinned. “We did earlier today, but only because there was construction work to be done. After our Program weeks, we’d rather not unless we have to.”

“And although I am wearing some, I probably shouldn’t much longer.” Vanessa pointed to Emanuel. “He’s welcome to check and see why if he wants to.”

Emanuel nodded quietly, then turned to Vanessa. “You’re sure?”

She grinned, quickly undoing her belt, followed by unbuttoning her jeans. “What do you think?”

He laughed softly and pulled the zipper down slightly, then lowered his hand below her jeans. “Uhm, yeah ... I’m surprised you didn’t run off to the bathroom to remove them already. Not if they’re as soaked as I think they are.”

“I didn’t want to lose you three. But once they come off, they’re not going back on.”

Will nodded his head, a grin on his face. “We’ll put towels below the three of you then. Standard safe words okay?” Kara nodded her head in unison with the rest of them. “Okay then, follow me.” He quickly picked up the toy bag then started a little deeper in. “The other rig is just around the corner. It’s out of the way enough that you’ll have some privacy, but once the orgasms start coming don’t expect that to stay that way.”

Allison grinned. “We’ve all been through the Program. The sex side of this won’t be anything we haven’t already done with an audience present.”

“I’ll take your word on that. Anyway, I need a few moments to figure out the best way to meet all of the needs you raised. Feel free to get ready and make sure to stretch a bit before I start tying you up. And if you may need to use the bathroom, this is the ideal time to do it.”

“Do you guys suppose he means any stretches in particular? Or will the ones we do before track be enough?”

“I think” Emanuel began, looking around briefly “that the kind we do for Kempo might be better. Whatever position he ties each of you in is how you’ll be stuck for a while. The Kempo ones are really good for overall flexibility.”

“Okay. I’ll follow your lead then” Vanessa started as she pulled off her shoes. Her jeans and underwear followed quickly. “Well? What are you two waiting for?”

And I thought we were the horny ones this time.

I thought that too darling; at least, until I saw the size of that spot.

Kara unzipped her skirt and laid it on the side of the mat below the large structure. No kidding. I don’t think there is much dry space still left.

Ready you two?

Yes Manny.

Kara stood a short distance apart from Allison and motioned for Vanessa to do the same. Me too. She started stretching, mirroring Emanuel’s motions.

She heard Will chuckle some moments later. “You take stretching seriously ... that’s good. Much lower chances of muscle cramps later.”

“Kempo” Kara said in unison with Emanuel, then laughed. “It’s practically instinct at this point for the two of us.”

“Makes sense. I’ll start with Allison first if that’s okay.”

“Sure!”

Kara glanced up at the structure. “How are you going to attach all three of us to that in a way that keeps the tension right?”

“You see the two support beams on the top, right?” They all nodded their heads. “The three large O rings attached to each beam have two strands of a super strong and smooth rope running through the top of them, then back under them. They’re going through in opposite directions, with a knot where they meet at either end. I can adjust the tension in the system by pulling on the extra at either end. But before I secured them in place, I also put a pair of smaller O rings on either side of the large ones, roughly six inches to the left or right. They’re knotted in place in tightly enough that they won’t move if one of you tries to shift; rather, the thicker rope will slide through the larger O rings.”

Kara watched him motion for Allison to sit down on the floor and lean back a little, her arms comfortably at her side. “I can continue to tell you what to do, or if you’d like I can simply move your limbs accordingly.”

“Tell Manny, and let him do it.” Especially since he CAN feel if something isn’t quite right even if we can’t vocalize it.

Agreed Ally.

“That works too.”

Kara watched them step off to the side for a few moments. Interesting...

Oh? Are you going to tell us what he said, or leave us hanging until you actually do it?

You’ll be hanging out soon enough Ally. I can tell you that he said there is some flexibility in the pose if one of you can’t handle it as he’s originally thought it out. Are you ready?