Sex-Cubed Ch. 08: Clean Body, Dirty Mind

For what seemed like a long moment, no one said or did anything. Krista cowered behind her two friends, and Amari and Miko just stood there and stared at the newcomer, silently daring her to try something. Liz just sat there, on her side, looking back and forth between the two women as if she were sizing them up. Her face didn't seem to give away what she was thinking or feeling at the moment, but instead maintained a cold blankness and calculating air to it. It was almost eerie that she didn't give anything much in the way of a reaction, and though they wouldn't admit it, both Amari and Miko felt quite unnerved by Liz by that point.

A moment later, and Amari broke the silence. "Alright, love. Listen up. It's fairly obvious that Krista doesn't like your hands-on affections, so keep your mitts to yourself, you hear?"

Silence. Liz turned her gaze to Amari while she spoke, but other than that there was no visible change in her facial expression or body language. Amari did her best to suppress the unease she felt and meet Liz's intense stare, curling her hands into fists to try and steady her nerves.

"Look, if you need some tender loving, just make use of the tentacles this place provides," Miko said, trying to reason with the intense woman before her. "I can show you how to make the most of them, like I did with Krista and Ama—"

"What did you SHOW Krista?" Liz interjected sharply, her attention shifting instantly from her staring contest with Amari to boring holes into Miko's eyes with her steely glare.

Miko gulped, though she tried to not make it obvious. "I just showed both of them how to use the tentacles for basic amenities, like going to the bathroom or getting a tasty meal," she hastily explained, the feelings of unease and being caught in a predator's hungry gaze compelling her to try to defend her actions, though rationally she knew she had nothing to feel bad about. "I can...I can show you, too, if you want. Then you shouldn't need to cling to Krista for anything, right?"

Again, silence. Liz seemed to be intensely processing every word that Miko spoke, her eyes not leaving the young Japanese woman's as she mulled it over. "Thanks, but I think I've got a good enough understanding of them," Liz answered coolly, letting her lips part in an unnerving smile that sent shivers down Miko's spine. "Besides, a bunch of tingly tentacles could NEVER replace the way Krista makes me feel," she said while trying to look behind the two women and catch Krista's gaze.

"I-is that right?" Krista said sheepishly, attempting to gently push aside her two friends so as to face her former friend directly while speaking to her. Hesitantly, Amari and Miko stepped aside a little bit so as to let Krista through, though they maintained their stances and didn't dare look away from the clearly unhinged woman on the floor in front of them. "I'm happy that you feel that way about me, Liz, but like I've told you before, I just don't feel the same way about you. I'm willing to let you travel with us as we search for a means to get back home, but you've got to promise that you won't go and try to molest me while we're traveling together. Deal?"

Liz looked deeply into Krista's eyes, and much to Amari and Miko's surprise her smile didn't disappear entirely, though it did seem to shrink a little, though just barely. "Sure, I can do that. Anything for you, my love."

Taking a nervous gulp, trying to swallow her anxiety over the situation, Krista stepped forward and extended her right hand to Liz to help her up off the floor. Still smiling serenely, Liz accepted Krista's hand and pulled herself up to her feet. As she regained her footing, the walls, floor, and ceiling began to pulsate, signaling the activation of the room's tentacles. While the other three women looked around them, waiting to see what kind of tentacles they would have to deal with this time, Liz just stood there and smiled while looking at her beloved Krista...while at the same time consciously pushing the hidden item she had stuffed up her anus down towards her sphincter...