Text - Phase Two

[pishirogane]

Good afternoon, Moonblessed.

For those who missed my previous post, my name is Naoto and I've been busy further developing a project that finally reached its testing phase three months ago. I'm now announcing that it's time for phase two testing and I require several more volunteers. Though previous testers would be preferred, there's no obligation to participate again if you don't want to.

Contact me for further details, but know that it's primarily for those Iris-blessed.

Thank you.

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[pishirogane]

Thank you. I suppose we're lucky our tastes don't tend to clash.

[Returning with a glass of water, she place it on the table closest to Ophilia, making sure to get a coaster. Her question has Naoto only slightly raising her brow]

You can. One moment...

[Because she had to go get that.]

[clodpole]

[ Ophilia picks up her glass with a gracious dip of her head and leaves Naoto to her own devices.

In the time it takes for her to fish out whatever it is she's looking for and come back, Ophilia thinks on what she said. ‘We’ and ‘our’—does she live with somebody? Do they know what she’s doing? If they do, are they okay with that? If they don’t, has she ever been caught? Is Ophilia doomed to the same fate?!

She’s so engrossed in thought that Naoto returning takes her by complete surprise. It’s all she can do not to jump out of her seat. ]

Goodness! [ She seems to have jumped a little, though, because half her drink has sloshed out of its glass. Some guest she is. ] I’m so sorry. Did you manage to find it?

[pishirogane]

[Naoto's mildly surprised to return and startle Ophilia like that, but nods and sets the box with a red dot down on the table near her water. It isn't see-through - just your standard small rectangular box more ready for post than anything.]

I keep them around my workspace. Are you alright, Sister?

[clodpole]

Just ‘Ophilia,’ please.

[ Naoto means well, but to suffer titles now—when Ophilia’s asking something wholly inappropriate of her—doesn’t quite sit right with her. A representative of the Order should know better. Self-conscious, she tucks a few loose locks of hair out of her face and mops up the mess she’s made with a handkerchief. ]

I’m so very sorry for all the trouble. I was… distracted. [ Her eyes flit to the non-descript box out before her. ] May I?

[ When she lifts up the lid, she finds…? ]

[pishirogane]

Very well, Ophilia-san.

[It was probably strange and Naoto couldn't blame her especially in regards to matters like this. Now, Naoto didn't know if she came from a world where clergy members might restricted when it came things of sexual nature, but she was here now... so maybe not?]

It's fine. [Though if something was on her mind... Naoto nods, signalling a go ahead.]

[Opening the box reveals what could best be described as a first purchase vibrator, gray in color. Not too long, but not too short with a base girth that first-timers could manage.]

I tried to keep it fairly simple and unassuming when not in-use.

[clodpole]

[ This is simple and unassuming? Ophilia can tell what it is at a glance, even as it rests in its packaging. She flushes with heat as the reality of her situation sets in.

Naoto is asking her to test a sex toy.

Naoto is asking her to test a sex toy.

Naoto is asking her to test a sex toy.

She figured as much, given the context, but seeing it is more powerful an image than thinking it is. After having just laid eyes on that, she can barely manage to put her thoughts in order, let alone string a sentence together. ]

Y-you, erm… mean to tell me that it changes? When in use?

[ Naoto doesn’t need to answer the question; Ophilia’s mind does it for her. It fills the blanks with a hundred distracting possibilities, each one conspiring to leave her more red than the last. ]

[pishirogane]

That's what the test is for this time around - we don't want it changing while in use; that's something to decide before. Anyway, this is if you want to be a tester. If you're uncomfortable with this, it's not an issue, Ophilia-san.

[clodpole]

Goodness, no! It isn’t so much that I’m uncomfortable with it so much as it is, erm…

[ Well, she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t at least a little uncomfortable. That’s not what she’s here to ask Naoto about, though. ]

It isn’t… loud, is it? The noise won’t carry through walls, for instance, or disturb anybody else…?

[pishirogane]

Ah...

[She supposed that was a problem sometimes...]

No, the device itself isn't that loud.

[clodpole]

I-I see…

And before, you mentioned it changing—how would somebody go about, um… making that decision…?

[pishirogane]

By running your finger along it and thinking about the form you'd like it to take.

[clodpole]

I-I see…

[ They stew in silence for a moment. Eager to break it, Ophilia fakes a cough. ]

I suppose those were all the questions I had for you. When will you be expecting… feedback?

[pishirogane]

Well, I don't expect to receive feedback until after the cycles end. Since the Iris Cycle is immediately followed by the Triple Moons - the earliest day to begin submitting feedback would be the 19th.

[clodpole]

Right! But of course! How silly of me!

Shall I, erm, speak with you after the moon cycles have ended, then?

[pishirogane]

Yes. I want you to be able to relay how it worked with clarity. You don't have to provide every detail, but during the cycle, having restraint can be... questionable.

[clodpole]

[ Doesn’t she know it? Ophilia gives Naoto a sheepish little smile, then starts to pack the box up. She’s grateful that, ignoring its contents, it’s pretty discreet. She’d have a hard time smuggling it into her apartment otherwise. ]

I’ll… I’ll do my best.

Thank you again for your hospitality and, ah…

[ She tucks the box into one arm so that she can gesture vaguely with the other. You know. ]

[pishirogane]

You're welcome. Thank you for volunteering, Ophilia-san.

[If she has any roommates, hopefully they wouldn't go looking through Ophilia's things. Naoto would see about making something more discreet; yes, it could already change forms so what was one more?]