Despite the long voyage, this is the first time you have entered this particular cargo chamber, only to find that it is not completely empty as you had expected. you have not seen this before, but you have heard Me speak about acquiring it.
"It" is a tall empty cylinder, seemingly made of glass, upon a black metal base. Near it is a raised console, its lights and buttons glowing or flickering.
"Strip." A simple yet profound command, My voice resonating in the nearly-empty chamber.
I watch appreciatively as you slowly undress, admiring your body as it is revealed to My gaze. your clothing in a pile at your feet, your eyes display both curiosity and nervousness at what is to come. Hoping to calm you, I pull you close, and you hold Me tightly.
you are nervous indeed, for I can feel you tremble just slightly. My hands move across your exposed flesh, caressing you, until you at last step back slightly and gaze up into My eyes.
I recognize that you are now ready.
I gesture toward the cylinder and you obey My unspoken order as I move toward the raised console. At the touch of a button, the cylinder rises into the ceiling and, after drawing a deep and loud breath, you step onto the platform. I press another button, and the cylinder descends until it locks into the platform, sealing you inside its cocoon.
you have little space in which to move, but you are able to bring your hands up to chest level and press them against the confining alien enclosure.
I begin with something you enjoy, but put a different twist on it.
you hear a soft sucking sound coming from above you, and you look up to find that fine holes have appeared directly above you. It is clear what is happening: The oxygen is being slowly sucked from the narrow chamber. Between the work of the hidden machine overhead and your own natural breathing, you will eventually run out of useable oxygen.
Leaving the console, I come to you, but the cylinder prevents Me from touching you. W/we press O/our hands against the transparent barrier. I note the trust in your eyes, and that trust heartens Me, but I also note how the uncertainty dances within you during this "assisted rebreathing" process.
In time, you begin to wheeze, the sound muffled by the barrier which separates U/us. I long to hold you as the oxygen deprivation truly begins, but there is not enough room inside the cylinder for Me to join you... nor would it be safe for U/us B/both to be confined at once.