"Holy shit," Kara yelled. "Are you reading this?"
Jo looked at the poster that was the object of Kara's attention. "Yeah. That sounds awesome!"
The girls, walking home from a day of college classes, had been distracted by the small poster for an adult themed haunted house that was being run by one of the college fraternities as a fund-raiser for a local charity.
"We have to go to this!"
"Go," replied Kara. "Hell, let's participate!"
Jo looked at her roommate in surprise. "What are you talking about?"
"It says right here. They're looking for people to create scenes for the haunted house. And there is a prize for the best scene. I think we should do it!"
"Are you crazy?" asked Jo. "How are we going to put together a whole scene for a haunted house?" She turned and continued to head home.
Kara just laughed as she followed her roommate. "You forget too easily. Remember stupid, my boyfriend works in the theatre department scene shop. Anything we need help with, I'm sure he'll be able and willing."
"Like I said, you're crazy! Let's talk about this later tonight, ok?"
"That's fine. Oh, by the way, Josh is coming over in a few minutes. I figured we could do a bit of relaxing with a nice bottle or two of wine."
Jo smiled at the thought. It had been a long week of classes, and despite the fact that she was the third wheel when Josh visited, the three of them got along famously, and she looked forward to the evening.
Just as the two girls reached their house, they saw Josh walking towards them from the other direction.
Kara beamed as she saw her boyfriend approaching. "Perfect timing, sweetie!"
"Thanks," Josh replied. "What's up girls?"
"Jo and I are going to enter a scene in an erotic haunted house and win a prize!"
"We are? I thought we were going to talk about this first," asked Jo.
"We're talking about it now. And with Josh here, I'm sure we can come up with something awesome!" Kara headed inside the house.
Josh watched his sexy girlfriend disappear through the front door before turning to Jo. "What crazy idea is she talking about now?"
Jo just smiled. "We saw this poster for an adult themed haunted house. They're running a contest for people who want to create a scene for it, and there's some sort of prize."
"Sounds like that could be fun. What do you think?"
"I'm thinking that it could be fun."
"I heard that!" Kara appeared on the porch holding three glasses of wine. "Sounds like we're gonna be in the haunted house!"
"Hey! Let's make sure there is still room for us," replied Jo. "Maybe we should call before we get all worked up." She took a big gulp of wine, already feeling its calming effects on her body.
"Ok, ok! I remember the phone number. Just give me a second." With the grace that only a theatre major could muster, Kara managed to drink wine while dialing on her cell phone. Moments later, she had the phone to her ear. "Hello...Yes, we're interested in participating in the haunted house...ok.....ok....and the theme is mystical worlds....yup, I got it...sure....we could do something like that...thanks! Bye!"
"What did they say?"
Kara took another sip of her wine. "First of all, the good news first. They still have openings available and better yet, the winner gets one hundred dollars!"
"That's sweet," Josh whistled.
"Ok, now I'm definitely interested," added Jo. "But, you act like there is bad news."
"Not bad news, but there are a few restrictions on what we can do for our scene."
"Like what," asked Jo.
"First of all, we can't do any full nudity. Anything below the belt has to be covered."
"Too bad!" laughed Josh.
Kara smacked him as she continued. "Also, they don't want any scenes repeated, so they have a list of available scenarios to choose."
"That's ok. What's on the list?" asked Jo.
"That's the problem," added Kara. "All that's left is the dungeon scene or the execution scene."
Jo frowned. "Either one sounds kinda lame. But, I guess I'd take the execution scene over the dungeon."
"Too bad," chuckled Josh. "I'd love to see the two of you locked up in the dungeon, with me having the keys."
Kara looked at her boyfriend. "You are one kinky bastard, you know that?"
"Yeah," he relplied. "But, you love it!"
"You're right," Kara smiled at Josh.
"Hey you two. Get a room!" Jo was trying to think what they'd do for the haunted house. "Kara, what did you tell them on the phone?"
Kara looked back to her roommate. "Good thing you picked the execution scene, because I told them that's the one we'd do for the haunted house."
"Cool! What do you guys want to do?" Josh was looking forward to hearing all the details.
"See, I knew he'd help us," chuckled Kara. "Ok, let's brainstorm here. What kinds of executions could we do?"
Josh thought for a moment before replying. "How about the guillotine? It would be easy to build, it's got all the drama of waiting for the blade to fall, and we could do a realistic scene without having to actually kill anyone!"
"Go on," Kara nodded at him.
"So, we set up the killing and right as the blade falls, we hear a scream and all the lights go out. As we say in theatre, less is more."
"That sounds great!" said Jo. "I can live with a guillotine!"
"Works for me," added Kara. "But we should have a story to go with it."
"This is why I hate being a theatre major," smiled Jo. "We always have to justify everything! But, I agree."
"Guys, just do the wench that has broken the law thing. A low cut bodice, it'll be great!"
"That is so cliché," said Kara. "And anyway, the theme is mystical worlds. You know, unicorns and centaurs and shit like that."
"So what if it was a mermaid being killed?" asked Jo. "You know...in the darkest of times, bla, bla, bla...people believed that their town was cursed by a mythical mermaid of the sea who brought plague and death to their fishing town. When they finally caught the mermaid, the punishment was death."
"We could set it up like a short story. With the right lighting and sound effects this could be really cool," Josh added. "And the mermaid idea is perfect. Erotic, but no full nudity. I love it!"
Kara grinned at her roommate. "Jo, you're a genius. We're going to win that prize for sure!"
"And that calls for a celebration!" Josh headed for the house with his now empty wine glass. "Anyone for more wine?"
The girls responded with a chorus of cheers as Josh returned with the bottle. After everyone had their glasses topped off, Josh turned to leave.
"Hey sexy, where are you going?" asked Kara. "We're just getting started."
"I know sweetie, but I have some great ideas for the guillotine that I want to sketch out before I forget." With that, Josh headed inside.
"Men. They are so easily distracted," smiled Kara.
"At least you have one."
"You worry too much, girl. You'll find the right guy soon enough."
Jo smiled. "Yeah, you're right. But I certainly could use a little bit of action every once in a while!"
Kara smiled at her friend. "I know what you're talking about. But, enough about our personal problems. How are we going to make a mermaid?"
"Good question. Any ideas?"
Kara thought for a moment before answering. "At the moment, I'm drawing a blank. But, when one draws a blank, what does one do?"
"Search the internet!" Jo giggled.
Soon the girls were searching every site they could find on making someone into a mermaid. After an hour of fruitless surfing and another few glasses of wine the girls were well on their way to being too drunk to care that they hadn't found anything.
"I can't believe we didn't find anything," sighed Jo. "I thought you could find anything on the net."
"Everything that you're not looking for," added Kara.
Jo looked back at the screen displaying lists of search results. "Wait a second. We didn't try this one did we?"
"Nah, but it's probably just some crazy pay site." Kara turned from the computer and looked at her almost empty wine glass before heading from the room. "Guess it's time for a refill!"
Jo clicked on the listing, and watched as the screen loaded. Instantly, she felt a flush of excitement rush through her body as she took in the image that was vividly displayed. On the screen was a petite girl who had been transformed into a mermaid. The girl's long red hair cascaded over her shoulders framing her beautiful face and caressing her aroused nipples. Jo's eyes drank in the image, letting her gaze fall down below the girl's firm breasts to her flat stomach. Just below her stomach, the girl's body was tightly and smoothly wrapped in shiny, silver duct tape. Her legs were seamlessly joined together, and instead of her feet, there was a large rigid tail, also covered in the shiny tape. Jo could see the look of excitement and desperation in the girl's eyes as she pondered her fate, and Jo could also feel the wetness building between her legs as she imagined herself in the girl's situation.
"What did you find?"
Jo quickly tried to close the window displaying the mermaid girl before Kara could notice, minimizing the picture and hoping that Kara didn't see.
"Nothing really. You were right, just some pay site."
Kara smiled. "Really? Let's see." She reached around Jo and maximized the screen, displaying the mermaid girl once again. "Wow! That looks awesome!"
Jo didn't respond, instead concentrating on the sensations coursing through her body.
Kara looked at her roommate. "You ok?"
