"Students Needed for Research Project. $100.00 per test"
I saw the sign posted above the ATM machine. There was a number which I jotted down and tucked in my bag. Not bad money and from the looks of my bank balance, I desperately needed it.
I didn't think much of it until I got home and pulled my notebook out of my bag. The piece of paper with the number scrawled on it feel out. I picked up the phone and called. There was a recorded message, telling me of the location on campus (the psychology building) and the times when testing was scheduled.
I opened my day planner and added the appointment, 7:00 tonight.
I ate, took a shower and made my way to campus. When I got there, I saw 30 or so other students milling about and two older students sitting at a long folding table. The woman was wearing a white lab coat and had her hair pulled back tight in a bun and wore a pair of black rimmed glasses. Even so, she was strikingly beautiful. The man was younger, blond ruffled hair, wearing a similar coat. He was very cute.
At 7:00 sharp, the main door was locked and we were instructed to sit in the chair provided. I found one right up front and sat down. We were handed a clipboard with a questionairre and given a pencil to fill it out.
I dutifully filled in my name, student id number, social security number and the rest. There was a long section on demographics, age, questions about where I had lived, brothers, sisters, etc.
The next few pages were strange and seemed to make everyone a bit uncomfortable. They asked very personal questions about sexuality, preferences, history and there was nearly 100 questions which required a response of "arousal" on a 10 point scale. The first twenty or so questions seemed very typical, but as the list went on, it started to grow more and more bizarre.
I had to decide, was I going to be honest? So many of the things listed did arouse me, some more powerfully than the first twenty questions.
I grew fidgety answering the questions. It was like they knew all my secrets, the things I fantasize about but had never told a soul. By the time I got to the end, I had found I was checking almost all 10s. Just filling out the survey had made me wet.
I was blushing as I handed them the clip board. The woman took it, looked me over briefly and check a few boxes along the top marked "For Research Use Only." Niether of them smiled at me, only directing to have a seat and wait to be called.
I watched as each person submitted their forms in turn. When they were all complete, the young woman informed us that this was simply "pre-screening" and to get a spot in the actual research, they would need to perform some basic calculations. It would be about 15 minutes until they would call us in for final interviews.
There was a bit of tension in the room as people considered what they had revealed on their surveys. It was clear that most people were confused and someone put off by the questions. A few others, I noticed seemed to have a response similar to mine. They were unable to look the man and woman in the eyes, they looked nervous and a few, like me, were blushing.
We waited anxiously for the researchers to return. When they did, they read off a list of 5 names. Mine wasn't on the list.
The 5 were taken back into the lab and the rest of us were excused. I was disappointed, so I asked the woman if there was any chance I might be included later.
She smiled at me, a smile which scared me. It seemed to look right through me.
"We'll be in contact, Keiko," she said.
I blinked. "How did you know my name?" I asked.
The man chuckled. "We know a lot more about you than just your name."
With that the two of them turned away and entered the lab, leaving me confused and a bit nervous.
I headed home a bit dejected. I had been counting on the money to pay some bills and maybe get a nice dinner. Ramen noodles again, I thought to myself.
About a half hour after I arrived home, the phone rang.
"Keiko Tanaka?"
"Yes," I answered.
"You will be at 421 South High Street tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m.," the voice said. I was 95% sure it had been the woman from the research study.
"Um, who is this?" I asked.
"You will be dressed in a pair of black shorts and a black t shirt."
There was a click.
"Hello? Hello?" The line was dead.
I wrote down the address and thought about it. "No way." I thought to myself, "this is just too weird."
As the night wore on my curiousity was growing. High street wasn't far away and I could set my alarm for 4 a.m. and decide then.
I ate my noodles and turned in early, setting the alarm for 4:00.
I climbed into bed of parted my legs, feeling so hungry and so needy. I traced my fingers lightly over my belly and up and down my thighs, gently I began to play with my lips through my satin panties, squirming and acrhing my back. I started thinking about the questions, touching myself now under my panties, questions about being helpless, being spanked, being tied up and the really arousing ones, about being laughed at, humiliated, the butt of a joke, being called names. I started to imagine the man and woman who administered the survey calling me names, watching me masturbate, laughing at me. But I would keep going, no matter what they would say. I drew it out letting myself get close to orgasm over and over again, thining about the other questions, "Being teased," "Being brought to the brink of orgasm and denied release," "Wearing a chastity belt," "Being punished for masturbating," "Needing permission to orgasm," they had all been 10s, every one of them! So were the questions about bondage and humiliation.
I started to get so overwhelmed, thinking "Oh God, they know everything!" I started to tremble and squirm, imagining the two of them reading my survey, I imagined them reading and laughing, making fun of me for my dirty secret kinks and fetishes and as I did, I exploded into the most intense orgasm of my life! I collapsed, panting and sweaty. I reached over to check the alarm, making sure it was set.
The music blared and the alarm droned its annoying buzz, filling the room. I rolled over and turned it off, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
As I pulled myself out of bed, I found my shorts and t-shirt I had layed out the night before. After a quick shower, I pulled my hair back into a scrunchie and tossed on the shirt and shorts. I headed out at 4:15 chewing on a Power Bar for breakfast and made it to High St. a few minutes early.
To my amazement, there were four other girls waiting, each dressed exactly like I was. We all traded nervous laughter commenting on how weird the whole situation was. I couldn't help but notice that the other four girls were also drop dead gorgeous, each very distinctive, but unusually attractive.
Before we got past formalities, the door opened, and we were ushered inside. I turned to the girl I had been standing next to (Mary) and whispered, "This is so weird!" She nodded.