A trip to the seedy side of town to find the absolute "best" outfit for a young woman results in quite the night. BDSM, tentacles and forced orgasms await the reader! Enjoy this
Halloween Story Contest 2022
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Karla grunted in disgust, and slapped the laptop lid closed. "Well...fuck," she groused, standing up from her computer desk and leaning backwards until her back cracked in a most satisfying fashion. Two weeks to go under Sarah's annual Halloween Party, and she still had nothing to wear.
She didn't want to go as a hooker again; that had been last year's costume. And that had been a mistake; she'd spent the entire night fending off unwanted advances from men young to old, and as the night wore on and more alcohol was imbibed, such approaches grew decidedly more creepy. She ended up fleeing the party to escape a young man who was following her with such discomforting expressions that she felt a genuine fear for her own safety. She had asked Sarah to distract the man so that she could make her escape, and a few days later Sarah related two things - that he was furious with her for letting Karla escape and that he would never be invited to her party again.
She picked up her phone and browsed through the usual social media sites, but her mind was still focused on the problem of her costume. She used the bathroom but no inspiration came to her there. So finally she sat back down, and opened her laptop lid and stared furiously at the Google page, as if it was the culprit.
She began typing in search terms. For two hours, she browsed and discarded, hoping to find something only to have those hopes dashed. It was nearly midnight before she found a possible, and it was an out of the way local craft-y shop on the wrong side of the tracks of her town. She knew that area - it was run-down, and there were nights where you could see hookers working the street or get a bag of coke if that was your thing. Definitely not a place to be after dark for a single, healthy and generally attractive woman like Karla. But during the day? How bad could it be, she reasoned.
"Witches Brew," the sign over the door read. The door was painted red, but faded and cracked, looking very worn down. This was not the sort of door that she would ordinarily open, and it took her taking a deep inhale of breath and pushing the door inwards.
But to her delight, rather than finding the same seedy, creepy place that the exterior had suggested, it was very light and feminine inside. A woman looked up and smiled at her; with long red hair tied loosely behind her head, and a long smock that flowed around her ankles as she walked, Karla immediately felt more at ease. The proprietor's name was Bella, and she spoke in a soft voice, but not breathy or patently false. Just...quietly...sexy.
"How can I assist you today?" Bella asked after they got the exchanges of names out of the way.
"I'm looking for a costume to go to my best friend's annual Halloween Party. I want sexy but not slutty - last year I made the mistake of going too slutty," she stated bluntly.
Bella threw her a knowing look. "Got more than you bargained for in attention, eh?"
Karla nodded without speaking.
"Well, I, of course," and she paused to titter lightly, "believe that a witch's outfit is perfect. We can set it up to be a little sexy, a little demure, but it should not leave you feeling overly exposed," she said. "It's in the back; shall I show you?"
"By all means!" Karla said. She followed Bella to a smallish room in the back, where there were a number of witch outfits, hats and accessories like gloves and jewelry that would be perfect accompanying items. Karla ended up trying on three outfits, and selected the second. It was a bit tight on her, showing a bit of her cleavage, but not so much to be distracting or lewd. She got the wide fishnet stockings to go with it, and gloves that slipped over her hands just perfectly. The finishing touch was a necklace with an occult symbol charm that would rest just above her boobs.
"This amulet," Bella said, "will protect you. But it only works in combination with a pair of my magic panties," she added.
Karla's eyes rose quickly to the proprietor; she was scanning Bella's face for a giveaway, but none was there. "What does THAT mean?" she demanded.
"Exactly what you think. Separately, each one has a power all its own. Together?" she smiled throughout the dramatic pause. "Together, they have a power that no one can deny!"
Karla studied the proprietor's face yet again for a giveaway, but saw nothing except radiant honesty. The woman knew it, or at least believed in it.
"Well, sure, I guess," Karla said. Then she broke into a wider grin. "Who doesn't love a good pair of panties?"
Bella laughed easily. "That's the spirit!" She brought out three pairs, and they were exquisite. A black, a midnight blue, and a dark burgundy, all made of a material that she'd never felt before. Karla's fingers traced slowly over the material, knowing how sleek and sexy she would feel with those panties caressing her lower body. It nearly made her shiver in pleasure.
"The red," Karla decided. She looked up into Bella's eyes. "I love the color and the texture."
"A fine choice, very fine," Bella said, and returned the two other garments to their place, and returned with a wrapped package.
"Now, one word of warning, all right?" Bella said.
"Yes," Karla asked, her eyes narrowing a bit in some surprise and concern.
"No, no, nothing like that!" Bella said. "What I mean is...you don't want to wear either of these before the party!" she said. "That way the full effect will be enforced," she said quietly. And her voice dropped a little more. "And I do mean the full effect. Afterwards, you'll never get quite the same reaction from these two," she said, while her fingers almost lovingly went over the wrapped package and the amulet.