"Mission #5 [Day 4/361]: You will spend 6 hours in a special sensory overload room. You must immediately follow all instructions given to you.
Accept or forfeit?"
This was weird, thought Cassie. What does that even mean?
She'd spent the night at Val's place and had just showered and was enjoying a coffee when this message arrived. She shrugged...like she'd say no?
She tapped accept and more info appeared on the screen telling her Val would get her just before noon. It was just 9am, so no rush.
Val arrived a short time later carrying a small overnight bag and took her to brunch.
"You're going to be really exhausted after this one. So, you'll want a good meal and to be as relaxed as possible."
"What is it?"
"It's hard to describe...but it's a room and task designed to just overwhelm your senses sexually. You might feel hungover for a few days afterwards."
They walked to a funky restaurant nearby and Val kept encouraging Cassie to drink lots of juice and eat extra protein.
"There's food available...but you probably won't eat much."
"Where is this place?"
"It's actually in the basement of our building." Val checked the time on her phone. "We have a few more minutes, let's go back to my place and get you ready."
Cassie swallowed. Apprehension was growing inside her. Val seemed a bit serious about this challenge and it made her nervous.
They went back to Val's building, but instead of going up in the elevator, Val tapped her keycard and pushed the -2 button. The elevator descended and the doors opened to a rough, unfinished concrete walled hallway lit minimally overhead.
The hall was slightly cool and had a soft smell like a cavern--it obviously was not temperature controlled like the main areas above.
Val walked down the hall, passing a few basic metal doors that had small signs next to the door. Cassie guessed that it was mostly HVAC, electrical and water facilities for the building.
At the end of the hall was a completely different looking door. It was a heavy dark wooden door with a keypad instead of the basic metal doorknobs everywhere else down here.
Val tapped her card and the door unlocked. It opened into a very small square room with a couch, a small table and three doors. The lights were already on and the only decoration was a digital clock on the wall. The room seemed to be a comfortable temperature--nice after the coolness of the hallway outside.
Val gave a quick "tour."
"Ok...so Bradshaw had this area built just for this challenge. This room is a bathroom with shower. This room is the control room--I'll be in here..."
She opened each door as she spoke. The control room had a couple of computers, several monitors all showing just a company logo and a control panel with a few switches.
"...and this is the challenge room."
She pointed at the door, but didn't open it.
"Once you go in, you'll be locked in for 6 hours with two 15 minute breaks in here. There's a big alarm button near the door if you need to leave. But, if you press it--you forfeit. There's a screen inside that will give you instructions to follow--if you don't follow them, you forfeit."
"This sounds...intense."
"It is. You'll probably enjoy it for a while...but, it's do-able." She glanced at the clock, "It's 11:55...are you ready?"
"Ok."
"Ok. Remove your clothes and step in."
Cassie was only somewhat surprised...but she just nodded. She quickly stripped off, leaving her clothes on the table.
She stepped into the room and heard the door bolt lock as it closed. The room was overwhelming. It was a single room with a bed at one end and a toilet and a small fridge at the other end near the door. She saw the glowing red exit button by the door.
The three walls surrounding the bed were essentially giant flat screen TVs currently just showing the time in the middle of each. The wall with the door was covered with a mirror. Each of the corners of the room had a ball shaped thing she assumed were cameras.
The bed itself was very low to the ground with no headboard. She stepped onto it and sat down on the black silk sheets.
Looking around her, she realised there were dozens of sex toys neatly laid out between the bed and the walls.
Val's voice came over speakers somewhere hidden in the room, "I'm turning on the screens in a sec...they'll flash up instructions as well as stuff to watch. I can hear you, so if you need anything, just talk to me, ok. Ready to start?"