(Erica George is a new stripper about to start work one night in a strip club in Caledonia, a fictional town in Manitoba where, already, she is noticing strange things going on. For example, her original three male escorts, who insist there are vampires about, have been mysteriously attacked in the forest leading to the strip club that night; gone, they have been replaced by two very good-looking, muscular, and completely naked men, who take her inside the bar. Loud techno music, flashing lights, and semi-nude dancers are all around her. To Erica's dismay, all of the strippers are much more beautiful than she is.)
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The two nude men took me to a curvy, buxom blonde in a sparkling gold and silver evening dress and high heels. Her face was painted up in bright red lipstick, pink blush, dark eye shadow, and thick mascara. Approaching me, she smiled pleasantly, but with her mouth closed. She seemed to have an overbite. She shook my hand.
"Erica George," she said. "Welcome to POUMTANG. My name is Andrea Nini; I'm the head stripper here."
"Isn't this place called The Candy Club?" I asked.
"It used to be, but now that it's under my management, it's now called POUMTANG, or POUM, for short."
I'd have to ask her about that misspelled name later, when I had a chance.
"You're the boss, and a stripper?" I asked.
"Yes," she said. "A leader doesn't just sit back and let the others work; she must inspire her women."
"Any men?"
"Only our guards, like Gino and Jorge here. You can go now, boys."
The men bowed slightly to her and went back outside.
"Why are they naked?" I asked. "Do they strip here, too?"
"Sometimes they're involved in live sex shows," Andrea said.
"But they were naked outside, too."
"Well...that's just their way. Nudism is sort of a philosophy here. All will be explained to you in time. I'm sure they gave you good protection coming through that treacherous forest," she said.
"Protection?" I asked with my eyes practically bugging out of my head. "Three men from town were escorting me, and they all got attacked. I hope they're OK."
"I hope they aren't, for the sake of all of us vam-, uh, strippers," Andrea said. "Your escorts were the real danger. Everyone in town, that is, the Christians, hate our club and want to destroy us--our business. Gino and Jorge got rid of them and got you here safely."
"I don't understand. My three escorts were assaulted by muggers hiding in the trees."
"Don't worry. As I said before, all will be explained to you in time. Let's get you into the change room in the back. We have lots of sexy things you can wear onstage."
Andrea led me through the bar, where I continued seeing the most flawlessly sexy women, each in a different stage of undress, either giving men table dances or lap dances, or dancing onstage.
I was always able to accept not being the hottest girl in a strip joint, but that night my insecure, envious eyes were scouring the entire bar for at least one chunky dancer, or older dancer, or floppy-titted one. And all I could see were sex goddesses, and many, many of them, with no imperfect exceptions.
Oh, no, I thought. I'm the least sexy girl here. I hope I'm not judged too harshly when I'm nude.
Andrea took me into the changing room, and turned on the light. There I saw a short, fully naked brunette dancer looking through the stockings and garters. The turning on of the light irritated her eyes; I wondered why she was looking through the clothes in the pitch black dark, and how she was able to do so without even the slightest amount of light to guide her.
Anyway, she, too, was an example of divine physicality, with a deliciously smooth body: creamy, curvy, perfect skin. No flab. Not a single blemish. Interestingly, the light seemed to annoy Andrea as much as it did the naked stripper; and the only conceivable fault I could find in either woman, with their nice, round tits and asses, was that their skin was rather pale. This naked girl also seemed to have an overbite.
"Erica, meet Fantine Tremblay, or 'Fanny', as she likes to be called," Andrea said. "Fanny, Erica George."
"Nice to meet you, Erica," Fanny said in a Quebec accent. We shook hands. "Welcome to POUM."
"Thanks," I said. "I just hope the men here like me as much as they like all you POUMTANG girls. I've never seen such anatomical perfection."
"They'll like you, too," Andrea reassured me. "Why wouldn't they?"
"Well, my body has a flaw or two," I said.
"I don't see any flaws," Fanny said as she put on a purple lace thong.
"You will see when I'm nude," I insisted. "The men here must be used to seeing perfect babes, which I'm not."
"If you're that insecure about your body, don't worry," Andrea said. "We have ways of making your body a perfect sculpture."
"Plastic surgery?" I asked.
"Oh, better than that," Fanny said, having put on a bra and high heels to match her thong.
"Well, if your method's that good, please don't keep it from me," I said. "I'm gonna be nervous going on that stage, knowing the standard the men are used to seeing here."
"It's best not to use our methods so soon," Andrea said. "We'll see how the men react to you as you are, and if there's a problem, we'll help you then."
"I have to go on now," Fanny said, still wincing and grimacing. "I've gotta get out of here; the light's driving me crazy."
"Me, too," Andrea said, also cringing in discomfort. "I'm sure you'll be fine onstage. You'll be on after Fanny. Good luck." She quickly left the room.
"Nice meeting you, Erica," Fanny said, shaking my hand again. "When you go on, break a leg." She also quickly went out of the room. When I saw her disappear back into the dark, I heard her moan with relief.
"Breaking a leg will be the least of my worries, with girls like you for my competition," I said. Why does the light bother them? It doesn't bother me, I thought.
I started fishing through the dresses and other outfits. I found some black panties and a matching bra, as well as black stockings, just like those worn by the girl in that outside painting by the front door. I hoped my looking like her would improve my sex appeal.