Chapter 1: Dana's Plan
Author's notes:
1. This story follows on from my previous story 'Mixed Emotions' in which the characters are introduced and developed. It is strongly recommended that 'Mixed Emotions' is read first.
2. This is a work of fiction. The activities and practices described in this series are neither condoned nor recommended. If you choose to do anything described in real life with real people you do so at your own risk.
3. All characters are fictional and any likeness to any living person is purely coincidental.
4. The chapters are numbered in a sequence for a reason. It is recommended that they be read in numerical order.
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Prologue:
The eighteen months since Julie spent her first weekend in the polyamory relationship with Marcie and Greg had passed very quickly. The three of them had rapidly accustomed themselves to sleeping together in the same king size bed, in exactly that same way that Todd, Dana and Trudi had. David and Pam had worked with Greg and Marcie to build a new, two level building connecting their two houses. It was now very easy for people to spend time in each other's house or in the shared area between. The lower floor contained a huge lounge which housed a large, solar heated spa pool with luxurious sound systems, video screens and a fully stocked bar. The spa room was very popular in the current winter season as it was too cold to swim in the outdoor pool on Greg and Marcie's part of the property. Upstairs were several large rooms with attached en suite bathrooms that were suitable for bedrooms, studies or general purpose rooms.
Dana, Trudi, Todd, Chris, Gabby and Julie were all at university studying various subjects and at various stages. Dana and Gabby had completed their bachelor degrees in psychology and had chosen to continue with their masters degrees, specialising in different aspects of human sexuality for their theses. Dana was investigating the relationship between sexual arousal and sexual pain when inflicting it on another; Gabby was investigating the causes of sexual masochistic tendencies in people. Trudi and Todd completed their bachelor degrees in earth sciences and were studying for their masters, using the data collected from their field trip eighteen months ago with supplementary data collected from the site as required. Julie has settled down to study and is in her second year of a business management degree. Chris has completed his bachelor of engineering degree and is continuing to study for his professional engineering qualifications.
Greg, Marcie, David and Pam have formalised their polyamory relationship but choose to remain in their original bedrooms, swapping partners as the mood takes them. Julie is involved in this also as she is one of the trio in the original polyamory relationship with Greg and Marcie. Basically the arrangements mean that anyone can sleep and have sex with anyone else provided both or all parties are in agreement. Greg has retained his position managing an engineering business and David remains an accountant. Marcie and Pam keep the whole residence functioning and tidy, with occasional visits to the Sybian when they get bored or horny.
The Dungeon downstairs has been renovated, many new toys and much new equipment has been purchased or made, and Marcie has set up a small business outfitting Dungeons for people who wish to have one at home. The Sybian has been moved out of the Dungeon and has its own room off the spa pool lounge. The facility exists to record videos of people's Sybian experiences and to stream these live on the screen in the spa lounge. Thus you can relax in the spa pool and watch your partner experience multiple orgasms on the screen.
Needless to say the situation of ten people sharing two houses with a common area and sleeping in constantly changing configurations could be stressful so the group meets frequently to discuss issues and seek win-win resolutions of difficulties. The key philosophy behind the resolution of differences was the question 'What would love do or say now?' All members of the extended household have benefitted from the need to consider others, to find out what the issues really are, to be honest and open in all dealings with others and to always look for creative solutions so that the best choices are made.
We pick up on the story again in the spa room where all members of the group are relaxing naked in the pool on a Friday evening with glasses of wine or beer and cheese and crackers, discussing possible activities for the weekend. Dana and Gabby are about to drop a bombshell that they have discussed together but not with other members -- yet.
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"Right," said Marcie, still the organiser after all this time, "Who would like to start?"
Dana took a deep breath. "Well," she began, "This will take a while to discuss and even longer possibly to decide. So please just hear me out. As you know Gabby and I are researching topics for our masters degrees and these topics both relate to sexual arousal, pain and such like. What we need are people who will be willing to be anonymously interviewed to tell their experiences of these aspects of their own sexuality. So..."
"Ah," cut in Julie, "So you want to interview us. Of course I'm willing to be interviewed, especially about my few errors in judgement that first weekend. I'll never forget that."
"Yes, I would like to interview you," continued Dana, "But more than that I want to ask questions of people about why they wanted to be punished or tortured, what drove them to go to a strip joint for example, why does a happily married man need to use a prostitute, what is it about inflicting pain on others that a person finds sexually arousing, and lots of other questions. The answers to these questions are going to be the theses that Gabby and I write for our masters. We had thought that maybe we simply go and get jobs as strippers and prostitutes at established clubs and brothels, or maybe offer ourselves as call girls, but then we looked at what we have here. We have all the facilities, space, equipment and, most importantly, people needed to run our own establishment. In this pool now are people with a lot of information and experience in these areas, we have a Dungeon, we have this lovely spa lounge, we have individual rooms upstairs," she took a deep breath as she reached crunch point, "So we wondered, would it be possible to start a high class strip joint and brothel here?"
Stunned silence filled the room for about 30 seconds. Nobody had expected to have to even dream of this, let alone consider it as a serious option. As people thought about it, slowly it seemed to make more sense. The question people started to ask in their minds was not whether such a thing could happen, but why not do this?
"So what would you envisage this to look like?" asked Marcie.
"Well, I'm pretty sure that Trudi, Julie, Gabby and I would be happy to be the strippers and prostitutes, Greg could be manager, Todd and Chris could be concierges or bouncers, David, you could be the accountant, Pam you could be the Madam and greet people as they arrive and Marcie, you could be in charge of the Dungeon. The guys would also be available to offer their services to female clients, and women could cater for male and female clients in addition to their specific roles if they wished. It would be by appointment only, an exclusive club for high paying customers who would get far better value for their money if they were prepared to be interviewed. It is a win situation all round. We have the Dungeon, the spa pool, lounge area, spare individual rooms, a Sybian which would undoubtedly be a draw card for lonely wives on week days, in summer the swimming pool. We're just about all set up except for the business structure. It would also provide some income because I know that with so many people studying there is a huge drain on finances. This is a way that we could contribute to the coffers."
"That sounds like an excellent idea, but we would need to check it out with the local authorities about setting up such a business here. I know that prostitution is legal where we live in the Mineral County of Nevada and there are brothels in this county, but often it is not considered a desirable land use in a residential area," contributed David.
For a few minutes people discussed it in pairs and small groups. After a while they came back as a group.