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Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 6:00 p.m.
"GOOD EVENING, MY LOVELY LADIES AND GENTS!!" Sandy shouted. "HOW'S EVERYBODY DOIN', HUH?!"
The crowd cheered loud.
"Y'ALL READY TO HAVE ONE HELL OF A TIME TONIGHT?!" she continued.
The crowd cheered louder.
"GODDAMN
RIGHT
YOU ARE!!" she hollered. "I'M SANDRA BURTON, YOU ALL KNOW ME, AND MY GORGEOUS HUBBY LOU. SO WELCOME TO THE FETISH BUFFET—COURTESY OF BURTON PRODUCTIONS—GIRLS' NIGHT!!"
The crowd cheered loudest.
"Although," proceeded Sandy, bringing the volume down a notch. "While it may be Girls' Night, this is gonna be one big,
big
treat for you gents as well!"
BDSM filmmakers Sandra and Lou Burton had invited a hundred of their closest friends to share this special Monday. They were hosting one of their semi-regular gatherings in the massive, ambience-permeated basement/studio. Several cameras were mounted about the room, pointing towards center stage, where Sandy addressed the audience. Lou, the cinematographer, operated the tripod by the door. As with many an occasion, he was dressed in his powder blue tux. Sandra was dolled in a lovely leather bustier with ankle-length boots and fingerless gloves. Her makeup was flawless, her hair teased up, lightly floating down her back. Her lips were stuck deep red with manicured nails to match. Much of the audience was already turned on by her appearance.
"That being said, we're in for a big night! No point in beating around the bush—wink wink. So let's get on with it!" She held up each finger of one hand except the pinkie.
"My friends, we have not one, not two, not three, but
four
—count 'em, FOUR—lovely ladies featured this evening! That's two married couples we're presenting tonight!"
The audience whooped appreciatively.
"Ya ready to meet 'em?" asked Sandy.
They responded with a collective, "YEAH," but Sandy pretended she didn't really hear.
"Sorry,
what
was that??" she demanded, cupping a hand to her ear.
The crowd upped the enthusiasm and volume. "YEAH!"
Sandy still wasn't satisfied. "Come
on
, people, make me believe it!" she shouted.
"
YEAH!!
"
Sandy finally nodded. "Oh, all right." She turned towards the basement door, which Lou opened. "Ladies!" she hollered.
Four young lasses wandered to center stage amid eager applause, harboring a more or less mutual modicum of timidness. They passed out shy smiles and waves. Per Sandra's instructions, they were dressed in their own everyday outfits, though they felt just a bit plain next to the atom-bombshell Sandy'd turned herself into.
"All right, girls, now do please speak up so everyone can hear," said Sandy, gesturing to the girl nearest her. "And your name, my friend?"
"Uh, L—" The first participant cleared her throat. "LEYNA," she stated loudly. "Leyna Phelps." Leyna was 31, with blonde hair and modest but expressive green eyes. She wore a blue dress just a shade darker than Lou's tux, a matching bracelet, and black shoes which were technically heels, though virtually flats. A businesswoman who dressed for success, she was the most formally dolled-up of the four. The audience gave her her own small round of applause, making her clasp her paws and smile.
"Well, brilliant to meet you, Leyna," replied Sandy. "And what do you do?"
"I am a financial planner."
"Oh, so you're a savvy business type," said Sandy. "Terrific. And you've with you...?"
"Oh! Yes." Leyna linked arms with the girl beside her. "My bride, and the light of my life, Cyndi Phelps. Best Mrs. Fix-It there is. Most wonderful handy-woman in the city."
The audience gave Cyndi an identical cheer, as the Phelpses X'd and O'd. Cyndi was the same age as her wife, with neck-length dirty-blonde hair and brown eyes. She was clad in a red and white plaid button-up, faded jeans, striped socks and hush puppies.
"Yay!" said Sandy. "Well a'right, let's hear it for our first couple, Leyna and Cyndi!"
More applause. Sandra turned to the other pair. "And you?" she asked, offering a hand.
"Hi!" said the third girl, a bubbly 30-year-old with fluffy, bangy light brown hair and dark blue eyes. She wore a multicolored T, overalls, rainbow-y sandals and a giant friendly smile. "My name's Judy Flanders, and, I entertain at kids' birthday parties. I'm a clown."
"Oh-ho-ho, really?" Sandy chuckled. "Well, I think you'll be pretty entertaining here this evening. Although this particular event's anything
but
suitable for kids."
Judy giggled. "Oh, and this is my beautiful wife Samantha Blume. She didn't wanna change her name, and I would've taken hers, but, uh..."
"...That would've made you Judy Blume."
"Precisely," laughed Judy.
"Cool, fantastic. So, Samantha?"
"Sam," the last girl modified. "Just Sam." She was the oldest of the lot at 32. Her eyes were a sharp tint of green. Her hair was short, dark and spiky, draping her forehead, with a pronounced streak of violet. Apparel-wise, she looked most like Sandy, in a black leather jacket and boots. She had on a worn, faded skull-and-crossbones shirt under the jacket. She described her profession simply. "Singer-songwriter and musician."
"Yeah, she's kind of a lady of few words," Judy explained. "But that's okay; I do more than enough yappity-yapping for the both of us."
"Excellent!" exclaimed Sandy. "Well, welcome, all the four of you! Now along me to ask, if I may: has any of you done any work in the fields of BDSM, or adult films?"
Looking a bit timidly at each other, each shook her head.
"Ooh, then this'll be
extra
fun!" said Sandy. "Don't you worry, though; we'll go easy on ya." She turned to the audience. "Four newbies! Four cubs have found their way into our cave, ladies and gentlemen. One more hand for our new victims—
er
, virgins!"
She'd made this little slip of the tongue intentionally. She turned back to the quartet of virgin cubs, with a deceptively benevolent smile.
"Now, before our festivities officially get underway, I've a little something additional to present," Sandra announced to the crowd. "This is a special evening. Does anyone happen to know what today might be?" she asked with a hint of naughtiness.
"Earth Day!" someone in the crowd shouted, prompting titters. Sandy laughed along.
"Well, yes, yes, that's correct; it is Earth Day. But aside from that fascinating observance, there is another occasion that fell on today, many, many years ago." She spun on her heels, to the side of the room where her husband was rolling.
"Louis! If you would, please, darling?"
He would. Lou took a step towards the door. Above the doorway was a long roll, held by four pushpins. No one had noticed until Lou approached it, stood on tiptoe and removed two of the pins. Fast at the top corners by the other two, he let it flamboyantly unfurl.
The audience and girls on stage let out some exhilarated applause. The poster was that of a 30-something-year-old Bettie Page, in her 1950s heydays, decked in her classic S&M garb. She leered at them, with her trademark bangs and sneaky smile, "innocently" brandishing a riding crop.
"That's right!" confirmed Sandy. "Sadly, she's no longer with us, but this is the night we keep her memory alive. Tonight we pay tribute to the one and only Bettie Mae Page, on her big
nine
-oh. That's right, friends; it is Bettie Page's
nineti
eth birthday!!"
The audience broke out in the biggest wave of cheers and claps yet.
"I'm so glad you're excited!" Sandy grinned. Turning to the girls on her right, she added, "And so during your performance this evening, ladies, don't be too caught off-guard should you feel the spirit of Miss Page tingle inside you!"
It was a suggestion which sent a breeze of excitement through the four of them.
"Now then, my blushing brides! You've been briefed on your little contest this evening. And you understand that each of you'll be participating with your wife, as a team. And so now, please, another hand for my lovely hugby!"
Lou this time rolled out a long table on wheels. On it was spread a standard deck of fifty-two very large—2'x1½'—playing cards, a notepad and pen.
"A'right, ladies," said Sandra, retrieving the latter items. "The game is Team Strip High Card. I shall be the scorekeeper, and will now edify on the rules...although I probably don't have to, am I right?" she provocatively asked of the crowd, which chortled.
"The cards've been shuffled and cut. You'll each select one card at random for every round. Your card value plus your wife's is your team's score for that round. A jack is eleven, queen and king are both twelve, and an ace is thirteen. No carrying over of points; after every round, your scores reset to zero. Whichever team loses the round owes the 'house,' as it were, one article of your clothing each."
The audience cheered. The intensity of the cheer made the girls a touch nervous.
"ANY ARTICLE..." Sandy continued, over the roar of the crowd, "...At all; your choice. One per round—no more, no less. You can give them to Lou or to me, and we'll keep them by the prop closet. That way you won't be tempted to cheat and grab clothes back. In case of a tie, no one loses, clothes stay on, we keep going. But! Articles must be removed by
each
losing team member, each round. In other words, you may not have one member of your team turn over two garments and the other none. Got it?...
"Good! Now, each shoe counts as one. If you have socks, each sock counts as one. And as each of you's dressed right now, that's it. Just as you came in tonight, that's the entirety of your wardrobe for the game. So if you have fewer things on than anyone else...well, you'd better hope you win."
The audience let out some more whoops, hoots and giggles.
"Play continues until one member of each team is com
plete
ly naked," Sandy went on. "We'll proceed with the second half of the evening accordingly. The two naked team members will be our 'subs,' in the main event later tonight. The other two will be our 'dommes.'" She proceeded next to answer the question now on everyone's minds.