30. Rising Tensions
Wednesday Morning
Cassie awoke slowly, wondering if she had perhaps taken drugs last night, because surely that was the most sensible explanation for hallucinating Miguel turning partway into a deer and then all of them becoming totally desperate for sex. She was feeling warm and well-fucked, which was very nice, but also a little confined and cramped. The reason for both sensations was explained by the presence of Miguel lying beside her and Dana laying atop both of them. Cassie smiled to see their faces pressed so close to one another, then frowned at the sight of an antler curving up from Miguel's head.
Cassandra scooted until she was sitting up, then gently repositioned Dana until she was no longer pinning the redhead down. Turning her attention back to the impossible bony growth, Cassie reached out a hand and gently prodded it, hoping to discover it was made of foam or plastic or the like. She was hardly an expert but it seemed real, so her last hope was that it was attached to a cleverly concealed head band, or maybe with some kind of adhesive. Grasping the supposed antler more firmly she gave it a sharp tug, and was dismayed when Miguel's whole head moved in response, causing him to snort in his sleep and almost wake up.
Cassie got out of bed and stood staring at her friends. As ridiculous as it seemed, that device from Maddie's room must somehow have been responsible, since it had mentioned being a 'stag man' before she noticed what had happened to Miguel. That probably meant that the contagious arousal or whatever it had said earlier was true for Dana as well, which might plausibly be the reason all three had found themselves insatiably horny until the middle of the night, before finally passing out from sheer exhaustion.
Leaving the bedroom, Cassie took a few minutes to perform some morning necessities and then went to the living room to examine the remote control in more detail. Unfortunately, it seemed that the device was missing, as she could not find it anywhere in or near her bag. A thorough search of the living area followed, equally without luck. Starting to get worried, she checked Maddie's room in case she'd returned in the night and noticed it on the floor, but as far as Cassie could tell no one had been in the room since she grabbed the remote and her dildo the day before.
A final search of her own bedroom confirmed that neither she nor her guests had brought it with them last night when they abandoned the couch for the greater comfort of Cassie's bed. Now slightly alarmed, Cassie messaged Maddie to ask what was going on. Luckily, her roommate appeared to already be up, wherever she had stayed last night.
C: Hey, sorry if I woke you up, but I need to ask you about that remote control thing on your dresser.
M: No worries, I was up. What are you talking about? You mean a remote for a vibrator? I just use my phone app.
C: No, this was an older looking thing with two buttons. I thought it was for a sexy dares game.
M: Not ringing any bells. This was on my dresser?
C: Yes. I went to get my strap-on and it was next to the thing. Pushed the button and it said something about a nudity dare.
M: Sorry, but that doesn't sound like anything I bought at the sex store.
C: Are you sure? Because something weird happened when I tried to use it when my friends came over.
[long pause]
M: Weird in what way?
C: You'd have to see it to believe it. When are you getting home?
M: Actually, Leila and I decided to take a little trip together, we're already on the road. Probably be back on Saturday.
C: Are you sure you don't know anything about this? Or maybe Leila knows?
M: I don't think Leila even owns any sex toys. She says no, btw.
C: Well, if you remember anything later, let me know. Honestly kind of worried, I seem to have lost it.
C: But I guess if it didn't belong to either of you losing it might not matter.
M: Will do. See you Saturday, have a good week!
Cassie frowned as she looked over the messages. It was possible that Maddie or someone else could have entered the apartment last night after she and her friends went to bed and grabbed the device. She'd left the door unlocked after greeting Dana and Miguel, which in retrospect was foolish. It was also possible Madelyn was lying to her about the remote, or at least about her ignorance of it. If it could do what it appeared to do, that would certainly be a strong incentive to try and keep it a secret. But Cassie had her doubts.
Having seen what it did to Miguel, Cassandra was starting to wonder if Leila might actually be the one behind things. After all, she was also part animal and had a hyperactive libido, both traits that the remote apparently bestowed. Plus, Leila was generally mostly or completely naked, in keeping with her hybrid rights, so the first time Cassie had triggered the device it might have been reading her own traits. If Leila had used the remote to make Cassie more animal-like, that might explain why she had abruptly adopted nudism last week, or why she and Maddie were wearing animal costumes and butt plugs to fuck the bunny girl.
The more she thought about it, the more convinced Cassie became that Leila was a villainous manipulator out to turn regular humans into horny, thoughtless, fuck-animals, possibly because she resented the lingering prejudice against hybrids. One thing was increasingly clear, though: the bunny girl had to be stopped, and Cassie might be the only one who could.
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Maddie was starting to get seriously alarmed about the events set in motion by the remote, especially after her messaging with Cassie. It was one thing to zap a person and give them some sexy new fetish, and even the alterations to Leila had turned out to be erotic and welcome to both of them. But for a second time now the device had been triggered accidentally, and two more people had been affected. Even worse, it now looked like the higher-level attributes were effectively contagious, at least for some of the traits. Any lingering doubts she had on that score had been eliminated shortly after she had sprayed her reflection with her unexpected but only partially unwelcome breastmilk.
In addition to the three traits she had expected to find when scanning herself, or four if you counted lactation, Maddie had been horrified and terribly aroused to see that she had collected a bouquet of attributes that she had given to others. Her desire for petplay was artificially induced, at least in part, as was her at-home nudity, which she had only been vaguely cognizant of thus far, having not been at home much since her last tryst with Cassie. Maddie had apparently picked up the amateur sex worker trait from Allie as well, but it perhaps hadn't had as much opportunity to present itself yet, overshadowed by so many other kinks. Of course, she had accepted sex in payment from her sister, and let her record them, which suggested she wasn't necessarily completely free of the effects from it.