From The Case Files of Dr. Randall Herringwick
The Case of the Devil's Advocate
Chapter Three - Fun and Games and Demonic Possession
CASE FILES - PERSONAL NOTES - PATIENTS 333 & 334 - DAY ONE (CONTINUED)
TRANSCRIPTION FROM AUDIO - NOVEMBER 12th - 11:55 PM
HERRINGWICK
Thank you, Terry. Please lean back and take a break. Remain calm and detached, and let's hear what Lily has to say.
NADIA
I guess there's not much evidence of real devil worship so far.
HERRINGWICK
Only a very poor pretext of one. We can find out for sure from other sources, but I imagine that this whole thing is nothing more than a high-priced club that offers an outlet for sexual excesses.
LORETTA
Do you have any idea what was in the pink and blue drinks?
HERRINGWICK
I'm pretty sure, yes. Based on Terry's description of symptoms and side effects, I would guess that the pink shot glasses contained some form of methylene-dioxymethamphetamine. You've heard of meth, of course. MDMA mixes that, or some other form of amphetamine, with ketamine, or another psychoactive drug. The street name is Ecstasy, but there are dozens of variations, including some that are quite lethal in large dosages. It's also highly addictive, both physically and emotionally. That would account for the peculiar anxiousness among the female members of the group. It might also guarantee recidivism; that is, it would bring paying customers back for more.
I'm guessing that the blue drinks contained two active ingredients. You've probably guessed one of them already: Viagra, which has a very bitter taste, and would need to be covered up with something sweet. I've read that one possible side effect of an overdose is fuzzy or color-tinted vision. The other part of the cocktail was probably a synthetic cannabinoid. They've become extremely popular, though they will probably lose a lot of market share as marijuana becomes legal in more states. The street name for that is K2 or Spice.
This would lead to a pretty potent combination for a "party." Under the influence of both types of cocktails, inhibitions would be significantly lowered. The men would be drunk but virile; the women would all have heightened perceptions and reactions to physical stimuli. Let's continue and see if that really happened.
Lily, can you hear me okay?"
LILY
Yes, doctor.
HERRINGWICK
Was Terry's description accurate, in your opinion? And tell us what happened when you got up on the stage.
LILY
Yes, doctor. Terry described what was happening in the theater quite accurately. But, somehow, I thought there were more people present. More men, anyway. I felt as if I was being passed from one to another, even though I don't think I moved from that one spot against the wall. And... they all touched me. I can't begin to describe how many touches... or what those touches did to me. They touched me on the arm, on the side, on the hip, on the shoulder; talking all the while, as if these intimacies meant nothing at all. And that's the way I tried to treat them... as if they were nothing at all... as if they were unimportant. But, oh... they WERE important! They really were!
A new touch would make me look up at him... quite often at a new "him." But I could never maintain eye contact, and I would look back down and blush as the man, whoever it happened to be at the moment, rambled on and on about seemingly insignificant things: the weather, the architecture of the building, the looks and actions of the other women in the room. The longer it went on, the more the caresses affected me. I was already wet between my legs... I had been, ever since that woman kissed me, back in the motel. And now, a foggy realization was beginning to congeal into a hard reality. I was going to do it. I was going to make love to another man. I kept telling myself, over and over, that I was only doing it for Terry, that it was what he wanted, that I'd do anything for him. But WAS that the only reason? Suddenly, there was an arm around my waist, and I found that I was allowing my body to be supported by his... whoever "he" was. Would THIS be the man? Was it about to happen now? Oh, God, I was dripping!
But then, Terry was there! Did he know what I had been feeling? What I had been thinking? Of course, he was just good, kind, reliable Terry; the love of my life, Terry; as decent and good and thoughtful as ever. He asked me if I wanted to leave. NO! Did I scream that at him? Did he guess how important this was to me? Did he KNOW? But then he started talking about the lights or something, and he led me up the steps to the others.
One of the women suddenly seized my hand and pulled me aside. All of the females seemed especially excited by what was about to happen, and two of them started asking me questions at the same time. It took me a long while to figure out what they wanted to know, and it made me blush furiously. Yes, I explained. Yes, I WAS wearing a bra and panties.
The woman who had arranged for us to come... the one who had kissed me... was grasping me by the shoulders and looking me up and down. "WHY for goodness sake?" she asked. "You certainly don't NEED to wear a bra! You have great breasts!" I couldn't begin to answer a question like that, so I just blushed some more. "Take off that jacket!" she barked. "Quick!"
I never even thought about it... I just did it. It wasn't a jacket, anyway. It was a vest that was designed to complement the dress, which I had purchased at Wal-Mart for $14.99. I was not so backwards that I didn't recognize the designer dress that SHE was wearing, though. ALL of them were dressed to the nines in high-end clothes. "Why?" I asked, as I handed the vest to her.
"We all have to be dressed in exactly four items of clothing," she explained, grinning hugely. "It was either that, or your shoes. And those heels make your legs look great! The men are all going to be drooling at the thought of getting you."
"Getting me?" I looked around in confusion. None of the other girls were taking off anything... so they must have planned for this already. Several men were peeling off things, however, including Terry, who was having a little trouble with his shoe laces.
It was the first time I had really noticed the setup. A number of chairs were arranged in a circle, and the men were all seated. The backs of the chairs, however, were together, the men sitting so that they all faced away from each other. In front of each there was a number made from some sort of tape on the floor, one to six. Shoes and jackets and sundry other items were being stuffed underneath them, or they were put on the floor behind them all, in the center of the circle of chairs, out of the way.
"I hope you are all having a wonderful time tonight," The Prophet's voice filled our world. He was not a part of the circle of chairs, but was standing off to one side beside a small table, on top of which sat some sort of sound system with attached speakers. I looked around and noticed that the slender blonde, who I assumed was his spouse... or at least an assistant... was now a part of the group of females. By some prearranged design, unnoticed on my part, we were all arranging ourselves in a ring around the assembled sitting men.