Back at the contestant's camp, the mess tent was still empty. Strangely enough, all the women had wanted to go brush their teeth first. They all had a strange desire to clean their mouths.
It was a good half-hour before the five of them drifted in for lunch. Sue Lynn and Ruth immediately ordered a drink and lunch. Lee did the same a few minutes later. The twins came in and just hung their heads and said nothing.
"C'mon Sergeants, have a drink it helps." Sue Lynn was trying to make the best of it.
"Fuck that, Sue Lynn, we just want to go home."
Ruth wasn't sure which twin was whining, and she didn't care either. "Well, we'd all like to do that, but we're in this together. So quit bitching and pull..."
Sue Lynn tapped Ruth on the shoulder and took over. Ruth started to turn on Sue Lynn, but she saw the look on the colonel's face and decided against it.
"It's rough, Gertie, but we'll get through it. And after this week, we don't have to worry about prison any more. Just hang in there. We're all with you. Now have a drink and eat something."
"Yes, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. "
The five women finished their meal, and then started to head out. But Ruth stopped Sue Lynn before she could leave. She waited til the others were out of ear-shot.
"What was that all about?"
"You were going to chew out the Kriegers."
"Yeah, so?"
"Ruth, they're barely hanging on. Those two are the most gutless cowards you've ever seen. We've always known they can dish it out and can't take it. You know how they always loved bitching at everyone on base because they knew we were behind them and there was nothing anyone could do about it."
"Again, Sue Lynn, so what?"
"We have to make it through the rest of this thing, or we go to prison. If those two twits fall apart, they can take us with them. Like it or not, we have to make sure they get through this."
"Fuck, Sue Lynn, there are times I'm not 100% sure I'm going to get through this, but I get your point." Ruth actually chuckled a bit as she said it.
"Yeah, well we know the twins aren't going to win, so I guess I only have to beat your ass to be home free."
"In your dreams, colonel."
The two women were actually laughing as they headed to the cars. It would probably be the last time they would laugh that day.
Meanwhile, Janice and her group were headed back as well. Janice still couldn't get her mind off of Emily.
"Tony, can you imagine Emily having six guys fuck her up the butt in one night?"
"Honestly, hon, I can't imagine her letting one guy do it. But then again, I couldn't have imagined her that drunk either."
"We've got to find out what happened to her."
"Well, let's leave it to the doctor for now. Hopefully, he can bring her around a bit, and then we'll be able to get some answers. In the meantime, you've got a game to run."
"True enough. I guess I'll just have to suffer my way through it. Oh wait, no, not me, Ruth and her group will have to suffer their way through it."
Janice and Tony were laughing just as much as Ruth and Sue Lynn were as they went over to the stage. Of course, they would find a lot more humor in what was to come than Ruth's group would.
Janice and her group were already at the stage when Ruth and her friends arrived. The final touches were just being made to the crazy contraptions on the stage. The four contestants just stared at the things. They couldn't even begin to imagine what it did.
There were four of them, one obviously for each contestant. The main part was some type of curved surface. There was a large hump at one end, and then a piece slanting up into the air at the other end.
At both ends there were two vertical poles near it, one on each side. Connected to the poles were all sorts of strange items. Finally, there were two horizontal poles at the front and back that connected each pair of verticals at the top.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are all curious about our little devices here. So, the lovely Lee Kwan is going to demonstrate how they work. Lee, if you would be so kind as to lay down here, we will show everyone what these things do."
Lee wasn't even sure where to lay down. Janice had to guide her over and explain. She was to lay herself over the big hump at the back. This would stick her ass up in the air and point it back at the audience. Then she was to lay the upper part of her body along the slanted piece. The slanted surface stopped about halfway between her navel and her boobs. It wasn't high enough to really support her weight and was very uncomfortable. Lee wondered how long anyone could be in this position.
"Ok folks now that Lee is in position, we'll finish setting this thing up." With that, Janice pushed on an item connected to the left front pole. As it swung out, everyone could see it was a board with a large hole cut out of the center. It came to rest right up against Lee's face. Lee's head fit through the hole, and inside the hole was a chin rest for her to rest her head.
With the new board holding her head, Lee was a little more comfortable. But Janice wasn't done. "Now the next board."