[Features: Portals, rape, unaware, sex toys.]
Hah hah hah.
"Get back here!"
"I said I was sorry!"
"YOU!"
OH god hah hah hah, I was out of shape but if that lady catches me I'll probably end up in jail. I mean, come on! So I might have, maybe, possibly put a camera on the stairs. That's not a crime, right? Maybe? Probably? Okay fine, recording women walking by in skirts was probably illegal for some reason or another, but come on! It was just harmless fun.
Well, until this lady noticed me picking the camera up after she had walked by a few minutes ago...
Curse intelligent women!
I turned down an alley quickly and near the end, there was a door in the side of a building. Probably a back entrance into an apartment building or something. I grabbed for it, hoping beyond hope, and apparently I got lucky as the door was unlocked. I quickly went inside and closed the door behind me. With any luck, the women from before wouldn't have noticed I went this way...
Though I had dropped my camera at some point so really, I felt this whole day was a wash.
I turned back around to see where I was and my eyes nearly popped out of my head. I was in a store and not some back entrance of it. It looked like I had entered the front lobby but I was fairly sure that was impossible. But that paled in comparison to what I saw before me. There were colorful things zipping around, a bunch of things in jars, masks, what looked like wands and staffs, things that all looked unique. It was like I had stumbled onto a...
"Welcome to Mazzio's Curiosities!"
I nearly jumped out of my skin as I heard a female's voice from behind me. I turned around and saw a woman standing before me. She had a weird feathered black mini coat on that only reached to midrift, a shirt that read "I β‘ Curio" that didn't cover her stomach, a black hat that made me think of a witch's or pimp hat or some fusion of both, a silver necklace that looked to have a... fairy? frozen in amber on it, and black pants with stars on them. Not stars as in the 5 point stars, but a variety of glowing, rotating, moving, colorful sphere's. As if someone had taken actual stars, shrunk them down and somehow fused them with the fabric.
She had warm tanned skin and a predator's smile. She was also about a foot taller than me.
I didn't know what was happening any more but I got the distinct sensation that I was in danger.
Her smile widened.
"Now now, let's not stand in the lobby my dear boy. Come with me, there's many sights and things to see."
She walked past me and I was stuck there, frozen, not moving a bit. Till she looked back at me and I figured that following was safer than telling this woman no.
"Ah, I see you've stumbled upon me by chance. Well not to worry, after you choose something from here, you are free to leave!"
That sounded like a lot of threat there.
I saw a tentacle in a jar as I passed by and what looked like an ice crystal the size of my head that was... breathing? This story was definitely not normal.
"Where, what, what is this place?"
"Why, I've already said! It's Mazzio's Curiosities! Where you can find all sorts of odd's and bob's for your many needs! Do you want a wand that summons poodles? How about a fairy that does all your chores? Very popular that one. How about a picture book that traps souls or a rice cake that gives you jaw strength of five hounds?"
"Wait, what was that about trapping souls?"
She turned back to me and gave me a smile. A predatory smile and I was reminded that I was not safe in this, in this magical store. I'd probably freak out about this later but right now my mind was merely screaming "AHHHHHHHHHHH" and "I"M IN DANGER." over and over on repeat in my head. I'd always been pretty good at shoving all of that stuff away when need be and I needed it all shoved away right now.
The woman, Mazzio? Was staring at me and began to pout a little.
"Aw, that's no fun. I hate the kids with suppression as a defense mechanism. It's so much better when you all panic."
"I, I don't understand. I'm also 23..."
"Yes yes" she waved away "A child by most standards."
My head was starting to hurt.
"I just, I just have to choose something and I can go right?"
"Yes, absolutely! We have so many wonderful options for you to choose, so, and think deeply here. What do you want?"
"I, how am I supposed to answer that? I have no idea what you have."
"Ah ah ah, nope, you've got it wrong. Don't think about what I have, think about what you want. I'm no genie" Those assholes, she muttered "but I have such a wide variety, it's better to start with what you want. What drives you? What fuels you? What do you want to gain?"
Thinking was absolutely not going to happen right now so I just said whatever I was thinking at the time.
"Sex."
She blinked and looked at me.
"Oh?"
She waited, I felt like I had to say more or something but I didn't know what to say.
"I could use a new toy I guess."
The old one was kinda lame.
She just blinked again and then smiled.
"I think I've changed my mind about those who suppress their emotions as a defense. They can give such funny answers. All the world is possible and you choose a sex toy. Not something to make you an incubus or irresistible or a literal sex magnet, no. You choose a toy. Well, very well! Let me come and show you the best toy that no money can buy!"
With that she practically, well, honestly I can't actually tell you what she did. She kinda danced away and suddenly we were at her counter and she was behind it, with a black box in her head.
"Feast your eyes on this my young friend! It's the Portal X 9000. Simply turn the knob, choose the setting, and it'll be the real thing! It has 3 selections, of mouth, ass and vagina. No clean up necessary! Simply turn it off. With this, you'll be cumming your brains out, not literally, in no time!"
My head was really starting to hurt.
"Ah ah, it seems you better take it now before reality crashes into you."
She pushed it towards me and I grabbed it. Suddenly, I found myself facing the door and walking outside. Before I left, I heard Mazzio calling me one last time.
"Oh and Mark?"