After explaining to Amari her own circumstances, the two women sat in silence as they contemplated their situation. "So, from what we've gathered," Krista began after a moment of silence, "our new world-government has been collecting women for nearly two decades, give or take, to be sacrificed to this 'Libido Box' thing, which is much smaller on the exterior than it obviously is in the interior. Given this discrepancy, coupled with how this place seems to manifest tentacles out of nowhere, I think it's safe to say that once a woman gets absorbed into the 'Box' she is somehow brought to another dimension, which is where we are now."
"Woah, woah, woah!" Amari interjected while placing her hands up in front of herself. "Hold on one bloody minute! How is that 'safe to say'? I can't help but feel that there's a few steps in logic that you're skipping over. I'll grant it that given your lack of reception with your smartphone that we may not be on Earth anymore, but another dimension? How do you figure?"
Taking a deep breath (and noting that the musky smell of the place didn't seem to be bothering her as much as it first did), Krista explained. "I came to this conclusion based on the following facts. First of all, we are not floating about in this space, meaning that whatever this thing is it either large enough to have its own gravitational pull or it is possibly located on a planet. That means that once sucked into the Box, we were not just abducted up into some orbital or space-floating thing. Second, if this place is located on another planet, whether it be one of our nearest neighbors or far away, there's no conceivable way for us to have been instantly transported there from within the Box on Earth; any sort of wormhole opening up directly within it would have most likely drawn the entire Box in with the first person it transported, and molecular deconstruction and reconstruction doesn't seem likely either since you didn't feel any sort of painful experience when you were pulled in. Neither did I apparently, given how I just slept through it," she said while squirming a bit uncomfortably at the thought of having been touched and aroused while unconscious.
"Okay, okay," Amari nodded while holding her head with both hands and massaging her temples. She looked like she was trying to take in everything that Krista had spouted at her, but wasn't quite grasping it. "I think I gather what you're saying; pardon me ignorance, but I'm afraid scientific jargon isn't me strong suit. I'm...well, I'm not too bright, I must admit: I didn't score too terribly high on the UEM's Vocational Recruitment Battery. I ain't dumb, or nothing," she quickly added. "I'm just...not that great when it comes to terribly complex subjects like science, is all."
Krista warmly smiled and reached over to the other woman, gently patting her on the shoulder. "It's alright, Amari. You don't have to be well-versed in any of the sciences to be smart. And for what it's worth, you WAAAY outclass me in terms of physical prowess. I never took up any sports or physical activities growing up, and would probably fall flat on my ass if I tried to do any of those kicks or moves you were pulling off when you came in here."
Amari smiled genuinely and blushed a little at Krista's kind words. "Thanks, love. I really appreciate your kindness. Now, back to the subject at hand: So you've ruled out that we're not on Earth, not floating in space, and not on some other planet. So all that leaves is we've been sucked into another dimension? I guess your deductions have helped narrow down where we aren't, but I just can't help but find the idea that we're no longer in the third dimension a bit hard to swallow." Amari lifted up her right arm and turned it over, examining it closely. "I certainly don't look or feel two-dimensional, do I?"
"No, no. Not dimension as in 2D or 3D," Krista clarified for her confused friend. "What I'm more referring to is alternate dimensions, or planes of existence, if that helps you. Basically, it's a theory that states that besides the dimension we live in, there are other realms besides our own that overlap with us, but we don't see them or interact with them because we are all separated by some sort of reality barriers, if you will. My theory is that the Libido Box originates from this 'sex dimension' (working name), invades our reality, and then opens a tear within itself to translocate any woman that gets sucked in directly into its native plane of existence. I base this on how you described that dizziness you felt when you were sucked in, which sounds similar to what one goes through when changing their altitude suddenly. Since the Box is in an enclosed building and thus doesn't move itself, the only other explanation is that it moves whoever gets sucked in, and since moving off-planet is ruled out, all that remains is moving from one dimension to another."
"Okay, I think I follow you," Amari said while slowly nodding. "But what about the possibility that we were shrunk down, or something, so as to fit inside the Box? I know it sounds a bit outlandish, but quite frankly I find the concept that we're stranded in another dimension that wants to fuck us at every turn to be just as out there."
"That is an interesting theory, I'll grant you that," Krista said after a moment of thought. "But I'm afraid I don't think that that's the case, and here's why. If we were still in our dimension, and still on Earth, I should be able to pick up some sort of Wi-Fi signal with my smartphone, given that the device still works and its size shouldn't have any effect on its ability to receive wireless signals. Secondly, according to that asshole who betrayed you, the Libido Box is actually capable of growing in size, but it doesn't do so in accordance with how many women it takes in, but rather as a threat when it doesn't receive any. This tells me that while size changing is possible for the Box, it probably isn't something that it needs to do for those it consumes; otherwise, it would probably grow so as to accommodate more women it takes prisoner within itself, even with shrinking them, which would then negate the threat it poses of growing when not 'fed'."
"Holy fuck! Are you some sort of genius, love?" Amari asked wide-eyed after hearing all the conclusions that Krista had managed to come to with only a scant amount of information. "I mean, for fuck's sake, you're like some sort of bloody computer, spittin' out all that jargon and theories with only a little to go on. I may not grasp all of it, but it sure sounds like sound reasoning to me."
"Well, thank you," Krista said with a blush. "I'm no genius, but I was a science major in college. Graduated tenth of my class, majoring in theoretical physics with a focus on space-time related studies. I've always had a love for deductive reasoning and figuring out how things work, and traveling into space is something we need to really start focusing on, so it only made sense to me to take this career path." Krista then looked about the fleshy chamber her and Amari found themselves in, and continued, "I never imagined I'd be putting what I've learned and my love of deduction to good use in a situation like this, though."
Reaching out, Amari took her turn to pat Krista on the shoulder, attempting to reassure her after hearing about how she was looking for her sister. "Don't worry, Krista. Given your smarts, I'm sure you'll be able to find your sister. In fact, I'm willing to bet on it, if I but could. If she's here, I've no doubt you'll find her, and then with that brain of yours paired with my brawn," she said while giving a flex of her well-toned arms, "there's no way we're going to be stuck in this place for too much longer."
Krista smiled warmly at her new friend's optimism. "Thanks, Amari. I appreciate your vote of confidence. I just hope that I'll be able to live up to your expectations..." she said while glancing about the room, finding the calm and stillness of it to be rather odd. "Isn't it a bit strange that nothing has happened in here while we were talking? I would have thought that our conversation would have been interrupted at least once or twice by those tongtacles, but they haven't appeared once since they left."
"Oh, right! You're still knew to all this, aren't you love?" Amari exclaimed while lightly slapping her forehead with her right palm. "Each of these rooms has a kind of 'cool down time', as it were. After they have their way with you, they'll leave you be for about twenty four hours, by my reckoning. If you stay in a room longer than that, then they'll get frisky again and you'll have to wait until they're done before you can leave. But once you enter a new room, then that room will have a go at you right away. So it's usually best to take a rest while you can before moving on to another room."
"I see...most interesting..." Krista said as she got up from where she sat and began pacing about the room, looking down but not really focusing on anything in particular. "So this thing, whatever it is, is surprisingly courteous towards those imprisoned here, at least to a point. That is very intriguing. What else can you tell me, Amari? Like, what can we eat to stay alive? Are these walls edible?" she said while eyeing the meaty structure all around her.
"Well, for sustenance, it seems the gooey shite the dick-shaped tentacles squirt out is enough to sustain you," Amari said with an uncomfortable squirm where she sat. "I don't much like that variety, and I really hate it when they go and gush that stuff down me throat. But, it's been keepin' me alive, seein' as how I ain't had anything else to eat or drink since I got here." Amari then paused a moment, looked deep in thought, and then asked, "By the way, what was the date of the day you were knocked out?"
"The date?" Krista asked as she pulled out her smartphone to check it. Due to her suspected location in another dimension, she knew better than to check it for the actual time and date at that moment. Instead, she thumbed through to her journal which she kept with a writing app, and updated on a regular basis. "Hmm, I think it was the third of June, 2018."
"Twenty-bloody-eighteen?!" Amari exclaimed loudly in disbelief as she quickly stood up. "You mean to say I've been stuck in this fuck-pit for almost two bloody years already? Fuck's sake! How long is this blasted rape-reality going to hold us for, exactly?!" At this point Amari had stomped over to the nearest wall and began punching and kicking at it fiercely, though her strikes didn't seem to bother the pulsing flesh of the room even the slightest.
"Calm down, Amari!" Krista said as she rushed over to the woman who seemed to have limitless stamina, given what she'd just been through, and was now trying to beat the shit out of a wall of muscle. "I know you're upset about this; anyone would be. But I don't want you to needlessly hurt yourself attacking this thing, nor do I want it to retaliate and maybe cause you some harm."