At a loss

Liz listened intently while Sabrina and Kat conversed. The three girls stood to the side of the stone pedestal discussing the spirits and otherworldly plane, while Daisy knelt over a groggy Sofia who had recently awoken, now draped in a pale pink silk blanket they'd located in one of the many chests resting on the shelves of the room. She was naturally confused of her situation when she'd awoken, but so far she'd taken to everything they'd told her quite well.

Liz on the other hand, was still grappling with the deluge of information she'd received from her friends and this new woman. Strange dimensions with even stranger rules. A whole other type of creature they'd apparently been involved with, which Kat's underwear was now apparently partly composed of. And now supposedly a whole new spirit out to get them, while the 'mistress' was trapped in some way and unable to help them.

"So if there's no way to 'kill' this thing, what exactly do we do? Can't we just, like, imprison it like the mistress wanted to?" Kat asked Sabrina.

Sabrina, now adorned in a short silk robe, responded patiently. "Even if we could, I wouldn't 'kill' it, or her I guess, there's not much of a gender discrepancy with the ethereals. I couldn't bring harm to any of these beings." She sighed and looked away for a moment before regaining her firm composure. "imprisoning it somehow is the only option I can think of, but I couldn't say how. I'm not even sure what it was the mistress was trying to do, she's much more knowledgeable than me about this world. Obviously, I guess."

Liz looked back and forth between the two women as they exchanged ideas and plans. Kat was always a bit competitive, and Liz could see that creeping into her interactions with this woman. Sabrina's feet floated a few inches off the ground as she was held casually aloft by the surrounding orbs and whatever ones had entered her clothing. Kat stood on the ground as Liz did, but she could see the woman almost itching to emulate Sabrina. As Liz had observed the two, she could almost swear the orbs seemed to obey the two women to some extent, but it didn't seem to be equally.

As the women talked, Liz suddenly felt a strange sensation coming from her bond with Lauren. It was almost as if something seemed to be prodding it curiously. Whatever it was, it wasn't Lauren. "What...ooh..." she mumbled to herself, and Kat stopped mid reply as both her and Sabrina turned to look at her. Whatever had been prodding suddenly seemed to be coiling and flowing around the link, sending sensations back to Liz as it seemed to settle around it.

"It's Lauren. Something's weird with our, ah, bond or whatever." Liz explained to the eyes now watching her.

Sabrina had apparently little information on what exactly was happening between Liz and Lauren, other than that the mistress probably played some part in its creation and that it seemed to resemble what happens when the mistress was allowed to 'take control'. Out of curiosity, Liz sent a subtle command through the link, just a little tease for Lauren. She could sense whatever it was around the bond receive the command, and for a moment Liz could feel it more clearly. In that moment, whatever it was flicked a hint of power through the small bond before it vanished, causing Liz to squeak as her something yanked her panties up to give her a quick wedgie.

"Was that any of you?" she asked her spectators, and they denied any part in it. She'd have to figure out what all that was about when she got back.

From the corner of her eye, Liz saw one of the doors ringing the room crack open as a few orbs zoomed in followed by a few flying garments of Sofia's clothes they'd gone to fetch. The caramel skinned girl smiled from across the room, dropping the blanket as she stood to reveal her well endowed naked backside to the women. She held her arms up as a black strapless bra scooped up her tits as it clasped itself behind her back while she stepped into a pair pf matching panties that sailed up her legs to wedge between them. A patterned sundress fluttered over her arms and draped down around her, before settling against her hour glass figure, leaving a lot of leg exposed.

She twirled once and the dress flared around her as she giggled, before she stopped to smile at Daisy. The blonde haired girl returned the smile, then they made their way over to the rest of the group. Next to Sabrina, Liz figured Sofia should have the most knowledge of their current predicament, as she'd spent the last week or so in the mistress' presence. Despite this, when prodded for information and advice after she'd woken, she hadn't had much more to offer.

"Any new ideas?" she asked as they joined the group to make a circle.

"No. Nothing concrete at least." Sabrina answered and received a sympathetic look from Sofia. Sofia seemed to feel some sort of connection with Sabrina, probably somehing to do with having both been host to he same powerful ghostly creature.

As they continued to discuss, Liz focused on her bond with Lauren again, only to feel that same strange presence. When the conversation circled back to her, she had only one thing to offer. "We should get Lauren and bring her in on this. Maybe she could add something, I don't know. She at least deserves to know."

The others agreed for the most part, completely unaware of what awaited.

Lauren yawned and stretched, sitting up as the blanket spilled off her chest to expose her firm bare tits. She looked down in confusion, as apparently at some point in the night her shirt had been pulled up all the way to her neck to expose her boobs. She pulled it back down, brushing it off as moving about in her sleep. Or maybe Liz.

Thinking of her friend, she stood to check if she was awake and swayed slightly with a feeling of lightheadedness that quickly dissipated. Figuring she needed some water, she forgot Liz for the moment and grabbed her phone as she went to make herself some coffee. Still in her underwear, the long legged girl entered the kitchen and started brewing a pot in the coffee maker. As she waited for it to finish, she walked to the window and looked outside a the rising sun.

She thought of Liz again and focused on the bond, or what she could feel of it. Something about it seemed...off. Or different at least, but she couldn't place it. As she thought, she noticed one of Liz's neighbors stretching on her porch, having just finished a run. Lauren eyed the good looking girl in blue spandex leggings and a white sports bra as she bent over to grab her toes. Lauren barely noticed as something tingled and stirred within her.

As the girl raised back up to stretch her arms above her head, Lauren felt herself subtly reach out. Or was it something inside her reaching out? Before she could see the result, Lauren looked away as the coffee maker beeped to inform her it was done. Across the street, she missed the girl gasp and twirl around, looking about as if some invisible **** had just clutched a good handful of her ass.