Audience Participation

“UH~” You and your girlfriends react in unison, before all three of them look at you for a course of action.

“I’m not sure there’s a trait that would have a noticeable effect immediately.” You try to explain.

“Technically, Magic Touch is immediately noticeable in the right circumstance. It lessened my headache just by him touching my forehead when I woke up with a hangover.” Cassie points out. Stella gets up from her seat and offers her hand to pull you up. You accept it and stand up from your chair.

“What’s happening? Are you doing a live show?” Viv jokingly asks, but the curiosity in her voice couldn’t be masked. You shrug because you don’t know what’s happening either. Stella approaches Viv next and offers her a hand too to help her stand up. Viv accepts and the two of them approach you.

“Okay, Stella. What’s your plan?” You ask her.

“Viv, give me your arm.” Stella instructs Viv, ignoring your question entirely.

“Oooh, should I start calling you Mistress, Stella?” Viv jokes.

“Just give me your arm, perv.” Stella commands Viv more seriously. Viv notices it too, and just stretches her arm out for Stella to grab with both her hands. “If ‘My Cocaine’ is to be believed, there are three parts to a good magic trick.” Stella jokingly prefaces, and you’re still not sure what she has planned as she grips Viv’s forearm with both hands.

“Okay, serious question. Is this some kind of trust ex— OW! WHAT THE FUCK!?” Viv tried to calmly ask before Stella twists her hands in opposite directions, giving Viv an Indian Burn.

After she lets Viv’s arm go, Stella immediately instructs you, “Quick! Touch her arm!”. You touch Viv’s arms with both hands where Stella gave her an Indian Burn, understanding what your daughter was getting at.

This part’s the pledge.

“Does it feel any better?” You ask Viv.

“What? Uh~, yeah. It honestly feels pretty good.” Viv answers you, genuinely confused this time. Wonder replaces the annoyance that was mixed-in her confusion earlier.

The Turn.

“Let go.” Stella instructs you, and you follow her plan. Viv immediately winces in pain again.

“OW! Fuck! It’s back! How’d you do that!?” Viv asks you in shock. “Also, you couldn’t think of a better way to prove your point you psycho!?” Viv asks Stella in frustration, but Stella just smirks at her smugly. You take Viv’s arm again and cover the area like before and Viv immediately calms down.

The Prestige.

“That’s fucking incredible.” Viv reacts. “You really are magic aren’t you?” Viv asks, looking at you as if it’s for the first time again. A look that’s a mix of wonder, amazement, and also of acceptance as well. You honestly cannot fathom that Stella’s idea worked as well as it did.

“You’re fucking kidding.” Brooke reacts, seemingly doubtful of the demonstration.

“Oh my God! Doesn’t that mean Mr. Craig has healing hands?” Maddy reacts in shock too.

“Pleasure inducing hands would be more accurate.” You clarify. “I think the pleasure masks the pain, and how it affects you depends on the situation.” You try to explain.

“Pleasure inducing everything to be even more accurate than that.” Tanya side comments in a failed whisper to Brooke, but everyone still hears what she says. You notice Brooke blushing after what Tanya told her.

“Oh. Is that the reason why your hugs feel so…” Maddy begins to react but catches herself.

“Holy shit! The warm fuzziness I felt last night when we were cuddling! You’re saying that wasn’t just the butterflies in my stomach? You were magically making me feel that way?” Viv asks you, sounding betrayed.

“Viv…” You try to explain to her.

“Do you doubt your love for him?” Cassie interrupts you to ask Viv the question.

“What?” Viv asks out of shock. “Of course not!” Viv shouts back defensively.

“Then does it matter?” Cassie argues. “Whether that warm fuzziness was from his touch or from your own feelings, it doesn’t change the fact you love him, right?” Cassie continues her argument, and Viv pauses to think about Cassie’s point.

“It’s why I ask if you doubt your feelings for him now that you know about the app. If you think the only reason you have feelings for him is magic, then I get why you would be feeling some type of way, but you know your feelings for him and what you like about him aren’t just because he can make you warm and fuzzy when he touches you, right?” Cassie continues her point.

“I guess that applies to me too. Even before I met Mr. Craig, I knew of him through his art. I don’t think his app would have been able to influence me as I was growing up since he didn’t have the app yet. The app couldn’t have influenced me to fantasize being with h-uhmm…” Maddy begins to say before realizing what it was exactly she was sharing to the whole group before going red in embarrassment.

“You’re going to have to get comfortable talking about that stuff, Maddy. You don’t need to catch yourself when you talk about your feelings for him.” Tanya advises Maddy. “We don’t.” She adds to assure her.

“So? Are we good? Everybody on the same page that Dad has a magical app?” Stella asks the group after clapping her hands together.

“I guess? You had me with your point about the whole **** thing becoming normal for him all of a sudden. If you’re saying the reason behind it is magic, I can’t really think of a logical explanation otherwise, so I guess… magic?” Brooke answers, still a little doubtful.

“Yeah. You got me with the Molly Hands. Realizing the difference is surreal.” Viv answers.

“I… I honestly don’t care if Mr. Craig has magic or not. I know what I feel, and I know that I love him with or without magic.” Maddy answers Stella confidently, making Tanya smile proudly at her. Tanya even gives her a motherly hug in support of her confidence. “If he says he has an app that can do the things he says it can do, I believe him.” Maddy adds on with an appreciative smile as Tanya continues to hug her.

…

Everyone then looks towards Becca, waiting for her answer, but she remains silent with a steely look on her face. Becca then closes her eyes and takes a deep breath through her nose.

“I have my reservations.” Becca points out.

“Oh, come on!” Stella reacts in frustration.

“Tranquilo, sweetie.” Tanya reminds your daughter. “What more proof do you need, Becca? I’m assuming you don’t want Stella to give you an Indian Burn too.” Tanya asks Becca.

Becca stands up from her chair and approaches you, Viv, and Stella who are still standing after Stella’s demonstration of ‘Magic Touch’.

“Show me.” Becca tells you. Stella seemingly misunderstood, and eagerly attempts to grab Becca’s arm, before Becca flinches and moves it away. “No need for that, Stella.” Becca tells her.

“Kiss me.” Becca instructs you.

“Excuse me?” You ask her, shocked at her request.

“Wow~. Woooooow~.” Viv reacts sarcastically. “I get bullied like a third grader and you get a kiss. That’s fair.” Viv continues.

“I’m not sure I want our first kiss to be like this, Becca.” You tell her.

“WAIT! Our first kiss at Dos Hermanos! Oh my God! That makes so much sense with this MDMA touch thing. I fucking thought it was the tacos!” Viv reacts in amusement.

“A romantic?” Becca reacts with a raised eyebrow. “Of course you are.” Becca adds, a bit condescendingly. “Fine. Since you give deeper meaning to those kinds of firsts — hold my hand.” Becca instructs you while offering you her hand.

That you can easily do. You stand next to her so that you don’t just give her a handshake.

You hold Becca’s hand in yours, interlocking your fingers with hers. As you stand side-by-side, you look at Becca for her reaction. She has her head down so you can’t really see her face. You’re not counting the seconds, but your hand is beginning to sweat a little with how long this hand holding is going on for. Becca finally lets out a low moan, that she immediately tries to mask by taking a deep breath, before letting go of your hand.

“That certainly is… something.” Becca replies. “If I wasn’t specifically looking for it, I would have confused it with just… warmth… a slowly spreading and growing warmth… that turns into goosebumps. There’s something electric about it too; and yet, those words don’t even come close to encompassing the entire picture. I would almost describe it as… kilig.” Becca tries to explain what it was she actually felt. Brooke and Maddy gasp in realization that they may have felt that way after prolonged contact with you too.

“We really should have gone the ‘Magic Touch’ route instead of the ‘Normalized ****’ route in terms of explaining this, huh?” Cassie jokingly asks with a laugh.

“I would have to agree. The way you initially explained it to us, it was more like something you experience while doing something sexual with him. Therefore, not exactly demonstrable.” Becca says with a chuckle. “It’s actually quite noticeable even outside of that context if you’re looking for it specifically. Otherwise, you would just confuse it with just randomly feeling good when he touches you.” Becca remarks.

“Alright! So everybody believes in it now! We can finally move on!” Stella shouts excitedly, raising her arms in the air… before quickly bringing them down. “What are we moving onto exactly? Are we already doing—” Stella asks you.

“I have an inquiry that I believe is connected to Stella’s question.” Becca chimes in, interrupting Stella. “Why tell us all this?” Becca asks you.

“You’d prefer being blissfully ignorant?” Brooke counterpoints.

“Weren’t we all just that a few minutes ago?” Viv points out.

“What did knowing this information do for any of us, exactly? Other than momentarily questioning the genuineness of our affection for him?” Becca adds on top of Viv’s point.

“Was this a test, Mr. Craig? To see if we actually do have feelings for you outside of what the app may have added or influenced?” Maddy then chimes in.

“Is this a condition you need to meet in order to gain points, or to unlock the next threshold of our scores?” Becca asks you.

“What even is our scores?” Viv chimes in.

“Okay! One question at a time, ladies. Por favor.” Tanya tells all of them, and it does get them to pause and let you answer their questions.

“I told all of you because you all deserved to know.” You start answering.

“No, it’s not a condition to reach the next threshold of your points; and it’s also a no to it being a test to make sure your feelings for me are genuine. Although, if you do have doubts about your feelings for me because of this, then I definitely made the right call to tell all of you.” You continue to answer. You look at each of the four women after your last sentence, and they all signal in their own way that they’re not questioning their feelings towards you. You give them all an appreciative smile and nod before continuing.

“As for Stella’s question, I told all of you so that I can fully explain certain things, and how it may affect all of you moving forward. The first one being a trait I plan to buy that would affect all of you. It’s a trait that, at least I assume, will greatly help Viv with her anxiety of repeating her past if I start dating and domming her with Becca.” You continue, and Becca raises her eyebrow at that information; while Viv widens her eyes in surprise.

“I also need to tell all of you about other traits that I’ve already bought that could be directly affecting all of you. Especially the trait I bought for Maddy.” You add, getting Maddy to look at you in surprise as well; similar to Viv.

“As for your scores, I can tell all of you individually later. Unless you want to broadcast it to the group.” You add. Maddy immediately raises her hand straight up, her entire arm outstretched.

“Um… can you just tell me mine privately?” Maddy asks immediately after raising her hand like she was in school. Your three girlfriends stifle laughter, reminding you they all know Maddy’s scores already. Thankfully, Maddy interprets their reaction to her raising her arm up so high, and she lowers it just as quickly. You confirm Maddy’s request right after. The other three girls follow Maddy’s lead and would rather know they’re scores in private.

Becca goes back to her chair, making you, Viv, and Stella all look at each other awkwardly; after realizing there’s no need to be standing up anymore. You all return to your seats before Becca starts addressing you again.

“Okay then, Jay. This is your show.” Becca says after everyone’s seated again.

“What other tricks do you have up your sleeve?”