Getting naked!

Ralli had to do this now, before any of her students showed up. Once they were in the classroom, working up the nerve would be even harder. As such... carefully sensing the edges of the curtain around her to avoid brushing against it... Ralli began stripping off her clothes.

Of course, knowing that she wouldn't be seen on the way to the classroom and knowing she wouldn't be wearing it once she was in the classroom, Ralli had left her armor behind. That left her slowly unbuttoning her tunic, then hooking her fingers beneath the lower lip to pull it over her head. That would probably leave her long hair a mess, if she ever bothered to comb it. Still...

"Even this is... completely mortifying." Ralli's hands felt across the form-fitting but unflattering grey bra she was wearing as her face grew flushed. She pinched her own shoulder to remind herself she wasn't dreaming... then remembered that with her exo-skeleton deployed and disguised as human muscle, she would hardly even feel it unless she applied real pressure. "This is no dream, however. This is real life. I am really going to teach a class in the nude... separated from my students, who must respect and preferably fear me, by no more than a thin sheet."

Before she could talk herself out of it, Ralli removed her belt and slid her skirt down, leaving her standing in her low-riding but still conservative cloth undershorts. Of course... according to the agreement, those had to go, too. She pulled them down her wide hips hesitantly, then stepped out of them. She was now wearing only her leather gloves, her tall fitted boots, her unfashionable underwear, and her knight's pendant. No matter what the deal, that wasn't coming off.

The students hadn't required her to take off her boots or gloves, but... standing around in those while otherwise bare to the world be even more humiliating, she thought to herself. So, those had to go, as well. She peeled each glove off in turn, impatiently using her teeth for the one that had grabbed the other. Then, she leaned back against the podium and unlaced her boots, sliding her tall, muscular legs out of them.

"No... That may be incorrect. It was strange standing in the classroom with only my limbs clothed. It is even stranger standing here with no shoes on." Ralli considered the strange texture of the wood boards beneath her bare feet. Thankfully, they were armored (or muscled); otherwise, she'd expect to have to watch out for splinters, with the type of wood this school was using.

She probably only had a short while left. That meant... she needed to take the last steps... With painstaking slowness for what ought to be a simple process, Ralli undid the clasps that held her bra together, then removed it. She didn't exactly bounce out too much, considering her figure was not exactly top-heavy... Still, she thought to herself that even the air in the classroom felt different on her bare nipples.

Finally... there was one more thing... "Do I even... actually need to? If I will not actually be seen... will they be able to tell if I am wearing panties or not?" Ralli paused for a moment, weighing the factors in her mind, before finally deciding. "If they will not see me, I have no reason not to fully comply. Even in a shameful act such as this, I must seek to retain my honor as a knight." Thinking that, Ralli finally hooked her thumbs into the sides of her garment and wiggled them down. Once she stepped out of those... The sergeant truly was bare. She leaned her dark, muscular body against the podium in the shadows of the curtains, then hopped forward. Even with her exoskeleton technically protecting her, the feeling of her bare butt touching the wood of the podium felt foreign and dangerous.

There was hardly any time left. Ralli felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up as she began to hear scattered noises of movement outside, instructors or more diligent students arriving for the morning's studies.