Investigates the Coat

Sapphire walked directly up to the woman while noticing the sheer quantity of the puffer coat. She couldn’t believe her eyes. The closer she got, the more she felt herself wanting to touch the coat.

“Excuse me,” Asked Sapphire quietly, to which the girl turned around showing a pretty face. “Can I help you find anything?”

“Hello,” said the girl politely, “I’m just browsing, but thank you for offering.”

“No problem,” Said Sapphire, but was still very inquisitive about the jacket. “I absolutely love your coat! It’s stunning to look at.” She finished, unsure about how the girl would take the compliment.

“Thanks,” The girl smiled. “I got it from a friend and I’m just testing it out to see if I like it.” Then she hesitated. “It already gotten me a lot of compliments, and even though it’s rather large, I was brave enough to wear it out today for the first time since I got it.”

“What brand is it?” Asked Sapphire, engrossed with the girl describing her gigantic coat.

“Oh it’s a little embarrassing.” She replied sheepishly, “It’s called Pufferlock.” The girl said this and her face turned a bit red, or perhaps it was just the reflection of the shiny, orange coat on her cheeks.

“Pufferlock, hmm. Never heard of it.” Sapphire said, clearing vying for more information to satisfy her curiosity.

“Yeah, it’s brand new. My best friend’s dad owns the company and it’s a new startup.” She hesitated. “These jackets do….something special.”

“Like what?”

“Well….they lock. Just like in the name. It’s a Bluetooth controlled zipper device and I suppose it’s meant for people who need to stay warm throughout the day, but are tempted to take off their jacket. So they give the code to a friend or someone, and they are the ones who control when it gets taken off.”

Sapphire was fascinated! “Wow, so who has the code for your coat?” She asked.

“Well, I do, but I haven’t worked up the courage to even lock it yet. I’ve barely been brave enough to wear it at all in public.”

“I see.” Said Sapphire, getting even more turned on by the second. Hearing the woman tell about her coat and how she was even a little embarrassed about it made Sapphire wet. She decided to push her luck, even though this was a customer, and it wasn’t the most professional to carry on a conversation about the customer’s clothing.

“So are you a test subject in a way for the coat?” Asked Sapphire.

The girl smiled again clearly embarrassed. “I suppose I am. My friend gave me this one to try, but you are really the first person I have talked to about it. I just can’t really believe how big and how brightly colored it is.” As she said this, she put her hand to cover her nose and humiliation. Sapphire noticed the jacket was zipped about midway. The zipper itself was huge. It almost looked like a cartoon with a black metal pull that was almost 2 inches wide. The oversized zipper pull hung down and had a black triangle hanging off it with the engraving of a padlock. Sapphire took all of this in, noticing the girl looking back nervously. The girl was about to ask a question, but Sapphire spoke first,

“Show me how you lock it!” Said Sapphire with a pretty smile. There were other customers in the store that needed help, but she was much too occupied to notice. The girl glanced around, and made a wincing face. “Ok. I guess I could try it.” She said nervously. “You just have to zip it all the way to the top. It’s already set to lock.”

Although the girl was only explaining how the coat worked, Sapphire took it as the girl inviting her to zip the coat. Sapphire reached out quickly and grasped the huge zip, which filled her hand, and began sliding the zipper up. Surprisingly, the zipper formed tightly against the girls body even though the coat itself seemed to bulge out and be too big for her. Sapphire understood then that the coat was a perfectly tight fit on the inside, and the fluff on the outside was for show. The zipper slid smoothly along the girl’s chest and against her throat, hugging her neck tightly, then around the curve of her chin, and over the girl’s lower lip. The second the zipper hit the top, there was a audible clicking sound that came from inside the zipper. The jacket was locked. The girl, pursed her lips and winced again. Her eyes glanced around hoping no one noticed her getting zipped up into her coat. Sapphire was amazed. She simply had never seen such a device, even while being constantly introduced to the newest tech often before the rest of the public. This was truly an ingenious invention. Sapphire stood back and admired the poor girl. There was no way she was getting out of the jacket without unlocking it. The design was intended to trap the person, and the snug fit accomplished just that.

“Mind if I unlock it now?” Asked the woman, as if she needed permission from Sapphire to unzip her very own coat.

“Let’s put on the hood first.” Sapphire was too engrossed to stop now, and even though the girl started to say something, she reached behind the girl and pulled up the massive hood. The hood itself was almost indescribable. It was everything Sapphire never knew needed to exist on a puffer jacket. She had her own light, black puffer at home, but it was nothing out of the ordinary. This, however, in front of her, was something to put all puffer coats to shame. The hood was also a neon orange and made of similar style. Tight on the inside, but large and overstuffed on the outside to give the appearance three or four jackets. The hood had a couple of particular designs which Sapphire was now also curious about. First there was a hole in the back about an inch in size presumably for the wearer’s hair to be worn in a pony tail and go out the back. The second thing worthy of mention was the triple drawstring enclosure. Most puffer jackets have only one pair of drawstrings with which to tighten down their hoods, but in this coat, the designers had installed 3 pairs of drawstrings, presumably to pull the face opening even more tightly closed and tighter with each one. But what was even more fascinating, was that each of the drawstrings also had some kind of Bluetooth device attached to each of the thick strings.

“What do these drawstrings do?” Asked Sapphire inquisitively.

“I’m not exactly sure,” Said the hooded girl, “I’ve never tried them before, but I assume that you pull the black devices up the string towards the hood, and it will tighten, but I’m guessing they won’t loosen without the Bluetooth code.”

“May I try?” Asked Sapphire, while inspecting the black metal squares in her hand.

“I suppose, said the woman quietly,”

Sapphire held one end of one of the strings and grasped the black square on the string in her other hand, then proceeded to push the black square up towards the hood, which tightened the hood opening a bit. True enough, once Sapphire was satisfied it was closed far enough, she tried pulling it back, but it wouldn’t budge. It was stuck much like the zipper. The coat was truly amazing! Sapphire went on to the other matching pull string on the other side and pulled it tight. Again, the hood opening shrank around the girl’s face as she pulled,

“Incredible!” Exclaimed Sapphire, infatuated with the situation.

She could tell the girl inside the coat was not enjoying the experience in public as much as she was.

“Ok let’s get you out. Sapphire said. “Can you do the Bluetooth code?”

The girl dug in her overstuffed pocket and drew out her phone. She lifted the phone quite high to be able to see it out of her hood opening. After a few moments of clear frustration, and not being able to see clearly due to the hood, she turned the phone to Sapphire and asked if she would unlock the coat. Sapphire took the phone, swiped to the Bluetooth selection.