Just some water

“I just need some water. That was... amazing.” Janice responded, looking somewhat wistful. “I mean, I’ve had hookups before, even with a couple, but that was just something else.”

“Yeah, once Maris gets it in her head to do something, she will do something.” I chuckled a bit, “You know, I had no idea exactly what was going to happen either. I saw her like twice this whole week. Sometimes she would text me these weird questions, like ‘What comes to mind when you think of chains?’ or ‘How long can you hold your breath?’.”

I reached for my phone on the table and showed her.

“Same here, I would get texts at random hours with some frankly absurd questions. The first was about whether I had allergies, and I thought that meant there was going to be snacks. Then she goes on about my measurements, and like yeah, that kind of makes sense. Then she asked me how big my feet were, and I guess I answered wrong because she just sent a sad emoji afterwards!”

“I bet that was all part of the story. Look at this, she sent me a brief. A full character brief! My tie has a backstory! I apparently have a nephew.” We both laughed when we realized that literally none of that mattered to the scene at all.

“You should see the one she sent me. I also have a whole history about fucking some random kid, who I guess was the son of some rich guy or something. To be honest, I forgot the whole thing when I came here.” Janice laughed as she remembered.

“Oh, Maris isn’t going to like that! You gotta do you homework, if it wasn’t important, she wouldn’t have written it down.” I wagged my finger in sarcastic disapproval, “But, seriously, you were really great there. That was the first time I’ve ever been manhandled like that, especially with no hands!”

“Yeah, gymnastics will do that. I remember when-”

We just talked for a few hours, going back and forth, talking about life and how this happened. Then, I suddenly remembered something and brought out my character brief, and told Janice to get her phone. Apparently our characters actually were entwined, and it was because of Janice that I got caught.

“You know, I would watch the fuck out of this. I could see a 12 episode series on Netflix or Skinemax or something. Fuck-saw gets people who wronged each other in a room and makes them fuck to get out.” Janice contemplated.

“I keep saying she has a knack for writing, but she never wanted to really do anything with it. She genuinely and honestly does this sort of thing for herself, we just happened to be cast members.” I regailed Janice about other roleplaying events, one of which was a week long stint where we spent the whole time in character. There was an evolving storyline, other characters, and more.

It was a few hours before Maris came to the kitchen, wordlessly grabbing a coffee. She said nothing, just stared at her mug, occasionally taking sips.

“Hey, babe, what was with those symbols?” I gave her a few more minutes to wake up before asking that. I was still dying to know.

"Those were gods. Hathor, Anahita, Ishtar, Frigg, Aphrodite, Dionysus, and Laka. All famous fertility gods and goddesses." Maris looked at me with almost indignation, "Remember, we watched that video a few years back. I was going to change the sea-shell to the Venusian symbol, but I thought that was a bit on the nose."

Janice just looked dumbfounded. "I didn't know any of those."

Maris exhaled, "No, and I didn't expect you. I expected Kyle to be able to remember his deities, because I thought it would make a great contrast of characters for the meek Mitchell to try and suggest sex to the more free spirited Janice. It was going to be-"

"Just like your Japanese anime?" I cut her off, the joke old hat.

"Well, yes, but no, but actually shut up." Maris turned to Janice, "I'm really glad I installed the back up clues. I honestly didn't think I would need to, but I wanted to make it a bit more... explicit. But, I want to know what you thought the final clue was."

"The chocolate? That was one of those Hershey kisses, so I thought you wanted a more romantic thing." Janice looked a bit proud answering.

"Yes, that was indeed hot, but it was more meant to represent anal. Remember how I told you to clean your ass, just in case?"

"Oh yeah, but, I kinda forgot. I was really in the moment."

This went back and forth for a while, both of us taking turns to praise Maris, Maris praising us, it was actually a really pleasant evening. I just had to end by wiping my spunk off the kitchen chair before it stained. We promised to do this again at some point, and Janice left, dressed in more normal attire.