Patience and relaxation

"You sure you'll be alright, pal?" Leo said through the window of his car, parked outside a new hotel in a new city. "I know my couch isn't much and a bed is much nicer, but if you need someone to talk to, you know how to reach me. I can meet you at any bar or restaurant in twenty minutes flat if you need to talk about something. ...Ten minutes if you're buying."

You laughed a little, leaning over to look at him with eyes that belonged to your friend, but exuded your personality toward him. Leo could see the Pete within the Tori, that was how he explained it earlier. It was good to know that you were still recognizable in your mannerisms, although you did at times feel like bringing up Tori's personality during the drive and compelling her to 'behave' on your behalf, instead of just letting her act on her own. She seemed to enjoy those moments, and you didn't have any complaints. Were it not for this shackle on your arm dragging your mood down, you'd have had so much fun with her already!

"I'll be fine," you said. "I haven't spent a lot of time in Spiral City, so after I get some rest and pick up more than a day's change of clothes I'm sure I can fill up my time around here. I was thinking about seeing the sights, especially in the tech district. Yabusa Motors just built a new facility here for some new motorcycles and some other secret project, and Hideki Lab's down that way too, so I might go on some tours and see how their buildings look in person."

Leo chuckled. "Yabusa's is nice, real streamlined. Hideki's is pretty uninspired, if you ask me, but you can tell me your opinion later on 'em, alright? Look, stay safe, have fun, and try to relax already! It's not even been a day, this won't be forever."

You were slightly reassured by Leo's confidence, but you didn't share it yet.

Leo departed and you quickly checked in, fortunately able to pass as Tori with her ID and everything. If Mike couldn't see that you were channeled into her with the changes you and she made to create a slightly sexier--and critically, glasses-free--variant, then everyone else would be even easier to fool. With a keycard, you shuffled off to the room, deciding to forego anything fancy tonight. Room service, bad TV, fluffy blankets, and privacy. That's all you needed to satisfy both your halves.

In this room, you found yourself sitting on the edge of the bed, staring forward at the full-length just opposite you. You finally had a long, quiet moment to look yourself over, and admire Tori's body visually, rather than just the things you felt during the car ride. It was all still a big experience to you, the way her clothes felt against her body, the way everything shifted and jostled with bumps in the road, the strands of hair constantly tickling your necks and cheeks. It was all pleasant, though with Tori's help, it all felt like any other day. Staring at yourself, though, that feedback of attraction grew: you wanted Tori, Tori wanted you, you're both the same person, and so the body craved the sight of itself. So much so that you, for a time, almost seemed entranced by your own form.

This might sound really weird, Tori thought to you, but I kind of... love us like this. I've never felt better than myself than when I see me through your eyes.

You smiled a little. "They're still your eyes, Tori. I'm just borrowing you."

Oh gosh, yes! Make me speak for you! That kind of feels fun, since I know what you want me to say before I say it, but I can't help myself.

That brought you a full laugh, as you two seemed to forget your predicament for at least a moment. You ran your fingers along your stomach, rather you **** Tori to do so. You were just guiding her to do what you found interesting, and that meant you slowly, almost seductively, began to slide the shirt up and off your body. When your arms stretched up high in the air with the fabric in your grip, you tossed the shirt to the side. "Well, I feel like I need a long bath. You think this thing is waterproof?"

If it's not, that seems like that'll solve our problem really easily, huh?

"Well, then I guess we just have to find out!" Standing up, you removed most of your clothes until you were down to a bra and panties, seeing your bra slightly straining at what was likely an extra cup size added to Tori from your thoughts this morning. Unclasping it and tossing the fabric away, you stared for some time in awe at the perfect teardrop shapes adorning your form. "You really have some amazing tits, Tori."

Mmmh. Yes, well, in a way, you helped design them. I guess that means they're kind of yours, huh? As in, I can't stop you if you were to, y'know, touch them.

"More like I'll make you touch them for me!" Without much hesitation, your hands cupped the chest, feeling the strange sensation of body parts shaped in ways you'd not experienced before today, acclimating to their weight and size with the mental help of Tori. Hands still glued to your body, jiggling and squeezing, you urged Tori to slowly saunter into the bathroom, to feel the hips sway back and forth and really understand their motion from a first-person perspective. Reaching out, you turned on the water in the oversized tub, filling it up with steaming water to get clean. At least, cleanliness was part of the plan!

With a final tug, your panties dropped to the floor, and you gingerly stepped into the very hot water, taking a few moments to acclimated before sitting down. The heat was slightly painful at first, but it sent tingles through you, and before long you had seated yourself in the water, leaning back with your arms stretched on either side of the tub's edges, propping yourself up just enough that your chest bobbed lightly in the water.

"This might also sound weird," you said quietly, stealing Tori's voice once again to talk to her, "but I think I love this too. Your body is so welcoming to me. Almost like it's gone out of its way to make me feel more at home than I am with myself. Was that your master plan all along, Tori? That we get so close as friends that eventually we'd end up feeling just right together as the same person?"

Tori's mental giggles resonated in your mind. You caught me! I tried to make myself as hospitable to you as possible. That's why I let you make me into your dream-girl version of me. You know, together like this, we'll share dreams. And I fully expect that I'll be looking like this in them.

"But based on how you feel too, I kind of think that I will too..." you looked back at the bracelet, unceremoniously dunking the wretched brass accessory under the water for a few seconds, pulling it back up. "No luck, it seems."

Drat. Maybe if we keep it under for longer. And... maybe if the hand is caressing the legs... why not make me try some of that?

Again, you were more than happy to follow Tori's suggestions. It was, after all, you making her do it, that slight technicality the difference between Tori asking and merely taking charge to demonstrate things to you. She wanted you to compel her to do it, to yank the string that would bring her arm down.

Tori's fingers slid down between her legs, fingers spreading her lips and sliding inside the body, slowly and with care to teach you about how to touch Tori's body. Her fingers lightly slid up until she moved a bit of skin aside, tapping lightly down on the sensitive clit. You shivered, your body tensing up at the touch! Oh wow, I hadn't felt a response like that since the first time I'd done this! Oh my goodness, am I sharing your sensations as if they were my first time again? That is amazing! I wonder if that resets on each channeling. I'd never done this while channeled, it was always with another partner like Mike, and let's just say that my needs weren't always met.

"Hnnn, I seeEEEeee..." you jolted again. The degree of control you exerted seemed to be split--Tori's hands moved more under her knowing guidance even if you compelled it from her, while the rest of you was squirming at your own command. It almost was like Tori's hand was detached from you, pleasuring you skillfully! You could've compelled her to stop, but of course you didn't, despite shifting all around and moaning louder the longer she played!

Eventually, her fingers rubbed more rapidly, once she felt things built up, and then you felt an eruption within your core, causing you to take full control over the body and grip the sides of the tub as the rest of you trembled in the hot water. You grit your teeth, and then your eyes rolled upward, relaxing your jaw as the release washed over you. Almost forgetting where you were for a moment, you relaxed a little too hard, sinking briefly under the water entirely, coming back up for heaving breaths as you pushed the damp hair out of your face.

"Tori, that may have been the best thing I'd ever felt..!" You said, feeling her beaming from within. It took forever to catch your breath, as you stared down at your body under the water's ripples, running your hands fully along the length of your form, from neck down to your feet, trying to calm yourself down from the residual buzz you'd felt in the aftermath of your orgasm.

If we can't get this bracelet off, then you're still going to make me do that every day, Tori said, more like a command than a factual statement.