Emily Regroups with Her Friends

Emily finally made it past the curtains that bordered the stage, successfully removing herself from the sight of her giant adoring audience. But as soon as she stepped into the relative darkness of backstage, she felt herself suddenly surrounded by people. A split second's panic gave way to relief when she heard a familiar voice.

"Oh Emily!" Sophie's voice said as the naked girl's eyes began slowly adjusting to the dim light. "I'm so sorry for hiding you in that magician's box like that! I had absolutely no idea it was about to be headed onstage!"

In the whirlwind of all that had just happened, Emily had almost forgotten that Sophie and Vanessa had been the ones to stash her away in said box.

"I-it's alright," Emily said, clutching her hands and forearms over her chest, reluctantly leaving her lady garden completely bare. She was counting on the semi-darkness for a bit of cover given her nude state. "There was no way you could have known where that box was going."

"How on earth were you so brave out there?" Vanessa asked, placing her hands delicately on Emily's shoulders. "You stayed on stage for all those tricks!"

"Well," Emily admitted, "I felt a little bad for inadvertently crashing the show. If I hadn't helped with the tricks it might have ruined everything! And besides, I was at least a little clothed for it. Well, until the end at least..."

"Well either way," Vanessa said as she pulled Emily into a hug, "it was quite brave of you!"

Emily blushed and accepted the gesture, not exactly capable of returning it given her bonds, however.

"We did at least manage to find you some clothes!" Susan piped up, much to Emily's delight. Her heart soared as Susan held up a very familiar looking set of clothes. A small yellow t-shirt with 'Adventureland' printed boldly across it, and some short gray jersey shorts. When combined, they seemed extremely similar to the very outfit Emily had started her day at the fairgrounds with!

Emily was about to eagerly grab the clothes up and don them, when she realized that her handcuffed wrists and ankles posed a serious difficulty on that front. With her feet trapped together, there was no hope of putting any kind of shorts or pants on. And with her wrists similarly bound, any type of shirt would have to have been simply pulled over her head at best. And so, Emily was left awkwardly standing there. Naked and blushing, awkwardly trying to cover herself with just her hands.

"Maybe," Melody's voice broke through, "it's time we pay another visit to Carl."

"That's probably for the best," Emily agreed. The sooner she got these cuffs off, the sooner she could dress herself again.

"Do you, um..." Melody trailed off, "maybe want me to carry you? Y'know, to speed things along?"

"What?! No, no," Emily insisted. "I can make it fine on my own."

But after a few long moments of waddling along, Emily began to doubt her decision. With her ankles barely able to move, it was going to take an exceedingly long time to make the backstage trek back to Carl's desk. And there were still plenty of people around, many of whom were already ogling her exposed flesh. Emily cringed at the thought of how many people would see her slow, naked plight.

"M-maybe," she said, "that would be a good idea after all..."

Melody, apparently, didn't need any further convincing. In the span of a few moments she had swooped in and scooped Emily up in her surprisingly strong arms. The tall woman began carrying the blonde beauty forward, moving quite a bit faster than Emily had been.

Emily couldn't help but blush more deeply as she felt the strong arms wrapped around her. One cradled her thighs while the other firmly wrapped around her shoulders, providing an almost comforting amount of support. Emily demurely kept her arms cradling her chest, fully aware this gave Melody (and anyone else close enough to look) a nice view of her neatly trimmed bush down below. But she couldn't help but feel an odd level of comfort at being cradled in the arms of another person. Especially one who clearly cared so much for her wellbeing.

In what seemed like just a few short moments later, Emily found they had returned to a familiar location: Carl's desk. Emily felt a small surge of embarrassment return as she recalled how she had already been exposed here several times in front of many watching eyes. But Melody very gently lowered her back down to her own feet, letting Emily stand once again.

The blonde woman crouched down behind the desk, trying to minimize her exposure despite her naked state. Meanwhile, her friends began asking around about Carl's whereabouts. It only took a few minutes to learn that Carl had been sent out to tend to an incident at a nearby ride. Emily winced, wondering how long it would take for him to return and free her from her matching sets of handcuffs.