The Stall at the Far End of the Bathroom

Okay, how do I find Luck? Clearly searching around the building for her isn't an effective solution. She seems to be an expert at disappearing, after all. I need a new idea. After giving it some thought, I'm reminded of the morning after we first met. When I first woke up, I tried to call her to see if she was just a figment of my imagination or not. Man, wasn't that a simpler time? Anyway, I saw her not long after, and she mentioned that she heard me call, but was too busy to answer. I wonder if that means I could call her now...

Thinking about it more, I realize that I'd rather not call for her right here in the middle of the main office space. I have no clue how people would react to her appearing out of nowhere, and even if the mental block she installed on everyone made them not care, I wouldn't really want people listening in on our conversation anyway. Once I determine that, I decide that my best bed is to slip into the men's bathroom and go into the stall furthest from the door. I look around a bit to make sure no one else is here, even though I don't know why someone would be, before seeing if I can summon Luck to me.

"Luck? Can you hear me? I want to talk to you," I say out loud.

It feels kind of weird trying to get the attention of someone who isn't in the room with me. However, after a few seconds of awkward silence, Luck teleports into the stall (behind me, of course) before bowing dramatically.

"The Incredible Lady Luck, at your service," Luck says in a regal voice before glancing up at me. "Hey, that would make for a pretty awesome stage name, don't ya think?"

"Focus, Luck," I tell her dryly.

"Right. Sorry. How can I help you?" She asks before looking around. "Are in the bathroom right now? Oh! Did you need a quickie? You know I'm always down for that."

"What? No! I just wanted a private place for us to talk, and I'm pretty much the only person who ever uses the men's bathroom up here," I explain.

"Oh, gotcha. I did notice that this place has a distinct lack of penises. What's up with that? I mean, aside from it being convenient to the plot, obviously."

"You can thank the sexism of Carmen and whoever else is in charge of hiring around here for that," I say with a shrug, choosing to ignore Luck's nonsensical comment at the end there. "Pretty sure the only reason they hired me was because they needed to hit a certain percentage of men in the office to not look like they had a bias, which they pretty clearly do."

"Interesting..." Luck whispers to herself. She then looks back up at me. "And you're sure you don't want a little action while we're in here?"

"I think I'm good..."

"Alright. You're loss. So what's up?"

"'What's up?' Shouldn't you know what I've been doing? And why did you seem so surprised that I was in the bathroom anyway? I mean, wouldn't you have to always know where I am in order to show up when I call you?" I ask.

"I'm not all-knowing, Kyle. As much as I'd love to keep an eye on the sexy situations you get into, my attention can only be on so many things at once. I can hear you whenever you call me, but I don't always know exactly where you are unless I specifically take the time check or until I actually show up. Does that make sense?" Luck ask as she puts a hand on her hip.

"Uh... I guess..." Actually, I'm not sure that it does, but I also don't know if having her explaining it further would help me at all. The one thing that I did get out of that, however, is that Luck isn't omniscient. Thank god for that. It seems that's one more limit to her powers. It doesn't mean a ton, but it's still nice to know. "So what have you been doing anyway?"

"Well, I was following Audrey around for a bit, when I was suddenly hit by a great idea with what to do with her! Actually, I was in the middle of fiddling around with her when you called. Now that I think about it, I should probably get back to her pretty soon..." Luck says while pondering to herself.

"And I'm guessing you have no intention of telling me what it is you're doing?" I pose to her.

"Nope! But don't worry. I've been making good progress already. You should be able to see the new-and-improved Audrey before the end of the day!" Luck assures me.

Wonderful...

"That's actually part of why I wanted to talk to you," I move on, trying to get the conversation back on track. "I ran into both Rae and Carmen, and the interactions were a little... odd, to say the least. I was hoping you could tell me a bit more about what you did to them."

"Ooh! This is exciting! Okay, tell me what you think you know, and I'll let you know how close you are."

Alright, I might finally be able to make some progress on this. I need to think carefully here. I want to have the best shot of getting information out of Luck, which means I need to make sure I'm correct about as much as possible. Now, who do I start with? What happened in Carmen's office is more fresh in my mind, so let's start there.

"Well, just before I came here, Carmen called me into my office, but as she was lecturing me, something unusual happened," I start.

"Oh yeah? What kind of unusual are we talking?" Luck asks as she leans against the wall and listens.

"She fell into this... it almost felt like a state of mindlessness. She admitted to some... very not safe for work stuff, then went right back to normal like nothing had even happened. I'm pretty sure each time it happened was after she told a lie," I say, really hoping I'm right about that last part.

Luck smiles when she hears that as she starts to speak, "Not bad so far, Kyle. Can I ask what exactly she admitted to? Just out of curiosity."

Something about that question strikes me as odd, but I answer anyway.

"Well, it happened twice. The first time she said that she likes to masturbate when she's alone in her office, and the second was that she can't cum while wearing clothes."

Hearing me say that causes Luck to burst out in a fit of laughter.

"Are you serious? That's fantastic! Those go together perfectly! I couldn't have planned that better myself!" She exclaims as she continues to giggle.

Once again, Luck's words only serve to confuse me more than I already was.

"What do you mean 'They go perfectly together?' I thought she was revealing some kind of perverted secret about herself. But then again, that didn't make any sense either. I kept thinking to myself that if both of those things were true, someone would have caught her by now," I voice my confusion.

I have to wait for Luck to calm down before she's finally able to respond to me.

"Sorry about that. I just wasn't expecting those to be the first things she came up with," Luck says as she wipes a tear from her eye. "Okay, okay. I'm good now. You made a few wrong assumptions, but you're basically there, so I think it's fair enough for me to give you the full picture."

Finally! I can actually hear about one of these alterations directly from the source. I had no idea figuring these out was going to take so much effort.

"As you predicted, Carmen's trigger activates anytime she tells a lie," Luck continues. "Where you messed up is what said trigger actually does. It doesn't make her reveal one of her secrets. Instead, it cause her to make up a secret, which she then has to say out loud. She'll won't have any memory of saying anything, but the second she does, whatever she just came up with instantly becomes true."

"Hold on... so you're telling me that from now on, anytime Carmen lies... she has to make up a new lie... and then that second lie becomes true?" I repeat as I try to work through everything I just heard.

"Pretty much. And as you would expect, whatever she says has to be sexual in some way. I have to say, I'm impressed you got as much as you did so quickly. I'm also impressed she came up with two secrets that compliment each other so well. I don't have any control over what she lies she tells in that state, which means her brain that came up with those all on its own. Perhaps Carmen is a bit kinkier than I initially thought..." Luck wonders.

"I... that's just..." I mumble, not sure what to say.

"It seems like you're having a hard time fully understanding this one. You said you just came from her office, right? Based on what you told me, I'm willing to bet the conversation ended with her kicking you out of her office. That probably means she's alone right now. Come on," Luck insists.

Luck grabs me by the wrist and quickly drags me out of the bathroom. I try my best not to trip and fall as I repeatedly think through Luck's explanation. As we slow down, I realize that we're approaching Carmen's office. And it also looks like all the blinds are drawn.

"I knew it! It looks like we're in for a treat!" Luck lets go of me and runs over to the glass wall separating the room from the rest of the floor. She notices a gap in the blinds and peeks through it. "Good. We're just in time. Look here, Kyle, and you'll see what I mean."

This is a bad idea. I know it is. And yet, I can't help but be a little curious. Not to see Carmen touching herself necessarily, but to see if Luck is really telling the truth. I know Luck can do all sorts of wild things, but it's still hard to accept that she could actually do what she claims to my boss without seeing it for myself.

With a bit of hesitation, I step over to the window and stand next to Luck. Cautiously, I lean over and look into the gap. And when I do, sure enough...

Carmen is sitting in front of her desk, completely naked. A quick glance at the floor allows me to see her clothes piles up in the corner of the room. My manager looks incredibly turned on right now, frequently looking over at the door, likely wondering what would happen if someone barged in right now. Yeah, I'm not doing that. Talk about a **** wish.

"Wow. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like she had her nipples pierced," Luck whispers. "And is that a tattoo under her bush? Maybe she is a bit of a freak."

I barely even pay attention to Luck's comments as I notice the hand resting on Carmen's thigh snake down to her pussy. She begins to tease her slit, letting out a soft moan as she does so. After watching for a minute and seeing her slowly ramp up, I yank myself away from the window, not wanting to see anymore. I quickly realize that my face is burning up and my cock is starting to stir in my pants.

"What are you doing? We're getting to the best part," Luck tells me as she keeps looking in.

"Absolutely not. I.. I don't need to see any more," I say, still able to hear Carmen's sounds of arousal from behind her glass. Based on her volume, it's clear that there's no way she's ever done this before. She would have been caught without a doubt. "But you realize this isn't sustainable, right? Carmen lies all the time. That's way too many secrets to keep track of. She'll be a complete mess by the end of the week if she keeps this up."

"It's fine. I already thought of that. I took a few precautions to make sure it doesn't get out of hand," Luck begins, finally pulling herself away from the window to look at me. "First, any changes caused by her triggers are undone at midnight each day. And second, she can only make up three things at any given time. If the trigger is activated more than three times in one day, she'll just repeat the one's she's already come up with again."

Alright... I guess that makes things more manageable. Still, three lies could do a lot. If this is what happened with just her first two lies, who knows what could happen later? I also wouldn't be surprised if the secrets get more intense over time, just like how Luck said personality changes get stronger as the subject gets more used to them. If stripping down and masturbating in public is a tame outcome, I don't know if I want to see what something stronger would be.

"So, now that you know all the details of one of these alterations, what do you think? Cool, right?" Luck asks, her eyes sparkling brightly.

"Uh... sure..." I mumble, still not sure how I feel about this. And to think this is just the first one I fully understand. Oh boy...

"By the way, I call this one 'Dirty Liar,'" Luck adds, sounding very proud of herself.

"Are they all going to have stupid names like that?" I question.

"Stupid?! I'll have you know that I worked hard to come up with that pun! I think it's cute!" Luck stomps her foot in a mock tantrum, though I can tell she's just playing around.

Looks like that answers that question...

"So, anyway, you said you saw Rae too, right?" Luck reminds me.

"Oh, right! I totally forgot about that!" I admit. It also occurs to me that we're out in the open, directly in front of Carmen's office, where, by the sound of it, she's quickly approaching an orgasm. Because of that, I quickly pull Luck back into the bathroom to finish our conversation. As soon as we're back, I give her an annoyed look. "So... it kind of seems like Rae thinks she's my daughter now..."

"And? What's wrong with that? You didn't like the mommy idea, so I figured why not go in the opposite direction?" Luck explains her thought process. "Besides, it fits better with her small frame anyway."

"Is it that hard to believe that I might not want her as my mother OR my daughter?"

"So, what? You want her to be... you're grandmother? Or like a cousin or something?" Luck asks.

"No! Why does she need to think she's related to me at all?" I ask back.

"I feel like your sending me mixed signals right now," Luck notes. Well, I feel like I could not be more clear... "Listen, I don't think you're giving these transformations enough of a chance. Surely Rae's been easier to deal with these past two days than she normal is."

Okay, I'll concede that there has been some good to both of Rae's transformations. When she thought she was my mom, it was nice having her take responsibility for her own actions. And it's also been nice seeing her more willing to do what I say in the form she's in today. But surely there has to be a better way to make Rae more tolerable.

"I bet if you spent more time getting to know the new Rae, you'd come around to her," Luck continues. She then gets another flash of inspiration on her face. "Ooh! I just thought of an idea! I still need to wrap up with Audrey, but I think I can squeeze this in too!"

"Wait a second, Luck! You're not-"

Aaand she's gone. Again. I really hate when she does that. Well, it sounds like she's going to do something else to Rae now. Hasn't that girl gotten enough changes? I really don't want to have to figure out what's going on with her a third time. I'd like to go after Luck, but I know I won't find her if I do. And looking at the time, I really need to get to work on those emails Audrey asked me to do. So once again, it looks like I'll just have to suck it up for now and try to sort things out later. Ugh...