The mall

You take a minute and think about where you want to go. You at first consider just going home, but you figure that if what this guy is saying is true, you would rather start somewhere more public where you can quickly and easily figure out whether this was all just a huge prank or not. You figure the best place that you could start at is your local mall, preferably sometime in the afternoon. It would be a relatively busy area compared to other locations, and with the number of different stores and visitors you'll have a good variety of options if things turn out the way you want them to.

Mind clear with the image of the central plaza in the mall, with its glass-ceiling atrium and decorative fountain, you look to Charles with a nod.

"Got a place in mind, have you?" Charles asks. "Alright then. I'll be opening the door now. The light's gonna be a bit blinding at first, but just will yourself and walk on through, understand?"

Giving him another affirmative nod, he clasps the metal of the silver handle and pulls backwards, slowly swinging the massive door open. It creaks as a powerful light escapes from its depths, engulfing the area and cutting your vision off entirely.

"Remember, lad," you hear Charles speak up as you close your eyes in the shower of light. "Don't overthink things. It's that simple, you hear?"

Unable to see anything around you or confirm your surroundings, you take a step forward and begin walking towards the light...

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"Mommy! Mommy! Can we stop at the toy store on the way out, pleeeease?"

"So I heard Becky is totally dating Jonathan from the football team. I mean, he isn't even that good looking, but..."

"Yeah, I'm going to be a little late coming home, dear. I need to pick up some new shirts while they're still on sale."

You open your eyes to find yourself sitting on a bench in the mall, facing the very fountain you were imagining just seconds earlier. You wonder at first if you had fallen asleep while shopping, but you realize that you can't remember how you even got to the mall in the first place. Well, you do remember one way you could have gotten there, but it was too unbelievable to be true. If Charles was real and not pulling your leg, you had been transported to the world you specified to him. Or maybe your world, but altered to your instructions. God, this whole thing was making your head hurt.

You remember what Charles told you before you left about not overthinking things, but you still wanted to be sure this wasn't a prank before you went balls-deep into this new world, figuratively and literally.

Conveniently, you happen to spot an Asian woman walking in your direction. She was sharply dressed in a blazer with a blouse underneath, a business skirt, and heels, and looked to be in her thirties. Pretty good looking thirties from what you could tell though, as she managed to still cut a tight figure and look good doing it. She had her purse and a shopping bag on one arm, while the other was holding her cellphone, on which she was discussing some kind of plans with someone.

Well, time for the moment of truth. You get up and move to intercept her as she approaches your bench. You do your best to calm your nerves as you speak up, "Um, excuse me, miss?"

"Yes, tell him to move tomorrow's meeting to eleven," she says to the person on the phone, before looking up at you inquisitively. She wasn't too bad looking face-wise either, having just the right amount of makeup and a rather pretty face under it. She purses her lips as she waits for a reply, and you realize you've been staring a bit too long.

You tried to think of something that wouldn't get you slapped if this didn't end up working. You really did. But before your brain could think of something innocuous enough to serve as a reasonable first test, your mouth had already come to its own decision and blurted out, "I'd like you to take off your panties and give them to me."

Holy shit. If Charles wasn't the real deal, you were so dead.

"Hold on a second," she says to whoever she was talking to, and for a moment you thought she was going to chew you out for even suggesting such a thing to her. But to your shock she sets her bags down and cradles her cellphone on her shoulder, then with her now freed hands reaches down under her skirt and grabs her panties. She shimmies them down her toned legs to her ankles, then with a little bit of difficulty due to her heels, she steps out of them.

"Here you go," she says, standing upright again and holding the undergarments out to you. Still stunned by what's happening, it takes a couple of seconds for your brain to register that she was waiting on you. You snatch the panties out of her hand, rubbing them between your fingers. Pink satin with a lace trim: clearly this woman still felt at least somewhat confident in her body, and you couldn't blame her.

"Is that all you stopped me for?" she asked. Rather than looking mortified about what she just did, the Asian woman actually looks disinterested, like you just asked her what time it was.

Thinking quickly, you manage to pull out your phone and stammer, "Um... p-phone number?"

You aren't sure if phrasing it as a question like that technically counted as telling her to give it to you, but she at least seems to think so, as she takes the phone from your hand and puts her number into your contact list. As she does, you can't help but notice how no one passing by seems to be giving either of you a second glance, even though you had just ordered an older woman to give you her panties in public. When she finishes, she hands your phone back to you, then goes back to the conversation on her own phone, "Sorry about that, where were we? Right, the meeting..."

This was unbelievable! Looking at the contact information she gave you, you saw that she listed herself as 'Mina'. No last name, probably because you didn't tell her to give you one, but then again you didn't tell her to give you a name at all. Well, at least she'll be easy to recognize when looking through your phone.

By the time you were done processing all this, Mina had already picked up her bags and was walking away, still gabbing away on her phone. Feeling bolder now about pushing the limits of your new reality, you shout after her, "At least show me your ass before you go!"

Mina stops walking and set her bags down again, then reaches back and pulls the back of her skirt up, showing you her round, pert, and now completely bare butt. She even sticks it out and wiggles it a little! After a couple of seconds, she pulls her skirt back down and smooths it out, picked up her bags, and continues walking like nothing happened.

Oh wow, that was hot. She was seriously willing to do whatever you told her! And judging from the lack of reaction from passerby, they didn't see anything out of the ordinary with what just happened, or what you shouted. Well okay, there was a guy who looked over at Mina while she was mooning you, but you were almost certain that was just because Mina has one hell of a sexy ass.

You looked down at the panties Mina had given you. They were still warm to the touch. Curious, and figuring you've already gotten this far anyway so what the heck, you hardly hesitate before putting them up to your nose and taking a whiff. The smell was not entirely unpleasant: distinctly feminine, but with a hint of sweat. These definitely weren't new.

A middle-aged woman walking past you gave you an odd look, causing you to blush and hastily stuff the panties in your pocket. Okay, so sniffing someone's panties in public was still considered weird here. Good to know. Though maybe that was only because she didn't realize they came from an Asian woman, who you told to hand them over to you.

Before you could think about it any further, your thoughts were interrupted by a loud splash, followed by a shrill scream. Whipping your head in the direction of the noise, you are stunned by what you see.

The source of the scream was a young blonde woman, probably in her early to mid-twenties. She was tall and leggy, with decent sized boobs and what looked like a tight ass. She clearly kept herself fit, as evidenced by her taut stomach, and you could hardly find a blemish on her skin. And to top it all off, her nipples were just the right size, large enough to stick out when erect but not so large as to be obscene.

The reason why you were able to tell so much about her body? She was currently sitting in the fountain, clad in nothing but a white t-shirt with some logo you didn't recognize on it and white panties. She was currently absolutely soaked, which both caused her shirt to cling to her body and make it abundantly clear she wasn't wearing a bra. You were pretty sure the material was thin enough for you to see her areola, even from this distance. You could definitely see her rock hard nipples though, probably from how cold the water was.

She was with a redheaded girl, a little shorter than her but similar in body type. At least you guessed judging by her proportions. Unlike her friend, she was fully clothed, wearing a green shirt and jeans, and completely dry. Oddly enough, she didn't seem very perturbed by her companion's state of undress.

"Relax Cathy, it's not a big deal," the redhead said with a friendly chuckle as she helped her friend out of the fountain, "Just go back in and get the rest of your clothes."

"B-But I'm practically naked!" the blonde shrieked, reacting much more like what you would expect to this sort of thing happening, "I don't even know how I could forget my pants! Or my bra! I c-can't believe this..."

"You probably just left them in the changing room of the last store we were in," the redhead said back, "Honestly, if you weren't drawing so much attention to yourself, people probably would have just thought you were a model. I mean, I guess it's a little late for that now, but..."

Cathy's face went red as a passing couple walked by, the man giving a nod of approval at her but little else. That was still enough to make her hide behind her friend before she nervously waved back at them.

"Well if you want your clothes back, we better hurry and go get them before they think they're merchandise and restock them," the redhead said casually.

Cathy whimpered as her friend just walked back in what you assumed was the direction of the clothing store they came from, leaving her exposed once again. After a few seconds, the blonde hurried off after her friend, her wet feet slapping against the tile of the mall floor, "Lindsey, wait! Can't you just let me wear the stuff you bought? At least until we get my stuff back?"

"And have you get them all wet? No way," the redhead replied, not slowing her stride at all, "It's not that far, come on!"

With everything that happened with Mina, you had almost forgotten about the whole 'public humiliation thing'. And just like you specified, the only people who seemed to think anything was wrong was Cathy herself and you. The only other person even giving her more than a passing glance was Lindsey, who seemed to genuinely regard the whole thing as just an additional stop they needed to make during her shopping trip.

In any case, you figured you had more than enough proof that this was all real, or at least a very realistic dream. Either way, you were ready to begin enjoying this new world to its fullest. You could start by going after Cathy and Lindsey, either to play Good Samaritan, find some way to mess with them further, or just watch to see how their scenario unfolds. After all, given the way this new reality works no one would probably care if you kept watching, or even suggested ways to 'fix' the problem. Hell, you might even get lucky and manage to witness Lindsey embarrass herself in a similar (or completely different) fashion, and see if her reaction to her friend's plight changes any.

On the other hand, you did enjoy telling Mina what to do. You may not be able to see her anymore, but she didn't seem to be walking very fast when she left. If you hurried in the direction you last saw her heading, you could probably catch up with her pretty quickly. Then again, you also had her phone number, so it's not like you wouldn't have the chance to meet up with her later if you wanted. Still, there's no time like the present if you really wanted to play with her some more.

Of course, you could also do neither of those things, and just explore the mall for something else that interests you. If you're lucky, you might even run into someone you know that falls under one of the parameters you set. So many choices, so little time...