Bring Alyx into the mix

Jace sat down on the armrest of Alyx's couch, his normal perch when not connected remotely to another person, but it was a little awkward with Alyx's body. He watched as Ellie's gears were turning inside her head.

"Well," Ellie finally responded, "I'd like to talk to Alyx too. The V2 faceplate is removable, as long as the connections to the forehead and along the side of the face are still intact you'll control the body, the other sensors on her head right now just serve to paralyze the face so the host isn't just yelling or screaming and disrupting whatever the controller was doing. But I kind of want her to be a part of this, it is her body after all..."

Jace shrugged a bit, finding the idea intriguing. As long as the cameras on the side of the Ascend remained intact, he'd still be able to see and hear, so that's all that matters. "Will I be able to control her face at all, or is that all her?"

"There's a setting to adjust that, but I'd have to plug it into a laptop to adjust that. The V2 has lots of features for sharing control, as more of a partnership deal, though the full override is still the default since it's safer than two minds trying to move the same limb without any practice."

Ellie steps over and reaches to the headset. Since the cameras on the Ascend are about level with Ellie's breasts, it was clearly the focus of Jace's vision, causing him to squirm again. He was doing his best to remain patient, but being an underwear-clad girl from the neck down while staring at another girl's chest was exciting him even further. Ellie seemed more relaxed and not at all concerned with Jace's gaze right at her boobs while she played tech support--maybe it was because technically it was Alyx sitting there, or because now Ellie wanted to tease Jace herself, through her taut tank top straining at the chest underneath. He could clearly make out the outline of the bra under the fabric, it was so tight...

Pop! The faceplate came off, and Jace felt a cool rush hit his face. Or... felt it hit Alyx's. "Tactile response seems like it works, that's odd," Jace says.

"Yeah, you feel everything," Ellie responded, setting the mask down. "Hideki's working on a way to improve bandwidth so you can also get audio-visual through the host themselves, which would probably make the unit even lighter, but the tactile sense just applies to the whole body anyway, the headset just hides that fact."

Jace feels the face move, as eyes blink open, and the mouth opens wider than it had when just hanging loosely open to breathe under the mask. "Wow, that's a weird trip..." Alyx finally speaks, glancing up at a grinning Ellie. "Keeping secrets from me, Ellie? I would've figured you would tell me all these details, that's more devious than normal for you! I guess it's all still working through... I still can't move my body. Jace, can you?"

Jace stands up again, sliding Alyx's hands along her waist, causing her to audibly gasp. "It's so strange, so... sexy, to be moved like this. Doing exactly what someone else wants me to do."

"I was, uh..." Ellie blushed again. "I was hoping maybe we three could do something together, too?"

Alyx quickly got the message, blinking a little and then smiling a little sadly. "Sorry Ellie, I'm just not that into--" Ellie was quick to take the hands Jace controlled and place them on her breasts, forcing a bit of a squeeze. Jace groaned a little through the headset, as a warm rush permeated Alyx's body, causing her knees to buckle a little, as Jace takes the lead, gripping tighter on Ellie's chest. Ellie, in turn, purrs a little as she closes her eyes.

Alyx was stunned, stammering as she tried to collect her thoughts. "I-I guess maybe... maybe I am into that. If Jace is into it, is that transferring into me? Wow..." Alyx grinned a little, as Jace continued to knead, pushing Ellie toward the couch as he did, until she could tumble back and he could sit Alyx right down on Ellie's lap. "I guess I'm a configurable little doll for whatever Jace wants, right? So I guess I'll be playing along after all."