The Eros Trap Dungeon: The Ruby Door

Behind the ruby door, things looked fairly simple. There was a narrow stone bridge with no guardrails over a pit of slime. Pendulums were swinging back and forth in an odd pattern that Mary couldn’t quite deduce. There were ladders to get back up out of the slime, but only on their side of the bridge. There was also an arch to the left and to the right. Flora said, “So… I guess we cross the bridge to go forward, and the side rooms are for the keys.”

“I agree.” Mary nodded. “Left room first, then?” Flora shrugged, and so they entered the room. Before even reaching the room, they were overwhelmed with the scent of baked goods. When they entered, they saw mountains of baked goods stacked on trays throughout the room. In the center was a small table with a simple note card that looked like what one would use as a recipe note card.

The card read, ‘Just follow the recipe, it isn’t hard. -Sally’

Yields: ???? Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 1 ?? Total time: ???? (including cooling)

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large ????
• 3 cups ?????, spooned and leveled
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup ????, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons fresh ????? ????(from about 2-3 ??????)
• 2 tablespoons fresh ????? juice

For the ???? - ????:

• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup fresh ???

For the ????? Glaze:

• 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
• 4-5 tablespoons fresh ????? ?????

Instructions

• Preheat: Preheat your oven.
• Combine Ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk things together.
• Cream ????? and Sugar: beat the softened ????? and granulated sugar until the mixture is light, fluffy, and pale in color, about 5-7 minutes.
• ????: Add the ???? one at a time, beating them hard after each addition until smooth.
• Add ????: ????
• Alternate Wet and Dry: mixing until the ????? is smooth and no ???? streaks remain. Do not overmix.
• Bake: Pour the ???? batter into the pan and stick it in the oven
• Make the ????: Combine the granulated sugar and ????? juice over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved.
• Soak the ????: Take ????? out of the oven, let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Using a brush, gently ?????? the warm ????????? over the entire surface of the ????, allowing it to soak in, penetrating it completely. Let the ???? cool completely.
• Make the Glaze: Once the ???? is completely cool, whisk together the powdered sugar and ?????? for the glaze. The mixture should flow but not too thin.
• Glaze and Serve: Drizzle the glaze over the top of the ?????, allowing it to drip down the sides. Let the glaze set before ??????

Ellen looked at the card and couldn’t believe the utterly abysmal handwriting on the card. (The ‘??’ in the recipe is less legible than a doctor’s signature on a prescription, not actual question marks.) “Can either of you make out any of this chicken scratch?”Mary looked it over and tried to make it out. “Hmm, I see what you mean, parts are almost intentionally written poorly.” Mary looked at the back of the card. There was a note, ‘P.S. Mary, don’t eat the eclairs.’ “I’m guessing that whatever this is, it's one bigger item. See how the recipe calls for letting ‘it’ cool and to pour the batter into a pan implies that it is a single thing, as we aren’t supposed to portion the batter out into globs for something like cookies. Juice is mentioned here, so we are looking for something with a fruit flavor of some kind that is glazed.”

Flora looked it over. “Yeah, I got nothing. Also, correct me if I am mistaken, but isn’t Sally the one who made the cake that Hilde ate, which made her get gargantuan breasts?”

Mary nodded, “She is. So, assume every single thing here will cause a temporary TF except for the thing on the recipe.”

The three of them began to go through the room, sorting the desserts into three groups. Those that they could safely rule out. Those that were unlikely but in theory might be correct. Finally, the ones that they thought could reasonably be the correct choice. The last group was far larger than they would have liked. Mary looked over the table, mostly full of cakes, but with a few different desserts as well. Mary then told Flora, “I want to make this clear: I’m not having my breasts swell up because we get this wrong. I told you I didn’t want to come here.”

Flora rolled her eyes. “Yes, Mary, I know. Could you try to have a bit of fun though?”

Mary pursed her lips. To break the tension, Ellen said, “Well, how about I go first?” Ellen picked up a slice of orange, upside-down cake, and took a bite. Shortly after swallowing, her breasts ballooned outward a couple of cup sizes. “Guess not. It is quite good, though. Also, Mary, aren’t you being a bit of a hypocrite? I can understand refusing to deal with some of the traps yourself, but how many of us have TFs about getting bigger breasts?”

Flora commented, “Eight of the twelve of us, but Isabella and I both got hit by Chloe’s TF too.”

“Exactly. Mary, you clearly have a thing for big breasts; you could stand to understand what having them is like.”

Mary furrowed her brows. “I don’t have a thing for big breasts. I like all sizes of breasts. You might notice that Sadie’s breasts actually shrank with her TF. The Audience has a thing for gigantic breasts.”

Ellen looked at Mary skeptically. “Then why doesn’t my boon allow me to adjust breast sizes down. Or transfer breast sizes from one person to another. If you really wanted smaller breasts, I’m pretty sure someone would have gotten something like.”

“Allie’s TF allows me to shrink her breasts...” Mary sighed, “If I have a slice of cake, will that shut you up about this?”

“Yes.” Ellen nodded and smiled with Aubrey’s smile.

Mary sighed and took a piece of glazed bundt cake. Her breasts swelled as she expected. Well, at least this is temporary. I’ll have to copy Allie’s boon again later. I would like to get down to something like a D-cup eventually…

Flora grabbed an angel food cake with a lemon glaze. Mary watched as Flora’s breasts expanded outward as well. Flora grabbed another slice of a different cake, as did Ellen. Both were once again wrong. Flora asked, “Are we sure it’s the cake?” They saw another dozen cakes to try. “Not particularly looking forward to going up another twelve cup sizes. Assuming I eat half of that.”

“I think so, but that glazed lemon loaf might be it or that large tart. If it isn’t any of those, we are in for a tough time.”

Ellen twitched like something sent a jolt up her spine, and she grabbed the tart and ate it. Outwardly, nothing happened. Inside, though, Ellen felt a massive spike of arousal. “That wasn’t it. Also stupid slime grabbed the thing and just had me eat it.” Ellen found her hands slowly wandering down to her crotch. She tried to stop herself, but the symbiote attached to her moved her arms for her. Ellen reverted to her own form as she didn’t want to do that while looking like Aubrey. “I can’t stop myself.” Ellen started to masturbate in front of the other two, dropping to her knees..

“Would you like help?” Mary asked. “Either to stop or get off?”

“I want to stop, I just can’t help it. That tart made me so horny.” Ellen said meekly.

Mary lowered her voice’s pitch as much as she could and growled loudly at Ellen. “Ellen, get up off the floor this second!” Mary grabbed Ellen’s face forcefully. “You are not to touch yourself without your Mistress’s permission! DO! I! MAKE! MYSELF! CLEAR!”

Ellen balled her hands into fists, put them to her side, and stood up. Ellen nodded to Mary while letting out a moan of pleasure..

Mary didn’t stop, though. “I SAID! Do I make myself clear?”

“Yes, Mistress.”

Flora made a face as if she didn’t approve of Mary’s actions. “Mary, I get that she’s submissive, but you didn’t have to be so mean about it.”

Mary softened her expression. “Flora, yes, I did have to say it like that. I was purposefully triggering her TF, getting her to obey me, forcing her to resist the symbiote more. I’m also fairly certain I just made her climax from that alone. Isn’t that right, Ellen?”

“Yes, Mistress.”

Flora said, “Well, I still don’t like it.”

Ellen asked, “Mistress… I’m not sure… I think I may need some help.” Ellen was trembling.

“One second, Ellen, I have an idea. Also, you don’t need to keep calling me Mistress.”

Ellen replied, “It helps maintain control, Mistress.”

Mary shrugged, then activated Messing With The Code. “Interesting. Okay, Ellen, two options here: I can connect the tart TF to the cake TF, making your breasts get much bigger, or I can tweak the tart TF so it is split between increasing arousal and lowering inhibition.”

Flora said, “How big are we talking here?”

Mary tilted her head and thought about it. “Not completely sure, but I would say like ten cup sizes.”

Flora replied, “That’s not good. Do the inhibition lowering.”

Ellen snapped at Flora, “Mistress, didn’t ask for your opinion.”

“Ellen, if you gain another ten cup sizes, you would be at U-cups or somewhere around that. We still have to go through the cakes. If you get another ten on top of that, will you even be able to move?”

Mary chimed in, “Well, don’t worry about the cakes. I’ve solved that. So, which do you want, Ellen, larger breasts or inhibitions lowered?”

“The breasts, I’ve been big before.”

Mary went ahead and made the change, and she may have underestimated the amount of growth they would cause, as Ellen’s tits now looked like inflated balloons, with her at a Y-cup.

Flora asked, “What do you mean you solved the cakes?”

Mary went over and picked up a slice of lemon pound cake and ate it. On the far wall, a switch could be heard clicking, and a gold keyhole was revealed. “When I turned on the TF I borrowed from Hilde, I could see all the food except for this cake would cause TFs.” Mary went and put the gold key into the keyhole and turned it. The key and keyhole vanished into the wall.

Flora said, “That would have been useful like five minutes ago…”

“Hey, it isn’t my TF. I’m sorry that I forgot about it.”

“Whatever… Would you two help me put all the other desserts into the bag of holding?”

Ellen asked, “Why? It isn’t like we are going to eat them.”

“Yeah, but if we find the other team, I might just leave some of these around for them.”

“That’s completely, despicably, evil of you!” Ellen said with a mischievous grin. She immediately started to help Flora take all the other desserts.

Afterwards, the three went to the second side room. They found fourteen statues depicting the harem, Mark, and Mary, all nude. In the center of the room lay a table with copies of everyone’s starting equipment, except that it was made of dull grey stone.

“Oh, so just dress the statues. This should be easy.” Flora said.

“Wait! Don’t go rushing this.” Mary said as Flora was picking up an item from the table.

“What’s wrong? This is my cloak, I’m just going to put it on my statue.”

Mary looked at the stone cloak Flora was holding, then at the one Flora was wearing. “No, it isn’t.”

Flora said a little in disbelief, “Yes, it is Mary.”

“NO, That’s Isabella’s cloak. Yours is very similar, but it is different. Look at the shape of the hood.”

Flora looked at both hoods. “I don’t see a difference.”

Mary sighed and walked over to Flora and took the stone cloak. “Fine, let me prove this.” Mary walked over to Isabella’s statue and put on the cloak. As soon as Mary attempted to put the cloak on the statue, it merged with the statue flawlessly.”

Flora was confused. “Seriously, that was Isabella’s?”

Mary nodded, “Like I said. Please don’t rush this.” Flora nodded.

Ellen walked over, “Okay, how about we sort everything first and try to make complete sets.”

The first two sets they completed were the most distinct. One being Mark’s and the other being Mary’s. Both outfits were distinct, with little to no overlap with the others. Hilde’s was simple too, as it only contained three items. The last easy one was Ellen’s gear. After that, things became trickier. Sure, some pieces were simple to assign to people, like the dresses for quite a few of them, and the various weapons. The tough part was figuring out which piece of armor was whose, as Sam’s and Aubrey’s outfits were very similar except for color. But even worse than the armor was the jewelry. An hour later, they were ready to attempt putting on the equipment. They dressed Flora’s statue next and found out what happened when you made a mistake with the last item, the bracers, which they thought went on that statue. Flora stifled a moan, putting both hands to her mouth, as she collapsed to her knees.

Mary and Ellen rushed over. Mary asked, “Flora, are you alright?”

Flora stifled another moan. She was about to speak when she noticed she couldn’t pull her hands away from her face. Flora said, “Can— god that’s distracting. Can one of you please free my hands? Apparently, if the gold bracers touch the collar, they also can’t be freed without help.”

Mary reached down and freed Flora and heard a vibrating sound. “Is… is that a vibrator?” Flora nodded silently. “Is there a reason you aren’t even trying to remove it?”

“Well— Mrow!— I sort of— figure— MMMMM— that it’s cursed like the rest of the crap in here.”

Ellen said, “You should still check.”

Flora blushed, “Um… well…” Flora pulled down her pants and bent over. “Could— OH!— you try removing— MROW!” Flora was panting.

Mary saw the bejeweled butt plug. Mary reached out and was about to grab it when she got a bad feeling and pulled back her hand.

Flora said, “Mary, what are you waiting for?”

“I…” Mary was hesitating. Ellen saw the hesitation and pulled out the plug, causing Flora to climax on the spot. After a minute, Flora recovered and stood up, and Ellen handed Flora the butt plug.

“Thanks, Ellen. Mary, seriously, why didn’t you help me?” Flora tossed the butt plug into the bag of holding.

“I don’t know…” Mary looked just as confused. “I just got a REALLY bad feeling about removing it.”

“A bad feeling?” Flora asked skeptically. “Fine, guess these are someone else's bracers then.” Flora moved the item away from her statue. They went ahead and put all the items they were certain of on the statues first. Ten minutes into that process, Flora collapsed again, moaning. “What— the HELL! I wasn’t even putting something on the statues! I need your help again.” Flora bent over again, and Mary was about to just pluck the item out of Flora’s ass when she again felt an overwhelming bad feeling about doing so. “MARY! PLEASE!” Flora begged ass in the air. Ellen didn’t hesitate to come to Flora’s rescue again.

Flora panted again. When she recovered, she stood and gave Mary a menacing glare. Ellen stepped between Flora and Mary. “Flora, this isn’t Mary’s fault.”

“She could have helped me instead of just standing there.”

“Flora, this isn’t a different buttplug,” Ellen said, handing it over for Flora to examine. “I bet that if I didn’t just hand it back to you, I would have it inside me in a little bit. Mary, please try taking the plug from Flora.”

Mary felt like she was about to have a panic attack as she reached for it and then violently shook her head. “NO!” Mary was breathing heavily.

Ellen nodded. “Flora, that feeling Mary was talking about. I don’t have it. I’m willing to bet that it is a safeguard to protect Mary from something she simply isn’t ready for.”

“And we are?” Flora asked accusingly.

Flora felt like Ellen rolled her eyes at her, which, given that Ellen appeared not to have them at the moment, seemed impressive. “No, but we are supposed to have our boundaries pushed even if it makes us uncomfortable. I know Mary here is interested in butt stuff with us, but Mary isn't even comfortable with anything penetrating her yet, not even her own fingers. Also, Mary, not trying to tell you how you feel, but you are clearly trying to figure out your new body, and it looks like it feels weird to you. Maybe not bad, but unusual for sure. It actually wouldn’t surprise me that Cassandra decided to split you like this to help you acclimate to your new body somewhat.”

“So, Mary gets a warning that this is cursed? How is that fair?”

“Flora, how is either of us being here at all, ‘fair’?”

“Touche. But how am I supposed to deal with this?”

Mary said, “I have a solution that I’ve been thinking about, but you probably won’t like it.”

“Do tell.”

“I could make it so you don’t feel it. Changing or removing sensations is a standard hypnotic practice.”

Flora sighed, “You’re right, I don’t— YOW!” The buttplug vanished from Flora’s hands. “Do it!”

“Pretty Kitty.” Flora instantly fell into a trance.

Ellen said, “That is still a little bizarre.”

“Flora, how are you feeling?” Mary asked.

“Horny. So Horny.”

“Okay, Flora. Can you tell me if you get horny from normal everyday things? Like wearing clothes.”

“Not really. Not since I upgraded my TF.”

“And you trust me, right?”

“Of course, I essentially gave myself to you.”

Ellen looked on, bewildered, and let out a yelp. Ellen then whispered to Mary. “I’m going to step away. I don’t want to screw something up because of this perverted slime suit.” Ellen walked out of the side room.

Mary refocused on Flora. Huh, before it was ‘might as well be me’ since I already have power over her. Some to talk about later, I guess. “Flora, as you trust me, if I told you I’m not lying, you would believe me, right?”

“Sure. That makes sense.”

“I’m telling you it is normal to have a vibrating buttplug shoved up your butt. Do you believe me?”

“That… that doesn’t seem normal.”

“But I told you it was, and I’m not lying.”

“Oh, in that case, yes. I believe you that it’s normal.”

“And since it is completely normal, we’ve established it shouldn’t really make you horny, right?”

“I guess…”

“You seem hesitant. Why?”

“Well, some normal things make me a little horny.”

I can work with that. “Alright, can you please think of something that is only a mild turn on? Something that you can put out of your mind when you need to.” Flora nodded. “Perfect, now the buttplug is only as distracting as that turn on, no more. Do you understand?”

“Yes, it’s as if you were groping me.”

Not what I had in mind, but I guess that’s fine. “How do your breasts and clit feel?”

“They still hurt, but only a little bit.”

“How do you feel about the piercings?”

“Conflicted.”

“Why?”

“I didn’t get a say, but I noticed both you and Merida liked how they looked. I like being pretty for you both.”

“Would you like to feel less conflicted about them?”

“No.”

“Would you like me to get rid of the pain?”

“Yes.”

“Flora, that sensation in your nipples and clit isn’t pain.”

“I’m pretty sure it is…”

“No, it isn’t. I’m not lying about that.”

“Then what is it?”

“That sensation is a lingering desire to have them played with.”

“Oh! That makes sense. I do like you touching my breasts.”

“Do your nipples hurt?”

“No, but you should be touching them. You should always be touching them…”

“Is there anything I’ve suggested you have a problem with?”

“Hmmm… No.”

“Is there anything else you feel like you need to tell me or would like me to help with?”

“Yes, but I don’t want to tell you.”

“Fierce Lioness.”

Flora came out of the trance. “Thanks for not pushing, and for checking with me.”

“Always. Feel better?”

“Strangely, yes. Where did Ellen go?”

“She stepped out as that slime suit was messing with her, and she didn’t want to be a bother while you were in a trance.” Flora and Mary went and got Ellen. The three returned to the room to try to finish the puzzle.

Flora turned to Mary, “Mary, would you please try putting on some of these? If there is a protection for you, like Ellen thinks, then anything that happens to you shouldn’t be as bad for you.”

Mary sighed, “Fine, but I’m not doing Sam’s or Aubrey’s statues.”

“Thank you.”

The three each placed the items on the statues. Each messed up at least one time. Mary was first and actually received a notification. ‘Mistress’s Privilege: Pass on the choker of inhibition erasure to a random party member? Time to decide 90s.’

Mary quickly explained what happened. Flora thought Mary should just keep it as it didn’t seem that bad. Ellen vehemently disagreed. “Mary, pass that on. RIGHT NOW!”

Mary was taken aback at Ellen being so forceful and yelling at her. Flora asked, “Ellen, why?”

“This could be stronger than the caramels, Flora. If it actually does as advertised and erases the inhibitions completely and not simply lowers them, we could both end up complete wrecks.”

Mary agreed and tapped the yes button on the notification with 30 seconds to go. ‘Choker sent to: Merida.’ Ellen breathed out a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Mary. Flora… I think we shouldn’t have Mary be the person putting stuff on.”

“This is bullshit.” Flora griped.

“Flora!” Ellen exclaimed. “You know how I feel about that language.”

“Put it on the list of things you can’t change, Ellen.” Flora said as she started putting the armor on Sam’s and Aubrey’s statues.

Mary helped carry the equipment to the correct statues, but let Flora and Ellen put it on. Flora ended up making three mistakes. The first resulted in a vibrator inside her pussy, and the second resulted in her nipple piercings vibrating as well. Mary quickly extended Flora’s hypnosis to include both of those as normal for her and shouldn’t be particularly arousing. Even still having so much stimulation left her in a constant state of low arousal. Flora’s final mistake resulted in her collar having a bell attached to it. Flora said, “Meow? Nya… Mrow?” Flora furrowed her brow. “Meow, meow, meow, meow… MEROW! RAWR!” Flora frowned.

Mary did her best to hide how cute she found Flora’s meows. She failed miserably. Which both annoyed and cheered Flora up a little.

Ellen only screwed up once. When she mistook an armband for Sadie, as a bangle for Isabella. Ellen received a collar around her throat, though what it did wasn’t immediately obvious.

When the final piece of equipment was in place, an emerald chest appeared. Mary went and opened the chest, and the emerald key vanished. Inside were three items. The first was a serving tray much like the one Mary received as starting equipment, but Mary could feel it was magical. The second was a quiver, which Mary handed to Flora. The last item seemed to be a ball of black goo. Mary said, “Okay, I’m not touching that ball. Ellen, I think it’s meant for you, though. As it seems we get personalized loot.” Ellen reluctantly picked up the ball. She didn’t know what to do with it, but her slime suit reached out and interacted with it, changing the ball into a dagger, then a shortsword, then a set of lockpicks. The slime suit then retreated, leaving the item be.

“Neat seems like it is meant to change forms like me.” Ellen said, bemused.

The three of them returned to the center room. Mary looked at the pendulums. “Well, this is going to suck.”

Ellen sarcastically said, “For you maybe.” Ellen shifted into Hilde’s form and sprinted across the bridge, easily avoiding the pendulums. She then came back and said, “Sorry, bosslady, but there isn’t an off switch or anything over there.” Ellen then went back to the other side to wait for them. Mary found watching Hilde move around with Y-cups to be rather interesting.

Flora attempted to speak, forgetting she could only meow. “Meow, nya, meow mrow mrow.” Flora made an after you motion.

Mary shook her head. “Oh no. I’m trying to figure out the pattern. I will go only after that.”

Flora rolled her eyes and crouched down into a track runner's starting position. When she thought the time was right, she took off. She made it halfway when a pendulum clipped her leg, causing her to plummet into the slime below. “MROOOWW!” Flora yelled as she fell, landing in the slime with a squelch. Flora swam through the slime and climbed up the ladder, though she nearly slipped. She shook her body to get rid of most of the slime and then wiped off what else she could, but her hair and fur were still slick with the stuff.

Mary asked, “Are your boobs bigger?”

Flora looked down at them. They did indeed seem bigger. She touched them, and her knees instantly buckled in pleasure. “MROOW!” Flora panted. Mary moved over to help her stand back up. “Meow.” Flora took a few minutes to recover while Mary looked at the pendulums more. Mary had figured out a pattern that would get her halfway across when Flora simply tried again. This time, she got hit square on by a pendulum around three-quarters of the way across. She was slower to get out of the slime this time. Flora did slip coming up the ladder, falling back down into the slime. When she finally got out, she simply lay down on the ground, trembling.

Ellen came back over to check on Flora and Mary. Mary and Ellen both tried to gently wipe off the slime without touching it. Every time they touched Flora, though, she would flail in pleasure. Ellen asked Mary. “How are we going to get you two across?”

“I don’t know, but Flora needs to rest before trying again. Right now, if she tries and gets hit, she’ll get incapacitated. Flora, I’m going to strip you, okay? I’m worried that there is slime inside your clothes.”

Flora nodded her consent. Mary was right. Flora was absolutely covered in the slime, and the two once again wiped Flora down as best they could.

Mary then asked Ellen, “Ellen, do you think you could carry her across?”

“No way. I’m not strong enough like this.”

“What about if you were Lucia?”

“Mary, even if I let Lucia take over, I don’t have the body suit with me.” Ellen looked like she was having a conversation with Lucia as well. Ellen rolled her eyes, and then Mary saw Ellen let Lucia take control, and she transformed herself into the spitting image of Laura. “I think I can do this.” Lucia extended her wings. “I can’t actually fly, but they should give me an initial boost.” Lucia scooped up Flora gently. It still caused Flora’s eyes to roll back in pleasure. Lucia managed to get across, but just barely with Flora’s added weight. Lucia swapped back to Hilde after setting Flora down and went back to Mary. “I’m guessing you would like me to carry you over as well, Mistress?”

“Do you think you can safely? If not, I think I can figure out the pattern given some more time.”

“Yeah, you’re smaller than Flora. Also, less slippery and likely more cooperative.” Lucia went back to her Amazonian appearance and picked Mary up. “This seems to be becoming a habit, Mistress.”

Mary smirked, placing her arms around Lucia’s neck. “You won’t hear me complaining.” Mary kissed Lucia on the cheek.

“Okay, brace yourself,” Ellen said as she lined up to sprint across. She dashed across this time, nearly colliding directly into a pendulum partway across, but she barely managed to stop herself in time. She managed to avoid disaster, but only because she jumped the last bit of the bridge.

They found Flora standing and dressed, but braced against a wall when they arrived. Lucia asked, “Flora, are you okay? Do you need me to carry you more?” Flora shook her head, but held up a thumb to signify she was okay. Flora mimed touching all over her body and then did a little shiver. “Everywhere is sensitive, I take it?”

Flora nodded. “Meow.”

“Well, hopefully this was all we needed to do before meeting up with the others.” Lucia said, which caused both Mary and Flora to look at Lucia with wide eyes like she just jinxed them. They walked down the corridor together with Lucia in the lead, though she shifted to Aubrey’s form.