The Naked Truth

Dr Lewis walked back over to Holly and placed a hand on her shoulder, almost proudly. He knew she had the full attention and interest of his audience now. He also realised many of them would still doubt the authenticity of the demonstration, still assuming Holly to be a very good actress who was happy to strip as part of her profession. He felt it would be helpful for them to get to know her better, as he himself had done during her hypnotherapy sessions before stumbling upon her curse by chance. She was quite a complex individual, far more so than any character he could have come up with for somebody to play.

"Before we get to the really exciting stuff, which I promise is coming soon, I think it may be beneficial for you all to gain a better understanding of who Holly is" he told the audience "The more intimately you get to know her, the more personalised your commands to her can be. I want you to see that this is a very real and fully formed person standing naked in front of you, to do with as you please. So ask your questions now by raising your hands, I can assure you Holly can keep no secrets"

That wasn't quite true. An earlier command the doctor had given her, which would overpower all subsequent ones, had strictly forbidden Holly from ever talking about her curse to anyone but him, and even then only when the two of them were alone and if he asked her about it directly. That suited Holly just fine, since it prevented her cousins from being exposed to the kind of danger she had unwittingly placed herself in. That wasn't the reason Dr Lewis had made the rule, he wanted people to think everything they saw was a result of his hypnotic wizardry. But about the only good thing Holly could think of about Dr Lewis was that, understanding he could only ever control her, he had no interest in her relatives.

"Holly, I want you to answer all of the audience questions fully, frankly and honestly, and to not hesitate or show any signs of embarrassment, even if your answers make you feel uncomfortable. Now, if anyone has anything they would like to ask Holly, please raise your hands. You can ask her whatever you like. We have Holly for as long as we wish, so I will try and get through all of your questions"

Soon there was a sea of hands in the air, all belonging to people who wanted to interrogate Holly, and before she knew it she was in full flow answering them.

""Hi Holly, I just wondered how it feels to know that we have complete power over you?" a bespectacled man in the front row asked with a hint of smugness.

"It's horrible. You've already made me strip naked so it is obvious you enjoy embarrassing me and that there is nothing I can do to stop you. I hate feeling like I am just your plaything to amuse yourself with and knowing you are all getting off on doing stuff to me."

She briefly worried that might offend people who she really didn't want to provoke under present circumstances, but the crowd seemed to enjoy her answer. The next question came from a well dressed woman, not much older than her, in the front row.

"What would you least like us to do to you, Holly? Is there anything you would find particularly humiliating or degrading?"

"I hate the idea of being changed in any way, mentally or physically, and losing control of who and what I am. Lowering my IQ for example, altering my personality or memories or making me something that is less than human. That is probably the scariest part of this. Other than that, anything that would take things further than this room, which is bad enough as it is. For example, Dr Lewis ordered me to post explicit photos of myself on social media and I would have done it if he hadn't stopped me at the last second. That would have been devastating for me"

There was a murmur of excitement among the crowd. Holly hoped she hadn't given them any ideas, but she couldn't seem to stop herself from divulging this information. Before she had much time to fret about it, the next question was being fired at her. It came from a slightly older, academic looking man.

"Hi Holly. You just told us you would hate to be changed mentally in any way. But how about if you were made to enjoy this experience, or even become aroused by the thought of being under our control. Wouldn't that make things more pleasurable for you?"

There was genuine and audible excitement at this idea. Holly wanted to shut that down immediately.

"No, I hate the thought of that. I might be artificially enjoying it at the time if I had ****. But, for the real me, the idea of getting turned on for your amusement while you play with me like a toy makes me feel sick"

That answer only seemed to cause even more enthusiasm among the crowd for the suggestion. Holly just wanted this Q&A session to end already. Every question just seemed to risk making what was going to follow even worse. But there were still a lot of raised hands in front of her.