Thea adjusts

A little awkwardly, Thea stumbled out of the kitchen, sidling past her brother and breaking into a sprint as soon as she made it to the hallway. She blushed, hurrying past one of the manor's maids before making it into her room and slamming the door behind her, trembling.

She slowly lowered her hands down from trying to cover herself, then looked around her room. In a fit of desperation she found a sheet of paper and scrawled 'Do Not Disturb' onto it in huge letters, before opening her door a crack to look outside.

She withdrew her face the moment she saw one of the staff walking by, waited a few seconds with her heart pounding, then stuck her head out again. Now the hallway was empty, she opened the door further, impaled the paper on the doorhandle so people would see, then hastily went back inside.

Thea collapsed naked on her bed, still struggling with the reality of her situation. She was expected to act like a nudist for however long her mom said, otherwise the papers would look to a less savory explanation of why she'd been outside. That... figured. Thea swallowed.

Her phone buzzed. Nervously, Thea sat up, reaching for it. Her eyebrows shot up when she saw how many messages she had. Unsurprisingly most of them were little more than 'holy shit!' and 'was that rly u?' and 'nice!' Cheeks burning, she hastily scrolled past, then scrolled even faster after seeing someone had sent her one of the thankfully low-quality papparazi photos.

She still only had vague memories of the other night, but the reminder that the city realy did have photos of her naked body wasn't helping matters. How many people had seen?!

Thea whimpered, finally reaching a message from a friend she actually cared about, and texted to cancel a couple of plans because there was no way she was going out during her 'naturist experiment,' as her mom was apparently calling it.

After a few minutes, there was a knock on her door. Thea carefully gathered the sheets around her.

"Hello?" Thea said.

"Can I come in?" Moira said.

"I... guess," Thea said.

She blushed when her mother walked into her room. She pulled the sheets a bit higher, unable to ignore the fact she was naked under them. Her legs pressed together.

"I think I've done what I can," Moira said. "I called around and gave our official statement on the matter."

Thea whimpered.

"What is it?" Moira said. "You should be relieved."

"Why would I be relieved that the city thinks I've decided to be a nudist?!" Thea said.

"Naturist dear, better connotations," Moira said. "Speaking of, you've got an interview in a couple of hours. You should-"

"I've got a what?!" Thea yelped.

"They need to know you chose this," Moira said. "For the cover. Research a little, look up why people have decided to go down that path. It's just a simple bit of Q&A."

Thea swallowed.

"You want me to do an interview naked," she said disbelievingly.

"We could hardly convince them you were a naturist if you were dressed now could we?" Moira said. "Three hours, be ready!"

Moira walked away, leaving the naked Thea in her room with the door open, hiding under the sheets still. So not only was she stuck naked, not only was she expected to go talk to a journalist like this, she was meant to pretend she wanted this?!