A familiar face

(Author's Note: This scene can be seen from Monica's perspective in this CHYOA chapter: https://chyoa.com/chapter/Some-friends-and-an-update.1510386)

Hand in hand, the two girls walked into the mall. The interior looked like any other mall although the walls were a pristine white. Just like the train and the cars. The floor was a reflective black surface which made Jenny regret her choice to wear a skirt although with the amount of skin on display it didn't seem likely anyone would care.

"It's a bit tacky, isn't it?" Jenny said. "Like something out of a bad science fiction novel."

"Yeah." Abby sent absently. "Is it just me or are people... looking at us?"

Tearing her gaze away from the architecture, Jenny did notice that quite a few people were looking at them with amusement and confusion. She suddenly felt very nervous. Had they mis-judged the situation? Should they also be hiding who they really were here?

They had the answer to their question when a naked woman approached them. She was in her forties, and Jenny couldn't help but notice she was in good shape, but she didn't want to risk Abby's annoyance by staring too much.

"Excuse me," the woman said. "But might I ask... why are you wearing clothes in this weather?"

"Is... that why people are staring?" Abby asked.

"Well yes, dear. Why else would they? Quite frankly it's highly unfashionable to be wearing clothing at the best of times, but with this glorious weather? So drab, dears."

"We're Namish." Jenny explained.

"Oh! Oh dear, such a shame. You both clearly have such lovely figures."

The woman shook her head and walked away. Abby and Jenny looked at one another in disbelief, although Jenny felt greatly relieved that their hand holding was not going to be an issue here. She hugged Abby's arm affectionately, and the two of them made their way deeper into the mall. They were a little bit lost, but Jenny was happy just to be spending time with Abby.

As they passed a coffee shop, a bleeping sound caught Jenny's attention. She half turned to find one of her classmates, Monica, sitting outside. Abby let go of her hand. The immediate disappointment was quelled when Jenny realised the logic behind the move; if a classmate saw them holding hands it would spread like wildfire, and once their parents found out...

So worried was she about being discovered that it took her a moment to acknowledge Monica's outfit. Apart from her shoes and some wristbands, was completely naked.

"Monica, is that you?" Jenny asked.

Monica looked up in surprise, and then stood up. Arousal hit Jenny like a hammer. It was not like she had a big crush on Monica or anything, but seeing somebody she knew naked out in public felt completely different than the random naked people she'd encountered so far. Knowing the person somehow made it more... intimate. Exciting. Hot. The girl's breasts suddenly seemed like the most perfect breasts in the world, and Jenny just wanted to bury her face in that slightly unkempt triangle of hair between her legs.

"Hey guys, how's it going?" Monica asked with a casualness that made Jenny want to bite her lip. She really did like confident girls.

"Uh, pretty good." Jenny managed. "I can see that you're, ah, getting used to this place pretty well."

"Yeah, well, you know... we got to get used to it at some point, haven't we?"

Jenny felt Abby nudge her and hiss "Stop staring."

With great ****, Jenny wrestled her gaze up to Monica's face. It was faintly flushed too. Was Monica as equally aroused at this?

**** for some normal conversation to steady herself, Jenny remembered why they were here at the mall and asked "You're looking forward to the new school, then?"

"Sort of. I'm a bit nervous about wearing this during PE, and I've kind of had a run-in with one of our new classmates. She was a lesbian t-" a pause, and then "-teacher's pet. Are you guys here to get your uniforms?"

A lesbian teacher's pet? What was she talking about? "We are." Jenny said out loud. "Do you know where we need to go?"

"Oh, the Guider should be able to-"

There was a sudden flash of light behind Jenny, like somebody had taken a picture. Monica covered her eyes with a moan of annoyance; a sound which sent Jenny's heart racing.

"What the fuck is that?" Abby asked.

Jenny turned to see what her girlfriend was looking at, and gave a start of surprise to find a female figure seemingly made of white light standing behind them. Jennifer backed away, not sure what this thing was.

"Hi there." the thing said in a robotic sounding voice. "I am the Guider. How can I assist you today?"

Monica said "Can you show my friends where the clothing store is?"

"Of course. Ladies, if you will kindly follow me."

Jennifer looked over at Abby, who silently mouthed "What the fuck?" They both turned towards Monica, who was rubbing her eyes. Jennifer took the opportunity to take a final mental picture of her naked classmate.

"Don't worry guys," she said. "This will all make sense when you get there. Just be careful that nobody steals your clothes though! It happened to me."

"We can see that. You're handling it remarkably well." Jennifer replied.

"Ah, well... we have to get used to it, don't we?"

Jenny frowned. "I guess? We'll see you around."

With great **** Jenny turned away from her classmate and followed the glowing white figure with Abby walking alongside her. Jenny considered holding hands again - clearly Monica had dove head-first into this strange new world so probably wouldn't care what their sexuality was - but decided against it in case they ran into any other classmates.

Abby whispered "What do you think that lesbian teacher's pet thing was about?"

"Honestly? No idea. We probably should have asked but that was kind of distracting."

"Yeah. I don't get it... she said her clothes were stolen, so she was obviously wearing them today, but now she's just fine being naked?"

Jenny shrugged. "Strange times, I guess. Still, school will be interesting. I wonder how many other exhibitionists we've been studying alongside all this time without knowing?"

The figure - the Guider - stopped outside an electronics shop of some kind. "Here we go, ladies." it said.

"Uh, sorry," Abby replied. "But we were looking for the clothing shop? For school PE uniforms?"

"This is the place, yes."

Without waiting for a response the figure seemed to dissipate into the air, leaving Abby and Jenny standing alone.

Abby shrugged. "Guess we'll have to ask for directions inside, then."

With that the two girls stepped inside the holo-clothing store.