An Inconvenience for Ciel

“You’re clear to go through,” the security agent responded, “But, while your friend hasn’t been picked out for special screening, she does need to pass a quick check.”

Ciel stepped in front of the counter. “We have precisely three minutes and thirty-two seconds before final boarding.”

“Let’s try to be quick then,” the agent responded as he traded out the rubber gloves for a metal detection wand. Despite her embarrassment, Penny was suddenly glad that she had been selected for a cavity search-her training in interacting with humans never covered explaining why her naked body set off metal detectors.

Ciel stood calmly at parade rest while the security agent turned a few knobs and began waving the metal detector over her. Almost immediately the wand started beeping, and the agent made a sound of disapproval as her entire torso, front and back, lit up his metal detector. “Ma’am, I’m going to have to ask you to step out of line and remove your shirt and skirt,” he said calmly.

“Does this facility not have private rooms?” Ciel asked without breaking her composure.

“It does, but they’re back by the main entrance, so if you do that you’ll miss the flight,” the security agent responded.

Ciel sighed. “I understand. It is more efficient this way.” Her hands dropped to her belt and undid the clash, quickly dropping her skirt around her ankles. Her tunic hung low enough to cover his lower parts, but that was little comfort as she worked her way down the buttons. Penny noticed that even though the crowd’s scrolls were now turned on Ciel, her friend was undressing herself quite steadily, even with haste-_anything to meet her schedule, _Penny thought to herself. However, even she was surprised when Ciel let her tunic drop to the floor

In that moment, Ciel Soleil stood in front of crowd and cameras naked but for her gloves and boots. Penny wasn’t sure if she was more shocked by the fact that Ciel wasn’t wearing her underwear, by the massive dampness in between her legs, or the blush that had finally crept onto her emotionless teammate’s face. If Ciel was truly embarrassed, however, she did an excellent job of hiding it, as she immediately bent over to retrieve her clothes. The sight of Ciel bent over and stepping out of her skirt brought whoops, cheers, and jeers from the crowd, which the she ignored as she pulled her ID from one of the pockets and handed the clothes wordlessly over to the security agent.

The agent held up each piece of clothing in turn, waving the wand over it to the tune of incessant beeping. After a minute, he placed the clothes on the counter and turned to Ciel. “I apologize, but I’m going to have to declare these items as contraband. We can have them sent through security and shipped to Beacon, but we can’t allow them on a passenger flight,” he said in a distinctly non-apologetic tone.

“That cannot be right,” Ciel argued, “The cloth has no metal weave.”

“I’m obligated to confiscate anything that sets off the wand. If you wish to retain the items, you’ll have to find another way off of a flying stadium.”

Ciel opened her mouth as if to argue, but was interrupted by a chime from the departure board and the sound of boarding ramps being raised further down the air bus. “Very well, may we board now?” She asked instead. The agent waved them through, and soon Penny and Ciel found themselves finally en route to the city, even if Penny was naked and Ciel had only her beret, gloves, and boots to her name.

Penny was hoping to ride out the short voyage to the surface in one of the bathrooms, but Ciel, ever the devotee to the rules, insisted that they travel in the passenger seating area. However, the two found that the security agent had indeed done them a favor by getting them on board, as the ship was packed, without a single seat open in the section. And that is how Penny found herself standing in corridor lined with passengers on either side as the rocking of the air bus knocked her and Ciel against each other. Penny found the on-again, off-again crush of breast against breast vaguely uncomfortable more than anything, and was sure that Ciel and her significantly less metallic body thought even less of it, but their fellow passengers certainly seemed to enjoy it. The way every scroll tracked their contact made Penny consider moving away or turning, but staying close to Ciel was the only way of restricting the view of her lower chassis, so she stayed put. Even at this distance, the only response Penny could see from her teammate was a light blush, and she wondered whether the situation would have gone differently if she had been able to ignore it like Ciel did. Instead, her face was almost as red as her hair, and she had her hand locked over her crotch. Her other hand gripped the bar above them, and so Penny had chosen to stay close to Ciel rather than expose them. She was thankful that the passengers here were at least more standoffish than the earlier crowds, though she was pretty sure that some of the people watching disapproved of her state of dress. She surprised herself with how much that offended her. It was hardly her fault that Ciel rushed her out!

With the uncomfortable position she was in, Penny felt like the trip took hours, but in reality it was only a short hop down to street level. For the first time since her fight with Pyrrha, she was glad for the crowd around them. She had worried about being on display while exiting through the station, but in reality it was all she could do to stay next to Ciel in the crush of people. The tightly-packed travelers hid the pair from view, but it did have one disadvantage. Penny could feel people touch her, sometimes light brushes she assumed were accidental, and sometimes a good deal more. Most of these were on her rear end, she noticed, stroking or groping a cheek as they jostled by. Occasionally, however, a hand would find a way further forward, caressing her or even sticking a few fingers in. The sporadic attention had Penny off-balance, constantly aroused but unable to build towards release. She glanced down at Ciel and, while she didn’t see any hands on her, she could see a trickle of moisture running down her teammate’s leg. Penny felt better seeing that Ciel was having a similar experience, since that meant this must be how a real human would react to the situation. Maybe this wasn’t such a bad-wait, why am I thinking this? Penny crushed that particular thought down to be dealt with later, as the pair finally emerged onto the streets of Vale. Their crowd cover was beginning to disperse, but for the moment they were still unnoticed.

Penny leaned in towards Ciel and asked her, “How are we getting there?”

Ciel checked her watch. “To arrive at the designated time we will require something faster than walking.” The realization that there wasn’t a clear plan had both girls distracted from their nudity in order to find some mode of transportation. After all, it was a travel hub in downtown Vale while a stadium let out. How hard could it be?