Friend or Foe

In the future this will be a special chapter. The player will be required to reach a certain amount of notoriety to see it. Until a few more scenarios are written out, it’s going to go right after the first assignment/punishment.

“Wait -- I know you.”

“Oh, I have the worst memory,” you say, not recognizing her.

“You probably wouldn’t recognize me, huh?” she says with a giggle.
‘No, I mean you’re that girl I saw online. Sneakers girl.”

“Excuse me?”

“There’s a girl with a cult following from around here. They call her sneakers girl because people can only identify her by these big dorky sneakers. Oh, sorry. But that’s the only way you could identify her, feel me?”

“No?” If the voice saying this shit was any less confident, you’d already be laughing at her.

“Let’s just say she’s been spotted being a very naughty girl around town. But if I’ve got the wrong girl that’s on me.”

Shit. By the way she said that, she knows she has you. Looking down at your feet, you’re relieved you aren’t wearing those trainers now. You make a note to put them directly in the trash when you get home. And they’re so comfy, too.

“Whoa, really?” you ask, your tone too manicured. You’ve never been much good at lying.
“So somebody took pictures of this girl?”

She just smiles at you for a moment. “Video a couple times. But there are a bunch of other people who swear they’ve seen you -- err, ‘her’ -- around. There’s a whole subreddit.”

Fucking Reddit! You can't believe that many people have seen you naked!

“Hey, what was your name again?” she asks, breaking your doom spiraling.

You never told her your name in the first place, but as you look around you realize there are plenty of people who would tell it to her no matter what you say. So, you tell her your name, and then suggest that maybe this should stay between you two. Because you wouldn’t want to hurt this sneaker girl’s reputation, whoever she is.

“Oh, I don’t know if I can do that. See, she really seems to like doing all those naughty things. And maybe the risk of getting caught is why she likes it so much, right? I wouldn’t want to deprive her of that.”

Before you can argue, she’s calling over one of her friends. He looks flighty and energetic, maybe queer or maybe just a softer boy.

“Theo, I need you to tell me if I’m crazy. Tell me if you see the similarity between my new friend here and this girl I saw online,” she says, flipping through her phone, likely trying to find that godforsaken subreddit.

“Oh, I don’t think that’s really necessary,” you say.

“No no, I insist. The similarity is unreal.”

“Okay, fuck, you got me. I am her. Happy?”

“Haha, I knew it,” she says. But she continues flipping through her phone, unabated.

“Wait, don’t show him!” You consider grabbing for the phone, but you don’t want to make a scene here. And there’s really nothing stopping her from showing whomever she wants later.

Suddenly Theo’s eyes light up. He looks at you, then back to the picture, then back to you again. You blush. It isn't exactly like he's seeing you nude in the flesh, but it's close. There's nothing of you hidden from him and you had no control over it.

“Is it at least fine photography?” you ask Theo.

“Nah, it’s a camera phone. But goddamn, the quality’s still there, y’know?”

The girl snorts. “Oh my god, ‘quality’? You dork, go perv on somebody else.”

Theo departs as soon as he came, and you’re alone with the girl in the throng of the party again.

“So, you showed a boy nude pictures of me. And we’re just continuing like that’s normal? Isn’t that, like, illegal?”

“Relax, Theo doesn’t bite, I promise. Besides, all I see in these pictures is a woman enjoying showing off her body. Maybe I wouldn’t want that to be me, but still, it’s inspiring on some level.”

“Thanks, I guess.”

She recognizes your hesitancy.
“What, you want me to believe someone is making you do this?”

You aren’t sure how much you can say about the devils without getting in trouble.
“Sort of, yeah.”

“Seriously?” Her tone belies suspicion, just teetering on teasing. “Tell me who, then. And if it isn’t actually your own uhh, interesting brain then I’ll fuck this person up for you.”

“But I can’t tell you--”

“Because he told you not to, right?”

You nod.

“Uh, huh, that’s what I thought you’d say.”

“But it’s--”

“You know, that subreddit has a lot of different pictures. It’s not like it was one dare, right.”

You stay silent.

“Tell you what, how about we play a little game. You do a dare for me. If you’re fucking with me, and your little nude jaunts were actually your idea, then you’ll secretly enjoy it. If you’re not fucking with me then you just give me a name and I won’t tease you anymore.”

“Your genius plan is to make this situation even worse for me?”

“Oh please, we both know you enjoy it.”

You scoff.
“What’s the game, then?”

“I’m so glad you asked. Give me your panties.”

Your heart drops. Not her, too.
“Noooo, come on.”

She sticks her hand out impatiently.

You look around the room, seeing bodies moving rhythmically to the music. Luckily, no one seems to have heard her. But there’s no way. Coming to this party was supposed to be a little treat to make you feel normal again, and now the games are chasing you here too.

“I’m not doing… that. Out here.”

“Yes you will,” she says confidently, “I’ve seen you in those pictures. You can try to fight it, but you’ll come around.”

“Nope. And you forgot one of my options. I can just stop talking to the annoying girl who’s trying to bully me.”

“Oh, I wouldn’t do that,” she says.

Then she unlocks her phone, scrolling back to a particular picture she showed off just a few moments before. You stare back at your miniaturized nude body, outside, looking off screen. It’s pretty damn obvious it’s you. She shakes the glowing rectangle for emphasis.

You reach for it.
“Hey, please. Put that away. Before somebody else sees.”

“I dunno, it’s a cute photo. You saw how much Theo liked it. Maybe some others here would too.”

“Okay, stop, please. Let’s talk about this.”

“Not much to talk about, I don’t think. I want a certain girl’s intimates, and I’m gonna get them.”