You quickly make your way to room 17, expecting to find someone waiting for you. Instead you open the door to find it empty.
“You sure we've got the right room?” you ask , but even as you are finishing your sentence, she walks over to a desk and lifts up an envelope, waving it at you to show you are in the right place.
She peels it open as you watch her, a mixture of nerves and excitement coursing through you as you wait to hear what the next task will be. You struggle to stand still as you watch her silently read the note inside it, a smile spreading across her face as she takes in the new orders.
“Well” you finally blurt out, “are you going to share it with me, or do I have to guess?”
“Sorry, that was rude of me wasn’t it” she answers as she looks back up to you, her smile now aimed directly at you. “OK, let me read it for you.” She pauses as she takes a seat, and you slide into one opposite her, and with both of you comfortable, she begins to read the note.
“Your next task is to get to know your partner very well. You have twenty minutes from the time you entered the room to study each other as fully as possible. At the end of that time, you will be summoned to another room for testing.” She pauses as you both look at the clock on the wall, realising that it is not actually showing the time, but seems to have reset to exactly noon when you entered the room, meaning you have been here for 4 minutes already. Quickly continues.
“However, this is not the normal task of finding out about each other’s favourite books, films and so on, or about what you are studying. Instead you should concentrate on more physical things. We suggest you get to know your partner's body as fully as possible as you will be required to pick them out of a line up to past the test.” As she finishes reading, you look at each other, wondering exactly what this test is going to involve.
“I have a feeling we are going to be doing this blindfolded” you inform her, “otherwise it’d be so easy to pick each other out, especially as we have already seen each other naked.”
“Yeah, I think you’re right, sounds fun doesn’t it?” she grins at you. “Suppose we better get started, we’ve already used up five minutes. I think the best way to start is to get naked, again” and before you can reply she is already stripping off her clothes right in front of you.
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