Body Rentals - Elle Gets Controlled

The Demonstration on Stage

I snuck a glance past the curtains and into the crowd.

Eep.

That was a mistake.

I scuttled backwards and took a few deep breaths. I hated being on stage. How did I end up being the one that had to make a fool of myself out there?

"Beeecause" Sarah had said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "If you wear the chip you don't actually have to do anything. I'll be the one moving your body around. You can be totally asleep if you want."

She'd dobbed me in for this job as soon as her dad had asked. I glared over to where she was standing across on the other side of the stage. She smiled and gave me the thumbs up. Bitch.

A moment later the lights went up, and Mr Smith walked out onto the stage holding the Body Rentals helmet and chip. His boss, some oily business guy I didn't know, smiled charmingly at the audience as he gestured towards Mr Smith and the device.

"The future is here!" said Business Guy, channelling some used car salesman energy.

"This technology will allow you - yes, you - to experience the world as another person. Hike the Himalayas as a sherpa, play basketball as a 7ft tall athlete, explore France from behind the eyes of a school girl. The world is waiting!"

The business guy threw his arms up in the air and a spotlight appeared on Sarah's dad and the device. Mr Smith held the helmet up.

"Wear this helmet, and your body goes into an induced slumber. A deep sleep, not a coma. It cuts off the signals that your brain sends to your body and sends them..."

Sarah's dad held up the chip.

"...to this receiver, mounted discreetly on the neck of your mount. Your brain controls all of their movements, seamlessly, as if they were your own. At the same time, all of the signals from their body are sent wirelessly back to your brain! You feel everything they feel, see everything they see, experience their world."

He gestured to the other side and another spotlight appeared, illuminating an empty area of the stage.

"Our volunteer here will now be fitted with the receiver. Soon, she will just be a passenger, her body belonging to somebody else!"

Somebody gave me a little push out onto the stage. Oh crap! I'd missed my cue! I scrambled out to stand under the empty spotlight as Mr Smith walked over.

"Sloppy, Elle" he whispered as he affixed the receiver back onto the back of my neck. I cringed as the cold metal once again touched my skin.

"I'm right back where I started," I thought, "Getting pushed into letting Sarah control me. Haven't I learnt anything?"

The oily guy didn't even look at me as he continued his spiel. I watched as he suddenly gestured the other way, and Sarah skipped out onto stage, grinning. I'm going to kill her if she embarrasses me.

Sarah got herself comfy in a chair and then lowered the helmet over her head. She winked at me as it came into place.

"Now!" said the business guy "The music!"

The what now?

The lights everywhere else on the stage dimmed, and I was left alone in a halo of light. Some cheap pop song began playing.

I shuffled backwards a little bit. Nobody had told me I was supposed to dance?

"As you can see," came Business Guy's voice, "Our volunteer has no natural dancing ability at all."

Hey!

"But when we connect her body to our controller... behold!"

The lights flashed dramatically. I tried to glance over at Sarah... but it didn't work! I would have gasped if I could. I had once again lost control of my body.

I felt my back straighten, and my chin jutted into the air as I grinned at the crowd. Then Sarah threw my hands out to the side and began swaying my hips in a kind of salsa.

I could feel the eyes of a hundred rich investors studying me as my body wiggled back and forth. I tried to shy away, but no matter how hard I concentrated, my legs wouldn't obey me. I could even feel my thigh muscles squeezing and releasing under Sarah's control as she made me shake my hips and dance back and forth.

It felt so damn weird!

Like before, I wasn't numb. I could feel every time my foot stooped the ground, and every twist of my wrists. I just couldn't do anything about it! Obviously I had been left aware, which I suppose was a small blessing. Even if I couldn't control my body, at least I could yell at her after if she made me do anything too embarrassing.

My chest jiggled from side to side as Sarah completed a turn and a bow. Then she made me stand back up, give a little wave, and then I stopped moving.

"Give it up for the Body Rentals team!"

The audience clapped and cheered. I lowered my waving hand, blushing. Sarah was sitting up and smiling now, giving the audience a wave and a bow in her own body.

"That wasn't so bad" I thought. "She threw my boobs around a bit much, but nothing excessive." I adjusted my dress back into position and waited for Mr Smith to come take the device off me. Where was he?

I gave a weak shrug to Sarah as Business Guy quieted the crowd again.

"Now, what if you wanted privacy when inside your mount's body? What if you are taking her to a confidential business meeting? Or meeting up with a friend for an evening on the town? Or if you just prefer having your own personal time?"

I gulped. I didn't like where this was going.

"For an extra fee, we can put the mount's mind completely to sleep. She will be completely unaware of what you do in her body, giving you the freedom of privacy!"

Business Guy threw his hands into the air again. "Here we go!"

The lights in the room flashed again, and I felt a little bit of a jolt run through me.

I blinked. The crowd was cheering! Even louder than before! Wha---?

I glanced down and found my outfit had changed. Before I had been wearing a nice modest evening gown, but now I found myself dressed like a cheerleader with a short skirt and a lot of cleavage.

"As you can see, the mount has no idea what her body did while she was being controlled!"

I blushed and tried to pull my top up, but that just showed off more of my midriff. My body felt a little bit tired, like I'd been exercising.

"Isn't that something." the oily businessman said. I glanced over to Sarah, who had taken off the helmet now. She giggled and gave me a thumbs up. I scowled back. Whatever she made me do, it was giving her a lot of pleasure that I didn't know.

I glanced around for Mr Smith, but he was nowhere to be seen. Instead, I saw this lady in a black turtleneck walk over to Sarah and whisper something in her ear. Sarah frowned and turned to look at the lady.

"Now, we have a very special treat for you this evening." said the business guy, ignoring what was happening behind him. "For anybody who puts a deposit for a pre-order tonight, we're offering 30 second rides inside either of our volunteers!"

The spotlight came back up on me, and another on Sarah, whose mouth was wide open in shock. The lady next to her pressed something into the back of Sarah's neck, and then took the helmet away.

Sarah looked at me with wide eyes. "Not fair!" she mouthed to me. I looked out at the crowd beyond, which was hollering and cheering, several men already waving cheques in the air.

What had I gotten myself into?

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