“How do I look?” the blonde asks, spinning around to face Wischnia. “Smouldering temptress?”

“Oh, my little strawberry! How can the Duchess possibly resist from gobbling you up? Everything’s going so well!”

+++

Bette nervously stands framed in the heart-shaped entrance at the front of the elephant. The bohemians are watching in the garden below.

I’ll meet you in the red room,
Close the door and dim the lights.
I will be yours truly
If indeed the price is right

“Unbelievable! Straight to the elephant!” Alice says.

Through a heart-shaped window in the elephant’s head, Tina enters The Red Room, followed closely by Bette. The brunette is standing self-consciously in the room that is upholstered like the inside of a genie’s bottle. She looks around tensely.

“This is a wonderful place for a poetry reading, don’t you think?” Tina asks, smirking.

Surprised, Bette turns to face Tina, who appears from behind a screen wearing nothing but a diaphanous silk gown. The brunette takes in her black lingerie.

“Hmm? Poetic enough for you?” Tina asks in a sultry voice.

Bette is transfixed by the vision of this goddess. Tina’s nipples are barely visible, but suggestive enough. The brunette swallows and stammers. “Y-yes.”

The bohemians climb up the back of the elephant to see what is going on.

“A little supper? Maybe some Champagne?” Tina asks. She glides seductively to a small trolley laid out with caviar and Champage. She picks up the bottle from the ice bucket.

Bette can hardly speak. “I’d rather just, um, get it over and done with,” she says, rubbing her neck nervously.

Tina, startled, immediately recovers and drapes herself alluring over the chaise longue.

She whispers naughtily. “Very well. Then why don’t you come down here?” Tina walks over to the bed and lies down on it seductively. “…And let’s get it over and done with.”

“I-I prefer to do it standing,” Bette stammers, feeling her panties getting wet at the sight.

Tina, unruffled, rises from the couch. “Mmm, of course.”

Bette, slightly panicking by Tina’s near-naked proximity backs away.

“You don’t have to stand, I mean. It’s sometimes that it’s quite long, and I’d like you to be comfortable. It’s quite modern what I do, and it may feel a little strange at first, but – but I think if you’re open, then—then you might enjoy it.”