Elegy for a Star

For training today, Mairaela was instructed to follow the teacher’s assistant, a woman named Filly Morgan. She was cute, but younger than Mairaela by a good deal. She was pretty certain that the girl was only 19 years old and already a TA for Scirocca. She was apparently a natural star mage and a disciplined student in the college. She must be, to have impressed Scirocca enough to learn under her.

Filly was about 5’6”, brown hair, blue eyes. She was more cute than beautiful, but Mairaela appreciated that. She seemed to be pretty clumsy and socially awkward, bumping into things and going “Umm” and “Uhh” a whole lot. Mairaela thought it was pretty funny. Still, it made it hard to appreciate her as a wise superior that was supposed to help her learn,

Filly led Mairaela into a small room with a chamber that had a tall, steel chamber that reached from floor to ceiling. On the front of it was a hefty door with two runes engraved on either side of it. They were marked with three layered constellations of vibrantly colored powders encased in glass tubing. Filly brought Mairaela into the room and shut the door behind her. The inside of the room looked like it was covered in oddly shaped pillows. It was quiet here.

“Here we are,” Filly said, directing Mairaela to the steel chamber, “You’ll want to undress.” Mairaela did as required, popping open the buttons of her shirt, which opened up in relief, exposing her bra-covered chest. The undergarments she decided to wear today were of the bare-minimum variety, which Mairaela was grateful for. Anything to get a blush out of Filly; She was just so cute to tease!

Filly began to turn around and Mairaela insisted, “Ma’am, please watch to make sure that I do it right.”

“Uhh.. What? You’re… you’re just undressing. You know how to do that,” she said, remaining turned around, but craning her head to the side to glance at Mairaela out of the corner of her eye.

“Well, should I take my bra off? It’s pretty small, so can you check to see if it would be okay?” Mairaela spoke in an innocent, naive voice. All she had to do was mimic Tess! Easy.

Filly turned around, her face already as red as a strawberry, highlighting those freckles on her face. “Um.. yes, uh.. You’ll want to take that off..” Filly insisted.

“Oh, okay,” Mairaela hummed, as though she didn’t understand what naked

“What about my belt?” She asked.

Filly nodded with a dumb smile on her face.

Mairaela pulled the belt apart, wiggling her hips to work those tight pants down over her ass. It was quite the effort, given the big butt she had, but she was used to it. Of course, she had to turn around for it, too. She looked back over her shoulder to see Filly definitely not making eye contact. Mairaela smirked, finally getting those pants down over her hips. It was easier to peel those skin-tight leathers the rest of the way after that.

Turning back around to face Filly, “Even my panties?”

Filly slowly nodded her head, only able to mumble, “Uhh-...”

“Okay,” Mairaela said, hooking her thumbs into her underhead, tilting her hips forward a little as she pulled her underwear down. Admittedly, undressing in this way had her a little turned on, so the gusset of her underwear stuck to her wet sex for just a moment while the rest of it lowered. She stood there for a moment, hip thrust to the side, one hand resting upon it and the other tossing her hair back over her shoulder, “Even my earrings?”

Filly just stared, gazing at Mairaela’s wonderful form for quite some time before she looked up at the Fey and blurted, “Wh-what?”

“My earrings. Do I take them off, too?”

“Uhm..” Filly started, pausing, glancing down Mairaela’s body once more before she had to close her eyes and shake her head clear, “Y-yes.”

“Oh, you shook your head but said yes…”

“Y-yes! Take them off. Everything off,” Filly replied, taking deep breaths, “Um.. we’ll put you in the tank, now.”

“Tank? Is it going to fill with water?”

“Oh, no,” Filly insisted, keeping her eyes off of Mairaela’s body as best she could, “It’s already full.” She pried the door open to reveal an open chamber full of clear liquid. The runes on the outside of the door glowed for a moment, and the water didn’t spill out even a drop.

Mairaela’s eyes widened. That was quite the creative ritual there. She wondered how many attempts it took to figure that one out. She reached out to press her hand into the liquid, drawing it back. Her hand came back completely dry. The liquid couldn’t escape.

“I assume I’m going to wear something to keep me from drowning? And it’s not going to, like… pull out my blood when I step out, is it?” Mairaela asked, “Seems like a painful way to go.”

“Oh! There’s a rune on the inside, at the bottom, see? That’ll let you breathe in it. And no about the blood, but… wow, that’s a good point! I never thought of that,” Filly replied, stroking her chin.

Mairaela’s eyes grew lidded as she stared at Filly in disbelief, “You’re kidding me.”

“I am,” Filly nodded, “So you’re going to step in and I’ll close the door behind you. It’s a sensory deprivation chamber. It’s got enough salt in it to keep you afloat, but not so much that you’ll bump your head. We had to measure it based on your weight and shape. It’s quite the science!”

Mairaela lost interest the moment Filly mentioned salt, “So what do I do?”

“You’ll just float. The darkness, the weightlessness, the silence. It’ll be peaceful. Meditate. Think about your Void Exercise. Think about your soul. How can you get into harmony with it? How can you find peace so that you can defy more laws of reality while you’re in the Void? Things like that, but honestly? I’ve found more success in just letting your mind take you wherever it goes.”

Mairaela nodded her head, “Should I start now?”

“Umm.. yes,” Filly replied, “I’ll open the door in, uh… a couple hours, okay?”

“Okay, just.. Make sure that I don’t come out gasping for air before you lock the door.”

“Umm.. sure!”

It was hard to have much confidence in Filly, but Mairaela supposed she would try today, “Scirocca said that we could actually advance by doing this?”

“Mhm,” Filly replied, “It’s significant, but a lot smaller than an Old Gods’ boon. But possible.”

Mairaela nodded, stepping toward the tank, firm breasts bouncing as she stepped. She assumed Filly would be staring at her ass as she walked in. The feeling of entering a layer of water in a vertical direction was a little disorienting, but when she did, she found herself floating almost exactly in the middle, and able to breathe. It was a frightening experience, but she grew used to it with some time.

She gave Filly a thumbs-up and the TA shut the door. The moment she did, everything went silent. Everything went dark. She was weightless; floating.