Chapter 23: Secrets and Fantasies

The two look at the tablets as Evelyn wonders, "Isn't this what Kisho and Tamaya got earlier? But it's on a different number." She sees the tablet with Asher's name and hands it to him as she asks him with a light laugh, "Think you can hack it?"

He laughs as he notices behind her on the wall a message for him. He brushes her hair back and gives her a kiss on the lips before looking into her eyes, saying, "I will try…" His other hand reaches up clinking a collar around himself that appeared from below and touches her collar that releases from her.

"What are you doing Ash?" She enjoyed the attention but caught his sleight of hand a little too late.

He grins gesturing to the wall behind her, "Picker this time gets a collar. Besides, if I'm going to try and fry their system I would rather be at risk." 

"No Ash! It's not worth the risk! I was only kidding." It's then they feel their tablets vibrate impatiently. She looks down seeing the greeting to her. Touching the screen the camera appears. It's then she realizes how tired she looks. Despite the tension though she was reflexively smiling. "No wonder the others think we're working for them. You've got me beaming." She tilts her head taking her picture making sure to leave the cleavage out of it.

Asher looks at his own camera reflection saying, "This collar suits me." He can't help but keep that grin at the corner of his mouth. "Is it bad that part of me is glad we got ensnared together?" He tries to do a studious professor look making sure to have his shirt cover most of the collar before taking his selfie.

"No…" she can't help but enjoy being with him. She sees him start to play around with trying to find buttons or seams on his tablet. "Don't give me trouble Ash." She puts a hand over his.

"I want to help the others." he feels a little guilt creep in him before their next prompt appears. "Ah yes, secrets." Asher is quick to type his in and send it off.

This gets a look from Evelyn who has to think over it a little longer. Sure there were things Asher didn't know but doubted there is much mysterious about her to these observers. "Does it have to be something you people don't know? Or only Asher or the others don't know?"

The tablet responds with, "The group. We know all of you." She reads it aloud as Asher gets paler. The implications start to weigh on them. Finally a thought crosses her mind, quickly sending it out. She sees the next prompt at this point they were expecting though this time there is fine print at the bottom. "Be imaginative. No holding back. Bring out your dark dreams or else…" she looks up at Asher as they sit on the bed stating, "you may not leave here alive." This doesn't seem to phase them as she says with a grin, "I wonder how fantastical we can make these fantasies. Our producers seem to have quite the endless budget."

"I like the way your mind thinks Milady." He gives her hand a playful kiss before they both furiously work on writing out their elaborate fantasies. This was their chance to discover what their captors can really create with the money, power, and tech they have behind them. They did not need the prompting of their search history to be inspired. This ridiculous situation they were in was enough.

The entire task doesn't take long as they both place the tablets back in the drawer. Asher has a dusting of a blush across his cheeks as he says, "Is it bad that I kind of want to repeat the numbers we know are fantasy so we can play both of these out together?"

"No," Evelyn says trying to get the image of her fantasy out of her head, "we need to remain focused on getting out of here first." It's then she realizes, "I hope our fantasies go to us. I don't think someone else would...understand."