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Beginner's Luck

By Kita


Greg walked down the hallway of his school, lost in thought. Hundreds of his fellow students milled about, going about their lives. Suddenly, from behind him, an attractive but perpetually angry looking young woman slammed into his shoulder, knocking him off balance.

“Watch it, dweeb!”

Greg looked up at her as she darted away. He recognized her as Amber Lee, one of the University newspaper club's reporters, and one of the biggest ice queens on campus. Having a bit of time before the Chess club started, he decided that a bit of fun with Amber might be entertaining.

Greg followed Amber, discrietly, as she went into the spare room the school newspaper used for it's club meetings. She stormed into the room, startling the young male student working there, but not even making the female student who was busy reading look up. Greg peeked through the cracked door at the two of them.

“Ah, Ms. Lee, how are you today?” The young man walked up to her and asked.

“Miserable. How is your article on the Wrestling Team going to that strip club going?

“Ah, I have it mostly done ma'am, it seems that one of the guys took photos, and was showing them off. So we even have a photo of the coach doing shots with a few of the girls.”

“Great, so you'll have it ready for tomorrow's issue?”

“Well, about that... Ms. Lee, do you really think we should? I mean, it's likely that Coach McCormick will lose his job if these photos get out...”

“So? That's not our concern.”

“But Ma'am...” The freshman looked even more uncomfortable.

“Listen here, you little..” Greg twitched, preparing to push at her to save the young kid from her legendary temper.

“Ah, Amber.” the woman spoke up, looking up from her reading. “How is your article working out?”

Amber paused and let the tirade die in her throat. “Ah, yes, Lisa, it should be done before the next issue.”

“Article?” The young Freshman asked, before slinking back at a glare from Amber.

“Yes, my Article on those perverted freaks trying to start up a so called “Nudist club” on campus.” Greg's ears perked up. He mentally made a note to pay more attention during club recruitment week.

“What did you find out?” Lisa asked, her nose back in her reading material.

“Everything. Seems they're all too happy to talk about the darn thing.” She smirked as she sat on one of the desks.

“So what's the verdict?”

“They're obviously perverts, but they seem to be covering it well. On the surface they appear to just want to tell other people about their hobby and arrange trips to the beach and stuff.”

“On the surface?”

“Oh, they claim to just be a innocent group but come on, they're a group of people that walk around naked. How innocent can they be?”

“I suppose you could be right. What angle are you going to go with your story?”

“Well, I was thinking the title “Public sex club forming” and going from there.” Amber looked smug, while Lisa rolled her eyes.

“But, don't you think that's a bit much?” The freshman piped up.

“Hardly! These guys are clearly perverts. The fact that they're covering it up well right now doesn't mean anything. It's our duty as a newspaper to bring the stories, even if they're well hidden.”

“Right...” Lisa said as she mentally began writing the retraction and apology for the next issue.

Greg had seen enough. Amber was obviously in for a nice attitude adjustment – if not for revenge for himself, then to save the Newspaper club from a slow death at the hands of the bitch queen from hell. Concentrating while looking at the back of her head, he felt the familiar pressure building up in his mind, only to release as he pushed a few choice thoughts to her.

“I should join the nudist club.” Amber paused. She suddenly had an idea. “Of course, in order to do it right, I'll have to join their club.”

Lisa paused and looked at Amber. “Er, what?”

“Of course. It wouldn't be responsible of me as a journalist not to get a first hand look at what all goes on there first.” Amber paused as Greg's push bent her mind to match.

“Well, I... guess...” Lisa looked doubtful, while the nameless Freshman's face showed that he was trying very hard not to let on that he was picturing Amber visiting the local nude beach.

Greg chuckled and pushed again. “When I join the club, I will need to start participating in club events. And of course, I'll have to become a nudist.” At the same time, Amber paused. Confusion flashed across her face for a brief second, then vanished. “And... of course... if I'm going to join a nudist club... I'll have to actually join in on their activities. Like, handing out fliers, and going to beaches and stuff. Otherwise they might catch on.”

Lisa looked dubious. “Well, yes, I guess...”

Amber smiled timidly, then with more confidence continued. “Well, it goes to reason that I wouldn't be able to give an accurate report if I didn't participate fully.”

The Freshman muttered under his breath, “Of course, that means you'd have to prance around naked some, too.” Amber heard this and turned around. The freshman blanched and took a step back.

Greg smirked. “Remind me to buy him a beer someday,” he thought to himself. Looking back at Amber, he saw the mental gears in her head working overtime to try and sort out her new ideas.

“Well... yes...” Amber began. The freshman's eyes got bigger, and he sported a big grin. “I suppose that's true.”

Lisa looked a bit flustered. “So what, you're going to start heading to class naked? How long do you think campus security would allow you to do that?” Greg paused. He wasn't sure exactly how much Amber knew about nudism, but he didn't want to ruin her life her thinking she should start dancing naked down the road or somesuch.

“I should start staying naked whenever I wouldn't get arrested for it.” “Of course, I wouldn't give up wearing them all the time. I'd get arrested then.” Amber paused, thinking of places she could get away with not wearing clothes. “Just around my dorm room. I mean, I should be able to get the full experience then, especially if I go with them to a beach or two.” “Or the dorm itself,” she thought to herself. She was sure the people in her dorm wouldn't complain.

Lisa calmed a bit. “I guess that would be... ok.”

Greg smirked. Now for just a tiny bit of fun. “I should attend club meetings in the nude.” “And during club meetings.” Amber said, matter of factly.

Lisa and the Freshman paused, staring at her. “What?”

“Walking around the clubroom naked is a bit humiliating, but I have to do it to make everyone think I'm a nudist.” “Well, clearly we would also need to report on the effects of working relationships between nudists and normal people.” Amber began unbuttoning her blouse. “And as such, I'd need to work around you guys, as a nudist.” Amber undid her skirt and let it fall to the ground as the idea solidified in her mind.

Amber bent over to pick up her skirt, folding it and placing it neatly on a nearby desk. They were all such great ideas. She would get a great story out of it. It'd be the talk of the entire school. Greg scoped out her great ass as she bent over. “Well, just a few fixes and we'll be good to go.”

“I should write a very positive article on the nudist club.” Amber thought as she unhooked her bra. Obviously, if she was participating in the club, she couldn't do a negative article, it would reflect badly on herself, as a club member. “Even after the article is done, I'll stay an active, participating member of the club.” And since she was probably going to stay a member of the club until she graduated next year, it was kinda important to keep up good PR. “Delay the article as long as you can.” And of course, since she was doing all this, she'd need to delay the article for a few months. Lisa would understand, she was sure of it.

Lisa got up to stop her. “God, she's lost her mind,” she thought to herself. “Do not stop her.” But she paused, as an idea began to form in her head. “You know, she might have a point.” “I like the idea of her embarrassing herself.” “And she has caused more trouble for the club than I care to think about.” Lisa sat back down. “And who knows? With her walking around like that, she might just attract a few new club members. Should make up for all the people she drove off when she took over.” “I should actively try to get her in situations where she'll be a bit more embarrassed, without her realizing it.” “In fact, maybe I'll give them all a quick phone call and let them know what's up.”

Amber slipped her panties off, letting them fall to the floor. She bent down, picked them up, and layed them down on the neatly folded clothes pile she was keeping on one of the desks. “I should throw these away. I never want to wear underwear again.” Looking down at them again, she shuddered a bit. “What had I been thinking this morning?” Grabbing her bra and panties off the top of the pile, she balled them up and pitched them in the nearby trash bin. She made a mental note to clean out her underwear drawer when she got home. The freshman walked up to her, trying very hard not to look at her. “I should stop giving him such a hard time.” She briefly had the great idea to start being nicer to him, and the other people working in the club.

“Uh, Ms. Lee? Does this mean that your article won't be in the next issue?”

“Well yes, I guess we will have to delay it a bit.”

“Uh.. until when?”

“Oh, I donno. I was thinking a few months, at least. To get a good feel for it all.”

“I.. see. Well, maybe you might, uh... want to hear about some article ideas that I had? Maybe one of them could be used to fill in the extra space?” The Freshman fidgeted, looking like he was about to faint.

“I am a good leader. I always encourage the younger people in the club.” “Sure, lets hear your ideas, I'm sure they'll be great.” The Freshman looked more shocked at this than the nudity.

Greg snuck away from the door, snickering to himself. Lets see how long it takes for the rumor to get out that the campus ice bitch was giving anyone around her a free show. Maybe he'd discreetly let a few guys know on the way out of the building.

Greg turned around to leave only to run smack into a woman wearing a smart business suit and dark sunglasses.

“Uh, Excus...”

“Having fun, Greg?”

Greg paused. “Uh, what?”

“Are you having fun? I mean, it's not every day you see a newbie telepath forcing a real bitch into prancing around naked.”

Greg turned 3 different shades of white. “Uh I don't...”

“Save it. We need to talk, please come with me.”

Greg looked around for some avenue of escape.

“Calm down. I'm not here to punish you, or capture you, or anything like that. I'm here to make you an offer.”

“An offer?” Greg said as he followed her into one of the student lounges. “What kind of offer?”

“Well, My name is... Mrs. Smith. I represent a school, and we'd like to put forth an offer for you to attend classes starting immediately.”

Greg frowned. “A school? What kind?”

“Simply put, it's a school for people with.. abilities such as yourself. We teach a standard curriculum, with added classes for refining and controlling your powers.”

“I... see. What's the catch?”

“No catch, except you would be required to stay on campus, or in the general vicinity, until you finish the curriculum.”

“So, it's... more like an internment camp? No thanks.”

“It's not like that. You see, we have a team of trained telepaths that are available on call to fix... accidents.”

“Accidents?”

“You see, when telepaths, particularly untrained ones, start sending out commands for the first time, they almost always “leak” commands out. Especially if they're talented at all. Until they learn to control that “leakage”, they tend to affect random passerbys with their commands. What's worse is that sometimes, if they don't know how to properly channel their commands, they can get “stuck” repeating a certain command over and over again.”

“I... see. So what happens if I decide to turn a town into a harem or something?”

“Well, while we'd certainly want you to use discretion if you did something like that, we wouldn't necessarily stop you. In fact, after finishing our school, doing so would be trivial. The team is there to ensure that until you learn self-control, you don't cause a riot or something with random commands firing off everywhere.”

“... Thanks for the offer, but I don't think I'm interested. I think I'm going to enjoy this pit of a college now that I've finally got a leg up on everyone here.”

The young woman held up her hands. “That's fine. No one will force you to join. But I just wanted to put forth the offer.”

“Sure, sure... Are we done here?” Greg thought he heard a few people crowding towards the newspaper clubroom, and didn't want to miss out.

“Yes, I guess we are. One last thing, though? Here's my card. If things get... out of hand... we will be more than happy to come help clean up. And the offer is good indefinitely. If – when – you change your mind, we'll be waiting.”

“Yeah... thanks. I'll keep that in mind.”

“Mrs. Smith” stood up, and shook Greg's hand. “Well, see you soon, Greg.”

“Er... yeah.” he said as he left.

Greg walked out of the school, taking in the sights. “Leakage, huh?” he thought to himself. “What a bunch of crap.” Greg had controlled about 6 people since getting his powers, and he hadn't had any problems with other random people being affected by them.

Greg walked out towards the parking lot of his college. Almost immediately, he heard a voice call out from behind him. Turning around, he saw a perky brunette walking up from the “bike forest” section of the parking lot.

Greg didn't recognize her, but she walked right on up to him. “Greg? Little Gregie piss-stains?” Greg turned a bit white at the mention of his old high school nickname (gained after the head jock had decided to kick him so hard in his kidneys... well, lets not go there). Calming, he recognized her and turned a bit flush with anger.

“Amy? Wow, you finally graduated?”

“Yeah Gregie, finally did. Decided to go to this school, but who knew a dweeb like you was around.” She chuckled, clearly not meaning to be malicious. Greg's anger flared a bit at the playful teasing. He thought to himself how easy it would be to simply, push and humiliate her in front of the entire school. He tried to relax, but a nagging pressure started to build up in the back of his mind.

“So yeah, I'm kinda glad I ran into you. It's kinda.. scary being in a new place, so far from home.” She smiled at him, her face betraying her anxiety. Greg smiled back, but inside he was getting worried. His head was aching in a sort of rhythmic pattern, and it was really starting to get distracting. “I mean, it's kind of a big coincidence, us both going to the same school!”

Rubbing his temples, he looked down as he tried to concentrate and make the weird thudding go away. Suddenly, out of the blue he felt his “power” pulse and then release, the same way that it felt when he pushed a command into someone. Instantly, the rhythm went away. A bit distracted, he didn't notice Amy until she spoke up again.

“Ah well, guess with your smarts you could choose what school to go to, eh?” Greg vaguely recognized the sounds coming out of her mouth as words as he took in her young nubile body. His jaw dropped, and his face turned white.

“Uh.. what... what are you doing?” A young man, out on a smoking break, started looking around as he stared.

“What do you mean?”

“You're... you're...”

“I'm...?” Amy looked confused.

“Naked!”

“... and?”

“And? But...”

“But what? You act like it's weird or something.”

“You.. wha...” Greg was dumbfounded. Not only was she naked, she.. shaved?

“Oh, and eyes up here.” Amy pointed to her face.

Greg looked around. The first few onlookers had started to gather. Within minutes there would be dozens of people watching. Greg looked Amy directly in her eyes and started to push. “Get dressed and forget you were naked.” He felt the familiar pulse in his mind, but he felt it pulse back instead of release.

Amy blinked for a few seconds, then smiled. “Good. I might be naked, but I'm not giving everyone a free show!”

“Buh.. I.. uh.. buh.” Greg turned whiter. Somehow, his commands weren't going through!

“Well, I think you owe me a dinner and a movie.”

“I.. what?”

“Hey, it's only fair. You got a free look, you owe me.”

“I.. uh, ok.”

“Good!” She said, handing him a piece of paper. “Here's my cell number and address. I'll be expecting you around... 8ish?” She smiled, shyly.

“Uh.. sure... but.. uh..” Greg got an idea.

“Yeah?”

“Will you be, er, naked then, too?”

Amy paused and looked deep in thought. “I... hm. It's perfectly normal to be naked here... I think... But... going on a date naked... I donno...”

Greg breathed a sigh of relief. “At least she'll get dressed when she gets home, or something.”

“I guess it all depends on how many roses you bring me.” Amy winked. “Well, gotta go, I'm late for class. But make sure you're not late, y'hear?”

Greg looked dumbfounded as the small crowd parted and let Amy head toward the campus. Greg idly wondered how long it'd be until someone called campus security.

Wandering away from the growing crowd as fast as he could, Greg tried to make sense of what all was going on. For some reason, his powers had fired off without him intentionally doing them. Obviously this was the leakage “Mrs. Smith” was talking about, but that didn't explain why he couldn't push her out of it afterwards.

Greg briskly walked past a group of students rushing to see the “crazy streaker, dude” and into the park next to the campus. Leaning against a tree, he rubbed his temples. Ever since he tried to “unpush” Amy, he had gained a nagging pulse in the back of his head. It felt similar to when he used his powers, but it was building up instead of pulsing out.
Hearing a bunch of laughing, he looked up. At the same time, he felt his power “pulse” 3 quick times and then release. Looking over, he saw several men and women putting out stuff for a picnic. Two of them had set out a large blanket, and had stopped to look at each other.

“I just had a great idea! Lets work on our tans while we eat!”

“But Hiromi, I don't want Tiffany and her boyfriend to see me... like that....”

“Oh, nonsense,” Hiromi shouted as she flung her shorts over by the car. “Let them look if they want, It's nothing they haven't seen before!”

“Well, yes, it's perfectly normal, but...” Greg blinked as a pair of perfect asian breasts came into view. “Oh shit, again?!”

“No buts, just butts!” Hiromi said as she pounced on the other girl, tugging on her shorts.

“Woah, what the hell are you two doing?” A gruff voice came from the car.

Hiromi shouted back, “Oh, just getting comfortable.”

Greg turned to look at the man, who was carrying stuff out of the car. He was staring at the two girls with his mouth wide open.

“Hey Tiff, you had better get out here, I think the exchange students have freaking lost it.”

Greg's jaw dropped as the blond bombshell wandered around the truck. “Three pulses.. guess that's number three.”

“Oh, lighten up hun... It's a warm day out, lets get some sun.”

The man turned around and dropped his soda. “Tiffany, what the hell are you doing?”

“What do you mean?”

“You're... naked!”

“Yeah... are you feeling ok hun?”

Greg backed up. “Not good, not good at all.” Looking at the man, he sent a quick push. “Just go with the flow and make sure they're safe until they are dressed again.” He then turned around and ran the other way.

Greg stumbled out of the park and onto a road near the mall. “Shit. Shit shit shit. I need to get somewhere and calm down.” He idly thought of calling Mrs. Smith for help, but put it aside. “If I call her she'll expect me to join that damn school.”

Suddenly Greg felt several dozen more pulses, as whatever happened, happened again. Looking around, dozens of random passersby, all young women, instantly started shucking off their clothing.
“Oh hell.”

“Whoa, shit, what's going on?”

“Is this one of those candid camera shows?”

“Dude, that's my fucking wife, stop looking!”
Greg looked around as the shopping district began a near riot as friends, husbands, and good Samaritans all rushed out to figure out what had come over the various women in the area.

Greg turned a corner and started running as shouts of shock and confusion began to erupt. In front of him he noticed another woman, calmly window shopping as, unlike before, everyone tried their darnest just to ignore her.

“Shit... fuck... damn...” Greg swore to himself as he ran past. “I need to get the hell out of here, quick. Turning another corner, he cut between two buildings and ended up in a small suburban alleyway.

Stopping to catch his breath, Greg rubbed his temples. The pulses continued, getting more frequent. Suddenly, dozens more of the involuntary pushes flew out from him. Looking up, he didn't see anything obviously affected, but he was on a much quieter street.

“Ok, I just need to get a few blocks over and I'll be home. Everything will be cool once I just get the heck away from people and can calm down.”

With that, Greg began walking down the road. Almost instantly he noticed the first odd thing. Sitting under a tree in a yard was a proper looking young woman. She seemed to be debating something with herself.

“Excuse me young man, I could use your advice.”

Greg looked around, pointing at himself.

“Yes, you. Do you have a few seconds?”

The rhythm in his head had calmed somewhat after the last outburst, so Greg agreed. “Sure, what do you need?”

“Well, you see, I just got off of work, I'm a partner at Johnson and Johnson Law Offices,” She paused to hand him a card. “Now, I'm supposed to be going inside to meet my fiancée and his family for dinner.”

“I.. see... and... what seems to be the dilemma?”

“Well, I need to take off my clothes, and I can't decide if I should leave the stockings on or off.”

“You... uh... what?” Greg looked left and right.

“Yes, you see, I had the wonderful idea to take my clothes off a few seconds ago, but I really don't know if I should leave the stockings on or not.” She paused and slipped off her shirt, flinging it to the side. “What do you think, stockings or not?” She wrapped her arms under her legs, pulling them upward.

“Uh...” Greg was at a momentary loss for words. “I'd.. uh, I guess I'd suggest going without. I mean, you're not naked with them on, are you?”

She nodded. “Yes, I suppose you're right. And I really do need to take my clothes off. All of them.” She paused to think, but then smiled again.

“Er... yes.. Well, good luck with your dinner.” Greg said, as he backed away. Within a few seconds, she had thrown the rest of her clothing into a pile, which she then threw into her briefcase.

“Thank you. It's so important that I make a good impression on them. My Steve-poo's parents mean the world to him.”

Greg looked at her as she walked up the steps to the house. “Fuck, I'd better fix that before it gets worse.”

Looking at her, he tried again to push “Put your clothes on,” only to find that again, it bounced off of her, ineffective. She opened the door just as he had a idea. Pushing in the general direction of the house, he sent the command “Her being naked is quirky but charming, but do not react to it or get upset.” He felt 3 “pings” as the commands took hold.

“There. Looking back, they'll probably all think it was the weirdest dinner in their lives, but at least tonight will go smoothly.”

Walking past that house, Greg looked around for any other evidence of the errant pulses affecting people. Thankfully, it looked like most people were at work, or at least staying inside.

Walking past one house, he noticed the alley was covered in grass and shredded clothing. He bent down to pick it up when a woman's voice called out.

“Oh, sorry about that, Greg, I'll use the leaf blower to clean it up later.”

Looking up, he noticed a middle aged, but still attractive, woman standing over him with a can of gasoline. She was naked except for a pair of sandals.

“What.. uh.. happened, Marybeth?”

“Oh, it was the darnedest thing. I suddenly had the great idea to finish my chores naked, but I didn't think to put my clothes away before starting up again. The darn mower ate them alive. Then the damned thing ran out of oil. Thankfully my husband keeps some in the shed, or I would have to have drove all the way down to the 7/11 to get some.”

“Er.. yes, that would have been... unlucky.”

“Well, I have to finish the backyard and the front, then I need to trim the hedges and wash the windows, so, toodles!”

Greg looked up as the woman started the mower again and went back to work.

“Well, at least the scenery is... sorta... improving.”

Running off, he looked over at a middle-aged man sitting on a rather extensive back porch. The man nodded to him, tipping his beer as he went back to watching his neighbor mow the lawn.

“Honey, the guys called, they said they'd be here in a bit, and to get the barbecue going.”

The man looked up as Greg kept on walking. Greg quickly pushed “Your wife is walking around naked because she lost a bet at work. You think it's funny.” as he darted away.



Greg paused as he got closer to the house where he was staying. He heard a woman's voice call out to him as he walked by his neighbor's yard.

“Greg? Why are you walking down the alleyway?”

He paused, looking over the fence at his neighbor. Unsurprising (at least at this point), she was naked, her clothing folded up in a neat pile on her patio. She had a hose going and was filling a small bucket.

“Oh, er... hello Mrs. Wilson. Nice day out, isn't it?” Greg paused, trying not to look at her.

“Yup, sure is. I'm sure glad it's so warm out, it'd be just horrible doing all these chores naked otherwise.”

“Well, yes.. I uh... guess that could be a pain.”

“Tell me, though,” the middle-aged woman asked as she paused, “Is this... normal to you?”

“Uhm, what do you mean?” Greg asked, a bit confused. Did the commands not effect her entirely?

“I mean,” she continued as she moved the bucket against the window, and began washing it, “It was the darnedest thing. About 15 minutes ago I suddenly felt like slipping out of those clothes of mine and just... did. Doesn't that seem a little.. unusual to you?”

“Er... no, not at all.”

“Really. I mean, I can't remember ever walking around naked before, but now.. I mean, it's perfectly normal, and I want to do it, but... If it's so normal, why hadn't I tried it before?”

Greg groaned inward. “I uh, I donno. Maybe you heard something on the radio or TV that gave you the idea?” Greg tried to guesstimate about how many of the crowd he had left at the market would be aware something was going on, but not sure what.

“Hm, must have been. Sure is comfortable, if not a tiny bit embarrassing. I mean, everyone can... see... everything. But... I have stay naked for a while, and there's nothing wrong with that. But.. that means, there's nothing wrong with everyone looking at me?” The housewife's voice faltered as she got more and more confused.

“Oh, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure this is a special occasion. I mean, look down the block, Mrs. Rader is mowing her lawn and she's not dressed at all, either.”

The confusion left her face. “Oh, yes, I suppose you're right. I guess that's why Lisa's up in her room naked too. I was upset for a second but then I thought that it wasn't fair that I could get upset at her for being naked while I'm walking around naked myself, you know?”

Greg blinked. “Lisa, the hot chick that lived upstairs got affected too?” Greg thought to himself. “This I've gotta see!”

“Oh, she was saying her computer was having troubles again.. do you think you could be a dear and fix it?”

Greg smirked. “Sure! I'd be happy to!”

“Great. Also, try and get her to take that black stuff out of her windows. It's like a darned cave in there.”

Greg darted inside and up the stairs, knocking gently on the door to Lisa's room.

“Hello?” Greg asked through the door, “Mrs. Wilson told me that you were having computer troubles?”

“Oh, come on in, Greg!”

He opened the door and blinked. Lisa, the young woman who was renting the Wilson spare bedroom, was idly picking up clothes off her floor and putting them in a clothes basket.

“Er, Hello.” Greg said as his eyes took her in. Catching himself, he moved his eyes to hers.

“Oh, go ahead and look, I don't mind.” Lisa said as she laughed, striking a pose.

“Er.. you don't?”

“Nope! I donno why, but it was such a great idea to take my clothes and start walking around like this...” she shifted, posing a different way while she put away the clothes basket. “And every time I think about getting dressed I get the idea again that I should be naked...”

“I... see.” Greg said. “So... even if they do manage to think to try to get dressed again, they don't. That's not good.”

“And I mean, I didn't exactly want the FedEx guy to see my naked body, but, I just had to stay naked. So when I went out to get my package, I couldn't really try and cover myself, because, I mean, It's not like I there's anything wrong with being naked,” She sat down in her computer chair as she talked, “It was funny, he looked really shocked, and just kept staring at me. I wanted to cover myself up, but, it's completely normal to walk around naked, so...”

“I... see.”

“So I figure, if it's perfectly ok to be naked, It must be ok for people to look at me, too. At least, while I'm naked. So I'm just not going to worry about it.”

Greg's eyes immediately started wandering again, checking out her cute ass as it peeked out behind the chair. “Well, You said there was a problem with your computer?”

“Oh, yes. I keep getting stupid little MySearch popups, what do I do to get rid of them?”

“Oh, that. Just go ahead and run that Ad Aware software I put on your machine last time.” Greg said, then thought to himself. “If even after they decide to get dressed they decide to get naked again, this stuff probably isn't going to go away. I think it's time to call Mrs. Smith before this gets completely and utterly out of hand.”

“Oh? That's it? That's easy, I should have tried that first.” She smiled and took a drink of water.

“Yup!” Greg flashed her a reassuring smile as he backed up, “Well, I have a few things to do, so I gotta go.. give me a call if it doesn't work, OK?”

“Sure thing Greg,” the young nymphet said as she went back to watching her computer boot. Greg stepped out of the room and shut the door tight.

Greg was walking down the stairs when he heard screaming.

“Listen, I don't CARE. Get upstairs and put some clothes on, NOW!”

“Sarah hun, I donno why you're so upset about this. You act like it's weird to be doing simple chores.”

“It is when you leave your goddamned pants in the back yard!”

Greg stepped down the stairs and around the corner. Mrs. Wilson was busy using a sponge to clean up the kitchen counter tops, while a very angry woman looked in the doorway. She turned and stared at Greg.
“Oh great, you have company? Jesus Christ, you even let strangers watch you act like this?”

“Greg is not a stranger, and I don't see what the big deal is about me cleaning my kitchen!”

“What seems to be going on here?” Greg asked as he got into the kitchen.

“The deal? The deal is that she's parading around completely buck-ass naked!”

“I see.” Greg nodded. “And this is... a problem?” Greg asked as he walked towards the living room. The angry woman followed.

“You're damn straight it's a problem! I mean, she's fucking NAKED! She was out in her yard, where anyone could see her from the street!”

“Well, she was in the back yard, actually. Can't be seen from the street.”

“That's besides the point! What the hell is going on here? She's naked, the neighbors are naked, it's like everyone's lost their minds!”

“Hm.” Greg felt the pulse build up in his head. Instead of fighting it, this time he strengthened it. “Have you considered the fact that it might be you that's confused?”

“Me, what the hell do you mean? I'm not the one that's prancing around in the altogether!”

“Not yet.” Greg smirked as he let the pulse go. The angry woman paused, stumbled a bit, then recovered. “But you could.”

“I.. could?” She looked confused.

“Yeah, sure. I mean, I'm sure Mrs. Wilson would be glad to store your clothes here till later. You could strip naked right now and spend the rest of the day nude, and it'd be fine.”

“It'd... yeah, it'd be fine.” The woman visibly relaxed, as she slipped off her windbreaker.

“It's an idea, anyway.”

“It's a great idea.” She said as she slipped her tube top down. “Yeah... I could just, leave them here. Or maybe I'll take them out to my car.”

“Also an idea.” Greg smirked as she looked positively relieved.

“Yeah...” She said as she bundled up the rest of her clothes. “But first, I think I need to go apologize to Vanessa.”

“Yes, maybe you should. Maybe help her out with her yard work to make up for it?”

“Yeah, that's an idea. Thanks, kid. I feel a lot better!”

“Glad to help.” Greg aid as he walked out the front door.



Greg stumbled into the house he was renting a room at. What a horrid day. With the big pulse he had sent out to that last girl, the odd headache he had had finally went away.

He had just prepared himself a stiff drink when he heard a car pull up. Looking out the window, he saw his mother's oldest friend and his landlady, Mrs. Rader, get out. Greg had known her his entire life – his mother and her had grown up together, she was as close to him as his parents.

She looked amused. She came in the back door, and ran into him in the kitchen.

“Greg hun, did you see anything weird going on on your way home?”

“Weird?”

“Yeah,” she said as she got some ice out of the fridge. “You won't believe this, but there was apparently some sorta orgy at the park!”

“What?” Greg asked, nearly spilling his drink.

“Yeah, some kids were caught having a “picnic” while completely naked. The cops said they were acting real strange too, they thought drugs might be involved.”

“Shit!”

“Yeah, amazing, huh? But that wasn't the weird thing! I saw that little strumpet Marybeth pulling weeds around the corner of her house. She was stark naked and had like 3 of the neighborhood kids watching her from over the fence!”

“Amazing!” Greg rubbed his head, looking at the drink he poured for himself. “Ugh, wait, is drinking alcohol such a great idea?” he thought to himself as he put down the empty glass.

“Yeah. And apparently there was some sorta PETA demonstration today too. Some girls just started flinging everything off out of the blue in the middle of that little outdoor marketplace near your school.”

“Wow.” Greg started rubbing his temples harder. That damned rhythm was back again, stronger now.

“And the Andersons are having a huge BBQ in their back yard. Crazy thing though, Mary was walking around naked as the day she was born. The women looked dumbfounded, the guys were trying not to look, and Paul looked like he was about to crack up laughing the entire time.”

“I guess that's.. sorta funny.” Greg reached for the aspirin, but then the headache went away. Looking at the aspirin bottle with a puzzled look on his face, his landlady continued.

“I mean.. walking around naked... that's... an idea.”

Greg looked up at her.

“It's... not a bad idea.” She continued, putting down the glass of ice.

“No. Oh no.”

“In fact, I think it's a pretty good idea.”

“No. Nonono.” Greg started desperately pushing into her. “Stay dressed.”

“Yeah, it's a great idea. I could walk around naked. Completely and utterly.” She reached back and unzipped her dress.

“No, oh god no, not her.” Greg continued pushing, trying desperately to stop her.

“I mean,” she said as she let her dress fall to the floor, “It'll be a little weird when the pizza guy gets here... but I guess I won't need to give him a tip.”

“NonononononoNO” Greg pushed with everything he had, a simple “Go to bed.” Finally, it pushed through whatever was bouncing it back.

“Well... maybe... I think I'll get naked, then go take a nap. Yeah...” she said as she let her bra hit the floor. Greg didn't look. A few minutes after she left, Greg reached over to the kitchen phone and dialed the number on the card, utterly defeated.

“Hello Greg.”

“Hello.”

“Having fun?”

“You know?”

“Yup. Our team is already cleaning up the mess.”

“Thank you.”

“Could you come back to your school? I'll be waiting in the same room we met in before.”

“You're still there?”

“Yup. 30 minutes, I must say, that's a new record. Most people don't make it 10 minutes before their telepathy sticks.”

“I'll... be right there.”

Greg checked to make sure the doors were locked, then started walking down the street. Mrs. Wilson was there, planting tulips in her flowerbed while the angry woman watched and gabbed. Both of them were starting to turn a reddish pink color as their normally covered flesh started to toast. Looking up, he could see Lisa waving faintly through her tinted windows.

A bit further, a group of men and women were sitting around a roaring barbecue as it roasted away. The men were all sharing beers and laughing. The women were chatting away, with one of the women, completely naked, darting to and fro making sure everyone's drinks were full. Greg blinked as he noticed some of the other women were in various states of undress as well, with one sitting there in a pair of panties and nothing else.

Shortly afterwards, he waved as the young woman who was mowing her lawn earlier waved to him. She was still mostly naked, having put on a pair of rubber gloves as she pulled weeds. He looked behind here, were a group of at least 4 high school age kids were looking over the fence. One of them smirked and gave him a thumbs up. Greg shook his head and continued.

Darting through the shopping district, Greg saw several police officers taking notes and talking to people. Greg didn't stop to ask any questions, instead sneaking in the back-way to his college.

“Welcome back.”

“Hello again, Mrs. Smith.” Greg put a bit of sarcastic emphasis on the “Smith”.

She chuckled. “It is actually my name. Lori Smith. Have you reconsidered my offer?”

“... yes. I'll go. As much fun as these powers are, if I can't control them I'll get myself killed eventually.” Greg shook his head, thinking. “Well, it's not like I really have all that many friends here. Although it will suck not being nextdoor to Lisa, and having Amy around was... an interesting development.”

“Tell me, how did the leaking feel?”

“Feel?”

“Like a pulse? Like a buzzing?”

“Like a throbbing, sorta like a headache, then it went away.” As Greg said that, the headache started up again.

“I see. Interesting.” She scratched some notes on a PDA. “How often was it going off?”

“I, donno, every 5 minutes or so? But...” Greg rubbed his temples.

“But?”

“I should warn you, it feels like it's about to happen again.”

“That's ok, one of the first things you'll learn at our school is how to fend off other telepath's control. Either that or you'll spend the first year or 2 walking around like a dog.” She chuckled.

“Okay, I won't worry about it then.” Greg relaxed a bit, letting the rhythm speed up as it wanted to.

“Now, as I said, our school isn't too far away. You'll be provided a dorm and helped to find a part time job. There's no tuition, although as an alumni you will be expected to..” As she spoke, Greg felt the “pulse” fly out of him again as whatever happened went off.

“Ack, sorry.”

“Holy.. shit” She looked visibly shaken.

“What's wrong?”

“That was... a lot bigger than normal.”

“Bigger?”

“Yeah, it's hard to explain... But I'm glad you warned me, otherwise that could have...” She paused and looked at her stocking covered legs.

“What's wrong?”

“I just..had an idea?”

“An idea?” Greg blinked as he watched Lori look 3 different shades of confused.

“I could... take off my clothes.”

“Uh oh.” Greg blanched, worried that he had just managed to anger someone rather important.

“I mean, I'm not going to, cause I know it's the command you are leaking, but... I mean, I could.”

“Er. Yes, I guess you could.”

“And, I guess I could use my own telepathy to make everyone ignore it, so I wouldn't even need to worry about causing a scene.”

“Er, right.”

She blinked a few times, shaking her head. “Jesus. We need to get you training right away. Imagine if your command was “Masturbate” or “Fuck the Next Guy You See?””

Greg turned white. “Ugh. How do I.. stop leaking?”

Lori idly fidgeted with the edge of her skirt. “Oh, a good nap should do it. You'll leak while asleep but when you wake up your mind should flush out all the residual telepathic chemicals.”

“Thank god.” Greg calmed. “I think I should go hit the sack then, before I broadcast again.”

Lori looked up again from staring at her legs. “Er, yes. That might be a good idea.” She handed Greg another card, and a small pamphlet of papers. “Here is some information on our school and it's services and all that. It doesn't mention the T word specifically, so if you lose it it's not a disaster, but, do try to keep ahold of it.”

Greg picked up his wallet to put the card in, causing Amy's phone number to fall out onto the ground. “Oh, crap, if I go to that school...”

“Do you have a girl or two you're interested in? We do have campus harem services.”

“Harem Services?” Greg blinked.

“Yes, we have a separate campus close by specifically for non-telepaths who need to be close at hand. We have staff there that make sure no one messes with their heads without permission, that they don't figure it out, etc.”

“I.. might have a few people I would be interested in.. inviting.”

“I'll take that information from you tomorrow.” She smiled as she shook his hand. “Go get some sleep, we'll be in touch tomorrow.”

Greg nodded and left the room, reading the pamphlet as he left.

The second Greg left, Lori bent over and grabbed the back of the couch.

“Jesus Christ, it's like a sledge hammer to the psyche.” Her hands immediately flew to her skirt, where she tried to find the clasp. Catching ahold of herself, she whipped out a cellphone from her pocket.

“Yeah, Jeff? This is Lori.”

“Yes, he's agreed to sign up. Yeah, he was repeating. Real bad too.”

“Yeah, I got hit. Yes, I know, it was bigger than I expected.”

“What was the command? Don't worry about it, just get someone from extraction over here, please. I'm not in any danger, just... I said don't worry about it!”

“Fine! Fine damnit. The command he was pushing was “I should walk around naked. There is nothing weird about being naked.” Stop laughing, damnit!”

“No, I'm not naked yet but it's getting harder and harder to... no, damnit, don't put me on hold! The last thing I need is this week is for everyone to know some newbie managed to... DAMNIT!”

“About time you got back. What? Yeah, I took them off, why? Yes, everything. What are you talking about? Why would I put them back on? There's no reason to! What's so funny?”

”Damnit, sure, McDonalds ok? But I hate the drive through! Ok, fine, see you at the office.”

---- Fin
-KiTA

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