Looking for Shoplifters
By Disman
Kari was home watching daytime TV when the phone rang. It was Stella from
Uptown Models, a modeling agency that she was registered with and had taken jobs
with from time to time. Kari was a student at a local community college and had
taken jobs modeling in order to supplement her income as a sales clerk for the
boutique at a local athletic club. These modeling assignments paid much better
than the department store, which made her always, exited to hear Stella's voice
on the phone.
Usually the modeling assignments meant being involved in a small fashion show
sponsored by one of the department stores, usually Dempsey's the largest
department store chain in the region. Most frequently it was on a Saturday
morning and involved her and three or four other girls walking a short runway.
Occasionally she would be invited to a photo shoot for a catalogue, a direct
mail piece or a newspaper ad.
A few of those newspaper ads involved lingerie and even though the pay was
good, she felt a little embarrassed having the entire city seeing her in her
underwear. Sometimes they would have her wear bras that were for a much fuller
figure that needed extra support. Although she had a nice figure, they often had
to give Kari a little extra padding to fill out the cups. But that was okay, the
padding helped her feel more modest.
Once her parents came to visit and her mom opened the newspaper only to find
Kari on the back cover wearing a black bra and panty set. Her mom was very upset
and made her promise to never model lingerie again. But Kari didn't keep the
promise. Her folks lived in Springfield at the other end of the state and
wouldn't likely see any of her work. There weren't any major stores in
Springfield, although they had been hoping for a mall for years.
Last year when she modeled bras for Dempsey's she was aghast to she the sale
bill in the Sunday morning paper. She was in three different photos in the sale
bill and in one of them you could see her nipples and a trace of her aereola.
Nipples were okay, but the aereola was going a little too far. She called Stella
to complain and Stella said she would relay her complaint to the client, but
there probably was nothing she could do about it. That day in class she felt
like all the guys were glaring at her. One of them even had the ad with him,
tucked away in his binder. She was really glad her parents lived in Springfield,
although she worried that her mom might somehow see the ad.
There were so many different types of modeling that Kari never new quite was
to expect when Stella called. A few years ago she offered Kari a position doing
"mannequin modeling" -a type of modeling where the person models the clothing in
the store acting like a mannequin. At first this type of modeling was a little
strange, but it came to be her favorite type of modeling. She enjoyed freezing
in a pose and watching passerby's trying to figure out whether she was real or
not. It did get people to stop and look and her and the clothes. It was hard
standing still for a long period of time but after a while she learned to focus
her mind on other things and the minutes quickly turned to hours. It was really
an escape from the stress of the real world she lived in and it turned out to be
a very therapeutic job.
"Well Kari, I've got another interesting one for you," Stella said. "I know
you enjoy mannequin modeling and when this job came across my desk, I
immediately thought of you. Dempsey's seems to be having some trouble with
shoplifting in the jewelry department and they can't seem to pick up anything on
their cameras. They've come up with another unique idea. They want to hire a
model to pose as a mannequin in the display directly across from the jewelry
department. They would need to make you up to look like a mannequin so that no
one, not even the sales clerks, would know that you are real. You could then
keep an eye on the jewelry department and report any findings to the manager at
the end of the day."
"Listen Stella, I've done modeled like this before but I've never stood still
for an entire day. I don't think anyone's capable of doing this."
"I brought up the same concern. They are planning to do this on a Sunday,
when the hours are noon to five. They'll work with you to make sure your pose is
comfortable and that you have something to lean on. It'll still be tough, but
you're the only one I know that can do it."
"What about my eyes? It's a sure giveaway when I blink my eyes."
"They'll let you wear some lightly tinted sunglasses. That way your eyes can
even roam a little bit as you look for the shoplifters. This can work, Kari,"
Stella put on her full sales pitch, "the pay is double your normal rate with a
$1,000 bonus if you go the entire day undiscovered. And if it works, they'd like
to use you in other stores. Kari, You can't pass this one up, they have
twenty-three stores!"
Kari smiled, you just never knew what kind of job Stella would come up with.
"Okay, when do we do it?"
"They'd like to start this Sunday at their Rosewood Mall store. They'd like
to have you there at nine so they can have you ready when the store opens up at
noon."
Kari quickly leafed through her appointment book. Today was Friday and Sunday
looked good. She'd just have to spend Saturday writing the paper for her Psych
class. "I guess that works for me."
"Oh, I almost forgot, there's another perk to this job," Stella mentioned in
a cautious voice. "They'd like you to stop by Adelle's Salon on 9th Avenue
Saturday afternoon at 3:00. They will pay for a complete body waxing in
preparation for Sunday."
"Wait a minute," Kari responded with skepticism, "What exactly do you mean by
complete?"
"Every hair on your body except your head and eyebrows. Even your arms and
pubic hair."
"Don't you think this is a ridiculous request!? I mean I could wear long
sleeves to cover my arms and why, oh why, would anyone care about my pubic
hair?"
"This is a requirement for the job, they won't back down. If you won't do it
I'll have to ask Jackie." Jackie was another one of Stella's "girls" and she had
an annoying, aggressive personality and Kari disliked her intensely.
Kari paused for a moment. This was a little kinky. But . . . she did need the
money and . . . she really didn't like the idea of Jackie getting the work over
her. What if this was a really good opportunity? It was Dempsey's after all,
they were the most prestigious store to model for. If this worked out to mean
all twenty-three stores, this could pay like a full time job for only working on
Sundays. "Okay, I'm skeptical, but count me in?"
"Great!" responded Stella. "The first thing is to be at Adelle's at three
tomorrow afternoon. Ask for Michelle, she's the person who'll do your waxing.
Then be at the employee entrance to the Rosewood Dempsey's at nine sharp, Sunday
morning. Ask for Todd Marshall or Debbie Moore. They are both from Dempsey's
corporate office. Todd is the VP over visual merchandising and security, this
was his idea. Debbie is Todd's assistant. I'll stop by on Sunday and see how
you're doing."
Kari hung up the phone and slumped back in her chair. Stella was very good at
selling an assignment to a model and she had outdone herself this time. Kari
wondered if she could really hold still for five hours. In past assignments like
this she tried various things for clear her thoughts and remain motionless, but
this would clearly be a challenge.
*********
Sunday morning came quickly and Kari got up out of bed. She immediately felt
funny without having any body hair. Her smooth arms felt airy and sensitive.
And, although she had often shaved tight around her crotch and had trimmed her
pubic hair, she had never even thought of shaving it all off. But that's exactly
what Michelle did. It took her over three hours and she meticulously waxed every
square inch of Kari's body. Only her dark brown eyebrows and her shoulder length
hair remained.
As she looked at her naked body in the bathroom mirror she tried out a few
mannequin poses and felt that she really did look like a mannequin. The absence
of her pubic hair reinforced the look. She was now glad Michelle had done such a
meticulous job waxing her body. It left a feeling that would help her to make
the entire day without being recognized. She was beginning to get exited about
the challenge that lay ahead of her.
Her usual routine would be a large glass of orange juice, but not today. She
had thought ahead and determined that she needed to keep her bladder as empty as
possible. She wondered about other foods and decided that she needed to eat
something in order to keep her stomach from growling and giving her away. In the
end she ate a granola bar, a banana and a small yogurt.
**********
Upon arriving at the store Kari walked around the outside entrances until she
found a side entrance marked "employee entrance-please knock." It was exactly
nine o'clock when she knocked on the door.
"May I help you?" squawked a voice over a loudspeaker near the door.
"I-I'm Kari Renner, I have an appointment."
"Please come in, we've been waiting for you." The door buzzed and Kari
cautiously went in.
"Welcome Kari, I'm Debbie Moore." The voice was confidant and in-control.
Although this was a Sunday morning, Debbie Moore looked made up and almost ready
to be a mannequin herself. She was very proper and representative of Demsey's.
Right behind Debbie was a man I assumed to be Todd Marshall. He was of
average height, had sandy blonde hair and was a little effeminate. He was
wearing black pants with a purple silk shirt. His hair was cut very short. "I'm
Todd Marshall, I so glad you were able to help us with this project. Follow
Debbie and she'll get you started. We've got a lot to do before noon."
"I-Its good to be here" was about all Kari could muster up. She felt a little
overwhelmed by their confidence. Debbie motioned Kari to follow her across a
large stockroom toward a door at the end.
Once through the door, Kari saw a well-organized room full of display
equipment. To her left along the wall were numerous display racks and sign
standards. To her right was an open area with a workbench and a couple of
chairs. Behind the workbench she saw racks of display forms and mannequin parts.
To the far right were a couple of female mannequins fully assembled.
"Have a seat," Todd motioned to the chairs, "I need to fill you in on some
details."
Kari had never been in a display workroom or storeroom and her eyes were
wandering around to the extent that she was having a hard time looking Todd and
Debbie in the eye when talking with them. She sat down in the middle of the
three chairs. Todd sat to her right and Debbie to her left.
Todd leaned forward and began speaking. "Kari, you probably have a number of
questions about this job. Let me explain it to you, I can probably answer most
of your questions. Let me start with why you're here. We've been experiencing a
lot of inventory shrinkage, or stealing, in our jewelry department. We're not
sure but we think it might be a staff member that's doing it. We think most of
the stealing is happening during our Sunday shift. We have detectors that
employees go through at the end of the shift but we've failed to turn up
anything. We've also watched the department on security cameras-again nothing.
Our strategy at this point is to have you, a live person made up made up to pass
as a mannequin, to observe the department during the course of store hours.
We're hoping you'll help us catch the thief." The explanation was well thought
out and Todd and Debbie both breathed mental sighs of relief, as it appeared
that Kari bought the story.
"Next let me explain how we think you'll pass as a mannequin. Debbie is our
makeup artist. She'll spray your entire body with a cream that will color your
skin and add a plastic sheen to it. The cream will dry to the touch in a
half-hour, although it will continue to harden over the next few hours. The
plastic shell formed comes off easily at the end of the day, but its hardness
will actually help you hold your pose. This is why we had Adelle's wax off all
your body hair. Any hair caught in the plastic shell would cause the removal of
the shell to be very painful. "We've also adapted a mannequin's pedestal to help
to stand."
Todd pointed to a mannequin stand that was an oval glass base with a metal
support rod. On top of the support rod was a triangular pad that Kari correctly
assumed was to sit just under her buns and help her remain steady. The stand
seemed like a good idea. The explanation made sense to Kari and somewhat eased
her mind as to why she had to have her entire body waxed. It also eased her mind
to know that the covering would help her hold her pose. "But won't the shell
make her hot and sweaty inside?"
"A little bit," answered Todd. "But others haven't complained." In reality
the others never had the chance to complain.
Debbie interrupted, "as you've probably heard, Dempsey's has always used
mannequins that have a unique look. We looked over each model in your agency and
felt that your look is very much the Dempsey's look. You should fit right in."
Debbie wanted to offer Kari a level of reassurance.
Todd continued. "Kari solving this problem is really important to us. You'll
need to be perfectly still and undetectable for the entire day. Only your eyes
can move behind your sunglasses. We don't want the employees know we're spying
on them like this. The person we suspect has been known to sue previous
employers. This is why we've set such a high bonus for making it the entire day
as a mannequin. We don't want you to be discovered. We'll have you on our
cameras and even the slightest move will cause you to lose the bonus."
Todd paused and looked at his watch. "It's 9:15. We need to get going. Debbie
can take it from here. Do you have any questions?"
"Yes. What exactly do you mean by the slightest move losing my bonus?" Kari
wondered if they would find a way to cheat her out of her bonus by some slight
quivering of her body.
"I'm talking about a move that would give yourself away. Something like
repositioning your arm or changing your pose. I realize that you might slightly
waiver in your pose-we wouldn't penalize you for that. But it is extremely
important that you not be detected. Any other questions?" After a short pause
Todd started out of the room. "Good luck Kari, you're in good hands with
Debbie."
*****
Debbie followed Todd to the door and locked it after he went out. "The first
step is for you to take off all your clothes. The bathroom is in the far right
corner. Your can take off your clothes there and go to the bathroom one last
time. You want to make sure you get everything out! When you're done come on out
and we'll start."
Kari did just that. As she took off her clothes she neatly folded them and
stacked them. She also made sure that she got everything out, going to the
bathroom twice-once before she undressed and once after. She looked at her nude
hairless form in the mirror. All this attention to her body was unusual, even
for a model and she was more than a little nervous. The cold bathroom had given
her goosebumps and had made her nipples firm. She opened the door a crack and
peeked out. Debbie was waiting. She even had a space heater going.
"Come on out, we've got to get started."
Kari went out and stood before Debbie.
"We'll start with your body and finish with your face. You can sit down for a
moment, you'll do plenty of standing today."
Debbie went over to the worktable and came back with a flesh-toned piece of
plastic that was shaped like a maxipad. "This is to cover your sex. It would be
very uncomfortable to have any of the cream on the inside of your body. It has a
light adhesive to it. You can apply it yourself." With that she handed the item
to Kari, who then applied it between her legs. Its color nearly matched her skin
and with her pubic hair having been shaved off, it definitely made her look more
like a mannequin.
Next came more flesh-toned plastic in the form of adhesive bra cups. Kari had
seen items like this in women's magazines but had never worn them. "Our
mannequins don't wear any underwear and neither will you. Please sit up straight
while I put these on you." It hadn't occurred to Kari that she wouldn't be
wearing any underwear. She decided not to say anything. It seemed that Debbie
and Todd had thought of all the details and weren't too flexible about any
modifications.
Debbie manipulated Kari's breasts to make sure that the cups fit perfectly
and without any creases. They were very thin and covered only the bottom half of
her breasts, but they supported her breasts surprisingly well. Her nipples were
barely covered. Kari found that Debbie's hands on her breasts actually turned
her on a little bit and she also found the adhesive bra to be comforting.
"You can remain seated while I get the spray gun ready."
Kari sat down and wondered why she hadn't really said anything so far. Debbie
seemed in control and the more Kari thought about it, she had been hired as a
body. Her only modeling skills needed in this job were the right body and the
ability to stay still for five hours. She sensed that Debbie and Todd viewed her
as just that. There really wasn't a need for her to speak. She'd just do as she
was asked for the day and make damn sure she got her bonus.
Debbie slipped a plastic hair net over Kari's hair and put a surgical mask on
both their faces. The spray gun was electric and Debbie held in firmly in her
hands. "Kari, I need you to stand straight with your feet two to three feet
apart. Hold your arms out from your body at a 45-degree angle. I need to make
sure I spray your armpits and sex, but we'll hold off on your head."
Kari obeyed and Debbie began spraying. The fluid was white at first and then
turned a light fleshtone. It was thicker than paint, but yet it sprayed on like
paint. In the mirror that Debbie had placed in front of her, Kari could see that
the cream covered every part of her body. Any freckles or tan lines were gone.
Kari could feel her nipples being aroused as the spray touched them.
After about fifteen minutes of careful spraying Debbie declared that Kari's
body was finished. "You'll need to stand like this for about 30 minutes to let
the solution start to dry. Then I'll work on your face. I'll be right back."
With that, Debbie unlocked the door and left the room. Standing still and
alone in the room, Kari started to feel more like the display fixtures neatly
stored around her. She dared not move, she didn't want to risk her bonus.
Finally, Debbie came back into the room. She walked up to Kari and began
feeling all over her body-even her breasts and between her legs. "I think we can
start on your face, you're dry enough that you can sit down for a while."
Gratefully Kari sat down. As she sat down she could feel the stiffness of the
drying solution on her body.
Debbie took off Kari's mask and left Kari's hair covered. "Close your eyes
now, I'm going to spray your face." Kari again did as she was told and Debbie
meticulously sprayed Kari's face.
Once finished with Kari's face, Debbie took the net off Kari's hair and
combed it back to normal. Kari's blonde hair was fairly straight and didn't need
much combing. "I need you to stand up again. I'm going to leave for a few
minutes. I'm going to get your outfit. When I come back we'll dress and pose
you."
Debbie's absence seemed shorter this time. As promised, she returned with an
outfit. The outfit was black skirt with a sweater top that buttoned up the
front. The sweater top had large horizontal black and maroon stripes. Debbie
also had a new box of pantyhose and a pair of black shoes with high blocked
heals.
"Stand up, let's get you dressed," Debbie commanded. As Kari stood up she
could feel the stiffness of her body as the solution continued to dry. She
looked at her hands and they even had a plastic shine. The solution had covered
up the color differences in her fingernails and she really did look like a
mannequin! It wasn't going to be as hard as she thought to go the day
undiscovered.
The first item of clothes was the pantyhose. It was shear and black in color.
Then Debbie had her slip on the skirt. It was shorter than it looked, that made
her a little nervous in that she always thought she had thick calves. After the
skirt Debbie had Kari slip on the shoes. The heels were high enough that it took
Kari a moment to adjust. Then came the top. Debbie slipped it on Kari's arms
from behind and then came around and buttoned it up. Kari could see in the
mirror that the sweater's V-neck collar showed a little of her cleavage. That
was okay, she was proud of her bust.
"You look great," announce Debbie. "Let's take you out on the sales floor.
The staff are in a sales meeting and we'll be undetected. I'll apply your facial
makeup and finish your hair out there." Debbie put the glass base and stand on a
cart that had a shelf with various makeup stuff-hairspray, makeup, eyeliner,
lipstick, etc.
Kari felt strange as they walked out on the sales floor. She suddenly noticed
the faces and positions of all the mannequins. She somehow felt she understood
them now, she looked just like one of them.
The walked past the jewelry department and Kari could see her spot ahead in a
corner display. The display was elevated about six inches and was about six feet
wide. On the right hand side of the display was a striking brunette mannequin
that looked a lot like Jackie. She was wearing a burgundy knit dress with black
stockings. The dress was accented with the image of a black rose woven on the
right shoulder and breast. Kari's outfit would compliment the other girl's
outfit. Next to the other mannequin was a small single-pedestal table with a
vase of silk roses on top.
Debbie placed the glass base in the open part of the display, where the table
would be between Kari and the mannequin that looked like Jackie. She also placed
the metal post in the base and then motioned to Kari, "Well . . . here's your
spot. You'll be standing next to this other girl. You might as well get in
position. I'll pose you and then do your hair."
Kari stepped up on the pedestal and lifted the back of her skirt over the top
of the metal post. She was feeling stiffer by the moment due to the covering on
her skin and as she rested on the pad at the top of the post, she knew she had a
good chance of getting her bonus.
Debbie posed Kari with most of her weight on her right foot. Her left leg was
extended forward as if she was going to step in that direction. Her hips were
facing directly at the jewelry section. Debbie then leaned Kari's shoulders back
and moved them so they were distinctly aimed to her right. She then moved her
head back left and pointing toward the jewelry section. It seemed easy for Kari
to stay in whatever position Debbie moved her.
Kari's left arm was left straight with a slight, elegant bend at the elbow.
Debbie moved Kari's left hand so that the index finger was slightly pointed with
the other fingers gently cupped. Kari's right arm was much in the same position,
only it was positioned back behind the plain of her hips. This position seemed a
little uncomfortable, but Kari could feel that it accentuated her breasts.
"Any last words . . . uh, for the day I mean." Debbie cursed inside that she
almost gave it away.
Kari couldn't think of what to say. "I-I-I'll see you at closing."
They both heard talking at the far end of the store. "Staff meeting must've
let out. Your time has officially started, no more movement. Let me adjust your
smile and put on your makeup. Oops, I almost forgot your sunglasses." With that
Debbie quickly ran across the store and came back with a pair of sunglasses.
After putting them on Kari, she spent what seemed like twenty minutes applying
makeup and working on Kari's hair. Having finished, Debbie stepped back and
looked proudly at Kari. "You look as beautiful as any mannequin in the house.
Well the front doors are opening, good luck, I'll see you later."
*****
Kari could hear voices and figured that the store was now open. She stood
still trying her best to be a mannequin and not be noticed. But she was nervous.
After a few minutes the first customer came to the jewelry department. It was an
older woman with a younger child, maybe her grandchild. They browsed for a few
minutes and then left toward the escalators before the sales clerk could help
them.
Eventually people came in front of Kari at a steady pace. A few slowed down
to look at her and the other mannequin. Most acted like they didn't even exist,
their minds were obviously on other things.
Three young girls stopped in the jewelry section. They were a little noisy
and Kari wondered if they might be the types to shoplift. She tried to watch
them carefully. Then a thought occurred to her, what if she saw them shoplift?
What was she supposed to do? Should be break pose and yell at someone to catch
them? Neither Debbie nor Todd had told her what to do if they saw a theft. Since
she was told very explicitly not to break her pose, she decided that she would
try and keep mental notes of what she saw. That would even help the time pass!
After a period of time, that could've been an hour, Kari found herself zoning
in and out of a kind of sleep or daydream. With the pedestal to lean on and the
cream on her skin hardening it was surprisingly easy to keep her pose. During
one of her daydreams she actually wondered what it would be like to really be a
mannequin.
Little did Kari know that her first big challenge was coming, as her
consciousness was abruptly broken. "Mama, what's wrong with this lady? She
doesn't move." The voice was one of a young girl maybe four years old. She was
up on their pedestal and shaking the other mannequin, trying to make it move.
"Stop that Heather! You might knock her over." Mom came running.
"What's wrong with her Mama?"
"She's just a dummy. She's not real." Mom lifted the girl up to the other
mannequin so that she was looking in her eyes. "See she's not real. They use her
to show off the clothes. Now come back her with me, Mommy needs to look at these
dresses."
The girl went back with Mom, but she wasn't happy. Behind her fixed view,
Kari could hear the girl rummaging around under the racks. Mom was constantly
telling her to settle down. Then before Kari knew what was happening, the girl
was standing up under Kari's dress!!
Kari's immediate urge was to jump away and push the girl back. But she
thought better. She wanted her bonus and she didn't want to cause a ruckus in
the store. She remained true to her pose. The girl put her hand up underneath
Kari's dress past her sex and up in front of her tummy. Part of it hurt and
parts of it tickled. Kari held her pose. On the way down, the girl's hand pulled
Kari's pantyhose so that it felt like it was lopsided and baggy around her right
knee. The girl started to yell underneath Kari's dress. She liked the echo her
voice made.
"Heather, Heather what are you doing? Come with me, I've found the dress I
want. I just need to buy it and we'll go home. Do you want to split a cinnamon
roll on the way out?" The cash register made its sound and soon they were gone.
Kari had held her pose! And she was proud of it.
Soon after they left, the sales clerk came around and looked at Kari and the
other mannequin. "What did she do to you two dears?" she said outloud in a
motherly voice. The sales woman was in her early fifties and fit right into the
image of a person you would imagine to work in the dress section of a department
store. She was nicely dressed and Kari could smell the strong scent of her
perfume. It was Odyssey, the same perfume Kari's mother wore.
The woman first worked on the other mannequin's hair. From what Kari could
see out of the corner of her eye that the mannequin's hair was a little
disheveled from the girl's shaking.
The woman didn't adjust Kari's hair. It must not have needed it. She did
kneel down in front of Kari and run her hands up her legs to straighten out her
pantyhose. It felt good to have the pantyhose pulled back up, but it still
wasn't right and Kari longed to use her hands to get rid of that lopsided
feeling. But she didn't. The woman finished Kari by pulling up her skirt and
straightening it out a little bit. It was a little better, but not quite right.
Then they were on their own. People came and went. A few women stopped to
comment on Kari's dress and some even felt the material. One man in his late
thirties sat down on the pedestal with the two mannequins. He seemed to be
waiting for his wife and was becoming impatient. After quite a while his wife
came out to show him a dress she was trying on. It was the same dress the other
mannequin was wearing. He voiced his approval and she went back to change
clothes and buy the dress. Mannequins do help sell things, thought Kari.
After the man's wife went back to the dressing room the man stood in front of
the other mannequin, and, after carefully making sure he wasn't being observed,
he quickly touched the other mannequin's breast. He then went back to check on
his wife. Kari tried to think of what was going on in his mind. What did he
expect? Did it turn him on? Why was he so curious? She didn't have any answers,
she was just glad he didn't touch her breast.
Then it occurred to Kari that there had been so much action around her that
she really hadn't been watching the jewelry department. But it had been really
slow. The two sales clerks spent most of the time talking to each other and
pacing back and forth, hoping for customers.
Time passed and Kari again mentally checked out. She felt so much like a
mannequin that at one point she wasn't sure she could move if she wanted to.
What if she couldn't remember how to move at the end of the day?
Kari was startled to see Debbie standing right in front of her. ." She
whispered words in Kari's ear while she pretended to fix her hair. "You're doing
great. Its four o'clock-only an hour to go. I think your going to get your
bonus."
Wow! Only an hour more. She still hadn't caught any shoplifters, but so what!
All she had to do to make the bonus was to make the day without losing her pose.
This was an okay job, she might even consider doing it again, but they probably
wouldn't do it again since it really hadn't been successful--she hadn't seen any
shoplifters.
Kari noticed two women started talking right in front of her. They were both
in their thirties and both had sandy blonde hair like Kari's. She thought they
were probably sisters. One of the women felt inside the collar of Kari's dress.
"This is really nice, I bet it'd be very comfortable. I think you ought to try
it on, you look great in these colors. This might be just what you're looking
for." The other woman agreed and said she might try it on. The walked past Kari
to the racks behind her.
Thing were quiet again. Then the sales clerk was beside her. Very quickly the
woman stepped up on the pedestal and reached behind Kari's neck. "This one's a
medium. You can try it on." Evidently they had liked the outfit enough that they
tried to find it on the rack. When they couldn't the sales lady had offered to
check the size that was on the mannequin-Kari!
Kari wondered how they would have her change clothes as to not be detected.
Maybe they would end her job a few minutes early and just have her step into a
changing room. All too quickly, Kari found the answer. The sales woman stepped
in front of Kari and began to unbutton her top. Kari nearly panicked and
wondered if the thought translated to her face. She remembered Debbie's words,
nothing could cause her to loose her pose-and so close to closing.
Kari decided to stick with her pose. This was definitely beyond the call of
duty, she might even get a bigger bonus. As Kari thought about her options, the
woman fully unbuttoned the knit top. Kari felt a coolness to her chest. Then the
woman quickly pulled the knit top off Kari's shoulders and down over her arms
and hands. "Here you go, you've already got the skirt in a medium. Here's the
top. I show you our dressing room."
After thanks from the younger of the two women, they walked away toward he
dressing room. Kari was left standing topless in the middle of a department
store. She felt cold and embarrassed. But she knew there would be no doubt that
she would get the bonus. That thought carried her forward. She tried to remember
how the body cream and the adhesive bra cups disguised her nipples. She probably
did look just like a mannequin that on any given visit to the store you might
find naked.
Kari hoped that the sales clerk would find a replacement top quickly, but it
seemed like forever. Kari began to focus her attention on the people passing by.
Most of them didn't seem to pay attention. A few men would give her casual
glances, trying not to be too obvious or glaring. She heard a young voice,
"Mommy, that lady's naked." The voice was accompanied by a quick retort, "She's
only a dummy, it doesn't matter." It did matter to Kari, she felt so exposed.
Her uncovered breasts seemed as large as watermelons and it seemed like the
entire world was ogling her. But a part of her felt it was exciting to be able
to pass undetected as a mannequin--it was even flattering. Weren't mannequins,
after all, based on the most beautiful women in the world?
After a bit Kari saw the two women walk past her toward the main mall. The
younger of the two had a Dempsey's bag in her hand and had undoubtedly bought
the outfit Kari was modeling. A moment later Kari noticed the sales women in
front of her. "Honey, you need to be dressed in public," she lectured Kari, not
knowing that Kari was an alive woman who heard everything she said. "I wish I
was young again. I used to have a figure as nice as yours."
The woman momentarily took off Kari's sunglasses and slipped a back
turtleneck dickey over Kari's head. Kari stared straight ahead. The woman was
careful to put Kari's necklace on the outside of the dickey and then put Kari's
sunglasses back on. Then Kari saw the woman go behind her and in a moment she
felt the woman putting her arms through the sleeves of a jacket. Although she
couldn't see what color it was, it felt to Kari like it was a blazer. In fact it
was a double-breasted maroon blazer. The woman used her fingers to adjust Kari's
hair and then stepped back and said, "You look as good as new."
Kari dosed off and awoke to see Debbie in front of her. The sales lady was
talking to her. "Someone bought the knit sweater she was wearing. I redressed
her in this blazer and turtleneck. I hope that's okay."
"It's quite alright, you just need to know that you can always call visual
merchandising to help you." Debbie smiled as she thought of Kari's predicament
being stripped of her clothing in the middle of a department store. Just a
preview of things to come, she thought. "I need to take her back to do some
makeup, I'll need you to restock her clothes after I take them off."
Then Debbie, acting as if Kari really was a mannequin, began to remove her
clothes. First the blazer, then the skirt and shoes. Then another familiar
voice. It was Todd. "How's it going Debbie."
"Everything looks just fine. Really fine." Debbie had a cautious smirk on her
face. She couldn't let the sales lady have any idea of the truth.
Kari was getting pissed. Here she was standing in the middle of a department
store wearing pantyhose and a black dickey around her neck. I think I've done my
time, to hell with surprising the sales clerk, I'm moving. In the next instant
she realized that she couldn't move. She tried harder. But no movement. She
tried to scream. Nothing. What was happening to her? Had she forgotten how to
move? What had Debbie and Todd done to her? Had she been duped into becoming a
real mannequin?
Debbie took off the dickey and then lifted Kari off her stand and down to the
floor on to a handtruck. Todd spoke up, "I'll get that, you take the stand." He
then stepped behind Kari and tilted the handtruck back. Kari was horrified. She
found herself looking up and the ceiling lights as Todd pushed her through the
store and into the display shop. Once there he lifted her off the handtruck,
took off her sunglasses and pulled off her pantyhose. He then put her back on
the stand.
Todd and Debbie stood back to admire their latest acquisition. "She had no
idea did she Deb?"
"Clueless. The security mannequin ploy works every time."
Clueless! Clueless! She hated that word. It implied the picture of an airhead
and just being a dumb blonde. She wanted to defend herself. It did seem like a
legitimate idea! She knew that stores had problems with shoplifting and she had
read that many times the employees are to blame. She fell for it. She could just
kick herself, only she couldn't kick anything. She was a just a mannequin, nude
and posed for the world to see. It was awful.
Todd stepped forward sprayed something into Kari's face and began to talk to
Kari. "I guess you know by now that we really don't have a security problem. We
do have a mannequin inventory problem, though.. We're opening a new store in
Springfield next month and need a number of display mannequins. I'm glad you
decided to join our team. You've read that Dempsey's has always prided itself in
unique beautiful mannequins that can't be found in any other store and that we
design our mannequins internally. Well, now you know how it works."
Todd put his hand on Kari's shoulder as he continued. "Our plan is to recruit
three new mannequins from each of our exiting stores. The girl standing next to
you was our first. Her name is Jackie, we finished her last weekend."
Oh shit, thought Kari. No wonder the other mannequin resembled Jackie--it was
Jackie! Stella had conned her too. And with the same dumb story.
Todd continued, "The body paint that Debbie has applied to your skin has
already hardened to the point where you are unable to move. It will continue to
harden and permeate your body until your entire body is as plastic. That'll take
about a week. At that point we'll install the pivot points at your wrists,
shoulders, leg and waist to complete the process. The mist I sprayed in your
eyes has already frozen the movement of your eyes. As you've been watching me
your eyes haven't moved and I'm guessing they can't move anymore."
He was right. As much as Kari tried to move her eyes, she couldn't. They were
fixed straight forward in a blind stare. She couldn't even blink. Holy shit, she
thought. What am I going to do now? Nothing was the answer. There was nothing
she could do.
"Bye, bye Kari." Todd and Debbie spoke in unison as they left the room and
turned off the lights.
On the outside Kari was firm and confident. But the inside was another story.
She had many questions. How could someone have done this to her? She was a good
person. What would it be like being a mannequin? Probably just like today only
forever. A forever of being naked in public, being a dummy, being at the mercy
of any human that wanted to touch, fondle or dress her. How long would she
retain consciousness? Would she be dead when the process was finished? She cried
a tearless cry. She cried herself to sleep.
The girl who was hired to look for shoplifters, had herself been shoplifted.
Looking for Shoplifters (part 2) By Disman
Kari awoke when the lights came on. It was Debbie. "How was the night last
night, Kari? Didn't go anywhere did you? Ha.
Ha." Debbie snickered and then came over to Kari and knocked on her cheeks. They
remained hard and hollow sounding.
Kari felt the hardness in her head and was reminded again of her predicament.
Kari's nude mannequin body was formed in the exact position it was on the
sales floor. Left foot forward with her right arm
back behind her back. Her eyes remained fixed straight ahead in the exact
position that she was looking when Todd sprayed
her eyes last night. Kari had gained consciousness a few times during the night
and had pondered and stressed over her
situation. Inside she was very scared and anxious. Outside she was stiff.
She was hopeless, the only thing to save her had to come from someone else.
Maybe Debbie would soften and rescue
her—probably not. Maybe the saleslady—no, she didn't even know Kari was a real
person. Maybe Todd—but what price
would she pay? Alas there was no one. The situation was hopeless, she would have
to get used to being a mannequin.
*****
There was a soft knock at the door accompanied by "Hello, . . .Debbie are you
here?" It was a familiar voice. "Come on in
Stella" was Debbie's reply.
Stella! Thank God. She'll recognize me and rescue me. Kari was excited, she
had hope!
Debbie motioned to the Kari mannequin, "Stella, I'm glad you came. Look! She
made a perfect mannequin. Your story
worked perfectly. She didn't have a clue. While you look her over I'll ring up
to accounting and have them bring down your
check."
Check! Why a check? Then it hit Kari like a freight train—she had been sold
to be turned into a mannequin. Now Kari was
angry. She kept repeating the scenario in her head. Stella was expecting a
check. Stella had sold Kari out. Stella and Debbie
had made Kari an offer she couldn't refuse knowing that they'd never even have
to pay her. Stella was part of the plot. Kari's
anger transitioned to depression, a minute before she had thought that Stella
might be her savior. Instead, working for Stella had
sealed her doom.
With Debbie on the phone, Stella turned to Kari and spoke directly to her.
"Kari, honey. I don't know if you can hear me.
You're probably mad at me now, but you really do look beautiful. In a few years
you'd be too old to model and we'd have
parted anyway. Now you'll look beautiful forever. And isn't the Springfield
store in your hometown? It'll be like going home."
Kari's anger subsided. Being a mannequin in the new Springfield store was
kind of like going home. She might even see some
old friends. But anger quickly returned, they'd be real and she wouldn't.
After getting off the phone Debbie came over to Stella with a glass of orange
juice. "What do you think?"
Stella spoke while sipping her orange juice. "She's beautiful. It's hard to
believe she was real just a few days ago. She looks
just as good as Jackie did last week. I've got one other that I think I can get
to do it this Sunday and you'll have your three
from Rosewood."
Stella patted Kari on the check and turned back to Debbie, "So when do you
want her . . . the other one? Sunday morning
again?"
"Well actually I need someone before then . . . like today."
"Today?!! Isn't that a little short notice? I mean . . . most models . . . er
. . . a . . . some models can come . . . on . . on . .
s-s-short n-n-notice . . . but not . . .th-the . . . type y-y-you . . ." Stella
was getting a little sleepy and woosy. She sat down in
the chair. "Wh . . . Wh . . . What . . . is . . . h . h . hap . p . pen . . .
ing . . . t-t-t-to . . . m . . ."
Stella slumped into Debbie's arms. "Actually Stella, I think you'll do just
fine. And by using you, we won't risk having anyone in
Rosewood who knows our secret. And, guess what? We won't be paying you your
bonus either."
Shortly after Stella had passed out, Todd walked in the room. Debbie had
called him when she pretended to be calling
accounting for a check. He walked over to Stella and examined her carefully. "So
you think she'll do?"
"Yep, she'll do fine. Her portfolio was in the original group that we picked
the other two from. She's the right size and has the
right look. She's a little older, but we can work around that with a little
extra makeup."
"Okay. Let's get started."
Kari watched as Todd and Debbie lifted Stella onto a table and began taking
her clothes off. Kari was reminded of how grungy
Stella always dressed. She was wearing an old worn-out designer label sweatshirt
and a pair of black jeans. Her body was
limp as they took off the sweatshirt and jeans. Kari was amused that underneath
it all, Stella was wearing a leopard skin print
bra and panty set. She didn't seem like the type of woman to wear racy
underwear. She was too conservative and casual. In a
few moments Stella was completely naked.
For the next hour or so, Debbie completely waxed Stella's body. With the
waxing went Stella's hair, every bit of it including the
hair on her head. Stella was beginning to look like a mannequin.
Kari remembered the process that she went through. To become a mannequin the
body paint had to harden while she stood in
position. Stella was limp. How would they get her to stand in position for the
hours needed? Her question was partially
answered when Todd and Debbie tied ropes to Stella's wrists and ankles. They
quickly tied her so that she was standing with
her feet apart and her arms upward at forty-five degree angles from her body.
She looked like she was doing a jumping jack.
With Stella tied in this position, Debbie began spraying the cream on her
body. It was the same stuff Debbie had used on Kari,
with a stiffening result. "Your going to make a beautiful mannequin, Stella,"
was Debbie's comment upon completion. "I'm sure
that you‘ll be seeing a lot of Jackie and Kari. Maybe you'll be in the same
display. . . well, I've got to run an errand, don't go
anywhere while I'm gone!" Debbie chuckled as she left the room.
Kari had mixed feelings as she watched this process. Sure Stella deserved
this treatment. She was responsible for Kari being
made into a mannequin. But on the other hand, it was hard to see anyone have
their life and mobility taken from them.
Kari dozed off into a short sleep. She was awakened by movement around her.
Debbie was back with Todd and they had
untied Stella. They were posing her into a position. Evidently the body paint
had hardened to such an extent that they could
move Stella in any position and Stella would stay put. Together they posed
Stella into a sitting position, using a small chair as
her seat. Stella's legs were crossed and she was leaning back supporting herself
with her arms. While Todd finalized the pose,
Debbie began working on Stella's facial makeup.
When they were nearly finished a knock came at the door, it was an employee
who came in and asked Todd a question. The
employee nervously looked around while Todd responded. He never suspected that
the two nude female mannequins in the
room had been real living breathing women just a few hours before. Kari was only
slightly bothered by her nakedness. Kari
was resigning herself to existing as a mannequin and not a human.
It was hard to keep track of time when you were a mannequin, but in about a
week Kari found herself standing in the display
studio with Jackie and Stella. They remained nude, but Kari could see in the
mirror across the room that at some point they had
shaved her head. She was as bald as could be—Jackie and Stella too. Kari
wondered what was left. She wondered when they
were going to Springfield.
Todd came in with an electric device of some sort. The device was a wire that
was about two feet long. There was a cord from
one end of the wire, Todd plugged it into an extension cord. He walked over to
Stella and lifted the wire up under Stella's
armpit. The device took off Stella's arm and left a clean smooth flesh colored
line. In a matter of a few minutes, Todd had
installed some hardware into Stella's shoulder (where her arm had been) and then
into her arm. He then clicked the arm back in
place, leaving a fine line as the only visible evidence that her arms could be
removed.
Todd then used the device to install pivot points on the remainder of
Stella's body--her wrists, her other shoulder, her waist
and at the top of her right leg. He then did the same to Jackie. Kari realized
that this would enable the display staff to take her
body apart to make it easier to move her and to dress her. But what would it
feel like? Todd then came to Kari and began with
her right arm. It happened so fast that she hardly even noticed what was
happening. After about a half-hour, Todd was finished
with Kari too. She now felt even less like a human and more like a mannequin.
She knew she would never be real again.
*****
"Well girls, its time to go to Springfield," was Debbie's comment as she took
the three women apart and placed their body parts
in a packing crate. Kari's torso was laid opposite of Stella's. Kari was looking
into Stella's navel and Stella hers. She could feel
that one of Stella's breasts was placed between her own breasts. Their legs and
arms were placed around them and then the
box was topped off with packing straw. "I'm going over to the Rivergate store
this afternoon, they've got a model over there
ready for a security assignment just like you did Kari. Her name is Naomi, I'm
sure you'll run into her in Springfield." Debbie
nailed the wooden box shut.
The next thing the mannequins knew, their box was being opened up in a
different surrounding. They were in the display room
of the new store. Kari was the first to be wheeled to her station. A woman had
put all her parts separately on a cart and was
wheeling her through the store. She could see that everything was brand new.
Workers were all around readying the store to be
opened. Some of the shelves were stocked and others remained empty.
Kari wondered what department she was going to. Since she knew she would
never again be a real human, she had begun to
look forward to being a mannequin in the store. She was hoping to be in the
formal wear section, modeling a fancy evening
gown or maybe even a wedding dress. Instead she found herself being put on a
pedestal in the lingerie section. Lingerie!! This
was the last department she wanted. It was bad enough being a mannequin. But
here she would be a mannequin in her
underwear. This was embarrassing.
In a few minutes the same woman came again with the cart containing Stella's
parts. Kari's torso was sitting on the pedestal
next to her legs and waist, so her view was a low one with the woman darting
back and forth in front of her. Out of the corner
of Kari's eye, she could see that the woman had put Stella fully together with
the exception of her arms. The woman went into
the display racks and came back with a full slip in a leopard skin print. She
quickly pulled it over Stella's head and down over
her body. She then installed Stella's arms and put a blonde wig on her head.
Well, thought Kari, Stella did seem to like that
leopard print stuff, she ought to be happy!
After the woman had finished primping Stella, she went back into the display
racks. Kari wondered what she was getting for
her. A few moments later the woman came back with something that appeared to
match the leopard skin print of Stella's slip.
Through her low view (she was staring directly at her own crotch), she could see
the woman putting a pair of French cut briefs
on her bottom half. The woman then turned around and picked up Kari's torso and
attached it to her bottom half. Kari's arms
were still lying on the ground at her feet. Looking into Kari's face, the woman
put her hands around Kari's back. Kari could feel
that the woman had fastened a bra around her chest. She then pulled the straps
over Kari's shoulders and then spent a few
moments adjusting the straps so that the cups fit tightly over Kari's breasts.
The woman then put a wig on Kari's head and spent some time working on their
facial make-up. Even though she resented
being a mannequin, she did enjoy the special treatment. She truly felt
beautiful.
With her eyes fixed straight ahead, Kari could see her reflection in a mirror
in the jewelry section across the aisle. Her and
Stella presented a beautiful display of two women in matching leopard skin
underwear. One (Stella) sitting on a dresser wearing
a slip and the other (Kari) standing beside her wearing a bra and French-cut
panties. Kari could feel and see that the bra was
designed to enhance her cleavage, however her breasts remained firm and
immovable. Stella was a blonde and Kari was a
sassy redhead.
"You guys look great," said the woman. "Our grand opening is tomorrow and
everyone, especially the guys, will be ogling you
two. Sometimes I envy you mannequins--you always look great, everyone wishes
they could look like you. Sometimes I wish I
could be like you . . . you live a carefree existence. That beats my life most
of the time." She paused for a moment and then
said, "I'll see you tomorrow."
A few minutes later, Debbie and Todd came through checking the store over to
see if it was ready for the grand opening. They
stopped in front of Kari and Stella. "Hey you guys drew lingerie!" Debbie
snickered. "I just saw your friend Jackie. She ended
up in career wear dressed in a nice business suit. She's probably grateful she
didn't end up in her undies like you two."
With that comment, Kari began to feel a little naked. But there was nothing
she could do.
*****
Over the next few months, thousands of people came through the new
Springfield Dempsey's. Kari and Stella remained in the
same display, although the display lady came at regular intervals and changed
them. One of the people to walk by was Kari's
mother and her Aunt Evelyn. They paused momentarily to look at Kari and Stella.
"These dummies look so real nowadays,"
commented Evelyn, "this one looks a little like Kari." With that comment, Kari
saw sadness on her mother's face. What did she
think had happened to her? If only she could reassure her that she was okay.
A few days later, Kari recognized another face in front of her. It was Diane,
her former roommate that had moved back to
Springfield. She was with Marlene, another friend from high school. "This
mannequin reminds me of Kari," said Marlene, "I
wonder what ever happened to her."
As time went by Kari and Stella remained as motionless ambassadors for
Dempsey's. Kari began to look forward to the times
when the display staff changed her clothes. It seemed like she was changed about
once a month. But she really didn't know for
sure, time really had no meaning to her now. Usually she was changed during the
morning hours when there wasn't a great deal
of store traffic. It was always the same woman that changed her. Kari didn't
know her name, but she called her Carol because
she reminded her of a Carol she knew back in high school. That Carol, like this
Carol, seemed lonely but nice. Kari hoped that
Carol would find someone or something that would add meaning to her life.
Kari had gotten used to being nude in front of passerby's. Kari often
wondered whether Stella was aware of her surroundings
in the same way that she was. Had she also gotten used to being nude in public?
Has she accepted the fact that she would
always be a mannequin? Kari would never know.
*****
One evening after the store was closed, Debbie and Todd reappeared. They
immediately began undressing Kari and Stella.
Once undressed, they took Stella apart and put her on a cart and Todd took
Stella off to toward the display room. Debbie then
dressed Kari in a silky nightie with a matching robe. The smoothness of the
material exited Kari as it caressed her torso. It was
a welcome feeling compared to the stiffness of the bras she had been wearing.
Debbie paused for a moment and looked Kari in the eye. "Well Kari, you'll
have a new partner on your display tomorrow.
We're opening a new store in Bridgetown and we need three mannequins from
Springfield. You should see yourself, you really
are a beautiful mannequin. Sometimes I'm a little envious. You really look at
peace."
The next morning about half an hour before opening, Debbie walked up to the
display with a young woman dressed in the
pajama set that matched the nightie that Kari was wearing. "Here's where you'll
spend your day," Debbie announced.
The woman with Debbie stood on the floor in front of Kari and looked into her
face. "I remember seeing this mannequin a few
day's ago, she looks just like someone I went to high school with." That's when
Kari realized that the girl who would be on
display with her--the girl who would also be come a mannequin--was Marlene. The
same Marlene that she went to high school
with and who just a few days ago had recognized her on a shopping trip with her
old roommate Diane.
Through the mirror in the jewelry section, Kari watched as Debbie maneuvered
the resting post up the leg of Marlene's
pajamas. She wanted to scream at her to run away. She watched Debbie carefully
pose Marlene's body, arms and finally her
head. Debbie talked with Marlene about watching for shoplifters in the jewelry
section across the aisle. Marlene was being
duped, Marlene would soon be a mannequin.
As the day went on, Marlene remained firm in her pose. She wanted the bonus
she would never get. Throughout the day a few
people stopped and felt the material of Marlene's pajamas. If only someone would
jar her into breaking her pose. But no one
did, and by the end of the day Kari knew that Marlene had joined the ranks of
the mannequins--she would never move again.
After closing, Debbie and Todd came back. "It's okay Marlene, you can move
know," Todd commanded with a smile on his
face. Todd reached up and tapped Marlene's cheek. It was hard and sounded of
plastic. Todd turned to Debbie, "I think she's
ready." He turned back to Marlene, "Well, did you catch any shoplifters today?"
Debbie then stripped Marlene of all her clothes. Kari could see in the mirror
that Marlene had been prepared in the same way
that she had. Her body had been rid of hair and her sex and nipples had been
covered. She looked just like the mannequin she
had become. They lifted Marlene onto a cart and wheeled her off toward the
storeroom. Inside Kari cried for Marlene and her
fate.
*****
The next week things got a little strange. Instead of Debbie and Todd
bringing another victim to stand by Kari and "watch" the
jewelry section, it was her old roommate Diane who was with Todd. The girl they
brought was dressed in the same pajamas
that Marlene wore last week. Throughout the day her skin also hardened into its
final mannequin form. At the end of the
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