In case you stumbled into this part first: Please start by reading SAO: Kinky Simulation - Prologue.

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Compatible Software Found said a message popping up after Shino had moved into the Scenario Mode menu. Underneath it was a list of titles, various VR games she had played before, Alfheim Online and Gun Gale Online at the top of that list.

So it even connected to other games? Those must have been some interesting phone calls, getting the publishers to agree to such a crossover. As bizarre as this project was, it was impressive with what professional dedication it had been put together.

Yes, that was a good sentence. Shino made a mental note to write that into her review later.

Getting rid of the message, she looked through the list of scenarios that came with the test version. There were a few, a couple of them noting crossover support. Shino decided to start with a basic one to judge the game on its own merit first.

"High School Drama - 01" was the first in the list. There were some tags listed in the corner, though she mostly glanced past them. Upon selecting it, she was given another menu again, giving her the option to make changes to the basic settings. Out of principle, she tended to avoid this, to judge the game on its base settings, as it was intended, but this time she at least gave them a once-over to see what she was in store for.

The Map and Captor settings were locked, but she was free to change the Avatar, AI, Restraint, and Time settings. She only took a brief look at each one, but didn't end up making any changes. Despite her determination to keep an analytical approach, she was more eager to start than she was ready to admit.

Leaving all the settings on default, she started the scenario.



The dive went smoothly and was relatively fast. Likely because it was a single-player experience, so there was no need to contact a busy server. When Shino opened her eyes, she was standing in the middle of a school hallway. It was a generic depiction, one she would see in any anime, but it was convincing. There were a few NPC students running simple behaviour, walking to class, talking about nothing, or sitting down to have lunch.

Shino looked out the window. From here, she could see the courtyard, the front gate and a city landscape, though she suspected there would be an invisible wall somewhere.

Looking down at herself, she took note of the clothes the simulation had put her avatar in. It was a simple summer uniform, short-sleeved white shirt, blue skirt, dark socks and white indoors shoes. Looking around, she started heading in a random direction, down the hall, with no clear indication where to go.

For now, she had something else to check, regardless. The building layout was very basic and so, finding the restroom was an easy task. Heading inside, she stood in front of the mirror to look at her avatar.

The simulation apparently read basic avatar data from the Amusphere™ directly, as many games did. Her avatar looked just like she did in real life, though a few years younger and with some subtle idealized changes. Like the lack of glasses, for instance.

"Now, where do I go?", she said quietly to herself, as she turned back towards the door.

Before she could reach out to the handle, an arm wrapped around her waist and a hand firmly pressed against her lips. Shino gasped instinctively and gripped the arms now pulling her back, trying to move them off of her.

"You're not going anywhere.", a female voice hissed into her ear and she caught a glimpse of the girl in the mirror as she was dragged into one of the stalls. Blonde dyed hair, turning back to a dark brown at the roots, wearing the same uniform as herself, but notably taller. When they were inside the stall, a second girl barred her view of the mirror, dark hair in a ponytail and also imposingly tall, following them in and locking the door.

Finally, the grip loosened somewhat and Shino pulled herself free, though she was caught between the taller girls, with nowhere to immediately flee to.

"What are you doing!?", she demanded to know, giving herself pause. She knew what they were doing, this was how the scenario would run. Was the simulation convincing enough to make her react, or was she just subconsciously playing along?

"What are we doing she asks.", the ponytail girl said mockingly, grabbing Shino's arm.

"Oh, I wonder.", the blonde girl mused, grabbing the other.

Shino tried to struggle free, but they pressed her chest-first against the wall of the stall, one of them pushing her head against it. The blonde let go of her arm and took both of her wrists instead, moving her arms to be parallel to one another.

"Hey, stop it!" They didn't listen. She now felt rope starting to encircle her arms and found them quickly tied together tightly. The hand holding her head now gripped into her hair and pulled her head back, the other girl quickly shoving something between her lips and tying a a strip of cloth between her lips to keep it in.

"Quick, give me the next one.", one of the girls said behind her. She tried to look over her shoulder but couldn't clearly see what was going on. Moment later, she felt more rope on her, being wound around her body just under her chest, pinning her arms to her back. It was pulled tight, digging into her skin, before she heard the door unlock again.

"No, go.", one of them said sternly. Shino was pushed to stumble out of the door, coming face to face with her reflection. Her arms behind her back, rope wound around her and a cleave gag between her lips, it was at the same time alarming and exciting to see.

"Hey, no stopping." She was grabbed by the arm and pulled towards the door. Her eyes widened when she realized she was being brought out into the hallway like this. Instinctively, she tried to resist, but the girls just giggled and continued yanking her along and shoving her out into the hall.

The students turned and stared, surprise and shock in their expressions. Shino's arms were grabbed again and she was led along between them, down the hall, whispers and giggles surrounding them. Shino's cheeks flushed and she cast her eyes down, avoiding eye contact.

She was only brought a few more steps before she was shoved back-first against the wall between two windows. She felt something warm and solid on her back, a thin radiator pipe. The girls pulled out more rope and one of them stood directly in front of her, starting to tie more rope to her arms, while the other crouched down, getting to binding her legs.

Shino wasn't putting up much resistance any more and they were soon done. Her ankles and thighs were tied together, the rope somewhat digging into her skin, and tied against the pipe as well, just like her arms.

The girls smirked and one of them ruffled her hair before they turned to walk away.

"Have fun, loser!", she heard one of them call as they disappeared down the hallway.

Shino shifted in her restraints, but found herself to be completely immobile. She pulled and grunted, quiet gasps muffled by the gags, but there was no getting loose on her own, her fingers didn't even reach any of the knots.

She looked up. The students were avoiding eye contact, but they definitely looked at her as they were walking past, whispering, some of them giggling amongst themselves. The hot wash of shame that came over her mixed with the lingering arousal and she found herself in an oddly exciting state of helplessness. No matter how much she twisted or struggled, screamed or begged, she was stuck, on display for everyone walking past.

Until, after what felt like an eternity, all the clinging rope seemed to let go of her at once and she felt the gentle drifting feeling of logging out.



Shino took a deep breath again and blinked, faced once more with the soothingly warm software menu. She sighed and stretched her arms and legs, relieved to be returned to freedom.

"Okay, wow...", she said quietly into the void. There was a lot to unpack. While the feeling of the tight ropes and the taste of the cloth in her mouth had been very clearly simulated, albeit in a very convincing way, the arousal was very real and made it somewhat difficult to keep her analytical mindset.

However, once she had taken a moment to reflect, she did take note of a few things. There was definitely some value in trying again. Not just to relive the feeling, absolutely not, there was a good logic reason for her to do so. She was a tester after all, she was doing this to provide a proper analysis of the software. Before she could argue more with herself, she reached out and started the simulation again.



She stood back in the same hallway, in the same position. Shino took a steadying breath and walked a few steps until she found the pipe. It was in the same spot, it didn't just spawn in out of convenience. She noted this as a good sign to note in her review later and got on with her test.

The last time, she had been caught in the restroom, after she had gone there just to take a look into the mirror. What if she avoided it, then? She turned on her heels and walked over to the stairs with a quick pace. She could have been running, surely, but the environment was immersive enough to make her stay in character and not break any hypothetical school regulations.

She hurried up the stairs and headed straight towards one of the classrooms, opening the door and heading into the empty room.

"Oh, look who's here."

Shino actually jumped, startled by the voice. She turned around just in time to see the same two tall girls, standing by the wall, just out of sight from the door. Ponytail girl quickly stepped over to the door and closed it with an air of finality.

So, they likely spawned in set locations, wherever the player would go, Shino thought to herself, as she backed away from the girls now approaching her. The blonde girl grabbed her shoulders and shoved her down to sit in a chair.

"Sorry, nerd, but you're staying here now.", she said with a wicked smirk, holding Shino down while the other girl grabbed hold of her arms and pulled them behind the backrest to tie her wrists together.

Several responses burned on Shino's tongue, but she kept quiet. Their dialogue had been responsive in the previous run, so she was curious how much they had to say if she didn't give any input.

"What, got nothing to say, loser?" Alright, she was asking for that one. "Then you won't mind to hold onto this."

The blonde balled up some cloth and shoved it into Shino's mouth, barely giving her a chance to even open her mouth for it. The same cleave gag followed, while the dark-haired girl pulled rope tightly around her body, pinning her to the chair.

They then moved on to her legs again, tying her ankles and thighs, just like before. To her surprise, though, they weren't quite finished yet, lifting up her legs under the seat and connecting the ankles to her wrists with rope, pulling down her arms and at the same time keeping her legs off the ground.

"There, all done. Hope you didn't have plans, loser." Her hair was ruffled again and the two of them left the room, giggling as they went for the door.

Shino summarized her conclusions in her head and decided to make more notes later, before she began pulling and struggling against the rope. It was tight and secure, of course there was no way out. She looked around, quietly mumbling into the gag, until she spotted a pair of scissors, lying on a desk not too far away.

Shino paused her struggles to think. Was this predicament actually solvable? Did the simulation account for an option of escape. She shifted in the ropes as well as she could and tried to throw her weight. The chair moved a little bit, the legs grinding over the floor. Perhaps she could actually reach it.

She continued with the limited motions, getting a little closer bit by bit. This would have been a lot easier, if she could have pushed herself with her feet, but the game didn't seem eager to make it easy on her.

Under muffled grunting and the growing pain of the rope digging into her as she moved against it, she eventually made her way over to the desk. After taking a break and a deep breath in through her nose, she noticed the next obvious problem. The scissors were on top of a desk, way out of reach of her hands. Perhaps, if she could knock the chair against the desk, it would eventually fall down? Then, if she got the chair to tip over, she could...



Shino found herself back in front of the menu, free and aching. She crossed her arms. Part of her was of a mind to immediately try again, maybe extend the time limit. There was a way and she could do it!

She sighed and shook her head. There was way more to test, still, and it was time for a break anyway. She raised her hand to bring up a menu, selecting the option to log out.



Shino, in the real world, sighed deeply and took the Amusphere™ off of her, stretching before slowly getting up. She was right. The arousal was very real. She groaned quietly and walked over to her computer to start gathering her thoughts in notes.