If you haven't read any of the Ted's Dolls stories before, you should start with Ted's Dolls 1: Jane before reading this one. Knowing what happened in Ted's Doll 2: Emily is very important for this part as the RPG story continues here.

“3... 2... 1...” Ted said as soon as the Jane doll was loaded into the car. He closed the front passenger side door and opened the rear door to drop a bag in the backseat.

Emily sat up in the backseat and looked through the bag. It contained the clothes and shoes Jane had been wearing the night before. She looked at Jane and whistled because of how she was clothed. “That dress she's wearing must have cost a couple hundred dollars. I can't see her shoes.”

“That was nice of Cooper.”

“Hopefully.”

A few minutes later, Jane said. “That was totally weird.” She turned in her seat. “Is that you Emily?”

“We can't wait to hear what happened. Spill.”

She told them about movie night and going to bed early.

“He slept on the couch?”

“I suppose so. I have no way to say for sure.”

“Why would he lie about it?”

“Why did he sleep on the couch?”

“Not important. The next morning he came in before dawn and loaded me into his SUV. We rode up to Canyon Bluff. He starts taking stuff out of the vehicle and does something with it I can't see. Then he takes me out and I see a bunch of photography equipment. The real deal: lighting umbrellas, tripods, and other stuff. He sets me down in front of the horizon and takes a few test pictures. He even held a light meter to my face and then made camera adjustments. Then as the sun rose, he took some pictures, rearranged my pose, took more pictures, change my clothes, rinse repeat. When the sunrise light was gone, the pictures he took didn't include the sunrise in the background.

“Over the course of the day, he took me to five different locations and took pics of me in over a dozen different outfits. We didn't get back to his apartment more than twenty minutes before you arrived to pick me up just now. I suppose that's why I'm still wearing this.”

“Photography. I wouldn't have guessed that,” Emily said.

“I'm still a bit creeped out,” Jane said. “The clothes, this dress, they all fit me like a glove. I mean, they almost seem tailored to my body. How did he do that?”

“He asked me to ask if you would be willing to do it again this Friday,” Ted said. “Same arrangement, same price. I didn't understand what he meant when he said it but he added it would be more of the same thing that happened Saturday.”

“He wants to pay $300 to take more photos of me, as a doll.”

“Apparently.”

“I'll think about it. How was your evening, Emily?”

“Ugh,” she said, thinking about her time in the freshman dorm. “Nowhere near as good.”

* * *

A week later, Emily was in Ted's room. It was the normal time on a Thursday when Emily would arrive at Ted's room to become a doll for the gaming couple.

“They don't want me to know what I'll look like?” Emily said.

“I can't say why but trust me, this will be worth it. He even provided some wardrobe,” he said grabbing a crate. “Go in the bathroom and change into this outfit. When you are ready come out here and I'll doll you in the car. I'm delivering Earl's doll tonight.”

When she got out of the bathroom, she did a little twirl in the emerald green sleeveless dress with a flared skirt and plunging neckline that she wore. “How do I look?” It was accessorized with a costume ruby necklace. Fake gold armbands hung on her upper arms. Wooden sandals were also included in the costume.

Ted was holding a small canvas bag. “Perfect.”

“I can't fit into that.”

“You won't have to. Let's go.”

In the car Emily said, “You said tonight's doll would be overnight?”

“Oh, yeah. Actually it'll be all day Friday too. I have to go back to my parents house tomorrow and won't be back until evening. This isn't a problem is it?”

“No, you mentioned it before. You just hadn't said why.”

They rode over to Rhana and Earl's apartment. When they arrived Ted said, “Look at me. 3... 2... 1...”

Emily had hoped to get a look at her face in the car's vanity mirror but she had turned her head when he asked and immediately the doll was unable to move. The unknown doll could tell though that something heavy was on its head.

Ted took a photo of the doll's face before putting the small canvas bag over her head with some effort. Blind, the doll was carried into the apartment.

“How's it look?” Earl said. Then, after probably seeing the camera pic said, “Perfect.”

Rhana arrived home shortly after the doll arrived. “What's with the bag?”

“Tonight's doll is a surprise,” Earl said. Any additional probing questions gained Rhana no additional information.

After dinner, they got directly into playing. The doll had been placed right next to the table, not far from Rhana's chair. During dinner, Rhana would occasionally run her foot up the leg of the doll. The doll enjoyed the feeling. It also guessed that Earl could not see when Rhana did this.

With the dishes cleared, Earl began, “When we left off last week, Lady Elswood was seeking the Eye of Eylor, a ruby of great value needed to restore her lover from cursed paralysis. Our Hero was caught unawares and struck from behind while sneaking into a monastery in the Burbonnarie Hills on the outskirts of the Gnarlwood Forest. When she came too, she was in darkness, lying face up on the cold stone floor of an unseen space.”

“I stand up and check my stuff.”

“Your stuff seems to be missing. You don't even have clothing.”

“Ooh, wait.”

The doll heard Rhana stand up, remove her clothing, and then sit down again.

“Nice. Your hands feel the walls on either side of you barely five feet apart. You cannot find walls in the other direction. Perhaps you are in a corridor.”

“Is there any kind of breeze?”

“Perception check.”

“Damn. 7.”

“None that you can sense.”

“I walk forward, whichever way that is. I lead with my hand along the left hand wall.”

“You travel forward may fifteen steps before the wall on your left disappears. You find you are in a full intersection with three directions you can go in addition to going back the way you came.”

“I turn left, continuing to follow the left wall.”

“You travel for some time, turning this way and that. You are unsure how long or how far you've traveled, when you notice there's light up ahead.”

“I slow down.”

“You creep forward. You can see that the light, probably made by a torch, is coming from an opening on the right hand wall maybe thirty feet ahead of you. Do you continue forward?”

“Yes, I creep up to the edge and listen for anyone moving or talking within.”

“You hold your breath for a moment but there is no other sound around you.”

“I peer inside.”

“You see a bare bed chamber: a bed, a table with two chairs, and a stool. The light is coming from several wall sconces. No one is here.”

“I search for anything I can use as a weapon or armor. 13 investigation.”

“You find a dagger on the table and some gold coins.”

“I pick up the dagger. I can't carry the coins without pockets.”

“You don't find any clothing. There is a pitcher of water on the table with the dagger.”

“I drink it.”

“All of it?”

“Just whatever I need. I'm probably thirsty given how long it's been.”

“You also notice an exit on the far side of the room. More light comes from that exit.”

“Can I take a torch from the wall?”

“Easily.”

“I do so and then exit.”

“This seems to be a different part of the maze with torches lit every fifty or so feet.”

“I continue using the left hand rule, holding the dagger in my right hand.”

“You travel through the maze, certain you have retraced your steps many times.” The sound of a die being rolled is heard. “You are getting tired.”

“How long have I been awake?”

“Not long. You suspect the water wasn't just water.”

“Damn, I push forward.”

“You exert your will power to push forward but soon you succumb to darkness.”

The doll could hear Earl moving.

“Close your eyes.”

Rhana emits a small squeal.

“When you wake again... when you wake again you see... this.”

The bag was pulled from the doll's head as he spoke. The doll saw Rhana with her head tilted back on the chair, eyes closed. She opened her eyes and said, “No, not a g-”

At that point her body froze in place, her skin turned gray in color. She stopped moving, her mouth still open and silent.

The gorgon doll heard Ted say, “Don't touch her. It'll take a few minutes for the effect to finish.”

“And she can't hear us now?”

“From what the dolls tell me they experience the transition nearly instantaneously but as you can see it actually takes a few moments. If that's all, I'll be leaving now.”

“I saved some food for you if you want to take it with you.”

“I'll take you up on that offer. It did smell good while I was hiding in the wardrobe.” As Earl retrieved the food, Ted stood in front of the doll. “This is what you look like.” The doll saw a picture of a scaly skinned, scarred face with yellow eyes and a wreath of snakes instead of hair framing its face. It was a gorgon. It was also a sex doll and its mouth was a ready receptacle for a phallus.

After a few minutes, the doll of Lady Elswood was once again aware. The gorgon doll was still standing there. The doll noticed that the gorgon was wearing a ruby necklace. Was that the Eye of Eylor?

Earl said, “Lady Elswood looks directly into the eyes of the gorgon and is turned to stone. The gorgon smiles and then slithers off. Lady Elswood is fully aware of her fate and lays there for an indeterminate amount of time before she realizes she has been picked up by an unknown force. She soon found herself in a garden surrounded by other statues. A man came by every few days and made sure no moss was growing on the beautiful statue.” As he says this, the gorgon doll watches as Renter brushes the statue doll in various place, simulating the cleaning performed by the gardener. “One day, he did more than clean the statue.”

Earl put the statue doll on the bed and started making love to it. The gorgon doll could not look away as Earl pleasured the doll that once was Rhana. For hours he stroked and poked her. The gorgon doll was a little jealous. The whole point of becoming a doll for the couple was to be treated like that.

Earl got up for a drink from the refrigerator. He stepped in front of the gorgon doll and said, “I haven't forgotten you.” He picked it up and took it to the bed. The doll felt foolish as Earl turned his attention to it. Soon it was blissing on being used for sex as it should be and the next thing it knew, it was morning.