Chapter 257:
En Passant Grandmaster
Maida found herself in a daze as she stood in a shower. Aside from her sneakers, she was not wearing any clothing. This phenomenon in of itself caused Maida to wonder how she ended up like this, especially since she didn't recognize the shower she was in.
"What happened? I left the school, but then what? Why am I wearing nothing but my sneakers and taking a shower? What's going on? It's if-"
Maida's thoughts were interrupted as she suddenly found herself turning off the shower and walking out. The bathroom was large and fancy, but unfamiliar to Maida. Though as she wrapped her hair up in a towel and exited the bathroom, everything became clear. Before her, lying on a hotel bed was Skaberghast.
"YOU! You kidnapped me!"
"Nah... Guess so. Whatever. Now that you're all clean, time to pretty yourself up," Skaberghast sneered as Maida found herself restrained in a salon chair.
Maida attempted to protest, but her mouth was quickly glued shut by the metal tentacles that sprung from the chair. Fearing what was to come, Maida shut her eyes as the tentacles removed the towel from her head, but instead of being shorn, her hair was instead tightly wrapped up in hair rollers.
"Thought we'd throw in some variety. Don't worry, you'll end up bald by the end," Skaberghast yawned.
Maida let loose a series of muffled protests, but that only further served to amuse Skaberghast. Then finally, the shearing began. It started with hair clippers mercilessly buzzing off Maida's hair and eyebrows and any remaining body hair she had. Then came the shaving cream, turning her into a creamy mummy before being shaved smooth. Then came the wax along with an eyelash plucking. Then when that was over, depilatory cream. And after a quick laser, body oil was dumped all over her, completely drenching her.
Maida shivered, blushed, and cried as a mirror revealed her new look. Gallons of body oil oozed down her smooth silky skin and scalp, soaking into her sneakers as she stared at her hairless state. No hair, no eyebrows, no eyelashes, just smooth skin as far as the eye could see.
While Maida once had all her hair shaved off years ago, she had been fully clothed then, where as now she was completely nude with the exception of her sneakers.
"Now that's a goddess if I ever seen one. Way to go, Mayana," Skaberghast sneered as Maida found herself being warped away.
Outside, Maida plopped onto the ground with a splat, sliding around a bit. She picked herself up and found to her horror that people were around and staring at her.
"Nézd! Egy szőrtelen nő! És meztelen [Look! A hairless woman! And she's nude]!"
"Ah! Perverz [Ah! Pervert]!"
"Tornacipőt visel. Csíkos volt, vagy ilyesmi [She's wearing sneakers. Was she streaking or something]?"
"Valaki ebben a pillanatban letartóztatja [Someone arrest her this instant]!"
Maida trembled and covered herself up as she began hyperventilating. Her mind was unable to think properly as she let out a muffled scream and curled up into a ball.
"Whoops, guess I forgot to give you your clothes back!" Skaberghast hollered.
Rage consumed Maida as her eyes darted in the direction of Skaberghast's voice. From the 3rd story balcony of a fancy hotel, there stood Skaberghast, clutching Maida's lab coat as it blew in the wind.
He then let it go, causing it to fall to the ground, perfectly landing atop Maida. Maida quickly wrapped herself in it and ran off. She had no idea why she was here, but she knew at least what country she was in.
"Hungary. That was Hungarian those people were speaking. That means I'm in Hungary, but where? Budapest? Though I'm in trouble. That vile bastard not only stripped me of hair and dignity, but also my wallet and ability to speak. Without ID... Hold on!"
Maida stopped and pulled out her WWCF card, just as two policemen approached her. They looked at her card and nodded to each other before cuffing Maida and hauling her off. She could only hope they were going to deport her back to Japan.
...
As Maida sat in a jail cell for what seemed like an eternity, an officer finally appeared and stated she'd be released and deported back to Japan. This was the best outcome Maida could've hoped for. Though as she was escorted outside, Raymond suddenly appeared.
Recognizing him, one of the officers saluted and shoved Maida towards him.
"Fear not, for I shall ensure your safe passage to Japan, should you choose to go back instead of staying."
"Mmmph?"
"Ah my apologies."
With a swift swing of his cane, Maida's mouth suddenly became unsealed.
"PEH! W- What did you do?"
"It matters not. Now I can arrange for you to spectate the chess Olympics here, or send you home. Which shall it be?"
While Maida wanted to go home, she felt it was probably best to take Raymond's offer.
"Very well, then I shall arrange the accommodations."
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