Smooth soothing

Once the Americans, Ukrainians, and Georgians had been encased in beauty cream and loaded into their pods in the truck, attention was turned towards all the remaining women that had been forced to wait.

"Sorry about that, ladies, now-"

But before Melisha could finish, Noa and Golda were chucked into the salon, bound and gagged, instantly souring Melisha's mood. Her eyes shot out towards the salon's entrance where she noticed Qojin and Checheyigen making a break for it.

"Tch, they didn't set foot inside so the barrier didn't trap them. I'm gonna kill them for that. But sadly, rules are rules," Melisha thought as she untied Golda and Noa, only to then shove them into open seats and restrain them there instead.

Noa began to tear up as her mouth was sealed with glue and Melisha menacingly held the clippers before her hairline.

"Sorry about this, but rules are rules. Just try not come any lower than 8th," Melisha softly sighed, a tinge of sadness in her voice as she began shearing off Noa's long hair.

As for Golda, Lili took the liberty of servicing her while Irja migrated over to Mălina as Sally took charge of Viorica, leaving Sabina stuck sitting there as she dreadfully awaited her "complimentary" shave.

"Don't worry, we'll shave you once all the other participants are done," Irja taunted as she flicked on the clippers and drove them right up the middle of Mălina's hairline.

Sedosa and Raissa meanwhile began shaving Iolanda and Gisella, resulting in the two letting out playful screams as their prized hair tumbled to the floor.

"Should have worn contacts today. That way I could see everything much better," Iolanda thought as she relished in the moment she had waited all her life for.

"Guess we wait some more," Zylija sighed as the stylists finished buzzing their clients and began lathering their heads with shaving cream.

In no time flat, everyone was finished with round 1 and lathered up again for round 2.

While Viorica and Mălina were crying the hardest as their eyebrows were shaved, lathered, and shaved once more, Noa was also shedding an equal number of tears, but unlike the two, was getting emotional support from an unlikely source.

"Shh. Don't cry, baby girl, bald is beautiful. You're gonna be just as smooth and sexy as Mimoko once I'm done," Melisha warmly smiled as she buzzed off Noa's eyebrows and lathered them with shaving cream.

"Mmp ngh mmph ngh mmph! Ngh mmph ngh mmph [I don't wanna be here! I wanna go home]!" Noa cried as Melisha gently lathered her face before lathering her exposed legs from the tips of her capri jeans to the tops of her sneakers.

"Noa, you got this. Sorry you were brought here against your will, but now that you're here, let all your tears out now so your focus isn't effected in the tournament. I know you can do it."

Both Mălina and Viorica glared as their ears caught wind of that conversation.

"Oh, she gets emotional support, huh? WHERE'S MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, HUH!?" Mălina angrily thought as she stared at her creamy self in the mirror. "So much cream... Humiliation... HUMILIATION! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO A BEAUTIFUL GIRL LIKE ME!" she screamed in her mind as tears flooded down her cream-encased face.

"Ah, look at those tears. Well if you want praise, be glad you came in fire drip. The shorts, leggings, sneakers and bra top all complimented your dark blue hair, and will compliment your smooth bald look too. Same for your sister rocking a palette swap of your attire. Sucks you aren't real twins, but you'll be looking like them soon," Irja snickered as she tilted Mălina back and started shaving her starting from the legs.

On the other end of the salon, Gisella and Iolanda had just finished having their eyebrows shaved off, resulting in them then having all their faces and exposed skin encased in shaving cream, which was nearly all of Iolanda's body as like Anastasia, she had come to the salon clad in just shorts, sneakers, and a bra top.

All 6 currently serviced girls were quickly shaved and lathered once more for the final round of shaving cream and razor. Noa's tears had subsided sightly, but she still was distressed at this whole scenario, which ended up getting more dire for her as she and the others were encased in wax before having their eyelashes plucked out.

Everyone finished at nearly the same time, but before any wax could be ripped off, two new ladies arrived.

"Well someone's attitude shifted. Never thought I'd hear Melisha soothing a sobbing client," a cheery voice snickered.

Melisha turned her head to notice a young woman with blonde hair with red highlights clad in a white tank top, capri jeans, grey platform sneakers, and a black beret, standing beside a woman with long black hair with turquoise highlights clad in jean shorts, a black tank top, and platform sneakers.

These two were Bella Bleu and Barrdhubh Isenhour. Bella was an actress, director, young mother, and SPCM while Barrdhubh was simply a WWCF employee with a cosmetology degree.

"About time you showed up. Clients are waiting and a big rush is soon to come," Melisha growled.

"I'm more curious to know why you're acting so nice," Bella smirked.

"Ask after you shave those ladies."

Bella shrugged and ushered Allura over to an open seat as Barrdhubh did the same for Zylija."

"Allura's been waiting for hours! One star service!" Allura pouted.

"Hey, girl's got a busy schedule. So to make it up to you, free service. What ya want?" Bella smiled.

"Allura wants all her hair shaved BALD! Eyebrows and eyelashes too!"

"Your wish is my command, sexy," Bella smiled as she glued Allura's mouth shut.

Once Zylija and Allura were on their way to bald town, the others began unwaxing the others, resulting in a chorus of muffled grunts emanating from the sealed lips of their clients. The pain wasn't over yet though as next came the depilatory cream before finally the laser and oil.

"One, two, and SLAP!" Melisha called out as she and the others gave everyone's smooth and shiny bald heads a slap.

Like the others before them, all the now bald women blushed and moaned as they stared at themselves in the mirror.

"Th- This is a bit more drastic than I thought... I miss my gold hair," Golda thought.

"And how do you feel?" Sedosa asked Gisella.

Gisela could only giggle with delight as she stared at her bald self in the mirror. "Liberation. Can't chain me down anymore now, can you, Guiomar," she thought.

The six were then encased in beauty cream before being sealed in pods and loaded into the truck. The Kazakhstani women were still far from done, but at the waxing stage, they were closer than not. And no sooner did they get unwaxed did Muazzez and Jale arrived.

"Feeling fine. Guess going bald beforehand really helped," Muazzez thought as she and Jale sat down.

"Now just because you're bald, doesn't mean we won't throw in a complimentary maintenance shave," Melisha stated.

"You know I won't say no, girl," Muazzez grinned just before her mouth was sealed with glue.

"Then your girlfriend's in my hands," Melisha smiled as she glued Jale's mouth shut and began shaving her.

While Muazzez's eyes were primarily on Jale, she also took note of what happened to Allura and Zylija once their shave was done and they were encased in beauty cream.

"Pods and a trip to the back, likely to be loaded onto a bus or truck. Just where will this take place though?" she thought.