The Cosmos, The Arrivals, Book 1, Chapter 5, Babs & Tiffany: Dining Room, Backyard Scratch, Bath, Day 1, Section 9, Babs & Tiffany: Guilt, and Not Remembering Janet ¶ Once again Babs lets curiosity about her former Roommate and contemporaneous Monitor avail her of an opportunity to probe Tiffany. “So when you and Janet stripped together, did you two let the Patrons have sex with you? When you were both Strippers two Terms ago. Before you Whored.” ¶ Tiffany runs her fingers around a body buried in bubbles. “Well, you knows Cosmos Kimju & Molly know, nobody comes into the Game as a Whore. And let me tell you that the Nugget is one of those strip joints where nobody stops the lapdance patrons from fondling the talent. But MomCap warned us if we let any lapdance customer take his dick out of his pants that we would for sure Opt Whore. Well, as soon as I let some guy do this, the next thing I know I am sitting on it. Right there in the Club. And the next thing I know I’m Opted to Whore. It wasn’t hard, but I was surprised with the speed at which I was turned over.” ¶ “And Janet?” Babs questions carefully. ¶ “Janet? Well, maybe Janet let the Nugget Patrons fondle and finger her, but otherwise she behaved herself. And stayed naked. So we both got what we wanted: Janet got to Opt Up and Pledge, I gather with you last Term, and I got to go turn tricks. I’m a lot better Whore than Janet would ever have made, and besides, becoming a sex-for-money type enabled me to become a famous Porn Star.” ¶ “You are a Pledge and a wannabe Porn Star,” Boss Babe reminds. ¶ Tiffany redirects, “Listen, Ma’am. I don’t know which ex-Strippers might be heading here from the Nugget, but whoever it is, I probably already know them.” ¶ “Perhaps it might be Kimju and Molly?” BB hazards her best guess. ¶ “Ah, bingo.” Tiffany brushes her forehead with wet hands and rinses her face. “If you treat me right I can tell you a thing or two about them that you won’t see on their Camera Lounge videos or Pink Pages.” ¶ “You will tell me no matter what,” Boss Babe reminds Tiffany. ¶ “Ma’am, of course. I will tell you everything I know,” Tiffany insists. “So by deduction I figure Janet will be getting ex-Strippers Ginny and Lee. Lee’s a Lollydor, a lick up lezzy, and Ginny is not just an ex-Stripper, not just an ex-Whore; Ginny’s a guzzle grinding Whore-for-Life!” ¶ Tiffany lifts and waves a finger over her head as soapy water streams off her elbow and down her armpit. It is as if she points up to her Calendar. “There should be a month where Ginny and I mouth the opposite sides of a humongous black erection with a streamer coming out the front. We shot porn together in the Inner Sanctuary.” ¶ Babs casts dryly, “Maybe the ex-Strippers will remember your Feature Dancing and Champagne Room exploits. Maybe Janet will have a story or two about you from your time Stripping together.” ¶ Tiffany senses unease at the possibility of Janet’s participation, and her body makes waves in the tub. “Ma’am,” she advances, “Ma’am, I’ll perform on the Pee-Cam with Janet. I’ll match anything she does. And I’ll beg to Pledge naked and cum be a Stripper next Term.” ¶ “You were not forthcoming with me about knowing Janet, earlier, in the Dining Room. You mislead me,” Boss Babe recriminates, forgetting that Tiffany’s warm bath represents compensation for crawling through prickly bushes. ¶ Tiffany reconsiders this admonition and tries to think a way out of her predicament. None obvious. “Ma’am, I was confused, Ma’am,” she stumbles. “You did the right thing to make me scratch myself up in the Backyard. I deserved it. It’s important that you affirm that actions have consequences.” ¶ Like a warm bubble bath? ¶ Tiffany promises, “Ma’am, it won’t happen again, Ma’am.” ¶ Boss Babe tosses her hair, rises, and leaves Tiffany alone with the Bathroom Cam.