Lapis was more than eager to accept Thema's invitation to be featured on her next stream.
Lapis adored Thema's stylish and domineering personality, and it meant the world to Lapis that Thema would give any attention to the younger streamer.
One day, while Thema had been spending her afternoon browsing through online streams, the elegant woman came across a show that grabbed her interest. Displayed on the stream was an energetic girl confidently explaining the events of her latest episode. Beside the strange girl was a boy of the same age, strapped down to a chair with his feet raised into the camera's view. Apparently the boy was being used to demonstrate the workings of an interrogation device that this girl somehow had access to.
Once her explanation was complete, the girl (named Lapis) pressed a button on the chair's control panel and stepped back so the audience could see the machine come to life.
Thema's interest peaked as she watched the machine begin tickling the boy (whose name Thema couldn't be bothered to remember) as a part of its interrogation procedure. Things only escalated from there as Lapis quickly lost control of the machine, leaving her friend stuck in its clutches until the apparent owner of the device appeared from off-camera. Quickly, the machine's controls were reinstated and all the issues were apparently fixed, yet Lapis and the machine's owner suddenly walked away from the camera leaving nothing on-screen but the boy in the chair.
Thema continued to watch the stream for many more hours, seeing nothing but the boy being tickled for the entire duration.
"Huh, so the girl leaves her friend to be tickled-on camera for the rest of her stream and she couldn't even be bothered to stick around? Talk about crappy content. She should be giving some commentary, or talking to her audience. This won't do at all."
Thema wasn't impressed by how these amateurs were handling their streams, but she was impressed by the energy of the host. After a moment of consideration, Thema decided to invite Lapis to join her next stream as a guest. The two of them would be able to get to know each other, and Thema could show this girl how a REAL tickler handles her streams.
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Lapis had proven to be a wonderful and endearing guest to have on Thema's stream. Lapis was very charismatic, and Thema's audience took a liking to her almost right away. The two girls were seated in front of a giant monitor in the middle of the room that displayed live footage of someone being tickled. Thema decided that she would show Lapis how to properly use tickling in her streaming content by having an affiliate help with this interview.
Silas happened to be available that night and agreed to let himself be tickled on-camera. The only condition Silas asked for was to meet Lapis when she arrived at Thema's estate. Thema agreed, and Silas got to enjoy a full 10 minutes of Lapis fawning over his poofy hair and fluffy cat ears before the interview was scheduled to take place. As soon as Thema was ready to start the stream, Lapis had to say good bye to her new fluffy friend and join Thema on-stage so the interview could begin. Silas was taken to another room to be prepared for the tickling he agreed to endure.
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"...and, just when I'd finished using the second roll of duct tape, Vera walks in!" Lapis said, her mouth half-full of cake.
"No! What'd she say?" Thema asked, mocking excitement to humor her guest.
"She was like 'Lapis! What are you doing in my house?! And what are you doing hanging out with that boy again??'" Lapis answered, mimicking an older-sounding voice.
"Wow, I bet she was very upset with you." Thema said, biting into her own piece of cake.
"Oh, Vera was furious! I couldn't tell if she was more angry about me using her secret stash of duct tape for a stream, or the fact that I invited Miles to be a part of it." Lapis replied.
"Vera really doesn't seem to like that friend of yours." Thema said, licking the icing off her fork with her tongue.
"Vera doesn't like me hanging out with Miles very much, but I wouldn't say she hates him. They actually like to play a lot of games together!" Lapis said, proudly. "Like, right after she walked in on us and made me turn off the stream, Vera told me to leave her alone with Miles so the two could talk with each other."
"Right. So they could 'talk' with each other." Thema repeated.
"Mhmm, exactly! I was fine with that, but I think Miles had something to say before I left. I really couldn't tell because I'd wrapped tape over his mouth during our bondage game, but it sounded important because he just started screaming. I thought I would just let Vera figure it out because she's really smart about stuff like that!" Lapis said, cheerfully.
"Yes, it's best not to worry your little head about it." Thema commented with a smirk.
"Exactly! So I left and didn't actually hear from Miles again until the next morning. That's when I found out he and Vera had played another one of their games together!" Lapis said, excited.
Just as quickly as Lapis' excitement rose, her mood quickly dropped and Lapis slumped back into her seat.
"Well, Miles always gets upset when Vera plays games with him. I know she likes to play rough some times, but she really doesn't mean to be mean." Lapis explained.
"I assume that's what Vera told you." Thema said, casually eating more cake.
"Uh huh! But I still always need to calm Miles down after every game. Thankfully Miles is very forgiving and always does his best to make me happy. It's what I love most about him!" Lapis said, cheerily.
"Love~?" Thema repeated.
"What?? I didn't say that! I said LIKE!" Lapis responded.
"I'm glad you've got such a good friend in that boy. It's a shame he hasn't been in any of your streams lately." Thema said, smugly popping a strawberry into her mouth.
Lapis quietly curled up into a ball after Thema mentioned Miles being missing from her streams. A few tears formed in her eyes as she started to speak.
"He always used to join in my streams no matter how upset he was, but after the incident with Vera's interrogation machine, Miles hasn't been responding to any of my invitations. He's never been this angry before. I'm not used to him ignoring me." Lapis explained.
Thema listened to the girl and then got up from her seat, gesturing for Lapis to do the same. Just as the two of them stopped talking, the sound of raging laughter filled the room once again through the speakers surrounding the monitor. Silas had been going crazy under the extreme amounts of tickling he'd been enduring all night. The interview had wound up being several hours longer than what Silas had agreed to, but Thema wanted to extend the length of the interview since she found Lapis to be so endearing.
Thema led Lapis to another room in her estate. Opening the door, Lapis was treated to an unexpected surprise.
Strapped to a chair in the middle of the room was Miles! He was sweating heavily and moaning into a gag. His face was covered by a blindfold and his feet were left twitching and writhing around in their restraints. When Lapis got closer, she noticed this orange powder had been applied to the soles of Miles' feet. As soon as Miles heard the sound of people entering the room, he immediately started thrashing around and screaming into his gag.
Lapis was so excited to see her friend, but she was a bit confused by what was going on.
"It's so great to see Miles here, but I don't understand why he's screaming." Lapis said, starring at Thema.
"It's because he's just so happy that you're here. Isn't that right, boy?" Thema said, squeezing Miles' foot with her hand.
Immediately after hearing Thema's voice, Miles became much quieter and nodded his head in her general direction. Lapis didn't question a thing and just started giggling with joy, overcome with relief that her friend was apparently that excited to see her. Lapis didn't even question why he was tied up.
"How did Miles even get here?" Lapis asked, still surprised to see her friend.
"I had my assistant pick him up about a week ago. She brought him back here where your friend and I could spend some time together. Let's just say that I've been spending my time putting things into perspective for this boy and helping him to realize that the games you play on your streams are far from the worst things that could happen to him." Thema explained, removing the blindfold from Miles' eyes.
"Wait, are you saying Miles isn't mad at me anymore?!" Lapis exclaimed.
"Ask him yourself." Thema said, removing Miles' gag.
"G-Ghuuuugh-h! Y-Yes! She's right! I Aaargh! I-I'm not mad!" Miles shouted through his groaning caused by the itching powder on his feet. "P-Puhleeze! Mistresss! Sc-Scratch it off! QUICKLY!!!"
Thema snapped her fingers and immediately tools from inside Miles' chair sprung to life and began brushing the itching powder off Miles' feet. Miles instantly lost his ability to speak as incoherent laughter started bursting from his mouth instead. All he could really do was shout and squeal.
"It took some convincing, but Miles here has promised me that he will never ignore another invitation to join one of your streams ever again." Thema declared, much to Lapis' bewilderment. "If Miles ever does miss one of your streams, I can assure you he will be coming to visit my estate once again for another week of personal attention."
Lapis didn't know what to say. She was so happy that Miles wasn't ignoring her any more. With her words failing her, Lapis lunged at Thema and wrapped her arms around the larger woman's legs.
