Ko-chan’s Chronicles

Just as I was entering the underground training facility, I heard a sudden scream that was quickly muffled. I hurried into the room only to find Hinari on the floor. Her arms were in the same reverse prayer they were in before, but now her legs were frogtied and her mouth was muzzled. Two of the guards were hovering over her, slowly peeling the ribbons from her mouth and legs with their teeth, since they were also bound in a reverse prayer by the ribbons.

"..What happened? What was that scream?" I interrogated as soon as I got in.

A third guard that was resting at the side looked over. "Young Miss.. Miss Hinari, her inventory is filled with ribbons, so any time she accidentally opens it, this happens. Young Mistress said this training would help her not rely on her inventory anymore. Don't worry too much about Hinari, this kind of thing has happened about a dozen times so far."

"Hinari-chan..." I went over to take a closer look.

Hinari blushed as she saw me come over. The guard had finally gotten the ribbons off her mouth and moved onto her legs.

"Ko-chan... I didn't want you to see me fail so pathetically. I wanted to show you my cool presence as I succeeded, instead." Hinari sighed as she complained.

I smiled. "Don't worry, Hinari-chan, you've always been cool in my eyes. Even if you get muzzled by ribbons a dozen more times, you'll always be the undefeated master of rock-paper-scissors to me."

Hinari twitched. "So, you remember that so clearly, huh? I just did what I had to do to punish her."

I laughed "You were so cool back then. 'Are you in? Or are you a coward?' She practically blew her top after that."

Hinari blushed more and looked away. "Either way.. as you can tell, my training is not going very well."

I sat down on the ground and looked over "Can I watch? Maybe I can see something you can't."

Hinari thought about it, and remembered what happened last time. "....Fine, show me the light, Ko-chan."

Her legs were finally freed and she stood up. "Ma-chan told me I have to move the three colors of peanuts between the tanks. Each must move to the next tank, and I must complete the entire tank of movements in a short amount of time."

"The problem is that, when I try to take a peanut over here, and put it over there, I can't help but touch my inventory, and then" She made a peanut disappear, but then instead of it reappearing, ribbons streamed out from her surroundings and she was immediately frogtied and muzzled again. She let out a pathetic whine as she fell to the ground, and the guards got up from their meditations to help peel her out again.

I watched closely as she executed her movements, trying to figure out where she was going wrong. She looked over to me, as if I would immediately solve all her problems.

"...Don't look at me like that Hinari-chan.. I'm not omniscient you know!" I laughed awkwardly.

She shook her head and still kept looking at me.

"...Fine. Here's one thing I noticed. When you are trying to move something, you seem to be doing it in two steps. First you withdraw the item from the source, then you deposit it at the target. That relies on having a third 'holding space' location other than the start and destination. You should try thinking of it as a one step process instead of two. You already know how to move items through space, just change the destination from your inventory to the target." I explained my ideas to Hinari.

Hinari thought about it and nodded. Small magic circles appeared around her, but then more ribbons streamed out. The guards scrambled away to avoid being caught, but Hinari, who was still frogtied, was unable to escape. The ribbons wrapped her up tight from head to toe in a ribbon cocoon, and all she could do was let out a little whimper as her face was covered up too.

I laughed awkwardly as I watched the guards cautiously move back and start peeling her again. "Hinari-chan... keep trying... I'll be back later..."

* * *

"How do you feel now? Are you more comfortable moving around?" Matsuko looked up from her meditation as I crawled into the room.

"It's better. I think I've gotten used to it." I lifted up one arm and then put it down. Then I jumped up onto her lap.

"Careful... If you act too cute, I might be unable to resist telling you how cute you are." Matsuko gave me a hug as I landed in her arms.

"First, open up, it's your favorite." She held up the same kind of invisible muzzle that I had been wearing for months now, and I let her slide it in all the way to the back of my throat. I didn't bother making her use her command words, and I bit down hard on the muzzle on my own. Just for fun, I tried to open my mouth again, confirming that it had locked in quite securely.

"Now then, onto the next layer we go. I've slightly altered my Flame Tape this time. It should imbue you with warmth and comfort unlike Zetsuna's ribbons. Of course, you won't be able to break it still, like before. And I'm going to use a lot of it, just to make sure you stay extra secure." Matsuko's arms started to light up with magic.

"My Lady... you're always so worried about my security!" I whined softly as I was consumed in white flames.

Before we started this, I briefly compared the two substances in my mind. Zetsuna's ribbons aren't particularly strong on their own. It is only their draining and sealing properties that make them dangerous, and the sheer amount of wraps that she used on us. They require magic to remove, which makes it stronger than normal tape, but compared to Flame Tape, it was like comparing a sheet of paper with a steel plate. Only Matsuko's special flame magic could peel Flame Tape.

When the flames died down, I was covered in a thick cocoon all over my body. It wrapped me all the way up to my nose in dozens of layers of Flame Tape. "My Lady, I already can't tear a single strip of Flame Tape, why did you have to use so much?"

"Of course, that is to make sure you can never escape from me~ I wanted to wrap you in warmth and comfort. How do you like it?" Matsuko started teasing me again for the first time in a while.

I surrendered to the feeling and just relaxed. "It's nice. Zetsuna's were so cold and ruthless..."

"Don't get too comfortable. You need to get used to moving around like this so we can advance to the next step. Hurry up and get out there." She put me on the floor and gave me a little push on the behind.

* * *

I went to the sewing room to see how Naruyo was doing. When I came in, she was standing in front of some kind of measurement device, with numbers flying by on three different screens on a desk nearby. Naruyo had turned this room into her workshop in recent months, moving from only tailoring work into more magical artifacts.

"Ko-chan. Stand back. Experiment in progress." Naruyo only glanced at me before she went back to feeding magic into the ribbon collar at her neck. It was the only thing on her body other than the ribbons holding her into a reverse prayer harness.

She fed more and more magic into it until the collar erupted with ribbons. They streamed around her body, but seemed to be ignoring her torso as they headed for her legs.

The tiny whirlwind of ribbons coalesced around her legs, forming a half dozen sets of cuffs on her legs from her ankles to her thighs. The cuffs were all attached to a vertical pole extending from the floor all the way between her legs up to her crotch, where it ended in a pair of plugs.

I started to hear the rhythmic thumping that I remembered from when we were all caught in Zetsuna's trap. Naruyo's face started to flush and she looked like she was trying to suppress it.

"...Test...23...Unexpected...Results..." Naruyo narrated to her documentation software. She squirmed around a little, but her arms were trapped behind her, and her legs were locked securely to the pole between her legs. There was nothing she could do to get away from the double vibrators pumping in and out of her.

"...Sorry, Naruyo-chan... I don't think there's anything I can do to help you..." I admitted my inabilities to her.

"...No...need...Evaluating...Results...*ah*" She finally couldn't hold her composure and let out a little cry of pleasure.

"What is that sound coming from in here? AH! Naruyo! How dare you do something so fun without me! I want one!" Sakari was drawn in by the sudden sounds, but immediately got jealous instead of helping.

She ran over and started inspecting Naruyo's 'thrilling' position. Naruyo tried to scold her in between her gasps of pleasure and finally, she couldn't hold back and trembled in orgasm.

Sakari fell to her knees, tears rolling down her cheeks. "This isn't fair... I'm so jealous... Matsuko! I want to complain!" She left to go talk to Matsuko.

After having a pair of powerful orgasms, Naruyo started to counteract the ribbons with her magic. After a dozen seconds, the pole started to fall apart and return back to a pile of ribbons coiled around her ankles, which she easily stepped out of.

"Ko-chan. Saw embarrassing scene." Naruyo returned to her normal self after just a few seconds.

"Ribbon collar. Magical engineering. Different magic patterns. Produce different results." She tried to explain what she was doing.

"So... if you can find the right magic pattern we can disable the collar?" I tried to understand.

"Correct. Testing many patterns. Most cause binding. Some cause unique results." Naruyo brought up a table of patterns she had tried.

"Sounds like you inspired Sakari-chan, at least?" I tried to inject some levity.

"Matsuko won't entertain. Sakari's desires." Naruyo smiled as if she could see the future.

"...Well, I'll let you get back to your testing, Naruyo-chan." I wished her good luck.

"Good luck. To Ko-chan as well." She smiled and started channeling magic into the collar again.

* * *

I came back to find Matsuko smiling broadly. "What's so funny, Matsuko?"

"Oh, nothing. Just had to make a certain someone focus a little harder on her work instead of playing around." Matsuko laughed a bit.

"Sakari-chan came to see you, I guess?" I put the dots together with what just happened.

"Oh, so you knew. She'll have much more success if she just puts her mind to it instead of getting distracted." Matsuko came over to me and knelt down.

"I think I'm ready for the next stage." I informed Matsuko.

"So you are. Well then, let's have at it." She put her hand on my back and flames shot around my body, tracing a pattern as they went. When the flames dissipated, what was left was Matsuko's special Flame Ropes, which can only be cut with scissors enchanted with magic. The ropes dug into my body from every direction, forming a tight harness around my torso and all four limbs.

"Good, the Flame Tape is strong, but it cannot handle strong cutting forces. These ropes will make it much harder to escape." Matsuko seemed pleased.

"Was there really a worry of me escaping?" I whined to Matsuko.

"Oh, no, but how am I supposed to create an invincible armor for you if you have a chance to get out?" She laughed to herself and gave me another pat. "You know the drill, another lap around the house."