Author's Notes:

The Naked Envoy is my entry for the 2021 Literotica Nude Day Contest.

This is a fun little tale to celebrate the fact that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. It cannot be accurately measured by arbitrary social or cultural standards as it comes from deep within.

All characters engaging in sexual relationships or activities are 18 years old or older.

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The Naked Envoy

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"Is she ready?"

"Almost my lord... she's... perfect!"

"I agree. I can't take my eyes off her. She's the perfect envoy for our people."

"It's really going to happen?"

"Yes. We've waited long enough, almost too long, and we'll never find someone better suited to this mission than her."

"There. The final steps are done. She has everything she needs... let me... let me look at her for a moment longer."

"It's time. We need her. The People need her. She is our greatest hope and desire. She will prepare the way. It's time for her to wake."

Wistful sighs and gentle but longing touches caressed her skin, but that might have been the sheets moving.

"Wake, Magdalena."

Her eyes opened to see the warm morning sunlight peeking through her blinds. She stretched like a cat, feeling remarkably well-rested and tingling with energy.

What a dream she'd had! She felt wonderful! Also desired and loved! She'd never had a dream like that before!

She lived alone, and she'd never experienced romantic love or sex in her twenty-five years. She'd never even kissed a boy. She was crippled by her shyness. Yet, this feeling of being desired was... intoxicating! A giggle broke free, and she let the joy spread through her body. She wondered if this was what it really felt like.

Tossing back the sheet, she looked down to notice her pajamas were missing! She was certain she'd put them on the night before. She looked around her small bedroom and spotted them in a pile on the floor next to the bed. How odd!

She got out of bed and walked to the bathroom to take her shower. The water felt so good against her skin, and she took her time washing her body and hair. She realized it had grown long as the brown locks reached midway down her back.

As she dried herself off facing the bathroom mirror, she smiled. This morning, she wasn't disappointed by what she saw reflected back. Maybe it was the dream she'd had, or perhaps, just perhaps, she'd finally matured enough to accept what nature had given her.

Unlike some of her coworkers, she didn't fit the current definition of beauty. Maybe she could be called cute. She wasn't tall, as she was five-foot-two. Nor was she slim at one-hundred-and-fifty-five pounds. Once, a coworker pointed out that she resembled the Venus of Willendorf. She'd had to look that up and discovered it was an ancient limestone carving of a roly-poly female nude. She'd shed some tears that night.

Today, as she rubbed the towel around her heavy breasts, across her round tummy, and over her thick thighs, she felt only contentment. She was who she was, and that was perfect. The word echoed faintly in the back of her mind, and she smiled again as a warmth spread through her.

Walking into her bedroom, she stood before her closet. She had to get ready for work, but every outfit she considered felt... wrong. She turned to look at her standing mirror and tried to picture what she should wear but instead, she was captured by her reflection.

This. This is how she needed to be. She just... wasn't ashamed of her body any longer. This made her happy, so this is how she would stay.

Leaving her bedroom, she made a quick breakfast and checked the forecast. Another sunny, warm day in San Diego. Perfect.

She brushed her teeth, collected her keys, her cell, and her purse, and slipped some flip-flops on her feet. She grinned as she was ready for the day.

Leaving her second-floor apartment in the small twenty-unit, two-story complex, she locked up and made her way to the stairs. When she reached the courtyard on the ground floor, she came face to face with Mrs. Abernathy, the widow living in the unit below hers. She was a prim woman in her late sixties and originally from England. She still clung to its culture and had a delightful accent. The older woman froze as she faced the younger woman's naked state.

"Maggie, dear. You might have forgotten something rather critical," she whispered.

"Good morning, Abigail! I don't believe I have," she replied with a sweet smile that drew one to the lips of the widow.

"You don't think it might be advisable to don some clothing?" Abigail suggested.

Magdalena's smile widened. "Not at all. I'm very comfortable in my own skin, perhaps for the first time in my life. I feel wonderful, and I only wish everyone else could feel as fantastic as I do today!"

Abigail was grinning now at the young woman's infectious joy. "I certainly wish I felt a little of that too!"

Magdalena tilted her head to look at the older woman. "Why don't you? It's so easy!" She took the other woman's hands in hers and looked into her eyes. "Abigail, you can be happy. You deserve to be happy! Feel good about yourself. You're perfect!"

The widow smiled happily as the younger woman's joy seemed to rush up her arms and fill her being. She nodded decisively and pulled her hands back to undo the buttons on her blouse. Off it went and her slacks as well. The bra, panties, and socks quickly followed. She slipped her sandals back on and grinned excitedly. Magdalena threw her arms around Abigail, and the two women hugged, their joy amplifying.

"You were right! I do feel so much happier!" Abigail gushed. She looked across the courtyard as an older gentleman stepped backward from his apartment to lock the door. The widow winked at Magdalena. "If you'll excuse me, I believe Mr. Dalton deserves to feel happy too."

Maggie burst into giggles, causing the man to turn and stare at them in surprise. She waved to him as she left to walk toward the parking lot. Abigail was stalking closer to the man with a smile on her face.

She met no one else on her way to her car. She wished she lived closer to work so she could walk there and enjoy the sun on her skin.

As it was, she joined the flow of traffic and drove the ten miles to the eight-story concrete and glass box she worked in. She purposefully parked far from the building to enjoy the walk across the lot toward the entrance. Others were arriving, and there were a few close calls as drivers were distracted by the sight of her.

Hearing the sudden squeal of tires braking, more heads turned to look in her direction. She recognized that once, this much attention would have crippled her with shyness, but today it just wasn't a problem. Instead, she felt so good about herself that it felt like armor for her self-esteem.

One of the heads that turned to face her belonged to the sales team leader, Shelaine. The woman had been a thorn in her side from the day she'd joined the company.

Magdalena worked in the sales support team, performing mostly administrative tasks for the sales team.

Shelaine was everything she was not; tall, blonde, athletic, strikingly beautiful, and aggressive. She'd had a string of affairs with equally beautiful men, but each relationship ended with an explosion of drama. Maggie had begun to believe the woman thrived on it.

Now, Shelaine was watching her approach, and a cruel smile distorted her lovely features. Once, that would have sent Maggie running for a locked stall in the bathroom, but today she saw Shelaine's cruelty in a new light. The woman had never experienced the joy currently flowing through Maggie.

That was truly sad.

Shelaine must have spotted her expression of pity as the woman's smile disappeared in a flash of outrage.

"What the hell are you doing exposing your fat tits to the world?" Shelaine snapped.

Maggie smiled and lifted her heavy breasts on her palms. "Yes, they are pleasantly plump, aren't they!"

The sound of a car bumper thumping into another made them look to see the cars of two of Shelaine's sales team, the drivers staring back at Maggie in shock.

"You're causing accidents!" Shelaine shouted as she pointed.

Magdalena giggled. "It's kind of fun to turn heads, isn't it, Shelaine."

The blonde was stunned into silence. Maggie was behaving like they were partners in crime. Worse, like equals!

It was a known fact that the blonde liked to tease the men in the office and had been the cause of many minor collisions between her distracted coworkers. Maggie flashed a grin, flipped her brown hair back over her shoulders, and confidently continued toward the door without a glance back.

Shelaine was frozen. She hadn't expected their encounter to go this way at all. She was certain she'd make the girl run away in tears. But, instead, she was left confused and angry. Fat, little Maggie looked at her with pity? What the fuck?

Meanwhile, Magdalena felt a thrill shoot through her as she'd successfully handled the bully. Still, she felt sorry for the woman.

Climbing the steps, she nodded to a couple of ladies who worked in accounting. They waved back with wide eyes.

The lobby was busy, with people all rushing to get to their desks on time. Maggie knew she had time, and truthfully, it just didn't seem so intensely critical anymore. It was like she'd discovered they'd been playing a silly, childish game all along. The elevators were ahead, and she slipped into one before the door closed.

Several people squeaked in surprise when she jumped in, causing the door to open once more.

"Hold the door!" a voice cried out from the lobby.

She recognized it and her smile widened just as Ted rushed in the door she held open. He gasped as he collided gently with her soft body.

Ted was a member of Shelaine's sales team and was one of the few who treated her like a human being. He had sandy blond hair, stood six inches taller than she did, and had a sweet personality. He wasn't one of Shelaine's sharks, but his calm, friendly manner earned him a respectable position on the sales leader board as the clients liked him.

Maggie released the door and stepped back as she pulled Ted away from the opening. The door closed behind him as he stared down at her in shock.

"Maggie! Why are you... naked?" he asked with a strained voice.

"Why are you covering up your body?" she returned with a cheeky smile. She knew he was a little thick around the center, too, but that never bothered her. If she hadn't been so damn shy, she might have asked him out. She smiled as she realized she was no longer that wallflower.

"Are you seeing someone?" she asked him straight out. She heard three quiet snorts of amusement at her boldness from the passengers behind her.

Ted seemed frozen for a second, but she noted he wasn't shy about admiring her breasts. "Uh, seeing someone? No! Uh, no, I'm single- not dating anyone!"

She giggled at his earnest but nervous response. "I'd like to take you out for a drink and get to know you."

He finally seemed to be settling down. "I-I'd like that. Yeah."

"Tonight?" she suggested.

"Sure!" he blurted, then grinned. "I like your new look... and confidence."

"I think you'd suit this look as well," she said with a coy smile.

The elevator dinged as the door opened. Ted had to step off the elevator to allow Magdelina and several others to get off. As he stepped back on, he couldn't keep his eyes off her. His smile remained as it closed once more.

More happiness swept through her at the thought of her date with Ted. Finally, she had a date with a real man!

Her desk was at the end of the row of cubicles. The space was small and dark. There were four empty and unused pods next to the windows, but her group had been informed those were reserved for the team members who exceeded their quotas. As their department was a cost center and didn't generate revenue, it fell to the sales team to report their contribution towards the sales quotas. Unfortunately, aside from Ted, few from that team made this effort. So, the desks remained empty and demoralized her squad.

Magdalena reached her desk and unplugged her laptop, carrying it to a sun-filled desk across the aisle. She plugged it in and confirmed her network and Internet phone were still working. She smiled as she moved her chair into the pod and settled in to work.

As she caught up on the new orders she'd received and made some calls, her coworkers trickled in. Four other women were working in sales support, and they all felt as she did about their under-appreciated status. Lita was a lovely young lady of twenty-one from India. She was first to notice her change.

"Maggie! Oh my goodness! Did they make you take your clothes off to get the window seat?" she squealed.

Katherine, a sweet twenty-three-year-old woman from Ireland, rushed over and covered her mouth with her hands in shock.

Magdalena burst into happy laughter and stood to face her coworkers.

Linda arrived and rushed over to see who'd managed to get one of the coveted spots. She froze when she saw the naked woman standing in it. "Is that what it takes?" she sighed wearily. She was from Florida and had gone through some rough patches in her thirty years. This just seemed like one more insult.

Maggie shook her head. "No, no one gave me permission to sit here. It just seems stupid to follow that mean-spirited rule. I'm not claiming this spot. I'm just enjoying the sunlight today. We can take turns."

"But... why are you naked?" Lita gasped.

Maggie smiled at her. "Because it makes me happy. I deserve to be happy. I certainly have no reason to feel ashamed of my body."

Mary Sue, the latest member to join the team, was a twenty-four-year-old from rural Tennessee. She'd just arrived and was watching with wide eyes.

"I woke up the morning feeling amazing. I realized I deserve better, and that wouldn't start until I treated myself better. I love who and what I am. Clothes just seemed unnecessary and confining. I feel so happy! I wish everyone could feel as good as I do!"

Linda stepped into the pod and took Maggie's hands in hers. "I'd love to have half the self-confidence you have!"

Magdalena grinned at her. "Why settle for half when you deserve it all!"

Linda burst into happy tears and hugged Maggie. When she stood back with a blissfully happy smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye, Lita rushed forward to embrace Maggie too.

"Oh, Maggie! You are the best hugger!" the young woman sighed. "I feel happier than I can even remember!"

"Don't you deserve to be?" Magdalena asked her.

Lita nodded slowly. "My Papa said I would never succeed at anything," she said wistfully.

Maggie was shocked and shook her head. "He was wrong! Every day you prove him wrong. You are worthy and strong. You care deeply. That is a strength that cannot be denied. You bring us joy every day with your sunny disposition, and that gives us all strength. We're grateful for that! Thank you!"

Lita was beaming the most wondrous smile at her friend. "Thank you!" She looked over to Katherine and gestured her forward.

The red-haired beauty rushed forward and pulled Lita into a hug. "Maggie's right. You bring sunshine into our day even when we're faced with mean rules and unfriendly coworkers. I couldn't have survived my first year here without you."

Lita's eyes were filled with tears of joy. Mary Sue stepped forward to hand her some tissues as she nodded in agreement. Katherine released Lita, and the ladies all began to happily giggle as they dabbed their eyes.

Linda moved to her desk and disconnected her laptop, moving to the next open sun-lit cubicle.

Lita and Katherine left the pod as Mary Sue moved closer to Magdalena.

The young woman was a strawberry blonde with big blue eyes and big round breasts, and a curvy butt to complete the look. The farm girl had taken a major leap of faith leaving home for the west coast and was struggling to fit in. The team was her support group, but it'd felt like a survivor's group of victims... until today.

Magdalena saw her trembling lower lip and held out her hands. They were immediately gripped and held tight. "Everything will be all right. I now know we're stronger than we've realized, and together we can achieve anything we set our sights on. We don't have to accept scraps thrown our way. You are amazing! I've seen the depth of your compassion and the strength of your character. You will achieve wonders, and we will be there with you."

Magdalena suddenly found herself in Mary Sue's strong embrace. The taller woman's full breasts threatened to suffocate her, but she held on and hoped some of the joy filling her spilled over into Mary Sue.

As she began to worry about taking a breath, she was released from the tight grip. She inhaled, then lips landed on hers--soft full lips.

Eyes wide with surprise, she saw Mary Sue pull back from the impromptu kiss with her cheeks flaming red. The blonde tried to escape, but Magdalena caught her hand and stopped her. She pulled her closer to speak quietly.

"You surprised me! You also got my first kiss--ever. I didn't know you were attracted to women." Mary Sue was squirming with embarrassment. "I also didn't know that... I'd like being kissed by a woman." That made Mary Sue pause to look at her. A hopeful little smile appeared, so Maggie continued. "It's been an emotional day. First, I made a date with a man tonight, then I get this lovely kiss from you! My head is spinning!"

Mary Sue looked a little shocked at the date confession, but her smile returned when Maggie mentioned the kiss. "That was my first kiss, too. I'm sure I can do better!"

Magdalena smiled. "Practice makes perfect, but you're already pretty close." She noticed Linda was watching them closely.

"Is the nude thing a lesbian thing?" the ex-Floridian asked.

Magdalena chuckled. "No. It just makes me happy. Like hugs... and now kisses. It's all new to me, but I feel like a brand-new woman!"

Linda smiled in relief. "I'm not into ladies, but I feel pretty damn good too!" She reached behind herself and undid the zipper on her dress. A quick tug, and it dropped to her feet. Then, with a grin, she undid her bra and slipped her slip and panties down. The sun painted her freckled skin with its warm rays, and she grinned happily at the others. "Oh my God! This feels so... right!"

Magdalena nodded as she grinned in surprise as Katherine and Lita returned with their laptops but without their clothes.

"I feel so free! This is how we are meant to be!" the redhead exclaimed. Lita did a little dance, then sat at her new station and set up her laptop. Soon they were back at their daily tasks.

Mary Sue was still standing next to Maggie, but she looked unsure. Maggie touched her hand. "What's wrong?"

"I want to undress as well, but people are intimidated by my body. I don't want to make anyone unhappy," Mary Sue said timidly.

"That's what makes us love you. You think of the feelings of others first. We want you to be happy too!"

Mary Sue burst into a relieved smile and pulled her blouse up and over her head. Next off was her slacks, then her supportive bra and pretty panties. Her body was boldly sensual and erotic, but Magdalena saw the shy and desperate need for acceptance on the young woman's face.

"Doesn't that feel better?" she asked with a coy smile.

"So much!" Mary Sue gasped in relief, making the others giggle. The young woman pranced back to her desk and looked back to see that Maggie was dazzled by the sight of her large breasts swaying and ass jiggling. A satisfied smile lit up her face.

They managed to power through most of the requests the sales team had sent their way, and their energy levels were through the roof. Their calls to the supply chain were bright and bubbly, and the improved morale they demonstrated on the calls helped lift the spirits of those they spoke to. It was like a chain reaction, spreading positive energy.

By the time they broke for lunch, they realized their afternoon would be lighter than usual because of their super productive morning.

They were chatting happily as they stepped into the elevator, blissfully unaware of the shocked expressions of the other riders.

They decided to hit the in-house cafeteria and got in line. Mary Sue was getting the majority of attention, so she stayed close to Maggie. The woman's aura of tranquil bliss seemed to radiate outward, calming those nearby.

The cafeteria workers were stunned by the five naked ladies and had a little trouble focusing on their orders, but the group took this in stride and joked with them.

They found a table by the window, which by unspoken rule usually went to the sales team. However, today they were giddy rebels, so there they sat, enjoying the sunlight.

A short time later, Shelaine arrived with four of her team, including Ted, all carrying their trays. Unfortunately, the tables sat six, so they were out of luck.

"Oh my God! You've infected the others with your disgusting perversion?" the sales team leader gasped indignantly.

Magdalena aimed a pitying look at the tall blonde. "Shelaine, this is the behavior that keeps you from finding true happiness and real friends. Open your heart. Yes, it can be a little scary, but the rewards are amazing."

The ladies at her table were all nodding in agreement, aiming hopeful smiles at the tall beauty.

Shelaine's mouth was opening and closing silently, and two of her sharks snorted at her shock. Her eyes snapped to the guilty culprits who tried to fake looks of outrage, but she knew they'd turned on her. She saw Ted was watching her thoughtfully, waiting for her response and looking a little sad too. That was too much.

With a furious snarl, she spun and stormed away, dumping her food in the trash and tossing the tray at the stack. It bounced off and clattered noisily to the floor, but she was already out the door.

The remaining salespeople looked back at the ladies sitting at the table. One saw the opportunity to become the next alpha. "You're sitting at our table."

Linda snorted. "You were supposed to leave that mentality behind when you graduated high school. Grown-ups learn to cooperate and show consideration."

The man began to snarl.

"Peter! Don't be a dick!" Ted said, interrupting his rude response. "There's an open table by the wall."

Glaring at Ted, Peter moved away with the other two.

Ted looked back at the ladies. "Sorry about them. I see space for one more. May I join you?" he asked hopefully.

Katherine gave him an assessing look. "You're a little overdressed for this table, but I suppose we can make an exception." The others giggled as he grinned and sat across from Magdalena.

"Thank you kindly," he said with a nod to the group.

He turned his smile to the woman before him. "You are making quite an impression on those around you."

"I surround myself with deeply beautiful souls," she sighed, and Mary Sue leaned against her shoulder affectionately.

"Is this the fella you have a date with?" the statuesque blonde asked Maggie quietly.

"Indeed, he is," she replied with a sweet smile.

Mary Sue looked at Ted closely, then nodded. "Good choice."

Ted felt a blush running up his cheeks. He did his best to ignore it, and the knowing grins on the faces of his lunch companions as they all began to eat.

"Shelaine is an unhappy person, and I don't believe you've seen the last of her. She's tenacious."

"For all the wrong reasons and targeting the wrong causes. I fear she may never find love," Magdalena sighed sadly.

Mary Sue made a sweet sound and took Magdalena's hand in hers.

Ted watched this with interest and saw the twinkle in the eyes of the other ladies. "While you've become surrounded by love."

"He's most perceptive, for a man," Katherine said in her Irish lilt and with a smile to take the sting from her words. He nodded his thanks as the others chuckled.

Linda sighed. "Speaking of the ill wind, she's back, and she brought reinforcements."

Ted turned to see Shelaine approaching with a righteous grin on her lips and the Head of Human Resources following close behind. He knew the HR Chief was a stickler for rules, and Maggie's crew were likely breaking a few.

"See! Exactly as I told you!" Shelaine exclaimed, then glared at the group who were giving her sad looks. Ted could see her jaw flex as her teeth clenched in frustration.

Gwendolyn was the company's HR Lead and had personally interviewed all of the people sitting at the table before her. None of them struck her as the rebellious type. Most were timid and compliant. She stepped closer and looked at Magdalena in surprise. She was the least problematic of her charges. "Magdalena? Why are you naked? Did you really make the other women join you?"

Maggie smiled sweetly. "Hi, Gwen. I don't believe I forced anyone into something they weren't comfortable with." The others agreed and voiced their denials. "They seem far more comfortable now than they did when they arrived fully dressed. As to why I'm not wearing clothes, they just aren't necessary. I woke this morning feeling better than I ever have. I was filled with happiness I just couldn't contain and comfortable in my own skin for the first time in my life. I couldn't cover that up! I want everyone to feel as good as I do!"

"I do!" Mary Sue exclaimed joyfully.

"I do, as well!" Katherine chimed in.

"For the first time in my life, I feel like I matter and I'm valued! These ladies are amazing!" Lita gushed.

Linda was beaming a smile at the others. "It's true! I was feeling so blue when I arrived this morning, but now I feel... blissful!"

Magdalena was crying happy tears as she realized they were sharing in her happiness. She looked to Gwen and saw the longing in her eyes. Before the woman could react, she stood to take the woman's hands in hers and looked into her eyes. "Everyone deserves to feel loved and valued. That's the message my mind and heart were singing to me this morning. I can't express how happy it makes me knowing they feel it too. I hope you can feel this way too."

Gwen passed her eyes over the naked but blissfully happy women of many shapes and sizes, from Magdalena's short, round squishiness, Lita's boyishly slim physique, to Mary Sue's Amazon proportions.

She was very self-conscious about her own body as she had a thick torso and legs with a small chest and a minimal ass.

Pitching her voice for only Maggie's ears, she leaned forward. "Everyone's so-"

"Perfectly themselves. You're perfect too, Gwen! Love it! Celebrate it! No one should be judged against arbitrary standards. You're a beautiful and caring person. That's all that matters," Maggie sighed.

Gwen's eyes teared up, so Magdalena pulled her into a hug.

"Ooooh!" Gwen said in surprise, but instead of feeling awkward about clinging to the naked woman, she began to feel... happy and... energized! She looked into the eyes of the other ladies and saw their compassion and joy. They were all delighted she was sharing the bliss of simple acceptance. She wrapped her arms around Magdalena and held tight. This was right. This was what human interaction should feel like.

When the shorter woman relaxed her grip, Gwen was a little reluctant to let go, but then she realized each of these women would gladly welcome her into their arms as well. That feeling of belonging surprised her with its intensity. She felt wanted and loved, and that meant everything.

"What the hell just happened?" Shelaine snapped as she stared at the peaceful smile on Gwen's face. "You have to penalize them for... this! There are RULES!" she exclaimed with vague hand gestures at the nakedness on display. The ladies in question burst into giggles, and Gwen found herself joining in.

Magdalena approached Shelaine, who stumbled back a step. "Here's a simple rule to guide you through your day. Be kind. The rewards you'll reap will surprise and delight you."

Shelaine's eyes were looking a little wild as she felt her reality slipping. She would not be given life lessons from a fat little troll! She scowled at Ted, but he just grinned and shrugged.

With a throttled scream of frustration, she spun on her heel and rushed away once more.

"I don't understand why she's so resistant to the message of love and acceptance," Maggie sighed, and Gwen shook her head sadly.

Ted leaned forward. "How would she maintain her self-appointed position of superiority if everyone accepted everyone else as equally wonderful?"

Maggie shook her head. "That sounds exhausting!"

There was a commotion at the cafeteria doorway, and they spotted Shelaine leading a man in an expensive suit towards them.

"Told you," Ted said with a smirk.

"Oh, heavens! That's Mr. Jeffreys, the company president. He's here for a board meeting today," Gwen said in surprise.

They saw the man seemed more than a little annoyed with Shelaine as she guided him across the chamber.

"See! This is what's happening in your company head office!" the sales team lead asserted as she pointed at the naked ladies.

The silver-haired man passed his eyes over the smiling women and looked to Shelaine. "Who are they?" Then he held his hand up to stop her and turned to his HR Lead. "Gwendolyn, can you tell me what's going on?"

Gwen nodded. "These ladies are the Sales Support Team. They perform administrative tasks for the sales team to improve their effectiveness."

"Did someone tell them they had to be naked to do this?" he asked, and the ladies laughed happily, bringing a smile to his face.

Shelaine didn't want this to get off track, so she butted in once more. "It's Magdalena's fault!"

The President scowled at Shelaine then looked to the group. "Which one of you is Magdalena?"

"I am, Mr. Jeffreys," Maggie said with a bright smile.

Shelaine saw the man's smile broaden and realized Magdalena might take control of him too. "No! Don't let her speak! She twists everyone's minds!"

The President had just about enough from his sales team lead. "You dragged me from a board meeting to deal with some critical crisis. Then, you point out the person you claim is the source of this crisis, and now you're telling me I can't speak to them to determine what the crisis is?"

"Are you blind? Can't you see she's naked?" Shelaine cried incredulously.

The older man's expression closed up as he locked eyes with Shelaine. No one talked to him like that. "Take the rest of the day off, without pay, and get your head on straight. I'll expect to see a written apology in my email tomorrow morning. No sooner. No later. Am I understood?"

Shelaine's mouth was doing that fish impression thing again without a sound. She nodded shakily. With a troubled look at the others, she turned and rushed from the cafeteria.

The President turned to Maggie with a smile. "I was about to ask you why you chose to grace our presence without clothes?"

Magdalena nodded and took him through her morning epiphany and how it changed everything for her.

The older executive nodded. "I can see how that would have been a profound realization for you, but why are your coworkers also naked?"

"Each made their own decision to express their freedom from an arbitrary social standard. As a result, the magnitude of happiness we experience just keeps getting stronger!" Maggie explained, and the ladies all nodded and grinned in agreement as they shared their excitement. Magdalena looked to each of them as she shared their joy and fed it back to them.

Gwen sucked in a surprised breath as she was feeling it too. She needed to be like them and began undressing hurriedly.

The President's eyes widened as he watched his head of HR strip before him. Soon she was as naked as the others, and her face showed a beatific expression.

She turned to face him. "It's true. Tossing off those shackles is an intensely gratifying experience. I feel... lighter of spirit. More at peace with myself." She giggled and looked so relaxed.

The executive looked to Ted. "You've been with them for a while. Are you going to strip as well?"

Ted chuckled. "I might, just to keep from being a party pooper, but I don't currently feel any compulsion to do it... if that's what you're asking."

"It was," Jeffreys said as he looked back at the ladies. "I've never seen anything like this before. I'm not sure Shelaine wasn't right to be a little concerned."

Magdalena aimed a sad look at the President. "Is acknowledging and rejecting an unhealthy system of self-perception something to be alarmed about? It's a major enlightenment for anyone who's suffered beneath its cruel yoke. You'd have to expect a burst of joy as a result." She smiled at her friends. "Sharing that wondrous sensation and wanting others to experience it is also a natural reaction."

Linda took up the thread. "We haven't lost our marbles. We're actually better at our jobs when we're happy. We got through so many requests this morning!"

"That's true! I completed my backlog from last week and got the fulfillment teams updated so they could proceed with the orders," Katherine explained.

"When we're happy, we share that positivity with those we work with. Everyone we talked to today can tell you how much better they felt afterward," Mary Sue said and got a proud smile from Maggie.

Lita took a turn. "The sales team will have a new catalog by tomorrow morning because I was able to negotiate with the printer to shuffle some projects around and reprioritize this. Unfortunately, the sales team, aside from present company, don't go out of their way to make friends with the other departments, so they get few favors. But everyone loves Ted."

The ladies burst into giggles as Ted's face reddened again. Magdalena hugged him, and his grin got wider, but his blush wasn't fading any time soon.

The President looked very pleased with how smoothly the department seemed to be working. "Okay, it's unorthodox, but it seems to work. I'm smart enough not to interfere with happiness." He fixed his eye on Gwen, and she nodded as she tried to hide her smile. He looked to Magdalena. "I'm glad you found your answer for happiness, and I'm glad you shared it."

Maggie hugged him, and he couldn't keep a smile of his own from his lips as he headed back to his board meeting. He did feel lighter, and this added a spring to his step.

With the departure of the President, the group suddenly realized they had an audience. As the cafeteria was a popular spot for lunch, it wasn't too surprising. With the drama Shelaine caused and the fact that the ladies were nude, this was the most interesting thing that had ever happened at their office.

Some of the ladies from the accounting department worked up the nerve to approach. "We heard what you told Mr. Jeffreys. We want to be happy too!"

Magdalena and the others stood and pulled the coworkers, male and female, into their embraces, and as each one stepped back, their faces wore broad smiles, and their eyes were filled with peace.

Two of Shelaine's sharks thought they'd get to grope Mary Sue, but Ted saw their unease increase as they got closer and closer to the blissfully smiling woman. They finally chickened out, left the line, and scurried away.

Ted found himself unbuttoned his shirt, tugging it off, and pushing his pants down. As he stepped from his underwear, he looked over to see Magdalena and Mary Sue grinning at him. He couldn't deny the joy he was feeling as it passed from body to body.

He understood now. It was coming from Magdalena's and moved through everyone in the cafeteria. She was the originating source, but now, everyone in the room was part of it, amplifying it, including him.

Magdalena walked over to him and held his eyes. "You feel it too."

"Yes. How can I be feeling your happiness?" he asked in awe.

She stepped forward and rested her cheek against his chest. "It's not just mine anymore." She felt her team's emotions pooling with hers, and her love for them bloomed suddenly. Gasps could be heard throughout the room.

There was an exodus of people from the cafeteria as they sought their friends and coworkers who'd missed the opportunity to feel so good. Others would likely be leaving early today to find their loved ones.

Gwen left as well, pretending not to hear the secret confessions of those leaving early.

"I'm adding a plus one to our date tonight if you don't mind," Maggie said softly.

Ted blinked in surprise at the shorter woman then felt Mary Sue's shock as well. He looked up and caught her blush as his face heated up. "O-okay."

"See you at five?" Maggie asked.

He grinned. "With bells on!"

"As long as that's all you have on," Mary Sue added, then covered her face with her hands in embarrassment at her boldness. The team burst into happy laughter at the innocent's attempt at sexy talk. Maggie squeezed her in a hug, and Mary Sue blinked away embarrassed but happy tears. She saw Ted's flirty smile and felt better.

The lunch hour was over, and they headed back to their desks, giving hugs to any who approached them along the way.

They had a visit from the warehouse team in the afternoon when word reached the building across the street where everyone's good moods were coming from. The twelve members of that team left with grins on their faces and joy in their hearts, some indicating they were cutting their day short to go surprise their spouses at work. Laughter filled the hallway as they left.

When five o'clock rolled around, the ladies shut down their laptops in unison as they'd completed their tasks and got a start on the following morning's as well. They'd had a few more visits in the afternoon, and Ted called Magdalena to let her know he'd had a fair number of visitors as well.

They met in the main floor elevator lobby and headed outside to the employee parking lot, where they faced a bank of cameras and news correspondents from several local news channels. Magdalena giggled with surprise and excitement, and her friends stood beside her as they faced the cameras.

Gwen stepped out a door to the left of the main entrance and descended the stairs before noticing the activity. She stood next to one of the news vans and heard an argument break out between the techs.

"Whaddaya mean the blurring won't work! This is live! We can't show nudes on the five PM news!"

"I'm telling ya it was workin' fine a minute ago, but it's not working now!"

"Fix it, goddammit!"

"I'm trying, but it keeps telling me it's not broken!"

Gwen giggled and moved to the next van and heard similar comments. Then, turning to face the stairs, she strode boldly forward and eased her way through the bunched reporters who quickly moved back when they discovered her lack of clothes. She climbed the stairs and smiled at Magdalena. "They're broadcasting us without hiding our nudity." She turned to see the reporters arguing with their camera operators.

Maggie laughed delightedly and clapped her hands. The others felt that burst of humor and looked to her as she wrapped her arms around herself and closed her eyes in bliss.

"Can you feel them?" she asked in wonder, and they nodded. Out there, the ones who left work early to find their loved ones were sharing their happiness with them, causing it to surge back to Magdalena. Everyone currently linked to her network of joy felt these surges rebound back outwards, amplified by her. The energy level in Magdalena was growing quickly, and she felt herself quickly building up to some critical threshold.

One of the reporters worked up the nerve to get closer. "Trish Dalton, ABC 10NEWS San Diego. Can you tell us who you are and why you're all naked?"

Maggie was riding a high and was only partially aware of the people before her. She felt the loving touch of Ted and Mary Sue as they came forward to gently support her on both sides. Ted nodded to the other woman who faced the reporter with a beatific smile.

"Her name is Magdalena, and she's as close to a goddess of love as you'll find." Ted chuckled as he agreed. He picked up the next question. "She, and we, are naked because we're no longer ashamed of our bodies. They're our bodies, and they're-"

"Perfect!" Magdalena cried out as she threw her arms wide as she passed the threshold. A wave of bliss crashed outwards from her, washing away fear, loneliness, and despair, leaving behind a sense of peace, belonging, and best of all, love.

The reporters and their camera people were gasping and staring at her in wonder. Some were openly weeping with joy and hugging each other. A few managed to keep reporting on the scene for their viewers, but none remained unaffected.

Ted was enthralled by the love emanating from the woman he and Mary Sue were holding. When Magdalena turned her face to look up at him, his heart caught in his chest. He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers and felt that bliss rush out to everyone. He pulled back and gazed at her with love radiating from him as well.

He looked up to see Mary Sue grinning at him with a challenge in her eyes. She gently turned Magdalena's chin her way and pressed her lips to the other woman's soft mouth.

Ted gasped as that felt incredible too! He saw their audience was caught up in their rapture as well.

He felt Magdalena pull back from the kiss and begin to giggle. He looked at her then felt her pull him closer until he was face to face with Mary Sue.

"Now, kiss!" Magdalena insisted like an awkward meme.

Ted and Mary Sue grinned at her then aimed a challenging look at each other. Neither was willing to back down, so they moved closer together as Maggie's hand on their backs guided them before her.

When their chests met, both were surprised by how intensely good that felt. Their arms automatically slipped around each other to pull their bodies closer still. They gasped and looked into each other's eyes in wonder before their lips met. Then their worlds exploded into white-hot lightning.

Magdalena basked in the energy being thrown off by her lovers. Looking behind herself, from the expressions of ecstasy on Lita's, Katherine's, Linda's, and Gwen's faces, she knew they were synchronized with the energy as well.

Looking forward, Maggie watched Ted and Mary Sue locked in their kiss and knew she would have many intensely pleasurable nights with them.

For right now, she felt something from her dream bubbling up to the surface of her mind--something she needed to do with all this energy.

Ah!

Looking to her left and right, she saw she had sufficient open space. She closed her eyes as she raised her arms over her head and pressed her palms together. She took a deep breath then pulled her hands apart. Between her arms, a brilliant golden light fanned out and upwards. As her arms pointed lower, the arc of golden light followed until it reached the stone tiles she was standing upon.

From the view of the news crews, Magdalena was standing in the center of a perfect half circle of brilliant gold light. When she stepped forward, the arc remained in place anchored to the stone, but the light connected to her began to stretch with her and vibrate with tension like a drum head.

When she reached the kissing lovers, they each reached out an arm and pulled her into their embrace.

The light suddenly tore away from her and snapped back to the arc, bursting into a kaleidoscope of colors and shapes that challenged the eyes of the observers. It finally settled into a rippling curtain of gold with flecks of silver in it.

Ted and Mary Sue finally came back from the bliss of their kiss and looked down to see Magdalena held against their bodies. She smiled up at them, and they could see she was exhausted but so happy.

Linda, Katherine, Lita, and Gwen rushed around the golden semicircle and to Magdalena's side. Everyone stared back at it.

"What is it?" Lita asked.

Eyes turned to Maggie, but she just shook her head. "Something in my dream from last night told me... how to do that, but not why."

Ted looked at it closely. "It reminds me of a curtain on a stage of some Broadway show. Maybe someone is behind it."

"Or something!" Gwen suggested nervously.

Magdalena gently separated herself from Ted and Mary Sue and turned to face the curtain. She tried to recall the wisps of her dream, looking for clues to who might be behind the curtain. Finally, one phrase popped into her head, and a smile came to her face.

As the others clung to each other, she boldly stepped up to the surface and thrust her hand through the glittering light.

"My lord."

She felt a hand slide against hers, and she closed her fingers around it. Then, she gently pulled and felt the weight of another being, who allowed her to guide them through the curtain.

She stepped back, and a most beautiful being stepped through.

Wearing not a stitch of clothing.

The being was slightly shorter than Ted but was remarkably similar to a human in many ways. Two arms and two legs were connected to a human-shaped torso with a head atop it. This head had luxurious blond hair which flowed down its back to its knees. It also had two large but lovely almond-shaped eyes, separated by what looked like a slim nose and two pointed ears which rose upward and back a good four inches. Below the nose was a sensual mouth that was smiling at them. It seemed to have white bands where human teeth would be. It raised its hand in a friendly gesture to the group standing before them, and they could all see it had three slim fingers, not four.

Another feature that definitively identified the being as male and not human was the organ hanging between its legs. Again, it was slightly smaller than what Ted had on display, but its shape was... intriguing.

Magdalena bowed to the being, but it shook its head.

"You should not bow to me," he said to her with a gentle tone in clear and precise English.

"Are you the one the other voice called my lord?" Magdalena asked, and the male nodded.

"Are you the leader for your people?" she asked, and he nodded once more and smiled.

"Then I should bow to you!" Maggie insisted, but he prevented her once more. She blinked at him in confusion.

He looked into her eyes. "A Queen does not bow to a lord. I'm merely an elected official. You are the savior of our people."

Magdalena suddenly burst into giggles, and the being's smile showed his joy at the sound.

She tilted her head curiously at... "What's your name?" she asked.

"Lord Tigeron," he replied.

She said the name, enjoying its sound, then she looked him in the eye. "How could I be the savior of an entire people? I'm just Maggie!"

The being went down on one knee and pressed his forehead to the back of Magdalena's hand. "You are Envoy for Allithria and Queen to its People. You opened the way and invited me through." He gestured back towards the shimmering curtain.

Ted had worked up his courage. "Are the Allithria your people?" he asked.

"Exactly so," the Lord nodded.

"You have a remarkable grasp of our language for someone from another... world?" Ted continued.

Tigeron smiled with a nod. "We've learned your language from Magdalena's mind. She is our only hope! Allithria is our planet on the other side of an impenetrable dimensional barrier."

"Maybe not quite so impenetrable considering you're here," Gwen offered.

"Only Magdalena has the ability to physically breach the barrier. We could only reach her through her dreams when we found her."

"And you need to leave Allithria because?" Linda asked.

Lord Tigeron nodded seriously. "We've been searching for someone with Magdalena's ability for generations. Ever since we discovered our sun was dying. It grows dim, and our people fade with it. So many have been lost."

Magdalena gasped as she took Tigeron's hands in hers and looked into his eyes. "We must save the People!"

"Yes!" he responded with equal passion.

"How many?" she asked.

"Once our people reached a population of over a billion citizens. Now there are barely more than three million of us left," he said sadly.

Magdalena tried to get her head around that number. "You... you need me to pull three million people through this curtain? One at a time?"

The planetary leader laughed, and the notes of pure joy in the sound lifted their spirits. "No, this opening was just for introductions. We can make a much larger gate to retrieve them in a place that can sustain our population."

Ted turned and looked back at the press as they were being uncharacteristically polite. That's when he noticed they were all pushing at the outer surface of a lightly glowing yellow translucent bubble that had popped up around them at some point. He had another issue that needed addressing first, so he'd ignore the force field bubble... for now.

"Bringing over three million extra-dimensional refugees into an unprepared country will cause... difficulties," he suggested, and Magdalena nodded with concern. Ted continued. "There's the matter of housing and feeding over three million people."

Tigeron smiled at Ted. "We have no need of either, as long as we have access to the rays of your sun. Allithrians don't need support of any kind, other than a place to bask in the wonderful energy it gives freely."

Mary Sue giggled happily. "Your people are solar powered?"

Tigeron grinned and nodded. "We don't consume food or water. We need no shelter as we aren't affected by temperature or weather. Our only preference is to be in a place that receives the most sunlight."

Lita began to laugh, and all eyes turned towards her curiously. She waved her hands before her face as she tried to calm her laughter. She finally managed to get control and nodded. "Before I moved to San Diego, I did some research on places to live that weren't rainy. My parents raised me in London, England, where it rains often, so I desperately wanted sunshine." She pointed eastward. "Roughly one-hundred-and-seventy miles that way is the city of Yuma, Arizona. I read it receives more sunlight than any other place on Earth." Katherine grinned with delight and hugged Lita.

"Yuma's population is somewhere above two-hundred-thousand. So, we're talking about taking roughly the population of San Diego and dropping them in the desert outside a city with a much smaller population. That might not be such a popular idea," Ted suggested. He looked at the alien. "What will your people do, aside from absorbing sunlight?"

"We will build a city but one that needs no connection to your services as we can supply everything we need from the raw materials in the environment and our own minds. We need no building supplies as we do not create structures like yours," he said, gesturing to the office tower behind the light curtain. He bent down and picked up a piece of trash on the step. It was a small aluminum pull tab from a pop can. As they watched, Tigeron focused on the tiny bit of metal, and they saw it melt and reform into a small chip of yellowish metal.

"What... what is this?" Ted asked nervously though his mind already knew.

"You call it gold. I believe your people consider it to have some value?" he asked.

Ted looked to Magdalena in shock, then back to the alien. "That's transmutation! You just changed aluminum into gold? We have no way of doing that, and you just turned trash into one of most valuable--" He suddenly froze as his mind caught a crazy idea. He looked to the alien leader. "Can you change toxic chemicals and minerals into something harmless or useful, like building materials for your city?"

Tigeron nodded. "It's easier than changing the metal."

Ted looked excitedly to Magdalena. "I think I know where they could live and how we could convince the government to accept them!"

Everyone picked up his excitement and enthusiasm as they were all still linked through Magdalena.

She looked to the press, who were becoming frantic to get through the forcefield. Then she saw Shelaine standing off to the side with a grim look on her face... and a monstrously large gun in her hand next to her leg.

"Oh my! Shelaine's mind has spiraled into dangerous territory!" Magdalena exclaimed.

Lord Tigeron looked over at the woman. "Is she carrying a weapon that might cause mortal wounds?"

Magdalena nodded sadly. "I didn't realize she would sink to the level of murder."

Gwen moved closer. "She sees you as a threat. She probably thinks she'll be hailed as a hero for protecting Earth from invaders."

Tigeron shared a surprised look with Gwen, then stared intently at the weapon. "It is disabled."

Magdalena touched his arm. "Can we bring her inside?"

He nodded, and an opening appeared before Shelaine. The woman blinked in surprise then ran inside. The gap snapped closed behind her as she charged up the stairs. The cameras outside were all focused on her as she raised the gun and pointed it at Magdalena, not the alien. She squeezed the trigger again and again, but nothing happened. She finally came to a stop before the woman she'd tried to kill. She grit her teeth and stared at the shorter woman with hate in her eyes.

"Shelaine, why are you so angry?" Maggie asked her.

When the tall blonde said nothing, Tigeron leaned closer to speak to Magdalena. "She has forgotten how to love. She's closed her heart to it."

Magdalena gave the woman a sad expression. "Shelaine, I'm sorry. You have to be willing to open your heart to love to receive it."

"Go to Hell!" the woman spat.

"It feels like you're already there," Magdalena said sadly.

Shelaine yanked her hand back and swung the gun at Maggie's head. Tigeron simply plucked the weapon from her fingers as he gently pulled Magdalena from the path of Shelaine's swing. He looked closely at the hand cannon then handed it back to Shelaine, who flinched.

When the expected blow didn't arrive, she opened her eyes and saw her gun was now gold. She accepted it back and felt her arm drop under its new weight. Her eyes focused on the heavy object in her hand and widened as she realized the value of what she was holding. She finally dragged her eyes up to look at the alien.

"Please do not attempt to harm the Queen of the Allithrian people again. I give you this in good faith that you will find it sufficient compensation for your departure from her life." Shelaine gaped at the heavy solid-gold gun and nodded in stunned silence. Then, she turned and walked back down the stairs. Tigeron opened this side of the forcefield and let the woman pass through, sealing it behind her until she stepped outside and the press surrounded her.

The Leader smiled at Magdalena and the others. "Shall we discuss this plan of obtaining government acceptance for my people?"

Magdalena nodded with a bright smile. She looked to her friends. They had exciting days ahead.

Epilogue

The Allithrian's Palace of Light glowed and sparkled in the midday sun, visible for miles in all directions. Designed to look like a series of enormous flowering vines twisting, tangling, and climbing up from desert sands, it rose into the blue sky to become six, thirty-story towers. At its base, it covered roughly five square miles. It was the world's largest solar collector/concentrator, and it channeled that bright sunlight through every branch and corner of its expansive structure, energizing the three-point-four million Allithrians living within it.

At night, it glowed a soft yellow which, again, could be seen for miles.

The palace was breathtakingly lovely and cost the US government nothing. True to their word, the Allithrian people consumed no resources and had no requirements other than access to sunlight. As Ted had initially proposed to them, their ability to transmute matter paid their way onto the world.

Magdalena sighed and wiggled comfortably on the lounge chair, soaking in the rays of the hot sunlight. A cold droplet of water dripped onto her exposed nipple, causing her to squeak and jolt up to a seated position. She blinked her eyes open and saw Ted's grinning face above her, two tall drinks in his hands, the glasses coated in chilly condensation.

"Oh! I'm sorry. Did I drip on your lovely breast?" he said with an innocent tone.

"You brat!" she scolded him with a grin. He chuckled and handed her one of the mixed drinks. Hers was a Piña Colada, and his was a Singapore Sling. Not exactly breakfast beverages, but it wasn't exactly morning any longer since they'd slept in. Besides, the resort made the most incredible drinks. He turned to sit on his own lounge chair.

Ted yelped as Maggie's cold, wet hand landed on his bare ass. He spun to see her leaning back against her chair as she sipped her drink. She squeaked again as another droplet dripped onto her breast. He grinned as she pouted sweetly.

"One of the trade-offs for being naked all the time," he sighed as his eyes roamed over her body.

A thrill shot through her as she saw his appreciation. They'd had quite the evening last night, and Mary Sue was still in their room sleeping it off.

She smiled at Ted and shook her head once more as she realized how happy she was with the sexy, brilliant man. She looked out across the crystal blue waters the resort was built next to and sighed in bliss.

Ted's suggestion that the Allithrians offer to purify the waters and soil of the Salton Sea for a huge lot of unused land on its east side turned out to be a sweet deal for the US Government. A few simple demonstrations of their transmutation skills were all that was necessary to convince the official Washington delegation and grease the approval process for letting them come to Earth.

Maggie's mind returned to that exhausting and life-changing day when she stood in the empty desert east of the Salton Sea and repeated the ritual for creating the curtain. Ted and Mary Sue once again acted as her amplifier. Lord Tigeron watched in awe as she made a shimmering curtain seven feet tall and a tiny bit more than a mile wide, with her at the center. When she stepped forward to join the lovers, her separation from the light curtain almost took her consciousness. Hugs and kisses from Ted and Mary Sue replenished her, and she faced the curtain with excitement. They were all surprised at how wide the curtain was.

Thrusting her hand through, she felt another take it in a firm grip. Maggie got the sudden impression in that one grip of more people than she could count. The hand gently squeezed when it was ready, and she stepped back, guiding the person through the curtain. But instead of one person breaching the shimmering light, two-thousand, six-hundred-and-fifty stepped through all at once, shoulder to shoulder. Each of them held the hand of their neighbor.

Additionally, each had a hand on their shoulder from the row behind them. Maggie took another step back as the second row of Allithrian's stepped forward onto Earth. She repeated the process, everyone staying in step for hours until every single citizen stepped from the surface of Allithria to Earth. When the last was clear of the curtain, Maggie felt a rush of gratitude pour through the link from the enormous group of refugees from another world. It was emotionally overwhelming, and she collapsed into Ted and Mary Sue's arms.

The day had been... magic!

Her mind returned to the present, and she once again admired the view before her of the pristine lake. The extracted toxic minerals, chemicals, and foreign matter not conducive to a healthy environment were converted into the raw materials the Allithrian's needed to build their home. As the lake was just a collection basin with no outflow, there was a steady stream of new pollutants to be extracted.

The Allithrian's eventually set up purifiers at each inlet to ensure the purified water and soil in the lake stayed that way. Only sail or electric-powered watercraft were allowed on the lake.

Additionally, Ted arranged for the surrounding communities to begin shipping waste to a collection center where the Allithrians would change it into materials they needed for building their palace or into raw materials Ted sold back to the communities. This exchange depot was constructed a short time after Magdalena saved the Allithrians from their dimming sun. The depot had undergone three massive expansions during the following five years.

There had been some concern about building such a seemingly delicate palace directly upon the San Andreas fault line. However, the Allithrians demonstrated the strength of their buildings and the quake isolation mechanisms they built into them. That's all it took to put the concern to rest.

The resort Magdalena and her friends were living in was on the Allithrian side of the lake. On the western side, the original Salton City had been reborn and expanded quickly to be larger than was originally intended. As a result, hotels and spas popped up all along the shore. It was the hottest spot to vacation in the states as they had the best view of the Palace of Light twenty-four hours a day.

There was one large difference between the east and west sides of the pristine lake. The east side was clothing optional, but few bothered with unnecessary coverings.

Typical of human resort towns, every form of souvenir could be found in the west side shops.

There were no shops on the east side as the Allitrians had no need for things. Magdalena and her friends quickly adopted this lifestyle as well. Food and drink were their only daily consumption.

"Why didn't you guys wake me?" Mary Sue grumbled as she wandered out to the chairs.

Ted and Maggie grinned up at the sleepy blonde. Her hair now reached her ass and flowed like spun gold over her shoulders and large breasts. Maggie noted Ted's hair had grown down to his shoulder blades as well. It was just another way they emulated their new friends.

Speaking of delicious, one of the Allithrian females joined them with a tray of breakfast foods.

"Thank you, Girrelle!" Magdalena said sweetly, and the female smiled happily at her.

Mary Sue dipped her face close to Girrelle, and the female quickly took the opportunity to kiss the blonde's soft mouth.

Ted and Magdalena both moaned in pleasure as the bliss swept through them. They felt the echoes from Linda, Lita, and Katherine. Gwen was in there as well, but she was busy making some bliss of her own.

Girrelle pulled back with a dreamy look in her beautiful large eyes and bowed her head to her Queen before hurrying away.

Ted took in the smug look on Mary Sue's face. "Shouldn't we at least refuel our bodies before we rush back to our room for more tumbling in the sheets?"

Mary Sue burst into giggles as Magdalena joined in. They nodded and checked out the offerings on the tray.

As they ate, Maggie thought about the plan for the day ahead. They didn't have too many responsibilities these days as Tigeron and his team were brilliant organizers and kept their city running smoothly. In addition, their civilization was thousands of years old, so they'd had millennia to practice.

He'd announced to all that Magdalena was the Queen of the Allithrians. Lord Tigeron made it explicitly clear to the Earth officials that all communications with them had to pass through her or her team.

But today was her day off. So, she smiled a little smugly too.

She looked around the resort and saw most of the guests were Allithrians, down from the towers to enjoy the company of others in the sunlight. She spotted some human guests engaged in spirited conversations with them: no business talk, just casual interactions.

These were vacationing humans, and all were as naked as their Allitrian companions.

As Magdalena and the rest of the world quickly discovered when she pulled over three million of them through onto Earth, all the Allithrians were similar in height, shape, size, and color. They found the variations in humanity to be highly exciting. It was something their homogenized civilization had lost ages ago. They were very grateful Magdalena reintroduced this thrill to them.

Girrelle rushed back out with a pleased smile on her lips. She approached Magdalena's lounge and knelt next to it. Maggie found her worshipful behavior to be a little over the top, but she let it slide as the female was such a sweetie.

"I've just been informed that we'll have the first birth of an Allithrian on Earth tonight! It's been so long since there's been one. Unfortunately, our sun wasn't strong enough to energize our bodies sufficiently to trigger it. Will you attend?"

Magdalena was thrilled as she nodded, and her excitement poured through them all. Girrelle leaned forward to hug her Queen when she was gestured to do so.

The network of people connected to Magdalena was still growing. Every so often, she would reach a new energy threshold and experience a surge of bliss. Everyone in the network would receive this expansion of joy, causing it to flow outwards, bringing in new members.

She wasn't oblivious to the fact that their new friends had dramatically and permanently altered something in her that first night. While the confidence bump it had granted her was welcome, her unique ability to share her emotions and sensations with others and build a connection between them was the most significant change. She'd talked about this with her friends, and they all agreed it had to be one of the Allithrian's abilities. While it didn't seem to have any harmful side effects, it may have been done to ease their way into Earth's far less advanced society. Having Humanity accept nudity as normal and natural might be just the first step.

At her request, Ted kept an eye on the news and social media to see if anyone mentioned this expanding phenomenon. He told her all he was seeing was a general feeling of calm falling over the populace. She knew the connections had already reached the east coast, with some appearing from overseas.

A spike of pleasure shot through her as Girrelle's skilled hands and mouth explored her body while Mary Sue nibbled on the Allithrian's sensitive ears, drawing coos from the female.

"Might I suggest we take this party inside?" Ted suggested, glancing nervously at the interested expressions aimed their way from the other guests, Allithrian and otherwise.

Maggie shared a naughty look with Girrelle and Mary Sue.

This was an excellent opportunity to educate their audience on developing intensely good race relations.

As they soon discovered, this was another of Magdalena's skills, but practice makes perfect!