The Subliminal Banana Man

"PAID VR Testing Trials" the sign on the door of Hip-Know Corp. hung proudly as Channa walked by.

"I could use some extra cash." she though as she stopped and read it. After filling out the paper work, which oddly enough asked about her shoe size in addition to the otherwise generic questions you'd find on a medical form, she was led back to lab with a rather eager looking junior scientist named Alan.

Alan explained they were creating a VR headset capable of fulling immersing a subject into what scenario was presented to them. "Going to the beach? You'll feel the sand in between your toes!" he cheerfully explained.

Channa was excited and was still grinning when Alan turned on the headset. The headset flickered to life showing a colorful glowing spiral.

"What's this?" she asked.

"This is just a warmup program to help ease your mind into the various scenarios we'll be exploring today." he replied.

In reality, this was to make her compliant, to accept whatever scenarios was presented to her. The experiment could now begin.

The first test was simple. Alan commanded Channa to take off her shoes. She silently obeyed. He flipped another switch and activated the beach scene and told her to dig her toes into the sand. Channa's toes curled and scrunched as she really could feel the sand between her toes. It was so relaxing, almost like a massage. In her mind, sea shells the size of a thumb was rubbing against her arches. She groggily moved her head from side to side taking in the view of the lovely sunset in front of her. Soon, she felt something lapping at her feet. Her toes were getting wet. It almost felt like something was licking them, but when she looked down, she saw only the ocean rising up to meet her. Her mind relaxed and accepted the situation once more.

Alan wiped his mouth and exhaled anxiously. There was one last test he needed to perform.

"Channa, I need to try and peel this banana with your feet."

It was an absurd thing to ask of her and if she had really been at the beach, she'd never have done it, but her mesmerized mind took the suggestion seriously as she saw a banana about waist high enter her frame of view from the left. She obediently raised her feet and started rubbing the banana, struggling to get her toes wrapped around the tip. She though she heard a moan, but the sound of crashing waves drowned it out.

The banana was a tricky one, it eventually moved between her soles and kept moving back and forth, almost as if it was thrusting in her direction. She pressed her soles together harder, hoping to catch the banana and trap it. Finally, the banana held still, she used one foot to move up and down on it, trying to use friction to get the peel off. Her toes scrunched harder around the tip.

"Ooooh, a little softer please" a silent voice echoed in her mind. She eased up a little, unsure as to why she was doing it.

Back in the lab, there was no relaxed beachgoer trying to peel a banana, there just a silently obedient woman, frozen in a chair, using her soles to pleasure a lab tech. Alan groaned once final time, grabbing her ankles, forcing her soles against him tightly. He had his release. Exhausted, he pulled away from her soaked feet. He was elated.

In Channa's mind, her feet squeezed the banana a little too hard, it exploded, sending banana juice all over her. She was shocked.

Suddenly the world went dark. Her head slumped forward and she rested. When she woke up, the headset was gone and her shoes were back on, although she felt something sticky between her toes, but something in her mind told her to ignore it.

Alan helped her stand up and thanked her for her time. He looked a little sweaty and exhausted. He handed her a check and sent her on her way.

"If you ever want to test out more products, feel free to come back. You were an ideal candidate for this program!" Alan said as she walked away.