They didn’t have a projector with slides, but they did have Polaroids taken at parties that could be passed around. The procedure was that the Rush ...hairman would have a list of prospects, and one by one, would propose a name. Often there would be a discussion on the guy, but not always. Occasionally comments such as “We need the dues!” would be heard. Then they would pass the box around. The box was a clunky gizmo with a tray of white and black balls in it. You would reach in and grab a ball,. Two thin, powerful hands whipped and clawed at Bird, tearing into her flesh and warming her body in her own blood. She tried desperately to force him off of her, but with each attempt the contorted man felt as if he grew stronger, and soon his gnarled hands were violently tearing at the girl's mask, as if for some unknown reason completely desperate to remove it. Cries of terror filled the darkness as Bird steadily lost further control of the situation, and just as a large chunk of the mask. I glanced over at the clock and saw that it was 7:05. I looked at him sheepishly and lifted my skirt, showing him that I was still wearing panties."Drop them," he said, and I put my thumbs under the waistband and pushed my panties down my legs.As I bent to pick them up he said, "No."I looked at him questioningly, and he said, "You are going to leave them right there in the middle of the floor until tomorrow night, so that maybe in the future you'll remember the things that I tell you. Now come. Janna felt guilty for rebuffing him like that, since, for all she knew, it had also spoiled her chances at a tryst with him. But she had to maintain discretion. Duric had emphasized that. She had to be sure Tarras could be trusted.What was ironic was the fact that the way Janna often discovered when someone could be trusted was how he conducted himself during sex. It was not something she could explain in words, as it was more emotional than logical. But she had to trust him enough to get to.