Land Sharks: Working Behind the Scenes
#2 of Land Sharks
Our two heros, Ivy and Mizu are now starting their first day at the company. What happy lucky toys they are to be able to work for such a well renown adult toy company, as they are processed into lovely pair of rubber toys. Or is everything as wonderful as it should be?
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Land Sharks: Working Behind the Scenes
The night in the molds for Mizu and Ivy dragged on more and more. The rubber tubes attached to the molds, slide in rubber that flowed in and out of their mouths, their rumps, Ivy's sex, while pressing into Mizu's faux rubber sergal sex. They looked at each other's blurred forms that were across from each other. Unable to move, unable to see anything but the other. The soft sweet voices whispering into the back of their minds.
"Toy is a good toy."
"Toy loves to obey."
"A good toy is an owned toy."
"Toy obeys Maker."
"Toy is an object."
"Toy is a thing."
"There is no me."
"There is no myself."
"There is no I."
"There is only this one."
"There is only itself."
"There is only toy."
Ivy feels the tight embrace of the mold against her skin, pressing the rubber suit even tight against her, her breasts feel so lovely within the embracing rubber, her nipples perked and fitting into a crevice perfectly designed for her.
Mizu is in the same position though he feels the smooth rubber against his furred chest, his throbbing length tucked away into a rubber sleeve. The length squeezed and pressed, the sensations keeping him on a perpetual edge. His mind like Ivy's swimming in the juices of the endless sex that they had the previous day. Sleep not being achieved as the seemingly endless boring hours go by.
Suddenly there is a black and cyan blur moving in between them. Ivy and Mizu focused on the sudden movement before them. K-2003 smiled as it saw the two molds filled with their prospective material. The toy walks over and gently feels up the smooth plastic casing as the pressurized shark within remains motionless.
"It's been so long since this one worked on a pair of toys, this is exciting!" K-2003 remarks to itself with a loud squeak before it practically dances over to the control panel. It types into it as a soft hiss is heard by Ivy, a rush of air slides into the mold as she lets out a shiver.
K-2003 rushes back to the mold and unhooks the phallic tentacle in the rear first, then the one in the front crotch, followed by the mouth before peeling the front of the mold. Mizu watches as there are two moving blurs, his body aching, wanting to move, to get stimulated, to end his boredom.
Ivy moans softly, her body aching, tensing, squeaking as she takes a step forward as K-2003 runs a rubber claw along her muzzle, "Hello toy, this one hopes you've rest well."
Ivy shivers as the rubber around her body feels more sensitive than it did before. Her thoughts slowly coming back to her as she draws herself away from the soft and powerful domineering voice always speaking in the back of her head.
"T-toy?" she asks with a shiver as she feels the cool air blowing across her body from an air vent in the ceiling. K-2003 smiles as it traces its claws along Ivy's spiked collar.
"Yes, you are becoming such a lovely toy, doesn't that feel wonderful? Exciting?" K-2003 asks as it reaches down and grips Ivy's breasts tightly as the toy tugs at the nipples. The toy's clit hood peals back from its sex to give her tight shark slit a slow tender lick before pealing back to its position.
"I... I don't... so hard to," she says softly with a pant, her body shivering from the touches as she shakes her head, "W-where's Mizu?"
"Your fellow toy unit is next out of the mold, why don't you stand over here and get ready to greet it?" asks K-2003 as it gently guides Ivy to the front of the steps.
"Yeah, I'd like to meet him here," she says softly.
"Good toy's obey Maker," the voice in the back of her head whispers.
Mizu watches the white and black blur before him. His body wants to twitch but the mold prevents such minute movements. Air rushes into the mold as space to twitch is finally given to him. The black and cyan blur moves up to the mold as its hands run across it. The toy says something but Mizu can't quite make out the words yet as the tube in his rump is pulled out. Mizu moans and gurgles on the rubber in his mouth as the tube in his crotch is pulled back followed by the one in his mouth. The mold peals away slowly, tugging at his faux breasts, which tug at his chest as he almost falls out of the mold only to find K-2003 catching him.
K-2003's hands gently caress Mizu's rubber covered body as he looks up to see the toy smiling up at him before he catches Ivy standing behind it, gently rubbing her legs together as she passively tries to cover her burning lust and desire that he himself still shares.
"You rest well toy?"
Mizu grunts as he starts to support himself onto his feet once more before responding, "I don't think I slept at all. I feel so hazy."
"The first molding is always the most difficult, but don't worry it will get easier for both of you," K-2003 says as it gently grabs Mizu's and Ivy's collar tags and tugs them forward towards it.
"T-that's good, I think?" remarks Ivy.
"I feel so hmmm," comments Mizu as he bites his lower lip as he feels the throbbing of his length within the rubber suit.
"Relax you two, remember there is no I, me, myself, there is only this one, itself, toy," replies K-2003 as the toy stops as they get down to the hallway, "You know... this one thinks both of you are going to become wonderful toys but you," says K-2003 as it runs a rubber claw along Ivy's chest moving up to touch her unique spiked collar, "This one thinks you love to be in the middle, somewhere between a dom and a sub."
Ivy shivers and moans softly her sex twitching at the words, "W-what do you mean?" Ivy asks as K-2003 smiles and gently takes Ivy's rubber covered hand and moves it to Mizu's collar, helping Ivy grasp it.
"Why don't you lead your other half as this one leads you, that will put you in the middle, a place between the submissive toy and this one the dominant toy maker, how does that sound?" K-2003 asks gently squeeze Ivy's breast with the other hand.
Ivy moans softly, "That sounds nice," she says dreamily as she continues to hold onto Mizu's collar before the line of toy's continues forward.
Mizu watches the events unfold and moans softly, "But I..." Mizu shivers as he's tugged forward stumbling a half a step before falling in line. Their heads dizzy with delights and the soft spoken words.
They walk onto the store floor, the store is currently closed but a quick glance at the time tells them at it is not long before the store opens its doors. They see other toys moving about the store getting ready for the rush of people as K-2003 guides them straight down the center of the store to the other end.
"W-where are we going?" Mizu asks with a shiver as he feels Ivy tug on his collar.
"To where you will be working for the next week. You are in no condition to be in the presence of customers, not yet at least," K-2003 explains as it opens the door and tugs them through.
Inside they are greeted by a massive stockroom. Boxes of items put onto shelves, containers filled with toys of all kinds. The scent of leather, latex, plastic waffs heavy in the room far heavier than in the store proper. A soft hum of fans going up above help regulate the temperature of the room to keep it from becoming too hot and damaging the store goods. Toys of all kinds are busy moving through organizing, cleaning, some toy is doing something at all times, like some busy metropolitan street but not nearly as crowded.
Approaching the three toys is a rather busy large hermaphrodite black and purple sergal similar to K-2003 with the cuffs and collar with the glowing letters that spell out "Fuck Toy" The toy's length and balls were covered in tight criss crossing bondage rubber cock and ball harness which squeezes the toy's balls to about the size of large oranges. As the toy gets closer Ivy and Mizu noticed the collar on the toy's neck says G-2263.
"Maker, this one is always pleased to see you, two with you at once this time?" G-2263 asks as K-2003 gently runs its rubber hand across the toy's chest. G-2263 moans softly and gently presses up against the touch as the toy's cock hardens within seconds.
"Yes this one is creating a pair of toys, much like you and S-2723 are," K-2003 says as the other sergal toy moans softly.
"That sounds wonderful Maker. This one will make sure they are good toys while working in the back," it replies.
"That is what this one likes to hear," it responds it tugs on Ivy's collar who in turn tugs Mizu's collar as they two stand before the other toy, "This one has other things to attend to, so be good toys and do what this one tells you to do. Learn how to work here well."
"W-why?" Mizu inquires as he looks at the two toys as Ivy gives his collar a slight tug.
"Because you need to be productive toys when not in use. Idle toys not in storage are bad toys, and this one knows you both want to be good toys," K-2003 explains as it moves closer to Ivy and gently gropes her breast, "And this one knows Ivy what you truly want as a toy, just follow your instincts and it will come," K-2003 continues as Ivy moans softly.
"Y-yes..."
"Where's my grope?" Mizu asks as K-2003 leans over reaches and gropes Mizu's pent up balls and cock. The toy's thumb running across the bulge of his cock head as he moans softly.
"Good toy's enjoy themselves and obey, relax, obey and be a good toy and rewards will follow, pleasure will follow, blissful happiness will follow," K-2003 says as it pulls its rubber hand away from Mizu's crotch, "This one will return later, take good care of them G-2263," K-2003 says as it walks off.
Ivy and Mizu watch as the sergal toy elegantly walks out of the door that they came from, its hips sway side to side elegantly with a soft squeak before their attention is turn towards the busty sergal toy herm before them, "You two came at the right time, truck is about to come and that is always a busy time," G-2263 explains.
"So we are to help back here all day?" Mizu asks with a soft shiver as his body aches and screams for sex, the dildos that were in him still faintly feel like they were there, leaving a lingering feeling of emptiness needed to be filled.
"Yup, you two will be kept busy working together, toy pairs always work together."
"Always work together?" asks Ivy with a soft pant.
"Toy pairs aren't made often but when they are they work together, a packaged deal," explains G-2263.
"Thi... I over heard that you are a toy pair? Where's your other half?" Ivy inquires.
"This one's other half is currently getting its chassis remolded. The process takes a while with testing afterwards, this one will get to take part in that testing though," it responds with a smirk, "But after that we'll be together a pair of good toys serving users."
"Sounds like you like it a lot," Ivy responds with a slow tail sway.
"Its wonderful, this one loves its fellow toy unit, and serving customers with it. We make a very wonderful pair," G-2263 responds.
"I see," Ivy responds as she glances over to Mizu who is busily rubbing his needy bulge.
"So horny..." moans Mizu as G-2263 grabs his hands and pulls them away.
"Good toy's don't touch themselves."
"But so horny," Mizu whines as he is about to move his other hand down when Ivy grabs it.
"Be a good toy, don't touch yourself," Ivy says softly, as her hand squeaks and squeezes Mizu's crotch.
Mizu moans softly as a bell rings causing him and Ivy to jump, "What is that?"
"Delivery is here, good timing, come toys we have work to do," G-2263 commands motioning the two to follow as the back of large cargo door is raised with e metal rattle revealing the back of a truck that has already backed itself into the bay. There an anthropomorphic tiger truck driver. His eyes go wide as he's greeted by at least eight rubber toys.
"Help unload the truck as it comes," commands G-2263 as it walks over to the truck driver, "New driver today?" the toy asks.
"Yeah, other guy was sick. Are you all really...?"
"Yes nothing but toys here, no phone use as you should of been informed," G-2263.
"Yeah, yeah I was told... damn, anyway let's get this started," the tiger says as he starts to unload the truck via a set of rollers.
Mizu squirms as the soft words in the back of his mind continue to speak, continue to urge him on, "Toy is a good toy."
_ "Toy loves to obey."_
" Toy does not pleasure itself."
" Pleasure comes from obedience."
" Obedience is pleasure."
Mizu shivers as he looks over at Ivy who is gently grinding her legs together, her rubber covered sex is hot , sensitive, she feels the rubber press against her, exposing her flesh to the cool air, causing her to shiver as a light breeze blows in from the cracks between the truck and the building.
Mizu squeaks softly as he feels the throb of his member against the rubber, "Maybe I... I feel so light headed, maybe that truck driver could help," Mizu thinks as the boxes start to roll down. Box after box rushed forward as as another toy a white and yellow-orange female gazelle helps direct Ivy, Mizu and some other toys where to put the incoming cargo.
Mizu looks around and looks at other toys as they are mumbling to themselves, "Toy is a good toy. Toy loves to obey. Toy is a fuck toy, there is no me, myself, I, there is only this one, itself, toy."
Mizu shakes his head for a moment as his mind tries to grasp the situation but his attention is soon forced back into what he is doing with Ivy, working to bring in the boxes upon boxes of items for the store.
The soft sound of squeaks are heard mixed with the rattling of metal rollers and commands given by the toys in charge in the back. Each moment was filled with work, work and more work. After two and a half hours of constant unloading the truck driver was finished, and after a few signed papers by G-2263 it was back giving its fully attention to Ivy and Mizu.
"So needy... horny," pants Mizu as he suddenly feels a punch on his shoulder by Ivy.
"Quiet we are about to be told to do something," remarks Ivy as Mizu rubs his shoulder with a squeak.
"What was that for?"
"For you being a butthead," remarks Ivy.
"You two will be in charge of putting these away, according to the make, size, species, vibrating, and the ones that come with cum lube tubes," explains G-2263 as the toy points to two stacks of boxes taller than the toy itself, "The dildo bay is over here," it continues as it where the bay is halfway across the stockroom, a hefty treck to be sure.
"Y-yes it shall be done," moans Ivy as she nods as her rubber covered fingers run along her sides.
"That is what this one likes to hear, keep up the good work," G-2263 replies as it leaves the two back to work.
"Ivy, what's wrong with you? Don't you see we are just doing work for free?" remarks Mizu as he follows Ivy back to the crates of dildos.
"Help me toy," Ivy commands as Mizu feels a shiver.
"Toy loves to obey," Mizu hears whispering in the back of his mind
"Sure," he replies as he and Ivy grab a pair of two wheelers and slowly cart the heavy boxes over to the large shelves divided into sections with clearly marked labels for the many types of adult pleasure devices the store had to offer. The heavy totes clatter as they place them nearby.
"Wait why did I just do that?" Mizu asks as Ivy tugs on his collar,
"Because I asked you too," she remarks with a grin as she cracks open the first container, revealing tons of individually wrapped and packages dildos of various colors and sizes.
"But why are we doing this?" Mizu asks as he starts to help put away what's inside.
"Because we were commanded to, doesn't it feel so nice to obey?"
"No, Mizu no like to obey. We are working for free," Mizu whines.
"We are good toys doing what we are told, getting pleasure," she responds with a soft moan.
"But... I am so horny... and tired," he whines.
"Keep working be a good toy," Ivy responds hitting Mizu in the shoulder with a squeak.
Ivy shivers as she hears the soft whispers into the back of her mind.
"Toy is a good toy."
"Toy loves to obey."
"Toy is a good toy for helping other toys."
"Such an obedient toy."
Meanwhile Mizu grunts as the voice whispers into the back of his mind.
"Toy wants to be a good toy."
"Good toy's obey."
"Good toys service"
"Good toys serve."
"Good toys get pleasure."
"Pleasure is obedience."
"Obedience is pleasure."
Mizu shakes his head as the words echo into his tired mind as he continues to work for a while as he grunts, "This is just such a pain. How is this pleasuring? I'm just so horny. Ivy this feels off," he moans softly.
"How so?" asks Ivy as she puts one item away with a soft squeak, "I feel so good... so hmmm delightful, the look is wonderful, the control," she remarks with a soft pant.
"Maybe its because you aren't used to lack of sleep like I am."
"You do have poor sleeping habits often," she remarks.
"I sleep fine," Mizu defends himself as Ivy tugs on his collar and pulls him closer to her.
"Sure you do," she says with a grin as she reaches and runs her rubber covered hands across Mizu's rubber covered female looking body. Mizu goes quiet as he looks into her eyes. She is wearing a suit just like him, but why do they look so alive and alluring? Mizu moans softly as Ivy reaches down and gropes Mizu's bulge, running a thumb across where the cock head is, shifting it slightly behind the rubber.
"I know what is best for you toy, listen and obey me, follow me, that is all you need to know. Now do as we are told and put these away," Ivy commands as Mizu lets out a soft moan as his body shivers as he feels Ivy's strong grip around his sensitive bits.
"Yes Miss..."
"Good toy," she replies.
"No... not a good toy," he pouts.
"Not yet at least," she chuckles with a big toothy grin as she continues to work. Ivy feels the burning lust within her body the same as Mizu does within him. The voices caressing the back of their minds as they work harder and harder on their duty, which seems to be almost endless. The moment one task is complete, the next is thrown at them. Their bodies ache, they squeak softly as the suits feel so tight against their skin.
"Toy is a good toy," Mizu softly whispers to himself from time to time as they are given the next task and the next. The work behind here seemed almost endless, as there was seemingly always something to do back here. The two kept close together as they were moved from one area to the next as a bell rang.
"Another delivery, though if it's the one this one thinks it shouldn't require much unloading," comments G-2263 as it follows the two.
"This on-I is so tired," moans Mizu.
"This one is tired too," replies Ivy.
"You two have been good toys this should be easy for you two," remarks the rubber sergal herm toy as the truck doors open revealing over two dozen rubber phallic silver pods.
"What's this giant dildos?" remarks Mizu.
"No, toys from our primary factories, these are the mass produced but high quality toys we make. Take and cart them to the second floor for storage, match them with the species, and gender," G-2263," commands as it gives the two toys a set of hand cart to move them.
"These are so heavy," grunts Mizu as he leans back on the wheeler to lift the large object nearly twice the size he is.
"Of course it's heavy it contains a toy, take the elevator over there and put it into storage, scan the barcode when you enter to know where to put it," explains G-2263.
"Yes toy?" replies Mizu.
"Good toy."
"Come on toy," says Ivy as she with a grunt pushes one of the pods off and away, leaving Mizu to play catch up as they reach the large elevator. The doors automatically opening as they step inside.
The two as they enter the elevator glance and see there are only two buttons, one for the current floor and one for the second. The elevator going up automatically once they are inside.
"There are toys in here? Are we going to be in here?" Mizu inquires as the door dings and a large storage area with rows upon rows of these pods are lined up with clearly marked and well lit. At a glance there had to be at least a hundred or so in here.
"That is what G-2263 said butthead, now do what you are told before I punch you again," she remarks as she sees a scanner gun hanging off to the side connected via a chord to the wall, "Guess we use this to scan them," says Ivy as she puts her pod down with a thud to reach the gun. She scans the back of the pod and the location "G-15", appears, with the "Female"by gender and "Gazelle" by the species.
"Here let this one help you with yours," says Ivy.
"This one has it," grumps Mizu as he puts his pod down and scans his pod. Location "W-20" Gender, "Male" Species, "Wolf"
Ivy sighs softly and nods as she grabs her pod and moves it towards her location while Mizu does the same. Ivy feels a tingle of pleasure with each step, the rubber suit tight against her shark skin. The juices from the orgy the other day still flowing within her body, as the rubber outfit truly feels like a second skin. She looks at the rows of other toys and feels a tingle through her spine. She licks her lips as she softly says to herself.
"Toy is a good toy."
"Toy loves to obey."
"Toy loves to fuck."
Meanwhile Mizu moves to his location hearing those same words, shivering and squeaking as his body aches in desire and need.
"Each of these have a toy inside? What about this one? What about me? I don't want to be left in a pod!" Mizu thinks as he slides the pod into its location that already has two other pods in the same area. A device grabs the pod and pulls it in, lining them in like bullets in a clip.
"I can't be a toy like this..." remarks Mizu as he drops the hand cart and rushes down the rows of pods and yells, "Ivy!"
"What is it?" asks Ivy as she comes out of one of the aisles and heads to him.
"We have to get out of here, something isn't right," Mizu remarks as she grabs Ivy's hand and tries to drag her forward but she stands firm, "Ivy, come let's go."
"Yes there is something wrong, and it's you," remarks Ivy as she pulls on his arm, causing him to fall back and with a quick punch in the gut, causing Mizu to let out a large huff of air Mizu is flung over her shoulder and lands on his back with a head squeak and grunt.
"Ivy what is wrong with you?!" Mizu yells as Ivy moves and sits on on his chest.
"It is you who has something wrong," she remarks as she grabs both of his arms and pins them over his head. Mizu grunts and squirms with a squeak as he looks up at her.
"Let me go, we need to get out of here before we are put into these pods like the others," states Mizu.
"You don't get it do you?" asks Ivy.
"Get what?"
"Always the hard headed one, never wanting or just not seeing what is in front of you. This one does not want to go, and this one knows you don't want either, this feels wonderful, accept it and let it happen," Ivy says.
"B-but why?" whines Mizu as he weakly squirms under her.
"Because that one is material that has realized what it is," K-2003 says coming out from the direction of the elevator. The black and cyan sergal toy with softly glowing eyes steps ever closer.
Ivy tenses as she looks up and sees K-2003 approach, her legs squeezing Mizu's sides tighter as Mizu looks over to the approaching toy.
"You, you did something to her," remarks Ivy.
"This one is molding her material, as its molding yours, quality material is quality material. Sometimes it's soft and malleable easy to fit into the mold that it wants to be, other times it's hard and stubborn, requiring force to get into place, either way the final product is the same, wonderful high quality toys," K-2003 says softly as it crouches beside the two.
"We aren't material but people!" exclaims Mizu.
"You are material, it's simple as that. You've always been bound by your stubbornness. Denying yourself things you rightfully enjoy. Refusing to accept the goodness that is around you, that is within you. In your mind you feel somewhere that it doesn't fit you. It's not meant to be. Some soft spoken rule that you yourself do not even know is there. Trying to prove something that does not need to be proved," K-2003 explains.
"He's a hard headed butthead," Ivy comments as Mizu wiggles and squeaks underneath her.
"Ivy what has come over you," Mizu asks with a soft pant.
"This material here..." says K-2003 as it reaches and grips Ivy's breasts and gives them a firm squeak, causing her to let out a moan, her warm crotch rubs along Mizu's belly, her arousal burning hot for him to feel through the rubber.
"Was bound by the desire of control, to protect, to serve in the highest of ways, but still bound to a sense of need of control. Control was controlling this material. It wants to help and be the best it can be, but feels that it must be in control to achieve it, though letting another take command, to lead it towards what it's meant to be, was most desired," K-2003 explains as it releases the breast and grabs the tag on the spiked collar and pulls Ivy into a long deep kiss.
Ivy feels K-2003's rubber tongue slide into her mouth as she shivers, Ivy watches moaning softly at the lesbian display, causing his pent up member to twitch under the tightly entrapped rubber. Slowly K-2003 will break the kiss, strands of cyan saliva clings to Ivy's rubber coated lips but quickly break and disappear.
"Giving into another's control doesn't mean giving up all control. Feeling the delight and desire this material has longed for, with the control it craved to give and to... recieve has brought quick realization of what this one is trying to do," K-2003 says with a smile as it glances down at Mizu.
"You want to realize it, but that unmentionable, unobtainable, unreachable thing that keeps you stiff, rigid, hard, unmalleable, you need to let it go. Accept the bond you two share, as you become a pair of inseparable toys. Forever together, crafted specifically to be together, never to be separated, always working together, accept it, this one's precious material," K-2003 says softly as it reaches down to gently caress Mizu's head. K-2003's soft rubber claw tips gently brushing against his rubber covered skin as he pants softly.
"I... this one is so very tired," he whines softly.
"This one was just coming to pick you up," K-2003 says as it grabs Ivy by the collar and pulls her onto her feet. Ivy's hands reach down and grab Mizu by the hand as she pulls him up.
"Come, lets get some rest," Ivy says with a smile.
Mizu looks onto Ivy and shivers and softly nods as K-2003 leads them to the elevator and through the stockroom.
G-2263 stands watching as K-2003 passes them. The cyan sergal toy gently brushes a rubber hand along the other toy's rubbery length, "You've done well with these two, they'll be back for more tomorrow."
"Yes Maker," moans G-2263 as it watches its Maker guide the other two toys to be out of the stockroom and onto the store floor. The store itself is once again closed as only a few toys are busy working getting the store cleaned up from the day. Ivy grips Mizu's collar tightly as Mizu whimpers softly as the two are guided back to their molds. K-2003 glancing over at the two with a smile just as they reach the two molds facing across from the other.
"You will go first this time," K-2003 says as it grabs Mizu's collar away from Ivy who puts up no fight. Mizu is tugged forward with a soft moan as his head feels heavy, his body aches, tired from the day and the never ending whispers in the back of his head.
"Rest will be good," Mizu mumbles.
"Yes it will be, this one is sure after another day of rest, things will feel better," it says as it pushes him into the mold, starting the process of the front coming down to encase him, The rubber tentacles shoved into his mouth, crotch and rump, steadily pushing into his body feeding him the rubber that flows through and around his body.
Ivy watches with a smile as Mizu is put to rest, Mizu watching the two colored blurs as the process is repeated with Ivy, his other half, the other toy that he's been paired with and as they both sit in their molds, looking at each other's colored blurs in perfect silence, unable to move, unable to sleep or look away, they watch the other as the soft whispers in their minds continue.
"Toy is a toy."
"Toy is a good toy."
"Toy loves to obey."
"Toy loves to serve."
"Toy loves to pleasure."
"Obedience is pleasure."
"Toy is a toy pair."
"Toy works with its pair."
"Toy serves with its pair."
"Toy obeys with its pair."
"Once a pair of toys, always a pair of toys."