RANSVESTIA

"Er, I'd better unpack," said Eddie.

The blonde shook her head. "No," she said. "Annie does that. But you'll have to pick out your gear for tonight. Annie doesn't come on till show starts." Eddie glanced at his watch. There was still an hour to go, but he'd need that to make-up well. The blonde had returned to one of the mirrors and was adding even more make-up, white this time, to the back of her eyelids.

To hide his confusion, Eddie went over to his trunks which had been placed by the fourth walk-in. Opening them brought immediate responses from the other occupants of the room. Diane and Deirdre, identical twins as far as Eddie could tell, as slinky a pair of "femmes fatales" as he had ever seen, cooed with delight over the red satin pan- ties and garter belt Frankie had insisted he wear in his first perfor- mance Kiki turned, brush in hand, her lips being re-coated in blushing pink, "I'd keep those locked and out of the way," she said. "If the other girls see them, you'll find yourself without even a hankie when you need one."

"Ooh, spoilsport, Kiki," squeaked Deirdre, pouting and looking at herself in the mirror.

Eddie smiled but quickly ducked away into his cubicle. Despite Frankie's coaching, it was every bit as bad as he had expected. Now came the worst part. He had to strip off the protection of his male "street clothes" and feminize himself before three other creaures that he hadn't yet thought of in his own mind as men. Steeling himself, reciting the longest poem he could think of, he went through the motions mechanically. In no time, he had shed his clothes, had positioned the flame-red bra, g-string and panties on his person, and ducked out to a mirror in the furthest corner to make-up. He concen- trated on his own face, reciting, calmly, reciting on, as he applied the light powder base to his face, before beginning the stupendous task of making up his eyes.

"Gee, I wish I was like you," Kiki's voice had dropped. There was admiration in his-her eyes. Eddie also noticed his-her adam's apple for the first time.

"Huh?" he said.

"You've such a soft, beautiful skin," said Kiki. "You won't have to wear body make-up like the rest of us."

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