  
Natsu and Faith didn’t know
each other prior to the shoot, but they work wonderfully as a team. In
addition to her stocked ankles, Natsu’s arms are held away from her body,
cuffed at both ends of a long padded rod. Natsu’s big toes are pulled back
with leather toe cuffs, and the second and third toe of each foot is also
pulled back with short lengths of thin rope. Needless to say, her foot
and toe movements are severely restricted. I help Faith with the tickling
for about half the scene, alternating between giving Faith a hand and operating
the camcorder. Once it becomes clear that Natsu’s feet are quite ticklish,
we ask her if she enjoys it. Surprisingly enough, she says that she does,
even though it’s clearly an ordeal for her (she later confirmed that she
found the experience very enjoyable, if challenging). That’s good, because
Faith discovers that she loves tickling Natsu’s feet. In fact, Natsu says
that she can see it in Faith’s face. I use my fingers and a comb when contributing
to
the tickling, while Faith uses her fingers and, eventually, an electric
toothbrush. She finds out that both techniques work especially well under
Natsu’s helpless toes, though the soles are also very sensitive and a lot
of fun to play with.
   
Natsu’s feet, covered by rainbow
socks with individual toes, are sticking out of my stocks, toes down. Faith
first teases her through the goofy socks for a few moments. Then the socks
are peeled off and the real tickling begins, first with a comb, then with
fingers. All Natsu can do is take it and squirm on her side of the stocks.
   
Natsu’s ankles are still locked
in stocks, but her position has changed a bit. Her wrists are tied so that
she must rest on her side, which makes her feet twist in different directions.
Leather toes cuffs on her big toes also pull them in different directions,
to the left of the stocks in both cases, but the right big toe is pulled
up while the right one is pulled down. This makes Natsu’s feet quite helpless.
The first attack comes from one, then two colorful feathers, handled by
Faith, who’s sitting behind the stocks and overlooking Natsu’s feet. Feathers
are usually pretty bad for foot tickling, but in Natsu’s case they work
just well enough to make her lightly giggle as they explore her toes and
soles. This goes on for 2 or 3 minutes, then Faith switches to fingers.
Natsu could have done without the feathers before, but now she declares
“I like the feathers!” Didn’t realize how good she had it, I guess. Her
reactions are clearly more intense now. Things get even worse for her when
I join in to help Faith. Later, they get even worse still when a couple
of hairbrushes make their appearance. An electric toothbrush and a comb
are also used, but it’s definitely the hairbrushes that reap the most intense
reactions from Natsu. She does get a little noisy at times, though, so
it might be a good idea not to play this clip too loudly.
   
This is a mutual tickling scene,
a kind of semi-restrained tickle fight. Natsu is sitting with her ankles
locked in the stocks, big toes tied together, but her hands free. Faith
is lying on Natsu with her head away from her, head over the stocks. She
can slide her arms through the stocks’ side holes to get Natsu’s feet.
Her own feet are right in front of Natsu, almost in her face, held in place
by the velcro cuffs that keep them together. Now, Faith isn’t as ticklish
as Natsu, which is why she doesn’t get tickled as much in this series.
However, Natsu has the advantage of being able to reach not only Faith’s
feet, but also her waist and ribs, so she has more options. Things start
rather mildly as the girls get the hang of the situation. Faith finds that
the position of her arms makes tickling Natsu’s feet a little awkward.
However, handing her a hairbrush helps her gain the upper hand. Natsu’s
tool is an electric toothbrush, which she uses on Faith’s toes and soles
for part of the scene. But she also uses her fingers a lot. After a few
minutes I ask Natsu to give the electric toothbrush back, but she refuses,
knowing full well what it’s going to be used for. She remains stubborn
for a few moments, but she eventually hands it over when I tell her that
if she gives it away, Faith will remain her only tickler, as opposed to
me joining in and making things even worse for her.
   
Turns out Faith is a little
more ticklish than I first thought, mostly on her upper body. Not enough
for her to totally lose control, but enough to justify dedicating a scene
to her as the ticklee. But as the scene progresses, we improvise new twists,
and things get a bit more complex (in a good way) and less one-way than
the original plan. Faith is tied to my weight bench, her wrists cuffed
away from her body so Natsu can access her armpits. After a few minutes,
Natsu slides under the bench and reaches up for Faith’s lower torso. She
also reaches around Faith’s waist with her feet to emphasize her control
of the situation (and to show off her feet at the same time). I eventually
jump in, helping Natsu by getting into Faith’s ribs. After giving Natsu’
foot a couple of quick tickles, I see some potential there, so I decide
to add velcro cuffs to her ankles to secure her feet over Faith’s thighs.
Much to Natsu’s dismay, I alternate between her feet and Faith’s ribs.
Natsu still manages to tickle Faith’s armpits, though. However, Faith soon
gets the satisfaction of getting back at Natsu directly as I free one of
her wrists. She’s still fairly restrained, including one hand that she
can’t use, but at least she can attack Natsu’s feet, with very good results.
Natsu doesn’t give up, however, working hard to keep tickling Faith’s waist
and one vulnerable armpit. Also, I briefly move the camcorder to show that
I’m tickling Faith’s feet at the same time, at least for a few moments
(most of it not actually seen, though). She’s not as ticklish as Natsu
in that area, but her increased laughter does reflect the additional punishment.
She’s happier when I go back to Natsu’s feet for a while, but then I switch
again and go for her ribs, and then grab her wrist and pull her arm up
to dig into her armpit, not only increasing her torment but also depriving
her from the satisfaction of tickling Natsu. I’m very much the double agent
backstabber in this scene. In the end, I free Faith’s other wrist and let
the girls finish the scene by themselves. I expect Faith to easily gain
the upper hand, but Natsu puts up a better fight than anticipated, and
the girls seem equally matched at the moment.
   
This time it’s Natsu who finds
herself restrained to the weight bench, and unlike the previous scene,
she’s the only one who gets tickled. She’s on her stomach with her knees
bent, feet in the air with the soles aimed at the ceiling. Her big toes
are also tied to further limit her movements. There isn’t much to describe
as far as the tickling action goes. Faith simply stands over Natsu’s soles
and works on them with her fingers, a comb, an electric toothbrush and
a hairbrush for about seven minutes.
   
We were about to end the shoot
when we realized that we hadn’t done an upper body ticklign scene with
Natsu on the receiving end. We had previously determined that she was quite
ticklish in that area, and we decided that it would be a waste not to take
advantage of it. So the girls bravely accept to do one last scene at the
end of an already relatively long shoot. Natsu is tied to the weight bench
in pretty much the same position as Faith a couple scenes earlier, with
the addition of elbow velcro cuffs to prevent her from twisting around
too much. This makes it ridiculously easy for Faith to work on Natsu’s
ribs and armpits.
   
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