Mummification – Completed Mummy

Whether you’re working with pallet wrap, duct tape, or something else altogether, at some point you’ll have a completed mummy. Then what?

If your wrap is conservative and done with care, your subject won’t be in any discomfort. There will be no rolls digging into the skin, and the overall tension won’t be so great as to cause problems. Combine this with a comfortable temperature, and there’s no reason you can’t play with your new creation for a while.

If you’re working with a duct-tape wrap, you can try cutting holes somewhat smaller than the engorged nipples; when you pull the cotton balls out the nipples should follow. They’ll be snuggly constrained by the small hole, keeping them engorged and sensitive. Bear in mind, though, that the edges of the duct tape can become uncomfortable after a while; if you anticipate a long session, you may want to cut larger holes.

You can also gain access to other parts of the anatomy. A woman’s genital area is particularly easy to work with, thanks to the wrap being away from the skin at the crotch and between the legs. Just carefully cut away a round or square piece of wrap an inch or two across; you can then use a vibrator as shown here… or whatever else strikes your fancy.

As you’re pursuing these pleasures, keep in mind that your subject is completely wrapped in a (usually) non-breathing material, making it difficult for the body to cool itself. There may also be issues of pulled muscles from involuntary reactions. It’s better to be a bit over-cautious than to push too far and spoil things.

If your partner enjoys bondage and likes to have “quiet time,” you might consider going the other way: make your mummy as comfortable as possible, then just let him or her quietly rest. This isn’t total sensory deprivation by a long stretch, but it’s amazingly effective. You can add a pair of headphone-style hearing protectors over the wrap to help reduce outside distractions. Sometimes better is the old style “over the ear” headphones, plugged into an FM radio tuned between stations with the muting turned off; the quiet rushing noise can help blanket out room sounds. Foam earplugs that are inserted into the ear canal are even more effective, but you have to add these before you wrap, and they’re not easily removed in mid-scene if you decide you’d like to for some reason.

If you go the quiet route, you might be tempted to slip out of the room. Don’t. Remember, your mummy is totally helpless. If something goes wrong, a mummy can’t even call for help. You shouldn’t leave your partner’s side, not even for a moment. Their safety is in your hands.

Now, that’s not to say you can’t pretend to leave, if that’s something that would add to your play. Just stay on this side of the door when you close it, then slip quietly back into position. This can be a tremendous mind game to play with a mummified partner, but be absolutely sure panic or other negative reactions won’t be the result before you try this.

At some point, either you or your mummy is going to decide it’s time to end the scene. But how? Unwrapping is the obvious answer for elastic bandages, but it takes far too long for plastic wrap, and is a virtual impossibility in the case of duct tape.

If you can’t unwrap, it’s time to grab those bandage scissors. Find an area where you can start, like between the legs or through large nipple holes. It’s difficult to cut the skin with bandage scissors, but be careful not to pinch!

Once you have an opening large enough to get a finger through, start holding the wrap away from the skin as you cut. Plastic wrap tends to stick to the skin, and pulling it away by sliding your finger alongside where you’re cutting will allow you to move faster with less risk.

For a person who has a love-hate relationship with being tickled, for example, the soles of the feet might be freed early on. But when it comes time to extract your playmate, it would be better often start with the head. This gives your subject the opportunity to breath easily and speak with you (though don’t expect much conversation if you’ve done a good job and sent your mummy to subspace). Be very careful around the face, especially the eyes and ears. Work two fingers under the wrap here, one on either side of the scissors, and cut very slowly and cautiously.

And don’t forget there’s hair under there… you don’t want to give a bad haircut as a side-effect of the scene! If you cut from the neck up the side of the face and then across and back down, you can free the face and leave a “cap” or “hood” of sorts on the rest of the head. If you then proceed downward, cutting a slit towards the feet, you can eventually slip the wrap off the head without cutting too much near the hair.

Once you’ve slit the front, you can “peel” the entire wrap off. Go slowly; plastic wrap tends to stick to the skin; amazingly so, if the wrapee has been encased for any length of time without perspiring excessively. Duct tape wraps will maintain much of their shape, and a first-time wrapee often finds it interesting and amusing to look at the “cocoon” that’s left behind.

Unless you’re a perfectionist, the inner layer of a plastic wrap will be wrinkled. If your partner has been wrapped for a while, you’ll find that he or she maintains much of the texture of the wrap! A freshly-extracted mummification subject may have skin that looks something like that of a lizard; it’s a surprising and strangely attractive result that quickly fades. (Elastic bandage mummification, on the other hand, will leave the texture of the bandage as well as the spirals from the wrap.)

You’ve just extracted someone from possibly non-breathing material… someone you may have been keeping very much “fired up.” That probably means they are going to get very cold, very quickly. Have a nice robe or some thick terrycloth towels handy. Don’t count on being able to walk your partner quickly to a warmer part of the house; depending on how long and tightly one is wrapped – or how deeply they went into subspace – it may not be possible for them to move very far or very quickly for a while.

Move your partner to the couch and sit with him or her, quietly talking about the experience and helping with the “return to Earth.” Especially for a first-timer, it can be unwise to try to continue any sort of role playing. Drop the Big Bad Dom/me attitude for a while, and be there for your partner. More often than not it will be greatly appreciated.

At this point (after article 1, article 2, article 3) you have a basic understanding of mummification. The last step, most important – Mummification Safety – coming in the next article soon.