Is that Riley? Indeed it is!
The wonderful
https://www.deviantart.com/wildbubblefantasy
allowed me to use Riley for a story and trying my best to catch her cute, playful nature in spreading bubble fun :)

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Bubbly Investigation
(Contains: Bubbles! Teasing, Chasing)
(Words: ca 1800 )

It was such a silly first job that Jakob got. He parked his car on the sandy side of the dusty street in the middle of nowhere. The dense forest around him allowed him to see only the direct area around his car. The tall, young man leaned back in his seat and took the little investigation order from his passenger seat. “Unidentified flying objects… spheres. Sure. Gosh, why me?” He mumbled before he opened the door of his car.

It required quite an amount of mental energy for him to get up from his seat. From the side of his door, he grabbed his mobile, a flashlight, and from the passenger seat, his black jacket. “Well, at least it is quite serene here, I guess?” He breathed in the fresh forest air. The scent of many different plants and the wet earth around him entered his nostrils. In the distance, he could hear water flowing down a little stream.

The car door slammed shut and locked. The young man stretched out. It was a long drive from the city center. “Let’s see. The reports tell about these….urgg.. UFOs.. north of here.” His eyes scanned the area north and found a small trail path, which he immediately began walking. “Seems I am not the first one here at least.” He followed the path further and further into the dense forest.

An hour passed while Jakob walked through the forest before he finally found it opening up a bit on top of a hill. As the dense vegetation above him allowed more light to reach the ground, he blocked the light with his hand and looked up. Something was shimmering in the air, floating seemingly weightlessly. But as his eyes were finally adjusted to the brighter light, it was gone. “A UFO?” He mumbled in disbelief, yet for the first time since he got this job, he believed that maybe the reports were not just a prank to waste his time. “Maybe my colleagues have not given me a prank job.” He whispered and continued to walk through bushes and high grass, finally reaching the clearing.

It was a view that the young man had not expected. Massive, soft-looking soap bubbles were dancing over the grass. None of them seemed to be affected by the wind, as they moved chaotically and without order or common direction. Jakob hid behind an oak tree. It was the ABC of a good investigator after all! First, hide, gather information, and then report that back. As he looked closer at the bubbles, he realized just how big they were. At first, he thought they would be a similar size to the soap bubbles he made as a child, but some of these shiny spheres were big enough to hold a whole person inside.

“Do you also love bubbles?” A female voice suddenly asked Jakob from behind. He had not heard her. On this serene, quiet day, where the birds were the loudest source of sound, he had not heard a single step! Slowly, Jakob turned around, now with his back against the massive Oak tree. In front of him stood a beautiful, young woman. No, standing was the wrong term. She was sitting on a floating bubble staff. Her bright red hair caught his attention first, but soon he lost himself in her playful grin and those adorable green eyes.

A joyful giggle escaped her lips, and she raised her hand to her mouth. “I knew it was a good idea to let some of my bubbles float over the city, hehe. I don’t even need to get into town to get new playmates~.” While she spoke in a warm, bubbly fashion, there was something in what she was saying that Jabok feared. She lured him here! His back stroked over the oak bark, slowly moving a bit away and towards the wide open area. “Are you controlling these… bubbles?” He asked carefully.

“Of course. How else could I capture my playmates, hm? Silly question, hehe.” The woman wiggled with her legs and closed her eyes to lean backwards. Jakob observed her closely, his legs ready to make the sprint. He needed to tell others about this. Something about her let his alarms ring loudly in his ears. Who would trust someone able to make giant magic soap bubbles and then use them to lure people deep into the woods? “My name is Riley, and you? I would like to know your name before you try to run~.”

Her green eyes opened and looked at Jakob with predatory energy. Only now did Jakob see how some of her magical soap bubbles had sneaked close. They moved without making a single sound, and due to their translucent form, they were only spotable when light fell onto them. “Jakob.” He simply said, and as Riley opened her mouth to answer, he turned around and dashed away. His legs quickly let him sprint over the grass, building up distance.

“Fun! I knew you were a runner!” Riley shouted happily like a child who had just found out that her toy had a fun function. Bubbles wobbling through the air, but now they were less chaotic. They were giving chase! Jakob began looking left and right as these massive, soapy spheres floated towards him from all sides, yet none of them seemed to be in haste. That made it quite easy for him to simply dash around them, further and further away from-

“Boo~!” Riley suddenly whispered into his right ear and came into view. Her bubble staff was floating fast, letting her easily catch up to Jakob. “You are fast! Are you training? Hehe, that means you will have the endurance for a long struggle. How nice~. Will you struggle after I let you float?” Her teasing, playful voice gave Jakob goosebumps, and he quickly turned left. Just away from her!

More and more bubbles filled the clearing. Not all of them were empty, as Jakob noticed. Those that were floating in the air were sometimes filled with people. Some were sleeping, others struggling against their bubbly prisons, yet no matter how much they bulged out of the soapy film, it eventually bounced back and threw them back inside. It looked… fun. The thought was just for a moment in Jakob’s mind before he saw how several bubbles were coming from up front towards him. His breath was getting heavy, and he quickly stopped to turn around.

“Ran enough? I can’t wait to capture you, hehe. Let me give you a taste.” Riley was just behind him, standing on top of a small bubble, her feet bulging in and her bubble staff in hand. A soapy film was inside the massive ring. Just a little blow from her lips was necessary, and several small soapy bubbles spread out from her staff, directly towards Jakob. He was too slow to avoid them, and they landed on him, attaching themselves like glue against his chest, legs, and arms.

Naturally, he grabbed one to toss it off, yet he just could not get a good grip on this smooth thing! “What the hell?” He shouted as his feet lost touch with the ground and he began floating up a bit. Enough to make it impossible to reach the grass below. The small bubbles were lifting him, much to Riley’s amusement. Her playful grin was infectious. It was easy to see that she was truly having fun. The red-haired cutie floated closer on top of her bubble towards Jakob.

“Let me go!” Jakob demanded but received only a girly giggle back from Riley. “No way~. You were not even inside a bubble yet, and you already want to go? Where is your desire for fun?” She gently touched one of the bubbles that were attached on his chest, popping it easily by simply poking it. She looked him deep in the eyes. “You are mine now, Jakob.” Before Jakob could try grabbing her, she floated backwards. “We have time for cuddles later, hehe. First, you need your own personal bubble! Are you as excited as I?”

Jakob observed with an unsure face how Riley again lifted her staff towards her face and began blowing. This time, instead of a stream of smaller spheres, a single massive bubble bulged out of the ring, inflating towards Jakob! The soapy film touched his nose first, tingling on his skin. The inflation continued as the bubble grew and grew, soon pushing against his face and his torso, laying a soft, warm film against the man. The soapy film had a flowery scent, much like Riley herself. Jakob was unsure why his heart was beating faster. Because he was about to get trapped in a magical soap bubble? The idea of being fully at her mercy? Or maybe it was the adorable smile she made while watching him slowly sink into her bubble?

Nevertheless, the film lay over him, squishing soon not only from the front, but bulging around him. “Hmmm~” Jakob hummed out because of the soft pressure that kneaded him together. Pop! The pressure was gone, and Jakob fell headfirst forward. His face hit the wall of the soapy bubble first. Instead of hurting himself, the bubble bulged out nicely, catching his body with ease before returning to a near-perfectly spherical form with Jakob trapped inside.

The world got a colorful tint, as the light of the sun seemed to playfully dance over the surface of her bubble. “Is this really happening?” He asked as he laid his hands on the bubble, lifting himself off a bit. The feeling of the bubble was… surprisingly nice. The flowery scent of her breath was all around him, giving the bubble a wonderful girly air inside. The membrane around him seemed firm enough to hold him, and yet elastic and soft enough to bulge out whenever he pushed. Riley’s face suddenly popped into view as she floated around the bubble. “You are adorable~. Now, it is not the worst thing to feel no weight and be my little bubble guest, hm?” She teased him warmly, and Jakob had to agree. “Well, I guess? This is not bad, even quite comfortable.”

“Wonderful, hehe. It is good that you enjoy being inside my bubble, as you won’t get out that soon. I like to keep my playmates for a loooooong time. And if you behave, I may join you inside later~.” With that, Riley gave the bubble a kiss, and her staff let her float off. On the edge of the forest, Jakob saw movement as his bubble let him float higher into the air. He would not be the last playmate for her, it seemed.