"It's really very simple and safe," the saleswoman explains. "All it does it take away specific capabilities while a person cannot be handled to do them safely. We seen great success reducing drunk driving, for example, by having the people's capability to drive removed instead of just taking away their keys. And it's completely reversible, of course--as soon as they're sober the capability can be restored."
Ellie can't put on her bra or panties.
It's not that she doesn't know that they need to be on her body, or that she doesn't know conceptually how to get them on her body, but she just...can't do it. It's like there's a disconnect between her brain and her hands that leaves her staring at the bra and panties laid out on her bed and then not putting them on.
Ultimately she ends up going to work without either of them on, and her tits are small enough that she can get away with it, but not wearing panties makes her so conscious of her pussy all day long, feeling like someone must know that there's barely a layer between it and the open air.
Ellie can't use any of her toys.
She knows what a dildo is used for, a vibrator, all of the myriad toys she has, but she can't actually...use them. She takes to rubbing her clit to try to get off, but, well, there's a reason she owns toys to begin with.
Not pants, not shorts, and they're all right there in front of her, in her drawers and in her closet, but the only thing she can manage to put on is a dress or a skirt, which feels even more dangerous when she hasn't managed to put on panties in she doesn't even remember how long.
Ellie can't close her legs when she's sitting on the couch.
She can everywhere else, but as soon as she sits down on the couch in the living room she shares with her roommate, her legs are wide open, skirt riding up until she knows her pussy is showing.
Ellie can't take the dildo out of her cunt.
Her roommate slid it in there casually, almost nonchalantly, like she was just fitting something into the hole in belonged to, and it should be so easy to slide it back out, but Ellie...can't.