Chapter 46 by Gambio

Next Episode: 07th June

A sharktastic conclusion!

“The mini challenge has officially concluded. Good job everyone! It is now time for the sharktastic conclusion!”

“That’s not even a pun.”

“You’re not a pun!”

The obnoxious grating voice made her miss the sweet silence of ****.

The show must go on however.

And so Euphémie de Sade elegantly extricated herself from the small bubbling pool of sulfur she emerged from and took stock if her surroundings. The space she found herself in was a collection of haphazardly thrown together pools and aquariums, perhaps fitting for the occasion but she didn’t particularly care for it.

“That was utterly tedious”, de Sade proclaimed towards their host who was loafing about in the middle of a swimming pool on a penguin float while munching on some biscuits.

“The doggie sure got you good, Sadie”, Shizuka chuckled, already back to smoking. “Ah, Blondie. Make sure to bring your girlfriend over to the clinic later. I wanna run some lung capacity tests.”

"SHE IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!", Sahara fumed.

“Lung capacity?”, Ashley asked.

“Yep, she shouldn't have been able to hold her breath for that long”, the doctor clarified. “Could be a side effect of her medication. I need to do a proper examination.”

“Oh nah, that’s actually just because of these”, Ora explained, while holding up the snacks she was munching on.

Scuba Snack 200 BP

Want your doggo do go scuba diving? Now you can! One Biscuit provides water breathing for 150 Dog minutes! Shark-flavored

“Was a last minute gift form the vampire host”, their own little host revealed. “She bought a whole bunch but I could sadly only get one of them to the Doggie on such short notice. So, I’m making sure they don’t go to waste.”

“WAN-WAN!”

Liz was whining and pacing at the edge of the pool, clearly wanting one of the biscuits, but not enough to actually brave the water. Ora paddled her floatie closer and held one biscuit out, only to snatch it back at the last seconds and stuff it into her own mouth.

“Bleeeeh!”, she stuck her tongue at the deflated dog girl.

“You do realize you’re eating Dog food, right?”, Cherry remarked.

…

“PFFFFFEEEEEHHHH!!!!”

Ora sputtered, lost her balance and dropped into the pool.

While this was going on, de Sade was seething.

Shar again.

That meddling fool was single handedly responsible for the ruination of multiple perfectly good seasons.

She will have to have a word with her producer once this is all over.

But in the end, all her pointless interference amounted to nothing. Shar will not have this one.

“Enough with the tomfoolery”, De Sade declared towards their sputtering host. “Continue with the proceedings.”

With a gasp Ora crawled herself back up on land. She hacked and coughed and wheezed. “S-shut up, you stupid hag. Uggh...I got water in my noooose. It’s salty and grooooss!”

“Want me to provide CPR?”, Shizuka offered, which the host swiftly declined.

“I agree to move on”, Sahara agreed while comforting a desolate Liz over the loss of her biscuits. “Seawater is most bad for my hair. I require a shower.”

De Sade gave a small nod. “I will have my reward now.”

That caused the little host to finally stand upright again. “Oh? Your reward, is it? Huh. What a miserly hag. But I guess you are pretty strapped for VP, so every little bit helps, eh?”

…

...

“What?”

For a moment even De Sade was unable to hide her confusion. She looked over the six contestants.

Six.

There were only six of them.

And more...

Kikki was pushing her cheeks out and pouting. “I can’t believe that was allowed! That’s so unfair!”

“Can’t spell unfair without fair!”, Ora cackled gleefully, “Now, everone. Please give a big applause for the winner of today’s mini challenge!”

The host gesticulated towards a large water tank that was covered by cloth. Cherry, rather unceremoniously, pulled the cloth away revealing…

“HEY!” Ashley roared almost immediately. “That swimsuit is absolutely horrendous!...I mean, get her out of there!”

“Oh don’t get your boxershorts in a twist, my panty wearing femboy”, Ora sighed and rolled her eyes. “I can assure you our star attraction is quite comfortable.”

“Doesn’t look like she’s drowning at least”, Shiuzka observed.

“I would die from embarrassment before I’d drown, wearing that hideous swimsuit”, Sahara scoffed.

“I think it’s rather fetching…”, Carol murmured while Kikki just pouted some more.

True enough. Right now Megan was more preoccupied with cringing in sheer embarrassment then getting out of the tank. Not exactly the behavior of somebody drowning in a fish-tank.

Ora nodded proudly. “Miss Hedgehog, would you care to elaborate your masterful ploy that led to you finding yourself in a giant fish tank?”

Apparently not. Turns out underwater Megan can speak about as well as overwater Megan. Hence Ora flicked a thorn and manifested a brand new water proof laptop inside the tank.

Hedhehogstew69: stfu!

Hedhehogstew69: …

Hedhehogstew69: xbsajcbsadjkcbsdhujbhjb

Hedhehogstew69: I managed to avoid drowning

Hedhehogstew69: I hate pufferfish

Hedhehogstew69: stop staring

Hedhehogstew69: pervs!

…

That wasn’t very helpful.

“Hm, did she devour some of these biscuits as well?”, Sahara pondered. “She looks like the type.”

“She made a deal with Kikki, correct?”, Ashley suggested and Ora made a Ding-Ding-Ding noise.(It sounded pretty good)

“Normally Devil Deals are confidential”, the little host explained with a grin. “Buuuuut since this one was made during a challenge, we will make an extra special exception and reveal the contents now."

A soggy document floated in mid air.

“You made a Devil Deal just for that?”, Carol asked incredulously.

“Indeed!”, Ora cackled. “After the little Hedgehog was shoved in a room by the mad doctor, she nearly lost her mind. The door protected her from sharks but not from the water which was steadily rising. Surely her untimely demise was only a matter of time!”

Ora moaned theatrically, followed by a pregnant pause. “However! At her darkest hour the valiant visage of Panty Pompadour filled her heart straight back up with courage!”

“Please don’t call me that”, Ashley groaned. “And can you please give her another swimsuit?”

Ora ignored that. “And it was that very same courage that emboldened the swimmer winner to call wannabee imp Kikki and make a Devil Deal to ensure her survival!”

“Which is super unfair!”, Kikki resumed her pouting. “I was teleported into a room that was almost full with water! I could do nothing but drown!”

Ora shrugged. “Yes, well, very tragic. But look at the bright side. It could have been much worse.”

The half imp cocked her head. “Eh?”

“You know, if you were to be summoned to a place outside the challenge venue. That would be an instant elimination. Good thing every contestant on this season takes part in the challenge, so that won’t be an issue for you.”

“Oh.”

Ah, how very, very pleasant.

"Guess I won't have to do any CPR on her either. Lame", Shizuka complained.

Hedhehogstew69: kek

Hedhehogstew69: victory is my destiny

"But weren't you planning on making a Devil Deal to receive a small amount of money?", Sahara said with a frown. "I believe it was ten million or something. I don't do well with pocket change."

Hedhehogstew69:...

Hedhehogstew69: (⊙＿⊙')

Hedhehogstew69: ****!

Alright, that was too much comedy routine even for Ora. . It was time to finally reveal the final rankings of the final mini challenge! I mean the first mini challenge! Final first fin...whatever! Here are the rankings!

Ora looked at the plaque rather unimpressed. “Eh, my drawing was much better.”

“That is pathetic even for you”, de Sade quickly interjected.

For a brief blissful 2 and a half minute Ora managed to forget that the hag existed. "What seems to be the problem now?"

“Miss Marvelous clearly perished before me.”

“Oh sure, but that wasn’t the loss condition now, was it?”

“What is the meaning of this?”, de Sade hissed with barely contained rage.

Ora sighed. “Myyyyyyy, I know that hags tend to have poor eyesight, but this is truly sad. It clearly says: Don’t get eaten by sharks and don’t drown. The bimbo got killed by going SPLAT against a tower."

“B-But hold on”, Carol piped up. “If that is the case why did Marvelous only come in second? Shouldn’t she have won the challenge outright?”

“Very observant, Miss Brainiac”, the little host granted graciously. “But easily explainable. For you see, after the Bimbo went SPLAT, her bits and pieces did fall back down in the water where they eventually did get eaten by sharks. And good too. Otherwise this challenge would have gone on until the Hedgehog starved to ****! That would have been super boring!”

“He he”, Sahara proudly exhaled through her nose. “All according to plan."

Ashley suppressed the urge to bonk her again.

“WAN-WAN!”

Ora looked around if anyone had any more useless complaints, but there weren't any, beyond the seething hag. Very nice. This turned out to be a very pleasant episode. But she can’t soak in this feeling forever. Time to move on with the show.

“So, this of course means our Daddy girl moves up from rank **** to rank servant. Simultaneously the fake doctor moves down one rank. You bimbos share a room now. Congrats.”

Ora flicked her finger and the costumes of the two girls changed, both now wearing a frilly pink maid uniform.

“Can’t say that’s my style..”, Shizuka grumbled with a groan.

Sahara on the other hand seemed to be quite on board with her wardrobe change. “Well, well, it appears I am moving up in the world. As expected of me! Mark my words everyone. My marvelous reign is at hand!”

BONK!

The urge could no longer be suppressed

Ora cleared her throat.. “Of course, if someone moves up or down that means someone else needs to move down or up! Congratulations on the promotion, Miss Brainiac. And enjoy the burrow, Hedgehog.”

With a yelp, Carol found her clothes changing, now wearing a black and maid uniform, that was slightly marred in professionalism due to the very large cleavage it shows.

Still her breasts were a lot more covered than before.

“Oh yeah, that’s because you moved up in rank”, Ora clarified. “The higher your social rank the more covered your breasts will get. No more nipple pasties for you!”

Carol wasn’t quite sure if she liked that. Or the implication for it, if she ever should end up in **** Rank.

Megan herself didn’t change much, due to her new swimsuit stipulation. She did however receive a collar around her neck. You're not getting a picture for that, there’s enough of them already!

“Yay! Big Sis! I’m looking forward to spending more time with you!”, Kikki said jumping up and down, her prior irritation seemingly all but forgotten.

“Ah...r-right…”, Carol still seemed somewhat out of it. “May I ask what this means for our work schedule?”

“Oh that”, Ora sniffed dismissively. “As I said the new old manager gets to change the line up today for the remaining four days. You get an update tomorrow. Here’s your new Pamphlet. Cherry hand them out.”

“You mean I get to stop scrubbing the floor like a lowly maid?”, Sahara gasped.

“Maybe”, the little host shrugged. “Depends on the manager, of course.”

Quite a few eyes landed on Dahlia. The brunette had barely said a word ever since the challenge ended. “W-Well…”

"May I ask what this means for our date?", Carol asked again. Wow, what a boring person. She didn't even frame her question different for variety.

"For the sake of fairness, the schedule remains in place. However, PVP opportunities and length will be changed accordingly. Not retroactively though. Too much work."

Before anyone else could derail this further with her boring prattle, Ora clapped her hands. “Anyways! That’s the boring stuff out of the way! Transformation time! Starting with our new underwater hedgehog! ...what are you still doing in there? Get out already!”

Ora snapped her finger and Megan was finally released from her fish tank. Her relief was short lived however as a black thorn quickly pierced the girl.

“Invisible?”, Sahara sniffed towards Megan. “The girl is already mousey enough as is.”

“Yes well, I don’t pick the rewards” Ora shrugged.

“You totally do!”, Ashley complained to more shrugging.

“Eh whatever. Time depends on social rank.” Ora flipped the card over to reveal some more information.

“Mistress: unlimited: Manager: 10 hour, Senior maid: one hour, Servant maid: 10 minutes ****: 1 minute”

“That doesn’t seem very fair…”, Ashley whined again.

“She seems to like it well enough”, Shizuka pointed towards the now floating swimwear of Megan.

Sure enough, Megan was completely invisible. Or at least she was for the 60 seconds of daily invisible time that was allocated to her. Afterwards, she immediately became visible again.

Quite frankly, Ashley didn’t think that was much of a reward.

“Well, eh. Anyways! Time for the real fun stuff”, Ora grinned at Dahlia. “Our busty brunette has performed quite poorly and will now be appropriately punished for that. That’s right! It’s time for the punishment transformation!”

Dahlia’s tense expression grew even more tense.

Ashley’s face too for that matter. “Is that really necessary? Dahlia tried her best. I don’t think she should be punished for that.”

Ora looked at Ashley as if had suffered from brain damage. (Which he probably has)

“Anyways”

Then she hit Dahlia with a thorn.

Pent up (Punishment)

Dahlia’s boobs tend to leak. A lot. Let’s put a stop to that. Now her breasts won’t leak when she gets excited but instead continue to swell. They will do so until another contestant milks them. *milking can only be done by giving Dahlia a spanking*

“Still no card, I see”, Carol murmured.

“That is ridiculous!”Ashley immediately protested. “And why a s-spanking?”

Ora is tired of shrugging, so she didn’t this time. “Everyone does these milking type transformations the same way. I’m going to be a trendsetter by combining boobs and butts kinks!”

“I see”, de Sade smiled thinly. “Crude, but not without its charm. “I would be willing to aid you in this.”

Dahlia herself definitely did not appear to look forward to said aid.. “I…I will not let myself get spanked by the likes of you!”

The busty brunette was clearly getting agitated, providing everyone with an example of her new transformation. Her breasts swelled, increasing about a cup size.

“Uh...Dahlia, you should try to calm down…” Ashley tried his best not to stare at the massive breasts. If there was still any doubt about the reigning chest champion between Carol and Dahlia it was now without a doubt resolved.

“Hmm…”, Kikki tipped her chin. “Out of curiosity, if Big Sis doesn’t get regular spankings, is she going to go splat?”

“Of course not, you psycho!”, Ora huffed. “Her breasts will just keep on swelling until they reach comical degrees. We are talking, even wrynn will be repulsed levels of size.”

“I doubt that”, de Sade said dryly.

“Well damn, guess I should quit smoking after all”, Shizu observed while taking another puff.

Ashley meanwhile just cringed. “L-Look, Dahlia, just stare at my panties and calm down.”

Dahlia did and took a deep breath. It worked like a charm and her breasts stopped swelling. They did however remain at their prodigious size.

“Anywaaaays, with that we are basically done!”, the little host attempted to leave before turning dramatically around again. “Whoops! Almost forgot! Here’s your current VP standing!”

“An impressive performance from our Doggie”, Ora announced, patting the dog girl on the head. “And people whined to me for keeping you a dog. It clearly did wonders for your score!”

Liz eagerly barked in agreement.

“Of course on the opposite side of the totem pole we have our other blonde bimbo, who...how did you even manage to lose that many points in a single day?”

“T-that’s what I want to know!”, Sahara burst out. “I demand a recount! The ballots were stuffed!”

Ashley winced, he had a feeling matters would be bad with Sahara not working as she is supposed to. He just had not a clue how bad.

With the round already halfway over, he doesn’t have the luxury to ignore the issue for any longer. He had to ensure Sahara gets back into the positives.

“Hmm..”, Kikki cocked her head. “Loos like I got some extra BP:”

“Oh yeah, that”, Ora nodded as if she just remembered. “Your biggest fan gave you another 500 BP. Blondie got 100 BP from him as well. Weirdo.”

“I did?”, Sahara blinked. “Well! Most excellent! My charming personality is starting to pay dividends!”

"Waaaai! Thank you!"

Kikki blows a kiss. "If we hit 2000 BP you unlock the next friendship tier and become a silver member of the Kikki fanclub! Let's both try our best!"

“Whelp”, Ora clapped. “And that’s it. You have the rest of the day off, so enjoy! Except Cherry. Cherry has to clean up the manor and get rid of all sharks.”

“Yeah, fuck you too.”

“Hold on”, Sahara intervened before everyone could leave.

“What now?”, Ora groaned. “You won’t get any more points!”

“W-what do you mean get rid of the sharks?”, the blonde asked.

Ora made a disgusted face. “Eh, we probably just turn them into chow for the penguins.”

“Excuse me! You can’t do that! I won’t allow it!”

“Hah?”, Ora cocked her head. “Did that mouth just move? Because I could have sworn it uttered a sequence of words it should be trained to never say.”

Sahara flinched, but did not back down. “I will not let you harm Luigina.”

“WAN-WAN!”

Oh great, now the Doggie joined in too. The little host groaned. “We have to get rid of them. They steal men’s souls and make them their slaves! Oh no wait, that’s Vampires. But you know what they say. Can’t spell Shark without Shar.”

“T-that thing is definitely dangerous”, Carol responded with a shiver. “I would rather not have it around.”

“You are just angry that Luigina devoured you whole!”, Sahara huffed and whirled around. “Daddy, can we please keep her? Luigina is a good girl, she won’t eat humans without my permission! Pleeeease!"

W-Why is he supposed to decide that?

It’s not that Ashley wanted to take Sahara’s pet away.

But said pet also was a prehistoric apex predator.

“Hey! I’m the one running the show here!”, the little host complained fuming.

“Please let her have them.”

Ora flicked her head around towards Dahlia. Huh, for some reason she suddenly felt very compelled to let the Bimbo keep the sharks after all.

Ah! No wait, that’s just that stupid charisma perfume! Ora almost fell for it!

“B-But I hate sharks! They are stupid! They….”

BONK!

“OUUUUUUCH!”

Cherry had bonked Ora on the head.

The host was cradling her head with tears in her eyes. “C-Cherry! You can’t hit me! Not even my own brother ever hit me!”

Cherry glared at her. “Just let her have the sharks, you shitty little brat. You want to go down as the season that murders animals? That will go over well with the audience.”

“Please!”Dahlia bowed deeply.

Charisma Check(Advantage) 17+0(Charisma)+0(Proficiency)=17

DC=4

SUCCESS!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SUCCESS? AND WHAT DOES DC EVEN STAND FOR? DUMBO CHEST?

Grrrrrrr!

Whatever!

Ora doesn’t care anymore!

“Fine! You can have your stupid sharks! But you take care of them! Feed them. Scrub them. Play with them. And whatever weird gross activities weird gross Shark lovers do! Hmph! Ora out!”

The little host disappeared in her trademark puff of angry smoke.

And with that the group was at last free to leave.

“Why would you aid me?”, Sahara asked suspiciously. “Are you just trying to get into Daddy’s good graces?”

Dahlia shook her head. “Nothing like that. Your points balance is a serious issue. If this results in you taking your work seriously, it’s worth it.”

Sahara nodded haughtily. “Hmph, very well. I will spank you in return.”

Ashley could only sigh. They managed to survive this. But why does he feel like the hard part is only now beginning?

“So”, Cherry said towards her master. “Want some pants, oh esteemed master?”

Right, before anything.

He needs to get some pants.

……………………….