Ashley’s Odyssey

12:04

Once again, Ashley found himself walking through the many corridors of Ludo Manor.

But this time he wasn’t alone.

“Do I seriously have to accompany you on this silly errand of yours?”, Sahara huffed loudly. “This menial task is beneath me, you know.”

“Since you are the only person who knows where the communal eatery is, yes, your cooperation is vital.”

That’s right. It was lunch time already. That means all the contestants should be at the communal eatery.

Even if Megan wasn’t there, surely some of the other girls would be. Getting to talk with Dahlia would be very helpful.

As for Sahara, the girl was of course a bit on a time crunch. She had to get a full twelve hours of cleaning done before midnight. Accounting for breaks that’s pretty hard to accomplish.

Still, she was apparently cleaning since morning, meaning time wise Sahara was doing good.

Besides...

GROOOOOOWL!

“T-That wasn’t me!”, Sahara immediately shouted.

Apparently that moron skipped breakfast.

And since Ashley himself didn’t get any dinner last night, he doubted his slaves were allowed to eat either.

On that note, he was pretty hungry too. That stupid penguin maid spared no expense in preparing him for his date but breakfast was apparently not important enough.

Given how fancy this place was, the food had to be pretty good, Ashley reasoned. Was it wrong that he was kinda looking forward to it? The best food he had prior to this was when Sahara fed him her table scraps.

Unfortunately for his stomach, this place was just hallway after hallway. Why does somebody even need this many hallways? It’s not that they seemed to lead somewhere.

“Hmph! This is not particularly impressive”, Sahara sniffed. “The Marvelous estate dwarves this silly little manor tenfold!”

The sad part was, Ashley wasn’t even sure she was exaggerating.

Obnoxious bragging aside, he was glad to take Sahara along for the trip. The rich girl was striding through the mansion as if she knew every nook and cranny. Ashley would have zero chance of finding the cafeteria without her.

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15 minutes later.

“Uh, Sahara?”Ashley began as the two crossed yet another corner, opening in yet another identical looking hallway. “How much further is it?”

“H-Hold on a minute there!” Sahara whirled around so fast, Ashley recoiled.

“W-what is it, Sahara?”

"That! What do you think you are doing, addressing me in such casual manner?”

Oh.

“Don’t let this situation get to your head!”, the rich girl huffed. “I am still your better! You will address me with proper respect!”

Ashley sighed. “I’m not calling you Miss Marvelous anymore, if that’s what you are suggesting.”

“W-Why not?”

“Do you have to even ask? I’m the master here and last time I checked you are a ****.”

“I-I’m not a ****!”, the **** complained.

“So, ****”, Ashley emphasized the word. “I can either call you that or your name. What’s it going to be?”

Sahara’s face flushed so red, Ashley was worried she might pass out.(she won’t)

“Y-You! A mere...c-commoner…dares to presume...”

Ashley raised an eyebrow. “Ok. **** it is then.”

“F-fine! Just this once I make a special exception and allow it. You may address me by my first name. Be grateful for this honor!”

“See? That wasn’t so hard.” Ashley patted her head again, which caused the girl to squirm. She was kinda cute like that, so he liked doing that.

“Now, Sahara, I asked you something.”

Sahara blinked.

Sometimes Ashley wondered if there was even a single thought going through that head.

“I asked you how far it is until we reached the cafeteria.”

“How should I know?”

…

“...what?”

The rich girl huffed. “Do you expect me to remember such trivial things as the way to the mess hall? You are escorting me. You should know the way!”

“H-hold on! You were walking in front of me!”

Sahara rolled her eyes. “As is expected of me. Regardless of the situation a Marvelous always walks with confidence and poise. If you didn’t like the path I took you should have objected.”

“You told me you know where the cafeteria is!”

“Of course I know where it is!”

…

“I just don’t know how to get there.”

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BONK!

“WHAT WAS THAT FOR?”

Sahara cradled her bonked head with tears in her eyes.

“That should be my line, you delusional dumbass!”

“D-Don’t call me a dumbass!”

“What’s wrong with calling a dumbass, dumbass? You dumbass!”

Ashley took a deep breath. He was getting way too agitated. “Just to make sure: You have no idea how to get to the cafeteria.”

“Of course. A Marvelous ill needs to concern themself with retaining trivialities. That is what servants are for.”,

Sahara said that with enough pride that Ashley felt it very tempting to bonk her again.

“But you did make it there this morning, right?”

“I was just following Elizabeth then. Her nose is more dog than human.”

Of course.

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In the end it would take another half an hour of blindly stumbling around but Ashley and Sahara did eventually succeed in locating the communal eatery.

The empty, communal eatery, I might add.

“My feet are killing meeeeee”, Sahara complained, rather unsophisticated for once, as she collapsed on one of the chairs. “This is all your fault! As my escort you should have known the way!”

Once more, Ashley inhaled slowly.

It wasn’t Saharas fault really. He should have accounted for her stupidity.

The only reason they found this place at all was because they followed one of the penguins who pushed a cart full of fast food through the mansion.

Maybe that was the trick to navigating this labyrinth of a manor.

Follow the penguins.

Unfortunately, they ended up coming too late. It was shortly before one in the afternoon. The cafeteria would close in a few minutes. Everyone else must have already left.

Still he did use the opportunity to quickly grab a burger(ordering his **** to do the same) before assessing the situation.

The fact that he still had to find anyone besides Sahara was troubling.

And Ashley obviously couldn’t just wait here until dinner.

So, should he just wander around aimlessly? He didn’t like his chances on that.

A bit at a loss he watched Sahara devour her double cheeseburger.

Given her general disposition he expected Sahara to demand a fork and knife or toss the burger to the ground outright but she seemed to enjoy herself well enough by the way she devoured the burger. It reminded him of how Liz acts when she is 10 feet around grilled meat.

“Tasty?”

Sahara looked up like a scared chipmunk. Then she slowly used a paper napkin to elegantly dab her extremely messy face.

“It is adequate. Even Warren Buffet enjoyed the odd hamburger now and then. Do not presume this reflects upon my usual dining habits! Under normal circumstances I would never lower myself to even gaze upon this peasant food!”

Right.

“Feel free to have another one”, Ashley offered.

“Absolutely not! I will not let my figure be ruined by fast food!”

“You still have a lot of work to do”, Ashley argued. “You need the energy.”

“I suppose leaving food to waste would be tremendously uncouth."

...

After two more burgers Ashley ordered Sahara to clean the cafeteria, starting with the mess she made while eating.

His assumption that, all complaining aside, Sahara would adhere to his orders was correct. That was of course all thanks to her transformation.

Ashley felt slightly bad for abusing this, but he really didn’t want her to be at elimination risk too, because she was searching for another giant golden statue to clean. And this place was big enough to keep her busy well until dinner time, at which point the cafeteria probably ends up becoming a mess again, which should last Sahara until the end of her shift.

Besides, he liked watching her work. The dirty **** look didn’t really do anything for him though. Maybe he should inquire for some sexier clothes. Then again, it would also be amusing to make her clean the mobile suite naked. That would teach her a lesson.

…

He quickly shook his head. This was no time for daydreaming!

“Ewww….”

With a disgusted face, the blonde pinched what are the leftovers of a dripping paper coaster. It was one of those big colorful ones that you usually find in fast food places.

And with the way Sahara was holding the coaster, Ashley had a clear view of the back where there was some sort of labyrinth riddle on it, probably to help keep the kids entertained.

Not that Ashley hoped this place had kids.

“Eh?”

Hold on a minute.

He immediately flipped his own, considerably less dirty coaster over.

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“What the heeeeeeeell?”

Is this thing accurate? It couldn’t possibly be, right?

Ashley tried to remember the many corridors they took to get to this place. He also didn’t recall encountering any of the establishments listed on this map.

Furthermore, the courtyard where he saw Megan appeared to be on the right hand side, while the “generic fancy restaurant”, were he presumably went with his teacher was at the top left.

The more Ashley stared at this “map” the more it pissed him off.

“How fortuitous!”, Sahara nodded pleased. “You may praise me now.”

“Just go back to cleaning.”

“Hmph!”

Actually...

Was he supposed to follow these arrows? They are color coded…

What the fuck?

What kind of incompetent lunatic designed this mad house?

Well, Ashley supposed this was better than nothing. And according to this map, the manager’s office was at the very top of the manor.

And all he had to do was follow these arrows to get there.

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Right?

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13:44

He made it.

Turns out following the arrows was far easier said then done. Some of these “rooms” had multiple exits and there was no telling which arrow was which exit.

Backtracking was of course impossible. Ashley could walk the exact hallway he just came from and land at a completely different place.

Furthermore, each “room” was connected by a pointlessly long hallway, stairs or other corridor that seemed to serve absolutely no purpose other than to frustrate the poor sap walking it.

But he made it.

Ashley didn’t even want to begin to count the many, many flights of stairs he had to climb, but he eventually reached what appeared to be the roof of Ludo Manor.

The wind was going quite strong up here, and the master was once again reminded that he was wearing a tunic.

THAT DIDN’T NEED A PICTURE!

The strong wind wasn’t really a surprise. The only windbreakers were a bunch of jagged looking white towers that surrounded the top of the manor in a circular fashion.

They reminded Ashley a bit of giant teeth.

Deciding that freaking himself out even more is decidedly not what he needed right now, the young master pushed his skirt tunic down and moved to the nearest tower.

“Toilets”

Oh, good. What a convenient place for them to be.

He resisted the manly urge to just piss off the roof and checked the next tower.

“Pleasure Drome”

Probably a good idea to stay as far away from that one as possible.

“Clock tower”

“Ora’s rose garden portal(DON’T ENTER!)

“Molar”

“Pleasure Drome”

“Evan’s purgatory”

“Tower for Sally”

“Ero tower”

“Newly transformed sporks.”

“Toilets”

“Hyper Building”

“Ora fanmail storage”

“Rasheul Portal”

“Aquarium and underwater restaurant”

…

Most of these don’t even show up on the map!

Ah, wait!

According to the map the manager’s office was on top of the underwater restaurant!

Ashley immediately moved to the corresponding tower and pushed a button, presumably to call down an elevator.

BZZZT!

ACCESS DENIED! INSUFFICIENT PRIVILEGES

“WHAT!”

He pushed again, receiving the same result.

“What do you mean privileges? I’m the master!”, Ashley aggressively pushed the button multiple times.

But no matter how many times he did, the result was the same.

Fantastic.

What now?

It’s not like he can climb the stupid thing.

…

Or can he?

The tower itself was surprisingly uneven. He probably could get a good foothold at plenty of places. Even Sahara climbed a statue so wow hard can it really be?

Alright! He can do this!

Psyching himself up he began climbing the tower.

2 Feet up.

Slip.

“Eeeek!”

Ashley fell backwards on his butt.

“Ouuuch…”

Why did he think that was a good idea?

Feeling both defeated and very cold, Ashley retreated back downstairs with his tail between his legs.

That was pointless.

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14:22

This was bad. He was wasting valuable time. Checking the napkin map one more time, Ashley considered his next move.

Should he try locating the clinic instead? Kikki might be there.

No, she and Shizu only had to work 90 minutes. There’s no reason they would still be at work.

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It was a long shot but there is one more place he could try.

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“SHORTSTUFF!”

Haaa...

Ashley was never so happy to see Liz.

The delinquent dog girl was sitting on the ground, a leash fastened around her neck.

Behind her was a small dog house.

And this was of course the cable car waiting room, or perhaps you can call it the lobby to the master suite.

“Sit”, Ashley commanded, almost out of reflex.

“Oi! What was that for!”, Liz growled as she was **** to stay on the ground.

“Uh, sorry” He really needed to stop abusing that command.

But then again, it was very fun.

“Is this your job?”, Ashley asked.

Liz guard dog 10 hours/day 10 BP/h (special orders)

“Aye”, Liz jabbed a thumb backwards to where her leash was fastened to a post. “Gotta park my bum 'ere for ten hours a day. It's boring as all get out!”

Ashley can imagine. In terms of jobs you could get it was probably one of the easiest ones. But Liz wasn’t known for sitting still.

…

“What about you? Ya done with your posh shindig?”

“Somewhat”, Ashley allowed as he slowly moved towards his bully. He kinda wanted to pat her head.

But the moment he tried to, Liz sniffed the air.

“Yer smelling like a perfumed wet dog.”

Ashley blushed. That stupid penguin dumped all kinds of tonics on him! It wasn’t that bad right? Neither de Sade nor Sahara mentioned it.

“Somethin' else, too”, Liz added. "Ya stinkin' of grog. Did the crusty old cunt fill ya up?”

…

“Yeah…” Ashley sighed. “So, the thing is...”

One boring exposition scene later.

“YA TAKIN’ THE PISS, SHORTSTUFF? YA CAN’T JUST SKULL SOME BLOODY BREW ALL WILLY NILLY!”

Liz glared and snarled at him with such an intensity, Ashley took a step back.

Fortunately she was still leashed to the Dog house.

It’s true that he took the deal his teacher offered. He really didn’t have much choice in the matter.

Unfortunately, Liz was a lot less secure as he thought, she ripped herself free from her dog house and immediately lounged towards him.

“S-Siit!”

Also unfortunately, Ashley gave the sit command too late and all it caused was Liz to crash into him.

If he had a nickel for every time a girl sat on him today he had...

“NO TIME FOR YER SMART-ARSE JOKES, SHORTSTUFF! THAT’S SERIOUS! THE BLOODY MONGREL’S POISONED YA!”

“S-she didn’t poison me!”, Ashley defended himself, trying to get the enraged delinquent somehow off his body. Which was easier said than done, considering their weight difference.

“Oh yeah?” Liz glared down at him skeptically. "Reckon the witch slipped ya a love potion, mate. How ya feelin'? Wanna root the old bird?"

N-No?

If anything, Liz sitting on him was oddly pleasant.

Popped the masters boner +1VP

She wasn’t that well developed compared to some of the other girls here, but she still had a very nice set of boobs and he was now convinced that these **** clothes do not come with underwear.

And can you blame him for that reaction? He hadn’t jerked off since yesterday!

In this situation, Ashley did the only sensible thing, he stretched his hands out and…

master fondled your boobs! +1 VP

First time bonus! +1 VP

“O-OI!”

Yep, definitely on the smaller side, but as far as Ashley was concerned that wasn’t an issue at all. Not every girl needs big boobs. If anything, being on the smaller side makes them easier to fondle.

Ashley wasn’t one of those degenerates that only liked big boobs. He can appreciate them in all sizes.

“OI!!!!”

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...

OH, FUCK!

He timidly looked up at Liz, already readying himself for one hell of a punishment.

But Liz was only staring down at him.

“Shortstuff…”, she growled, but not exactly angry.

The sensation he was getting was more…uh…

Master made you horny +0.5 VP

First time bonus! +0.5 VP

For a few moments, the two just remained like this.

T-this was kinda...

“Yeah, right. Yer clearly completely looney. That’s it. I’m takin’ ya to the quack.”

“The q-quack? Now hold on, what are you...eeeek!”

Before Ashley had the chance to object, Liz had scooped him up in her arms.

“W-wait! I can walk by myself!”

“With that flossy tutu yer wearing?, Liz snorted. “Maybe if yer fancy flashing yer bum at me the whole way.”

“I-It’s a tunic!”

“Shut yer gap. Yer riding with me, shortstuff! And that’s final! Doryaaaaaa!!!!!!”

With a roar, Liz rushed off.

princess carry the master +0.5 VP

First time bonus +0.5 VP

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14:59

“Maaaan, you know visiting hours are over, right?”

Shizu let out an annoyed groan as she scratched her head.

Ashley felt like scratching his head as well, or rather bashing it.

Turns out you don’t really need the map. Liz certainly didn’t. She can’t do this with all the girls but Shizu apparently had such a pungent smell of smoke she was extremely easy to track her down.

And so they found the fake doctor languishing on a bench in the castle gardens having a smoke break(As in she was taking a break from smoking)

The place was looking surprisingly serene. And the temperature was pleasantly warm.

“This shit’s important, doc”, Liz growled. “That crusty old hag poisoned Shortstuff!”

“I told you, I’m not poisoned!”

"That's exactly what a bloke who's been poisoned would say!"

“Alright, alright, you two quit it with the comedy routine”, Shizu groaned and then looked at Ashley. “You touched her boobs?”

“W-well...”

“Damn straight he did!”, Liz answered instead. “He'd never do that unless he was blind as a galah on goon!”

“Did he now”, despite her flushed expression, Shizu looked calmly at Ashley. He knew that look very well. And he hated it. It felt like she could stare directly into his soul.

“Alright, Ashy-ko, tell me exactly what happened.”

Ashley responded with a glare of his own. He allowed himself to be carried here, because molesting Liz like that was clearly out of line.(Even if it felt very nice) And he felt telling her to stop would have achieved nothing beyond making her lose points for ignoring orders.

But that’s where his cooperation ended.

“Why should I? So you can poison me too?”

“See? Yer ownin' up to it!"

In response, Shizu calmly lit herself a smoke. “You trust the psycho teacher more than me? Ouch.”

“Oi, shortstuff”, Liz interrupted. “I knew what the shrink did was fooked up but…”

“Sit.”

Once more Liz found herself on the ground. She complained of course, but Ashley had become pretty good at ignoring her barking. Instead he once again focused on his former friend.

“I need to find Dahlia, Megan and Kikki. Do you know where any of them are?”

“Nah.”

“Then we are done here.”

“Oi, Shortstuff! What the fook! Yer poisoned!”

“That idiot Megan is about to get herself eliminated”, Ashley growled. “I have less than an hour to fix her mess, so please, can you just do what I say?”

“Is yer head screwed on right? I’m not letting ya…”

“It’s fine”, Shizu interrupted. “Can’t really treat a patient against their will. Not yet, at least.”

“Is that a threat?”Ashley glared at Shizu.

“Maybe?”, Shizu smiled calmly in response. “I see no cause for immediate action. You can go and focus on the risk patient. Miss Sinclair, I trust you can keep an eye on him?”

Liz clearly wasn’t happy to hear that but ultimately relented. “Right, fair dinkum, didn't reckon I get a choice, aye? But the minute you're chuckin' a wobbly, I'm draggin' yer backside straight back, ya little tacker, got it?”

Liz poked Ashley in the chest with enough **** to almost make him stumble backwards.

“F-Fine. Let us just find Megan, ok?”

“Yeah, yeah. Megan’s the shrimpy nudie nerd, aye?”

“She is.”

Liz raised her nose and sniffed. “Don’t smell her.”

“Fuck!”, Ashley cursed. “What about Dahlia?”

“Sorry, shortstuff, that Sheila smells of nothing.”

This was quickly getting from bad to worse.

“Maybe she’s in her room?”, Shizu suggested. “Doesn’t strike me as somebody who likes to wander around.”

It was a reasonable assumption to make. Following the map, should get them there, although he wasn’t happy how long that would take.

“I know where that is!”, Liz grinned. “Hop on, Shortstuff.”

“I can walk!”

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Character Bio's(post first transformations)

Rules and regulations

VP and BP standing:

1) Dahlia Black: 28.5 VP 4500 BP

2) nerd: Carol Summers: 28.0 VP 0 BP

3) step-sister: Kikki Peshkova: 25 VP 0 BP

4) NEET: Megan Watson: 23.25 VP 0 BP

5) Hag: Miss de Sade: 12 VP 4500 BP

6) horny nurse: Shizuka Hayabusa: 10.5 VP 0 BP

7) Doggie: Liz Sinclair: 1 VP 0 BP

8) rich girl: Sahara Marvelous: -13.75 VP 0 BP

pot: +45.5 Victory points

total: 160 Victory points