Best Girl

Jasmine 180

Vera 174

Anna 159

Daisy 158

Hilda 153

Lana 145

Night 138

Precious 117

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Gabe took a deep breath. "I just want to say this one more time, I don't want to do this."

The girls had all just returned from their sessions with Skye, most of them deep in thought about what the goddess had said. Lana spoke up. "It's fine Gabe, none of us want to be here, let's just push on through."

That relaxed him some, and inevitably filled him with guilt considering where he'd ranked her. "Okay, my favorite... jesus christ. Yeah sure, my favorite member of the group is Jasmine."

The orcs roared their approval in the hall and stomped their feet. Jasmine however made a phlegmy noise of disgust with her throat. "How transparent can you get? You can't bribe me into liking you with Money." She rolled her eyes and stepped forward into the position indicated by Skye.

"Whatever." Let her think what she wanted, the truth was she was far and away his favorite. That match with her served to remind him just how good things had been between the two of them. He wanted more of that, he wanted his friend back. Maybe more, he'd be lying if he said he hadn't enjoyed her strong fit body pressed against him during the fight. "My second favorite is of course Vera."

The little woman gasped audibly. "Y-you're sure?"

"Of course." Gabe smiled at her. All he'd said to her in the closet had been true, useful for him, but true none the less. Vera had always struck him as a milf, but her transformation definitely changed his view of her. Now she was cute, and he liked it. Plus placing these two at the top was an important decision from a team building state. They were the leaders of the team, along with him. He'd need them both on his side to control the others, just as it had been in real life.

"YAHOOOOOOOOO! THAT'S MY DAUGHTHER!" Elated the queen of the dwarves, forcing her daughter to blush and hide her face.

Gabe just smiled and gestured to Vera. "Take your place, my loyal Paladin."

Beaming, elated, filled with joy and purpose she took her place, and she felt beautiful.

"Third place is Anna."

The blonde sighed. "Gabe you don't have to do that... we're not dating anymore. You don't owe me any favors."

"Silence!" Gabe snapped, causing the room to fall into a hush, even as The Northerners who bustled with joy that their holy child had been chosen. "I'm not going to have you second guess every decision I make. I'll tell you your placement, and you'll step in line. Is that understood?"

Anna gaped at him, totally shocked at what he said. Their relationship hadn’t been for nothing. She knew Gabe was an ever-raveling knot of anxiety and self doubt. This whole thing must be harder on him than she’d suspected.

Gabe knew it was too much to as for a 'Yes sir' but she nodded slightly.

Gabe had found a pretty good coach voice over his season of training. He was glad it still worked here, though he tried to ignore Skye beaming next to him. 'It's all just a game,' he told himself. "Anna third place."

She stared at the floor and walked forward until her feet found their mark.

"Daisy, forth place."

The little goblin yipped, and scrambled to her spot not expecting her name to be called so soon, nor so forcefully. The goblin supplanted the will of the senator, and sat there quivering, even as her mother and many sisters all screamed at the top of their lungs. "Hotter than elves, hotter than elves, hotter than elves!" The goblin blushed, and squeezed her thighs together. She closed her eyes, and to clam her nerves she imagine the prince pushing her over and impregnating her as he gave his list for the uglier less fuckable girls.

"Hilda, you're fith place."

The Elf's eyes sparkled with whimsy but she kept her thoughts to herself and gracefully met her mark.

"Lana, I'm sorry. You're sixth place."

The bard shrugged and tried to match the grace with which the elf took her place. "You don't even know me, I'm surprised you picked me over any of your teammates."

He blushed at that and looked away, she was too entrancing for him to face now. He looked to his final two players. Precious was glaring at him, Night was pointedly avoid ing his gaze. He sighed. "Night is number seven.”

As if she were a puppet with her strings cut, the contraption she was in fell apart, and she landed on her feet light as if she weighed nothing at all. She walked towards her spot at the end of the line, a train of rope trailing behind her. She was already tying and knotting it across her body for clothing. "I had that thing figured out twenty minutes ago." She winked at Gabe and took her spot.

Gabe couldn't look at the halfling. "Precious you know why you're last, just get in line."

The little fireball had a million four letter words she wanted to throw at Gabe, and then caught sight of Skye, who as always was watching with interest.

He was going to put her in last place? Fine. Let him wander in ignorance a bit longer. Besides if he knew they were all jostling for the position of queen, she'd be out of the running for sure. Any shot she had at bonding with I'm after that would seem ****. She had a lot of ground to make up, she just wasn't expecting to be behind Night, or the senator, or the girl he'd met yesterday. She took her spot.

“Very good Gabriel, now that you have chosen the order of your harem, we’ll distribute the treasure." Sky waved her hand

The girls were lined up in the order that Gabe had ranked them in. Then a series of court boys came before each of the girls and poured a pile of gold coins at each of their feet. Jasmine was awarded 10 gold coins for first place, while Vera got 7, while poor Precious got 1 coin.

Daisy and Vera both got a lustful look on their face, and bent over to pick up their loot. "Stop!" Gabe stood up. "You made me vote, but we're distributing the wealth my way."

Jasmine crossed her arms. "What do you mean?"

"All BP goes into the party loot, everyone gets an even share."

Skye smiled. "Charmingly Egalitarian, 'tis legal, BP can move as water from member to member."

Gabe turned to Precious. "What does everyone's share come up to?"

Precious thought a moment. "Four bp each, with six left over."

"Now hold up, that's not fair." Daisy huffed. "We earned this gold, you can't just take it and give it to people who didn't."

Anna flinched, but nodded her head. "She's right, let's face it, the four of us are some of your best units. Wouldn't it be better to equip us as best as possible so we can carry the team?”

A drop of sweat ran down Vera's brow. "Heh, the dwarf in me really doesn't like this idea either..." She was embarrassed to say it.

Gabe balked. "What's wrong with you three, we're a team. We have to share in the wealth and hardships of whatever the hell this place is going to hold for us."

"Don't be so harsh on them." Night smirked. "They just want every advantage they can get. I'd be right there with them, but seeing I'm at the bottom, I'll take my handout thank you very much."

Precious sighed. The knivers were already out. There could only be one queen. As much as they wanted to act like they were a team, everyone was in it for themselves.

Lana shot her twin a disdainful look. "Anna I hope that's your fantasy version talking, because that it not cool."

Jasmine growled. "I can't believe we're even talking about this." She bent over to pocket four gold, and kicked the rest of the pile away. "Anyone who wants to horde their BP needs MY permission!"

Quivering, Daisy tossed her coin after, Jasmine's, and Anna did the same.

"I don't know what came over me." Vera bowed her head, and collected her four coins. "Of course we should share."

Lana, Night and Precious all came to collect their coins under the watchful eye of jasmine.

At which point Skye spoke up. "There can not be floating BP, someone has to carry the remaining coins, even if they don't intend on spending them."

Once again Jasmine took charge. "Well, of course It's Vera."

Lana nodded her head. "She's the only one of us with our heads screwed on right."

Daisy scoffed, and crossed her arms. vera feard that the snide little goblin was about to reveal her past to everyone right then and there, but no. "I deal with government budgets all the time." Pride was her main concern at the moment. Still, Vera now realized what at threat the senator could be to her chances. If Gabe found out about her past, she'd drop right to the bottom. Who'd want a damaged toy like her?

She pushed those thoughts away, and collected the coins. "Thank you all for your trust." She loaded all the gold into a velvet back, and found that petting the purse calmed her nerves. She liked hearing the coins jingle.

“There.” Skye came forward. “Now that our Princesses have been ranked, we shall retire for the day and meet again on the morrow.” She addressed the girls. “Treat yourself to the Prince’s pavilion, where you can buy weapons armor and gear for the coming challenge.”

“Additionally you’ll all be moved out of guest quarters, and into the princess suites. It shall be two to a room, make sure you check in with an attendant for your placement.”

“Feel free to enjoy the Amenities on offer, just be prepared to do battle tomorrow.” A knot formed in everyone’s stomach. Actual combat, it was exciting when everything was veiled like it was an rpg, would they actually have to… kill? “In the morning we will begin our first challenge, The Tournament of Princesses!”

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The Pavillon provides basic armor and weapons at the moment, plus special items provided by each of the nations currently loyal to Gabe. Feel free to submit any other items/gear that the girls can spend money on if you have ideas.