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“Well now, wasn’t that fun and exciting?” Dakota chirped, clapping her hands together. “I know I love a good set of transformations, personally. But we do have some other business to attend to, before we call it for the evening. Not to mention, Kim better get to work soon, if she wants to be able to fulfill her shift.”

Kim bristled. It wasn’t that she’d forgotten about her obligations, but she’d really hoped she’d be given a pass considering how long the challenge had taken. But then again, time on the island was whatever Dakota said it was.

“With that in mind…” Dakota turned her golden eyes towards the younger girl, her and lips curled up into a sneer. “Now that we’ve settled all the transformations, before we send you on your way, we should resolve yours, shouldn’t we?”

“Come on, do we have to do this now?” Dani asked. “She could at least stick with us until we’re all done with everything else, right?”

“We still have to do the room selections,” Dawn pointed out. She more than anyone would very much like to get a new room. “You said those would be at the end of the round, correct? So this would be the appropriate time to do them.”

“And don’t forget about my hair!” Rose loudly interjected, gesturing to the tangled mess her head had become after repeated orgasms, tangles, and being hosed off with water. “…Although, Kim doesn’t need to be here for that.”

“I still don’t fully get what’s happening right now,” Ella admitted. In spite of the other girls giving her a quick rundown of the situation, she was stuck playing catch-up a bit. “I know Kim got that transformation, but… hair?”

“Rose loses her hair every round,” Dawn explained the transformation to Ella. “And however much hair is shorn off, get turned into a special article of clothing for her to wear, with a better effect depending on how much hair went into it.”

Ella’s eyes widened. “Oh, wow! Her hair is so long, too, so she might get something really good!” She turned to Rose. “Good luck!” She said, waving at the other girl.

Rose forced an awkward smile to her lips. While she appreciated Ella’s consideration, she still felt a little sore about how she’d been eliminated from the challenge. (In more ways than one!) And it wasn’t even like Ella could use the excuse that it wasn’t her, since Cinder was her, in a way, right?

Aagh. It made her brain hurt. Rose hated dealing with stuff like this. So she decided to just forget it and move on with things.

“So what about my hair?” She asked again, and Dakota rolled her eyes.

“So impatient,” she muttered. “But fine. Kim, if you’d like to stay around for all the other things we’ll be doing, that’s your prerogative. But if you don’t make it in time for your full shift this afternoon, you’ll be taking a Sick Day punishment transformation tomorrow,” Dakota warned. “…Oh, and you’ll still have to go to work anyway.”

Kim rolled her eyes. “Why am I not surprised?” She muttered. “Still. I’ll risk it.” Kim knew that she would probably wind up getting shafted regardless because Dakota could be sadistic, but she figured the punishment transformation probably wouldn’t be that bad. Plus, she wanted to know where she’d be sleeping today, and who with. It wasn’t like the previous setup with Sylvia- these rooms mattered.

So she’d take her chances.

Dakota was pleased to see that Kim was taking this in stride. She beamed from ear to ear. “Now then, since I enjoy driving Rose batty by making her wait, we’ll start with Kim first!” She said cheekily, waving her cane.

The screen flickered, and the names of all the discarded transformations from this round flashed up across it. They danced across the screen in a swirl and then, to everyone’s amazement, leapt right off of it!

The words danced and twisted through the air, spinning around Kim in a circle before forming a giant cloud of indecipherable text floating over her head.

Kim had about two seconds to process that before the magic holding the words aloft disappeared, and they all came tumbling down on her like a sack of bricks.

“Uwaagh! Hey!” Kim dug her way out of the pile of words. It was a weird feeling, like being covered in a pile of dry, yet malleable noodles. Brrr.

When she emerged from the bundle, they all disappeared, except for one clutched tightly in her hands. In her haste to pull herself out of the pile, she’d grabbed onto it for leverage, and now she had about two seconds to read it before it shot out of her hands and plastered itself against the screen.

“I wanted something a bit more theatrical,” Dakota explained as the text of the transformation wrote itself out on the screen. “You know. For dramatic effect.”

Kim glowered at the host as she read the new transformation that she had chosen for herself “at random”.

• Wet T-Shirt Contest: Kim can, at any time, summon up some water to douse her clothes and the clothes of other contestants, making them semi-transparent. It will only affect their clothing, however, and not even result in their hair getting wet. She will also gain the ability to dry out her clothes and the clothes of other contestants immediately to ensure that nobody is forced to go the rest of the day with wet, sticky clothes. (Fashionista)

“Hey!” Vivian brightened when she saw what Kim had managed to scrounge up from the pile. “That was one of mine!”

“Yes, it was,” Dakota nodded. “But the audience preferred one of your other choices more. In the end though, it seems like Kim instinctively wanted to get closer to you, by sharing in one of your transformation paths!”

Kim made a face like she was going to throw up.

Dakota shrugged. “…Or maybe not,” she giggled. “Regardless, I think Kim will be able to get a lot of mileage out of this transformation. After all, if the other girls’ clothes are wet and see-through, well, they’ve gotta buy new ones, right?”

Kim crossed her arms over her chest, not amused by the other girl’s suggestion.

Dakota shrugged again. “Just spitballing ideas here, that’s all!” She said innocently. “If you don’t like that plan, you can always use it on yourself, let that little exhibitionist side of yours free?”

“Okay, I think that’s enough!” Kim said loudly, her cheeks pinkening with frustration and maybe something else. “Just get on with it already, would you?”

“Fine, fine,” Dakota scoffed, rolling her eyes. “One last transformation, for the money!” She waved her cane and sent a burst of dark light into Kim’s body, infusing her with the new transformation.

Kim could feel a strange power take over her. She raised her hands and suddenly the water in the air coalesced in front of them into a floating sphere about the size of a volleyball.

“Hey, wow!” She said, grinning. “This is so cool! I can-”

Before she could get a word out, the ball burst, and covered her in water. Immediately, her clothes turned transparent.

“Hey!” She screeched in surprise, looking down at her soaked schoolgirl uniform. “What the hell!?”

“You’re not a waterbender now, Kim,” Dakota stated plainly. “The only thing that power of yours is good for is soaking clothes. And if you don’t get a lot more practice in with it, well… it might just blow up in your face,” she said, trying not to make her smile too obvious.

Kim shot her a glare.

“But you should still be able to dry yourself off!” Mary pointed out. “That was the other part of the transformation, right?”

“Aww, Mary!” Holly groaned, rolling her eyes.

Kim held out her hands and concentrated, and to her surprise, the water that had soaked into her clothing slowly started to get drawn out, falling into the sand. In seconds her uniform was as dry as a bone, as if it had never been soaked in the first place.

Vivian whistled. “That’s pretty handy!” She complimented the other girl. “Now I’m kind of wishing I got that one!”

There was no “kind of” about it. Vivian hadn’t been shy in showing that the last transformation she had gotten, Sensitivity Training, was something she wasn’t a big fan of. And Sylvia also picked up on the fact that something else was wrong, too.

“Hey, Vivian,” she whispered, approaching the heiress while everyone was paying attention to Kim experimenting some more with her transformation. “You good?”

“Hmm?” Vivian looked up at her, surprised, and flashed a winning smile. “Why, ‘course I am, why would you think otherwise?”

“Well, I was a host,” Sylvia said proudly, holding her hand over her chest. “I know when someone’s not happy about getting a transformation.”

Vivian stared at her for a moment, stunned, then sighed and scratched her hair under her cowboy hat. “Well… you got me,” she admitted, giving the other girl a rueful smile. “But it’s not that Sensitivity Training transformation. It’s that other one. Leading by Example.”

Sylvia blinked, surprised. “Really? You didn’t like that one? I would have thought you’d be thrilled to get a transformation that would make everyone see you as the head of Daddy’s harem!”

Vivian shook her head. “Respect’s gotta be earned,” she pointed out. “If everyone’s just giving me the position because the transformation makes ‘em, then did I really accomplish it on my own?” She looked sad again, which made Sylvia feel sad.

But the heiress quickly pushed those unpleasant feelings aside and focused on her smile. “Thanks for worrying. But I’ll make it work somehow.”

“Well… maybe I could help!” Sylvia pointed out.

“Hmm?” Vivian looked at her curiously.

“Maybe you can upgrade your transformation to something less compulsory,” Sylvia pointed out. “We can take a stab at it together! With my new Sneak Peek transformation, we can see what the upgrade will do. Maybe that’ll fix all your problems!”

Vivian’s eyes widened. “Well hey… maybe I would,” she agreed. “I’ll think about it. But let’s see what the normal state of it is first, okay?”

Sylvia nodded obediently.

Dakota loudly cleared her throat, causing the water Kim was experimenting with to fall into the sand.

“Now, Kim, I know it’s fun to play around with transformations, but if we don’t get a move on with things you’re going to be late to work,” she pointed out politely. “And someone here has been waiting very patiently, haven’t they?”

“Yes!” Rose said loudly. “My hair!”

“Right, yes, of course,” Dakota said. “I’m sorry, that too. As usual, I was thinking about Mary over you, Rose. There’s only so much her little heart can take! I’m sure she’s just dying to get back to the hotel so she can jump her husband’s bones, right, Mary?”

“Eh?! Um…” Mary turned red.

Rose’s eye twitched.

“But yes, your hair too,” Dakota added. “Right, let’s take a look at that transformation again, for old time’s sake…”

She waved her cane and summoned it up onto the screen.

• Golden Fleece: Rose’s hair will grow incredibly long, and very fluffy, almost like sheep’s wool. The more BP she gets each round, the more luxurious it becomes, then at the end of the round, it’s shorn off. Her hair can then be woven into a garment that grants a boon to the wearer, with the effects increased in strength depending on how much BP was put into it. (Gold Digger)

“Now, you’ve put quite a lot of BP into that hair of yours, haven’t you?” Dakota laughed. “Judging by its length, anyway. I think you’ll be getting quite great boon out of it! Now then…”

She waved her cane, and Rose’s hair lifted up again, untangling and dancing around her. And then, suddenly, it began to gently pull itself apart.

To Rose’s chagrin, she watched as her gorgeous golden hair was once again shorn from her scalp by invisible clippers, spinning around her in the air. Woven by unseen hands, the golden threads were stretched, spun, and thickened until they formed a single garment.

A nice, warm-looking golden sweater landed in her arms.

“Eh?” Rose looked at the sweater, a little disappointed. “Is that it?” With the amount of BP she’d put in, she was expecting something a little more… well, just more.

Dakota sniffed. “Not good enough for you? What, were you expecting a magic wedding dress that would make Nick fall head over heels for you or something?”

“No!” Rose’s face turned scarlet. “…And he’s already head over heels for me, thank you very much!”

Dakota was a little irked by that. But she put her personal feelings aside for the good of the show, and smiled smoothly at her. “Just put the sweater on, Rose, and see what you’re working with, alright?”

It almost sounded like she was goading Rose into falling for a trap. But Rose had sunk so much BP into this sweater already she wasn’t going to just let it be for nothing. And it was supposed to be a boon, right? That couldn’t be bad.

So she put her uncertainty aside like she always did, and shrugged the sweater over her head and pulled it down.

There was one effect she noticed immediately.

“My-my breasts!” She gasped, looking down at her chest. Her boobs, enhanced by the Soft as Silk transformation to be heavier than usual, practically seemed to be floating up into the air now! It was like she was wearing the lightest of support bras in the world, and getting more support than ever before!

“That’s one of the effects of this sweater!” Dakota laughed. “The boon you’ve received is thus: Lighter than Air!”

Lighter than Air: While wearing this sweater, the wearer’s muscles will be strengthened to make them feel like their body is incredibly light and easy to move. They will be able to run faster, last longer, and carry heavy things with ease, including their breasts!

“Wait, really?” Rose asked in amazement. “So I’m stronger now?”

“Indeed,” Dakota nodded. “You won’t notice much of a difference due to copying Dani’s transformation, but once Soft as Silk wears off, you will still keep most of its strength-enhancing effects, even if the physical changes will revert.”

“I see…” Rose said thoughtfully, glancing over to Dani. “So if I’m wearing this sweater, then I won’t have to ever borrow her transformation again, then.”

“Of course, you’ll have those boobs of yours flopping all over the place like air balloons,” Dani pointed out with an amused grin. “Good luck with that.”

“I’d kill to be able to borrow that sweater,” Carly laughed, gesturing to her own chest. “Sadly, my outfits are spoken for right now. But maybe you could let Marley borrow it on occasion.”

Marley turned bright red and glared at her sister.

“Now then, this is sweet and all,” Dakota purred, steepling her fingers together, “but there’s one more thing we need to do before we call it a day.”

Dawn stiffened and her ears flattened. She narrowed her eyes. This was just what she’d been waiting for.

“The rooms, right?” She asked.

Morgana gulped.

“Precisely,” Dakota purred. “You’ll all be swapping up rooms again! Only, now you know that it isn’t a cosmetic issue. No, no, as you’ve all figured out by now, each of the rooms you girls will be staying in has a different effect! Some of you know more effects than others, but to make sure everyone is on the same page, I’m going to go over the effects one by one.”

“Oh, that’s a relief,” Ella sighed.

Morgana nodded. She couldn’t agree more.

“Well? What’ve we got?” Gina asked cheekily.

“Let’s start in alphabetical order, shall we?” Dakota chirped. “With the Arcade Suite! Now, the rule of this room is very simple. While staying in the room, you may try the games to your heart’s delight! And if one of the room’s occupants manages to break through a high score, they’ll win a prize! It could be BP, or maybe something else. But only the first score each day. After that, no matter how many scores you break, no prizes until the next day!”

Carly nodded. “That makes it fair. It’s a really good effect.”

“But the high scores are really high,” Dani pointed out. “You were only able to break one of them.”

“Still, it’s a room with all upsides,” Vivian noted. “Could be a lot of fun.”

Dakota nodded. “It certainly could be! Which brings us to our next room, the Candy Suite! This one is one of my favorites! The candy growing all over the room? You can eat as much of it as you want! But it’s special candy, and some may have special effects! So you’ve gotta be careful with it… or not. Whatever you like,” she giggled, glancing at Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin. The leather-clad girl replied with a smile of her own.

“Maybe we should get that one for you, Marley,” Carly teased her sister.

“Come on,” Marley huffed.

“I’d love to try the candy again!” Sylvia laughed.

Gina nodded. “Same. Nothing like junk food.”

Ella didn’t say anything, but she liked the room quite a lot, too.

“The next room on the list is the Fashion Suite,” Dakota explained. “That one is pretty simple, no complicated explanations or anything. If you’re staying in the room, you can try on any of the clothes inside. Speaks for itself, don’t you think?”

“But it won’t negate clothing transformations,” Kim interjected.

Dani shrugged. “I liked that one. It was a lot of fun to have such a wide variety of outfits to pick from, and not have to buy new clothes all the time.”

“The next room,” Dakota continued, “is the Garden Suite! And this one can be a little tricky. In the Garden Suite, you can purchase plants to grow and cultivate, with their own special beneficial effects. Assuming you have a green thumb, of course.”

“Ooh! Changed my mind, I want that room!” Sylvia said.

Kim and Marley both had similar reactions to the idea of the Garden Suite, their eyes widening as the possibilities flashed through their heads. They turned and looked at each other, and shared a laugh.

“Now this next room is where things start to get a little tricky,” Dakota said, smirking. “The Luxury Suite.”

Dawn bristled. She narrowed her eyes coldly. “That one…”

“Yes, it’s one you’re quite familiar with, Dawn,” Dakota said, nodding. “The Luxury Suite has a special enchantment over it that plays into a person’s needs. It amplifies a quality of the people who are living in it. It takes the thing you most want to improve about yourself, and amplifies it to excess! So if you want to be strong-willed, it makes you strong-willed. You want to be happy? It makes you happy! And if deep down you want relax and take it easy, well… take a look at our cute little kitty over there!”

Dawn gave her a dirty look.

“That one could be risky,” Dani said, biting her lip. She had no idea what qualities about herself she wanted to improve most. Maybe her insecurity? Her doubt? Her hesitation?

“You really have to know your inner self with that one, huh?” Vivian said thoughtfully. She had a pensive expression on her face.

“But what if you’re already your best self?” Rose pointed out, unintentionally obnoxious as usual.

Dakota rolled her eyes. “Moving on, the last of the rooms, the Romantic Suite! This one is quite a lot of fun. The two people who stay in the Romantic Suite together, they begin to have an influence on one another. Their styles, their personalities, their interests, they say a couple in love eventually grow to be alike, and people in the Romantic Suite are the same way!”

“Is that why Sylvia’s gone through her strange pseudo-punk transformation?” Mary wondered, glancing at the bright red hair of the younger girl.

Sylvia beamed at Mary and flashed a peace sign. “You know it!” She chirped.

“Essentially yes,” Dakota confirmed. “It’s nothing harmful, of course, no brainwashing involved or anything. It just causes both parties to begin to develop more common interests. But they would be things the two of them would naturally have in common. It’s fun to experiment, don’t you think?”

“Sure, whatever,” Dawn cut her off. “You’ve explained the rooms. So how are we going to go about picking them? Before, if you scored lower in a challenge you got to pick your roommate, so would that-”

“Won’t make a difference,” Dakota cut her off before she could even try. She shook her head. “No, I’m sorry, but you ladies won’t be choosing your rooms or roommates today.”

“We won’t?” Rose questioned. “Why not?”

“The audience,” Sylvia realized. “That’s why you explained all the rooms! Because the audience is going to be choosing them!”

Morgana paled. “What!?”

“Seriously?” Dani winced. “Great…” The folks in the audience weren’t big fans of her.

“Maybe it’ll work out, and we’ll get something fun,” Carly suggested with a smile.

Ella was less certain. She shivered and looked warily at her current roommate. Certainly the audience wouldn’t pair her up with Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin again, would they? Then again, who WOULD she liked to be paired with…?

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin rolled her eyes and made a silent scoff. She didn’t care one way or another what room she ended up in.

Dakota was pleased to see the stunned reactions on the girls’ faces.

“Sylvia is exactly correct, the audience will be doing the voting,” she said bluntly. “Now, allow me to explain how the vote will work. For each room, you will choose two girls to be placed into that room. You may vote to put each girl into only one room, of course, no double dipping. And each room must have two girls placed into it. Then we will tabulate the results, and whichever two girls get the highest amount of votes for a room will be placed in that room together! Of course, if people are competing for rooms, then some rooms will wind up with a couple of dregs, but that’s unavoidable I’m afraid. Now then, are there any questions?”

“Yes!” Dawn exclaimed. “I have many questions! Like-”

“I meant questions from the audience,” Dakota said. She cupped her hand behind her ear. “Can’t seem to hear any though… Oh well! Let’s get on with it, shall we? It’s gonna be a bit of a weird vote, so if there are any kinks to work out, well… you know how it is with Harem Hotel and kinks, right?”

She laughed at her own bad joke and waved her cane, and the voting began.

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