Day two: Midday

Carla and Kim appeared in a hallway they hadn't seen before. Carla held up her arm and the bracelet was giving a gentle tug in that direction.

"So far so good." She said to her friend.

"Well sure, the dangerous bit is supposed to be on from here. Don't see anything yet though, how far do you recon it is?"

"How am I supposed to know? Just keep an eye out for anything card shaped I guess."

She started down the hallway with Kim close at her back. It was probably silly to be so frightened but after the transformations she'd had inflicted on her she was a bit leery of what any traps might have in store. A door both to the left and right appeared before much walking down the empty corridor and the bracelets tug pulled her to the right.

"Looks like this is the place then." She hesitated though, what if the door itself was trapped?

"Oh come on!" Kim was getting a bit irritated by her girlfriends attitude so brushed past her and threw the door open herself to receive a bright flash in front of her face.

Carla tried to ask Kim what had happened but found she couldn't talk so she grabbed the redheads shoulder to turn her around and gestured franticly. Kim threw up her hands then drew a zipping motion over her mouth. Apparently she couldn't talk either. So Carla put her hands on her hips and just glared. Kim brightened as if she had an idea then brought the time up on her bracelet and pointed to the hour then held up two and four fingers. They couldn't talk for 24 fucking hours?! Well at least it wasn't permanent. Kim then ran on into the room so of course Carla had to follow her.

The room turned out to be pretty decently sized with a wide selection of music instruments in cases on the wall, a raised stage at one end, and quite a few rows of chairs facing it. Kim had pulled what looked like a rather nice Fodera out of one case while Carla was eying a shiny black Les Paul in another when she reached back in and pulled out a golden card. Suddenly their bracelets flashed as the card disappeared and they were now at 7 VP. Holy shit, a +5 VP treasure card! Yeah that was worth keeping our traps shut for a day, Carla thought, before she was assaulted by Kim jumping into her arms with a passionate kiss, also accidently smacking her in the back of the head with the guitar she was still holding. Carla wasn't sure which was worse. Stifling her automatic reaction so as to not hurt her friend she just held her off gently and pointed to the guitars. A bitchen jam session was just what they needed she thought, and would keep Kim's hands to herself.

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Anna let out a long whistle at seeing the rec center. Wisps of steam rose from the fuck off long pool that ran the length of the room with a wide variety of machines and a large collection of free weights. There was a large open padded section for yoga or sparing, but she didn't know if any of the others practiced martial arts like her. There was also a couple of bathrooms and a row of lockers by the entrance but no changing room of course. Whatever, she'd already changed in her room anyways.

Dressed in just black sweat pants and a sleeveless black t-shirt she kicked off her boots towards the lockers and padded over to the benches in just her socks. She put enough weights on a bar to give herself a nice steady workout. Lifting without a spotter was pretty fucking stupid she knew but if they were supposed to be able to jump off castles then she'd be fine.

Anna had just started to work up a nice sweat when she heard the door to the rec center open again. Racking the bar she looked over to see the cheerleader, back in uniform now, looking over at her in shock. Must have thought she'd be alone and got caught off guard when she heard the clang of metal.

"So what brings you here Stacy?" The way she, briefly, Handled those knives led Anna to think she might have a sparing partner yet.

"I had the bracelet bring me to a pool, I wanted to swim."

"Do they even make a swim suit for cheerleaders?" Anna regretted saying that as soon as it was out of her mouth, the fuck was she thinking.

"I was going to swim naked. I can come back later."

"Hey I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. If you don't want to swim with me here how about some light sparring, you look like you know how to handle yourself.

"You know what, you're on. I could use someone to work my frustrations out on."

"Let's make it interesting. I win two out of three falls and you go swimming naked with me anyways." Anna wouldn't mind at all getting another look at a naked Stacy.

For her part Stacy laughed "Fine, but if I win you have to put on a cheerleader outfit."

Anna hoped up from the bench, this was going to be fun. "Bring it!"

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Misty was sitting in the Gryphon room in front of the black oak table. She had her deck out and had been shuffling it nervously for some time. The tall woman hadn't led her astray so far, in fact had been quite kind for a kidnapper. She really wasn't sure what to do though. Well laying out a simple reading had always settled her nerves before, lets start with that. The Chariot, yes she was trying to control her destiny. The Magician, both magic and willpower. This is what she sought. The Fool, new beginnings indeed. She certainly wasn't innocent.

Well that was clear enough she supposed, she was trying to embark on a journey to gain magic to control her destiny, but would it be enough? Shuffled again, what more could she be doing? The Star, Hope or rejuvenation? Gabriella had been rejuvenated, something involving her? The Lovers, her card was different again. Two women were depicted, one obviously Laura and the other herself. Well that seemed to be a sign it was working, but she already knew what the show expected of her. The Queen of Cups, another change. That was obviously supposed to be Shar and she looked like she was holding out the golden chalice for her, but did she represent love, success, power, or happiness? Or was this all just in her head.

That had just confused her more. More shuffling. Perhaps she should be out looking for treasure instead, the 100 VP card would lock her in as a winner and she'd be guaranteed Boons and maybe that would keep her from becoming a freak. The Tower, disaster. Well that wasn't good. The Tower again? How, there was only one of those in her deck. The Tower a third time, and this one was clearly the tower of the castle. Misty curled up in the chair hugging herself. No treasure hunting, got it, message received loud and clear. The bar was safe, she could really use a drink or five.

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Candy, Gabriella, and Susan were back in the dining area after a unsuccessful morning's shopping having lunch. Candy had really been hoping for either a transformation upgrade or a Reality Adjustment but she didn't have enough BP for either. Gabriella had only wanted to check the prices on transformations and was rather disturbed to find out how cheap buying a random transformation for another was. No one could afford it yet but by the next popularity poll it was likely several would and rivalry's might have formed by them. She could actually afford a random transformation for herself already but couldn't imagine anyone buying that. Susan having the least BP of all had just wanted the company and she loved shopping.

The threesome was soon joined by Stacy and Anna, both wearing goth cheerleader uniforms.

"Don't ask." Anna told the three when they looked over while Stacy laughed.