Escalope Holstein

Running through the hallways, the knight held tight on Lily’s hand as they guided her through the halls of the colossal barricade. Lily was having difficulty running in the many-layered frills of her yellow gown that still clung to her body because of a tight corset hoisting her breasts up to jiggle wildly as they ran. Arrows flew through the window slits but the knight blocked them with their shield.

They came to the rooftop, many archers pointed their bows at them from below. The knight dropped his shield and lifted Lily, eliciting a sharp gasp from the green maiden as he jumped and grabbed the supporting rope of the draw bridge and used their gauntly as a zipline down past the barricade.

The knight unhitched a horse nearby and tossed Lily onto it before jumping on himself. Lily clung to their strong frame as they rode off.

She stared up at their visage, disguised by the visor of their helm. She reached and grabbed their shoulder, “Brave knight please I must reward you for saving me, kindly remove your helm”

The knight laughed and raised their arms to remove their helmet. Golden locks against tan skin and deep brown eyes stared back at her. The lady knight reached her arm around and grabbed Lily’s waist pulling her body against hers.

Amy took her free hand under Lily’s chin and pushed her to look up at her, “Now time to claim my prize.” The knight moved in and claimed Lily’s lips fiercely against the setting sun and-

Lily woke up with a start, panting and sweating. She then heard a small chime come from her crotch and checked to see that Maddy was still firmly asleep. She lifted the blanket and then the hem of her pajama pants and saw that the heart-shaped lock on the chastity belt had changed and now had a black “1” where the lock should be. She recalled the language of the bounty: “An additional 1 BP and VP for every failed orgasm while wearing the belt.”

The plus side was that she’d be rewarded at the end of this, the minus side was that the dream wouldn’t get out of her head. Why Amy of all people! Couldn’t the woman leave her alone in her sleep at least? There was likely something deeply Freudian about all this but the flower girl didn’t want to think about that just now.

It was then that she heard a low moan come from Maddy in her sleep, “Guess that book worked us both up…” Then, she noticed something on the chef’s skin and the surrounding blanket. It was sparkly, almost glitter-like. When Lily reached out and touched it it smeared on the blanket. Then she remembered her transformation, “Oh god I glittered bombed us in my sleep,” She turned grabbed Maddy’s shoulder, and began to shake her.

“Maddy, Maddy come on get up, you need to shower!” Lily tried to keep her voice even but found even then her voice shrill with panic.

The Chef began to rise, face flushed and red as she looked at Lily, “Hah, Lily what’s wrong…I was having such a nice dream…”

Grimacing Lily tore off the blanket and Maddy shrieked, as she retracted a hand from inside her pants, “We need to shower, We’re all covered in pollen. My pollen, the one that makes people…excited.”

Eyes widening, Maddy nodded, “O-oh right, ok um…do you want to shower first or should I?” her eyes glancing around told Lily exactly what the shy girl wanted to complete doing in the shower.

Lily shook her head, “Go and take care of yourself, I’ll see about cleaning our sheets.”

“Thank you, Lily! Maddy rushed off in the direction of the shower and in short order, the sound of hot water was heard in the neighboring room.

Ugh, this was not the way that Lily had wanted to start her day, she had already resolved that she was going to talk with Amy today about their…issues. She hated that the exact person that she needed to resolve things with had been the subject of her wet dream.

She had begun to fold the sheets to transport them when she realized she could hear a high-pitched squeal coming from the bathroom and that the walls were much less than soundproof. She closed her eyes and tried to focus on what she was doing when a low moan came from the shower. Warmth spreading through her she gripped the wall as a low hiss sound came out and she saw from her skin fly lots of sparkling particles.

“You got to be kidding me!” She groaned and began to realize her pollen affected her as well. She reached up and grabbed her enhanced breasts through her pajama top and gave it a hard squeeze to try and relieve some of the tension. Minutes went by and another sharp ding rung from the flower girl’s crotch as she moaned, “Maddy…I need the shower please…”

Caleb awoke from his sleep with a groan, pushing the blanket off he heard the clatter of the book Stella had given him to read as it hit the ground. He must have fallen asleep while reading it as had been in bed next to him. Sighing, he replayed the previous day in his head.

On two separate occasions, he had been told off by wildly two different people. Amy pointed out how self-centered he had been throughout all this and Stella called him out for being judgemental and taking everything too seriously. He scratched his chin, feeling the hair that had been left to grow untamed.

He got up and crossed to the claustrophobic bathroom only to find that it was slightly less cramped than the night before. Maybe this was the effect of the VP the girls had been earning? He opened the cabinet mirror and was relieved to find his razor. He began to lather up his face and was raising the blade to his cheek when he was interrupted.

“Getting ready for your date?” Caleb nearly jumped out of his skin sending the Razor flying as the demon that had suddenly appeared behind him reached out and caught it.

“Don’t! Do that!” Caleb’s heart felt like it was pounding out of his chest and ready to burst as he clung to the porcelain of the sink for support.

The demon snickered, “Host’s privilege to move about as I please, I’m glad to see you’re taking this seriously After all they are all relying on you.”

Forcing himself back on his feet, Caleb tried to straighten up and stare Lucian down, “I know, I get it…I’m not gonna run from this. I’m going to do everything I can to help them.”

“Oh so noble, willing to fuck beautiful women to save them, truly Saint Caleb, there has never been another like you.” the Demon’s grin did not reach his eyes as he raised his slapstick and poked Caleb in the chest, “Glad to see you’re not going to hide away, well any more than normal. You still can’t leave the building can you?”

Caleb’s eye twitched, “Is that why you’re here? Just to taunt me because of my phobia? Because I’m not good enough for these women? I know that already. You’re the one who brought me here so maybe you should focus on just doing your job.”

Lucian’s hands tensed and he moved for a second like he was going to hit Caleb before holding the side of his face and leaning in, “Boy, don’t test me…I can’t do anything to you, but those women? They’re free game. And when I punish them I’ll make sure they know that it was because of you.” the demon then released his hold and backed up, “As for why I’m here, no I’m not here to taunt you just to encourage you to do your best. Dates are the official start of the week and will play a major role in deciding how the audience views you and the harem by the time the challenge comes. So it would not do well to waste it. I’m already planning the challenge for you all and let me say, it’s going to be a treat.”

With that, the demon dropped the razor into the sink and disappeared into a cloud of flames leaving Caleb alone. The shaken master grabbed the Razor from the sink and then looked at his reflection. Amy and Stella echoing in his head-

“wow maybe the demon is right and you got to get better at how you handle this shit.”

““‘Despite the way’ I ‘act’, how nice, how lovely.”

The women here deserved better than him that was for sure, after all, he was a philandering dead weight bastard. Nothing but a drag on the people around him. He knew that. But they were stuck with him, and if he didn’t measure up…he couldn’t imagine what Lucian might do to them. He brought the razor to his face. He had to be better.

Noemi sat nervously in the dining area wearing a bead necklace and an orange sundress, relieved to be able to wear clothes again. She had watched the other girls come and go for breakfast, everyone except her roommate. Noemi didn’t blame her, she had seemed worn out and she had her date ahead of her today. Noemi was nervous just about coffee, even just sitting here waiting for Caleb made her sweat a bit.

Though, with the card she picked out, she was sure she could help Eliza succeed. The teacher just needed some help putting herself out there. Between the disadvantages being first and the professor’s attitude, Noemi was sure that she had picked the right tool to ensure that Eliza would get out of her shell and hopefully earn some VP.

She stared down at her coffee cup, growing increasingly nervous. What if Caleb had changed his mind? What if he had just agreed yesterday to placate her and now he was avoiding her because he still hated her? What if he wasn’t interested now that she wasn’t naked? What if-

“Hey, sorry have you been waiting long?” Noemi turned and saw Caleb Approaching the table. He looked…good. It was clear he had spent some time on his appearance today, wearing a black button-up, with a few buttons undone to show off his physique. Some nice jeans that fit him well, and it was clear he had tamed his hair and shaved. He wasn’t dressed to the nines or anything, but certainly looked like a man ready for a date.

Noemi brushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear as she blushed, “Oh no, not that long…I just didn’t see you come around for breakfast and thought maybe you had changed your mind about this.”

Caleb grabbed the seat across from Noemi and kept his expression even, “I won’t lie, the thought crossed my mind that maybe it was a bad idea to accept your invitation…it’s really hard not to look at you and just see the 13 year old that made me suffer back in middle school.”

Noemi pursed her lips and lowered her head, of course he couldn’t see past that. Of course that’s all she would ever be to him.

Reaching out, Caleb took Noemi’s hand in hers, “But whenever I thought that I remembered that you willfully chose to go around naked for a day to try and get through to me. If you’re willing to do that, the least I can do is try to move past the version of you in my memories.”

Tears welled up in Noemi’s eyes, “Caleb I meant what I said, I was just under so much pressure, it was wrong what I did and I knew it at that time too, I just didn’t care. I’m sorry I treated you that way.”

Caleb looked bashfully to the side, “Let’s not talk about it ok? I don’t think it really matters anymore right? At least not if we don’t let it. It’s been over ten years, we’re different people…whatever motivated you at the time to do those things lets not dwell on it. Let’s focus on the here and now, ok?” He tilted his head to look at Noemi’s eyes from her downward tilt.

She sniffled, “Alright I’m willing to do that if you are…” She brushed her eyes with her arm and let out a huff as she regained her composure and then extended her hand, “Hello, I’m Noemi Castro it’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Holding back a chuckle and giving her a wry look, Caleb took her hand, “Hi there Noemi, my name is Caleb Ward it’s a pleasure to meet you too.”

When they let each other's hands go they both started to chuckle and devolved into a laughing fit.

Caleb wiped a tear from his eye in laughter, “Jeeze that was corny.”

“Hey!” Noemi chimed in mock offense, “I’m trying here! I thought it might be symbolic of our new relationship!”

Caleb took a coffee proffered by a passing faun, “Ok, yeah I understand that. It was still very cheesy.” he took a sip of coffee, “I really wish we were meeting this way outside of these circumstances.”

Noemi sighed, “You’re telling me…if I come home and tell my parents I’m married they’ll be thrilled until they hear about the seven other women.”

**** on his coffee, Caleb struggled as he tried to regain control of his lungs, “Married? Wait what?”

Noemi’s mouth formed a wide “o” as her face flushed, “Like eventually right? Like If we get together you’re not just gonna run out as soon as we have our fun right?”

Caleb felt like the neck of his collar was growing tighter, “No, I’m not planning on abandoning anyone. I just I guess…it feels like a big jump!”

Noemi crossed her arms, “I don’t think it’s that big! If you’re going to sleep with us all you should be man enough to marry us!.”

Looking at her, Caleb could see that what had started as gentle ribbing was now fully serious, “Well ok, I understand where you’re coming from, but what about people who don’t want to get married?”

Noemi’s eyes narrowed, “You’re not one of those non-commitment types, are you? The kind that leaves a woman high and dry when they get her pregnant?”

“Pregnant?! Woah we are jumping into something else entirely now. No, I’m not going to leave anyone high and dry but maybe some of the other women here want to leave their options open.”

Taking a sip of her coffee, Noemi pouted, “Well I am certainly not one of those women Caleb Ward. Now that we’re together, we’re in it for the long haul you understand?”

Caleb’s eyes nearly bugged out of their sockets, “Are we together? We just…we just resolved to put our trauma behind us, I don’t remember us agreeing to go out.” He was so thrown off by the veracity of this woman who was ready to claim marriage but also seemed not to bat an eye at the potential of sharing him with the other women here.

Noemi pushed her coffee mug down hard on her dish, “Caleb, this show is all about us getting together, I don’t do anything by half measures, are you in or out?” Caleb saw the fire in her eyes, something he normally associated with being shoved in a locker but now there was something else motivating them.

Trying to keep his composure against the fiery wall he now seemed to be up against, Caleb cleared his throat, “Noemi, I know what this show is…I’m just worried about moving too fast and getting people hurt. There are a lot of people’s feelings I need to consider. I think you’re lovely, and I won’t deny the…fervor with which you approach things is very attractive but I need to make sure I don’t do things impulsively or risk hurting anyone else.” His memories flashed to Lily the day before.

Noemi seemed to chew on his words and eventually settled with a stubborn pout, “I understand what you are saying Caleb, just keep in mind I am now one of the girls you need to consider moving forward.” She grabbed the cuff of his shirt and pulled him across the table landing a kiss on his lips, “And I don’t like to be kept waiting.”

Noemi - Kissed the Master! +1 VP

He stood up and clicked her heels, “You probably ought to check on your date, I haven’t seen her leave her bed today and I’m getting a bit worried. I got some other things to take care of. I hope you both have fun.”

With that, she left Caleb sitting in his seat reeling from what had just happened. He had not expected the talk to go anywhere near that direction. Between her and Stella, he needed to keep on his toes or he would be the one eaten alive here. Still what she said about the professor worried him so he decided to head up to check on her.

He went out to the lobby, just in time to watch Noemi leave outside for whatever it was she had planned for the rest of the day. He climbed the steps went past the elevator that led to the Master’s Suite and crossed to the door of the Pierrot Suite.

Caleb knocked gently on the door, “Eliza? Noemi said you hadn’t left your room yet today. Everything ok?”

He didn’t get a response and suddenly felt worried. What if Lucian had decided to take his anger out on Eliza for his words earlier? He knocked more loudly, “Eliza? Are you there? Professor?!”

Caleb still heard nothing inside and knocked louder, “Professor!?? Is everything ok?”

Reyna appeared in a puff of smoke and looked at Caleb quizzically, “Is everything alright, Master? You’re being awful loud.”

Panic in his eyes, Caleb looked at the assistant, “Is there any way you can open the door so I can check on her?”

“Oh, Master! You’re so silly, no rooms in this hotel are locked to you. Just try it.” She waved her had in mock dismissal

Caleb reached the knob and found that sure enough it turned under his hand. He swung the door open quickly, sending Reyna spinning as he rushed inside. There was a sudden squeal and Caleb had to keep from colliding with Eliza dressed only in her bright blue pajamas and ended up falling flat on his back.

She winced as he fell and then bent over to look at him, “Sorry…I didn’t mean to cause trouble”

Confused, Caleb looked up at her and scrambled to get to his feet, “Professor…I was worried something may have happened to you.”

“Yeah, I heard…Sorry, come on in we can talk about it inside.” Her head was down as she walked further into the bedroom, Reyna giving a little wave as Caleb followed her inside.