First Transformation Results Part 2

“Welcome back, loyal viewers. I hope you had a chance to check out the promotional package from our season’s sponsor for temporary transformation candies modeled after our ladies' transformations, so maybe you can find someone to live out your fantasy of being with one of Mark’s girls.” Cassandra winked toward the audience. “Now we have some lovely transformations to see, so let’s jump right into it. Now onto our next lovely lady. Aubrey, you said that you wanted to be a good little schoolgirl girl dressing the part and absorbing your professor's instructions like a sponge.”

“I am pretty sure I didn’t say it like that, but yes, those were the two transformations that I would have liked.” Aubrey corrected Cassandra with an annoyed tone.

“Ah, details, and I am afraid you won’t be getting exactly what you wanted, but don’t worry, give it a few years and I am sure school uniforms will be an everyday sight for you, as Nobody like Mom won with 56.4% of the vote, with the remainder split fairly evenly.” Aubrey and Mark groaned at Cassandra’s announcement. “As for your boon, Like a Sponge took a commanding early lead. Though Magic Hair slowly made a comeback, in the end, it was 47.3% to 46.9% respectively. This puts them within the 1.5% margin of error for a tie. Meaning you will be getting both.

Nobody Like Mom: Aubrey loves kids, teaching them, playing with them, pinching their adorable cheeks, you name it. The only problem is that no one takes care of a child like a mother does, and Aubrey now will want this too. Aubrey will gain an ever-growing urge to have children of her own with Mark, and this urge will grow while she is not pregnant. [Child-Care]

Like a sponge: Aubrey has always been an excellent student. Now she will absorb what others teach extraordinarily quickly. [Student] [Boon]

Magic Hair: Aubrey’s hair will become glorious gold and extend down to the floor. Her hair will have minor healing and stamina restoration magic, and it will self-style as Aubrey wishes, with her being able to control it like it is an extra limb. [Rapunzel] [Boon]

Aubrey’s hair slowly went from her natural dark brown to the promised golden hue as it extended down past her shoulders until it finally reached the floor. She decided that it might score some points with the audience if she went ahead and tried to style it into a braid like the character had in the movie, albeit with it only coming down to the small of her back instead of the floor. As she did, she noticed she had remarkable control over it, and it felt like when she treated it in larger groups, she had more control and speed with it. After playing with her hair and getting it into a manageable style, she turned away from the mirror and back toward Cassandra, standing right next to Mark. That was when she felt a slight emptiness inside her, and a desire, almost a need to fill it, came over her. It wasn’t particularly strong, and after a moment, she could put it out of her mind.

After Aubrey’s changes had finished, Cassandra was waiting for her to say something, but realized she was embarrassed and would need some prompting. “So, Aubrey, are you excited to have magic hair? I am sure it will be extremely useful to take care of the scrapes and bruises children tend to get when playing, don’t you think? That stamina restoration will also be mighty useful both for satisfying your new desire and making sure you can keep up with your eventual litter of children you will have.” Cassandra teased, and as she brought those thoughts to the forefront of Aubrey’s awareness, she felt a stab of arousal and longing.

“Well, I… well. I can control myself. I have always wanted children, but I also wanted them to have a good family, which they won’t have if their parents don’t have a good relationship. Just because I have this new desire doesn’t mean I am just going to let Mark knock me up, and pump out child after child… after… child.” Aubrey trailed off with a wistful expression on her face.

Cassandra turned to Mark and was about to tease him, too, but saw the scowl he gave her and thought better of it. Instead, she decided it was best to move on. “So I should note, Aubrey, your Like a Sponge requires someone else to instruct you to work; you can’t just go reading a textbook and gain the knowledge that way.”

“Ellen, any guesses on what the audience gave you, seeing how the other votes went?”

“If I had to guess, it would be Stockholm Syndrome or Waist Training and Making it Big for the Boon, as the audience clearly isn’t above messing with people, and they also have a clear preference for exaggerated curves.” Ellen intuited

“Well, you got it part right and half of what you said you would want. With Playing the Part and Waist Training tying at 44.6% to 44.9% and Making it Big had a lead at 64.5% of the vote. Also, we are making one retroactive change to Making it Big’s text for clarity, not effect, as there was apparently some confusion that it cost BP and not give BP.

Playing a part: Dressing up and taking on a role has always appealed to Ellen. Now, Ellen will always have to be in a costume and will gain some traits and mannerisms to help her fulfill her role. To encourage variety, wearing the same costume too often or for too long will not only increase the traits she gains but could make some of them permanent. [Actress]

Waist Training: Ellen has always fantasized about being tied up and having a loss of control. Now she won’t be able to not wear a corset of some kind. Moreover, she will have to make a choice as her morals will be tied to how tight the corset is. So either she can keep the corset loose and become loose herself, or tighten it up and be able to maintain better control of herself. [Bondage]

Making it Big: Ellen has a very successful acting career for many women though how well they do will depend upon the size of their assets. Ellen will be able to increase her Bust size or Hip size. In exchange, she will earn a small amount of BP, increasing with each additional size. Increases in size will last for one full round. [Actress] [Boon]

While nothing changed about her outward appearance, Ellen did notice that she was suddenly more comfortable in her outfit. The heels didn’t seem so bad to wear, either. She also shifted the way she stood slightly, standing up straighter, and resting her hands gently together at her waist as is only proper for a princess. Though she did make sure to put out her chest slightly to show off for Mark a bit. “So little has changed, really… and yet, there are these petites différences—small, quiet things that speak, if one is listening.” Ellen commented and then realized, “Even the manière in which I speak, it seems, has taken on a certain nuance… ever so slight, yet touched with a quiet sophistication. I guess, I must choisir my attire carefully, as a revealing cheerleader’s costume could make me ditzy, exaggerated, or overly flirtatious— most of which are traits I would wish to avoid.” Ellen mused aloud.

“Well, just remember you need to change outfits fairly often or you might just lose a bit of yourself in your role. For clarification, this would apply if you were to wear the same outfit every other day, though it would take longer for you to gain permanent traits that way. Also, I was wondering if you would be willing to show off your Boon a bit. I’ll even be generous and give you a one-time bonus doubling the BP you would gain, for being a good sport and showing it off.”

“You want me to change my silhouette, pour maître Mark? Hmm... I’m certainly curious about this power, though I must admit, I’m not exactly thrilled about putting my forme on display like that. But then again... perhaps there’s a certain allure in letting him see more of me, non?” Ellen blushed a bit at what she said, but did feel more playful and decided, why not. She thought about her breasts and butt getting, letting out a slight squeal, not expecting it to feel so pleasurable. So much so, she went a bit further with her breasts than she had originally intended, putting her new measurements at 36DD-22-36.

+600BP (Three Breast sizes) x2 (Good Sport Bonus) = +1200BP

+100BP (One Butt size) x2 (Good Sport Bonus) = +200 BP

4650BP -> 6050BP

“Well, that was certainly more than I expected you to do; you must have found that enjoyable, given your squeal and how flushed your face is,” Cassandra said, a little astonished and very pleased. “Well, Mark, what do you think of your pretty petite princess? Well, I guess petite isn’t completely appropriate anymore. Cassandra asked with a glance and smirk on her lips.

“She has always been beautiful, and I think all breast sizes have their own distinct appeal. As for her role-play transformation, I have to say that I think it could be fun. It definitely makes me think of her more as a princess with the current outfit she is wearing, compared to a few moments ago.” Mark replied, and with slight embarrassment, “Plus I sort of have a thing for various sounding voices and accents, like I said, with Merida’s transformation, it’s definitely a turn on. I do have a question, though: why didn’t she get a corset? Is that why she is acting so flirty with me and doesn't mind increasing her bust?” Mark said, furrowing his brow.

“She didn’t get a corset because she is already wearing one underneath her gown. Now I will say that it is a little looser than is required to keep her inhibitions where they were before the change. Why do you want her to take off her dress so you can tighten her up?”

“No, but could one of you help her as soon as we are free to move around?” He asked the rest of the girls, receiving some nods in return.

“Wonderful to see people willing to help each other, but we do have to continue,” Cassandra spoke as she turned to face Allie and noticed her disgruntled expression. “Aw, Allie, don’t feel bad. Mark still finds you quite attractive, and can you really say you don’t also find the others more arousing after their transformations?” Allie blushed and begrudgingly kept quiet because, truthfully, she did find them all more attractive. “Besides, I am sure Mark will lavish you with similar praise after he sees you transform, too. After all, I am sure you are going to make one sexy wolf girl because with 55.4% of the vote, The Big Bad Wolf and Grandma!? was the audience favorite. For your Boon, the audience selected something I hope will help you overcome your own hurdles of accepting Mark with the others by being able to help them overcome their hurdles, as Walkthrough won with 64.7% of the vote. Now I do actually want to use a veto here, Allie, you can consider it an earlier wedding present from me because I will be tying the vote with, I Just Can’t Wait.”

“How exactly is that a gift? Allie gets excited by the idea of having other women marry the man she loves, that sounds like ****!” Talia interjected, “Sure, the first half of the transformation isn’t the worst. I am sure most women have fantasies about getting married at some point, and so sure, not that bad, but you are actually also going to make her want to HELP other women marry him.”

“Talia, I am getting really tired of your negativity. I get you aren’t happy to be here, but neither are most of the other girls right now, and you don’t hear them going on and on about how awful everything is.” Cassandra retorted

“Well, someone needs to voice objections to this garbage, as you said, they aren’t happy either, so you are just annoyed that I am willing to actually say how all of us feel?”

“Fine.” Cassandra sighed, she is going to give me an aneurysm, and continued, “We are going to apply the transformations now.”

The Big Bad Wolf and Grandma!? : So it turns out that the reason the Big Bad Wolf was actually at Grandma’s house was he and Grandma were an item. Making Allie ¼ wolf, after maturing and becoming an adult, this has caused Allie to display some wolfish characteristics and instincts, making her a wolf-girl. [Little Red Riding Hood]

I Just Can’t Wait: This blushing bride, to be, is just too excited; now, whenever she thinks about the future with Mark as his wife, she will become aroused. Moreover, this excitement will now extend to any member of the harem that she thinks about as Mark’s future wife, and will gladly help any of them take this step if they decide they want to marry him. [Future Wife]

Walkthrough: Allie knows the most about Mark here enough that if dating him were a game, she could make a walkthrough. Fortunately, on this show, dating him is a game, so Allie is able to give a step-by-step plan to the other contestants on how to overcome relationship hurdles with Mark. When another contestant follows her instructions, she will earn BP or VP depending upon the difficulty of the challenge that she helped them pass. This plan will work if followed, but only for the individual contestant and situation. [Gamer Girl] [Boon]

As Cassandra’s magic washed over Allie, she began to feel slight pressure on the top and sides of her head as well as at the base of her spine. The pressure caused by her now growing tail was slowly turning to pain as it was overstuffing her pants, causing her to wince. She quickly tried to remove her pants, but she wasn’t fast enough, and they were stuck. Mark, seeing her predicament, rushed to her side and started to yank down her pants, only succeeding after the fabric ripped slightly, leaving Allie in a set of frilly lingerie as she had been hoping something would happen with Mark over the weekend to end their dry spell.

+2 VP Partially stripped by the Master (-1 VP Existing Relationship Penalty) (First x2 after penalty)

As the pain subsided, Allie could take note of her changes. First was a pair of triangular blonde colored wolf ears atop her head. She also noticed her hair would always cover her ears on the side of her head unless she moved it out of the way. How Convenient. Then was her tail. She wasn’t sure if bushy or fluffy was more appropriate, but it felt amazing to run her fingers through the golden blonde fur. That was when she noticed the differences in her senses. It was like all her senses were heightened with Mark standing so close she could hear his breathing and see some sweat forming on his skin. Finally, her sense of smell got the biggest boost. It was overwhelming. She could smell Mark’s scent the most clearly, and it was delectable, which provoked a sense of hunger inside her. She also noticed a scent reminiscent of her bedroom after Mark and she had had sex multiple times. It took her a moment, but she was able to figure out it was coming from Laura and Ellen, at which point she blushed, realizing it was likely due to these two being aroused, with Ellen’s arousal being more noticeable. I guess I know what Ellen’s squeal earlier was about. This could be very useful and very distracting. Finally, she noticed that her red velvet choker on her neck had actually transformed slightly, becoming a velvet collar with a small place to attach a tag.

While Cassandra gave Allie a little bit to get acclimated to her new senses, she asked Mark, “So what do you think of your fiancée's fluffy new tail and ears? Have an urge to just go over to pet her a bit? I bet she wouldn’t mind.”

Mark wasn’t going to fall for Cassandra’s teasing bait. “She looks sexy and fierce, and no, I will not be petting her without asking if she is okay with that first. No matter how fluffy her tail is or how cute her ears are.” Allie looked at Mark with a smile when she heard him compliment her, and absentmindedly, her tail began to wag from side to side with delight.

“Well, Mark, I’m glad to know that you know consent is key. Though it is clear Allie is happy, unfortunately, we can’t really see her other transformation yet.” Then Cassandra had an idea, “Aubrey, I bet Allie would be more than happy to walk you through becoming Mark’s wife and start making babies, wouldn’t you, dear?”

“Huh?” Allie had momentarily imagined Aubrey in a wedding dress, standing across from Mark, and got distracted. “Well, I mean, sure, if she wants to marry him, of course I would help, and frankly it is rather a practical decision since she is going to be the mother to some of Mark’s kids.”

“Some of his kids? Looks like you might have some competition for Mark’s baby batter, Aubrey.” Cassandra smirked as the newly minted blonde blushed profusely. “Let’s move on to our next set of transformations. Flora, our wildflower, how are you feeling about your transformations?”

“Uh I don’t know, I can’t really guess what I am going to get but after seeing Allie deal with her transformation I don’t think it would be that bad to get Hear me Roar, it sort of looks like really good cosplay which sure in most professional settings would be odd but it really wouldn’t impact me that much personally.”

“Well, you are in luck as 64.1% of the votes came in for Hear me Roar, with your Boon being Just Pretend I’m not here at 51.8% of the votes as well.” As Cassandra said, Flora had gotten Hear me Roar Flora remembered that Allie had to deal with some pain because of the tail growing in her pants.

Hear me Roar: Flora will gain many features of a lioness, such as the tufted ears, tail, and retractable claws. In addition, she will purr when content, and she will roar during sex. [Nala]

Just Pretend I’m not here: Flora will gain the ability to go unnoticed by others for up to an hour a day. Only she will go unnoticed, not the consequences of any actions she takes, but unless given conclusive proof that she was responsible, people won’t believe it was her. [Wallflower][Boon]

Flora rushed to get her pants off before Cassandra even finished speaking, hoping not to deal with the same problem. In her rush, she hadn’t noticed her transformation had started, and her new retractable claws had extended, puncturing holes in her pants where her fingers grabbed. The claws on her thumbs, unfortunately for her, caught on her panties and ripped them apart as she pulled down her pants. At the same time, her tail grew from her back with short reddish fur matching her hair color, with a tuft of fur at the end that almost looked like a candle flame dancing in the wind. Like Allie, her human ears were typically hidden by her hair, and she gained a set of lion ears atop her head. They were rounded with short fur, facing forward, but she found she could rotate them pretty far to the side as well.

Stripped for Master +2 VP (First x2)

Showed Pussy to Master +2VP (First x2)

As the changes stopped, she noticed what had happened with her clothes, instinctively looked at Mark, and saw that he was very deliberately looking in another direction. Oh my god! I wish I could be anywhere else. Just like that, Mark stopped looking away from her and instead looked at Cassandra, slightly confused, and Mark said. “Where did Flora go? What did you do with her?”

That was when she realized that no one was directly looking at her except Cassandra. “Not that you will believe me, but she is still right in front of you. She just activated her Boon out of embarrassment. She is still flashing all of you by the way.”

With that, Flora went to pick up her pants and noticed her extended claws for the first time. She retracted them so as not to damage her clothes further. Her panties were unsalvageable. She examined her pants and noticed that she had damaged them more than she had realized when in her haste to rip them off her legs. That was when she noticed Allie’s discarded pants. Flora was shorter than her, but her hips were wider. She hoped Allie wouldn’t mind her using them. She put them on, and the missing button in the front and the rip in the back actually made it so they would fit around Flora’s hips, and grabbing her belt off her pants, they managed to stay up but were an extremely snug fit. She turned toward Cassandra and asked, “How exactly do I stop this?”

“You just have to want people to notice you again.” Cassandra explained, “That or wait for your daily time to run out.”

So Flora tried thinking, I want to be noticed. That didn’t seem to work. Maybe I have to think harder? I want people to see me. I want people to look at me. I want to be observed. Then it happened, they looked her way as if she suddenly appeared.

“Oh, thank goodness.” Mark sighed with genuine relief, which caused Flora’s feelings to be confused, as it seemed like Mark really cared about her. “I was worried that something had happened when you disappeared. Cassandra said you were here and just used your Boon, but I didn’t really believe her. I’m glad you found some pants while you were gone, though.”

“Uh, yeah, actually, they are Allie’s. I hope you don’t mind. Also, what Cassandra said is the truth, I apparently reflexively used my Boon for a bit when well… you know.” Flora ended sheepishly. When she said that, a look of realization and understanding crossed everyone’s faces.

“Ah, now, Flora, you are a mighty lioness now, not a meek sheep. Hopefully, you will gain some confidence in yourself and not feel embarrassed about showing off your body.” Cassandra added. “Also, you don’t have to use all the time consecutively, but the smallest increment you can use is 1 minute at a time. You will also notice that as soon as you told people that you were responsible, they believed you. If you tell them the truth of your actions, they will consider it as proof.”

“Just two more, not including Mark, to go. Next up is the purveyor of happy pills, Chloe.”

“I take it by your response, I got Licensed Pharmacist, at least I hope it was that and not Wonder ****. Oh, who am I kidding, it was Wonder ****, wasn’t it?”

“Well, I have good news for you, you will be receiving, Licensed Pharmacist. I got even more good news for you, see Licensed Pharmacist placed first with 33.3% of the total vote. Which, for those of you at home doing the math, would realize means that it ended in a three-way tie. Guess the audience really couldn’t decide, and you lucked out getting both You Owe Me and Fairy Godmother.” As Cassandra said that a wand appeared in her hand, and she grew a set of fairy wings. She floated over to Chloe and lightly booped her on the head with the wand. “So if you ever need anything, make sure to come to Aunty Cassandra for help, you hear? Just keep in mind I am a very busy woman. Just call out my name and I will be there as soon as I can.” Cassandra continued with a slight pout, “Now Aunty Cassandra has some bad news for you too, Chloe. See, the audience was really divided with all your choices, so much so that your transformation almost also ended up as a three-way tie. But with 34.9% and 35.2% respectively, I’ll Owe You One and Wonder **** won. I do have some good news: any **** that is fully tested will be approved for resale in your specialty store.

Wonder ****: Chloe will receive three doses of three different **** to test. For each **** fully tested, she will receive a BP reward based upon its success and her report. For each **** she refuses to test at all, she will receive a temporary transformation based upon the ****. To fully test a ****, she needs to have each dose used on a different person. [Pharmacology]

I’ll owe you one: Chloe has always been concerned with debt, specifically how to stay out of it. Now that includes more abstract debts. Any time she has promised something in exchange for something else or feels like she owes someone for what they did for her, she will feel compelled to honor that debt and try to repay it as best as possible. [Debts]

Licensed Pharmacist: Chloe will gain access to a suite of specialty **** in the BP store. In addition, she can sell them to other contestants and receive 50% of the BP in profit. [Pharmacology][Boon]

You owe me: Chloe gains the ability to make binding debts upon others, as long as she uses the phrase you owe me. [Debts][Boon]

Fairy Godmother: Cassandra becomes Chloe’s Fairy Godmother. Once per round, Chloe can make one request to Cassandra, and she will do her best to fulfill it, though she can only bend the rules of the show, not break them. [Cinderella][Boon]

Chloe groaned as a small padded case with nine **** of three different colors appeared in her hands. “So, either I have to **** someone, use myself as a guinea pig, or receive multiple transformations even if they are temporary, this sucks. Do I even get an idea of what the **** do, before testing them?”

“Yes, you will notice that each section of the case has a name written inside, but again, as you are testing them, full effects aren’t known.” Cassandra said, “And for clarification, and to the audience, I do apologize if there was any confusion on this, you will be receiving a new set of three new **** each round and and you will be considered refusing to test a **** if a round ends without one dose being used. You don’t have to fully test a **** in a round to get the BP reward, but it will be smaller the longer it takes to test a ****.”

Chloe groaned again, sighed, and opened the case to see what she was dealing with.

Hot Tatamales

Milked Dumbs

Cockolate Bunny

“These look like Candies,” Chloe stated in bewilderment. As she looked at a set of three red pill-like objects, three blobs of chocolate, and three small flat chocolate bunnies like the cheap Easter chocolate, except they all had stylized penises on them. She closed the lid of the case, hopeful before anyone could see the contents inside. “Also, I just noticed it doesn’t say if the effects of the **** are temporary or not, just that I will get a temporary transformation if I don’t test them.”

“Well, they were made candies for fun and taste. Also, the primary effects are all temporary; it is possible there might be side effects, especially from taking more than one dose in a day or prolonged use. So want to try any of them now? I will offer 500BP to anyone who is up for taking one.” She looked around, but there were no immediate takers

“I mean, we don't even know the ****' names. It isn't like you are going to get anyone to volunteer unless Chloe you want to share their names?” Aubrey said as she put a hand on her friend's shoulder.

“I don’t think anyone would take them even if I shared them, but I guess I would rather earn a bit of trust if nothing else. The names are Hot Tatamales, Milked Dumbs, Cockolate Bunny. Also, I promise I am not going to give these to anyone without their consent. I will either test them myself or take the temporary transformation.” Chloe glumly shared.

“Well, I don’t think I want one now, even with an incentive. Though I’m not opposed to helping you test them.” Laura mentioned with a curious glance at the box. “I’ve taken a few **** before that definitely made the sex more intriguing, which I would guess many of these will improve or encourage sex, or at least sexy things.”

“A.a.An.And I can help you out, too. I know you won’t let me do anything too crazy. Maybe we can figure out some safety measures when trying them.” Aubrey said, trying to reassure her friend that she was there for her. Chole noticed that Aubrey’s hand hadn’t left her shoulder since she placed it there.

“I’m not particularly thrilled with the idea myself, never had anything besides prescription **** or ****, but I can help with some of them.” Mark joined in, “In fact, I bet you would get a larger BP Bonus if you used one on me. After all, if you are supposed to be testing them, it would make sense to know what their effect on males is.” Chloe was surprised by Mark’s speaking up, even if it was reluctantly.

“If it is ton désir, I shall graciously indulge in a candy pour vous.” Ellen graciously extended her hand.

Mark quickly went over and grabbed it to stop her. “NOPE! You are not having one. At least until someone has a chance to tighten your corset and allow you some more control.”

“And what if I do not wish to tighten it?” she asked with a teasing lilt. “Or… would you prefer to do it yourself, tout de suite?” With that, she swept her hair over one shoulder, revealing the back of her gown as she tilted her neck just so. Then she gave Mark a light giggle, soft and amused. “Je plaisante, mon cher. One of the girls will help me when there is time.” She smiled, eyes twinkling. “But truly… I would be quite happy to have a little chocolat later.”

“So Chloe, seems like you can have some nice ethical fun with willing participants, don’t be so down in the dumps. I bet in a couple of rounds, you have people coming to you for more.” Cassandra cheered. “Now we have one last contestant, our resident university professor and avid churchgoer, Talia.”

“Great, let’s get this over with. I am willing to bet that the degenerate audience gave me one of the first two, didn’t they?” Talia grumbled.

“So sorry to disappoint you, Miss Judgey, but no. The audience actually respected your wishes on both your normal transformation and your Boon, with 49.7% and 48.6% respectively for Kiss the Girl and Perception of Time.” Cassandra retorted with a touch of venom in her voice.

“Oh, and let me guess, you are going to use a veto and make it a three-way tie.” Talia bitched. “After all, you clearly have a problem with me. And don’t even pretend that isn’t true. Everyone else, but maybe Chloe, had an option that even if they wouldn’t have volunteered for the change, they could at least see it as not a total negative.” Talia finished, still fuming, and Cassandra’s scowl just kept getting worse as Talia had been yelling.

Mark cringed during the entire tirade. That wasn’t a wise choice. What happened to her? She wasn’t this high-strung or tense back in grad school. I hope I can convince Cassandra not to do anything to her. “So Cassandra…” He started, but Cassandra gave him a seething glare.

“Mark, I suggest you be quiet. As I am very close to being who she thinks I am, and using the veto like that just to spite her. Cassandra took a few deep breaths and went over her thoughts as Talia continued to glare at her defiantly. I knew she was going to be an issue. He picked her because he knew it was someone I wouldn’t have picked, just to cause problems. He wants to break me; it isn’t about the girls. It's me. Breath. Okay, I’m good. And Cassandra began to rip Talia a new one. “Now listen here, Little Miss Self-Righteous. I was saving one of my two vetoes to HELP you. I had been saving the other one to help Allie. Out of all the contestants, I figured you two would be the most likely to face possible Elimination. Allie, because as Mark’s current love and fiancée, I thought she might break when inevitably he sleeps with one of the other contestants, because I know he is the kind of man who would do what he can to keep the rest of you from suffering. Not out of some duty either, but because he is a genuinely nice person. Frankly, YOU,” Cassandra jabbed Talia's chest hard enough to push her back, “Don’t deserve him or a place in his Harem.” Cassandra sighed, most of the anger having seemed out of her at this point. “But you also don’t deserve to suffer Elimination either. You are right, I don't like people like you. People who repress themselves because of what other people tell them they should be. People who hide behind religion and condemn others for living their lives the way they want to. And don’t even try to argue. The others might not have noticed, but I can hear your thoughts. You have been judging Laura constantly, practically any time she speaks about being sex positive in some manner. The main difference between you and Laura, or frankly, anyone else here, is that they are essentially happy with who they are. Sure, some of them are struggling with what life has thrown at them, but they aren’t struggling with being happy with who they are. You are.” Cassandra was fully out of steam at this point, and Talia, to Mark’s surprise, seemed cowed and slightly guilty.

Silence lingered, and lingered. No one really wanted to break the awkward silence. Allie coughed, “So you gave me that transformation because now I want to help them marry Mark.” She said while looking at Talia, and realized she didn’t really want to help her with that. Huh, that is an interesting nugget of info, Allie thought as she peered at the rest of the women, thinking about each of them as Mark’s wife. Oh yeah, that is hot. But I only want to help Aubrey. Maybe kind of Sam? “That way I wouldn’t be as jealous, right?”

“Exactly. Which is why I saved my other veto.” Cassandra replied, “Talia’s last place in the Best Girl Poll shows she isn’t liked, and I doubt that she is going to be doing anything that will change that soon and might even dig herself into a deeper hole.” Cassandra walked over to stand in front of Talia and looked her in the eyes. “So, Talia, I am going to give you a choice. You can accept my help, in which case I will use my veto to tie the vote between Kiss the Girl and Lead Me Not Into Temptation, and no, I won’t simply give you that one instead. The audience favored Kiss the Girl because they wanted to be kind to you, and you asked for that one over the others. Alternatively, you can reject my help, and I will leave the vote as it is. No changes to the results, you get what was voted for, and try to survive the best you can. I hope that if you do decide to reject my help, that you can manage to not get eliminated, I really do.” With that, Cassandra turned around and went back to her chair and plopped down, exhaustion clear in her demeanor. “The choice is yours. Talk to the others if you feel like it might help, but I can’t hold things up too long for this.”

Again, silence, everyone felt awkward, like they got chewed out by their boss. It looked like Talia was deep in thought to Mark as she bit the tip of her thumb. Which she was deep in thought. When Cassandra made eye contact with Talia before her offer, Talia saw the swirling blues of Cassandra’s eyes fade into a nearly bottomless black abyss. It was what she had heard the bottom of the ocean was like since light couldn’t penetrate that much water. When she looked into that abyss, images or maybe memories flashed in her mind. They showed times when Cassandra had Eliminated contestants in previous seasons, turned them into grotesque versions of themselves, but what they didn’t show was Cassandra happy. Talia lost track of how many horrors she saw in that moment, but she remembered that Cassandra never wanted to do it; she had looked… helpless. She looks like that right now. Like she has resigned herself to the fact that I am going to reject her help and she is going to have to Eliminate me eventually. Mark seems to have some grasp of what is going on; it wouldn’t hurt to get his advice. Talia looked at Mark. It seemed like he wanted to say something, but also didn’t. “Mark, you seem to have a grasp on this. Knowing what you know, in my position, would you take her offer? If so, why?”

Mark wasn’t sure if he should really try and persuade her one way or the other, but she did ask. “I would take her offer. The why is complicated, but it boils down to a few things. I feel like she is being genuine in that she wants us to be happy. I know Elimination transformations are bad and can be horrific, and if you can’t play along even a little, Cassandra is right, that Elimination is likely. Finally, while I don’t care much for my own siblings, I know you do. I would guess that, if you get eliminated, it will be your younger sister who will replace you. Ultimately, it’s your call, but she thinks it will help you. Would you rather risk it being your sister in your position in a couple of weeks?”

At Mark’s mention of her sister, she paled. Cassandra had said we would be replaced by someone we care about. Even in the interview, they had talked about Sam’s Sister being her replacement. I guess I just hadn’t really realized who that might mean for me. “Cassandra…” Talia skeptically began, and Cassandra wearily looked at her, “This is really you offering help?” Cassandra nodded. “I don’t like this, I don’t like any part of this. I hate being **** to choose between trusting you and potentially regretting it if I don’t, because Mark is right, my sister is the obvious choice.” After a long moment, she chose, “I am going to choose to have faith, Cassandra.”

Cassandra sighed in disappointment, “Very well if you are sure.”

“I am.” Talia replied, “Please help me, Cassandra.”

Cassandra took a moment, as she was genuinely shocked. “I'm sorry, what?”

“Please use the veto if you think it will help. I said I was choosing to have faith, and I am. Faith that Mark is the guy, I and the rest of the women here remember. Because you are right, they all described him as nice, good, and decent, even I did. I am going to have Faith that even in the Hell that is this show, that people are still good deep down. That even if there are things you don’t want to do, Cassandra, or things you have done that you wish you didn’t have to do, that you are good too. So I’ll ask again, despite me being uncooperative, annoying, judgmental, and self-righteous, as you put it, please help me, if you truly think it will.”

Cassandra continued to blink in astonishment, and then did as requested, “Very well, you will receive both. Lead Me Not Into Temptation and Kiss the Girl, as well as Perception of Time.

Lead me not into temptation: Talia is a good Catholic going to confession regularly. Now whenever she has sinful thoughts about another member of the harem, those thoughts will grow stronger and more desirable until she confesses them to Mark. Confessing to another contestant will delay the growth, but only for a while. [Faith and Temptation]

Kiss the Girl: Talia will find that her voice is gone; of course, a kiss on her lips will break this curse for 24hrs. [The Little Mermaid]

Perception of Time: In relativity, the amount of time that one experiences can be different from the amount that passes based upon the reference frame. Talia will have the ability to slow down or speed up her perception of time, allowing her to mentally skip things she finds boring and be able to extend time for when she needs to think or simply wants to enjoy something longer. She has a pool of stored time that is added to by skipping and reduced by extending time. [Physicist] [Boon]

With that, Talia tried to speak but realized she couldn’t. Silently sighed and got up, realizing what she would need to do. She walked over to Mark, put her hands on his cheeks, and kissed him.

+2 VP Kissed the master on the Lips (First x2)

It wasn’t a particularly passionate kiss, but it lingered for much longer than it needed to allow her to speak. I could get used to that. “Thank you, Mark, for your advice, and I hope you’ll come find me fairly early each day. It would be a pain not to be able to speak. Cassandra… I hope I didn’t make a mistake in trusting you.” Talia went back to her seat and sat down.

“Well, with that, we just have one person left. Are you ready to wrap this up, Mark?” Cassandra asked, injecting some cheer into her voice, trying to get some pep back into the room.

“Sure, why not. Lay it on me, though I have a pretty good guess as to what the audience chose. It would be what I would choose if I were in their place.” Mark said, and Cassandra gave him an inquisitive glance in response. “Like I said previously, it wouldn't be what I would choose here and now, but I assume that Got to Spend Those Points won and either Yes Sir! or Let’s Give it a Boost won with a coin toss between which was favored, if not an outright tie.

“Well, you are correct. Got to Spend Those Points won with the largest percentage of votes of any transformations at 78.4% but Yes Sir! wasn’t actually very popular as a choice at 18.6%. Let’s Give It A Boost won with 66.3% of the voters wanting to see upgrades for the girls.

Got to spend those points: Mark will gain either 5000 BP or the total BP of all the women in his Harem each round, whichever is greater. Mark will need to spend at least 80% of his BP each round, or Cassandra will get to spend it. Mark can earmark BP for a future purchase if he can’t afford it, but it will lock him into buying that when he has enough points. [Transformation Central] [Boon]

Let’s Give it a boost: Mark will gain 5 temporary 24 hr transformation upgrades to distribute each round. If Mark uses these upgrades 3 times on the same transformation, it will be permanently upgraded, even if these uses are over separate rounds. [Transformation Central] [Boon]

Cassandra continued, “So normally, we will check the ladies' BP right before the results of the Best Girl Poll, and that will determine how much Mark gets, but we will be using the totals we have right now this one time, giving our Master a significant upfront payday to have some fun with. Lets look at what everyone has.”

Flora - 3700BP - 8VP
Talia - 950BP - 4 VP
Allie - 4650BP - 2VP
Ellen - 6050BP - 0VP
Laura - 5900BP - 0VP
Merida - 5650BP - 0VP
Samantha - 5250BP - 0VP
Aubrey - 5000BP - 0VP
Chloe - 3550BP - 0VP

“Mark, you will be receiving a grand total of 40,700 BP, meaning you need to spend at least 32,560BP this round, or I get to spend your remaining BP at the end of the week. You will also have 5 temporary upgrades you will distribute throughout the week, something for you and the ladies to ponder over. Tune in next time, viewers, when we will do the initial room assignments, date night order, and a tour of the resort.”