Friday 07:30 locker room talk

While it was freezing cold in the real world, the temperature in the rose garden was pleasantly warm without being overbearing, like a morning in late spring.

In this alternate dimension, Ora was sitting inside a beautifully carved marble gazebo and gracefully sipping her Blue Mountain morning coffee.

Well, well, well. It seems the general readership is too soft hearted to break up a friendship. How cute. Although Ora wagers the real reason behind that sudden surge of conscience was the amount of clothes Cherry would have gained otherwise. What a shortsighted decision.

Not that it will matter terribly. The story’s progression so far has been quite pleasing. While the high number of bookmarks was somewhat worrisome this was counteracted by a steady stream of likes and favorites.

My, if this continues, Cherry will find herself naked before even noon!

Very good. Ora elegantly spread peanut butter on a piece of toast.

Speaking of bookmarks, Ora couldn’t help but notice a certain loophole.

Well, loophole might be a bit much. It wasn’t as if someone as perfect as Ora was even capable of making a mistake.

Lets call it an emergent issue Ora proactively intends to address to prevent future complications with the story’s synergy.

Yes, excellent, if she wasn’t an omnipotent, immortal Goddess, Ora would apply for a job as an executive officer in some multi billion company.

But anyways, you see, by the current chapter some cheeky readers decided to retract their prior given bookmarks, thus reducing the overall bookmark counter.

This by itself is of course very praiseworthy but it begs the question:

What happens in the event a reader insolently retracts their given like, bookmark or favorite?

Simply put there are two ways to handle this:

Ora could count each like etc. given by notification, regardless if it would be taken back later.

Or she could refer to the final counter in the About section.

After considerable(three minutes) deliberations, Ora, in her infinite wisdom, decided to go with the second option.

There were a number of reasons for it, but above all else, fairness was the deciding factor. If Ora were to use any metric not open to the public, the impertinent readership might accuse her of cheating.

Furthermore, by counting notifications it would technically be possible to give the same like, bookmark, favorite over and over again with Ora being none the wiser.

(Well, no, of course Ora would be the wiser and would make anyone that dares to cheat on her magnificent story rue the day they were ever conceived but this is about the principle.)

Thus, the likes etc. displayed in the about section on each Wednesday will always be the deciding factor for the next chapter.

That said, any stretchgoal that was reached prior will be counted as cleared, even if it were to fall below a benchmark again. So, Cherry won’t magically get her clothes back, have no fear on that account.

Ora had finished her breakfast and nodded satisfied. “Well then, let us continue with our game, shall we?”

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Pasdenom’s first classes start at eight in the morning and practice ended at 07:30, meaning the Wildcats had to run into the showers, then rush outwards to the nearest station to catch the 07:45 monorail that ferried them over to classes.

It goes without saying that anything but the most basic of cleaning routine was impossible with that timetable.

And to make matters even worse, there weren’t enough shower heads to accommodate the entire Wildcats team at once, thus there was a hierarchy in place. Seniors get to shower first. Followed by sophomores and then finally, freshmen.

The good news was that Cherry and Katie were the only first years in the club and thus had the shower to themselves. The bad news was that missing the monorail was pretty much a given, and hence both of them would have to either run to their classes or accept that they will be late.

“Ugh, I can’t believe the blue demon made me run here butt naked. It’s freezing out there!”, Katy let out a long sigh as she washed her long, black hair in the showers, not concerned that she just showed off her entire body in the slightest. “I’m telling you, she’s totally a closet lesbian.”

“You could try showing up to practice on time”, Cherry responded glumly, while quickly washing her equally long but blonde hair. She wasn’t really in a particular chatty mood this morning.

“Yeah, yeah. More importantly...”, Katie grinned at her friend with that typical mischievous smirk of hers. “Why were you naked?”

“I...I wasn’t naked. I still had my bloomers on”, Cherry defended herself blushingly.

“Hmmm”, Katie’s grin turned a bit wider as she sized Cherry up, scanning every inch of her body. Katie was straight but her behavior around her friends certainly made Cherry question that assessment. “Soooo, what happened?”

“What happened?” The sheer audacity of that was enough for Cherry to whirl around and confront her so called friend. “That’s my line! What the hell was that this morning?”

Katie gave her roommate a confused look. “What was what?”

That response was expected but Cherry still couldn’t help herself from groaning. “Oh come on! The pants! The swapped clothes? The creepy doll girl? Some asshole took a picture of my split jeans, you know! You better pay up for another pair!”

Cherry angrily glared at Katie but all she got in return was that same look of confusion.

“Are you..uh feeling alright, Cherry? Maybe you should take today off…”

Cherry groaned exasperated. As if she could do that! She had to attend classes! Not doing so was completely out of the question!

“Want me to give you a massage? Your boobs definitely could use some milking.”

Instead of listening to more verbal vomit, Cherry grabbed Katie and pulled her out of the showers. At this point the rest of the Wildcats had already left. And Cherry knew she was starting to cut it close too.

Still dripping wet, Cherry hastily rummaged through her bag and showed Katie the bright red jumpsuit that mysteriously appeared in her bag this morning. “This ring any bells?”

But all Katie did was whistle. “Woah, nice! You planning on wearing this tonight? Finally ready to pop your Cherry?”

This prompted another annoyed groan. Katie was the reason she got that embarrassing nickname in the first place. She wanted to give her a piece of her mind but this was more important. “And what’s with this nonsense?”

She showed Katie the weird letter and got an equally indifferent response.

Oh, come on!

“So, you are telling me, you have absolutely nothing to do with all the crazy shit that happened to me this morning?”

“Uh, no? I was kinda busy you know”, Katie raised an eyebrow. “What exactly DID happen to you?”

Cherry took a deep breath. “Katie listen to me. I’m just about had it. If you…”

Katie interrupted Cherry by silently showing her phone.

Or rather a picture on her phone, featuring a naked guy sleeping spread eagle style.

“W-WHAT THE HELL!”

“Ignore the dick, look at the nightstand”, Katie demanded.

Sure enough, next to guy was a nightstand, featuring a digital clock. Today’s date was clearly visible, as well as the time of 06:32.

“I spend all of yesterday evening and today’s morning with Steve Orlando. You know, the senior quarterback?”, Katie continued.

...

She actually sounded genuine. Ok, that was admittedly odd. You can say what you want about her roommate, but Katie always owned up to her pranks.

And thinking about it logically, this was a bit excessive, even for Miss prankster over here. At the very least, Cherry knew her friend good enough that she knew she wouldn’t gaslight her.

But if Katie wasn’t behind this…

“But did you see that dick? Talk about fun sized. Sheesh, you really can’t go by body type.”

Droning her roommates ramblings out, Cherry walked under one of the large, industrial grade dryer and dried herself off. She needed time to process this.

…

Might as well give this weird letter a proper read while she’s at it.

Katie just watched her, clearly in no rush at all. She probably was planning on skipping first period anyways.

“What the fuck?”, Cherry repeated over and over as she read the lines time and time again.

“Who to fuck? Hmm...I obviously can’t recommend Steve and Ben uh...I like my life so he’s out too…”

“Ugh!”

Instead of listening to Katie’s stupid bullshit, Cherry went to her bag and sorted her clothes out.

Sure enough. She was missing stuff. A lot actually. Some of her socks were gone, shoes too. The jeans she split?

They were nowhere to be found.

What the actual fuck?

Cherry stared at the piece of paper again.

“K-katie?”

“Hm?”

“I...I think I might be cursed.”

Katie predictably guffawed at that. “You are maybe cursed with a super sexy bod, but beyond that…”

“Shut up and listen. According to this, my clothes will just magically disa...eeekkk!”

The sensation was as abrupt as it was painful. An invisible hand smacked Cherry on her butt with considerable ****.

It should have made a loud enough sound for even Katie to hear, but all her friend did was blink confused. “What’s wrong?”

“Someone just spanked me on the ass!”, Cherry whirled around, expecting to see another teammate but there was no one else in the locker room.

Katie used the opportunity to stare at Cherry’s perky butt with an amused smile. “To be fair, you do have a very smackable rear.”

“This isn’t funny!”, Cherry was perhaps understandably very close to panicking now. “What the fuck is going on?”

Seeing Cherry’s reaction did at least cause Katie to become somewhat more serious. “I really think you should take today off.”

“N-No...I can’t. I...I have to attend school.” Why? She didn’t know. All she knew was that she couldn’t not go to school. Fuck, her mind was a complete mess. Cherry took a deep breath, then another. Calm down. Panicking won’t solve anything. Finally, she checked the note once again. If what is written here is actually true then...what the actual fuck?

Cherry attempted once more to tell Katie, just to be rewarded with another ghost spank. Alright, message received. Whoever put that curse on her, clearly does not want her to talk about it.

Instead, she showed her friend the letter, this at least was allowed and Katie for once actually showed interest in reading. “Ok, weird. That’s clearly a prank, though, right?”

“Then how do you explain my vanishing clothes?”

Katie shrugged. “Maybe some of the seniors stole them?”

Once more returning to her clothes, Cherry just now realized how dire her situation actually was. She didn’t even have matching shoes and socks anymore! And her bloomers were torn to the point they were pretty much unusable unless she fancied showing everyone her butt!

“Uh...Katie?”

“Yes?”

“Mind lending me some clothes?”

And suddenly, a knowing smirk appeared on Katie’s face and she giggled. “Oh, now I get it. Nice one, Cherry.”

“What?”, Cherry grumbled, already not liking where this is going.

“This is your attempt at pranking me. Not bad. Pretty good effort!”

Cherry could only stare at her friend dumbfounded. “What? N-No! That’s not it!”

“Sorry, sorry”, Katie grinned and stuck her tongue out. “Your plan almost worked though.”

“Oh for the love of...It’s not a plan!”, Cherry shouted frustrated.

“Fine, fine.” Katie shrugged her shoulders, clearly having no intention to believe her. “But even so, it’s not that any of my stuff would actually fit you.”

She unfortunately had a point there. But according to this letter, simply owning clothes would be enough.

However, Cherry was running out of time. If she wasted any more time trying to convince Katie, she will definitely be late for first period.

Fretting won’t get anything done, she needed to get dressed.

Her panties were gone too. Well, Cherry obviously had a spare, so she reluctantly slipped into these.

“I hope you don’t plan to go clubbing with these tonight”, Katie commented amused, while staring once again at Cherry’s butt that was now clad in the bright smiling face of a certain yellow cartoon sponge. “But then again, some guys are probably into it. It’s kinda sexy in a “I’m a super huge nerd dork” way.”

“You gifted me them”, Cherry responded and cursed once more. Ugh, she didn’t even have matching socks anymore! “And I don’t plan to go clubbing at all.”

“Whaaat?”, Katie gasped in shock. “Come on, you proooomised!”

“That was before I was cursed with losing my clo...OUCH! STOP THIS, YOU MOTHERFUCKER!”

Katie giggled. “You know, if you really got cursed, don’t you think insulting Mr. Ghost is kinda dangerous?”

Perhaps, but by now any panic Cherry had was replaced with sheer unbridled rage.

“Oh, I will do a lot more once I get my hand on him”, Cherry grimly promised as she pulled on her mismatching socks. Or her. It was probably that little brat, Cherry surmised. Was she a witch or something? Not that she believed in witchcraft but that was still more believable then what was written on this piece of paper.

Or perhaps she could just go with the most logical explanation that she has gone insane.

...

Figuring the “rules” of this game, Cherry decided she might as well increase her “armor” as much as possible. As such she slipped her torn bloomers back on, followed by her one remaining legwarmers, undershorts and finally her sweatpants.

Alright, time for her upper body...upper body…

…

“N-no way...”

“What now?”, Katie asked.

“There’s nothing there”, Cherry stammered. “My shirt, jacket, even my bra. Everything’s gone!”

They were definitely there just a second ago.

“Oh?”, Katie was grinning giddily. “Good thing you got that jumpsuit then.”

No way. Cherry is not wearing that!

Instead she scanned the locker room in the vain hope of finding something, anything to help her prevent this humiliating fate but of course there was absolutely nothing.

She took a deep breath. “Katie, I’m a dead serious here, you have to lend me something.”

In respond to that, Katie had once more that mischievous smirk on her face that Cherry knew all too well. “Hmm...what to do, what to do…”

“Katie...”

“Will you come clubbing with us?”

“Fine!”, Cherry groaned, having absolutely no intention to keep that promise. She usually wasn’t fond of lying but this was clearly a situation with extenuating circumstances.

“Alright, hold on a sec.”

Katie stood up and walked over to Cherry. In fact, she was getting a bit too close for comfort, especially given the fact that she was still completely naked!

Before Cherry could even fathom what was happening, her roommate slung an arm around her waist, squeezing their two bodies together.

“W-what are you doing?”

Katie then pulled her phone out and took a selfie, with her grinning and sticking her tongue out while a furiously blushing Cherry could do nothing but blink bewildered in the camera.

It would maybe have made for a cute picture if it weren’t for the fact that they were basically naked.

“W-W-WHAT THE HELL!”

“Insurance”, Katie remarked cheekily as she wiggled her phone. “I know you good enough that you will totally go back on your promise unless doing so will have actual consequences.”

Cherry was completely speechless.

“Sooo, unless you want this pic to circulate...club time it is.”

“A-Are you serious?”

Katie ignored the question and instead threw a garment at Cherry.

It was her sports top.

Which had a massive tear exactly on chest level.

“I can’t wear this”, Cherry said matter of factly.

“Not my problem that you tore it”, Katie responded, equally matter of factly.

...

At this point, Cherry had just resigned herself. She wordlessly slipped the uniform on and then went for the jumpsuit.

She was surprised just how perfectly it fit her. It felt designed almost exactly to her measurements, which was very creepy.

She tugged at the suit on a few places, fruitlessly trying to prevent it from hugging her body so close.

“H-How do I look?”, she finally asked.

“Very sexy”, Katie smiled. “But you really shouldn’t wear anything underneath. Ruins the look a bit.”

Like hell is she going commando with this!

“But your upper bod looks awesome”, Katie continued her assessment. “Love how it accentuates your chest.”

Ugh...

Cherry was looking herself over. This was absolutely mortifying. She looked like she was just about ready to go cosplaying!

She contemplated wearing her sweatpants and Wildcats uniform over it but that would only result in looking even more ridiculous. If she at least still had her jacket...

“Are you absolutely sure you can’t lend me anything else?”, Cherry pleaded once more.

“Nope.” Katie giggled, clearly very amused by her roommates predicament. “Besides”, she grinned. “If that curse thing is real I probably get cursed too if I help you too much.”

Just great. Fantastic. Awesome to have a friend like these. Cherry wondered why she didn’t just steal Katie’s clothes.

“Umm…” Katie glanced at the clock. “Shouldn’t you hurry? Or want to skip class after all?”

Cherry gasped! It was ten minutes before eight already! She can’t miss class! She quickly put on her shoes(one regular and one sport) and then dashed for the exit.

“Have fun”, Katie happily shouted. “Oh, don’t forget getting your uniform before the game. Knowing our captain she totally will make you play without it otherwise.”

Cherry groaned one last time and steeled herself as she exits the locker room.

This will be one long day.

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chapter specific sidequest: gathering intel

Cherry has a total of eight periods today(the school ones, you perverts) Write a comment guessing which classes Cherry will have. If your guess is correct, the schedule of said class will be revealed next chapter. In addition next chapter will get a +2 to likes for any periods that was correctly guessed.

Note that each reader gets only one guess. May or may not prove useful.

CHAPTER REPORT:

42 likes

5 bookmarks

14 favorites

Articles of clothing lost: 5

• white legwarmer x1
• black wolly jacket x1
• t-shirt black x1
• pair of sport shoes x1
• pink hair band x1

Article of clothes torn: 4

• one white sport shirt(belongs to Katie) (one tear)
• one pair of blue sports bloomers x1 (three tears)

Cherry's current clothes

• black glasses x1 (LOCKED)

• one white sport shirt (belongs to Katie) x1 (one tear)

• one pair of blue sports bloomers x1 (three tears)

• white legwarmer x1

• plain undershorts x1

• pair of brown shoes x1

• pink socks x1

• winter gloves x 1

• white sport socks x 1

• pair of sweatpants x1

• pair of sport shoes x1

• spongebob panties(don’t ask) x1

• bright red latex jumpsuit x1

Cherry's spare clothes (gym bag)

• woolly cap x1

Cherry’s other items

ACCESS DENIED

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FAVORITES

Due to your valiant efforts the following favorite stretchgoals were reached:

favorite stretch goal X: riiiiip

favorite stretch goal XI: stay in school II

BOOKMARKS

Due to your idiotic incompetency the following bookmark stretchgoals were reached:

bookmark stretchgoal VII: cool, cool clothes

Perks:

Ora’s blessing: Aura of invulnerability

The beautiful goddess Ora, in her unbelievable benevolence has bestowed Aura of invulnerability upon Cherry Graham. Due to this, Cherry Graham’s body will not sustain any injury or any other sort of bodily harm during the course of this story. That is not to say she won’t feel pain however. For example, if Cherry were to run around naked in a snowstorm all night she would never suffer from hypothermia. However, Cherry would still very much feel the cold.

strong nudist

For every article of clothing less then ten that Cherry is wearing, her strength will increase by 10% A higher strength will allow Cherry to easier deal with any bully that tries to mess with her, provided she has the courage.

cool, cool clothes

Wearing clothes will have the opposite effect on Cherry! The less clothes she wears the warmer she feels! Vice versa wearing a full set of clothes will feel like being naked!

Curses:

stay in school I

Losing clothes would usually be a very compelling reason to ditch school but with this handy perk you will not have to worry about that until at least midday. No matter how under-dressed Cherry might find herself, she will come up with her own rationale as to why she absolutely has to stay in school until lunch.

I don’t believe you

No matter how convincing Cheryl pleads her case, nobody will believe her crazy story about magically disappearing clothes. To further discouraging Cheryl from talking about it, every time she attempts to do so she will receive a magic spank on her butt (Note: magic spanks are harmless but will hurt like regular ones)

decent exposure

Cherry will not get arrested or apprehended in any other way due to her state of dress. She might however suffer other disciplinary actions for her uncouth behavior.

the importance of footwear

Except for activities like swimming, showering etc, Cherry will have to wear at least one sock, or shoe. Should she find herself without either, she will have to give up one of her remaining clothes to transform into either a sock or shoe.

teachers pet

Cherry will be very active in class and raise her hand frequently, even if she is unsure of the answer. Teachers may comment on Cherry’s state of dress but will never send her out of class.

with friends like these

Cherry’s friends will be less sympathetic to her plight. While not hostile, they treat her situation with amusement/indifference and will be **** to lend her clothes.

riiiiip

Anytime the total likes counter passes the number 5(15,25,35 etc) one of the clothes Cherry is wearing will suffer a nasty and rather embarrassing tear. Doesn't work retroactively.

stay in school II

As long as Cherry still has one piece of clothing remaining, she will not skip class. She might still ditch class for other reasons though.

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FAVORITES STRETCHGOALS

favorite stretch goal XII: points shop unlocked!

Requirement: 90 favorites

Unlocks a handy shop for any affluent reader of this story to buy...stuff for Cherry. What stuff and what are points? You have to unlock this first but you’re gonna like it!(Probably)

favorite stretch goal: third set of stretch goals

Requirement: 100 favorites

next set is coming right up! If you can pay for it

BOOKMARKS STRETCHGOALS

bookmark stretchgoal VIII: the gift

requirement: 30 Bookmarks

The readers will be **** to choose between one of three magical gifts that are awarded to Cherry. This stuff is super overpowered, so you better make sure this stretchgoal is not reached!

bookmark stretchgoal IX: calm and collected

requirement: 35 Bookmarks

Cherry will receive the perk calm mind, which prevents her from panicking no matter the situation. She will however still be very embarrassed about her predicament

bookmark stretchgoal X: Yay II

requirement: 40 Bookmarks

Cherry will be awarded three(!) additional article of clothing. This will still be stuff that she might not want to wear, but that doesn't change the fact that this goes completely against the narrative integrity of this story!

bookmark stretchgoal XI: invaluable intel

requirement: 45 Bookmarks

With this, stretchgoal, Cherry will be privy to any perks and curses currently on her! Even an intellectually challenged sea slug like you should understand how bad this would be! Will also unlock the third set of bookmarks as a double combo of bad news.