I never knew that a day like today lay before us

It was the dawn of a new day, and Sylvia gazed at the messages flooding the chatboards with pride.

She had done this. This was all her hard work paying off. The wedding had been a smashing success. She’d hobnobbed with the royals of Harem Hotel, and thrown a party that would cement her name in the history books of this glorious show forever.

And there had even been a touching wedding to go with it!

Indeed, Sylvia felt like she was on top of the world at the moment. And she was especially proud of how things had gone between Nick and Mary.

When Dakota had proposed the idea of having the two of them fuck right there on the altar in front of everyone, Sylvia had been tempted to remind her of her place. She was the host, not Dakota, and she got to decide how things went.

But then again, Dakota made a very good case.

And the result had gone over great with all the other hosts! They’d loved it! And to her shock, Nick and Mary had even gotten onboard… heck, Mary was downright eager for it, and practically orchestrated the whole thing herself!

I never thought I’d see the day when Nick would agree to have sex with his wife for the first time right out there in front of a crowd of strangers, his friends and lovers, and his step-mother of all people. It seems that things are really turning around! Sylvia hummed to herself as she took another look at the forums. It seems he’s finally come around to our way of thinking!

She couldn’t be more proud.

“What an adorable wedding! I cried.”

“#GetMaryPreggers”

“Lol she definitely is already”

“Mary got knocked up.”

“Babied big time”

“#Glorped”

“Polling number of kids now.”

“5”

“4.”

“8+”

“I think 3 is a good number.”

“Nah. Double digits. Dakota shoved like half the bottle in her.”

“Now that she’s knocked up, let’s get the baby train going #GetDaniPreggers”

“No one mentioning Amelia?! She’s so lovely! #DommyMommy #HouseAmelia #MILF”

“#MILF”

“#HouseAmelia”

“She’s not a MILF if she’s never been pregnant before #NotMyMILF”

“Nick can fix that”

“Mary needs some mommy tips, Amilfia will provide”

“Lol for a second I thought y’all were talking about the eliminated girl on Leah’s season”

“Twist ending they were the same person”

“I thought what Dakota did was pretty slimy tbh”

“Nah Dakota was based and redpilled as usual #CultOfDakota”

“Based and pregpilled”

“#Pregpilled”

“Mary was all for it so I’m fine”

“Some crumbs for Holly, too #HollyTeam”

“The last #HollyTeam member in the wild”

“Sad day”

“Sadge”

“Dicks our for Holly”

“You just know Dakota stole one of those pills for herself #GetDakotaPreggers”

“I hope Mary doesn’t get eliminated now that everybody knows she won’t leave the harem”

“Nah kick her”

“Yeah Mry 2strong”

“*Mary”

“Mary got a fuckton of points”

“She earned ‘em”

“True”

“True.”

“But I think it would be better if she got a supporting role.”

“You just don’t want Morgana eliminated”

“OF CORUSE I DON’T #MorganaCoven #Gothicc #BTGGF #GothLivesMatter”

“I want Morgana to stick aroundtoo #MorganaCoven”

“Dani probably out next tbh no one likes her”

“I like Dani just not asmuch as the other grils”

“Danipeak #DaniCrew”

“Threesome when #TeamGamerGirls”

“Need me some Caly on Dani action”

“*Carly, damn it”

“Dawn might be next up, she hasn’t dnoe much”

“Danw is the moral cental or the group”

“Mods been getting lax with the spellcheck huh”

“Rose doing great imo, she’s risen by 3% consistently every poll”

“At this rate she’ll be in first!”

“Rose stonks on the rise rn, she’s only been getting better #RoseGarden”

“Savvy speculators would do well to invest in Rosecoin”

“I started on the ground floor.”

“Meanwhile, Kim stonks are in freefall.”

“Rip Kim. Haircut definitely sunk her lol.”

“You all suck Kim peak tomboy #KimClique”

“Kim still boring now she just hs short hair and is boring #CultOfDakota”

“Notice it’s always the Dakotafags who call the other girls boring lol. Sorry, my girl actually is a good person not a manipulative schemer #DawnPosse #CollarForDawn”

“Dakota has more compassion than Dawn has breasts though.”

“Ouch”

“Savaged”

“Rip Dawn LMAO #FlatCat”

“Let’s get that trending #FlatCat”

“#FlatCat”

“#FlatCat”

“Mods ban for spamming”

“Lol #GinaParty cry about it Dawn peak”

“Rip if Dawn wins and Carly gets eliminated I’m gonna cry #CarlyFans”

“Carly can’t get eliminated until she and Dani bang. #TeamGamerGirls”

“Nah Dani is in more danger of that”

“Not with Rose lmao that girl is allergic to winning challenges”

“Rose gonna bomb for a third time.”

“RipRose”

“No we need Rose to bang Nick! She’s been saving up so much she deserves it #RosePlucked”

“Go pluck yourself”

“If Amelia isn’t the next auditionee we riot”

“If Morgana gets eliminated we riot”

“I’m sorry guys but I just can’t stand the fact that Gina keeps drinking. **** is bad for you! She should be getting help for her addiction, not just sucking of Nick for a fix. It’s degenerate behavior like that which impugns the moral turpitude of our society in results in our younger generation not being able to succeed in life. She needs help, not fetishization. I can’t rightly support Gina until she acknowledges she has a problem and gets the support she needs.”

“tl;dr”

“Mods ban that guy”

“That guy typed a lot with one hand lmao”

“Brainwashing women and warping their bodies? Okay. Excessive drinking? DESTORYING THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY!”

“lol”

“#GinaParty”

“Get her even more sloshed”

“So when Sylvia gonna join?”

“#SylviaSquad”

“I liked seeing allthe hosts”

“Wedding was great yup, should reward by putting Sylvia in the harem”

“Rip lmao”

“Now that we’re done with the wedding, can we please be done with Mary? Toomuch focus”

“You mean too much peak”

“Based and Marypilled”

“#Pregpilled”

“#MakeMaryPreggersAgain”

Sylvia just smiled. Indeed, people were very invested in the results, and that translated to a lot of votes in the polls, which was just what she wanted to see.

She raised her cane, and warped herself to the Banquet Hall, where everyone was assembled.

Predictably, everyone there was fawning over a glowing Mary.

“You look just gorgeous!” Kim gushed, staring in awe at her friend. “You’re practically radiant!”

“Thanks,” Mary said, cradling the hand that held her wedding ring. “It’s so amazing… I still can’t believe it’s real.”

“You’re going to be such a great mom!” Holly was bawling. Sylvia had been nice, and let her come out of her cage to congratulate her dear friend on her first day of wedded bliss. “Please, can I call you mistress?! Please!”

Mary winced.

“Or Lady Mary! That also works!”

“We, uh, we’ll talk about that later,” Mary said hotly, feeling weird that her friend was so aggressive about that.

But then… she WAS Nick’s wife…

“You should enjoy it,” Rose tittered, patting the redhead on the back, drawing her back down the Banquet Hall. “You definitely earned it.”

Mary nodded. Then she turned to Gina. “Listen, Gina, I promise, I’m going to repay you back as soon as I can! I’ll get you that 1900 BP when I save up enough!”

Gina blinked. “Repay…? Oh! You mean that. Uh… okay, sure.”

Dawn rolled her eyes. “Come on, Gina, at least remember who owes you money.”

“Hey!” Gina said defensively. “It’s been a real intense few days, okay? I can’t remember stuff like you can, Dawn!”

“Dawn, does that mean you remember your debt to me?” Rose teased the shorter woman with a cheeky smile.

“1600 BP, was it?” Dawn sniffed. “You’ll get it after the prices settle, don’t worry.”

Morgana was all over Mary too.

“You were beautiful! And gorgeous! And beautiful!” The pale girl gushed, fawning over Mary like a long-lost sister. “I wish I could look that beautiful at my wedding!”

She swooned, staring off into the distance. “My wedding…” She sighed wistfully, drifting off into another fantasy.

Mary just politely laughed.

“Well now. I’m glad to see you’re enjoying yourself.”

Mary turned to see Dakota stroll up to her. The menacing woman had a playful expression on her face, but Mary stared tensely at her.

“Yeah, um…”

“And you know who you have to thank for that, right?” Dakota leaned in and whispered into Mary’s ear. “You’re welcome, by the way. For your wedding dress, too. It looked just lovely for Nick to rip it off you like that.”

Mary gulped. She nodded slightly. “Yeah, um… thanks.”

She couldn’t deny that she owed Dakota a lot. The wedding wouldn’t have been possible without her help.

And she’s someone important to my husband, she thought, trying her best to smile politely to the other woman. I really should do a better job of getting close to her.

Mary held out her hand to Dakota. “I mean it. Thank you.”

Dakota narrowed her eyes into slits and her lips turned up into a catlike smile. “Don’t mention it,” she replied, taking Mary’s hand.

Her touch was as cold as ice.

Mary was the one getting swarmed by admirers, but that didn’t mean she was alone in getting attention. After all, the groom was also here, and there were a few people who had some very select things to say.

Carly sidled over to Nick and stared down at him a neutral yet cold expression on her face. The fact that she was dressed as a notorious kuudere Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, silver hair and all, didn’t bring Nick any comfort either.

Marley stood off to the side, wearing a sympathetic expression on her face. She felt for Nick, she really did, but she was going to hold off and let Carly speak her mind.

“Nick…” Carly murmured. “Did you think about it? What you were doing when you came inside of Mary?”

“I…” Nick winced. It was hard to defend. It had been like he was a completely different person at his wedding. Like a feral beast who only cared about pushing Mary down and impregnating her, right in front of everyone.

But that morning, his senses had returned, and he’d found some clarity. And the truth of the matter?

No, he didn’t regret his decision.

“I don’t regret what I did,” he said evenly, giving Carly the most honest answer he could.

Carly’s eyebrow twitched slightly at that. “Even though you could have knocked her up? Or no… you almost certainly did. You’re aware of that, right?”

“Yeah,” he said, not backing down. “I know. That’s why I did it.”

“Having a baby… it isn’t something to fetishize.” Carly’s voice turned sterner and harsher. “The way you two are acting… are you really aware of the consequences of what you’re doing?”

He could see the desperation in Carly’s eyes. He knew why she was doing this. In her own way, she was concerned about the two of them.

But this wasn’t about her.

“I know,” he said firmly. “And you’re not wrong, I don’t know if I’m ready to be a father. But Mary…” He glanced to look at her, and saw she was looking at him. Their eyes met, and she turned red at the same time he felt his own face heating up.

He turned back to Carly.

“I want to start a family with her. I want to do whatever I can to support her. That’s the choice I made when I decided to give her what she wanted.”

Carly’s cold expression melted like butter.

“I’m so glad!” She cried, hugging him tightly into her huge chest. One of the distinct differences between her and the character she was cosplaying. “For a second, I was worried that you just weren’t thinking! But as long as you’re focusing on what’s best for you two and the baby, then that’s good enough for me!”

Nick sighed in relief. “So this was just a test, then?” He asked, pulling back from her. “Come on, that’s a little rude.”

“Well, you DID say you were going to avoid having any more ‘accidents’,” Carly pointed out. “I think you deserve a little scare or two. As long as you know what you’re doing, I mean. Otherwise, I might have to get a little more… aggressive.”

Nick nodded. He understood. But there was something else on his mind at the moment.

“Carly, I need to ask you something.”

“Hmm?” Carly perked up. Marley leaned in intently, wondering what could be on Nick’s mind.

“It’s about Dani,” he managed to get out, and saw the way she blushed when the tomboy’s name was mentioned. She quickly shot a furtive glance at the blue-haired girl busy squeezing the life out of Mary in a hug, before turning back to Nick and pretending that nothing had happened.

“I don’t-”

Before either of them could say another word, Sylvia appeared in the center of the room with her cane held high.

“Good morning, my girls!” She chirped. “And a special good morning to the lovely bride and groom! I see that by the way the bride is walking funny, you two kept at it for quite a while after you adjourned to the Master’s Suite!”

Nick blushed, and Mary turned bright red. Apparently, even after all the sex they’d had last night, and the very public sex they’d had that afternoon, they could still be embarrassed when it came to their sex life.

Sylvia didn’t care, though. She was happy to keep things going.

“Now then my girls! It’s the last day of the round! You all know what that means, correct?”

Dawn sighed. “The popularity polls again.”

“You’re absolutely right, my girl!” Sylvia chirped, winking at the cat girl. “No wonder they call you a genius!”

Dawn rolled her eyes.

“As usual, before we check the results of the popularity poll, we need to see where everyone stands in terms of VP,” Sylvia reminded the girls, holding up her cane. A black screen appeared in the air behind her. “As you can see, there’s been quite the shakeup in the point totals!”

1st: Mary – 56 VP

2nd: Gina – 52 VP

3rd: Dawn – 46 VP

4th: Kim – 43 VP

5th: Dani – 38 VP

6th: Carly – 36 VP

7th: Dakota – 28 VP

7th: Morgana – 28 VP

8th: Rose – 16 VP

Mary’s jaw dropped. “First?” She gasped, looking around at the others in shock. “I’m… I’m in first place?”

“Wow!” Kim was amazed. “That’s really great, Mary!”

“It certainly is,” Sylvia nodded. “You see, Mary, with your wedding yesterday, getting married to Nick first, him touching your breasts, and of course, having sex, you scored a whopping 32 VP in one go! Now that’s what I call an increase! I think that might be our biggest leap in points yet! Take a look at that! We finally got past the halfway mark, you and Gina both!”

“Definitely a well-deserved jump,” Dani agreed.

“And on the other hand…” Sylvia turned to Rose, who averted her eyes. “…Some of us haven’t earned a single VP in the whole round.”

“I’m trying, okay!?” Rose sputtered. “It’s not like I’m not trying, I just…”

“You have your bonus sheet, don’t you?” Sylvia goaded her, obviously loving this. “I’m sure there are a few ways to boost your standing.”

Rose just seethed in frustration.

“It’s okay,” Dani said, patting her on the shoulder. “You don’t have to worry about that.”

“I’m so low, too!” Morgana wailed. “I’ve barely had the chance to do anything with him! It’s not fair!”

She had really tried. But unfortunately, this hadn’t been her week.

Nick winced. He actually felt kind of bad for her. This was supposed to be Morgana’s best chance to show her appeal, to him, to the other girls, and to the audience, but it had been overshadowed by Mary’s wedding. He really hoped she didn’t get eliminated before he had a chance to get to know her.

Maybe I was too caught up in the fact that she’s so young, he thought, glancing at her frantic expression. She’s just as worried about this as everyone else. Maybe even moreso.

“Now then! Moving onto what’s really important,” Sylvia said, glad to see that everyone was taking note of their positions. There hadn’t been a lot of rise or fall in points this week, other than Mary’s skyrocketing leap ahead, and a few points for Kim and Gina here and there.

She’d have to fix that for the next round.

“Time to take a look at how much BP you girls have,” she continued. “It’s always nice to see. And you girls are certainly spending big!”

1. Carly – 7600 BP

2. Rose – 4300 BP

3. Dani – 4100 BP

4. Gina – 3000 BP

5. Dakota – 2700 BP

6. Kim – 2000 BP

7. Dawn – 1500 BP

8. Morgana – 800 BP

9. Mary – 0 BP

“Quite revealing here,” Sylvia mused, tapping her chin thoughtfully. “It seems that a few of you are still saving up… but there have been quite a lot of big purchases as well, isn’t that right, Mary?” She turned to Mary, who rubbed her ring with a giddy smile on her face.

“Rose, you’ve gotten a lot of BP yourself,” Kim noted. “I guess that bounty sheet of yours really helped out.

“Could say the same about you,” Rose nodded. “You’re starting to get some income from those purchases everyone’s making.”

Kim certainly couldn’t deny that.

“And then there are the girls who get decent amounts of BP, but never buy anything,” Sylvia said, clicking her tongue. “Carly, what IS it you’re saving up for?”

Carly averted her eyes.

“…Well, whatever. I suppose it doesn’t matter,” Sylvia sniffed. “Anyway, moving on, we’ve got to see the most important thing of the day! The moment everyone’s been waiting for! There have certainly been some interesting changes this week.”

She nodded to Morgana. “We got a new girl, quite a playful sort, Morgana. And not only that, but Mary had a wedding! That certainly got a lot of attention… it could go either way, honestly.”

Morgana winced, and Mary blushed.

“As for Dakota, well… you certainly made a bold move yesterday,” Sylvia said, glancing at Dakota. “I wonder if it will pay off. After all, I bet you made a few fans, jumping in on Mary’s moment with the master… but you might have made some enemies.”

Dakota narrowed her eyes into a glare.

Kim felt Sylvia’s eyes on her, next.

“As for you, my girl, you suffered a slip in the polls last round. And decided to reinvent yourself! You became this playful tomboy, tried to work on self-improvement… will that be enough to tick your numbers up? Or did you slip even further?”

Kim tensed.

Sylvia moved onto the next target. “Dani, well… you’ve got a bit of a problem, frankly. You aren’t doing much! Sure, you’ve been helpful, and everybody here likes you, but you’re the only holdout, the only one who doesn’t want Nick… that might not be good for you…”

Dani tensed. Her eyes shot to Carly involuntarily. Sylvia’s did the same.

“And, of course, the twins,” she said, strolling over to the two of them. “Carly, you got a brand-new sister! And while Marley’s my absolute favorite, you haven’t really done much this round.”

“I’ve worked on myself,” Carly stubbornly replied.

Sylvia wasn’t impressed. “…To minimal impact. But anyway, it’s not about what you’ve done, it’s what the audience thinks. And frankly, I’d wager Marley is polling higher than you… or maybe her numbers will be roped into yours? Who can say?”

“Sylvia, what’s the point of this?” Nick scowled. She was going after everyone. “Just get on with it already.”

“Almost done,” Sylvia smiled. Of course, she would go on to Rose. “Rose… VP aside, today was a good week for you. It’s just a question of whether or not the audience has forgiven your past transgressions. As for you, Dawn…”

She turned to the cat girl.

“You might need to put yourself out there a bit more. But I’d say you and Gina are probably pretty safe this week. Nothing too major. Well done.”

Neither one of them knew if she was telling the truth, or just taunting them.

Then, a wicked smile spread across Sylvia’s face, and she raised her cane. The numbers and names on the board shifted.

“Let’s see what the new results say!” She declared.

1. Mary – 14.37% +2000 BP

2. Gina – 12.97% +2000 BP

3. Rose – 12.85% +2000 BP

4. Carly – 11.69% +1500 BP

5. Kim – 11.52% +1500 BP

6. Dawn – 10.36% +1500 BP

7. Morgana – 9.44% +1500 BP

8. Dakota – 9.35% +1500 BP

9. Dani – 7.44% +1000 BP