It’s time for episode 1 of Harem Heroes!

Teleportation was a very disorienting process, when unexpected. One moment Nate was on the comfortable couch in the entertainment area, the next he was in a wholly different body position – sitting straight upright on a throne – in a whole new location – outside.

“-athaniel Hawkins! Everyone give our new Master a big round of applause!”

He appeared to be on a stage situated in one corner of a beachside plaza, oddly enough in completely different clothes. Gone was the winterwear, replaced by a full-body black bodysuit with white accents. The bodysuit was tight, like it was made out of spandex or some other material, and left very little to the imagination. Serena was speaking in front of him, using her Chibi Serena voice and mannerisms again. He supposed that meant she had a script for this event, then.

The demoness turned back towards him, away from whatever phantom camera she had been speaking at, “Welcome Nate! Why don’t you give us a bit brief summary of yourself and how excited you are to be here?”

Nate paused, uncertain how exactly to answer that, but the choice was taken away from him as his mouth started moving anyways. “Thanks, Serena. Hey, everyone, I’m Nate Hawkins. I’m a 21 years old college student who was almost killed when tyrranids attacked my vacation at a ski resort. I’m single, but have had three sexual partners in my life. My last sexual encounter was three months ago. I’m having mixed feelings about this show, honestly, but can’t deny there is a bit of excitement there.”

His mouth clicked shut as he suddenly regained control of body. Embarrassment flooded through him at the details he’d been **** to share. Perhaps he should take this as a sign of how this whole fiasco was about to go, and that didn’t instill him with confidence.

“That’s understandable, Nate,” Serena agreed, beaming towards him, before turning back, “Many of our Masters have started out conflicted, many even outright hating the idea of the show. But they always come around, don’t they? Will Nate prove to be an exception to that rule? Wait and see!” Serena winked to the audience.

“But for now, we must continue with the introductions! We’ve got six Contestants for this season of Harem Hotel, all of them incredibly familiar to Nate. Now, I will warn you, our lovely audience, we’re doing things a bit differently this season. For one, all of the Contestants, and Nate himself, have consented to be on the show!” Serena gasped in mock surprise. “I know, consent?! On Harem Hotel?! What are things coming to these days?! Where’s the drama, the will-they-won’t-they, the blaming and the guilt?

“But worry not, devoted audience, this choice was not made lightly! There’s so much we’ve got going on with this show we decided the traditional drama would just get exhausting! And that’s even before we came up with the twist! Ah, wait, we’re not supposed to talk about that yet, so nobody say anything, alright?” Serena held her finger to her lips in a cutesy way, then turned back towards Nate, “That means you, too, Master, okay? No spoilers!”

Suddenly Nate was aware that even had he wanted to mention such a thing, he wasn’t capable of it anymore. This metaphorical censoring was jarring, as he suddenly couldn’t even think the word, nor conjure up a phrase in his head that meant the same thing.

Serena turned back to the audience, “But we’ll get back to that after we’ve dealt with the Contestants, okay? So hang on ‘till then, even if you’re not quite sure, alright? I promise it’ll be worth it!

“Now, without further ado, allow me to introduce the first Contestant! She’s known Nate for the longest of all of them – since the day he was born, even! That’s right, please welcome Nate’s mother, Helena Hawkins!”

*SNAP*

With a slight clang, suddenly Helena appeared on a stool to Nate’s left. She, too, was clothed in a bodysuit, though hers was a fetching blue, lacked sleeves, and had a deep cleavage window.

Helena looked around briefly, her eyes quickly zeroing in on Nate’s presence in the throne. “Nate!” she cried, rising from her chair to rush towards him. She almost tackled him into a hug, raining kisses on his face. “You’re alive, my baby boy, don’t you ever do that to me again!”

“Hey Mom,” he responded sheepishly.

“Aww,” Serena chimed in, “Such a touching reunion. But we’re on a tight schedule, so-“

*SNAP* And Helena was back on her stool again.

“-I’ll kindly ask you to remain in your chair while we continue the opening ceremony. Let’s go ahead and get Helena’s self-introduction out of the way!”

Helena appeared to hesitate for a moment, before whatever had made Nate give his introduction kicked in and she started emotionlessly introducing herself. “Greetings, my name is Helena Hawkins. I’m a 43 year-old mother of three, one of which includes Nate. I was killed by a monster attack, but brought back to the living to be a Contestant for Nate’s harem. I have been single since my husband died fifteen years ago. I’ve had a total of twelve sexual partners, and my last sexual encounter was a year and three months ago.”

The jarring, embarrassing introduction was enough to evaporate any further ideas to leave Helena’s seat, and she simply sat there, blushing while Serena continued the show.

“Wonderful! Then let’s move on to contestant number 2! She’s the MILF of his dreams, and the mother of his best friend, the one, the only, Maria Ortega!”

*SNAP*

Like Helena, Maria appeared, though this time to Nate’s right. Her bodysuit was red, and like Nate’s covered her whole body, though it seemed to hug her body and almost accentuate her musculature more than her bare skin, if such a thing were possible.

Maria took a minute to control herself, then perked up when she saw Helena and Nate. “You’re both alive. Wonderful. I thought that this all might be some kind of fever dream. Not that I would have objected to such a dream.” She winked at Nate.

“Ooh, the cougar strikes early! And that’s a great segue into her self-intro!”

Maria appeared startled at first when she began speaking involuntarily, and by the end of her introduction she was unusually pale, “Hola, me llamo Maria. I am 45 years old, and mother of Nate’s best friend. I was killed by a monster and brought back to life to compete in this show. I divorced my husband two years ago, and had three sexual partners in my life, with my last sexual encounter being five years ago.”

“Yikes!” Serena cringed. “Not very sexy with the intro! Too bad, we got no time to rest because it’s time to bring in our third contestant, another member of Nate’s family, it’s his sister, Sarah Hawkins!”

*SNAP*

Sarah appeared on a stool to Nate’s left, a little past her mother. She was wearing a bodysuit with cleavage and no sleeves like her mother, though her bodysuit was purple and had extra openings on the sides of her waist to highlight her hips. She looked around after her disorientation ended, she looked around, barely registering her mother, Serena, or Maria and snapping straight to Nate. There was an intensity in her gaze that Nate couldn’t place. After a few moments of staring, she turned back to the stage, then glared when she realized Serena was giving her a cheshire grin.

“Now that’s how you make an impact, everyone! Say nothing, just give the Master ‘fuck-me’ eyes until he’s salivating at the thought. Woohoo! Let’s see if her intro is half as spicy!”

“I am Sarah Hawkins, 19. I died from falling out of the ski lift and then accepted the conditions to become a Contestant. I’ve had two sexual partners in my life. The last time I had sex was seven months ago.”

Luckily, nothing surprised Nate about her intro. He did notice that at the mention of her ****, their mother had turned pale. When Sarah glanced back at him as if looking for a reaction to her intro, he motioned to Helena with his head. She glanced at their mom, and the intensity on her face softened. She reached a hand over to her mother’s leg, patting it and saying softly, “I’m okay now mom, please don’t be upset. I think Sammy got away at least.”

“Oh, how touching!” Serena butted in. “But did he really? Well I think we’ll just have to ask him because our fourth candidate is Samuel Hawkins!”

*SNAP*

Both Hawkins women jumped and spun to their left, finding the youngest Hawkins child seated on a stool like themselves. Sam was similarly attired to the rest of them, his white bodysuit similar to Nate’s. He looked embarrassed from the moment he appear on the stage, and only glanced around at the rest of them before looking down at the ground.

Helena spun on Nate, “Really Nathaniel? Really? Samuel, of all the people!”

Nate held up his hands, “Woah, hey, I didn’t get a choice in that at all!”

“Upupupupup!” Serena appeared between the two of them. “We aren’t here for that kind of drama, not this season. Nate is right, he didn’t get to pick the Contestants, and just like you, Helena, Sam agreed to be a Contestant. So none of that!”

She turned back to Sam as Helena digested that. “And Sam, you’re being rather quiet over there, why don’t you give us your introduction!”

Sam almost shuddered when the words leapt out of his mouth, “My name is Sam Hawkins. I am an 18-year-old senior in high school who was hunted down by a monster, before becoming a Contestant. I-I’ve never had a sexual partner, I’m a virgin.”

Sam was clearly quite embarrassed, his blush quite obvious given his coloration and the white bodysuit he wore.

Nate decided not to comment. He knew how much weight men put into losing their virginity, and with this crazy competition in Sam’s future… he felt bad for his little brother.

“Ooh… so we have our only virgin Contestant so far, but he’s a male! Well, we’ll make him more appetizing to the Master in due time, and then maybe he can see about losing that virginity!”

Somehow, Sam blushed harder.

“Alright,” Serena continued, “we’re moving on to Contestant numero cinco! That’s right, we already got the mami, let’s bring in the hijo as well! It’s Nate’s best friend, Alex Ortega!”

*SNAP*

Alex appeared to the right of his mother, dressed in a yellow bodysuit similar to Sam’s and Nate’s own. It appeared that while the women got variations to their bodysuits, the men were all in full-length bodysuits, which suited Nate just fine.

Alex looked… resigned. He looked around after appear, smiling at his mom, then made eye contact with Nate and just sighed.

“Ooh, looks like the Master’s not the only one with conflicting emotions! Let’s get an intro from Alex really quick because we’re almost done with the Contestants!”

Alex barely reacted to the sensation of being **** to talk – a short jolt of surprise, followed by a return to resignation. “My name is Alex Ortega. I am 21 years old, and was killed by being crushed to ****. My girlfriend convinced me to become a Contestant. I’ve had two sexual partners, and my last sexual encounter was two days ago.”

Nate… hurt to see his best friend like this. Alex should be snarky, full of wit and sarcasm, not defeated and surrendered. And the worst part was he didn’t know how to help.

“Alright, alright, that’s enough of a pity party,” Serena interrupted. “Jeez, you’d think someone who consented to be here would have resolved themselves, but I can see you’re going to be a tricky case, Alex. Luckily, I know just how to wrangle you! Let’s introduce the Alex-wrangler, his girlfriend, and our final Contestant, Vivian McAllister!”

*SNAP*

When Vivian appeared, it was with a smile. Her green bodysuit had a window that showed off her flat stomach and navel piercing, and she seemed to most comfortable to be wearing hers, even more that Maria. She waved at everybody, then reached a hand over to pat Alex’s leg. “Hey, honey, don’t worry, it’ll be fine! We’re all in this together!” She sang the last sentence to the tune of a song from one of her favorite movies.

“Woah, woah, woah,” Serena rushed over, covering Vivian’s mouth. “Let’s stop there. No need to piss off the Mouse, okay, we respect copyright here at Harem Hotel. Instead, Vivian, why don’t you finish off our self-introductions, so we can move onto the main event?”

After Serena uncovered Vivian’s mouth, the redhead launched into her own self-intro, “Hi everybody! I’m so excited to be here! My name’s Vivian, and I’m 20 years old! I’m Alex’s girlfriend and thus Nate’s friend-by-proxy, and I almost died from being crushed by a ski-lift-pole-support-structure! But then this blurry lady recruited me and saved my life, and then I watched a funny little video, and now I’m here! Oh, and I’ve only had one sexual partner, and it’s my boyfriend, and he last made me cum two days ago!”

…Leave it to Vivian to go far beyond what was expected in a situation like this.

Serena laughed, “And that’s why you’re my fav, babe, but on this show, my opinion isn’t the one that matters! It’s that of the voters!” The demoness gestured towards whatever invisible camera she might have been playing to at the front of the stage.

“Hopefully everyone’s introductions have broken the ice! Now let’s get down to what makes this season special! Firstly, let me welcome our Master, Contestants, and you, the audience, to Harem Hotel: Harem Heroes edition!

“That’s right! This season’s theme is superheroes! Alongside transformations, everyone will be getting more and more superpowers as the weeks go on! As you may have deduced, audience, Nate and his harem here were unfortunate enough to experience first-hand the invasion of the nasty, unsexy tyrranids. And, being just standard squishy humans, most of them died!

“But we’re setting up a harem for Nate here, and it wouldn’t do to send him back to a world overrun with those giant pests, would it? What kind of happy ending would that be? No, instead, we’re giving the skills, and the training, they’ll need to fight back and reclaim their planet!

“As such, there’s a couple of very significant changes to the classic Harem Hotel formula that mini-Rena will now explain. Take it away, mini-me!”