Letters from Other Seasons, Part 1

Cammy was the first to wake, and chose to wake Janessa so as to guide her out of the master suite. The angel sighed but followed her out of the master suite while putting back on the white robe she wore last night. Once they got outside, of course, there would be an argument, but she at least was able to wait until the door shut.

"Shouldn't you be helping me to seduce Felix?" Janessa asked, with every tell tale sign of sexual frustration.

"I only help girls I actually like, and you are not one of them," Cammy said. "Besides, it's not my job to get Felix to like you, which seduction requires. Or did you forget that because you're used to just ignoring that pesky thing called consent?"

The angel went off with a huff, and Cammy went back to the master suite to be there when Felix awoke. She suspected today he was going to be sent through the wringer again given it was time for another challenge...

Z and Nox managed to not only survive their time in the Explosives Training Yard, but learned quite a bit from it. The oni decided it was one of the better BP purchases she had made, as it made training the goblin for fighting far more tractable than it had been previously. A genuine explosives expert would have many advantages in modern combat, and the same went for someone who could use grenade launchers, rocket launchers, etc., But... it required the goblin to face live threats. A **** teacher who cared about their student's well being would find that to be an unacceptable tradeoff, but Z wasn't such a teacher. The possibility that she could get Nox to graduation faster was... irresistible.

All of this made Z in quite a good mood as she went to breakfast with the goblin, even though she knew that Friday was the day of a challenge she wasn't prepared for. Everyone else filtered in over time, with the angel specifically being in a foul mood, and prepared their own breakfast. However, while eating her usual massive pile of meat, she was surprised when the demon showed up, and gave a very different explanation than usual.

"In light of prior scheduling difficulties, the challenge will be held in a location you will get to in your dreams," The demon said while circling the the table where everyone was still eating breakfast. "An assistant named Paisley will be available to answer questions, who you'll be meeting shortly."

Before everyone at the table could react to this ludicrous announcement, the demon teleported away, and a woman with pink hair strode into the room holding a bundle of envelopes. "Welcome everyone, my name is Paisley. Some of you met me during the BP challenge two days ago, and for the rest, I'm an assistant brought in to help your host with various tasks, such as distributing fan mail. Speaking of,"

Paisley paused to approach the group and handed out letters. "Read them, and try to respond to what they say aloud. The audience, especially those who sent these letters, will be able to see your response in the show proper."

After breakfast, everyone scattered back to their bedroom, or some other place to read the letters they got in relative isolation...

Felix ran back to the master suite with the letter, and then, very carefully, opened it. The strangeness of Harem Hotel had taught him to be careful about this type of thing. That caution was rewarded as, upon opening the letter, a book and a fox plushy sprung out of it and onto the bed he was sitting on. Given the envelope was not a box, how it was able to store those items was unknown to him, but decided it wasn't the weirdest thing he had seen while in the bunker controlled by Vizrokoth.

“Felix,

I hope this letter finds you well. You are certainly in a bit of a pickle. I am frankly surprised that your season opened itself up to fan-mail. Usually, seasons as dark as ours prefer to keep the game participants... isolated. And the fact that you were shoved into an underground bunker instead of the usual tropical resort reinforced that assumption.

In case it wasn’t apparent, yours is not the only season of Harem Hotel running. I was the Mistress in my season, such as you are the Master in yours. We have a surprising amount in rhyme, if not in common. Both our seasons were just as much about the contestants transforming us as it was about them being changed to please us. My time in the hotel involved having my sex changed once, my life rewritten twice, and my species changed two or three times (depending on how I should count being turned blue). So, I can sympathize with your plight. And both our seasons involved a surprising amount of Master/Mistress nudity. Granted, in my case it was about showing one of my contestants kindness (her first transformation made her uncomfortable by the concept of clothes, to the point of passing out if I was wearing clothing around her), rather than be dominated by a bunch of bullies, but still...

So, some advice from someone that has gone through the shit of an evil season. You CANNOT just keep playing the damsel in distress. Stop being purely reactive. You have monsters to tame (primarily Z, but both Janessa and Kei to a lesser extent), especially if you ever want to wear pants again. While I don’t understand the particular desires behind your femdom fetish, there is a time and place to indulge in said fetishes; outside of the bedroom, you need to understand that, unless you show some real spine, the monsters bound to you will overtake everything good in your life. You want to keep Cammy, you need to fight for her.

Secondly, remember that you aren’t alone down there. There are others that bear the supreme responsibility of having a harem of souls bound to them. We even have a support group. Reach out and we will do what we can. Sometimes, it won’t be much, just a kind word. Things get bad enough, I have connections. Keep us in the loop.

A couple of presents, one cute, one personal, with some additional advice. The cute item is a two-tailed fox plushy; it’s enchanted with a Calm Emotions effect. Give it a squeeze and it’ll take the edge off of strong emotions. Eliminations are horrible, even when they are earned. While Austin certainly earned it (do you still remember him? Cammy’s reality adjustment prize for hitting 100 VP may have erased him in your minds), I will tell you that he is suffering tremendously for it. Save the others that you can. Your life will be better with more harem girls like Cammy and less like Austin; you may not luck out and be free of subsequent eliminated contestants.

The other item is a little risky, but I think necessary. Ol’ Vizzy is surprisingly competent as a first time Host. At best, most casts using get one shot at a game coup. Usually, the coup fails. Rarely, they succeed. If you want to take your shot, you will need a secret weapon. Attached is a book to maybe help you find it. It will help you exploit the one potentially fatal mistake Vizzy made: she gave you her true name.

Finally, if you would like to visit once you escape the bunker, give me a call. You could use some sun (and public nudity is pretty normal here).

Regards,

Tyalangan, 48th Queen of the Copse-Wood Throne

Ruler of Nimlith Grove

Masters Support Group – Member Emeritus”

Paisely had told them to respond to the mail aloud, and Felix had no intention of disappointing her in that respect. Gripping the fox plushy, he gained a measure of calm and control over his emotions that often felt impossible of late, and then responded to the letter.

"You're right, I do need to take more agency," Felix said while pacing around the master suite. "I've just been so overwhelmed by where I am, the role I'm supposed to play, the people I'm with, and all the rest. I don't know how I'm supposed to deal with Z, as she's much stronger than me, and as you well know, the rules when it comes to touching the master are very permissive if it leads to fucking, so she can take advantage of her strength with impunity. And from what I can tell, her day job before coming here was violent, so I don't even know how I'd try to control her, in or outside the bedroom. Did you see what happened when I tried to get her to let me wear pants?"

Felix took a pause to check over his other gift, a tome entitled, "The Magic on Onomancy: An Introduction" by Essenaite. There was no way he'd be able to take advantage of it against Vizrokoth, but he wondered if he could use it to say her name safely? Before he could think further on that, the demon appeared in his room.

"I should warn you that it may not be our magic system," Vizrokoth said to Felix. "Do read and study it though, you might be able to approach me as more of an equal if you do."

She then teleported out, leaving Felix alone with the book, the plushy, and the letter. Psyching himself up, he continued from where he left off. "Janessa is the same, as she's an angel. While it worked out last night, in the future she could just decide to **** me again if she doesn't like where a conversation is going."

At that point Felix sat on the bed while squeezing the fox again to calm down. "As for Kei Winters... you've got a point there. There's no way she lets me wear pants and... she is a unrepentant predator. I guess it's just a disgusting double standard, where I forgive a woman for doing what I'd never forgive a man for doing."

Silence followed as Felix sat with his thoughts. "Austin did earn it. Nobody else, not even Smith, deserves to be here, but he did. For the rest though, I've got to do better, especially for Cammy... who I really don't deserve, but I'll do everything I can to protect. If we can manage to get through this, I think we'll all want to take you up on your offer of a place with sunlight..."

Hailey got back to her room with her letter. Noah told her to take her time, as the slime girl would wrap up breakfast and then fuck a pillar until she finished with her letter. So once she got in, opened the envelope, and after recovering from the shock of six potions somehow leaping out of it onto her bed, got to reading the letter proper.

“Hailey,

Hi, cutie! I wanted to send you a certified Tina, Titan of Trickery video recording, but my wife said I had to write. Like some kind of nerd. Not that there is anything wrong with that. My wife and some of my best girlfriends are nerds.

When I look at you, I don’t really see why you are there. This is my first time dealing with a season that boils down to “****!!!!!!!!!!!” and you’d think that everyone there would have done something worthy of vengeance. Harper told me about this girl named Sophia from Payback Edition being sent for writing horny Pokemon fanfics that disturbed that season’s Master as the stated reason she’s there, but that seems more like two people being tormented for no reason instead of justifying your presence there. Then she said “evil seasons gotta evil.” And, given the season we all ran through, I guess she has a point.

Still, you can find happiness at the Hotel even in a season run by an evil old hag, if you can open yourself up to it. I really only like to watch the girl on girl scenes, but Harper said you looked like you had fun scoring with your guy?

The other thing I notice is that you are way behind on the whole power fantasy scale. I mean, you got to deal with a slime-girl, a nereid, an angel, and some kind of weird demon thing among your harem-sisters? You’re probably doomed to be towards the bottom of every physical challenge from now on unless you do something about it. Good thing Tina, Titan of Trickery, is here to help with a little magical assistance! My super sexy wolf-girlfriend is an alchemist, among other things, and I had her make you a variety of fun animal-girl transformation potions! Each one will last for an hour and turn you into said animal girl. Read the tags for details.

Have a magical day!

Tina

Titan of Trickery

Seventh Wife of Tyalangan, 48th Queen of the Copse-Wood Throne

Subscribe to TinaTitanofTrickery on Insta-Thot for Hot... Tina... Action!!!”

The letter was overwhelming, especially given the six potions it came with, each of which had a note attached that detailed what the potion did. They read:

• *Hoppalong Potion – My Fave! Be a Bunny-girl like me! Fun ears and tail! Mad hops! Super Libido!
• *Luchtoni Potion – Also Fun! Be a Wolf-girl like my wolf-girlfriend. Fun ears and tail! Orgy-powered super strength! Aggression! Smell stuff good?
• *Lazzorkat Potion – Also, Also Fun! Be a Tiger-girl like my cat-girlfriend. Fun ears and tail! 6 boobies! Glow-in-the-dark hair! Super strong! Aggression! Bitey!
• *Nehtaliante Potion – Weird? Be a Wasp-girl like my wife’s lawyer. Wings! Multi-arms! Paralytic venom! Stinger! Emotional detachment?
• *Zemeitsa Potion – Could be Fun? Be a Dragon-girl like my wife’s pet dragon. Wings? Scales! Teeth and horns and tail and stuff! Breath attack of some sort. Hording mentality?
• *Siren Potion – Creepy! Be a Parrot-girl like my wife’s former pirate now admiral. Feathers! Sexy magic singing voice! More flying! Bratty attitude?

"Thanks for the potions," Hailey said awkwardly, but with complete seriousness. "You're right, I'm just a normal human girl, and as... strange as a lot of these options are, I suspect I'll need the help. Maybe-"

The demon teleported in and cut her off. "I hate to say this, but because of the dream based nature of this upcoming challenge, you will not have access to these potions for it. However, you will have access to them for any challenges in the bunker, or for just normal life in the bunker."

"Well, that answers a lot," Hailey said looking a little downcast. "But your gifts were still great Tina! Especially as... well, what you saw with Felix was from the help of a temporary transformation. I'm choosing to do it, but I find the best way to be the kind of girl Felix likes in bed is to overwhelm myself with lust for him. He wants me to desire him like that, and I admit it's really great feeling to just be a horny animal for a bit. That and Felix never wants me to, in any manner, **** myself to fuck him, and if I got to manipulate my own libido to do that, it's just fine."

Hailey started collecting together the various potions, and looking for a place to put them. "Most of all, I want you to know that the host herself told me I don't deserve to be here, and I believe her. She told me to think about it, and the fucked up part is I think I'm here as an innocent victim with which to punish Felix. And knowing that is..."

She trailed off as she had to blink back tears, and clutch her fists in rage. "I was taken out of my life to make a boy I only loosely knew feel bad if he didn't live up to his assigned duties. So as you put it, evil seasons gotta evil..."

It took a bit, but eventually Hailey arrived to alert the slime girl to the newly vacant room. After oozing into the room, Noah had to harden their hands to open the letter, which resulted in a very bizarre surprise. A book and a cube of D6s flung out of the envelope that they had somehow fit in, and landed on Hailey's bed. After that, she carefully removed the letter from the envelope and set it on the bed.

“Noah,

I love this letter finds you well.

I admit that I have a bad habit of picking out a favorite contestant and I think it’s you on your season. I am a sucker for my fellow forever DMs. And, as someone that had my sex and species changed by the game, I sympathize with your plight. If you would care for some advice, perhaps you should come up with a new name for your new identity? I did that myself and it helped. Plus, doing it on your own will limit your Host’s chances of forcing a dumb name on you.

A problem that seems to plague your season is boredom. It seems intentional on the part of your Host. But life is more than meeting basic survival needs and watching Felix exercise naked. You all need some camaraderie to build around, something wholesome. Maybe a nerd game? Here’s a copy of Dungeon World and a cube of d6s (plus some other nerd dice). Best part? The DM never has to touch dice, so your sexy slime-girl body shouldn’t interfere with your ability to play.

Regards,

Tyalangan, 48th Queen of the Copse-Wood Throne

Ruler of Nimlith Grove”

For the first time in awhile, Noah broke out into a wide, genuine smile. She hadn't even considered the idea of running a game while she was in the bunker, but with this system ensuring she didn't have to roll dice? This would be perfect. The slime girl would need to read up on the rules, and steps would have to be taken to figure out when a game could be held, but the letter had a point, they were all bored out of their minds.

"Thanks for this," Noah said, "because you're right, we are really bored here. I think Hailey almost got into binge eating because of that boredom. I'll definitely see about getting a game of this up and running once whatever the heck happens with this challenge passes us by..."

Rather than go into the master suite, Cammy decided to read her letter by sitting just outside the master suite. She'd be there if Felix needed her, and would otherwise be far enough away from everyone else to get some relative privacy. Upon opening the letter, a bottle of massage oil and a free spa day coupon came out with the letter. She set those items on the floor next to her as she crouched down, and read.

“Cammy,

Congratulations on hitting 100 VP, and doing so quite quickly for the show. The limitation on you gaining additional VP is potentially troublesome. Half of your harem-sisters would likely do terrible things with the wish at the end. I would encourage you to do your best to get the saner members of your harem up to 100 VP as soon as possible. And not just because Felix needs to wear pants, like now (ugh, I saw enough casual Master nudity from before we fixed ours). It’s the best way to ensure that the wish goes to someone that won’t turn humanity into a **** class for demons in your world.

A little gift to help, when someone needs a little encouragement. And something more if you come visit us when you get freed of the bunker. Enjoy.

Wishing you well from afar,

Scarlet

Matron of the Order of the Silvery Moth

Proprietor of The Glittering Moonfire Spa

Third Wife of Tyalangan, 48th Queen of the Copse-Wood Throne”

"I think a spa day would be nice, for both of us," Cammy said while looking at the coupon that offered one for her and a guest. "Felix could use someone looking after him like that, and I want to have a romantic getaway once I'm away from the endless prying eyes of the show."

After examining the items again to make sure everything checked out, Cammy continued. "I'm well aware I need to help out my harem sisters. Hailey especially, but I also help out Noah, as those are the two I trust most. You're right, as quite a few of my sisters would probably fuck the world up, if not the universe, or heck, multiverse at this point, if they were the ones that got the wish..."

(Author's Note: I am very grateful to everyone who was able to get fanmail submitted on time, and also understand that I may not have timed this optimally for frustrating reasons. Otherwise, expect more fanmail parts, as everyone in the cast is thankfully going to get at least one letter.)