Marissa, a lonely geek with low self-esteem

It was a normal Friday night.

I was laying in bed, dressed in an old sweatshirt I 'borrowed' from my ex, and a pair of pajama shorts. My dark brown hair was a mess, my skin had an unhealthy pallor, and a growing pudginess was creeping up on me as I entered my mid twenties.

A one-two punch of soul-crushing office job and social anxiety meant dwindling friendships and limited relationship prospects.

It was the same story every time. I drifted out of social circles by skipping lunch plans and leaving texts unanswered, too paralyzed by doubt. What if they're just tolerating me to be nice? Or worse, out of pity or sadism. Laughing at the awkward ugly girl thinking she's worth something.

Depressed and horny, I was browsing the naughty part of the app store for a distraction when a pink and purple icon caught my eye. It was an interlaced G and L. The G had cute little devil horns and the cursive L took the form of a heart-shaped spade tail. Intrigued, I tapped on it.

Instead of opening a description and user reviews, my whole screen flashed purple, the icon shimmering in a swirl of pink at the center.

"Ah! What the fuck!?" Did I click on malware like a clueless grandma?

Nothing I did seemed to let me back out. Swiping the screen didn't work and the power and home buttons did fuckall. I pried open the back and plucked the battery out, hoping they hadn't managed to get my bank info or anything else. I did not want a random hacker seeing my search history! Or the pair of nudes I took when I was still deluded into thinking I was hot.

The screen was still lit.

A chill ran down my back and my hands trembled. What kinda bullshit was this? I stared at the swirls of iridescent color and licked my dry lips. Something wasn't... I... I never noticed how many shades of pink there were...

A cheery chime snapped me out of my trance. It echoed in my head, tingling pleasantly. I blushed and pulled a hand from fondling my tit to wipe away the line of drool from my chin.

Okay, maybe they already saw my search history...

"You know what? Fuck it. This is obviously either a dream or magic." Caution and anxiety bubbled within me. Only to be pummeled into submission by repressed desires and giddy excitement.

"Let's see what you've got, magic phone game." I pressed the icon.

A pixelated succubus bounced onto the screen. Classic devil horns and tail, cloven hooves and impractically small wings, the works. She had bright pink skin and a brighter smile. Her outrageous curves are hidden by trails of smoke and silky locks of violet hair drifting in an invisible current.

"Hiya, Marissa! Welcome to Gem Ladies! You've been selected for a very special edition of our game! The Challenge Mode~" The tiny succubus winked and flung her arms out, teasing a glimpse of her nipples. "All you have to do is beat a hundred rounds of our match 3 puzzles without succumbing to your punishments!" I could hear her excitement nearly bubbling over in every word. "When you beat the Challenge, you win the Prize!" She did a little cheer routine, I saw a flash of her pussy between one frame and the next.

Okay, I'll bite. "What's the Prize?"

She gave an impish little grin. "That's a secret! You'll like it though! I promise!" She crossed her fingers over her cleavage.

"Do I have any choice in this?"

"Are you really gonna say you aren't interested?" The screen zoomed in to give me a close up of her flat expression. "We picked you for a reason you know~" Her perfect purple eyebrows waggled. "We're succubi and we saw your search history~ Do you want me to share what—"

I waved my arms in a panic, my blush had returned with a vengeance. "Alright, alright I get it! I'm a kinky pervert who'd be totally into this kinda shit."

"You said it, not me!" She sang.

I groaned as she giggled, a smile tugged at my lips. "Can I at least get some more information? Like your name or more details on what kind of game this is?"

"Of course! You can call me Addy." She chirped, drawing the billowing streams of smoke that preserved what little modesty she had into a curtsy.

A headache-inducing swirl of pixels later, a slender arm with dainty fingers burst from my phone and shook my limp hand. It was pleasantly warm and smooth as silk with immaculate nails. It vanished just as quick as it arrived.

"Uh, nice to meet you?" The reality of the situation hit me again. Magic was real! A succubus had picked me for a game! OhFuckThisIsHotButAlsoScary!

"Nice to meet you as well! Now, the game is simple." Addy was replaced by a standard Match-3 puzzle board. Cutesy decorations of dancing succubi and fancy banners lined the screen. "After every completed puzzle, you win a few Gems. The amount varies depending on how well you do, the time you took, and later you can come back for redoes to earn a perfect score! But, if you fail, you get a Punishment!" An ominous bell tolled and the dancing succubi cowered.

"What kind of punishments?" My thighs pressed together. (Out of fear, obviously! Sh-shut up!)

"The Sexy kind! Duh!"

I rolled my eyes. "You know what I meant!"

She cackled. "You have three types. Behavior Modification, Clothing Restrictions, and Physical Transformation." A trio of silhouettes that looked suspiciously like me glowed in turn, first at the head, then around the torso, and the third shimmered and warped into myriad body shapes. "Depending on your point of view, they can be blessings in disguise, or debilitating curses!"

Addy bounced excitedly on the screen. Her enthusiasm was infectious, blunting my nervousness. "I'm assuming those Gems you mentioned can be spent to remove the Punishments?"

The succubus nodded, revealing her nipples as her hair shifted. "Got it in one! You can pay to remove or modify any of your unwanted Punishments. Later, you'll gain access to an in game store, where you can buy upgrades to your character. And after every ten completed or every five perfected rounds, you get a free random upgrade as a reward!"

"Wait, random?" That sounded dangerous.

"Don't worry, you can sell or reroll any rewards you don't like the looks of." That mollified my objections. "Let's start the tutorial round! At the end, no matter how you do, you'll get a free Reward!" She spun like a ballerina.

"Wait, I—"

The screen shifted back to the puzzle board and I had to immediately start flicking glowing gems around as they fell from the top of the screen. It was actually pretty fun, the fidelity of my finger presses was great and it felt satisfying when I got a combo. The sound effects and visuals were nearly hypnotic. I entered that long sought after Flow state in maybe a minute of playing. Over a decade of experience with similar games came rushing back. The progress bar at the top of the screen filled with shimmery pink fluid as I chained combos.

A melody of those same brain-tingling chimes from earlier played triumphantly when the score bar overflowed in a suggestive manner. I shivered in pleasure at the victory screen, my eyes fluttering and nipples diamond-hard. A passing breeze could have set me off.

Oh fuck, this game was really dangerous.

Addy clapped and cheered. "Yay! That was almost a perfect score already, I knew we chose well." A scroll unrolled to reveal three options for reward. "All you have to do is pick one, then our game can really start~"

• DANCER'S GRACE

• PERFECT FIT

• SLIM 'N TRIM

I considered my choices.

"Do I not get any more description than this?"

"Where's the fun in that?" She tilted her head, looking honestly baffled.

Ahh! I gnawed on my lower lip. They all seemed pretty good honestly. But, as I got up and looked myself over in the mirror, frowning in dissatisfaction at my appearance, I knew what I had to pick.

AN: This will be a bit of a departure from the normal Custom Girls or Gem Ladies branch, Marissa is very much not a **** victim. Or even a relative innocent who gets corrupted and learns to love it. Marissa will gleefully fling herself off that slippery slope without a parachute.

Hope you enjoy, and I'm open to any ideas for rewards and 'punishments', especially clever names, I need those.

EDIT 7/24/24: Minor edits, changed some phrasing and added a couple words here and there. Also changed Mira the Succubus' name to Addy, to make the author insert a little less blatant~