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After the dispersal from the Sabotage shop the girls eventually took boats back to the Castello with Reyna leading the way. It seemed every stop was equipped with those strange stands and as long as they had their rings, a faun would come to pick them up.

Once everyone was gathered in front of the Castello, Reyna pulled a trumpet from seemingly thin air and began tooting into it, “Well girls the results are in, just in time too! Your rooms have been decided.”

Amy tapped her foot irritably, “The rooms that are going to brainwash us somehow to make us good little harem members?”

Looking aghast Reyna waved her arms hurriedly, “No brainwashing! Brain encouraging! We don’t put anything there that isn’t already there. It wouldn’t be fun for the audience otherwise.”

“A likely story, you don’t think they want us to become depraved as soon as possible?” the Oni shot back.

Reyna’s eyes twinkled, “They want YOU to become as depraved as possible, my dear if we just wanted sluts served on a silver platter we would be a little less exacting in our parameters for contestants. Our audience is full of degenerates but they’re degenerates who value the story of you becoming a wanton mess.”

Rolling her eyes, the Japanese woman turned away, “Very encouraging…”

Reyna playfully stuck out her tongue, “Now then as for rooms, your rings will act as keys to let you come and go so you just need your assignments and you’re free to do as you please. Remember tomorrow is your free day you may come and go wherever you like, though some of you,” she looked pointedly at Eliza, “May want to start thinking about your dates.”

The assistant hopped from foot to foot and then sparkles flew out from her and she cheered, “The Room assignments are as follows! In the Pierrot Suite, we have Team Sloth! In the Brighella Suite, we have Team Pride! In the Columbina Suite, we have Team Lust! Finally, in the Innamorti Suite, we have Team Vanity!”

As the sparkles rained down the rings on their fingers gleamed with modest light, then the assistant continued, “Helper Fauns are around the Castello if you need anything, but always feel free to call for me or Lucy, we’re here to help you make the most of your time here at Harem Hotel!” with that final cheer she jumped into the air and vanished in a puff of smoke leaving the women alone.

There was still a general unease about the group following everything that had happened at the Sabotage shop and it didn’t take long for Noemi to break off from the group and hurry inside. Maya and Mira wordlessly walked in and Eliza turned to Mady and Lily

“I’m going to go check on my roommate, I think she’s in a rather precarious situation and is acting out because of it…I’m worried she’s only going to dig herself in a deeper hole at this rate.”

Maddy smiled at the professor, “That’s very kind of you, I just…” her smile faltered, “I hope she’s willing to listen she seems pretty…”

“Bombastic?” Lily offered

Maddy nodded wordlessly and Eliza was **** to agree. She didn’t know exactly what history Noemi had with Caleb or her background, but it seemed like she had a fairly short fuse.

Lily must have caught Eliza’s concerned expression as she reached over and rubbed Maddy’s back and looked at the professor, “If anyone can reach her it’s definitely the prof- I mean Eliza. She was one of the best at reaching out to students when I was at school. I am sure Noemi will listen.”

Eliza gave a soft smile trying not to betray her own nerves, “Well I’m off then, I’ll see you in the morning.”

Maddy raised her hands in front of her chest, “We can help you with your date then!”

Eliza’s smile twitched, “Yes, well one thing at a time.” she headed off inside.

This left Maddy, Lily, Stella, and Amy in the front courtyard. Amy was still slightly turned away and then opened her mouth, “Hey Lily…I-”

Lily shot the Oni a sharp look, “What? You what?”

Maddy looked at Lily with a face full of concern and Amy heaved a sigh, “Nothing, forget it,” The Japanese woman pushed past the group and went inside.

Stella smiled at the remaining two, “Shit, this wild eh? Can’t wait to see what happens next!” She skips towards the indoors leaving the final two staring after her dumbfounded.

Lily’s face was still curled up in disdain after her encounter with Amy; Maddy leaned over and grabbed her shoulder and offered a small smile, “Maybe we should go inside too? We can see our room?”

Letting out the breath she had been holding, Lily nodded, “Yeah sounds good.” and the two walked in.

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Mira followed Maya into the green and white suite that was to be their home for the remainder of the round and gave a cursory look around. Just like the images they had seen on the display, the room was quite lavish and would have fit in at a luxury hotel. At the very least they didn’t have to worry about where they were sleeping, that was one thing off her mind.

The only thing was, her eyes glanced to the bed in the center of the room and she looked over at Maya who was busy at the boudoir table unbraiding her hair, “Do you have a preference for which side you take?”

“Hmm?” Maya looked over at her roommate, “No, you pick whatever you want, I’m used to sharing a bed so I can accommodate you however you like.”

Mira went over to the bed and sat down adjusting the pillows when a thought occurred to her, “I thought in your introduction you said you were a virgin?”

Maya ran a hand through her hair tossing it behind her, “I am, that’s not what I meant by the fact that I’m used to it. Believe it or not, before having money I was really poor. Like really poor. Back during that time my mom and I would share a bed. I actually used to hate it.” She crossed the room to the dresser, “Looks like they brought all our clothes here, convenient.” With no sense of modest, she began to strip down and change into her pajamas.

Her eyes widening, Mira looked away, “Yes convenient. I suppose now that you and your mom can afford to have your own space it’s nostalgic to think about?”

Maya finished getting dressed and then looked Mira in the eye, “Oh no, sorry. We stopped sharing a bed because she died during my senior year of high school, lung infection.”

Mira’s breath hitched. Although others may have brushed off Maya's manner of speaking, Mira listened to people talk for a living and could recognize a practiced performance when she heard it. She turned to face Maya who had finished changing, “I’m sorry, that must have been hard.”

Waving a hand dismissively, Maya walked to the other side of the bed, “I mean it is what it is, dropped out, started working, got lucky a few years in, and was able to use the minuscule trust Mom left me to keep my anonymity. Now I’m here in the same boat as everyone else and get to be entertained by this game.” She pulled the blankets over her, “Can you turn the light off when you’re done? I need to get some sleep.”

Mira looked over at Maya and had the sudden realization of how young she was. All of them here outside of the professor were just getting started in life and now they had to deal with this. She wondered if she had been through what Maya had if she would also be seeking distraction as intensely.

“Goodnight, Maya.” The agent said quietly while going over to the light switch.

Maya bunched the covers up around her shoulder, “Goodnight Mira.”

Mira turned off the light and decided that the most control she had right now was choosing who her allies were. She would do whatever she had to to survive this and make it back to her life. She would protect Maya though, if no one else would, she would have this young woman’s back.

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Noemi sat on the bed in the Pierrot Suite looking down at the silver card in her hand. In her rush she hadn’t even looked at what it did, now she read the flourishing script written across it:

SABOTAGE! Lady Godiva: Remove the target contestant’s ability to wear clothes for 24 hours.

She had panicked and grabbed it, when Maya was talking it had felt like the world had been closing in on her, like she was already at the bottom of the heap and now everyone was going to have stilts. But as she looked at the card, she realized that there was no way this would help her.

“If I pull this out and use it on one of the other girls, they just need to see Maya still has her Sabotage and they’d know it was me. Then they would tell Caleb and then he would just keep seeing me as a monster! What am I doing?”

Reaching up with her hands she furiously ran them through her hair rubbing at her scalp. Why did she keep fucking up like this? Why couldn’t she do anything right? She had to get home, her family needed her!

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door of the room opening and Eliza walking in. There was an awkward moment of Eliza gazing in at the distraught woman before Noemi covered her face and let out a low,

“Noooo! Please just go away!” She fell to her side and pushed her face into the bed cover.

Eliza tentatively walked over and sat next to her on the bed, placing a hand on the Chilean’s shoulder, “I’m sorry, but this is my room too. Maybe we can talk about what’s bothering you so much?”

Noemi’s face turned up, her eyes red from tears of frustration, “What’s there to talk about, I fucked up again! Like I always do! Caleb is going to hate me and I’m going to be turned into some sort of latina blow up doll!” She pounded her fist into the bed.

The woman was clearly spiraling, Eliza tried to keep her voice even, “It hasn’t even been one day, I understand it’s hard but you still have time to turn this around.”

Eliza could feel Noemi’s muscles tense at her words as she sat up, “No I can’t, you don’t understand I have to get this right, I’m not allowed to fuck things up like this, I have people who rely on me!”

Nodding Eliza offered her hand, “Tell me about those people, who is relying on you?”

Noemi took the hand and squeezed it hard, “My parents for starters, they both work full time and it’s barely enough for the mortgage so I have to help with that. And my siblings, they’re getting so big and involved in so many activities, I need to make sure they are fed and get to school, and have a ride…” Noemi’s voice was growing more even as she talked, less hectic.

“That certainly sounds like a lot to be shoved on your shoulders,” Eliza held back her personal thoughts about how she felt about the situation, it wasn’t important right now, “But no time is passing right now so everyone is going to be ok.”

The professor watched as Noemi wiped her eyes, “I can’t do any of that if I’m some sex doll!”

Eliza nodded, “True, but you aren’t one yet and don’t have to be, there’s still plenty of time.”

Noemi scrunched up her face, “You saw how badly I fucked things up with the apology, there’s no coming back from that. Not to mention I went and bought this stupid thing!”

She threw the Sabotage on the bed and Eliza picked it up, her eyes widening at what she read, “Never…Never say never, I may have a plan. It would require you to trust me though ok?”

Tentatively nodding, Noemi watched as Eliza stood up and called out, “Reyna!”

In a puff of smoke, the assistant appeared, “You called?”

Eliza looked determined at the diminutive woman, “Can we use Sabotages on anyone?”

Reyna’s smile changed ever so slightly as her eyes narrowed, “Any OTHER contestant, you can’t use them on yourself otherwise it would encourage people not to upgrade their own transformations if they could maneuver around it.”

Eliza sighed, she had guessed that would be the case, but pushed onward, “And once bought, can Sabotages be traded or given to another contestant.”

The assistant chuckled, “The only rules for that are you can only have one at a time other than that…” she left the words hanging.

The professor nodded, “Thank you Reyna, that will be all.”

The assistant gave a smart salute and hopped into the air vanishing in a puff of smoke, Eliza turned to Noemi, “Ok my plan will work…you’ll be able to earn some points and won’t be singled out for using the sabotage. Just…you have to trust me.” she began to lay out her plan.

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Meanwhile, in the Innamorti Suite, Maddy and Lily were taking inventory of their room after Lily shared a particularly vexing anecdote about how many airbnbs got away with monitoring their guests and other sorts of unsavory practices.

Maddy collapsed on the bed splaying out her body, “Couldn’t find anything…”

“Didn’t really think you would, we’re already on TV right? Lucian even said we wouldn’t be able to see the audience”

The chef’s entire face turned a bright pink, “Oh yeah he did say that…I wish that wasn’t the case, I hate having people look at me.”

Lily extended a hand to help Maddy back up, “You get used to having an audience after awhile, at least we can’t see what this one is saying about us constantly. The number of people who think writing “shake your tits” is acceptable…”

Maddy brought her hands to her mouth, “Oh my lord, do they really do that?”

Lily gave a wry grin and nodded, “That’s one of the tamer things they say, but the more unhinged ones at least are less frequent. I don’t even have to worry about it being my own body on display…”

“What do you mean by that? Tuber is like youtuber? Don’t they like have to be on screen to do that?”

Earnestly surprised the Vtuber looked over at Maddy, “Do you not watch youtube? Or any streaming service?”

Maddy blushed, “No, I’m usually busy with work and I’ve never really had a computer outside my smart phone, back when I was at school I would use the library computers to write any papers.”

Lily couldn’t hide the disbelief on her face, “Really? No computer at all? Were you tight on money?”

Waving her hands dismissively, Maddy replied, “Oh no nothing like that, we just didn’t have much use for it at my house, my mom is blind see? So she can’t use one, my dad had no interest and so I didn’t really get into it either. Sometimes now though my dad does send me memes though, so thats funny.”

Staring taken aback Lily wasn’t sure how to respond, “Oh I’m sorry to hear abou-”

She was cut off by Maddy whose voice rose slightly, “There’s nothing you need to be sorry for, my mom is great and there is nothing wrong with her.” The was a silence as Lily was shocked, Maddy then spoke up again, “Sorry, you just…hear that sort of thing a lot growing up. Everyone thinks that when someone is born different it’s something to be upset by but my mom works, she takes care of the home, and she always supported me. So there is nothing to be sorry for because I wouldn’t trade her for anything.”

Lily nodded, “I get it, sorry for assuming.”

Maddy shook her head, “You didn’t mean anything by it, anyways you were explaining Vtubers?”

Lily nodded, “Oh yeah I guess I was…see it all started back with Kizuna Ai in 2016…” What followed was an over an hour of explanation in which words like Hololive, Nijisanji, and Seiso and Tete were thrown casually at Maddy. By the end, she think she understood less than when she started.

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Stella skipped into the room to see her Oni Roommate already sitting on the bed with her head down. She waved a hand in front of Amy’s face, “Yo roomie, what’s up?”

Amy shook her head and slapped her own face a few times, “Nothing, just processing everything that’s happened today. It’s been a lot and I don’t honestly think I’ve handled it very well at all.”

The bartender let out a low “hmmm” before sitting next to Amy, “You think a lot don’t you? Whenever you open your mouth it’s always about something you’ve been thinking about, except when you Baited Lily at the opening, wish I had actually been there for that.” Stella laughed.

Amy winced, “That’s one of the things I’m thinking about.”

Stella raised an eyebrow, “What? I didn’t expect you to feel shame about that sort of thing, I mean you didn’t know he had a girlfriend, it’s not like it’s your problem.

Amy made a fist, “But that’s not why I did it, I made a quick judgment without really understanding anything and now…listen when I get with people I’ve dealt with partners popping out of the woodwork before. I try to be really careful about that shit but people lie sometimes and I get caught in the middle.” She tightened her grip, “Most of the time when they’re angry at me, I’m leaving so I play the villain figuring that if they can get their anger out at me, its no harm no foul and maybe by the time they talk to their partner…maybe they can have an actual discussion.”

Stella made a face like she couldn’t comprehend what was happening, “Yeah ok, so you did the same thing here? What’s the problem?”

“The problem is I’m stuck with her now! I freaked and did my default and now…fuck forget it” Amy concluded looking at Stella’s face.

Shrugging Stella leaned over, “So you made a mistake so…what?”

“Yeah, I made a mistake and now I have to own up to it, which is complicated by everything going on now. Even if I apologize how does she take it as sincere and not me just playing the game?” The Oni frowned.

“So? At that point it’s not your problem. You know from your intro I thought you were chiller than this…” The bartender absentmindedly kicked her feet.

“I try to be chill but I’m always thinking, I program things to think, its a lot of that all the time. Ugh…never mind you clearly don’t get it or care.”

Stella shrugged, “I mean I care, I don’t want you beating yourself up but at the same time, her reaction isn’t your responsibility if you want to make good tomorrow and she doesn’t accept it, that’s officially on her then. As long as you don’t pull a Noemi.”

Amy grinned but gave Stella a withering look, “Not nice.”

“True though, so hey I know what will keep you from thinking, wanna makeout? It’s always a great distraction for me!” Stella waggled her eyebrows.

Amy looked around the room, “Yeah, ok sure”

Stella’s face perked up, “Wait! Really?!”

Amy turned to the bartender, “Three rules, No feelings, no jokes, and nothing below the waist.”

Stella climbed into Amy’s large lap and wrapped her arms around Amy’s neck, “Aye Aye!”

Amy rolled her eyes and then leaned in to bring her lips to Stella’s. Her lips were soft and the other woman felt so small in her arms as she wrapped her muscular frame around Stella and caressed her back. Stella let out a moan that Amy could tell was slightly performative but didn’t care as she caught the bartender’s tongue with hers.

Her saliva was sweet and her tongue soft and inviting, letting the Oni explore the smaller woman’s mouth as they leaned further into each other; Stella’s grip tightening on Amy’s body as she clung onto it, pushing her own small frame against Amy’s.

They separated, a line of spittle tangling from their tongues as they looked each other in the eye. Stella then opened her mouth, “Knew I had you horny for me…”

“...And we’re done” Amy pushed Stella off of her onto the bed as she got up and started walking to the bathroom, “I’m going to go take care of myself now, you can do the same,” she paused. “Follow me”

Stella on the bed looked up confused, “Wait but you said…” The wave of heat shooting through her body answered her question, “You naughty bitch thank you roomie!”

Amy smiled slightly as she crossed into the bathroom and began to strip. She looked at her full form in the mirror. It was the first time she had since the change, her form that had already been muscular had bulked out. She flexed her bicep to see the strong definition she now had and then reached up to softly caress her breast, “Maybe…this won’t be so bad.”

She sat against the wall and focused on the feeling of her hands against her own body. The way her soft fingertips coursed over new muscle mass as she reached down and felt her soft mound, already moist from her earlier experience with Stella.

She gently caressed her soft folds as her free hand molded her breast, her finger pressing out and gently teasing her nipple as she found her clit. She focused on the sensations of her hands on her new body, the heat radiating from her core as she explored herself.

From the other room, she could hear her roommate exploring herself, her soft moans gently carried through the air as her own breathing grew husky and heavy. The movement of her fingers grew more frantic as she felt herself closing in on release. She clutched at her body as she rubbed her clit with newfound ferocity, biting her lip as she brought herself over the edge, bucking her hips against the air.

From the sounds in the other room, Stella was still going at it. Amy collapsed against the wall and let herself catch her breath until her roommate had done her business.

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The Host lounge was a relaxed affair, a the backroom was hidden away from the rest of the set and was decorated in the same manner as the Castello itself, the sole exception being the large amount of displays showing the different areas of the Island and what was happening on them.

Lucian was lounging on the couch when he was interrupted by the form of Reyna appearing in a cloud of smoke. She had her arms at her side and looked daggers at Lucian, “You and I have to talk.”