Paisley Reviews Contestants

(Author's Note: Sorry guys, this ended up being a kind of messy chapter setup because of some mistakes on my end. I think all the most important stuff will be linked from the prior chapter, so make sure you've read all the links there before going to this story, as for instance one of them covers Noah's retroactive reality adjustment.)

Paisley was frustrated to lose the master to a crossover, but at least it was only for an hour in the bunker. However, it was a frustration compounded by the situation she had inherited from Vizrokoth for the week. It wasn't as bad of a situation as her prior cast, as the demon's contestants hadn't lost hope. Heck, two of them had managed to get to 100 VP, a victory she had never achieved in her last male-to-female focused season. However, this harem left her with an altogether different kind of challenge. After all, she was in a season that was unheard of in Harem Hotel: A femdom season.

Oh sure, there had been seasons with femdom elements, especially in the context of a mistress, but this was the first season she knew of where female contestants dominated a male master. This element was facilitated by a set of rule changes that, on the one hand, were certainly unique, but on the other hand, radically altered the dynamic between the master and his contestants in ways she wasn't ready for. Being able to touch the master against his will, if he enjoyed it, made the show have constant shaky consent where whether the master really wanted sex was... complicated, and already had one outright case of ****. It was a complete reversal of positions, and the way that reversal played out created three distinct groups within the harem.

The first group consisted of contestants most similar to those on a typical Harem Hotel season, who didn't want to **** that rule, and sought a genuine relationship with the master. Said group consisted of Cammy and Noah, with Hailey sometimes being a member depending on how much she wanted to deal with the master that day. It was a sign of good design, something Paisley loathed to admit, that contestants who would traditionally do well on Harem Hotel had thrived in a season with such a strange rule structure. Hailey hadn't done as well, but she was the type of contestant Paisley was used to dealing with: The wallflower who didn't want to be the center of attention, and so faded into the background unless the master went out of their way to bring them into it. While they could be at risk of elimination, contestants like that were ones she knew how to deal with because by trying to avoid attention, they could be easily motivated to climb the VP ranks enough to avoid elimination, which was the worst type of attention. Besides, Hailey had already learned her lesson from her brief brush with elimination, and had become a radically different contestant from her most recent transformation.

The second group, by contrast, were contestants who maximally exploited the ruleset given to them to score points, or to at least avoid elimination. The most clear cut example of this by far was Castelilise, who by pressuring Felix into a free use relationship, got to use him whether he wanted it or not. Her knowledge of his kinks and fantasies only further tipped the balance of power in her favor, as she often used that to further confuse Felix on whether he wanted something to happen or not. These were tactics Paisley was used to, and had used herself many times, in the context of getting a contestant to accept their situation in a harem. Seeing them used against a master was educational, but also left her with a contestant she didn't know what to do with. Should she encourage the behavior because Felix often enjoyed it, or punish the behavior for degrading the master's authority? It wasn't a question Paisley had a clear answer to, or what she should do depending on the answer.

Nor did she know how to deal with the the other member of this second group: Janessa Smith. The angel had a hostile relationship with the master, given her prior bad behavior, and her usage of the rules to get out of a conversation she didn't want to have. In any other season they would've been eliminated already, but a combination of a first challenge that favored Smith's strengths, and exploiting the **** rules on her first date, had left her with a comfortable amount of VP, even though she had the least. The ability to just **** the master to give her VP, and to satiate her monstrous libido, left Paisley's usual tools of dealing with a contestant like her off the table. Felix and Smith though had a lot of baggage to workout if they were going to have any kind of workable relationship going forwards, which both had avoided one way or another. Over all, this contestant was the most clear cut failure caused by Vizrokoth's unique rule structure.

The third group fell into this kind of nebulous zone where they didn't **** the master, or use the threat of it to get something wanted, but clearly acted differently because of the implicit threat in the background. Z took an overtly dominant approach to her interactions with Felix that Paisley had seen before in other seasons, where for instance a contestant was much more sexually experienced than the master, but it was an approach reinforced by the unique rule structure. It was unclear whether the master even wanted to push back on the oni, but in the few interactions where he had tried to, such as getting to wear clothes again, she just bluntly refused. Kei Winters had done something similar while she was around, but had since left, and made Paisley wonder whether the demon had planned for Z to also be temporary. After all, as Vizrokoth put it, the dyads were meant to be training wheels, and training wheels had to come off.

Even Paisley had to admit the demonic host might have had a point there. While Noah had succeeded on her own, the most successful contestant by far was one who had started as part of a dyad before willingly fusing with the personality Vizrokoth had given them. Meanwhile, she had seen quite a few contestants crash and burn because they had been jammed into a season that was hard on them, especially in Bros to Babes. Both Jamina and Nox were quintessential examples of contestants who would quite possibly have been eliminated without a dyad member constraining their actions towards the master, and otherwise forcing them to participate in the contest properly. All that was left to see was whether Jamina would succeed without her training wheel, and whether Nox would ever become more than an abused add on to the oni.

Paisley sighed and collected together her various tools for the day. She knew Felix would want to catch up with the slime girl, and also had a new exercise, along with diet plan, to get used to. It was far too late to introduce changes to how the facilities were run, but food options would change to reflect the master's needs. All of this interfered with her primary objective as the host for the week: getting the rest of the harem on board with the master. She would wait to see how Felix's date with Hailey went, but after that, it was time for the graduates to give some space for everyone else...

Z was still furious over Nox's bad behavior, but had cooled off a bit since the challenge. After all, she had made the goblin masturbate all of Saturday, and in the process, learned just how far she could take her body when it came to insertions. While said experience horrified Nox, it taught her a lot, which she had shared in graphic detail the night before bed. The oni meanwhile had gotten to enjoy a relaxing day in the gym beating the tar out of the heavy bag, and otherwise working out for several hours on end. So that morning, after they both had a huge breakfast, the duo went back to the dojo for some more normal training.

It was there that Z came face to face with a rather irritated looking Paisley.

"Z, is it?" Paisley asked while holding a clipboard. "We have a lot to talk about. Have Nox go off to do some training, as you're the one this discussion will be focused on."

The oni nodded hearing that and turned to Nox. "Go to the explosives yard. Train for at least two hours unless I come to get you first, with a focus on throwing hand grenades, as those are the explosives you're most likely to have on your person. Got it?"

"Of course," Nox said while she left the room. The relief was palpable on the goblin that her training for the day wasn't as likely to be brutal anal insertions.

"To begin with, I understand being angry with Nox, but your behavior towards her is abusive," Paisley said. "Given that you're part of a dyad, and from what I understand are meant to be training Nox, would you care to explain your behavior towards her?"

"When the goblin was a human they were a date **** and a violent bully," Z said. "I don't think either the demon or Felix mind how I deal with Nox. Besides, do you even know what they're being trained in?"

"Enlighten me," Paisley walked into the dojo, careful to meet the eyes of Z the whole time. "Tell me what training requires you to make someone flinch if you raise your voice."

"They must master the arts of combat, leadership, which really just means tactics while leading a team, and most of all, sex," Z stared right back. "That's why I had train her yesterday all day with various toys and lubrication. Not that goblins really need help with that, or at least not the ones from my world, of which Nox is an example."

"Then why is she so scared of you?" Paisley asked. "From what I've seen, none of those topics require her to react like you've abused her."

"She briefly turned back into her former human self during a challenge," Z continued while she walked around the room, preparing to let off steam. "In the process she threw a tantrum, and I had to discipline her. It was a violent session, but I was very frustrated by how much she had forgotten her training in that instance."

"Anything else?" Paisley asked. "Because so far that sounds like someone who relies too much on fear and **** to control their subordinates."

Z sighed as she realized this was going to be a long, frustrating conversation...

Castelilise had a lot of fun with the angel. She had gotten eaten out, and got a much needed orgasm so as to give her poor fingers a break. Janessa had also been very pent up, judging by how much better the angel felt once the nereid got to work on her pussy. As she had predicted, angel pussy had a rather interesting taste, as if she was drinking nectar off the surface of a cloud. They ended up in a sixty-nine, which despite their differences in height, was something they were both able to enjoy for a few minutes before the nereid had to jump back into a nearby canal.

That was the best part. Janessa, while not quite as horny as Castelilise, had a ferocious libido of her own. The nereid discovered a partner who could, at least partially, keep up with her. She had done so well with oral sex that when they got tired of it, they fingered each other until their hands got tired, and kissed each other with ferocious need. Only real downside were some awkward logistics, as the nereid had to constantly jump back into the water, or partially be in the water while doing something with the angel who remained on land. It was the one buzzkill in an otherwise excellent day of activities for both of them, and didn't prevent her from giving the angel a pass as an occasional fuck buddy.

It was with those memories that Castelilise had a pleasant breakfast, and afterwards, did an activity she did a lot these days when she wasn't masturbating: Spying on the harem. Felix and Cammy were still out of the fringe of the harem, and Janessa was off to go hear from her Heaven about various things. That left her to swim to just outside Z's room to see if anything was going on and... she got a lot. She only heard snippets, but the oni was in a very tense discussion with Paisley over her treatment of Nox. The nereid didn't realize the hotel cared about that kind of thing, but judging by such choice quotes as,

"If your treatment of the goblin doesn't improve, I will have to take corrective action," Paisley said. "And even you do not want to know what that's like."

There was a lot going on. Eventually the argument died down, and Castelilise swam off to check on others. The demon and slime girl whispered something to each other outside the master suite, and then split off, with Noah going to the library. It wasn't a room of much interest to the nereid, so once that was done, she headed off to the kiosks. She wanted to see if she could upgrade Kiss of Oxygen, so that she'd have an easier time doing certain things with Felix on her date night. However, when she got there, she was surprised to find Paisley.

"Ah, Castelilise," Paisley said while approaching her. "I've been meaning to talk to you. You haven't been here for very long, and yet have already left one heck of an impression..."

Jamina Lightbringer after breakfast wandered over to the library. Not to watch other Harem Hotel seasons like everybody else, but instead, to read. She had done it all the time on her other world, and besides, she had a lot to process. The life she once had as Winters was gone, and was never coming back. Yet she also knew the memories of the man would linger with her to her dying day, because they had been who she once was, even though reality itself disagreed. She did not burst into tears at the realization, but instead just sat with it as she combed through the books on display. The technical manuals and books on martial arts were of little use to her, but the pornography...

...well, it reminded her of home, oddly enough. She read a fantasy series about a slutty witch that reminded Jamina a lot of how, as Lightbringer, she often enjoyed the attention of both men and women. Nor did she restrict herself to elves, humans were some of her favorite sexual partners because they were so enamored with her beauty that she could get them to do anything for her. It wasn't just dominance either, she enjoyed the raw enthusiasm of men who were shocked to find that this being they felt was so out of reach was willing to fuck them. Elves in general from her world combined a breathtaking beauty with a bottomless lust, a combination that was so shocking to their sexual partners, but also one that thanked whatever deity they believed in for. The displays were amusing, but also ones she, at times, had taken advantage of pursue other goals, something that she found... distasteful.

It was in that mess of thoughts Paisley came up to her out of nowhere. This person sent from Harem Hotel's network was a reminder that the demonic host of their season, despite the truly immense level of power she displayed, was ultimately a pawn of greater forces. It was a frightening thought for Jamina, but one she did her best to keep hidden when engaging with this woman.

"What do you want?" Jamina asked. "It's not my date until Tuesday, and I haven't done anything to warrant your attention."

"That's not true," Paisley said. "You are the first contestant to split from a dyad, and have the other half of that dyad leave the show. That makes you very unique, in ways you probably aren't even that familiar with."

Paisley had pink hair in a professional ponytail, a contrast that Jamina found bizarre. At the moment, she was dressed in business casual, albeit a version of the style that revealed far more cleavage than most, and a mini skirt rather than something appropriate for any remotely professional business environment. This set of contrasts confused her, to the point where she wondered whether this woman did it on purpose to get others off balance.

"Well, you found that unique contestant in a bad spot," Jamina closed the book she had been reading and put it away. "I have 50 VP, and most of the ways to gain more were taken by Kei Winters, the other half of my dyad until yesterday. Getting to graduation seems rather difficult when it's so hard to score."

"Oh there are plenty of ways to score," Paisley motioned for Jamina to sit on a couch with her. "You just need to get more creative. You don't need to copy someone else's assent to that score in order to get there yourself."

Something about the way Paisley said it made it come off as both scripted and ****. It was a combination she had heard as Lightbringer from members of royal courts and political councils who repeated lies when cornered. Still, Jamina decided to humor the woman.

"There was one thing I wanted to do, but Felix doesn't have the right set of memories for me to take advantage," Jamina said. "I have magic that could maybe fix that, but you would need to give me permission to try."

"Go on," Paisley encouraged. "Believe it or not, I don't want anyone to fail..."