Enter the Mall

Angela walked the women out of the clothing “store” through a large open archway. They emerged into a two-story, large open atrium, lined with what appeared to be other stores just like the one they had exited. Like the clothing store, the other shops had large open archways in place of doors. However, many of them had metal shutters pulled down, obscuring whatever was inside. The shops had no signs, and it was hard to tell exactly what each one sold from this distance. However, alongside the fairly normal-looking stores, the women got glimpses of strange-looking interiors in some.

“What’s in the closed shops?” Chrissy asked.

Angela smiled. “You’ll find out when you unlock them.”

“Like, with a key?” Haylee asked.

“No, when you complete the required achievements,” Angela replied, without further explanation.

A message appeared at the bottom of the screen: “What’s in the shops? Go to BaredEssentials.nude and comment with your guesses.”

“Now, does anyone have any coins left over?” Angela continued.

Some of the women raised their hands.

“Good,” she said, “hold onto them. You’ll need them later.”

“What do you mean?” Sharon asked.

“Like I said before, coins can be used to buy everything you need on this show. They can be spent in any of these shops to buy all sorts of things. Some of them even give you advantages in the competition.”

Jane began to fume. “Do you mean to tell me you just let us spend our only resource on f*cking clothes, and now we’re left with nothing?”

“Whoa, down, girl,” Angela joked. “No need to bite my head off. If you really have buyer’s remorse, you can always sell your clothes back… at a substantial loss, of course. However, I’m sure you’ll all be getting more coins before all is said and done.”

“How?” Chrissy asked.

“When?” Naomi said.

“Oh, you’ll find out soon enough,” Angela smiled cryptically. “Now, come on, let me show you the rest.”

She led them out the glass double doors of the “mall’s” front entrance, down a picturesque path that led back to the mansion.

“Now come on,” Angela said, “let’s see your new home.”