Ima puke out my guts

“BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGHHH!”

Kim wanted to go to the bathroom to throw up. She really did. But her legs weren’t working. She couldn’t even crawl over, because she had no feeling in her arms, either. All she could do was turn over on the mat and puke, and it wasn’t a pretty sight.

Dani winced as she looked down at the struggling girl. “Hey, Kim, I’m really sorry,” she apologized, flushing with shame. “I thought that HIIT would be a good way to build up your stamina, but I never dreamed that you’d-”

“It’s fine…” Kim rasped, staring up at Dani. Well, she tried to anyway. Spots flashed in front of her eyes, obscuring her vision as everything faded in and out. She tried to breathe, but every part of her was hurting. “It’s… my own fault… My transformation… couldn’t stop…”

Dani gasped. “Oh man! Shit! I didn’t even think of that! I expected that if it was too much for you, you’d just crap out and that would be that! But you mean, you really…?”

Kim nodded weakly. Her transformation had **** her to do the whole thing, even though it felt like her muscles were tearing off her bones and the bones themselves were snapping in half.

“…Well, now I feel like shit,” Dani sighed, flopping down on the mat and staring up at the ceiling. “Kim, seriously, if I’d known-”

Kim wanted to let her know that it was okay, that she didn’t blame Dani for the fact that she felt like shit. But she just didn’t have the strength. It was taking everything she had just to **** oxygen into her lungs.

“Sorry, I thought ten minutes was good to start…” Dani just kept bemoaning herself. “I was so focused in my own workout, I didn’t even notice that you were dying…”

She turned to look at Kim. The poor thing looked like she was genuinely in terrible shape. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, but it still clung to her, wrapped around her throat like a noose. Her shirt was soaked through with sweat and her eyes were half-open and glazed.

“I have an idea.” Dani sat up, ignoring the soreness in her own muscles. It had been a while since a workout pushed her this hard, which was strange. It wasn’t anything she could handle, but she felt a little irritated compared to her usual performance. “Come on, let’s go.”

She offered her hand to Kim, who tilted her head to look weakly up at the other girl. Dani sheepishly withdrew her hand.

“…Sorry,” she apologized. “I wasn’t really thinking clearly…”

Kim couldn’t even lift her head, let alone her arm. Seeing no other course of action, Dani scooped up the exhausted girl and carried her princess-style, a remarkable feat given the workout she’d just finished.

The girls of Nick’s harem had all scattered for parts unknown. But a certain someone was heading to a very specific place, her mind racing with plans.

Nick didn’t come down for breakfast. I suppose he didn’t need to, with how well Dakota must have taken care of him last night. And meanwhile, he’s got Holly, too… that was an oversight he’s taken significant advantage of.

With Holly up in the Master’s Suite, Nick didn’t really need to leave. She could prepare him food whenever she wanted, after all. And she was human contact in case he got lonely.

Well, Rose wasn’t fine with that. She wanted to get to know Nick better. After her terrible first impression and using her date night in the previous round to host a movie watch party, she’d had a dreadfully small amount of one on one time with Nick himself.

She wanted to remedy that. I don’t know why Nick keeps locking himself away up there. Maybe because it’s safer? He’s not opposed to spending time with the other girls, so is there some reason he likes it better by himself? It was just now occurring to Rose that she knew very little about Nick personally. But she wanted to change that.

Maybe then, his feelings for me will… Rose caught her image in the mirror, and gasped at the wistful face she saw reflected. She looked totally infatuated! N-No! I don’t have feelings for him or anything! She hastily shook her head, feeling her cheeks heat up. This is… strategy, yes! I only want to get to know him better so I can better appeal to him and the audience!

That was the convenient lie she told herself to hide the giddy feeling welling up in her stomach. Tonight may have been Dawn’s night with Nick, but if she was going to spend time with the twins, she’d be happy to pick up the slack!

Stepping into the elevator, Rose reached into her pocket and took out a crumpled piece of paper. It was her list of targets.

This Round’s Bounties:

Kiss the Master – 100 BP

Kiss Another Contestant in Front of the Master – 100 BP

Go About Your Day Wearing Only Your Underwear – 300 BP

Go About Your Day Wearing NO Underwear – 300 BP

Get Naked with Min. 3 Other Contestants – 300 BP

Invite Another Contestant Up to the Master’s Suite on Your Night with the Master – 500 BP

Help Another Contestant Orgasm (Need not be directly responsible) – 500 BP

Masturbate Three Times in One Day (Must be witnessed by another Contestant or the Master to count) – 500 BP

Perform a Strip Tease for the Master (Nudity Required) – 1000 BP

Have Sex with the Master – 2000 BP

These are tricky… some will be easy, but others… not so much. Rose bit her lip and considered her options. She was already well underway achieving one of her bounties, which anyone with a discerning eye could tell if they looked at how her boobs bounced in her sweater. As for the others, kissing Nick was quite simple. She’d done it before, several times, no problem there. Kissing another one of the contestants wouldn’t be a problem either, though it depended on which one. Gina would be far easier to convince in that regard than Mary, for example.

The underwear ones were embarrassing, especially for such a small pittance of BP. But considering how skimpy the swimsuit she’d been wearing when she made her introduction was, that wouldn’t be an issue either.

But after those, things started getting more complicated. She couldn’t control the naked one; she’d have to rely on the agreement of the other girls. Same with inviting another contestant up to the Master’s Suite on her night. Again, Gina or Carly would probably happily oblige. Helping orgasm… that one was vague. It says I don’t need to be directly responsible, but who knows what that means specifically? Do I have to encourage them to cum, like with Holly? Or would just being naked and having them get turned on be enough?

It was really a pain in the ass to think about. The list seemed to be urging her towards a threesome, especially with the masturbation one. The more expensive prizes required consent of someone else… though a strip tease for Nick wouldn’t be a problem.

And then there’s… the last one.

2000 BP for having sex. Combined with the 5 VP bonus for sex, it was practically money for nothing. But Rose felt hesitant. She’d almost had sex with him once before, but that had been out of desperation, and she hadn’t gone through with it. She wanted her first time to be with someone she loved…

Nick’s smile flashed through her mind and her face turned red. The elevator dinged to a stop and she hastily shoved the memo into her pocket and stood up straight, using her acting skills to calm herself down and present better when she knocked on the door.

Holly greeted her, looking a little surprised.

“Rose? What are you doing here?” She asked. “It’s not your night with master.” Holly turned back and called over her shoulder, “Master, Rose is here to see you!”

“Rose?” Nick called from farther in the room. The actress’s heart skipped a beat.

Did… did I really just feel that thrill from hearing his voice?! Rose couldn’t believe her body would betray her like that. She didn’t have those feelings about Nick, even if he was a little cute. She just…

“Don’t tell me you actually have feelings for him?”

Her alternate self’s words pierced her through the heart.

Do I… really? She didn’t like the insinuation of her other self, it made her feel sick. The way she mocked Nick like that. But her own feelings…

The door opened a little wider and Nick came out to greet her, a confused look on his face. Again, Rose’s mind flooded with images. Morgana’s dream replayed through her head, where the two of them passionately made out in the car before having hot, sweaty, window-fogging sex.

She gulped loudly enough that even Holly gave her a weird look.

“N-N-Nick!” She stammered, completely forgetting her talent as an actress and her model-good looks. “Um, I…”

“…You good?” Nick raised his eyebrow.

Rose **** a smile to her face, reached in, grabbed the door, and slammed it shut.

She crouched in front of the door, took a few deep breaths and slowed down her heartbeat. Once she was certain that she was able to think straight, she stood back up and knocked on the door.

Holly and Nick answered it again, looking rather amused.

“Good morning!” Rose greeted them. “Nick, I was wondering if you would like to accompany me for a lunch date?”

“What, really?” That caught Nick off guard enough that he forgot about Rose’s flustered appearance from earlier. “Wait, you’re messing with me again, aren’t you?”

He eyed her suspiciously, and Rose just hid behind a playful smile. “Not at all!” She chirped. “But… don’t get your expectations up too high, tonight’s still Dawn’s night after all.” She fluttered her eyelashes his way.

“Oh, yeah, I forgot the schedule for a second,” Nick said. Then he gave her another suspicious look. “Wait, then what are you doing here? Wouldn’t it be Dawn’s day today?”

Rose winced. “Ouch.”

Holly shot him a seething glare. She elbowed him lightly in the side.

“Err… not that I wouldn’t mind going out on a date with you, Rose!” Nick stammered, realizing how bad what he’d just said was.

“Really?” Rose’s face lit up like Christmas. Nick was surprised she actually looked that excited. He just nodded.

Is she really looking forward to this?

While Rose was putting the moves on Nick, Dani took Kim on a little date of their own.

“The massage parlor?” Kim stared suspiciously at the sign hanging over the shop. She remembered what Dani had said about her prior experience with this place. She finally had feeling in her legs again, enough to walk, though that feeling came with even more pain.

She didn’t have the strength to run, though, which might be a problem if the faeries ended up influencing Dani in any untoward ways, not that she expected she could get away from the towering tomboy regardless.

“Don’t worry, I did my research this time,” Dani assured her. “They have regular treatments and stuff too. No massages or anything! But you know what’s great for soothing muscles? A nice, hot bath!”

Kim stared at Dani and slowly raised her hands over her chest, starting to shake.

“Hey! Don’t look at me like that! I have no ulterior motives whatsoever!”

“I know. I just have a dark sense of humor.”

“Assuming I wanted to get you naked to have my way with you is a little bit more than dark humor!” Dani snapped.

Kim shrugged. “I thought it was funny. Consider it payback for the hell you just put me through.”

“Hey, I did you a favor, you know!” Dani scowled. “Look, yeah, you’re in agony right now, and I’m sorry about that, but if you just keep up this routine-”

Kim’s eyes widened. “Wait! Dani, no!”

“…Every other day, for three weeks, you’ll see some amazing results!” Dani stared at the horrified expression on Kim’s face. “…What? What’s wrong?”

“Why did you do that?!” Kim groaned, losing feeling in her legs again. She fell to her knees, and when she tried to use her hands to brake the fall she couldn’t even do that. Her arms were incapable of supporting her body weight, so she just laid face-down on the concrete. “You just gave me a set routine! Do you know what that means!?”

Dani gasped. “Oh. OH. Oh, shit, Kim, I didn’t think-”

“I have to keep doing it now!” Kim wailed. She could already feel her brain realigning her intentions. “I have to complete your whole stupid routine! Damn it!”

Dani felt awful. But she tried to focus on the positives. “Well, the bright side is that by the time you’re done, your core muscles are gonna be toned!”

Kim wanted to flip her off so badly but she couldn’t even raise her arms.

“Tell you what!” Dani helped Kim to her feet. “Let’s go to the spa, okay? It’s 500 BP per person, but I’ll pay your share. We can relax, let the hot springs soothe our sore muscles, and just forget about shit for an hour.”

Kim sighed. “…Okay.”

A hot spring did sound nice. Actual warm water? At home that would be considered a luxury.

The two girls entered the spa, and true to her word, Dani paid the entrance fee. She certainly had the money to spare.

Dani: 5100 BP – 1000 BP = 4100 BP

“Haaaaaaah… now THIS is what I’m talking about” Dani sank back in the spring, letting the warm water soothe her aching muscles. “No aphrodisiac additives, no semen bath, nothing. Just nice, pure spring water…”

“Semen bath?” Kim gulped, looking around. The hot spring looked exactly like she’d expected from watching Holly’s anime, tiled with stone and filled with steamy green water. The faeries had even decorated it with bamboo and painted a night sky on the ceiling, so it would seem like they were actually at a spring in a Japanese inn.

Dani sighed. “Let’s just say there was some trial and error involved in figuring out the spa,” she grumbled, sinking down to her neck in the water. “The free options are NOT free.”

Kim didn’t even want to know.

“But this is nice, right? The perfect relaxing soak for a tired body. I almost forgot what it felt like.”

“It’s been a long time since I felt this sore,” Kim nodded. “Not since I dug that irrigation ditch over the summer. But I’m surprised you’re feeling so sore. You seemed so… I don’t know.”

Dani always gave off the feeling like she was capable of anything. So to hear that exercise routine even tired her out was something.

“Why do I get the feeling you’re insinuating I’m not even human?” Dani asked dryly, staring at Kim with dull eyes.

“I’m not!” Kim protested. “I just… I mean, you’re always so…”

“It’s fine. Just teasing. We can do that, right?” Dani cracked a smile, which Kim returned. Smiling was one of the few things she could still do without crippling pain.

“Honestly? It’s strange. Ever since I’ve been here, working out has been remarkably easy. I’ve had a ton of stamina, and even when I run out of energy, my muscles don’t get sore or anything. I almost forgot this was supposed to feel normal.” She lifted her arm out of the water and stared at it thoughtfully.

“I guess… that was because of my transformation too, huh?”

It was an odd way to think of things. Dani might have loved the super strength, and all the bonuses that came with it, but she hated what it had done to her appearance. It was why she wanted Dakota to take away her transformation in the first place.

Kim wondered if maybe the tomboy was rethinking things. But Dani didn’t say, and she didn’t ask. She just stared at the muscular figure sitting in the water beside her and tried not to feel like a pervert for how much she admired Dani’s physique.

She couldn’t help herself. Dani’s curvy, voluptuous figure was certainly enticing in many ways. But Kim actually found herself admiring her current form a lot more. She looked like most of her body was made out of muscle, but not in a way that looked grotesque. She’d managed to transform her body into a work of sculpted art, without sacrificing too much of her feminine appeal. Sure, her breasts were smaller and seemed a little different than Kim was used to due to her defined pectoral muscles, and her as was like an iron slab, but she still looked attractive.

She’s so masculine, and yet still gorgeous… I guess I should call her handsome? Kim looked down at her reflection in the misty water. And I’m just so plain.

Kim played with her stringy hair, pulling it out of her face. It pooled around her in the water.

“Hey, Dani?” She looked up at the other girl. “Can we do one more quick thing, before I have to go to work?”

“Hm? Yeah, sure,” Dani nodded. “What’s up?”

“You want to go see a movie?” Nick asked. He and Rose were walking through the shopping district on their date. Well, he was walking, and Rose was practically hanging off his arm. He tried to ignore the feeling of her breasts pressed against him, but it took a lot of his willpower.

Rose rolled her eyes. “Come on, Nick. It’s me,” she tittered. “I love movies, or have you forgotten already?”

“Yeah, fair enough,” he admitted. He certainly didn’t expect any different.

“And, um… I was thinking, after the movie… maybe we could stop by a sweet shop? I’m sure if we look hard enough we’d find an authentic patisserie for a post-movie snack!” Her blue eyes were shining with expectation and Nick couldn’t help but smile. The excited Rose hanging off his arm was a breath of fresh air compared to the seductress who’d thrown herself at him persistently when she first got here.

Maybe going to see a movie would be fun! He was actually even looking forward to it.

“I’m glad you agreed to go with me,” Rose said, tightening her grip ever so slightly. “I don’t know, I guess… well, we said we would try to get to know each other better after our last night together, and then that… it just didn’t end up happening. We were both too busy, I suppose…”

“Well, when I said that, I was like 90% sure you were going to get eliminated,” Nick replied.

Rose gasped in shock. “Tas de merde!” She snapped, slapping him gently in the chest. “I can’t believe you just said that!”

“Hey, I’m glad it didn’t happen,” Nick said defensively. “Let’s just take it slow, and get to know each other, okay?”

“Oui,” Rose nodded, brightening up again. “Yes.”

Nick was still surprised. He honestly didn’t think Rose would care that much. She said they were friends, but she’d never been that proactive with her interest. And frankly, her matter-of-fact personality was much more attractive than when she’d been trying to seduce him; combined with her beauty, he would have definitely been happy if a woman like her had showed him interest back when he was on his own.

They continued to walk down the street, chatting about this and that, while keeping their eyes open for any movie theaters.

It was Rose, actually, who pointed out Dani first.

“Is that Dani?” She asked. The blue-haired girl was walking out of a hair salon, with another girl walking beside her.

“And… Kim?” Nick rubbed his eyes just to make sure. The schoolgirl uniform was a dead giveaway, but she’d made a serious change. And it was a familiar one.