Castle Tour

Shar led the group of women slightly further up the path from the circle of stone chairs to where it widened again, this time around a large disk of silvery metal set flush in the dark stone. The path also split here to the right and left as well as continuing on towards the castle itself.

"Okay listen up this is important. This is a Moongate. It is connected to a network of other gates across the castle grounds and interiors. Stand on the gate and think of the one you want to go to and you will be instantly transported to it."

"You have a teleportation system?!" Enthused Tracy. "How cool is that!"

"The Castle and grounds are quite large, you could walk to most locations eventually but that would take up a lot of time and take you though unsafe areas that could include traps or treasures. Also the hallways and paths tend to shall we say shift and change over time. Much faster and safer to take the Moongates. Now if you don't know which gate you want to go to that isn't a problem. If you just think of where you want to go, like your room or the dinning area, your bracelet will guide you there and their default setting will lead you through to the appropriate Moongate automatically. If you really want to take the long way around your bracelet can guide you as well but you'll have to think on that as well as your desired destination. Your bracelets will also compel and guide you to come to mandatory events like the weekly poll and challenges. They will always take the shorted route then."

"Now there are some locations, like the master's suite, that can only be reached by Moongate. And also like the master's suite some gates won't operate unless you have permission like on your date nights, but we'll get more into that later."

To the right here you can see the entrance to the castle's hedge maze, and off to the left the path that leads to the fishpond. I say pond but it's more like a small lake really and has some excellent picnicking spots. Note that both of these areas are not "safe" and may contain both traps and treasure cards. Further on leads to the castle entrance but if you'll all step on the plate I'll get us there faster."

Eventually all ten women were standing on the silvery metal disc, some more leery of it than others, and suddenly found themselves standing in a long wide dark stone corridor lit by the occasional lantern hanging from the walls. There were various oohs and ahhs from the group after the abrupt transition.

"This is the main hall of the ground floor. Behind us leads to the front gate and to the right here beyond these doors is the dining area. Note the green light above the door?" The women looked up from examining the two dark wooden doors to note there was a lantern similar to the one from the first room and others that lined the hall only it was indeed glowing with a green light as opposed to the normal yellowish white. "I should warn you the castle servants are really very shy. Under normal circumstances in fact you will never see them. If you catch them doing their job they will immediately stop so your best bet is to try to not notice things cleaning themselves around you or such and so on. If the light into the dinning hall is red please do not enter or you will greatly disrupt preparation for the next meal being served. Now lets have a look around shall we?"

"Are these servants some kind of ghost or something?" Asked Anna. "How can we not see them and at the same time they'll stop if we do?"

"Technically they aren't dead but they are invisible and immaterial when they want to be so you can think of them as ghosts if that helps. It's their activity that you'd see, and that they would stop while you were looking. Put your clothes in the dirty hamper at the end of a long and day and so long as you watched it they would stay there, but if you went on about your business you would find that while you weren't looking they'd be taken, cleaned, and hung up in your wardrobe. They are terribly convenient to have around but not the worlds best conversationalists I must say. Now lets continue!"

Shar strode towards the great doors that ponderously opened before her seemingly on their own revealing a large room filled with a large U shaped table lined with chairs on the outside. Both table and chairs were wonderfully carved out of a dark oak with black cushions on the chairs and a pristine white table cloth draped over it. Inside the U of the big table was a smaller one topped with a wide assortment of fresh food, stacks of clean plates and bowls, and several sets of silverware.

"While we were busy outside I had the servants lay out the midday meal for us."

"Midday? But it was night out?" Laura protested.

"Oh yes that might take a bit of getting used to, it's always night here. Your bracelets can also display the current time with just a thought, even the platinum one though it's display is on the bottom of the band instead."

"Why doesn't mine have a normal display?" Laura asked.

"You don't have or require VP or BP which is the main purpose of the display while for the others a constant reminder of their standing is quite important.

Laura shrugged and joined the others in filling a plate with food, she hadn't had much in the way of breakfast before work and was whisked away before lunch so found herself famished. She found the quality of the food excellent and with a wide variety on offer from cold cuts to several kettles of fresh soup. As they settled about the table the women noted that above the door was a very large translucent screen like the one at the circle only much larger. On it was displayed their names and current VP and BP scores.

Tracy Black 9 VP 3000 BP

Candy Henderson 7 VP 4000 BP

Anna Rodriguez 5 VP 2500 BP

Misty Dawn 4 VP 3500 BP

Susan Wagner 4 VP 1000 BP

Gabriella Escarra 3 VP 2000 BP

Carla Wright/Kim Baker 2 VP 1500 BP

Stacy Black 1 VP 500 BP

"Um Shar." Susan called over to their host who had not joined the other women in eating "Why did I go up six points for Laura seeing my breasts but Tracy only went up three?"

"Good question. When you earn VP for doing something for the first time for the master you get doubled points as a bonus. She had never seen your breasts before, but has her sister's on many occasions."

"When we were kids!"

"Still counts." Shar said smugly. "And yes Anna that means there are a lot of things you won't be getting the bonus for as well. It's meant for fairness as generally harem members that have had a sexual history with the master are at an advantage in they are more likely to engage in activity they already have though I do get with your understandable emotional baggage that may not apply. Still rules are rules."

"Hey I had a question too" Kim had raised her hand "Carla says we get some kind of points for sexy times with the head chick but what about with each other? We're being watched by some kind of magical pervs all the time, they got to enjoy that too right?"

"Also a good question and glad to see you getting involved in things. To answer your question yes, you can in fact get some VP for sexual acts with each other but it's for much less and again only counts once a day. Note that just having the master watch does count as her participating as you can get good points for putting on a show. But be careful as showing her something she really doesn't want to see will cost you points instead."

A bit latter when everyone had finished eating Shar led the group back to the Moongate in the hall.

"Next up the shopping district! Well not so much a district as a few kiosks you can buy stuff at. Can't really do the whole traditional shops thing this season you know."

With another sudden transition they were now in a long room with a row of what looked like elaborate vending machines offering a wide variety of things for sale. Shar walked them up to the first machine that apparently sold shirts.

"Okay this is what the kiosks look like, they are pretty simple to operate, even Candy shouldn't have a problem."

"HEY!"

"Kidding, you know I love you. Now this screen lets you tab though the catalogue or you can type in a search on this pad here. Your pending purchases will show on this smaller screen over here and when you're ready to check out just hold your bracelet up to this plate and this hatch will unlock with your stuff inside. They all work pretty much the same though some of the catalogs may be a bit tricky to navigate. Note that if for some reason you can only wear a particular type of shirt only that will show up for you and if you can't say wear a bra you won't find any."

"Really?" Grumped Stacy.

"What? this is important information. Oh and don't worry about sizing, the machines know what will fit you if say you find yourself not knowing your current bra size or something."

"Yeah about that, can I buy a bra now or do I have to wait for the tour to be over?" asked Susan who was currently wearing the remnants of her shirt tied about her chest.

"You know what, lets do that so you all can see a kiosk in operation." She then strode off leading them to the machine that sold bras.

"Okay Susan go ahead and find something you like."

Susan stepped up and activated the catalogue screen and a list of bra types popped up. She noted one said absorbent which seemed like something that might help with her current situation so selected that. The first bras that all came up on the screen were skimpy or lacy ones in black and white cow patterns but what really caused her to cry out in shock was the listed size."

"Q! I'm a fucking Q cup now? Are you kidding me?"

"And you'll get bigger if you go without being milked." Shar remined her. "Better get something stretchy."

Susan really wanted to throw a fit but she reminded herself this was better than being reduced to nothing more than laura's pet cow and instead looked for something that would have some stretch to it. She also tried looking for something not in cow print and noticed the listed prices immediately jumped up.

"What's with the pricing? Why is something basic black so much more than the damn cow prints?"

"Ah yes, you see the cost of clothing is relevant to how much the master would like to see you wearing it. Generally the skimpier the less it's going to cost and in your case it's a good bet that at least subconsciously she'd like to see you in cow print."

"Really Laura?"

"Hey I don't care if you cover yourself with a bulky sweater or something."

"The prices say otherwise but go on with your purchase Susan."

In the end she picked out a lacy black and white bra, they were cheaper than the plain ones, that claimed it could absorb a whole gallon of fluid somehow for only 100 BP and selected two of them. Then she put her wrist up against the plate and there was a beep then a click from the door in the side of the machine.

Susan Wagner -200 BP now 800.

She opened the door and took out the first bra and immediately put it on feeling much better now that her girls were being supported. She was almost tempted to ask for a break to milk herself as well but the thought left her mortified. She could wait.

"Is there a trash kiosk as well?" She asked holding up her shirt. She'd be sad to see it gone, there'd never be another concert by that band to replace it at sadly, but it would never fit her even if whole now.

"Oh no need to throw it away, just put in your hamper when we get to the rooms. The servants love a challenge and they've already resized your others."

"wait, what? What others?"

"Well I was going to wait until we got to the rooms to mention it but when I grabbed you all I nabbed some changes of clothes for you as well. No point making you wear the same clothes everyday. And yes that means you have a few more uniforms waiting for you as well Stacy."

"Great..."

"regardless that's enough shopping for now, you'll have plenty of time later after you have a better idea of what you might need."

After the next translation they were in another hall but this one ended just past the Moongate with a gigantic picture window that showed the castle's grounds spread out below, and a wall of fog that lay beyond.

"As you can see we are now on the fifth floor of the castle, just below where the tower starts. If you come here note that further down the hall is not a safe area but through this door here is."

They followed her through another dark wooden door into what looked like a brightly lit pub with a scattering of tables, a huge fireplace with a roaring fire in it, and a long wooden bar with seats along it and a wealth of bottles along the wall behind. Oddly against the ambiance the bar also had several modern looking pull taps installed.

"Like the food served in the dinning area the drinks here at our local tavern won't cost you any BP, but you should still be careful of drinking to excess as you never know what kind of trouble you could drunkenly stumble into. Don't even bother trying to take any of the bottles back to your rooms though, any you try to bring through the door will abruptly be back where they belong on the shelf."

"Can we stop for a drink now?" Carla asked "It's been a fucking hell of a day and I could really use a stiff drink."

"Tempting, but it would be better to show you your rooms then let you come back to socialize after the tour."

"Can't argue with that, and it would be hard to stop at one anyways."

Back in the hallway Shar next took them to a circular room where the Moongate was in the center that had four doors set equally distant from each other. Each door had the stylized picture of a different mythical beast burned into the wood. Dragon, Gryphon, Unicorn, and Phoenix.

"These are the bedrooms. You will be sharing them amongst you two to a room, with the exception of Carla and Kim. Your room assignments may change after each weeks popularity poll. For now Candy and Gabriella will be staying in Dragon, Misty Carla and Kim will be staying in Gryphon, Tracy and Susan will be staying in Unicorn, and lastly Anna and Stacy will be staying in Phoenix. Check out your rooms and then do what you like for the evening. The evening meal will be served at 9 but attendance is not compulsory so if you are too drunk or tired to make your way down don't worry about it. Probably best to get a goods night sleep before engaging in any exploration of dangerous territory but if you're feeling dangerous knock yourselves out. Note that there is only one bed per room and you must sleep in your own bed unless it is your date night with the master but I'll go further into date nights tomorrow. There will be a meeting at breakfast that is compulsory, I will see you all at 8."

With that Shar and Laura vanished leaving the rest of the women unsupervised for the first time since their arrival.

"Right, lets check out the room then go get pissed!" Carla shouted heading towards the door marked with the Gryphon. The rest of the women made for their own rooms as well at her example.