Day Two: Breakfast

Carla was hungover, naked, and someone was trying to shake her awake. This she was used to. She also had a naked woman clinging to her under the sheets, this she was not.

"Whaz'at?" She tried to sit up and cracked an eye to see who was disturbing her sleep and looked into a pair of bright silver eyes that almost seemed to glow in the dim room. Fuck, not a dream then. She thought, realizing the naked form nuzzling into her neck was Kim. "Fuck."

"Good morning to you too." Misty quipped "I'd let the two of you sleep in but Shar did say the meeting this morning was mandatory and I didn't think you'd want to be **** naked through the castle by your bracelets."

"Shit!" This time she sat up for sure pulling free of her friend who was starting to rouse herself. "What time is it?!"

"6:30, the dining hall opens at 6AM apparently and in case you forgot the meeting is at 8AM so you should have time to get cleaned up and grab something to eat first. I'm heading down now, which is why I woke you."

"Thanks Misty, you're a hell of a roomie." The younger woman gave her a shy smile and left the room. Looks like she wasn't holding the PR bullshit against her at least Carla thought in some relief. She turned to get Kim fully awake and came to a couple of uncomfortable realizations. One, she had the pleasant ache between her legs she hadn't felt in a while that meant someone had gone down on her and two, that Kim's morning breath had the distinct smell of pussy to it. It wouldn't be the first time she'd had sex while shitfaced, but never with a woman. Then the third realization, that the thought of Kim's face nestled between her legs was turning her on, propelled her right out of the bed and she ran for the shower.

Kim for her part stretched lazily and got up more slowly wondering what was bothering her girlfriend this morning, and more importantly where could she get some coffee.

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Misty, Candy, Susan, and Gabriella having left their rooms near on top of each other made their way to the dining area together. Opening the doors to the big room the four of them were shocked to see Tracy had beaten them down and was furiously typing on a laptop she'd acquired somewhere sitting on top of the table. Next to her on the table was a coffee machine, a jar of sugar, and a large mug of the stuff was by her hand.

"Have you been up all night?!" Gabriella inquired rather brusquely, easily recognizing the signs of an all nighter.

Tracy looked up from her work and after taking a big swig of liquid caffeine replied "Oh hey Prof, yeah I've almost got this thing configured to my liking. Some kind of bizarre programing language on here, took me a while to get the hang of it."

Gabriella looked over at the center table piled high with a breakfast buffet that the other women were making their way towards "And you didn't disturb the servants?"

"Oh they put on a red light a few hours ago, I figured trying to get me to leave, but I just ignored them put my headphones on and got absorbed in my work. Shar said they'll work fine if you aren't watching them and looks like it worked." The young woman got up from the table and stretched before going to get her own plate of food but stopped when her eyes caught the scoreboard. "Hey Stacy got a point! Isn't she rooming with Anna? Damn sis, already making moves on Laura's ex."

The others were looking at the scorecard now as well. "You think Anna is really that bitter over the breakup still?" Candy asked nervously.

"Honestly I'm more shocked that miss "I'm straight now, that was just a phase Tracy" put out more than anything." She shrugged and continued on to the food.

"Well at least you weren't kept up by a drunk couple going to town." Misty giggled "I just rolled over and tried to ignore it but they were so loud!"

"Oh my, that's where they ran off to." Candy said "I thought maybe they were going to be sick with all that drinking."

"Weren't you drinking with them as well Ms. Henderson?" Asked Gabrielle.

"Oh sure but I learned my limits in collage. You wouldn't believe how many fights Laura got into with guys trying to get me sloshed enough to sleep with them. Of course that was early on before she decided trying to have a social life was interfering with her classwork..."

"Seriously? I can't imagine miss perfectionist getting into fights like that, the antisocial part is all big sis though."

"She can be very protective of me." Candy replied in a quiet voice.

They were all eating breakfast around the table by this point when the doors opened again then Anna, Carla, and Kim staggered in all three looking the worse for last nights drinking. Kim's nose led her straight to Tracy and grabbing her mug with an "Oh yes, coffee!" and downed the whole thing in one go then shivered and made a face "Gah! That's more sugar than it is coffee!"

"You could just go get your own cup you know." Tracy laughed pointing out the other two new comers who were doing just that.

"Needed to jump start brain first, thanks for the sugar rush."

Everyone went back to eating and almost missed the fact someone was missing until they heard the cussing out in the hall. Then one of the doors was slammed open as a very much naked Stacy Black was pulled into the room by her wrist.

Showed contestant naked body +1 VP.

"Oh shit." said Anna "I didn't think to wake up Stacy."

"You think?!" the irate woman shouted. Then stormed over to the food trying to ignore the eyes on her, no longer being pulled by her accursed bracelet.

"At least you're tied with Ms. Escarra for points now sis." Tracy jeered.

"Yes and that loophole had now been closed." Said Shar who was suddenly in the room with them. "Nudity will no longer reward points unless the master is watching. Also sleeping in your bed at night can no longer be avoided by not sleeping at all." She looked at Tracy while saying the last who just grinned back at her.

"Hey boss lady I got another question." Kim hand her hand up again.

"You don't need to hold up your hand Ms. Baker, just ask."

"So me and Carla totally did some stuff last night but our points haven't changed. Why's that?"

"Masturbation doesn't give you points unless the master is involved and the two of you count as one person."

"Oh. Well shit." Meanwhile Carla, red faced, was trying to hide behind her food.

"Anything else? No, good. Now I need to discuss with you the matter of the dates you will be having with the master. As I said before on your date night you will be sleeping with her in the master suite."

"Hey where is Laura?!" Candy asked.

"She is in the master suite, and will remain so for the next week. Which I would have gotten to if you'd let me continue Ms. Henderson."

"Sorry..."

"Now as I was saying for this first week of dates each of you will be spending 24 hours with the master in the suite on your night. In later weeks this restriction will be relaxed and Laura will be able to spend most of her day roaming the castle and grounds with you but she and her date will still have to spend the night in the suite. Also in later weeks you will be able to bring guests with you on your date. They will also have to spend the whole night in the suite and sleep in the master's bed."

"Kinky!" Shar gave Tracy a look and she muttered "Sorry" While refilling her mug.

"The schedule for the first weeks dates will follow the highest to the lowest of the poll scores so that means that Candy will have her date night with the master tomorrow and each of the rest of you in order the following nights. Today and tonight are for you to get to know each other. Any questions now?"

"Isn't that far more than seven nights?" Asked Professor Escarra.

"Yes. And as I told Laura a week lasts for as long as I need it to here. I know some of you are concerned about missing time back home while here as well so let me reassure you all ten weeks here will only take mere moments back home. Anything else?"

"Does one of those kiosks sell guitars?" Asked Carla "Me and Kim should really keep in practice if no time is going to pass back home, we're in the middle of a tour."

"The Devices kiosk should have music instruments for sale, or you could borrow some from the music center."

"You have a music center? Why wasn't that on the tour?"

"The Castle contains a wide variety of entertainments and I didn't include it on the tour because it's not a safe area."

"Oh. So we'd be risking traps going in there. Shit."

"Only the first time, locations traps do not reset, you might decide the risk worth saving the BP two guitars would cost and then you could use the music center itself to practice in. Anyone else?"

"Um, I have a question." Misty said hesitantly "But if you don't mind I'd like to ask it after breakfast... Alone?"

"Very well. Anything else now?" No further questions were asked though and the rest of breakfast went by quickly with a still naked Stacy stalking out of the room alone first.

Candy and Gabriella had decided to look at the kiosks for some shopping and Susan asked to go along so the three of them left together while Tracy went to her room to crash for a bit. After a brief discussion Carla and Kim decided to go brave the music center.

On her way out Anna stopped by the host "Hey Shar does the castle have a room with free weights and is it trapped if so?"

"The rec center has both free weights and machines as well as a heated Olympic pool, and no it isn't trapped. Contestants are encouraged to stay in shape for the master."

"Why wasn't it on the tour then?"

"Initiative is rewarded." Shar smiled enigmatically.

"Okay, right. Thanks." And Anna made her way out leaving only Misty sitting by herself quietly.

"Okay what did you want to ask me alone then? You don't need to be so nervous, I won't bite. Not unless you ask very nicely anyways." Shar laughed.

Misty grinned back feeling better now it was just the two of them. "I wanted to ask you, is it possible you could teach me some real magic?" She got out in a rush.

"It's possible, but you have to realize a lot of what you see me do isn't on my own power. All the time shenanigans, that's borrowed from my Producer. Very very few hosts have that kind of power and there are some who can't or won't even try to use it second hand. I do have an advantage though in that some of my power is very much mine derived from what I am. The storms surrounding the castle for instance are linked to me and respond to my emotions. Which makes it very important that I remain calm." Shar gave Misty a wink "But I can't teach you that. If you want something to learn perhaps you should take a look at what you brought with you, I think you have already had a glimpse of that."

Misty thought back to what her cards had shown her just before she had been taken. The Tower, The Lovers, and a **** that had looked a whole lot like the woman now standing in front of her. That hadn't been trickery. "Thanks. I'll do that."

"My door is always open." And she was gone. Misty left to go to her room, with the rockers off on their quest she should have some peace to have a heart to heart with her deck.