One on One Talks

As everyone besides Allie, Isabella and Mark left the theater, Laura stopped by to talk with Smug. She saw Smug look up from the book in her claws, and found it incredibly comical to see the dragon wearing a pair of glasses. “So enjoying ‘The Hobbit’?”

“It is quite interesting, though I must say, the author goes into extraordinary detail about very mundane things. Also the random bursting into song is odd too. I’m at the part where Bilbo is fighting some spiders in the woods. Finally I have a gripe about this portrayal of dragons so far.”

“Oh what’s wrong with it.” Laura looked around at Smug’s hoard. “I mean you definitely have a hoard yourself, and seem equally protective of it.”

“Sure, that is true. But I’ve earned everything here. I didn’t go and just **** a bunch of people for it. Even the dragons that extort treasure from people don’t go razing villages. That’s just stupid and wasteful. From what I can tell the dwarves in this story are master craftsmen right? With lots of valuable materials.”

“That is accurate from all the stuff I know about the series.”

“Right, so why kill them all? That just eliminates the treasure makers. Instead even for a wicked dragon, Smaug should just have moved in on the mountain and said you will give me treasure, and food. I will make sure no one else tries to take from you besides me. A nicer dragon like me, would have offered their services. Allowed them to take shedded scales and old teeth and claws to make armour and weapons, and offered protection in return for payment. Maybe provide some dragon fire in the making of items. This is just a waste though and other dragons would definitely punish Smaug for killing such gifted artists without even trying to negotiate with or threaten them first.”

“That makes a lot of sense. Sorry, for thinking that you took all your treasure like Smaug did. It’s just how dragons, at least western dragons, are portrayed in my world.”

“I take no offense. But what do you mean by western dragons?”

“Well… I’m not an expert on dragons mind you, but you would be more of a western dragon. You have a more typical quadrupedal frame, and large wings. Sort of panther-like in your body. An easter dragon would be a bit more like Sam. Long, serpentine, no wings. I’m sure there are more subtleties that I don’t know about but we have a few different versions of dragons as myths and legends on our planet.”

“They aren’t myths. I can assure you of that. Cassandra told me your planet really does have dragons.”

“That’s... interesting. I’ll let you get back to the book. Sorry for interrupting.”

“Laura…” The look in Smug’s eyes was predatory. “I’ve never been with a goddess before. I’d like that to change. See what you can do to convince Mark. I’m certain I can make it worthwhile to both of you. Maybe nudge Cassandra about that last favor you owe her. If you need leverage with Mark.”

“I’ll keep that in mind, Smug. Have a good day, and don’t be afraid to come down off the mountain to join us some time.” Laura waved goodbye and headed towards her room.

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Sam went to her room to hopefully unwind and relax a bit, maybe take that shower Allie suggested. That didn’t look like it was going to happen with Aubrey coming after her and Chloe following in her wake. She entered her room and waited for Aubrey and Chloe to catch up.

Aubrey entered, pointed at Sam, “BAA!” Aubrey got frustrated for a moment, “Baaa baaa.” Aubrey pointed at Sam and then the ground as she baaed. She then pointed at Chloe, “Baaa ba, baaaaa.” Pointing at the bathroom, and then went into the bathroom herself.

Chloe looked at Sam, “Are you going to be here when we are done?”

“I’ll wait outside but yes. I figure since I have to room with her almost all week, we might as well sort this out now.”

“Okay, I’ll come get you when I’m done.” Sam left the boudoir while Chloe went into the bathroom. “Okay Aubrey, how would you like to do this? I wouldn’t mind sucking on your breasts, but I have a feeling you would rather me just drain you as much as I can, right now.” Aubrey nodded at that. “Okay then could you remove your dress and kneel by the tub?”

“Baaa.” Aubrey complied, unhappily.

Chloe knelt behind Aubrey and took Aubrey’s breasts in her hands and slightly pinched her nipples and started to milk her. Which caused Aubrey to flinch backwards in pleasure, “BA BAA! BAAAAAAAAAAAA!” Chloe stopped for a moment by the sudden reaction of her girlfriend.

“Should I continue Aubrey?”

“Baa.” Aubrey panted out with a nod. So Chloe began to milk her again. Aubrey grabbed the side of the tub to brace herself, but still was squirming in Chloe’s hands. “BAA, BAA, BAA, BAAA CHLOE, BAA!” “Ba, Close, Baaaa. Baaa Chloe, keep going. Baaaaa, don’t baaa. B’a BAAAAAA!” Aubrey collapsed over the side of the tub Chloe didn’t stop milking Aubrey though until she was completely empty. Aubrey kept moaning and baaing and arched her back one more time as she came again.

+2 VP Cause Aubrey to orgasm

Chloe rinsed her hands off, and grabbed a towel. Then wiped down Aubrey as well. “You okay?”

“I will be, just need a minute. I didn’t think it would be that pleasurable, or that I would have that much milk.”

“Well it’s probably because of the size increase from Ellen. I mean at least it’s pleasurable right?”

Aubrey glared at Chloe. “I don’t want to find it pleasurable to have them treated like udders.”

“Well, the alternative is to breastfeed someone. I mean the TF didn’t say that would be more pleasurable. Just milking you like a farm animal would.”

“I guess… but then I would become emotionally bonded with the person. I don’t know what that means. Would I treat them like my child? A lover? Is it different for each person, that is what worries me.”

“Well you know the only way to find out is to let someone do it.”

“Yeah… but I’m concerned about letting you or Mark be the one to try it out. Not because I don’t want you playing with my breasts but… I don’t want to look at either of you as my child.”

Chloe didn’t like the idea of the others sucking on Aubrey’s breasts. “Hmmm… and you would probably need two if not three people at least to try it.”

“Why more than one?”

“To establish a pattern. I mean, we don’t know what it would do. Even if it makes you find the first person attractive or view them as your child. That doesn’t mean it will be the same for everyone. So you need multiple data points. You know very well that three data points is the minimum to establish a trend with any reliability. So if you wanted to be fairly certain that you wouldn’t view Mark or I as your children if you did that with us, you would need three people to test on. Also I would warn you, the TF doesn’t say the bond is temporary. So be careful please.”

“Thanks Chloe. Now time to go give that bitch a piece of my mind.”

Chloe held up a hand to stop Aubrey. “Aubrey, look I get, being mad at Sam. I am too. But realize that most if not all of the others agree with her. That the challenges are competitions, and we are competing against one another.”

“So I’m just supposed to be okay with her tying me up and hitting me with a dildo making my butt more sensitive? If she had worked with me instead we might have both been able to place better. I probably wouldn’t have had this stupid milking problem.”

Chloe held up her hands in an ‘X’ “Bzzt! Wrong. That’s almost certainly not true. In fact I think the opposite is likely true.”

“What? How?”

“Well, you two were never going to beat Laura. End of story. Which also means Merida. Sure you couldn’t have known that but it doesn’t change the fact you two working together would not have beaten either of them. Flora had essentially a super fast route for sabotaging Ellen so you wouldn’t have beaten her either. So now we are at fourth place as the best possible option. There is absolutely no way Sam would just let you have that, even if you were working together. But here’s the thing with the way things played out if you followed the path Sam took but made it through a bit faster you two would have likely converged on the end just after Allie made it to the end and Mark would be right there. He would likely have caught one or both of you. But even if he didn’t that still would have made you 5th and 6th. Which again Sam would not have allowed you in front of her even if you two were working together, and I can’t blame her for that. So you would have been in 6th place.”

“That’s still better than what I came in.”

“That’s true, but if you had done as I said and gone in first it wouldn’t have been. You would have gotten 6th instead of 7th. So ultimately Sam’s decision to tie you up wasn’t what caused you to place where you did, not really. I am mad at her for hitting you with the sensitivity dildo though. That was uncalled for.”

“So this is all my fault?” Aubrey was frowning and clearly upset.

“No, but it isn’t Sam’s either. It’s Cassandra’s and her producer’s fault. Cassandra could have just vetoed one of the options but she didn’t. So put the blame where it truly lies. Again I’m not saying you don’t have reason to be upset with Sam, but your placement really didn’t have a lot to do with Sam. In fact it might have been better because she tied you up, because Ellen didn’t come that much later to the exit than we did. So if you were teleported away you might have ended up 8th or 9th. So try to work things out, and not just yell at her. I’m going to go outside and let her know we are done, and let you two sort this out yourselves. Please don’t let this turn into a huge mess. Honestly, I’m worried.”

“About what?”

“On my date with Mark… Well remember how during the intermission Merida mentioned that Mark told Ellen about how he’d have asked her to still be with him if he could end the show right now?”

“Yes. Why does that, have you worried?”

“Well on my date with Mark, he mentioned the people he felt that way about. Flora, Merida, Laura, and Sam. Also Allie of course. But not us, or Ellen or Talia. What do you think would happen if you start taking **** on Sam? You know Mark’s girlfriend, and Allie’s girlfriend. Mark has made it clear he wants to try to be neutral about challenges to some degree, that he isn’t going to favor some of us over the others. Which at least as far as I can tell, he isn’t favoring anyone at least deliberately. So if you can’t simply talk it out with Sam go talk to Mark before doing something to her.”

Aubrey had a contemplative frown on her face. “So you think Mark will start favoring them over us?”

“If we don’t give him a reason to care about us more? Maybe. If we start going after the others? Definitely.”

“Okay, I’ll try to talk it out. Thanks Chloe.” Aubrey felt the need to kiss Chloe, so she did. “I appreciate the advice. You can go let Sam know she can come in.”

“Okay and good luck.” Chloe left and let Sam know they were done and Sam came back in the room to find Aubrey just sitting on the bed. Sam just stood with her arms crossed waiting for Aubrey to speak first.

Eventually Aubrey broke the silence seeing that Sam wasn't going to speak first. “I'm mad at you. The only reason I am not yelling at you is Chloe asked me not to. What you did in the maze was uncalled for. I don't care if it was a challenge. Tying me up and hitting me with that dildo was not acceptable. I can see that I am in the minority opinion about that though. I'll say I won't be taking it out on you outside of challenges at least not yet. But regarding challenges I'm not going to show you any mercy. I am pissed at you and feel utterly humiliated by what you put me through.”

Seeing Aubrey was done, “Fine, as I said before I won't take things in a challenge personally as long as you aren’t deliberately targeting me. But I can tell you intend to target me. I would reconsider that if I were you. But I still won't take it out on you outside of challenges. So are we done here?”

“Yes. I think we are.” Aubrey got up and left.

Leaving Sam alone in the room thinking, This is going to be a long round.

---

Chloe arrived back at her room finding Merida there alone. “Hi Merida. Can we talk?”

“Aye, I reckon we should. Go ahead, then.” Merida sighed.

“I'm sorry.” Merida cocked an eyebrow in surprise and waited for Chloe to continue. “I shouldn't have stormed off when you called me out, for treating Mark poorly. I got a talking to, by some of the others. I realized some stuff. I was taking stuff out on Mark because he was the only one I felt like I could and not because he was actually at fault.”

“Okay. Guid. As long as ye realise that and dinnae keep takin’ things oot on Mark, we’re guid. I accept yer apology.”

“Just like that?”

“Aye, just like that. Chloe, ye were stressed and this situation is shitey. I understand lashin’ oot. I had a problem wi’ ye lashin’ oot at Mark. I assume you twa worked things oot by the way ye’re actin’. So we are cool.”

“Okay. Well, now I don't know what to do, I thought this would take a lot longer and Aubrey and Sam are hashing things out… at least I hope they are.”

“Well, there’s somethin’ else I wanted tae talk tae ye about and I guess ye might be interested in whit I plan tae talk tae Talia about in a wee bit. Ye mind sharin’ whit candies ye received this week?”

“I guess not. I think I’m going to try to avoid not testing the candies at all from here on out. I don’t want to get stuck with a nasty one, until I can use all of them. I got Anthro-Morphs Cookies, Corrupting Caramels, and Skitty Tits (Mystery Flavors). The last one I’m pretty sure are skittles. I don't really have an idea of what they do. The fact they are mystery flavored implies to me, they likely each do something different or random.”

“Whit animals are the cookies?” Merida questioned.

“You’re interested in those? They are a fox, squirrel and mouse.”

“Hmmm, could I hae some o’ them? Try them oot for ye?”

Chloe was hesitant, “Ummm…. I don’t really want to give out all of one candy any more, and lose control over being able to test them completely.”

“That’s fine, I reckon I’d prefer the fox or squirrel cookie tae the mouse cookie. I also wouldnae mind tryin’ oot the Skitty Tits. I think ye should think carefully about the caramels though and who those are gien tae, aye.”

“Okay what’s with you wanting to test them so suddenly.”

“Well, it wasnae like I was opposed tae testin’ yer candies last week. Nothin’ terrible happened because o’ them. No’ really. But the animal cookies are whit I’m really interested in.”

“Why?”

“Well, ye might hae noticed that the majority o’ us hae gained animal traits, or monster traits, dependin’ upon where the dragon traits fall. I figure it is a matter o’ time before I’m no’ human. Currently I see three options for me. O’ which I like nane o’ them.”

“Really what are they?”

“Bear, doll, and gargoyle, aye. I had some other ideas like maybe a cupid for ma Romantic Nostalgia path, but I dinnae think that’ll ever happen. Baith ‘cause I refused tae use the quiver, and Laura already got her feathery wings. The others I dinnae even want tae mention, in case it gies Cassandra or the audience’s heads. But I really owe Laura one, because I wouldnae hae been surprised tae receive somethin’ like a doll, a gargoyle, or a mannequin if she hadnae helped me across the finish line and I ended up last.”

“You really think those could come up? Like shouldn’t it be something that Mark finds attractive.”

“Chloe, I was literally made poseable against my will, for an indefinite period o’ time by anyone, wi’ whit Cassandra considered a standard or neutral TF, right oot o’ the gate. When tryin’ tae earn BP last week I wasnae gonnae get enough tae buy whit I wanted tae, and I asked Cassandra for ways tae earn mair. Her offer was for me tae be a livin’ mannequin for a period o’ time. Allowin’ the store clerk tae simply treat me as a display object. So aye, I think Mark would find me bein’ his doll attractive, even if he disnae want tae admit it.”

“Well, shit. That’s a lot to take in. So how will the candies help? Like they aren’t permanent.”

“Naw, they aren’t, but if I say, I become a fox-girl or squirrel-girl and the audience likes it enough, maybe those’ll crop up as options. Which I reckon I’d prefer, tae bein’ a bear-girl. I would certainly prefer it tae bein’ a doll or a gargoyle. Hell, I’m tempted tae try tae get as much BP as I can this week so I can buy the option from the BP store tae buy the plant-girl TF from Flora’s limited store for mysel’ just tae avoid bein’ turned intae a doll. But that’s really expensive, seein’ as I hae tae pay for baith the TF at an increased price and for the ability tae even buy it from the store. And if I were you, Chloe, I would hae a think about what ye’d like tae be. ‘Cause the only one that might get oot o’ this human is Ellen, and if I dinnae get the doll option, she just might. Seein’ as she already has tae wear a whole bunch o’ different costumes. So ye could think o’ her as Mark’s Barbie doll, tae dress up, in all the different costumes.”

“Well shit. Any idea what mine could be?”

“Aye, I do. Bunny, moose, slime, plant/fungus, glass figurine, ghost or spirit o' some sort.”

“Care to explain, those because I don’t see any of them.”

“Bunny because Easter bunny and candies. I ken yer path is technically pharmacology, no’ candy, but even yer maist recent TF affected baith.” Merida looked doon at her ain breasts’ new size displeased. “Mouse because o’ Cinderella, she has all those helper mice she talks tae, same, also the glass figure would be Cinderella as well. The slime-girl and fungus-themed plant-girl options are because o’ yer pharmacology path as well, because ye get various substances makin’ **** and funguses are the basis for a lot o’ ****. The spirit is a wee bit mair o’ a stretch but ye could be like a chained spirit who canna move on because o’ yer debts. Those are whit I came up wi’, when tryin’ tae figure oot whit I would get. Since I think in general we won’t all get the same one. So if one o’ us gets somethin’ the others arenae likely tae. I ken Isabella is a wolf like Allie, but that is just because she is gettin’ Allie’s TFs.”

“Well, fuck. You really think that will happen.”

“Chloe, I’m seriously thinkin’ about voluntarily takin’ on another transformation tae avoid one I dinnae want. I’m considerin’ posin’ as a bloody mannequin for multiple days tae afford an option tae no’ become an actual doll or mannequin for real. I ken I want that no’ tae happen. If I were you, I would seriously consider if ye really want tae turn in that report on the Cockolate Bunnies or no’. Yer call o’ course, but I think it’s likely ye end up gettin’ changed like this eventually. We had twa in the first round and four in the second, and every option for it won or tied every time. Wi’ the exception o’ Flora’s plant-girl option and that’s only because they made her a lion-girl instead. Talia thinks she’s gonnae be made a demon and she’s probably right. Maybe she gets vampire instead, maybe siren, or a livin’ shadow, but demon or devil makes maist sense. Especially if she and Laura get thegither. She wasnae wrong, the heaven and hell aesthetic combination has appeal tae some and probably tae Mark. Bein’ a bunny-girl wouldnae be horrible as an option, aye.”

“That… thanks Merida. That is really helpful. Now you mentioned wanting to talk to Talia about something and thought I might be interested?”

“Aye, a way tae potentially earn some BP and hae some fun. I figured Talia would be the best person for it. See, when askin’ Cassandra about things tae earn BP, well… she mentioned a casino.”

“Gambling really? Don’t you know that the house always wins?”

“Well, that isnae completely true. Also this casino works differently. I dinnae want tae hae tae explain multiple times so why dinnae we go see Talia and talk wi’ her about it.”

“Sure. Can I invite Aubrey?”

“Fine wi’ me as long as she isnae gonnae cause problems if Sam comes too.”

“Maybe not then. Also Aubrey did say I should do some stuff without her. I guess this could be fun. Sure, let's go see Talia.”

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Talia was waiting for Laura to get back. She saw that Laura stopped to talk with Smug, and didn’t want to intrude, but sent Laura a text if she could come to the room when she was done with Smug. Now I just have to wait… No big deal. Just apologize. Hey Laura sorry I thought you were going to hell because of your sexuality and promiscuity. Like she will just forgive me… I already sent the message and decided I’m apologizing. I’m doing this, it isn’t about earning her forgiveness. I was wrong, and need to own up to that.

After a couple minutes Laura walked through the door, to the Velvet Tower. “Hey, Talia. Saw your text. You wanted to talk?” Laura said rather hopefully.

Why does she sound… happy? “Yes, Laura. I wanted to apologize.”

That confused Laura, “For what? You’ve been a pretty good friend and roommate last round. I don’t have any complaints about you really.”

That confused Talia, “I… What? But… huh? Laura I was horrible towards you, I—”

“Nope. I reject your apology on the grounds that you haven’t done anything. Talia first you are entitled to your beliefs. I don’t have to like them, but you are entitled to believe what you want.”

“But I—”

“Nope! At no point in time did you directly insult me for who I am. Sure you said things that made it clear that you thought I was sinner, but at no point in time did you try to make me feel bad about my lifestyle, try to get me to change or anything else like that. You said you wouldn’t treat others worse for their sexuality, and you haven’t. In fact you are one of the people here who has treated me the best last round.”

“But, I thought ab—”

“NOPE! What you think about isn’t you. If you need to apologize for thoughts you had that you think would offend me that you didn’t voice aloud to me then, I have a lot to apologize to you for. Finally you’ve changed a lot since the beginning of the last round. So, I firmly and soundly reject you apologizing to me, Talia. Now is that all you wanted to talk to me about?”

“Uh… umm… this is not how I thought this conversation was going to go.”

“Don’t care Talia, you’re my friend now. Not going to let you feel bad about things you didn’t do. You didn’t treat me horribly. I could actually see you were making a concerted effort to be nice to me, even though it was hard. I enjoyed spending time with you. So, are you sure there isn’t anything else you want to talk about?” Laura said the last sentence rather seductively.

“Umm… No? Not that I can think of.”

Laura sighed. “I guess I have to bring it up then. Talia…” Laura looked up and away from the short woman. “I think I like you.”

“I like you too Laura.”

“No I mean, like, I’m really attracted to you, and well, I’m not really into labels or anything, but I’d like to be involved with you. Sexually… and maybe romantically… would that interest you?”

“Laura, I knew what you meant. I like you too.”

FUCK YES, “Really!?” Laura’s heart was fluttering in excitement.

“Yes, Laura. If you want to try a relationship I’m okay with that. I enjoyed kissing you. I will say that I’m probably going to want to go a lot slower than you are but, I find you attractive and we get along fairly well. As far as labels, I’m not overly concerned about that at this point.”

“So… you wouldn’t mind having an open relationship?”

“I mean we are both going to be with Mark eventually.”

“You know I meant beyond that.” Laura retorted.

“At least for now, sure. That might change later, depending on how serious we get. Is that something you are willing to consider? If I wanted some level of exclusivity between us?”

Laura thought about that. “I’m not sure. But I’ve somewhat already accepted that I’m not going to be with any guy besides Mark and while it bothered me a little before… Well, let’s just say I’m not that bothered by the idea any more. So maybe.”

“Okay.” Talia walked over to the bed, Laura noticed her breasts bounce with every step. “Now get your butt over here and kiss me.”

Laura happily complied pushing Talia down onto the bed and began making out with her. Eventually rolling over pulling Talia on top of her. Dang, she is light. I can hardly tell she’s on top of me. Laura stopped kissing Talia for a second, “You know it’s a little weird that your hair isn’t falling into my face at all. Also why does it feel like you’re almost weightless.”

“Well, guess that’s anime physics for you. I mean you’re big and strong which in an anime means you could effortlessly move someone small like me, at least most of the time. The hair is a result of animators being lazy and just reusing frames and not wanting to redraw the hair a bunch of times causing it to be static. Same with my breasts you’ll notice they aren’t hanging down or sagging at all.”

Laura did stare at Talia’s breasts and noticed while they moved up and down slightly with her movements they definitely weren’t sagging.

“Laura… you can stop staring at my breasts any time now. I like you, but I would prefer not to be ogled.”

“Sorry Talia, just... they’re a little hypnotic.”

“Okay, I need to know, do you mean that literally?”

“Uh…” Laura looked at Talia’s breasts again and considered it for a good while.

“Laura?” Laura looked up at Talia.

“Huh? Oh I don’t know. I mean I don’t think so.”

“So you spending a minute just staring at them, without responding was because you just really like them.”

“Wait, I was staring at them for a whole minute?”

“Yes… interesting. I guess anime physics applies to a lot of things.”

“Well, I guess it makes sense you might have some limited powers. You did essentially teleport earlier.”

“I did what!?” Talia exclaimed. “When did I do that? I feel like I would remember teleporting.”

“Well, it was that or super speed or something similar. When you hugged Marked and knocked Flora off his lap. You were a fair distance away from him and then you were like mid tackle the next moment. I didn’t see even a blur between the two spots. I guess it is like one of those things where the animator changes the perspective but doesn’t actually take into account the right distance or angle between frames.”

“I didn’t even notice that.” Talia was concerned. “Which means I might not notice when that stuff happens again when it’s odd.”

“Well that makes sense.”

“Laura, no it doesn’t. But please explain.”

“Well it isn’t odd right? I mean you wouldn’t question an object falling to the ground before right?”

“No, that’s how gravity works.”

“Okay but what about if someone is running really fast across an open air gap. Could they cross it if they didn't look down and were going fast enough.”

“Well, of course. Gravity doesn’t affect someone like that. Until they observe that they should be falling, they won’t be. That’s just how gravity works.”

“Talia, that isn’t how gravity works. Think back on your physics degree.”

“That… wait… so Anime Physics, messed with what I think of as normal physics?”

“Seems that way, at least unless you are actively thinking about the differences it seems. Like you know that isn’t how gravity works for other people right?”

“I can remember that, yes. Okay so it isn’t the worst, I just won’t question physics being odd for me, I’ll just understand that physics works like that. I wonder if that’s why Flora bounced a little off the ground when I knocked her off Mark.”

“Well I mean it has to affect others sometimes right? Like it mentions head bonks so it has to interact with other people.”

“So, it’s possible that my breasts sway in a way that when stared at too long are literally trance inducing?”

“I guess?”

“That’s really hot.”

“Umm… Talia, do I need to worry about you trying to hypnotize people?”

“No. I won’t do that… at least without their consent.” Laura gave her a questioning eyebrow raise. “Look, I find the idea really hot okay. You mentioned that you said you would have stuff to apologize to me for if you need to apologize for your thoughts. I’m guessing you meant sexualizing me and imagining having sex with me right?”

“Yeah…”

“But you wouldn’t **** yourself on someone else. Just because you want them. A few days ago I was in a position that I thought I was compromised in. Where I thought I might try to take advantage of Samantha. She told me something and I offered to help because I thought it was hot. I told her though one of us should probably leave, but still made the offer to help. She asked for my help and said she felt like she needed it, but that it might not be a good idea. You should remember this because I called Mark on your date. If I ever feel like I’m in a situation like that I’ll ask for help, before letting things get out of hand.”

“Can I ask what you were worried about doing to Sam?”

“I… Sam’s Practice Makes Perfect, well apparently it can make her try to perfect some rather abstract things. Like being a better partner to Mark. During our conversation she may have realized Mark would prefer a partner who was okay with being changed for him at least a little bit. Especially since he gave me that desire. I offered to give her advice on what I think Mark would like in a partner. So she could be a better one for him… I really wanted to do that too. I just knew that it would be wrong, and upset Mark, which I really wanted to not do. So I called him.”

“Talia, I’m really proud of you. That can’t have been easy.”

That caused Talia to blush a little, “Thanks I guess. I just wanted to do the right thing. I didn’t want to hurt Sam.”

It was at this point that someone knocked on the door to the suite. Merida spoke loudly through the door. “Talia? Are ye there? I wanted tae talk tae ye about somethin’. Chloe’s wi’ me, too.”

“Guess our fun time is getting interrupted. We can continue later.” Talia said getting off Laura and going to the door, and opening it. “Hi Merida, Chloe. Come on in. What can I help you with?”

“Well, remember how I was lookin’ tae get BP last week?” Merida said a little hesitantly.

“Sure? But I don’t really know how to help you there besides having you cook for people, or letting Ellen bump up your sizes a bunch.” Talia responded, not sure where Merida was going, “Why do you need even more than you got from the popularity poll? Also, are you still not going to tell us what you bought?”

“I’d rather keep whit I bought private. I will say that I’m lookin’ for mair BP, though possibly tae buy a transformation for mysel’, I havena decided which one yet.”

Okay well, that’s hot I want to see where this is going. Talia was still confused but was more on board. “Okay… So why come talk to me? How can I help you get BP?”

“Last round, when lookin’ for ways tae earn some BP, I asked Cassandra about ways tae earn it, and well, I didnae want tae risk anything at the time. But it’s early in the round now and I hae time tae earn stuff back if need be, if I lose some BP. Apparently, there’s a casino, and I was thinkin’ you’d be the best person tae bring along tae get an edge there.”

“That’s fair. You are probably right. I can give you solid strategies to improve your odds. But casinos are essentially rigged to turn a profit. On average you won't come out a winner. I can’t recommend you do this.”

“Merida time for you to explain in detail since, you wouldn’t before you said this casino was different how so?” Chloe pressed her.

“Well, it’s about whit is wagered. See, ye dinnae hae tae wager BP as pairt o’ the bet, ye could put up somethin’ else, and ye would win BP if ye win.”

“What do you mean put up something else?” Laura inquired.

“Cassandra made it seem like just about anythin’ would be a valid wager, as long as it was actually ours tae wager. She said a few things would require Mark’s approval tae bet, though, aye.”

“Can you give us some examples?” Chloe asked.

“Uh… well… Cassandra said things like VP, or gettin’ a temporary TF o’ her choice are options.”

“Well I hope you aren’t thinking of betting VP, because I will absolutely not be a part of this if you are even thinking about that.” Talia said, and got nods from both Chloe and Laura in agreement.

“Naw, I’m no’, there were other options as well. Like for me, I could bet that I would work in one o’ the stores for a day, we could let Cassandra or Mark change a word about us like he did wi’ you, Talia. She even said I could bet ma virginity, I dinnae ken how that would work though. That’s actually pairtly why I wanted tae come tae you, Talia. Baith from improvin’ odds but also comin’ up wi’ safer things tae actually bet, ken.”

“Okay, some of those things aren’t horrible like working in the shop for a day. I assume it is sexual in some manner but that is your call.” Talia mused. “Okay I’m on board on one condition.”

“Whit condition?” Merida asked.

Laura interrupted, “Really this seems like a bad idea. Can we at least talk with Mark about it first?”

Talia looked surprised at Laura’s response, “Laura I thought you were up for some risks, and excitement. I mean we are adults I don’t think we should have to ask for Mark’s approval on everything. I thought you didn’t either.”

“I’m not looking for his approval. I’m more concerned with both this ending up causing a mess that doesn’t need to happen and us missing something really important that he might be able to point out because of his knowledge of the show.” Laura clarified her concerns.

“We haven’t even looked into it yet. I think we can do that first. Depending upon what we find we can then ask Mark more pointed questions, if we feel the need.” Talia said to Laura and then turned back to Merida. “Now, my condition. You have to tell me what you want the BP for if you want my help.”

“Okay, no’ a huge secret, I already told Chloe. I’m lookin’ tae buy a non-human TF I think I would be happy wi’.”

Talia got excited by that response. “I’m on board!”

Laura on the other hand was concerned. “What?! Why!?”

“Okay Laura, it might no’ be a big concern for you any mair but I explained tae Chloe. I dinnae think any o’ us except maybe Ellen is walkin’ oot o’ the show human. You already arenae.”

“What are you talking about? I'm still human.” Laura said in confusion

Talia cut in, “No, Laura. You aren’t. Not only is it debatable if you were human as an amazon since you definitely exceeded the physical limits of what a human is capable of, but you are now a literal goddess. You can manifest a set of wings and you might not feel the difference, but we all felt your aura and it was something else. I also agree with Merida about this. Currently besides Ellen the only people still human are in this room, Laura. If I make it another round staying human I would be surprised, remember I even said I wish I had Mark make that change in hindsight since I realize now it is almost certainly happening to me. I think Merida’s plan of opting to simply pick it herself is smart. Rather than let it be up to a combination of Cassandra and the audience. Though now that I think about it Laura you could still get more TFs in this regard as you do still look mostly human physically. At least with your wings unmanifested.”

“But you might not even get those TFs as an option. Why do it deliberately, and take on an extra TF?”

Chloe butt in this time, “Laura sorry but after talking with Merida, I think she’s right. I think it’s naive to think we won’t get those options to come up. They might get voted down but they will definitely come up. Merida actually suggested that I might not want to stop being a bunny-girl, that I could get something worse or well at least something that I’d like less. Though please make sure you still use the bunnies, I can just not submit the report if I decide that.”

Laura could see that they had thought this over but still thought they were over reacting. “Merida, what are you so concerned about that might come up for a vote? What has gotten you like this?”

“I’m concerned I’ll be Mark’s doll, or mannequin, or statue, or somethin’ like that, ken.”

“Merida, that's ridiculous. Mark doesn’t want us to be toys for him to play with.” Laura dismissed Merida’s idea.

“Laura, wi’ all due respect, you’re bein’ extremely naive. Cassandra literally offered me BP tae work in the store as a mannequin. I was made poseable, where my consent didnae matter, and I could be posed for any duration. At least until Mark fixed it, but ye ken whit I had tae take on tae resolve that? My clothin’ preferences are slowly changin’ tae become whit Mark wants tae see me in. I literally get turned on by people watchin’ me while I pose. I gain memories from alternate versions o’ mysel’ in a happy relationship wi’ Mark. That was everything tae simply make it so that I could choose if I wanted tae be posed. As I am still poseable. I dinnae want tae wear any shirt that isnae form-fittin’, any mair. I wouldnae be surprised if my clothin’ has tae be skin-tight eventually, instead o’ just form-fittin’. Clearly, Mark finds havin’ someone tae dress up in clothin’ for his pleasure a turn-on. So much so he actually has twa o’ them. Ellen and mysel’. That isnae tae mention that you, Sam, and Talia all hae clothin’ TFs as well. Aubrey probably disnae hae a clothin’ TF since she already has a rather fixed style that Mark clearly likes, so no need tae mess wi’ it. Chloe, you didnae actually buy a TF but I noticed yer store changed after my date day. When yer style did. You also haven’t worn anythin’ outside o’ yer new style either. Which is fine, ye look wicked cool like that. But seriously Laura, twa o’ the four amenities are clothin’ related. Maybe one and a half dependin’ upon how ye want tae count the stuff in here. But the Boudoir is completely clothin’ related. Skin-tight clothin’ I might add, mostly spandex and latex. So aye, I think becomin’ Mark’s dress-up doll is a very real possibility that I’d like tae avoid. I’m sorry, I’m no’ tryin’ tae be mean tae you. I owe you big time, for no’ abandonin’ me durin’ the challenge.”

“No you don’t. That was my fault.”

“Disnae matter. I still owe ye. If ye hadnae taken me tae the end and talked Mark intae lettin’ me through, I would hae placed last. It disnae matter that ye pairtially caused that. I could still hae done poorly even if ye hadnae collided wi’ me. I probably would hae gotten a non-human TF had I placed low enough, and I am fairly certain wi’ how much I dinnae want tae be Mark’s doll, that I would hae gotten that as an option. I’m no’ riskin’ that again.”

“Fine I can see I’m not going to talk you out of this. And you do have some valid points. Fine, we can go to the casino I guess. Do we want to invite the others?”

Chloe spoke up, “I don’t think that’s a great idea. Aubrey and Sam are probably not on good terms at the moment. To be honest I’m not super happy with Sam either but Aubrey is rather pissed at her. Allie is probably dealing with Isabella. Flora and Ellen might be dealing with their own thing as I’m pretty sure they went to their room as well.”

“Wait, you mean you want to go like right now? Merida, weren't you going to help Flora?”

“Yes.” The other three said in unison to Laura. Merida then continued. “We are plannin’ on doin’ it later in the afternoon. I can spend a couple o’ hours at the casino and still hae plenty o’ time tae spare.”

“Okay, I guess let’s go.” Laura could only think, Why do I let myself get roped into things like this?