Final Sunrise

Nyadia

When Nyadia wakes, she finds herself in a different bed, cuddling with the luchtoni, surrounded by water behind glass. She has never seen such things before. She thinks they are called fish? She watches a particularly snaky looking one swim about.

“Morning. How are you feeling?” the Mistress’s voice calls out.

Josie snorts awake, “Huh? Wha? Oh, hi, Nyadia. Damn it.”

Josie: +2 VP (Another Slut Brought her to Orgasm [Tummy Rubs])

“Greetings, luchtoni. What is wrong?”

“You made me cream my panties last night. Your little tummy boobs rubbing into my abs set me off. It’s fine.”

Harper walks in, as naked as she was in the arena. She has a hand on her hip. “I got breakfast made. We can talk shop for the challenge today while we eat. Shower first?”

The way Harper is treating her still confuses Nyadia. It is going to take some time to adjust to the fact that her mistress actually cares about her well-being. “May I ask what a shower is?”

Josie sniffs. “Something we both need. Come on.”

A shower, apparently, is something done to get clean. Before enslavement, Nyadia would bathe in a forest stream for such purposes. During enslavement, the ultraviolions would just blast her with cold water hoses when they decided she needed to not smell so rotten. This shower thing is nice, if different. It’s almost like a controllable rainstorm. Outside of some touching that seemed just as much about cleaning as about exploring, her mistress does not take advantage of the proximity and the nudity; she even asks before every touch. As they towel off (and only the luchtoni getting dressed), Nyadia states, “Mistress, I am sure to adapt to these circumstances. You do not need to treat me as if I am fragile.”

“I want to make sure you are comfortable with us, Nyadia, but okay,” Harper acknowledges, “Tell me if I am going too far. Breakfast is waiting.”

Breakfast feels like a feast, even if it is smaller than dinner last night. Nyadia’s portion is larger than what she would be given to eat in a day. It is real food, meat and eggs, instead of cum-coated gruel too. Nyadia does not care for the fruit and Harper just shrugs and gives her more meat instead.

“I already sent out a group text, but the big thing right now is to spend down your BP. Josie, you need to get something so you understand Elvish first, then anything else you want. Any money left over goes to consumables, primarily health, SP restoring potions, and maybe some XP potions. I hope we don’t need healing supplies today but we will definitely use them when we get to our new home.”

“I need to spend my BP? What about you?” Josie asks.

“Already done. I’ve been up for a few hours already. I reset Skye’s rope transformation by finishing off the voice transformation, then hit the shop. I got me one more broken transformation, then some things to help Nyadia.”

Skye: +2 VP (Mistress Brought Slut to Orgasm [Good Vibrations])

Nyadia is confused once again, “You got me more things, Mistress?”

“Yes. You need some more protection and you are well behind us in levels. Would you like your presents now?”

A grey sludgy looking potion, a new tower shield, and the finest armor Nyadia has ever seen is placed before her. As Nyadia drinks, she feels a little bit wiser. It is strange.

Harper: -320 BP (-200 BP earmarked for contestant modifications)

Daphne: +80 BP (Commission)

Nyadia: +5 XP

“Mistress, you did not have to gift me such things as these. I am...”

“One of mine and you deserve to feel loved and appreciated. Plus, we aren’t fighting in places where you can be instantly revived. You need more protection than just a banged up shield. Put it on; it’s yours.”

The metal parts are comfortable, cool to the touch. Her arms are covered, as are her legs until mid thigh. Bits of leather cover her nethers and her breasts. It has been so long since she has been allowed to have control over her modesty; while her goddess preaches that her servants wear as little as practical, that rarely means nudity outside of ceremony. Nyadia starts to cry. Harper offers her a shoulder to cry on, which is accepted.

Harper whispers, “It’s okay. You are my good little kitten. I want you to have good things.” She then describes what the armor does.

Scale Mail of Displacement: 2 armor. At the beginning of each combat round, the scale mail will generate an illusion similar to the effect of a Blur spell. Creatures attacking the wearer will do so at disadvantage until the wearer takes damage. This property is suppressed if the wearer is ****, restrained, or otherwise unable to move. The wearer can withdraw or summon the modesty portions of the armor at will.

Nyadia keeps crying and Harper keeps soothing her. If this is what being owned by Harper is like, I don’t ever want to be free of her. Eventually, the tears stop flowing. Harper kisses Nyadia on the forehead.

“So, what did you get you?” Josie asks.

“Oh, something utterly broken. The XP we got yesterday pushed both of us well over the level cap. I got me something to break said level cap. Check it out.”

Josie pulls up Harper’s transformation list to read it aloud. The results cause Nyadia’s head to start spinning:

Over-leveled Overlady – Harper wants more power? Well, she can have it, at the expense of her minions, of course. Harper can distribute XP earned by the party as she wishes. Her level cap increases by 1 for every harem member she has that reaches Level 20. She may select an Epic Boon as a part of each level she gains that grants an ability score improvement after reaching Level 20 (Dungeon Mistress).

“Uh, wait, what? There is a level cap?” Josie expresses some of the shock Nyadia feels. Only some of it.

“Yup. Level 20 is the highest level a mortal can reach. Technically, I become an immortal quasi-goddess when I level up today. And, I get to distribute the extra XP we earned, so it isn’t wasted. I’ll make DM decisions while you shop. If you don’t mind, I’m going to stay up here until the meeting to soak. I’ll see you two in a bit.”

And, with that, Nyadia begins to follow Josie downstairs.

Josie

Josie is a little annoyed that Harper pushed Nyadia onto her to introduce alone, but she gets it. The old lady needs to rest. She’s been run ragged all week and the endgame challenge is to happen today. Josie felt her date could have gone better, and it wasn’t just due to the shitty tournament Prudence found for her. When she sees the new statue, looking so similar to the old one, it nails home. Was I too selfish?

Nyadia looks stunned at the stairwell. “What is all of this? How did they make that so quickly?”

“Dunno. Magic?”

Nyadia nods, as if that is an acceptable answer. “I presume the other statues are our fellow slaves...? Sorry. Is there a term our Mistress would prefer?”

Nyadia must have picked up on Josie’s discomfort. Josie thinks. “I think the old lady refers to us as her companions when she talks about us as a group? I think we say harem-sisters when we talk about our relationships among ourselves, if a more specific term doesn’t exist. I mean, I am dating the bunny and the oread. Do you know what an oread is?”

“Never seen one before, but yes. I recognize everything but the elvenoid wasp?”

Josie leads Nyadia to Dungeons for Damsels. The wolf-girl sighs, then opens the door to bedlam. Everyone is here, working math to maximize supply purchases for the challenge. When Nyadia enters, a hush falls on the room. Josie growls, “Everyone, Nyadia. Nyadia, everyone. I picked her up on my date yesterday.”

Daphne is drooling a little as she breaks the silence that falls after Josie’s poor introduction, “Ooooh, love your egg sacs! So many egg sacs!” Nyadia gives her a confused look. Then everyone starts talking again, some working through orders, some peppering Nyadia with questions that the poor lazzorkat can’t really answer. Josie growls to protect her.

Eventually, the BP is spent down to basically nothing. Josie just spent a little BP to get Elvish proficiency (and really regrets not doing so earlier). Josie gets another basic XP potion for Nyadia. Daphne grabs one of the bigger XP potions for herself. Collectively, the group grabs 6 potions that fully restore HP and 6 potions that fully restore SP. They feel ready, or at least as ready as they are going to be. So, they head to the Media Room, as that seems to be where Calypso would choose to hold this final meeting.

Daphne: +15 XP

Nyadia: +5 XP

As they enter, the room looks dramatically different. Gone is the theater seating, the screen. Instead it looks almost like the interior of a temple. The statues that festooned the aquarium along the stairwell are now in the room, on plinths, above a series of doors along the far curved dome wall. Dead center, on a dais, is Harper’s throne, Harper, dripping seawater and slightly disoriented, seated. Surrounding the throne in a curving arc are a number of kneeling benches positioned to face Harper. A series of walkways radiate off of the island towards the far doors.

Well, that’s new...

Calypso

Calypso erupts out of the waterways around the throne, floating up on the top of a waterspout. She directs the girls to kneel before Harper’s throne, but most of them just stand. Harper smiles at their continued little rebellions. Calypso rolls her eyes and shakes her head. Oh, well. I am happy that they are happy.

“Good morning, all, and welcome to this, your last day on Harem Hotel. We have all grown and evolved so much over the last 26 days. To think, less than a month ago, most of you were living boring, mundane lives. I congratulate you for the bonds of love and companionship you have formed. Of brief note, welcome Nyadia. I know you will have difficulty answering most of our traditional introduction questions, so, if the Mistress does not mind, we will skip it. Mistress?”

Harper looks at Nyadia, who seems content to skip the questions. Harper nods to Calypso, indicating she wants to get the meeting done.

“Well, ladies, we have some things to get to before we start the challenge. First, Mistress Harper completed several transformations with Josie’s date and finished one this morning. Shall we take a look?”

A screen manifests with all of Harper’s new evolved transformations:

Clothes Make the (Wo)man +1 – The Mistress’s wardrobe has been maximally feminized, now she gets a reward. Harper will retain her magical wardrobe that can generate any piece of women’s clothing she could desire in her current size. Items stored in the wardrobe for at least 8 hours shall be incorporated into the wardrobe’s options (after being feminized if necessary). The wardrobe can temporarily generate magic items that can be worn as clothing of no more than uncommon quality. While 100% of the clothes Harper wears come from the wardrobe, she gains advantage on all persuasion checks.

Good Vibrations – The Mistress’s voice has been maximally feminized, now she gets a reward. Harper’s vocal quality is now equivalent to a professional full lyric soprano singer and she retains her supernatural skill at oral sex. She can now innately cast the Charm Person, Calm Emotions, and Suggestion spells, using her singing voice in lieu of all other spell components. She can target any number of creatures that can hear her in range. Creatures targeted by said spells are unaware that they have been targeted by these effects.

Which are Better: Squats or Hip Bridges? – The Mistress’s just got her bubble butt, now she gets a reward. While her ass remains sensitive, her booty is a sight to behold (as far as tiny hipped elves are concerned). When exposed (or when her outfit accentuates her butt), Harper now has proficiency in Persuasion checks. If both her butt and breasts are exposed (or accentuated), Harper now has expertise in Persuasion checks.

Good Vibrations 2, Electric Boogaloo – The Mistress’s hands are maximally feminized, now she gets a reward. Harper retains her supernatural skill at fingering. Now, she can use the ability to similarly tease and caress other erogenous zones. If the girl can cum from it, Harper can now use her fingers to get her there almost immediately.

“Wow, that’s a lot of sexy new power. How do you feel about it?” Calypso asks, as the group absorbs all of that.

Harper considers it. “Well, nice to see that I can go shopping with my companions now. That bit of Tina’s date at the lingerie store was kind of frustrating. Making some temporary magic items is nice. The Good Vibrations transformation is crazy powerful, especially once you throw in the stacking persuasion check improvements. I might actually be able to fake charisma now.”

“Lovely. Next bit of news, Josie did well on her quest during her date. So, in addition to approximately 7 million gold, she gets an improvement to her favorite class feature. It’s mostly simple ‘numbers go up’ stuff, but it’s still good. Let’s take a look. Irene, if you please!”

The display updates with Josie’s new boost.

Form of the Beast +1: When Josie enters her bloodlust, her body temporarily transforms into a more bestial wolf-girl form. Until blood lust ends, she manifests a natural weapon of her choice from the following:

• Bite – 4 base piercing damage. On a critical success, in addition to any other effects, Josie regains 2 HP.
• Claws – 2 base slashing damage. 2 additional attack per attack action
• Tail – 4 base bludgeoning damage. Reach. As a reaction, Josie can counter-attack with the tail when she is hit with an attack by a creature in her tail’s range.
• Tongue – 2 base erotic damage. Once per day, if Josie uses this tongue to bring an ally to orgasm, both participants experience the equivalent of a long rest.

“Four attacks per turn! Fuck yeah!”

“Next up on the agenda, we have a final best girl poll and best date of the week poll. Since it is our last one, it’s a little different. While there are some “for fun” options available, only the actual seven contestants matter for prizes. These prizes will be the last source of VP, as your ability to earn VP from the Mistress and each other is now revoked. Now, let’s turn briefly to the leaderboard. We are only displaying your position on the board, not your point total; instead, we’ll display the change in your position. Josie did very well on her date, as far as points go, bumping herself from well behind in last place to the middle of the pack. Take a look-see!”

The display shows off a curtailed leaderboard:

• Mattie +1 position
• Aelene -1 position
• Scarlet no change
• Josie +3 positions
• Tina +1 position
• Skye -2 positions
• Daphne -1 position

Mattie whoops loudly at seeing her name on top, “Hooah!”

“Finally, on the other end of each door is something like the Green Room, a place to await the endgame. A Harem Hotel trope we haven’t seen here yet is splitting the Mistress up into several simultaneous parts and stitching her back together just to speed up a step in a challenge. Well, we’re busting it out now, right at the end. Contestants, each of you are to enter your waiting room. Harper will have a few moments to give some last minute words of encouragement, then you will face whatever Beckie’s special guests have in store for you. A reminder of the format, in case you forgot what that incompetent hag has set up. Success means you will receive an exit transformation that Harper would consider to be a positive; failure means you will receive a negative exit transformation and a contract transfer to the harem of the special guest that designed your challenge. Assuming enough of you ladies succeed that Harper is capable of facing off against Beckie, she will take on that hack’s final challenge. Success means you all win, in that you all stay together and can move on to greener pastures; failure means the harem is transferred to Beckie and Harper becomes a contestant herself on a failed host season. Good luck, ladies. I’m rooting for you all.”

Mattie struts to her door, head held high. Josie stomps to her statue after giving Nyadia a final side hug. Tina bounds over, gives Josie a deep kiss (which Josie hungrily reciprocates), then hops back to nervously walk to her door. Aelene and Skye hug each other, then wave to Harper as they each head to their doors. Scarlet kisses Daphne, blows kisses to Harper, Tina, and Josie, then strides over. Daphne, she hesitates.

“Beloved, I love you, but can you tell Calypso that she can have a 5 minute break?”

“Calypso, you mind taking a fiver for my beloved contestant?”

“I really cannot, Mistress, but, since the other contestants are away, contestant Daphne, say what you need to say to me.”

“Well, Mommy, I just want to say that I love you and that the few days on the set after the second challenge before you got promoted to Host have been the happiest of my life. I hope that, once we all win, you will be my Mommy again, without the whole Host / contestant thing-a-ma-bob getting in the way. Can I give you a hug before I go?”

Calypso sighs. My little fingerling is breaking my heart. She opens up her arms. Daphne does her wiggle dance as she hugs her mother. It takes a few moments before Daphne lets go and wanders to her door.

“What about ME? And the other two, I guess?” Glitterdust asks.

“Once the challenge has begun, Harper can assist the contestants if she so chooses, in whatever order she wishes. The three of you are on standby. Harper can summon you once each during the challenge. Of course, failure in the challenge you assist in results in your transfer to the challenge guest or Beckie with a negative exit transformation. So, Harper will have to balance the risk and reward of using you.”

“Oh, Okay! As long as I am useful for MY Harper.”

Beckie: (Brain) Pop Survey Progress: +1