Round 1 Day 1 Part 2: Customs

The host and the crew had gathered in the command deck, the solemnity of the room had been drained out of it thanks to Katie's design choices. All the chairs had been replaced with an assortment of beanbag chairs, the center table was replaced with pit resembling something from a campsite. The various Katies all belly flopped onto their own chairs. The others seated themselves with much more aplomb. ELEECE walked in and activated the pit in the center. A pink flame flared from the center of the room quickly taking the shape of a planet.

"This is Acke Dimah, the first planet we will be visiting on our grand journey." The flame shifted into five figures. "A center for learning famous across the galaxy. The planet is governed by a council of five let's say, organizations for lack of better word called clades." The first figure's features lit up revealing a woman bearing changes similar to Pandi wearing what could at best described as a porn version of a stereotypical catholic school uniform. "The Inpreptin," The next figure had the transformations of Mickey, the green skin contrasting with the navy blue dress bearing neckline plunging to the navel. "The Teligoth," The third figure in line was someone with Miri's transformations, the only clothing she that could discerned wearing was a lab coat styled as a minidress, papers falling out of the pockets. "The Verbase," Nothing was distinctively noticeable in the forth figure instead she wasn't wearing anything at all. "The Runtea, my personal favorite," The final figure displayed a woman with saturated pink skin. She was wearing athletic wear that wouldn't be unusual in Pandi's gym if not for the constantly shifting patterns. "And finally the J'cka. Now obviously these organizations are not going to see eye-to-eye on everything. Since the council was formed a method of settling disputes when compromise wasn't an option developed."

Suddenly the Verbase and Inpreptin women drew pistols. Each took a shot, the Verbase at the Runtea and the Inpreptin at the Teligoth. In a poof of smoke both of the shot women now wore the clothes of their assailants. As the J'ckan women ran off she was pursued by the Inpreptins and Verbase. "This is the Conferi. Whichever group is left after a time period or if a winner takes all gets the prize. Don't worry you all will have your chances to take part once we land!"

"Wait what?" exclaimed Noel losing her balance on a chair.

"The customs people will have a more through explanation once we land. So there is no need for any worries about it." ELEECE replied without a beat. Noel opened her mouth but closed it shaking her head.

The bracelets of the crew flashed and projected a small table. "I should have done this earlier, but here are some of the common names for people that share your transformations."

"Heads up if you are on a date you need to be back to the ship by 7:00 ship time. However, there is no such thing otherwise, but you got to find your own housing if you are not sleeping here. Additionally, there are little side quests you can take planet side for BP, and other goodies. You will know when one is available, I have made sure of that. So Good Luck and Have Fun!" The host disappeared with that final message.

The Labrys landed smoothly into the Acke Dimahian port. Look out the ships viewport the crew was blasted with a sight that put any doubts of the reality of their new lives to rest. Five distinct architecture styles greeted the crew. Obsidian castles stood next to floating spheres that rippled in the wind. Rocky structures shared space with giant trees and pristine towers. The crew stepped in side a building that had plenty of similarity to a modern airport, holographic displays listed departs and arrivals of others flights. The walls were lined with shops and utilities. Moderately busy the crew moved along the spaceport's crowd until they found a guest services desk manned by a professionally dressed teal-skinned goblin woman. Miri quickly stepped ahead of the group and spoke to the person at the desk. "Hi this is my friends and I first time here and we're all a bit lost, our ship just landed."

The woman stood as her desk parted in the middle creating a series of steps for her. Once she was in front of the desk she raised a scanner in her hand. "First I'm going to have to get some ID. If you all would please just let me scan you, I will get you assigned to your clades and into the welcome center." Following instructions the crew each had their bracelet scanned. The worker's device placed Katie and Mickey as Verbase, Carla, Miri and Noel as Inpreptins, Pandi as a J'cka and finally Odie was designated a Teligoth.

"Let me introduce myself, I am Janice Albright of Clade Teligoth. Let me be the first to welcome you all Acke Dimah. Follow me and I will take you to our welcome center." Janice began walking out to the west, towards a hallway of abstract art murals painted by local schoolchildren. "So what brings you to our little planet? You don't strike me as students looking to enroll."

"Let's just say we are doing a long term cultural project, taking in sights around the galaxy." Noel answered quickly unsure how much of the show they are on was open knowledge.

"Oh in that case you will have a great experience here, especially when you take part in the Conferi. There isn't anything quite like in the galaxy!"

"What exactly is the Conferi, I've been told it's a way to settle disputes but not much more than that?"

"Glory to the Conferi!" Janice said automatically. The phrase was followed by a soft moan audible only to Noel and Pandi, both of turned to face the woman as she continued her path. The desk worker stopped walking upon reaching a set of double doors and faced Noel, "It's a wonderful experience. Expands your horizons and thinking. It's a shame you offworlders only get to experience a few hours at a time at most. Well we are here. Head through and the welcome orientation will explain things."

The welcome center had more resemblance to a football stadium than tourist information board. Aside from the clearly marked exit signs the room was devoid of anything on the level that the crew had entered. Spectator seats could be found everywhere one could look. Katie and crew walked to the center of the room where about forty other people were gathered in front of a stage.

"Welcome valued guests! Let me be the first to introduce you to Acke Dimah and one of its most famous customs!" the voice came from Janice, now standing on the stage speaking into a microphone. Gone were the professional work uniform she was wearing beforehand. In its place was a black minidress barely reaching an inch from her thighs. The desk worker's hair was in pigtails tied with miniature skulls. "For millenia our planet has been separated into the five clades and the countless subclades beneath them. So how have we managed to keep ourselves together all that time? Well we developed a way to help everyone learn to walk in each other shoes. This is the Conferi, our way of transforming one's perspective to another's. Thus, we created the great game also called Conferi, when there is an unsolvable conflict the opposing sides hold a challenge to simply convert the other."

There was some rumbling amongst the crowd as some people checked their bracelets for the time or an exit.

"Of course Acke Dimah is a party of the Icon Accords, so none of the transformations you receive here will last more than a few hours unless you want them to stay. However, by staying on the planet you are still a valid party to them." This got the attention crowd as everyone focused on the goblin woman. "But let me introduce you to the other side of this conflict."

A tall dynamo man walked on the stage, making Janice look even smaller when she only reached his knees. The gold ascot and shorts only increased the contrast between him and Janice. "I'm Arnold Blumenthal of clade Inpreptin and the other side of the all important question that you all will be helping us decide today. Will the hospitality team go rock climbing or bowling for their next team party?" Across the arena the words Bowling VS Rock Climbing lit up on signs. The light from which revealed a growing audience that was building up.

As the audience cheered four people took the stage splitting themselves up between Arnold and Janice equally. On Janice's side stood a pale beastfolk woman in a transparent leotard and a baseline woman in a lab coat. Their names, Annie Martin and Crystal Jones respectively, flashed across the area. A crimson-skinned goblin woman in athletic wear and dark-skinned vespian in a floor length dress were standing behind Arnold. Bobbi Davies and Amy Park-Jones names were giving the same treatment as they took their place. Once in the others were in place Arnold and Janice retrieved blocky pistols from their sides and fired at their respective teammates. A flurry of moans resounded with each pull of the trigger. Annie was the first to change, her transparent leotard began to fill as if was a pitcher being filled with black ink. The blonde color in her hair receded as purple raced to claim its new home. Crystal's lab coat shrank and squeezed onto her body until it became sheer. The material changed from cotton to nylon. Alternating waves cut through the newly created dress exposing her tanned skin. The cut nylon retreated away from Crystal's torso and surrounded her legs becoming white fishnet stockings. Bobbi transformation was much less ornate than her competitors. Threads from the goblin's croptop and shorts crawled towards each other meeting in the middle, becoming a strapless romper with a floral pattern. Amy's dress flashed gold, folding in on itself until it became a white pleated skirt and blouse combo.

A siren flared and the six contested descended from the stage opening fire on whoever they can see. The crowd attempted to scatter as best they could but they were getting in their own way. Katie turned around to see a petfolk man get pelted in pink lasers. She didn't have anytime to gaze at the aftermath, before a rod of light lanced through her forehead. Katie's vision whited out. The next thing she perceived was a horde of Janices running over to her, changing her clothes form the standard Labrys spacesuit to a fishnet dress and combat boots.

"Glory to the Conferi!" The horde said in unison. With the completion of the phrase, a pulse of pleasure oscillated throughout Katie.

"Keep the laws of Acke Dimah. Glory to the Conferi!" Once again the captain pleasure centers were lit aflame. This time as the pleasure raced across her body, basic laws were engraved in her mind.

"Complete the Hunt! Glory to the Conferi! Complete the Hunt! Glory to the Conferi!" The horde repeated this final phrase endlessly, each time their intensity grew, drowning Katie in a constant rhythm of pleasure followed by brief periods of sensory deprivation. All this done to assert the truth: Glory to the Conferi!

Katie opened her eyes, she was still in the stadium. Barely a second had pasted in real time. Looking down at herself she could see that her clothing matched what she had been given in her vision. Complete the Hunt! She turned to the ground, a silver pistol was erupting on a pedestal. The captain grabbed the firearm and began looking for those who were yet to be initiated. The rest of her bodies had yet to be initiated and as such her awareness of them had been dulled. Little things like that cannot be allowed to sully the Conferi. She did not have to search for long until the captain saw her Lipple body huddling behind cover with Mickey. With a deftness that she was not aware she had, Fishnet Katie snuck up behind the pair and landed shots on the hiding pair. Glory to the Conferi!

Twenty minutes had pasted and the number of uninitiated had fallen down to five people. Fishnet Katie was fanning the area looking for the stranglers to guarantee the bowling outing. During this search she ran into Miri dressed in her Conferi best, a red pleated miniskirt and white button down shirt tied off to reveal her midriff. This hunt was only of the uninitiated, so there was no need for the pair to be on guard with one another.

"Glory to the Conferi!" they both replied automatically before they both laughed at each other.

"So did you catch any of our group?" Miri asked with a smug smile on her face.

"Let's two of me, not counting the one you are speaking with, Mickey and Odie."

"Looks like I win then," Miri boops Katie on the nose, "I got four of you, and Carla."

"Oh Pandi is still out?" Hunt!

"It seems so." Hunt!

A siren blared through the stadium as Pandi appeared on screen back against a wall on the opposite side of the arena from Miri and Katie. The words "LAST SURVIVOR" were sliding endlessly over the video. In slow-motion Katie was hit when she was surrounded on all sides. The camera team let a moment of tension pass before it she was shown in Teligoth attire. The screen then flashed to Janice who was once again standing on a newly constructed stage. A scoreboard displayed her close victory, 15 - 17. The goblin desk worker took a microphone in hand. The audience cheered as she prepared to speak.

100 BP to Pandi for being the last survivor!

"Thanks again to all for partaking in one of Acke Dimah's greatest joys! Please take the pistol with you. If you spend more than a day on this planet you will be called to Conferi again. This hunt's prize was agreed to be a week long, but for you all the clothing changes should wear off in about 3 hours if you want them too. Please enjoy your stay on this world"

An orb of pick light began growing in the air above everyone in the stadium. Over the course of fifteen seconds it grew until its diameter was approximately 30 meters. Suddenly it exploded bathing everyone, audience, and contestant in its glorious light. In turn everyone present recited the sacred refrain:

"GLORY TO THE CONFERI"