Chapter 35 by Gambio

Next episode: 19th March

SUPER SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

“Nghh…”

Slowly, Sahara’s hazy consciousness returned.

“Eh?”

“SNOOOOORE!”

She found herself manhandled tightly by her canine cellmate!

What happened?

Right, she remembered some rather unpleasant business yesterday but her recollection was fuzzy. Looking around, she noticed that she no longer was in that miserable cell but accommodations that looked more suited to her station.

Furthermore, she was complete and utterly naked(save for that insufferable chastity belt) The same held true for her companion.

The blonde blushed. Does this uncouth woman know not an ounce of shame? This intimacy was most unwelcome!

Sahara tried to extricate herself but quickly noticed how utterly impossible that task proved to be. The more she struggled the more her furry friend squeezed her.

…

Well.

At least her companion was warm.

She might as well sleep some more.

Just as she was settling in, Liz's eyes shot open.

“E-ek!”

“Oi, Good Morning, Princess.”

“G-Good morning…”

“AH!”

Liz jumped out of bed with enough **** to push the rich girl out too.

“STONE THE CROWS! I JUST TWIGGED! THAT FLASH SHEILA RORTED US!”

Her lackey roared something incomprehensible while Sahara groaned and rubbed her butt.

Before the rich girl could even get her bearings Liz was already stomping towards the exit. This may optically be a cell, but they weren’t actually imprisoned. They could leave at any moment.

Although Sahara doubted even the reinforced steel of her father’s vault could prevent the enraged Doggie Prisoner from leaving.

“H-Hold on! Where are you going!”, Sahara shouted after her.

"I'm headin' up there! Gonna rearrange that cunt’s mug! And Shortstuff’s too while I'm at it!"

Sahara widened her eyes. She scrambled to her feet and followed the mad dog out of their cell. “Have you taken leave of your senses? You can not do that!”

“OH YEAH? WATCH ME!”

Sahara was left with ****. She lounged forward and grabbed the furiously wagging tail.

Immediately the frenzied mutt stopped and tensed.

“CRIKEY! OY! WHAT’S THE BLOODY GO, PRINCESS?

“Calm down and listen, you fool!”, Sahara hissed. “If you **** the plain girl or Daddy you lose points or even worse!”

Liz looked at Sahara as if she was the insane one. “Yeah? So, what?”

“EXCUSE ME?”

The delinquent harrumphed and proudly stuck her chest out. "Sometimes a Sheila's gotta do what a Sheila's gotta do, no worries about the consequences. That's what it means to show ya true grit, Princess!"

This low-born, base breed imbecile!

“If you get yourself eliminated, what am I supposed to do?”

“Ah?”

Now it was Sahara’s turn to harrumph(and stick her chest out). “You are my guard! You are supposed to protect me! I did not give you leave to get yourself turned into a coffee table!”

Something in Liz’s demeanor changed. “Oi, Princess?”

“W-what?”

“Can ya let go of my tail?”

Sahara reluctantly did and Liz scratched her ear."Reckon you're pretty hopeless without me, Princess. Can't even have a shower by yerself, can ya?"

“HOW RUDE! I CAN VERY MUCH SHOWER ALONE!”

“Oi, oi, no need to get your metal knickers in a knot, Princess.”, Liz showed the younger girl a crooked smile. “Alright, alright. Ya, win. Reckon I can keep me cool.”

Sahara exhaled and composed herself. “I am pleased to hear that you have come to your senses.”

“By the way, Princess?”

The rich girl nodded. “Yes, what is it?”

“What’s the story with the fancy ass metal underwear? Yer into that sorta stuff?”

….

“GET DRESSED!”

…

Ashley woke for the third time in his new bed. Sleepily looking out the large panorama window of his bedroom, he could make out flurries of snow in the early morning light.

The soft hum of the engine further confirmed it. The mobile suite was still moving back towards the mansion.

He didn't dislike that portion of his torment. Watching the world flew by from the comfort of his bed was nice.

Peaceful.

Ashley sighed softly and closed his eyes again. It was still early. There was no reason to get up just yet.

Then, a familiar soft breathing noise caught his attention.

Dahlia was sleeping right next to him.

cuddled with the master +1VP

First time bonus +1VP

(PVP limit reached)

He smiled. This wasn’t the first night he spent sleeping next to Dahlia but it was definitely the first time they had sex.

…

OH FUCK THEY HAD SEX!

Ashley let out a silent gasp, which apparently wasn’t that silent because Dahlia responded with a sleepy moan and a yawn.

“Good morning, Ash...did you sleep well?”

“N-Never mind that...last night…”

Dahlia cocked her head. “last night...?”

“W-we...did...it.”

Dahlia smiled, still too sleepy to care. “Yeah, I guess we did.”

This was bad. Yesterday, Ashley was kinda completely taken with the moment and forgot that people get pregnant when they have sex.

No, calm down. Statistically speaking the chance is slim. She shouldn’t get pregnant just because of one single act of sexual intercourse.

Only it wasn't just once. How many time did he climax? Four? Five?

Argh! He can’t take that risk! Pills! There should be morning after pills. Surely he can purchase them somewhere.

Actually, before that. Did they get up to ten points? Surely they did, right? But maybe just to make sure they should engage in some morning...

ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS!

“GUAH!”

THIS IS YOUR CONDUCTOR SPEAKING. IT IS NOW 07:44. THE PRESENCE OF THE MASTER AND HIS DATE ARE REQUESTED IN THE COMMUNAL EATERY AT 8 A.M. SHARP FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Special announcement? Ashley did not like the sound of that.

TO ENSURE PUNCTUALITY THE MOBILE SUITE WILL NOW INCREASE IN SPEED.

Uh...what?

HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS.

Suddenly, Ashley felt the queasy feeling of going down a large drop on a roller coaster. The lazy pace of the mobile suite accelerated to an unholy degree. Furniture was flying about and a very scary screeching noise filled the air.

Meanwhile all the master could do was hold on to Dahlia and hope he won’t fly out of the window or be smashed against a wall.

“UAAAAHHHH!!!”

“WEEEEEEEEEE!!!”

“Fortunately” the trip was indeed fast. Not even 30 seconds after this wild ride began the mobile suite had arrived in the station. How it didn’t crash in said station was anyone’s guess. Physically speaking, it didn’t make sense.

IT IS NOW 07:45 A.M. PLEASE REPORT TO THE COMMUNAL EATERY WITHIN 15 MINUTES. ARRIVING LATE WILL BE PUNISHED. CRUEL AND UNUSUALLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE AND HAVE A NICE DAY.

"Yay! That was fun!", Dahlia was all smiles and stretched herself. “Are you alright, Ash?”

Hardly but he supposed he was alive.

There was little time for morning routine and so the two did only the bare minimum before hurrying along towards the eatery. Luckily, Ashley had kept his map just for this occasion.

...

Breakfast was already fairly crowded when Ashley and Dahlia arrived.

“Good morning, big bro!”, Kikki was the first to happily skip over with a slice of toast in her mouth and greeted them. “Did you have a nice date?”

Ashley noticed that something was wrong immediately. In fact he felt so yesterday when he saw his step-sister on TV too.

“Your ears…”

“Oh these?”

Kikki giggled and wiggled her large, elf like ears. “Pretty cute, huh. You can touch them if you want…”

Ashley couldn’t believe how casual Kikki was about changing her body like this.

…

But then again, they did look very cute.

Ashley had his hand half stretched out before a glare from Dahlia made him reconsider.

More importantly, that meant…somebody made a Devil Deal? The master had a queasy feeling about that.

He looked around wondering if he could spot the culprit.

There was Megan devouring a bowl of cereal, still dressed in nothing but a bra and panties. Ashley wondered why she just couldn’t go naked like a normal person but regardless he shouldn’t stare.

His date of today was here too. Shizu was casually smoking away while….what the heck?

“Sup”

The outfit itself was (sadly) not even the reason Ashley was surprised. Shizuka liked to dress...provocative when not on the job.

But he was very certain that her breasts were not that big last time he saw her.

Don’t tell me she made a Devil Deal just to increase her bust?

“Oh that?”, Kikki nibbled at her toast and looked towards the punk doctor. “Apparently someone from the audience gifted her smokes that increased her boobies. Should come in handy today.”

Continuing his observation very swiftly, Ashley couldn’t help but notice the nervous tension in the air. Probably courtesy of that special announcement.

But it could also come from Liz. The dog girl was sitting on a table in the corner and glaring daggers at Ashley with an intensity that made him fear for his safety.

He definitely needs to clear the air with her and Sahara.

Speaking of which…

The young rich girl was no longer dressed in dirty **** rags. Instead she was now wearing what appeared to be stereotypical prison clothes.

“Don’t you dare laugh at me!”, the blushing blonde hissed while futily attempting to push her shirt down. “This was all I was provided with this morning!”

It didn’t appear her outfit came with any pants.(Not that Ashley minded)

He could see some flashes beneath it. That must be her chastity cage. Right, there was that also.

Ashley started to feel dizzy. Where was he even supposed to begin solving the multitude of problems this dysfunctional harem had accrued in the span of two days?

“OH FOOK THIS!”

Oh no.

Looks like Liz decided for him. At the very least she was angrily stomping towards Ashley’s direction.

“You're in the doghouse now! You better have a bloody good yarn about what went down yesterday, shortstuff!”

Yikes!

Dahlia quickly got between the two but before Ashley could defend himself, there was another shift in the air that caused everyone to stop.

De Sade had appeared.

Ashley couldn’t put a finger on it, but something about her had changed too. It was mostly in the way the other contestants reacted. Some looked concerned and nervous, while others appeared downright terrified.

De Sade seemed to enjoy the reaction as she slowly moved through the room.

“Waaah Daddy!”

“Guah!”

A terrified Sahara had bolted straight in the arms of Ashley who nearly toppled over.

Then came the loud roar.

Liz had apparently forgotten all about Ashley. Her fur stood on edge and her teeth gnashed as she confronted de Sade.

A few tense seconds passed.

Then she pounced.

OH FUCK!

“SIT!”

Letting out a frustrated bark, Liz did exactly that and fell to her knees in front of the teacher. Ashley exhaled. That was way too close!

“Such a good dog”, de Sade mocked. She certainly didn’t look like someone that was just seconds from getting her face mauled.

“M-May I know what is going on here?”, Carol asked, unable to keep the stutter out of her voice.

“Nothing much”, de Sade spoke while gently patting Liz’s head. “I am merely given the respect I deserve.”

“DON’T FOOK WITH ME!”, Liz snarled from the ground. “I’M GOING TO FOOKING SKIN YA ALIVE!”

Oh this was just fantastic. Yet another headache and they haven’t even gotten to the announcement.

“Sit!”, Ashley commanded once again.

De Sade meanwhile ignored the murderous stare from her feet and continued her casual stroll through the cafeteria.

Before passing Dahlia, she stopped.

“Miss Black”, the teacher smiled. “I trust yesterday was satisfactory?”

Dahlia did not waver. Unlike with the rest of the girls she seemed to be able to stand up to the older woman’s intimidating aura.

“As you wish”, the teacher conceded and seated herself on the same table as Carol, much to the latter’s terror.

Seriously. What the hell happened yesterday? Ashley felt like he should just crawl back into bed.

Suddenly the light went out.

A spotlight appeared at the entrance to the communal eatery, highlighting the penguin Butler Lord Preminger.

“YOUR ATTENTION IF YOU PLEASE! INTRODUCING, THE GREATEST HOST THAT EVER WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE!”

A parade of waddling penguin cheerleaders wandered into the cafeteria.

“♬Have no fear, have no fear, Ora the greatest host is here!”

A group of choir(?) penguins followed, singing in heavenly(?) voices.

“♬Have no fear, have no fear, Ora the greatest host is here!”

That was followed by Cherry playing a trombone(badly)

“♬Have no fear, have no fear, Ora the greatest host is here!”

And finally Ora herself, sitting on top of a gaudy throne that was carried into the cafeteria by four very muscular looking penguins.

She looked to be in especially high spirits today.

“ALRIGHT EVERYONE! I HAVE ARRIVED! ALL EYES ON ME! STOP PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE, CHERRY!”

“It’s a trombone”, Cherry corrected.

“Shut up.”, Ora surveyed the cafeteria from her perch. “Well, well, well. It looks like everyone made it on time! Such a shame, means I won’t get to punish anyone. And it looks like even the master deigned to join us today! How masterful!”

“Not that I had a choice”, Ashley grumbled, trying to keep an eye on Liz while dealing with a terrified blonde clinging to him. “Mind explaining what is going on with de Sade?”

“No”, Ora waved her hand dismissively. “We have more important matters to discuss than the hag. First thing’s first. Here is the current standing!”

Suffice to say, this revelation caused quite an uproar.

“W-w-what?”

The biggest surprisingly came from Carol of all people who’s eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

“M-M-madame de Sade, w-what happened to your points?”

“I exchanged them for something more useful”, the older woman responded.

Hedhehogstew69: useful?

Hedhehogstew69: I’m literally about to piss myself lollipops

Hedhehogstew69: *lol

Hedhehogstew69: kinky ass bitch

“I take it this is related to us feeling scared shitless?”, Shizuka deduced. The doctor puffed on her smoke in an attempt to remain calm but was unable to stop the trembling of her hand.

“Yep”, Kikki nodded eagerly. “You can buy a cool skill in the magic Cherry shop with 30 Victory Points.”

“Or well, 60 VP in the hags case”, Ora snickered towards de Sade. “I hope you didn’t overspend. After all, old people tend to be rather bad with money due to their oldness.”

“It was a worthwhile investment”, de Sade replied calmly. She then smirked towards Liz.

Liz responded by baring her teeth. At this point she was definitely more dog than human.

“This is insane!”Ashley protested after repeating his sit command. “This is way too powerful!”

Liz already was barely able to control her temperament. But under the affect of whatever this is she looked positively feral.

“I do fear for Madame de Sade’s well-being if Pompadour were to slacken in his vigilance”, Carol observed.

Of course Liz wasn’t the only one substantially affected.

On the other side of the spectrum was Sahara, who was still clinging to Ashley utterly terrified. The way she trembled, Ashley feared the blonde was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Sure, it was kinda erotic but that was besides the point!

hugged the master +0.5 VP(doubled to 1 VP)

“It is a bit annoying, I suppose”, Ora admitted and flicked a thorn towards de Sade, which caused her aura to extinguish.

“Huh?”, Sahara blinked a few times “I...am feeling much better.”

Liz too appeared to have calmed down from her fight or flight induced rage.

De Sade meanwhile scowled. “What is the meaning of this? That skill’s duration is infinite.”

“The only thing infinite around here is my genius”, Ora responded. “I am the star of the show here, so stop hogging the spotlight, you Yuki wannabe!”

De Sade may no longer have her aura, but she certainly made up for that with her glare. “There will be consequences for this.”

“Yeah, yeah. Consequences are for people that aren’t competent! Anyways!”, Ora clapped her hands. “Not a bad show! During her date, Miss Boobs #2 earned herself a tidy amount of points and the number 1 spot on the Leaderboard! Congratulations!”

“My hand was ****”, Dahlia responded,

“I’m sure it was. Decent showing from ALMOST everyone else as well. Even Richie Rich is slowly climbing herself out of her hole.”

“N-Naturally!”, Sahara, with newfound courage blistered. “Before long I will overtake all of you! Mark me words as a Marvelous. All of you will bow down before your one true mistress!”

“By the way, how long are you planning on hugging Ash?”, Dahlia asked, rather annoyed.

Sahara blinked.

Then she blushed.

“E-eeeek!”

And pushed Ashley away with so much **** he slammed against the nearest table.

Pushed the master -5 VP

First time Bonus -5 VP

Violation of the masters no **** rule -0.5 VP

And she fell right back down the hole. Ora decided to ignore the comedy routine. “Now, I have some pretty exciting news to share!”

The little host grinned and cleared her throat

“TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE OUR VERY FIRST CHALLENGE!”

Just as expected the word challenge created quite a bit of a buzz.

“One moment please”, Carol interjected first. “The challenge is supposed to take place at day 9. Tomorrow is only day 4.”

“Yes, very good Miss Brainiac. But I like to do things slightly differently! That’s right, dear viewers! Only on Mean Maids, for the first time in the history of Harem Hotel will we have a middle of the round challenge!!!!!!!”

“Quite a few other seasons have done that already”, de Sade interjected.

“What!”

Ora whirled around furiously and the throne swayed precariously.

“Uh...yeah I think I watched one of those too?”, Ashley added.

“BUT NONE I WATCHED DID THAT! CHERRY! WHY DID YOU NOT INFORM ME ABOUT THAT!?”

Cherry responded by playing her trombone.

“ARE YOU WOMB WOMBING ME? NOBODY WOMB WOMB’S ME! NOBODYYYYY!!!!!!”

Ora grabbed Preminger and squeezed the life out of him.

“WHICH SEASONS ARE PLAGIARIZING MY GENIUS MIDDLE OF THE ROUND-CHALLENGES! IS IT THE GHOST SEASON? I BET IT’S THE GHOST SEASON! GRRRRR! THAT SMUG SPECTER WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIIIIIIIIS!”

“H-hack…my mistress! Please! Contain yourself!”

One Tantrum later.

“Whatever! We are doing a middle of the round challenge! And it will be cool! And awesome! So better get ready for it!”

Ora decreed.

Hedhehogstew69: ok boomer

Hedhehogstew69: what game are we playing?

Ora grinned excitedly. “Wanna know? Too bad! It’s a secret to everyone!”

“Then why even tell us about it?”, Sahara huffed.

“To generate hype of course”, Ora explained proudly. “Now that the audience knows a challenge is looming they will all be on the edge of their seats! I’m a genius for coming up with this brilliant new idea of middle round mini-challenges!”

“As I was saying…”

“Shut up, hag. Now! Since this will be only a mini-challenge the stakes will be lower. But don’t get too careless! Take a look at this!”

At this point Cherry went around and handed everyone another pamphlet.

“What do you think everyone?”, the little host asked smugly. “I went for a bit more of a refined look this time.”

Once again, a gust of tension went through the eatery. It did seem only the last two places would have negative consequences but clearly nobody wanted to end up with another transformation.

“You mean, I can move up from my undeserved fate as a ****?”, Sahara asked hopefully.

“Absolutely!”, Ora confirmed with a grin. “We should see some nice shake ups in social ranks. Fun! So enjoy your next night together, because it might be your last!”

Carol was raising her hand. Ugh.

“Yes, Miss Brainiac?”

“What happens if there is a conflict?”

Ora blinked blankly.

The nerd adjusted her glasses. “For example if Position 2) is Social Rank 3) and Position 7) is Social Rank 1)”

Ora blinked blankly.

“Look I show you”, Kikki grabbed paper, crayons and started drawing.

“So! Mistress Penguin loses badly and moves down a spot. Oh no! But then Senior Maid Penguin doies super well and moves up. Yay! But now they are both fighting for the manager penguin position! That’s scary! Please don’t fight, everyone!"

…

“Oh.”

…

Ora snapped her finger and froze the show.

30 MINUTES OF NOTHINGNESS LATER

“Alright, I got it! I mean, I of course thought of that! in this case Mistress and Senior Maid would simply swap places with each other! Obviously!”

Carol nodded. “I see. That does sound reasonable.”

Ora exhaled.

“Then, my next question.”

“THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE?”

The busty redhead nodded. “How will the potential change of social ranking influence our work?”

“Oh that! I thought of that! I mean, duh! Obviously the manager will get the opportunity to rearrange work on the evening of day four.”

As scary as a challenge may be, quite a few girls looked excited about the opportunity of having their awful workload changed.

“Alright!”, Liz smashed her fists together with a cocky grin. "I'm gonna snag that top spot and the manager's gig, mate!”

Hedhehogstew69: lol

Hedhehogstew69: u can’t get manager

Hedhehogstew69: dumb cunt

"Oi! What was that ya spiky little bugger?"

“Only meanie teacher and Big Sis Shizuka can become manager”, Kikki clarified. “Oh, and me of course.”

“Will the new manager be awarded with extra cash?”, Shizuka asked.

“No.”

“Bummer. Sounds like a pain then, I'd rather keep my gig, thank you.” The doctor let out a yawn.

“I would like to know more about what manner of challenge we are expecting”, Miss Brainiac continued her annoying interruptions.

“As I was saying that is something you will find out tomorrow”, Ora explained, not trying very hard to keep the annoyance out of her voice. “I do suggest visiting my friendly associate and buy some helpful items, however.”

Ora glanced at Cherry who suddenly looked very busy with her trombone.

“And one more thing. Because I am such a generous host, everyone will have the day off tomorrow.”

“Eeeeh? But I would have had the day off anyway because it’s my date day”, Kikki pouted.

“Me too, since our work is shared. Will we receive compensation?”, Shizuka added.

“No.”

“This gig is getting worse by the minute.”

“Anyways! One more one more thing!”, Ora cleared her throat, she needed to nail this. “I am hereby announcing that Harem Hotel. Mean Maid officially opens its first fan mail round! Some of you shmucks have already sent stuff to pay me tribute, but now it’s official! You have until the end of today. That is Day 4 Day not today, today, obviously. So send your letters, gifts and food(send food, lots of it) There will be an official fan mail reading right before the mini-challenge. So, look forward to that!”

“Cool. Maybe the gentleman who gifted me those smokes could explain the meaning behind their cryptic message then”, Shizuka sighed.

"Presents?", Sahara nodded. "Very well, you will have the honor of providing me with gifts. Clothes would be accepted but I also take jewelery and..."

Hedhehogstew69: @me HHH

Hedhehogstew69: gib gold rings, send nudes in exchange.

"I want a new trombone."

Alright, that was about as much idiocy as Ora can stomach, she decided to end the chapter here.

The penguin choir and Cherry’s trombone started up again as the host slowly made their exit, leaving a very bewildered harem behind.

…

End of Episode report:

Fanmail Round 1 officially open!

You may now send your fanmail to Ora, contestants, master, Ora, staff or Ora!

Besides letters your fanmail can also contain presents.(Ora likes penguins)

Please send your fanmail via private message or discord

(Harem Hotel: Mean Maids retains the right to screen and or censor letters or gift that are deemed problematic. Any attempts to meddle with the season will be met with appropriate legal and illegal action. (That means you Remin!))