LZ Day 8 - Go see Zarya

Lotte probably expects you to come looking for her.

You go to Zarya instead. She's at the gym. You have to wait for her to finish helping another girl lift.

You tell her what happened and she... bursts out laughing.

"It's not funny!" you rage.

"It is a little funny," she replies, wiping away a tear. "It is only hair."

"It was almost a disaster! You know how bad it would've been for me if we hadn't gotten it fixed?" you hiss at her, looking around... but no one is nearby.

"Sorry," Zarya says, but it's not very convincing. She is not the most sensitive person! But... well, she is not the girliest woman.

"Hey! You have dyed hair! Don't act like you don't care about hair!" you fume at her. She does have pink hair, and even though it's short, she still puts product in it and takes care of it! She uses nice shampoo too... you like how it smells.

She just laughs.

"Of course it was Lotte. Who else could it be?" she asks, unconcerned... and to be fair, her in her gym clothes, acting cool with her Russian accent, and total confidence is just insanely sexy. She shrugs at you. "I don't know what to do about it. I don't know how to stop her from doing pranks."

Yeah... she's right. You can't stop Lotte. But you see an opportunity... and you pounce. You move up close to her, clasping your hands and rubbing her with your shoulder.

"We could spend some quality time together," you suggest. "That would help my hurt feelings. It would help me cope."

She tries to act cool, but she is blushing a little.

"Maybe tonight? After this thing we have to do?" You bat your eyelashes at her. "How about your place?" That's a joke... it has to be her place. Your place has ten other girls sleeping in it.

Zarya clears her throat.

"OK," she agrees. "But do not let anyone see you."

Oh, you won't. You will be a ninja.

At dinner, your team is anxious. They know this activity is coming, and the big gymnasium has been closed off from everyone... they are doing something in there.

After you eat, you gather in a classroom with Tiff, who has your practice uniforms from yesterday: the skimpy, sexy ones that you wore for the obstacle course. They're clean... but you know what this means.

"It's a pillow fight," Tiff tells you all.

"A what?" Lara asks, looking bewildered. "Are they bloody serious?"

"Yes," Tiff says, and it looks like she doesn't approve any more than you do. "A pillow fight. One person from each team goes in... so there will be six people on the thing they set up, and you try to knock each other off as quick as you can."

The whole team groans... it's so dumb.

"Here is why we should take it seriously," Tiff says, waving for you to all calm down. "Remember the obstacle course? They recorded all of that. Especially the part where you guys had to fight. That footage is valuable. We can see how the players react to things and find their weaknesses. So the better we do, the more footage Pink Team gets. We get a clip for every one that you knock in. Bonus points for being the last survivor."

The team murmurs thoughtfully. Interesting... if you fight well with pillows, you can gain information that can give you an advantage. That is a good reason to put some effort into the pillow fight.

You change into your practice uniforms, which are... pretty sexy. You, Viti, and Lara all have obvious penis imprints in yours, and busty girls like Ingrid will just look... amazing. Luckily no one on your team has huge boobs, except for Elena, but she's over six feet tall, so...

You head for the main gym, finding it all lit up with cameras everywhere. A platform of foam pads is suspended way up high, twenty feet above a giant pit filled with foam blocks. Jeez...

You and your team get ready to fight.

You are up first because you are the captain. Moxxi and Lulu are already doing their commentary thing... music plays and lights flash. Clips of this will be all over the interent.

You take the pillow that a stage hand gives you and get ready. Six little bridges lead to that main platform... so you don't just have to fight, you have to balance just to GET to fight. Ugh...

But fine! You rush out, ready to fight... but someone right away slams into you, not with a pillow, but with her body. You fly off the platform, the very first person to fall...

You didn't even see who it was.

Dizzy, and with a bruise, you climb out of the pit. This sucks... but you have to stay and watch your team.

They all do better than you did, so that's good. You rub your shoulder... it doesn't hurt as much as your pride does.

You have to try to stay positive. At least you have a date tonight...