Relief Denied

Felix, despite everything, had amazing rest that night. While his room was rather utilitarian, despite being called the master suite, it was well furnished. The shower he had that night felt amazing, although some of that was experiencing his new dick, and body. As much as he didn't want to admit it, given the origin, he loved his new body. Not because of how it looked, although that was nice, but because he felt so, so good. The masturbation he had the prior night felt like heaven, and made jerking off feel like being in paradise. And then his bed was perfect, allowing him to rest so deeply that he had thought, just maybe, this was all a very strange dream.

Hence, Felix woke up feeling refreshed, downright shiny and new. At least for the five seconds he got laying in bed thinking that he wasn’t in a demon’s game, before he heard, "Welcome to reality Felix, and I hope you enjoyed cumming from masturbation for the last time..." Vizrokoth paused to build anticipation, "Ever."

He shot up hearing that, forgetting for a second that all he had on were some boxers. "Why? I'm the master, why am I restricted like-"

Vizrokoth put a finger to Felix's lips to silence him. "Dear, the audience wants to see you fuck harem members, not yourself."

All Felix could do was stare hearing that, a mixture of anger, fear, and immense frustration battling it out inside him. While this internal battle played out in his mind, Vizrokoth left his bed saying, "While I can't punish you the same way, I suggest getting to the mess hall by nine'o'clock sharp if you want to avoid some intense... frustration."

That was enough to get Felix out of bed, dressed, and practically sprinting through the door to get to the buffet before breakfast. Upon arrival though, he discovered that it was only 8:10 AM. Although thinking about it, when he had gone to bed? He either had vastly overslept, or time was warped here, because despite how long it felt, the whole transformation sequence couldn't have taken more than a couple of hours. He shrugged it off figuring that maybe they were all just exhausted by the transformations.

Having time, Felix decided to sit down and enjoy a nice, slow breakfast. As usual the buffet was a total delight, in this case letting him have some amazing Belgian waffles with some fruit and sausage. Others had already arrived, but when Noah entered...

Noah's sleep was interesting. She didn't want to drench the bed with her new gooey body, and realized pretty fast she didn't need the bed anyway. Once Hailey got tucked into bed, Noah was able to just close her eyes and rest as her body kind of folded in on itself. She didn't discover until screaming from Hailey the following morning that she became a far more disgusting, if not downright terrifying, pile of slime when she rested. If it wasn't for that bit of unpleasantness, she would've gotten a great rest. She certainly felt energized in a way she hadn't in a long time.

Before Noah and Hailey could try to figure out a way of dealing with their new predicament, they heard an announcement from loudspeakers in the hall.

"Everyone report to the mess by 9:00AM sharp, unless you want rather severe consequences." The demon said over the loudspeakers.

Noah and Hailey went to grab breakfast, to only just about dodging a sprinting Felix. Once again he was wearing clothes just a bit too tight so as to better emphasize his muscles, and improved form. She wasn't attracted to guys, but she could still appreciate how much healthier he looked, and could see from the way Hailey looked away from him, blushing, that he had a significant impact on anyone attracted to guys.

Once Noah got to breakfast, she grabbed a banana to eat without a second thought... until she saw Felix react to it. She then realized in all of the arguments that had happened last night, he hadn't seen how she ate and digested food in her new body. In response, Felix tried to leave with his food, and then discovered that you couldn't take food out of the mess hall. Unlike last night, presumably because neither Smith or Austin were present yet, Felix managed to come back, and finish his breakfast.

"I'm sorry I..." Felix tried to say to Noah, but he trailed off, evidently short on words.

"It's fine," Noah said, trying to re-assure him, "I'm still getting used to this myself."

How could she reassure Felix? Noah's own voice sounded different in a way she hadn't appreciated before, with a slight gurgle underneath. It reminded her that her body was made of slime, not flesh and bone. How it worked, at all, was far beyond any knowledge she possessed, despite acing every science class she had ever been in. Lacking any better ideas, she did her best to hide digesting food from Felix's, and everyone else's, sight. She learned that any part of her could be a mouth, and so got used to sneaking food under the table where it got digested out of sight.

Over time, people filtered into the room, as everyone ate their breakfast at a leisurely pace, and managed to just... relax. Even Z, when she arrived, managed to pace her eating a bit more than yesterday, and be a little bit less of a pig about it. When Smith arrived, she managed to plate up an American breakfast without anyone, including Felix, noticing or caring. It was a nice bit of relaxing hedonism, mixing food and pleasure in a way they hadn't in awhile. Noah, for the first time in awhile, thought that they could maybe get this to work.

That all came crashing down at 8:52, minutes before the deadline, Cameron dragged Austin through the door. The whole room paused, and one could almost hear the glare that fell on Austin as they were dragged into the room. Austin was wearing heels again because it appeared they had no other footwear, something perhaps attached to her punishment.

"Sit down, and shut up," Cameron said, "You will not get breakfast if you say anything about his mom. Understand?"

Austin, with a scowl that looked ridiculous on her face, just nodded. Cameron grabbed some breakfast for themselves, and Austin. Once she got their food plated, and repeated her earlier instructions, she then walked over to Felix.

"I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. I'd promise it won't happen again, but," Cameron paused to glare at Austin. "That isn't a promise I can credibly make."

Felix just nodded in response, evidently not wanting to re-litigate what happened last night. Cameron then switched topics. "Felix, I have something I need to tel-"

Before Cameron could finish, the demon showed up again. "Excellent to see everyone here, even those of us who are a bit bratty."

The demon paced around the table as everyone continued to eat, although more slowly this time. Z eyed the demon like an opponent, looking for any possible weakness. Felix tried to just focus entirely on the food, and ignore her presence as much as possible, a tactic copied by Hailey. Smith got a... contemplative look in their eyes, as she eyed the demon with Z. Winters was more subtle, but kept her eyes on her food as well. Cameron sprinted over to Austin, trying to keep them disciplined, although she noticed that the demon's presence seemed to keep them in line for once. Noah though... they were shocked to find they didn't feel the intense level of fear they thought they would, but even so, copied Felix and Hailey by stuffing food into themselves while trying to avoid the demon's gaze.

"Every Saturday, I need you here by 9:00 in order to do announcements in person," the demon said while continuing to pace around the table. "In the future there will be a popularity poll that grants BP, and shows you what the audience thinks of you. In addition, I will be announcing the order of dates for Felix every Saturday."

Everyone at the table looked up hearing that. Dates? They vaguely remembered this, but once again the memory was coming into focus for everyone except for, from what Noah could tell, Felix.

"This is very important as a chance to get to know your master." The demon said while stopping just behind Felix, and gripping his chair. "Starting at 6:00 PM, each day, and ending at 8:00 AM the following day, each one of you will get to be with the master on a date."

"You can do whatever on these dates, but what's most important is that you will sleep in the same bed as the master on those days. I expect you both to be in bed by 12:00 on a date night, understand?" The demon said while touching the master.

The demon paused, perhaps waiting for Austin or Smith to say something stupid, but they managed to control themselves. Everyone would just nod if the demon look their way, some more vigorously than others.

"Excellent, I'll just go over the order then, and then you can enjoy the rest of your breakfast," the demon said. "The order, starting tonight, is Noah, Hailey, Cameron, Kei, Z, Janessa, and then Austin."

The demon then disappeared in a cloud of black smoke.

"Whose Janessa?" Noah asked...

The Prior Night

Smith's night had gone differently from the rest. She was, after all, the last person called up by the demon.

"Smith... we need to talk before you get a new place." The demon said. "For one, I think we can both agree that the name James no longer fits you."

It was strange how Smith didn't feel any fear in the demon's presence anymore, and that she didn't mind being considered female. As a fallen angel, she was above human constructs like gender, and it advantaged her for everyone to consider her a woman. After all, Felix was attracted to women, and the situation they were in demanded, on some level, pleasing him. Even if she hated to admit it.

"I'll call you Janessa Smith." The demon said while walking over to Smith.

"I accept that name." Janessa replied. It would be a poor idea to start a fight now, and she did need a new name to fit with her plan.

"You cannot beat me, but I bet you feel like you can." The demon said while standing right in front of Janessa, and looking into her eyes.

"I wouldn't-"

"Don't try to lie me, and besides, that instinct you have isn't entirely wrong anyway." The demon said cutting off Janessa's reply, while putting a hand to her face.

"We're of a very similar type of being," The demon continued. "That's why you don't fear my presence the way others often do, and why even the existential horror at my impact on reality doesn't bother you the way it used to."

Janessa nodded. She had known this for awhile, and, what the demon didn't bring up, was that she might, with extensive training, be able to do some of what the demon did. Maybe even kill this demon and escape with the others, if she was patient. However, what came next shattered that idea.

"However, I took centuries to get even close to where I am today," The demon said. "You aren't even a child that knows how to walk yet in comparison to me, nor will you be by the time this fun excursion we have ends."

Janessa first tried to deny the idea. The demon must have been lying, just to mess with her. However, looking at the demon, and examining herself, she realized that she wasn't lying. Like she had seen countless students do, she balled her fists in rage, and tried to calm down. Any glimmer of hope she had was fast fading, and the demon then smothered it entirely.

"Besides, you are bound to Felix, no matter how strong you get," the demon said. "I can entrap deities with what I just did to you. Your very soul is bound to his in a way that will not sever until ****, and for you, not even then."

She had to be lying. It couldn't be this strong, it clashed with everything she knew about herself, and yet... the more Janessa searched herself, the more she sensed a kind of connection to Felix that hadn't been there before. Not one of love, not one of respect, or even one of hatred, but of a binding. She had only learned that she could sense things about souls recently, and this... this was true.

"You could study for a thousand years, and you would not break that bond." The demon said, admiring her handiwork.

"... Why?" Tears fell from Janessa's face, but she managed to keep the demon's gaze. "I didn't do anything that horrible. Not on the scale of a lifetime."

"It's simple really," The demon said wiping tears from Janessa's face. "You are too powerful to be without a leash."

The answer burned, because it meant that it was possible, one day, for her to best this creature, but it didn't matter. She would still be tied to Felix, still tied to the kid that had gotten her into this situation in the first place. Not even her own **** would change that, and that was something she couldn't accept.

The demon let Janessa go. "Besides, it is much longer than a puny human lifetime."

"How can it be that long-" Janessa was cut off again.

"Do you really think Felix will have the puny lifespan of a human when he leaves here?" The demon looked at her with incredulity. Was the demon offended by the idea of Janessa doubting her skill at transformation?

Janessa could say nothing in response to that knowledge. Her mind was too preoccupied thinking of the implications of the much, much longer timescale she would be dealing with Felix on. When she was James Smith, she had read enough history to know that grudges could last centuries, but that was between nations. Would Felix be angry at her that long?

"Please note, I promise you that elimination makes it much worse," the demon said. "Alright, I'll let you go. You sleep in a room called The Leftovers."

The demon then, finally, teleported away. Jannesa Smith sighed, and then headed off to her quarters. Everyone else was showering, or waiting to shower by pacing around their rooms. She saw Cameron and Austin having some kind of fight, but for some reason, the sound didn't leave the room they were in. She supposed it was magic, although this bunker had a lot of strange technology in it as well.

When she got back to her own quarters, and after she took a quick shower, Janessa chose to spend the rest of her doing something that no one thought angels should do. Something that she would do despite learning of something that would have had most despondent for days, weeks, if not longer.

Janessa, still naked, flopped onto her bed, and knowing that the noise wouldn't travel, played with herself. As she rubbed her pussy, played with her nipples, and even occasionally put a finger in her ass to test out her new body, she got warmed up. Thoughts of all the humans, Felix included, entered her mind, as she wanted them, so, so badly. Her lust for them was unquenchable, and as she brought herself ever closer to orgasm, her fingers moving towards her clit, she rationalized it. These humans were bound with her, and they all needed to learn to be lustful if they were going to survive this demon's game. So if what this demon wanted was sex, she was going to get it!

The thought made Janessa cum. She cummed several more times that night thinking of all the delightful things she would do, not even realizing how much she had already discarded from her time as James Smith...

Cameron now understood what it was like to have a bratty child in a way that even most parents would never experience. Her father was the most deflective, whiny, and ungrateful piece of shit they ever had to deal with as either Cameron or Cammy. Cameron had mostly been spared this growing up, something he suspected was because of his mother shielding him, whereas in Cammy's version of events, she had cut him out of her life because of how he treated women. They both understood now that he such a narcissist, that in either version of events, this only hurt Austin because a child cutting him out hurt his status and self-esteem. He was too entitled and too selfish to even care that a child of his hated him.

That night, they had spent hours trying to get through to Austin about his behavior. Cammy would emphasize how what he did was wrong, and that Felix had every right to throw him to the dogs of elimination if he didn't get his act together. He would of course constantly try to argue that it was a joke, that Felix's mother had come on to him, or that she was lying, and was just trying to milk him for cash. Cammy screamed at and over ruled him every single time, for making up excuses once again when everything had come to a head.

Cameron would then step in, and emphasize how foolish it was for Austin to anger the most important person in his life now for no reason, and how everything depended on him repairing the relationship he had shattered with his own actions. He would emphasize how all of the success Austin had throughout their life had come from knowing the right people at the right time, and therefore, should know better than to anger the one person that now determined whether they were damned. Austin would either laugh in response, claiming that he hadn't needed connections to get his job, and when inevitably called out on it, would just shrug, arguing that those people could have fun, unlike Felix. Both sides of Cameron emphasized, repeatedly, that through Austin's actions against Felix's mother, he had damned all of them. They knew he wouldn't feel guilty about it, so instead emphasized that everyone else wouldn't lift a finger to save him. Cammy would go on to explain that she only was willing to protect him because she knew that Felix would be traumatized by seeing an elimination, even of someone like him. Cameron would emphasize he was only willing to protect Austin because his familial connection with Austin meant that his bad behavior could hurt Cameron's relationship with Felix. This, finally, broke through a tiny bit to Austin, who realized how isolated he was from everyone he knew. He had no help from college buddies, the firm, or anyone else. That however had been the only progress Cameron had been able to make the entire night.

Despite all this, Cameron was able to get Austin to behave for breakfast. They still sulked, of course, but he managed to keep his mouth shut, and not cause any additional trouble. Felix ignoring Austin was, in all likelihood, the best Cameron could hope for, at least for the foreseeable future.

After the breakfast, and everyone's date nights being assigned, Cameron was relieved to find that Austin was compelled to go elsewhere. They took this break as a chance to find Felix, but alas, he had gone off to his room, which was locked. Sighing, they instead chose to explore the facility a bit. They stayed out of the West Wing, that was far too elaborate from what they had heard about it, and besides, the other parts of the facility were more important to understand...

Felix fled to his room. As much as he had wanted friends while in high school, he really was getting exhausted with them at the moment. He didn't want to look at people like Hailey, Noah, Cameron, or even Winters, because it would only bring thoughts of how his mistakes had brought them all here. How if he had just-

Out of nowhere, the door to his room opened. Turning around, he saw Vizrokoth... and Austin. It was then Felix realized he was going to have a very long day, as it wasn't even lunch time yet. Heck, it was barely past ten o'clock and he suspected Vizrokoth wouldn't let him have an early lunch.

"Hello Felix," Vizrokoth said with a faux professional voice. "It's time to meet your new secretary."