Round 1 Day 2 Part 3: Botany & Books

Sliding one of the gray appendages into her former coworker, Katie tried her best to match Carla's energy. A soft moan at least confirmed that the captain was not causing any pain at least. Using an uneven rhythm born of inexperience Katie continued to piston the tentacle into her companion for an excruciating minute before speaking.

Fingered by the captain. 2VP!

First Time Bonus. 2VP!

"Is this doing anything for you?" she asked with complete sincerity.

"Well it's not the worst I've had." Carla replied with a small smile, pushing herself on to the tentacle. "Its not like I was expecting you to have skills with appendages you have had for all of two days. What does the feel like for you?"

"Long rubbery fingers."

"So we have our first real goal: getting used to your fancy parts. So between your cocktail or lipples what do you want to try first? Oh we should go walking around the park with your tail up my ass." One of Carla's bodies asked as she traced her fingers over cocktail Katie's eponymous feature.

Katie felt shivers from her coworker's ministrations. "We can write that down for latter Carla." Two of Katie's bodies gathered around her tentacle body and removed her arms from their sockets. Quickly all six pairs were relocated across the emptied shoulder joints. "As penance I'll stop using hands until I get better at it."

"Glad to have an eager student." Carla replied pulling out the tentacle that was inside her. She left the bench and beckoned the captain to follow her.

"Hey Carla, if you got the prize wish what would you use it for?" Katie asked after they had walked in the park aimlessly.

"Bring my mom back to life." She looked over to the captain's face, "It was during covid. Dad lost his mind after it. Don't know if its responsible though, he could have lost his mind and dragged her with him. Then I would have lost her again in a worst way."

"Oh" Katie looked at her feet before returning Carla's gaze, "Sorry to bring up bad memories."

"I don't mind. Hell thinking about the wish is at least fun. If the prize is a carte blanche as they claim it could be a lot of fun as long as the stick in the mud don't win it."

"Don't be mean."

"I'm sure Odie is a perfectly lovely person, but she is going to explode if she tries to cling to normality too hard. She just needs to find a kink to indulge in and she will have a much better time."

"I'm sure that would help but I'm not going to blame her for trying to shape some routine out of this." The two collectives continued to walk around the park.

Mickey walked into the Labrys' workshop for the first time since the orientation. Making a beeline to the greenhouse, she set out to inspect the facility. A harsh pink light completely filled the solarium. Given the lighting, its more a pinkhouse than green, The botanist thought upon entry. Despite its unusual choice in lighting, it was fully stocked for multiple types of cultivation, from hydroponic ranks to more terrestrial seedbeds. With no seeds in sight, Mickey opened a panel on the front of the structure. Looking through the same shopping interface that powered the rest of the ship, the botanist found seeds but there were side effects. Most prominent on the page, was orange plant that was reported to grow your ass. Scrolling through the options listed revealed options with other types of "side effects". Annoyed the goblin pressed the support button on the screen.

The sound of mechanical whirring filled the room as Labrys Seraph descended from the ceiling, her body dangling from the wires connecting her to the ship. "Hello Ms. McKinney, what can I do for you?"

"Given the nature of the show, I am not going to ask if I can purchase plants that without perverse effects, but is there any restriction on going out to a planet and collecting specimens outside of the store?"

"One moment while I check regulations," LS tilted her head as her eyes displayed a spinning rainbow circle. After a few moments the synthetic intelligence's eyes returned to their previous state. "Ms. McKinney you are perfectly able to bring on plants not listed to the greenhouse, but I must warn you, as we use erotron sunlamps there will be unknown side effects on whatever is grown here. The captain and your other crew mates would be the aptest test subjects, in my humble opinion. To preempt your possible next question, the erotron sunlamps are part of my construction and contractually obligated by the showrunners. If you are curious about recorded effects of the pink suns, the planets Latoma and Serest are both within the orbit of one. The libraries here should have ample resources for your own research if the logs on the Labrys are insufficient for you taste."

Mickey sighed disappointed but unsurprised. She went back to the catalog and found something that she deemed to have minor side effects. It was basically weed but with oral fixation hunger. The botanist didn't bother to read the marketing name.

-10 BP from Mickey McKinney

A bag of seeds was dispensed from a chute that revealed itself from under the screen. "Oh LS, can I buy upgrades from here as well or does that have to be from the cafe?"

"The only purchases that are restricted to a specific location are those the captain does with regard to the cosmetic changes to the ship."

"Thank you for your help."

"Anytime Ms. McKinney." Labrys Seraph reeled up into the ceiling quickly leaving Mickey alone. The botanist quickly moved to the transformations section of the store. There she moved to Katie's Mix and Match and purchased it for herself.

-50 BP from Mickey McKinney

Please select a complimentary item! The screen read after the transaction was complete. Out of the list given, Mickey quickly dismissed the genital modification options. The pussy mouth gave her pause but she didn't sit with those feelings to examine its source, instead, she moved to extra limbs. The goblin looked towards the various shelves in the greenhouse, she could easily see the levers and other accommodations designed for her newly short stature. These are worked as well, but moving plants could destabilize the resources they received. At least, that was what she was telling herself as she selected a six foot tail that terminated with a fully prehensile hand.

With a click and flash of light the new limb appeared in Mickey's hands. It was about as thick as one of her arms had the texture of skin with none of the heat. Would you like assistance with attaching your purchase? Read the store screen. After affirming the message, two robotics appendages descended from the ceiling grabbing the tail and placing it at the base of Mickey's spine. The pigment of the tail rapidly shifted to match the green of its owner. Foreign sensations bombarded the botanist, as she experiments using her new hand to grasp at shelves previously out of reach. Having accomplished the goals she set out for herself, Mickey headed to the gym to get practice with her new muscles.

Odie had found her way into a public library. Based on the flag that was flying outside it appeared to be a university library. It didn't matter much to her, she was just trying to find a some place to center herself aware from the constant reminders of her new existence.

A loud laugh rattled through the PhD candidate's head. It was her own voice but changed, infected with the show's magic. Why can't it be painful instead? Odie thought as she resisted the soft allure the laughter embodied. In her attempts to stave off the magic she had procured some history books. The most prominent of these was a book titled "Exercises in Connection: The Icon Accords".

It was an uneven book, displaying the authors interests without any attempts to appear fair. If nothing else it at appeared to be well researched at first glance. Odie took note of the citations for her own review as they appeared. The actual history was not anything too unique, bunch of planets got into military alliances, foreign dignitary got killed in a suspicious manner, things escalated and war began. Although the images provided at gave an atmosphere that would look sanitized compared to what was war in her old life. One picture in particular caught the contestant's eyes. Men and woman petrified in some kind of shiny material both as statues and as various household appliances.

Following the digression into military history the book reached the titular accords. Footnotes and quotations punctuated almost every sentence, to the point of annoying the PhD candidate. Fighting through the text, she was able to ascertain three main points to the accords:

1. While on a planet you are subject to its transformations.
2. Space settlements (i.e. Monitoring Stations) are fair game for transformative effects as long as the residents are not aware of the perpetrator(s).
3. Banning Weapons of Mass Transformation

Odie put the book down and leaned back in her chair. The holes in these "accords" were miles wide. "Mass transformation" only becomes a category once it surpasses 5 billion people. She honestly didn't know what she expected from a world created by a nudist with seemingly limitless power. After completing the history book Odie received a call from Miri. The PhD candidate pressed a button on her bracelet connecting her and projecting a video with Miri and Pandi.

"What's up?" she asked, unnerved by how her voice was not transmitting from her mouth even though the others on the call visibly reacted to her words.

"Pandi and I found a ticket to one of those sex toys we are supposed to collect."

"Great what do we need to do?"

"Get involved in local politics." Odie made a show of herself, sighing loudly over the connection, comforted by the fact that none of the other patrons of the library will hear her.