Round 1: Fitness and fur

With the button slammed I felt an enigmatic sensation in the depths of my head followed by a twisting one as my senses faded, as though my mind was being wrung like a dishcloth within my skull. Just like that, though, my sight returned, and I felt completely normal. It seemed the game had begun. I take in my surroundings, having found myself in a hallway next to a door. Though I tried to open it the door would not move an inch; I guessed that I could only do anything of the sort on my turn. Once I was acclimated to my 5-foot square a holographic rectangle winked into being in front of me at about arm's length showing all five of us and our surroundings. Instinctively I turned to see a mote of light behind me where I would be seen from on the screen. I waved at it sheepishly, before turning back to the screen to see the others doing exactly the same. I heard Ophelia speak as she turned back to her own screen.

"Right, I think we all get the idea, let's cut the foreplay and get started. Turn order coming up," she said.

The screen shuffled our portraits around, coming to the turn order and kicking off the game. 1st would be Ophelia, then Zoey, and Dawn, then Lauren with me finishing out the round.

Ophelia began and I saw two cards, face-down, overlayed on top of the screen. Immediately she reached out to something unseen and clenched her hand before her change began and one card flips over, revealing hair colored like my own. Her cyan hair grew down to reach the waistline of her skirt and lightened until it matched the exact tone both on the card and my own scalp. I rolled my eyes, smirking.

"I know you're jealous, but I didn't think you'd rig the game to one-up me."

"Oh, quiet," I heard, her voice in mock indignation, "I just knew I could show you up if I chose it and it looks like I'm right."

She ran her fingers through her hair as she moved along the house's outer wall, passing a door to look through a window and see nothing on the other side. She ended her turn uneventfully as she continued to feel up her new hair.

I saw the cards again and heard a shout of excitement as Zoey grabbed at the air with her entire body. The revealed card explained it all; carrying the nude image of a long-legged, muscular woman with a massive cock and balls to match on her crotch. Zoey's excited cry was followed by a moan of pleasure as the alteration took place. She fell to her knees, crushing a head of cabbage in the garden while her slight belly flattened and her arms toned up. Her knees spread further as the next change took hold. Just above the moisture-darkened spot between her legs, a growth pushed at the red fabric. It pulsed, she moaned, and it grew further up her stomach. Zoey threw back her head as her new penis swelled to full length well above her navel.

The red fabric of her bunnysuit strained as the rest of her body rose to better approach the image on the card. Though it difficult to see how much taller she would grow it was clear that she had; her boobs were no longer supported by the cups of her outfit. They flopped uselessly below her heaving breasts, unable to affect any modesty for her. With another cry she tweaked a nipple and gave an experimental rub of her new cock before the ecstasy of growing a new sex organ faded. After a couple of deep breaths she got back to her feet, wobbling a little due to the heels. She now stood well above anyone else in the arena and certainly over 6 feet tall. Before she began to move her outfit glowed bright and spread to reclaim and support the meat that escaped it.

"My god, that felt _just _as good as I hoped it would, you guys just have to get your hands on one of these," she said. "Not that I'm unwilling to let you get your hands on mine, I'm sure we're all going to get that before we're done."

Sauntering with a hand still on her fresh growth and running a thumb along the length, she rounded the fence enclosing her and made for a door. As she passed the final cabbage in the grove, it... popped, showering her in a similarly pale green liquid. She reeled slightly before it disappeared. An alert flashed on screen a few times before disappearing. *Environmental TF triggered* was what it read, but it didn't leave any visible effect on her. All that I could notice on her was another wet spot on her abdomen, right at the head of her dick. A dab of precum that had soaked through. Absentmindedly she rubbed that spot with her thumb and brought the taste to her lips to shiver at the act.

With that debauched show finished and her movement done it came to Dawn to make her choice and take her turn. A Dawn who by all means looked equal parts awed, shocked, and flustered at Zoey's display. A bloop broke her reverie and her attention was drawn to her own screen and its options. Finally an option isn't chosen in a snap as soon as they popped up. "Well, I can't really tell what that one even does, and I guess this might be fun to use. Roll? I guess I will," I heard her mumble. The screen revealed that she's chosen breasts, and to try boosting the dice. The game depicted this with a pair of disembodied breasts painted as d20s. One of them squished, bounced up, and rolled at her manipulation, landing on a 17. A digital fanfare sounded and the effect took hold.

Dawn's hands wrapped around her bounteous chest as they rose, little by little getting that extra bit larger. Her face scrunched up, her eyes shut, a flush spread all across it. Just like that, as soon as it started, she relaxed and the growth was done. They hadn't appeared to grow much, but now they sat higher on her chest and her dress's hem revealed a couple more inches of her legs. As she moved across the grounds toward the manor, the pair wobbled and jiggled with each step. Just past the hedge they glowed just a little before stopping, unchanged. My screen alerted me that this was another environmental TF, but again there wasn't any visible effect. Finally she reached her target for the turn. Ophelia.

The unsure movement and jiggling became suddenly very purposeful as she entered Ophelia's space for the attack. Dawn undid a button at the top of her sundress, then another, then all down the chest leaving a slit of pure cleavage the whole way. Ophelia tried to stammer out something, but she was cut off before forming a complete word. Dawn drew her into a soft hug with a hand at the back of her head, slowly guiding her into that soft crevasse of boob. Her face became wholly engulfed back to her ears, leaving only the newly-blonde hair unswallowed by titflesh. Dawn ran a hand through this hair and spoke softly to her momentary prisoner.

"I saw you peeking, you naughty girl. You're jealous of these massive naturals, aren't you? These huge pillows? These gigantic tits. I'm not mad, honey, just be honest. While you're here, you might as well use them all. You. Want," she breathed, pulling Ophelia closer than before and running a finger down her spine. A normal dice roll sound came through the screen with a success, and the attack finished. Dawn released a cherry-colored Ophelia from her grip and she returned to her space, buttoning her front back up with a saucy smile on her face.

With Dawn's turn over my attention was brought to my last fellow player, Lauren. So far, she was the quietest among us because... She landed in a shallow pond on the outskirts of the map, and was patiently steaming it off. She less-patiently fiddled with her options and grabbed one immediately on seeing her choices. One with no visible effect, and depicted with a "2x" on screen. Didn't even take the time it took her to get out of the pond to guess it was a multiplier, probably not for anything previous at this point in the game. "At least the bare feet are paying off already," she grumbled as she went to the wall, reaching a window with a bathtub in the room behind.

Then it was finally my turn, and I could put a little bit more thought into it than the hair-copier, the pervert, and Lauren. And a choice the game gave. On one card: a penis, self-explanatory. Picking that, I could join the ranks of Ophelia and now Zoey in the cock club. Certainly something I expected at some point in the game, but not quite so early. The other card was much more striking. The orange and the black, spread all across a firm, supple body. That would be unique, and I did always favor some cereal mascots over others. I shrugged and snatched the option to make me a furry, sure the game would find a way to give me a dick later on anyway. In a few moments every pore on my body was gripped with a sensation starting at my core radiating outward. Caught off guard, I closed my eyes and clenched my hands lightly. As it reached my scalp and the tops of my feet I was able to place it; it was as though my entire body was being shampooed at once. Moments later, the sensation stopped in the order it started and I relaxed again. Immediately my eyes went to my arms and hands and I marveled at the fur now all over my body.

I ran my hands along my arms then on my face, impressed at the velvety softness of my new fur. The only parts I noticed were unfurred were my palms and that side of my fingers. Even my hair changed, now that same orange and black stripey pattern. Finally ready to take my turn, I ran a hand idly on my tummy. It felt just a little firmer than I remembered, even underneath the fur. I started by opening a door to find a bath tub set into the floor with a window across. A window through which I could see Lauren. Instead of trapping myself in a room where the most competitive player knew exactly where I was, I instead shut the door and moved down the hall to dive into the first available room I had the movement to reach, sure to close the door behind me. I heard that dice roll again despite not making any attacks, and mentally I was made aware that she didn't know where I was. Didn't think there'd be stealth rules too...

Hey there, thank you to the people who read, liked, bookmarked or took interest in this branch. I really did mean it when I said I wanted to get a backlog of chapters drafted before starting. The amount of time it took me to finish this chapter is proof enough. Some casual effort over 2/3 nights with a whole lot of stalling in between. That and I lost positions on my little battle map (which I update as I go in an open paint.net window, certainly better options I think). Easy enough to remember where the players were, not so much for the 30 trap spots I laid that transform on touch. Maybe the next round will be faster, or maybe it won't, who's to say. That's all, here's the round rundown on where everyone stands.