Chapter 3
by 
Rahne
What's next?
The Transformations
"Welcome ladies and gentlethems to Harem Hot-"
"You're fucking dead!" Kate immediately slammed into the bars.
"And that's why we invested in cages this season!" Another round of laughter at another of Rahne's jokes.
"Yeah, I bet you need to keep us fucking caged! Step over here and see what I'm really made of!"
"It's not worth it." A rather resigned Sigrid grumble from two cages down, as she finished scratching at the bars. "This cage is literally solid gold. Not plated, solid. Put aside how expensive that is, it also should have bent when you slammed into it. There's literal magic going on and you want to what, try to fist fight her?"
"Okay, you can shut up too."
"Oooh, be careful Kate! Sigrid could wind up being your master; you don't want to get off on the wrong foot!"
"Ha! You say that like us fighting isn't great drama." Danni chimed in, sitting slumped with her back in the corner closest to Rahne, doing her best to ignore her.
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't." Rahne smirked and walked over to Mia's cage. "So, Mia, how are you feeling?"
"Anxious, no, really stressed out frankly. Although, that's starting to give way to confusion over how you're making me respond to you."
"Told you there was magic." Sigrid grumbled at Kate.
"Oh fuck you."
"Oooh, we'd love to see that, wouldn't we? Our two physically strongest contestants hammering out their stress on each other's bodies? Sign me up!" The crowd whistled and jeered in response to Rahne. River and Annie were doing their best to avoid attention, just like Mia had been a few moments ago. Nat, like Sigrid, had looked at the facts of the situation and resigned herself to her fate, standing solemnly and leaning against the bars of her cage.
Not everyone was taking as passive a stance. With a loud creak, all eyes turned to Danni, who had used the corkscrew on her waiter's friend to pry up one of the floorboards from the stage and had wrenched a plank free enough to make a Danni sized hole underneath her. "I'm out. I'll try to come back for you all!"
"Ha, I like her." Kate said as Danni disappeared beneath the stage.
"Really? Well, we wouldn't want to deprive you." Rahne snapped her fingers and suddenly the board underneath Kate popped open and Danni climbed out.
"Wha- Oh what the actual fuck."
"You're not the first contestant to try to do a runner, Danni. We're well prepared for this."
Kate walked over and extended a hand "Hey, at least you tried. More than these bitches."
Rahne spoke up in a way that suggested that Danni be helped out of the hole silently. "So, we took but the briefest of looks into the lives of our contestants, but we're already well on our way to getting you all into the hotel! All that's left is the starting transformations!"
"I'm sorry, what?" River's incredulity beating out their desire to stay silent.
"Oh, yes, of course, you were summoned post-explanation. Live TV, am I right folks?" Another snap and Rahne had imparted the information of the show's rules and mechanics to them all.
Sigrid's hand raised almost immediately, but it was lowered as Kate blurted out a statement that implied the exact question she was about to ask.
"Uh, so, one problem: I'm fucking straight you imbecile."
"That's very fixable. In fact, until the first challenge, the following transformation will be for sale in the store at a massive discount!"
Purchase Cookware - The recipient of this transformation will become Bi/Pan - (1000)
"We'll have to see who takes me up on that offer! I have it on good authority that only four of you have ever been intimate with a woman and only three of you consider yourselves attracted to them!"
"This is so fucked." Danni murmured to Kate, who was too busy chewing their nailpolish into little chips and picking them off out of stress to respond with more than just a "Yeah."
"Speaking of transformations, we're going to start with a doozy! We're letting the audience pick your path this season! Seven transformations are available and you'll each be assigned one! Let's take a look at what they do!"
Up on the screen, and narrated by a disembodied voice, the following information appeared:
The Seven Transformations:
Goth: Drawn to all things dark and gloomy, this transformation path will include things like tattoos, piercings, breast expansion and a style shift, all towards making this contestant the Big Titty Goth Girl of everyone's dreams. (Master Transformation Hint: Dommy Mommy)
E-Girl: UwU! Expect half of the things that this contestant owns to come with RGB lights built in! This transformation path will include a makeover, exhibitionist compulsions, and a distinct drive towards being competitive! (Master Transformation Hint: Pro-Gamer)
Party Girl: What comes before Part B? Partayyyyy! And also this slut! This transformation path will heavily emphasize wardrobe control, with some strong exhibitionist tendencies and a compulsion toward hedonism for good measure! Wooo! (Master Transformation Hint: Superstar)
Bimbo: Who needs brains? No seriously, you might have to explain to this contestant what jobs require you to be smart. This transformation path has a strong emphasis on IQ drops and body modification, not that they'd be able to explain either of those things to you. (Master Transformation Hint: Brains and Beauty)
Cuckquean: The master? Fucking the others? That's, hnng, definitely not something -oh fuck- this contestant will be into. Nope. They definitely won't get transformations based around encouraging others to fuck the master. Definitely not something they're going to get off on! (Master Transformation Hint: Bull)
Pornstar: This contestant's world runs on porn logic! This transformation path will mostly warp the world around them, putting them into situations they'll have to fuck and/or suck their way out of. Washing machines are about to be a real hazard and they're going to find themselves short on cash for just about every pizza they orders! (Master Transformation Hint: The Director)
Freak: This is definitely more mentally freaky than physically freaky, though, we might add a dash of that to keep it spicy! This transformation path will mostly focus on giving this contestant the submissive side of a mind-boggling array of fetishes, the mental compulsion to try them out, and, if they're lucky, the body to keep up! (Master Transformation Hint: Engineer)
"Don't worry voters, the competitors aren't getting any hints at what's to come! Those Master Transformation Hints are just for you!"
"Anyway, we've already dallied long enough, so, let's get some quick, magic compelled thoughts. Let's do a quick lap of which transformations each of you want most and least! Kate given that you were so eager, how about you start us off?"
"I guess the party girl for best. I've gone clubbing a few times and it's not-not fun. Bimbo is easily the worst though, no fucking contest. Also fuck you for forcing me to respond." Kate punctuated her sentence by flipping off Rahne.
Kate's cellmate felt compelled to speak up next: "Eh, I like some video games, so, E-Girl I guess. Pornstar seems like the worst one to me. I don't like the idea of never knowing when I'm going to be required to have sex."
"I agree with Danni." River blurted out next "The Pornstar is the worst one. Am I allowed to say I don't mind any of the others but the Bimbo? I'm honestly kinda excited about the girlcock you mentioned in the rules, so, looking forward to trying to win some contests!"
"I'm thinking Party Girl would actually be the worst one." Mia's eyes went wide behind her glasses, realising her honest answer left Pornstar and Bimbo on the table. "I really, really hate loud spaces. I guess E-Girl could work for me? Start a Scrabble Twitch stream or something?"
"Cuckquean looks like it changes me the least. Bimbo looks like it changes me the most." Sigrid responded very tersely, trying to give them as little content as possible.
"Oh god, oh god, oh god, I really can't not answer this." Annie took a deep breath and then let out a flurry of words, hoping speaking fast would help her get out of this situation sooner. "My favourite is Freak: I like experimenting and I guess apparently that includes sexually and the worst is Bimbo because I like being smart." Annie went bright red and looked for the dimmest corner of her cage to hide in.
"Goth seems relatively harmless. It's mostly just physical changes." Nat thought for a moment, then said "Bimbo is definitely the worst though, others have explained why." She smiled to herself, hoping the little nugget of information about how the game worked would serve her well.
"Well, there you have it! Voting is live! Time to assign some fates to some contestants! I'll see you all soon!"
(First story! Wish me luck! Just introducing everyone takes so much of your writing space mentally! I wanted a lesbian series, but also I wanted something to set me apart. I'm going to end the voting whenever I find the time to write another chapter so... who knows? Get your votes in!)