Janet

Janet’s eyes fluttered open as she returned, burdened with glorious purpose. Still the pool, still the hotel. Michael sat across the stage, watching all the women with deep concern, but this time he hadn’t jumped up to help them. Maybe he couldn’t, or maybe he’s still trying not to play favorites. Janet thought. She had to hold him to that promise. It was her chance to beat out the wives.

“And our entries are in!” Ruby pronounced, drawing applause from the cast members bobbing all around in the pool below the stage. “On with the show!” The stage formed an X shape connected to the pool edges by the four walkways. The staff collected themselves on three of the sides, leaving one vacant as empty water. Ruby held out her palm parallel to the surface, then swept it upwards in a slow arc to vertical. A wall of water rose high into the sky, flowing upwards against gravity and then cresting over to fall in a smooth waterfall pattern. So smooth, in fact, that the words which began to broadcast upon it were clearly legible.

“Get your votes in, make your voices heard!” Al said, as the options began to appear:

Mallory (Boons):

• Wig snatching - Mallory can “take” another woman’s hair like a wig (swapping temporarily). Mallory temporarily gains a positive version of one of their TFs. The other woman gets nothing but Mallory’s blonde hair. It will revert automatically after they both sleep. [Al]
• The Power of Self-Delusion - Mallory can make herself believe anything. If she repeats a statement three times in a row, it will become her truth and it will integrate into her personality. This does not affect others and cannot override or remove any other transformation. [Ruby]
• Round the Bases and Home - Mallory’s orgasms are five times as intense if Michael or Janet participate at any point, and half as intense if neither do. [Janet]

“Those are quite the selection!” Al said, nudging Michael’s shoulder. “I’ll bet you’re happy you gave her that joker now, eh? Mallory, what do you think?” He said, and the hosts and cast finally noticed that she hadn’t woken up.

“Mallory?!” Danica said, shaking her shoulder, but the blonde was still completely limp. All at once, Mallory snapped to her feet from the chair, and her eyes flew open in a panic.

“Blaaagggh!” Mallory screamed. “What the hell was that!?”

“It was the same thing as last time, sweetheart.” Al said dismissively. “We send you to a little time out room and you write your entry for the vote.”

“But… there was something in there with me…!” Mallory’s voice quavered with fear. Oh please, Janet rolled her eyes. A lame play for sympathy. But Al and Ruby exchanged glances that were slightly worried in their own right. “Please, let me go back in, please let me come up with another transformation!”

“Once it’s submitted, it’s up to the voters,” Ruby said. “I’m sure it was difficult to write one for your mother, but that’s how we do it here.”

“But I didn’t write it! I mean, my hand did, sorta…”

“What are you talking about, girl?!” Ruby said, and turned to Al. “You wanna get the story out of her? She’s your player.”

Al gripped Mallory’s arm, and she began to speak in an unnaturally flat voice, like reading a transcript from her own brain.

“I sat there for a long time.” Mallory said, her eyes quavering but the rest of her body rock still. “I couldn’t decide what to write. Everyone hates me now, Janet and the audience included, and I had to punish my own mother. How could I burn that bridge?”

I knew it. Janet shook her head. Just trying to win back the crowd.

“But then I started to feel cold. Very cold. Like I was naked on a frozen mountain. Drinking ice. Breathing it. Like it was making its way into my body.” Janet rolled her eyes at this, but Ruby and Al were following along enraptured. “Then I spoke…. ‘KITA! I have arrived’” Mallory’s voice suddenly boomed out, loud enough that it produced a small shockwave in the water of the pool. Janet noticed small icicles forming at the edges of the platform, and the nervous staff began backing away as the water itself began to ice up. “‘Each word will be written as I speak it!’” Mallory said in that voice. Then it returned to the monotone. Janet was absolutely not her friend right now, but even she was growing unnerved. “And then I wrote what… it said to.”

“Ruby…” Al said, but Mallory cut him off and continued.

“It made me deliver a message. ‘Tell Ruby and Al I’m a big fan. Matanee, little slut. See you soon.’” Mallory’s eyes focused again, and the ice that had begun spreading dissipated into steam.

“She couldn’t have gotten in.” Al said, to Ruby.

“We did give the audience a backdoor into her brain.” Ruby said. “But did we leave a lock on it?”

“Do either of you want to explain what just happened, or what the hell you’re talking about?” Michael demanded.

“No, we don’t.” Ruby said, shutting him down. “We’re behind schedule already. But, just for giggles, let’s show Danica’s options next.” Ruby waved her hand, and Danica’s popped up on the water screen.

Danica

• I’m Not Your Maid! - Actually, yes she is. Danica will feel a powerful compulsion to keep the common areas and the Master’s Suite clean, and will feel an equally powerful compulsion to wash Michael and the other contestants after sex or other vigorous activity. She gains the ability to enter the Master’s Suite in order to accomplish this. [Ruby]
• Two For One - Danica feels any of the pleasure Michael gives to Al’s team (Ronnie, Mallory, Janet) upon her as well. [Al]
• Mommy’s Little Slut - Danica will find the idea of Michael and Mallory sleeping together intensely arousing, but will remember that it is taboo and a result of the transformation, not her own thought. [Mallory … Yuki <3]

“Who is Yuki?” Danica asked. Al and Ruby both cringed at the mere mention of the name. Only Ronnie could bring herself to answer.

“The question is ‘What is Yuki?’ and the answer is ‘You don’t wanna fucking know.’”

A chill passed over the collected group, followed by a painful silence. But as Ruby and Al silently stared, trying to decide how to respond to this invasion, words kept appearing on the screen.

“Ok, why is my name up there now?” Michael asked.

Al and Ruby jumped at the opportunity to change the subject, and accidentally started talking over each other.

“It’s-”

“You-”

“They fuck with the Master sometimes.” Ronnie said, once again stealing their thunder.

“Well put, girlie.” Al said. “We were gonna surprise you with those last after Danica’s.”

“Like you surprised me with my room?” Michael groaned

“Wait, what’s with your room?” Sarah asked.

“You’d know if you had made it up there on your date night instead of playing demolition derby,” Ruby said. “We made a few changes to reflect Michael embracing his new role.”

“I am not a goddamned Sultan or whatever you are trying to do.”

“No, you’re a master and you’re finally accepting it. Like using the Joker in the last round.” Ruby said, her voice draining of its worry and returning to its usual sultriness. “We’re just giving it an extra push. We pulled a few options from your girls’ subconscious, as well as the lovely folks who’ve been waiting on you hand and foot since you got here.”

Michael

• And That’s How It’s Done - Michael can, at his own discretion, broadcast the sex he’s having or the sex other women are having to everyone in the resort. Contestants who choose to watch will receive points as if they viewed it in the room, and receive bonus points if they masturbate along. Michael does not have to tell the participants that it is being shared. [Al]
• Kiss and Make Up - If Michael can convince two of his harem to kiss each other on the lips (or more) in his presence, they will continue to receive points even if repeated and the two will begin to look more favorably upon each other. Michael gains no specific power of persuasion for this, he has to do so naturally. [Ruby]
• For Her Pleasure - Michael’s penis will naturally be the ideal size and shape for whatever sex act he is engaged in at the time. [The Harem Collectively]
• Demanding Boss - Active when Michael gives any command. If it would produce points, rewards for pleasing Michael are significantly increased. But penalties for displeasing Michael or denying him that command are also significantly increased, even if it would not otherwise produce points. [The Harem Hotel Staff]

“You can’t make me do any of this.” Michael said.

“We’ll see how long you can resist your shiny toy, Mikey.” Al said. “But even though you’re the Master, you ain’t the whole show. Let’s keep going with the Ladies.”

He swished his hands around to re-order the entries in the vote, and they returned to the rank order from the previous challenge.

“For Janet and Rhonda,” Al said. “We have enhanced their transformation options because they opted to draw cards in the poker challenge, rather than play dirty like everyone wanted.” Al shook his head. “So rather than just dole out all the transformations, we thought it would be better to still give the fans a vote. But we each added our own little twists…”

Janet

• First Place, First Dibs - Janet can now pay chips to bump girls out of their slots in challenges (re-arranging the order if relevant), nights with Michael, or for use of the hotel facilities. [Al]
  • [Ruby Enhancement - This now also costs VP to perform. The chips (but not the VP) are paid to the person she bumped. The VP returns to the house.]
  • [Rhonda Enhancement - When Janet does this, she receives a temporary TF for the rest of the round, chosen by the person she bumped.]
• With Me or Against Me - Janet now sees the world entirely in black and white extremes. People are either her dear friends or her sworn enemies. [Ruby]
  • [Al Enhancement - Just as she feels lust for her friends, she now feels a desire to dominate and humiliate her enemies to the same degree.]
  • [Rhonda Enhancement - It becomes quite easy to flip Janet between these extremes. Acts of kindness or minor betrayals can do so.]
• America’s Sweetheart - Janet’s finish in the best girl poll will determine how physically attractive she is to everyone around her, lasting until another is held. [Rhonda]
  • [Al Enhancement - The swings are both **** and retroactive to all other contestants.]
  • [Ruby Enhancement - Only the next best girl poll (below) will retroactively affect her relationship with Michael. 4th place is no change. A higher result means a steamier past, a lower result means a more chaste or even antagonistic past.]

“Will you freaks stop messing with my brain?” Janet demanded.

“No.” Al and Ruby said simultaneously.

“But since you mentioned mindfucking…” Al said.

Rhonda

• Fits Like an Old Coat - Ronnie will be able to call up the characters the Hotel made her play, along with their associated skills (singing, sex, cooking, etc). [Al]
  • [Ruby Enhancement - However, elements of the Hotel personality associated with them will come back as well.]
• What Makes Her So Great? - Attention Michael delivers to her will make all the women jealous and awed, even ones who otherwise were not. [Ruby]
  • [Al Enhancement - The further behind her in VP they are, they will feel more compelled to interrupt, join, or otherwise disrupt his interactions with her]
• No Woman is an Island - Must maintain physical contact with another person at all times or she feels compelled to chase it. Can be a simple as holding hands or as involved as cuddling in bed. [Luciana]
  • [Ruby Enhancement - This TF previously allowed Rhonda to satisfy the need by contact with staff, but no longer. The other person must be a contestant or Michael.]

“Just stirring shit, as usual.” Ronnie said, crossing her arms.

“Well this will either drive you into the harem’s arms or turn all their knives against you.” Ruby said, with a smirk and a shrug. “Either is great TV.”

Luciana

• A Ten Count - If Luciana pins another girl down for the requisite ten seconds, she can issue a command which they must obey. However, if they do the same to her, then they would be able to issue one in turn. [Ruby]
• Meathead - When Luciana didn’t pay attention in school, she really didn’t pay attention. She will lose all knowledge of sex and become highly suggestible about learning it over again. [Al]
• Take a Dive - Luciana is knocked back to zero points. However, she does not gain a strike and cannot be eliminated from Harem Hotel by challenge outcomes. All points she earns until the end of the game are doubled. [Sarah]

“That makes no fucking sense, Sarah.” Luciana griped. “You’re gonna take all my points?!”

“There’s a method to my madness.” Sarah replied, looking calm and collected. Her ropes looked less convinced, and they responded by strapping her even tighter to her chair. Sarah grunted in annoyance as they secured her, but kept talking. “Michael asked me to come up with a plan to keep anyone from being eliminated, so I’m trying this.”

“But that would tie me for last!” Luciana said. “My luck would make me a walking shitshow!”

“But you wouldn’t be eliminated.”

“That isn’t really the spirit of what I asked,” Michael said.

“Then be more specific!” Sarah demanded in return.

“Well, if you wanted to put her ass to work…” Al said, as Sarah’s appeared:

Sarah

Michael says she needs a job, the Hotel will give her one. Performing the jobs successfully potentially generate VP and Chips.

• She Kicks High - Sarah will become one of the Hotel’s showgirls, performing a whole song and dance routine for the benefit of the cast. Can she survive a night in heels? Buy the tickets and find out! [Ruby]
• Multi-Level Marketing - Sarah must work shifts in Esmeralda’s shop or convince the other women to purchase their products. She will be assigned products to test and demonstrate accordingly. [Al]
• The Social Lubricant - Sarah becomes a bartender for the hotel. The other contestants and Michael will feel more willing to confide in her, and when is serving them, Sarah must listen and cannot brush them off. If they ask her to, she will be bound to keep their confidence. She keeps the tips. [Vivian]

“I already paid off the debt!” Sarah complained. “Why are you forcing a job on me now!?”

“It’s sexier that way.” Al waved dismissively. “Anyway, last and least, let’s see what’s in store for Vivian!”

Vivian

• Call For Backup - Anyone having sex with Michael can summon Vivian to wherever it is occuring to join. She will not be able to refuse. [2P1L: If she joins the sex, the woman who brought her will also get any points she earns.] [Ruby]
• This Ho IS Loyal - Vivian will be helplessly devoted to whomever she had sex with most recently, then Michael if it wasn’t him. [2P1L: While she is linked to a person, their leash commands will persist until her loyalty changes. They cannot directly prevent her from having sex with another person.] [Al]
• Falling in Love is So Hard on the Knees - Vivian cannot walk unless someone is pulling her leash, and otherwise must crawl on all fours to get around. [2P1L: Vivian previously could sit on furniture but would feel extremely uncomfortable. Now she cannot sit on furniture at all unless invited by its owner or Michael, or is otherwise sitting in someone’s lap. When on furniture, she will sit on her haunches or curl up at the foot of the bed. The contestants “own” the common room furniture for this purpose.] [Danica]

Vivian watched them scroll onscreen but gave the hosts no reaction to play off. No opening they could pry on. No wound to salt.

“I thought I was going to be eliminated entirely less than an hour ago,” Vivian said. “These are all improvements on that situation.”

“We have combined this with the Best Girl vote for this round” Ruby added. “So please also rank our girls accordingly!”

The Polls are Closed, Thanks again!