Vote: Gamechanger [Poll closed]

The case rattled as Chrissi went to open it. The lid came off to reveal it was filled with a variety of coloured dice.

“Ah, the Rules round” the host explained. “Rather than make any changes to Sophia this time, we're going to be amending how the game is going to be played going forward. Always an interesting one to see so early in the show. Let's find out what our choices are.”

• Full House: In addition to the regular vote, an additional vote will be carried out each round for whether or not to apply all of that round’s options. Minor adjustments will be made to make all options compatible and synergistic. The first successful vote for this will be free, but each time thereafter will grant Sophia compounding compensation such as harmony changes and revealing punishment cases.
• Game Show: During each intermission, Sophia will have a challenge to complete. These will be simple tasks, sometimes erotic in nature, all designed to push Sophia into embarrassing situations where her changes will have greater impact. Failure to complete these tasks will result in penalties changes, whereas successes will grant small rewards.
• Metagame: Each round, Sophia will play the role of the audience, and select at least one option to apply to her maid of honour. To aid her choice during the selection, Sophia will have her inhibitions lowered, and hear the thoughts of members of the audience indistinguishably from her own. Previous rounds’ selections will also be chosen once per round over the remaining course of the game.
• Skill Tree: Each individual alteration Sophia receives will have an experience value, which will increase every time the respective change affects Sophia during the intermissions. Once these experience value reach certain thresholds, the associated alteration will ‘level up’ and Sophia will have to choose from additional minor effects to add onto them.

“Just four option this time, but some real potential to spice the game up. Whatever is selected here will have huge ramifications for the show going forward, so allow me to give out a little more detail to help you all make the right choice.

“First up we have 'Full house'. Should it be chosen, we'll be having an additional yes/no vote each round whether to apply every one of that rounds alterations to Sophia. You'll still be voting for your favourite options, of course, for the event that the vote does not pass. This presents the opportunity to stack up a lot physical or mental changes all at once. A full set of compulsions, for instance, or perhaps a full-body makeover. Of course, some rounds such as the 'Wardrobe' round may not combine together so easily. In those cases we'll do our best to blend the options together while maintaining the spirit of each individual alteration.

“Now, it wouldn't be fair on our lovely Sophia if we just let you go Full House on every round so we've added a little caveat to the mix to avoid abusing the system. While the first successful Full House vote will be a freebie, each one thereafter will dispense a little compensation for our little princess that will compound with each success. For example, from the second success onwards, she'll be getting a choice of two harmony changes to make her life with those excessive alterations a bit easier. We will of course let you know what compensation will be given before each vote so you know exactly what you're voting for.”

Sophia wasn't sure what to make of that 'compensation'. From what she knew, harmony changes were a double-edged sword that could do as much to harm her as help.

“Next up we have 'Game Show' and this one is pretty simple. Each round, our showrunners will devise a task or challenge that they've determined will spice up our intermissions by pushing Sophia into embarrassing or erotic situations, or into scenarios where her alterations will have greatest potential to impact her. Success will be evaluated once Sophia returns to the studio, and failure to complete the challenges will be met with penalties. On the other hand, we'll have some nice little rewards lined up for her should she succeed.”

Again, Sophia didn't trust what these people considered a 'reward' for her.

“Third we have the 'Metagame' option, with which we'll be adding another player to our little game. Sophia, my dear, our audience hasn't had the pleasure of meeting your maid-of-honour just yet. Why don't you tell us a little about her.”

Sophia looked blankly at the man as he addressed her.

> What does he want me to say?

“Well... Heather is my best friend. We've known each other since we were kids. Um, she's kind, outgoing and active. She plays a lot of volleyball, and video games. I guess she can be a bit of a tomboy, but we like to do a lot of girly things together too. Um...”

Sophia felt a bit awkward describing her friend like this. She would expect this sort of casual talk on a normal game show, but in this hostile environment, the question felt a little out of place.

“That's wonderful princess, but perhaps you could tell us things that are a little bit spicier. Surely she's let you in on a few details.”

Sophia suddenly realised what the man really wanted from her. She tried to resist the Collar's command as she felt it flare around her neck. She didn't want to betray her friend divulging anything that would embarrass her, but just like always, she couldn't keep the device from forcing the words out of her mouth.

“H-Heather talks to me about her sex life sometimes. She's had a few boyfriends in her life but she's single right now. She's not a virgin either. She's a bit less shy about sex stuff than I am but she is far from slutty. She won't let boys see her naked until at least the third date.”

“How scandalous. She's practically a nun by today's standard.”

The Collar warmed up around Sophia's neck pressing her to divulge even more intimate information about her friend.

“Her breasts are quite small but I've overheard a lot of people say she has an 'amazing ass' and she has really fat thighs too. I know she's done mouth stuff but she doesn't like the taste of it so she spits it out. Sh-she got really drunk once and pushed me down on the bed and started kissing me and playing with my breasts, but she doesn't remember that at all. She's pretty sure that she's straight though.”

Sophia flushed at her own confession. That was something she had never told anyone before and now every one of her friends was going to hear it. What was Heather going to say when she found out?

“Now that sounds like an interesting story. I'm sure we'll be hearing more on that later in the show" Jack said with a grin. Sophia was sure he would never pass over an opportunity to embarrass her. He would simply hold on to this particular ammunition until he found the right time to use it.

“In any event, should 'Metagame' be chosen, Heather will be joining us here in the studio for a bonus segment each round. After the results of our audience vote have been enacted, Sophia will be required to select at least one of the selections from the vote to apply to her best friend. Of course, we know this will be a difficult choice for her, so we've arranged a couple of things to help with her decision.

“Firstly, during the selection process, Sophia will have her inhibition severely lowered. She'll feel no reservations about giving in to any naughty desires she might be housing in that seemingly innocent brain of hers. Secondly, and more interestingly, we'll be giving you, the audience, the chance to plant your own thoughts inside Sophia's head. Of course, she'll recognise any outrageous thoughts implanted as being intrusive, but if you're subtle and persuasive enough, you might have her making the selection you want, while believing it was her own idea the whole time. Or perhaps you can go for broke, and try to convince her to inflict every one of the options on her hapless friend.”

Sophia felt a chill run down her spine at that. Of all the things the Control Collar apparently had the ability to do, planting thoughts inside her head seemed one of the scariest. She'd already experienced it first-hand, having been brainwashed to see Catalina as a slut, and she hadn't even realised that her mind had been twisted.

“While within the studio, Heather will be made fully aware that Sophia is the one choosing the alterations made to her, but not of the influences affecting her decisions. She'll feel the full sting of her best friend's betrayal. During the intermissions however, Heather will forget the cause of the sudden changes she's going through, and Sophia will be the only one she can talk to about the strange changes she will be experiencing; the one who inflicted her with those changes in the first place. How is that for irony?

“The first of these segments will take place after next round's vote. As the only previous round we've had, Sophia will also make her selection for the 'Breasts' round at that time. We also be switching in different options from time to time that we deem more appropriate for Heather than the options we offered up for Sophia, so keep an eye out for that should 'Metagame' be a winner.

“Finally, we have the 'Skill Tree' option. Those of you who are avid gamers will likely recognise the expression. The explanation for this one is a bit wordy so please bear with me. Essentially, in many video games, your character will have skills that they can get better at. Progress in improving these skills is measured with 'experience points', and once your character gains enough of these points, they will 'level up', gaining a marginal improvement to those skills.

“This final selection borrows from that idea. Each individual alteration made to Sophia will take the place of a skill, and she will gain experience in these skills whenever she takes actions associated with that alteration during the intermissions. For instance, 'Mommy Milkers' is going to gain experience whenever Sophia gets milked, 'Fuck Pillows' whenever she services something with her tits, and 'Bolt-ons' will gain a little experience whenever someone comments on her breasts being fake and much more when their shape is adjusted after Sophia has sex.

“Once the experience Sophia has in a skill reaches certain thresholds, that skill is going to gain a level, and Sophia will then be required to choose an additional minor effect to add to that alteration. When she levels 'Mommy Milkers' she may get choices that increase the rate she produces milk, makes her moo whenever she gets milked or cause her breast milk to become a mild aphrodisiac. The effects she has to choose from will become more impactful as she gains more levels in the same skill too.

“There's a little more nuance to this selection as well, but what I've covered should give you all a good enough impression to vote on.”

Sophia kind of knew the gist of what Jack was talking about from the terms she'd picked up talking with Heather. There were still a concerning amount of unknowns about this option though, such as how often she would be getting 'level up's and how severe the additional effects would get.

“So Sophia, what do you make of your options this time?”

“I- please don't bring Heather into this. I don't care what you do to me, but don't put her through this as well.”

“Ah, what a noble spirit our sweet Sophia has” he said, though his tone suggested he didn't particularly care for Sophia's virtuous plea. “You all heard her. Sophia has given you free rein to do with her as you please, so be sure to make your votes count.”

==Author's Notes==

The link for the next poll can be found just below. I hope you all found this an interesting selection to choose from. I'm excited to see how the results for this round shape up since each option opens up a lot of possibilities for the story going forward.

Let me know if you think any of the rules need any clarification or minor amendments, and once again thanks for reading.

Edit: The poll is now closed. Thank you all for voting.