Week 1 Fan Mail: Aoba

Aoba opened her first gift to find a length of red silk rope and a bundle of fabric, a letter sitting on top of them.

Dear Aoba, I am so very glad you enjoyed our little game together. You seemed to have quite enjoyed yourself as well. So I gift to you your very own set of shibari ropes, crafted from enchanted silk, and your lovely outfit from the game. Perhaps you can use them to wow your Mistress and give yourself a leg up in the competition, Shar.

“Oh! Ah...uh… thank you, Shar.” Aoba finally managed to string multiple syllables together, her face only a shade or two lighter than the ropes. “I don’t know when… if… I’ll get a chance to use them. Last time was… a bit much.” Granted, she didn’t know which part made it that way, whether it was the shibari and other restraints themselves or dangling quite a bit higher in the air than she felt anyone should be comfortable with. She moved Shar’s gift aside to find a roughly-scribbled, borderline illegible note.

Dear Aoba,
Oh my gosh, I heard that not only are we on sister seasons, but also like we're both onis! That makes us twinsies! We should be like, the best of friends and find a way to pal around. Do you like computers? they're like my favourite thing. I also like the Jersey Devil and rice with chili crisp. Do you like fucking? Its also high on my things I like to do.
Oh my roommate is telling me to stop, jeeze. Everyone is so touchy lately!
Bye!!!!
Amy Tanaka

All Aoba could do was stare down at it in concern.

“Sera…” She called for the Host’s attention. “Please tell me I didn’t just get fan mail from a child. C’mon, it’s even written in crayon!”

“No, Miss Tanaka is actually older than you by several years, as I recall.” Sera assured her. “It would seem that she wrote this after a recent incident in which one of her horns broke, leaving her in a state of… somewhat reduced intelligence.”

“That can happen?!” Aoba panicked, her hands flying up to her horns. She’d yet to really put much thought into her new anatomy, and certainly hadn’t thought about what an injury to those parts might entail.

“In her case, it was an additional transformation; one that you’re very unlikely to receive.” Sera explained. “Don’t worry, my dear—I designed your transformation with durability in mind. It would take an honestly absurd degree of force to break one of your horns, so do feel free to indulge. Your partner or partners can be as rough with them as you’d like.”

Aoba simply nodded, unable to verbalize a response as she fidgeted in her seat from the thoughts Sera just put in her head. She quickly distracted herself with her next piece of mail.

Aooba,
I didnt whant to rite this & I woulbnt have if I wosnt been focred too. Your all wierdos adn I cant beleive any1 wood go alnog with this perverterd game.
Chrissy Robertson (Harem Hotel: Storytelling Edition)
P.S. Hi Aoba, Scarlet here. Sorry about Chrissy, she’s got some character development to go through before she’s ready to interact with civilised society again. As an apology for having even the briefest contact with her, please have this harpy feather hairpin. It has themes of freedom and instinct, and I’m sure you can come up with something fun to do with it.

[Harpy Feather Hairpin
A brown and black striped feather-tipped hairpin that seems to flutter slightly in a nonexistent breeze. Its magic can be used once to lower the inhibitions of the wearer and anyone nearby of their choice for one hour, and protect them all from any significant negative consequences of anything they do while under the effect.]

“Why am I getting all the weird ones?” Aoba bemoaned as she turned the feather over in her hands, mulling over its potential uses. This might come in handy if I end up with that bodypaint TF, like if the paint washes off while I’m in public. It’s a shame it’s only a one-time thing.

Dear Aoba,
Oh man are you a lucky one. Not rare at all to have horny contestants on Harem Hotel but to have one who's fetishes match up so well with their new life is a real treat. Great date by the way. First spreading the joys of anime to a non-believer is always a worthy cause. And then doing sexy exploration of a potential future transformation with the mistress is super awesome. Transformations are great so it's always a joy to see someone getting onboard with the program. Speaking of if you were thinking of wanting bigger breasts, not that yours are bad but you seemed interested and big breasts are amazing, I'll bet the store has something you could buy to help you out. Just food for thought. Regardless keep being the awesome, horny oni that you are
A fan,
Sally
P. S. I'm sending a nice little after challenge feast for y'all and I really recommend my cake. Just some food for thought

“Um, thank you, Sally.” Aoba wondered what the postscript meant. She meant literal cake and not figurative, right? Aoba wouldn’t put it past anyone on this show to write a note telling her to eat their ass.

Dear Aoba,
Dang, you make a cute oni. Word of warning: as a fellow woman with horns, be careful not to poke your girlfriend with them. It sounds like it might be funny to poke their chin or cheek, but trust me, the freakout when they get near your partner’s eyeballs is very much not. I’m lucky and can shape mine; if you can, I would see if you can get something to shape yours so there’s less of a chance of stabbing. I don’t have a lot of advice beyond that, besides go at your own pace regardless of what Sera pushes. It’s better that way. You have an incredibly kind woman in the role of Mistress, and you should grab onto normality where you can, because you are going to get plenty of forced excitement already.
Good Luck,
Lieutenant Samantha Irving
Azure Dragon of the Bottomless Depths

“Why did you have to make me picture that?!” Aoba covered her mouth, feeling a bit nauseous at the mental image of her horn in Aífe’s eye. “Thank you for calling me cute, though. Honestly, I’d rather be cool, like being called ‘Azure Dragon of the Bottomless Depths’. Do you have like dragon claws and cool water powers? I wish I had awesome powers—all I got is strength that I don’t even have enough stamina to get much use out of.” She sulked as she reached for the next one.

Greetings.
I do find it kind of funny that you ended up in this show while being not just an artist, but one with a specialty for NSFW art. Least I can tell, one could say the place is going to offer you many opportunities to get your art sharpened and models who can shake your world between sessions.
Your art certainly shook things up for Aria… I am not tattling on you to be clear, and realize this was certainly never the intended end result. But, there is still some irony to how one art piece from you led to this outcome.
Also, if you may allow me to, is it possible to ask if commissions, even when one is in different seasons? It does sound like an interesting idea to get the business rolling from people who also happen to get an intimate understanding of the special situations of their models (quick example, check for one Misty in the Haunted Castle season for a fellow artist, if one with a fairly different style).
Besides this, well, I can only wish you the best with the people of the harem. You seem to be in a good spot for now, I do hope for you it does continue that way.
…And I guess wishing to get many opportunities to perfect your one-handed drawing techniques with the people alongside you.
Keep going,
Isabelle ‘Hardric’ Richards.
PS: Semi-joke time brainworm striking. You truly want to see the worth of the people around you? Talk about One Piece and talk about how you can’t wait for Vivi to join the crew in the final arc. Anyone not spotting the blatantly wrong thing about that statement is to be educated. If they refuse the education… Give up all hopes on this person. And I guess you’re doomed if this person is in the Harem.

“Wait, is that really a thing?” Aoba focused in on the postscript, forgetting everything that came before it. “Vivi’s already a Straw Hat. She’s been a member of the crew since Alabasta. That’s like not even subtext, that’s text text. But if you mean that you want her to reunite with the crew when they set off for Laugh Tale, then yeah, obviously that’d be cool.”