Week 3 Carla's Date: Breakfast

Gabriella woke feeling slightly anxious and smiled. She knew that between the upcoming public display and even more public sex that was expected of her today she should be a nervous wreck, likely to try to spend the day hiding away if she could. But instead the same calm infused her that had been her constant companion since the blue skinned woman's touch after their latest challenge. It wasn't that she was numb or emotionless, she could still feel and feel deeply. It was a soothing hand of control that kept her intellect firmly in charge. It was a gift that she enjoyed even more than having half her age removed, not that that was a small thing either.

As she got ready for the day she thought on all of the transformations she'd received in this strange castle. She'd really been quite lucky. Youth and a working libido, remaining calm, even the multiplied pregnancies was hardly a burden considering not once but twice she'd nearly lost the ability to wear her favored dresses. The high leather collar hadn't sounded very pleasant either.

So she found herself smiling in quite good cheer despite the day's agenda as she stepped out into the circular transport room to be greeting by Candy's bright "Good morning Professor!"

"Good morning Candy, and how are you doing today?"

The blonde woman flashed to her foot tall form and flew over to perch on one of the ravenette's shoulders. "I'm great! Today should be so much fun!"

Gabriella smiled down at the now diminutive woman. "Shall we see if Misty and her roommates are up and ready? My own appears to have left at the crack of dawn again."

Candy danced about over the purplish black silk and giggled as she nodded assent. She had no doubt the British women would be up already, and possibly already downstairs as well, excited for their date.

Finding the room empty, after knocking and getting no answer, Gabriella thought that might be the case as well until they heard the sounds of splashing and laughter coming through the bathroom door. "Looks like they really are getting an early start." Candy laughed.

"So it would seem." The Spanish woman said, amused, and knocked on the bathroom door of the Gryphon room.

"Come on in, the water's fine!" They heard Kim's muffled yell through the door so Gabriella pushed it open to see the three women roughhousing in the large sunken bath together.

Misty pulled free and stepped up and out of the marble tub, water sheeting off of her curvy form, and padded over to give the tall woman a careful kiss so as not to soak her dress. "Good morning. Are you ready for today?"

"More ready than you apparently." Gabriella joked back.

The shorter woman laughed and made her way over to a stack of thick black towels. "I won't be but a moment to dry off and throw a dress on." Misty so did not miss the time it used to take to put her make up on and get her hair right. "Team disaster here always looks thrown together at the last minute anyways."

"It's a signature look." Kim rebutted, not at all bothered by the joke.

Carla nodded, grabbing her own towel. "In industrial music you either have to look like a team of cosmeticians just spent a week on you or like you just escaped a war zone. There is no in between."

"And one of those is a whole lot fuck'en easier."

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Laura led the way into the dining hall by a slim margin. Tracy would likely have charged ahead if not for holding Susan's hand. The two of them plus Stacy were still staying close together despite the teal haired woman's enthusiasm for the day. She noted as she swept into the room that only Anna and Evelyn were already seated, with everyone else still clustered about the buffet.

Candy left her plate in Misty's hand though as she launched herself at the tall redhead. "Laura!"

Laughing Laura spun about, clutching the energetic blonde to her as the others made their way past, dodging her wings. "Candy, I saw you just yesterday."

"Can I not be excited to see my fiancee?" She drew the last word out before dissolving into giggles. "Besides, it's a special day."

"Yeah, today Laura is included in the orgy." Stacy snarked from the buffet.

Candy whirled on the pink haired dog girl. "The shower was not an orgy!" She mock yelled, but couldn't fight a smile.

Tracy waggled her eyebrows at the blonde. "Not a proper one certainly, but Carla and Kim have gone all out this time. They even dressed up."

"Pest." Kim said good naturedly as she sat on one side of Laura's throne like chair as Carla took the other. "These were not on purpose."

Pointing her fork at the British redhead, Anna chuckled. "They do look festive at least, and you still get to be part of the show."

Carla nodded, Kim would be pissed to be left out of the cheerleading competition. She really wanted to win. Carla however would feel just fine if they came in last. That brought up something that had been bugging her though. "How do you think that's gonna work anyways? Are Kim and I being judged separately or at the same time? If it's separate do we go with high score or average the two?"

"Good question." Shar now stood opposite the singer, across from the big table. "I have a number of things to go over this morning but I can answer that one first."

The tall host smiled around at everyone, waiting until they were all seated to continue. Laura thought she looked completely recovered from her ordeal now, which was quite remarkable. "First off the two of you still count as a single contestant for this so you will be judged together even though you are wearing different outfits." The duo nodded, Kim had expected something like that.

"Secondly you may note the scores." Shar pointed back at the screen. "Congratulations to Susan and Tracy for reaching the third benchmark!" Tracy cheered while Susan just shook her head, amazed to be doing so well. "This of course locks both of you in as winning contestants receiving only boon transformations no matter how you rank in the challenges even if your score should dip back below. However this does not mean you are safe from eliminations should you do something stupid." Shar gave Tracy a pointed look while the cat girl tried to look innocent. "Still past the third hurdle in just three weeks is quite something even if some of you are barely past the first. I feel at this point I should remind you that anyone not past this stage by the end, while not eliminated, will be placed less favorably in the harem hierarchy. That may not seem like a big deal since you all get along so well, but this matters for final adjustments when the season ends." Everyone looked a bit nervous at that, not liking the ominous sound of it. "Now before you go all doom and gloom on this special day let me also remind you, and for those of you that haven't gone over your rulebooks, you can give VP to each other. But no more than ten victory points a week."

Tracy shot up her chromed hand then, and Shar nodded at her. "Is that per person or total?" She didn't have to worry about Susan, but she wasn't letting that happen to Candy, Anna, or especially Stacy.

Shar walked over and patted Tracy on the head, who rolled her eyes after. "Good question, it is per person so you may give up to seventy points per week away if you really want to." Tracy barked a laugh, she wasn't going that far.

Striding back to the center Shar continued. "Speaking of points you may notice that the totals seem a bit off. That's because I noticed some discrepancies so did a full audit last night retroactively fixing the errors." Laura didn't even want to think what kind of headache that was, or even how you retroactively fixed something.

Now Shar turned to Gabriella. "This audit also brought another error to my attention. You passed the one hundred mark on your date night and should have received a free upgrade the morning of the third challenge. Unfortunately I was indisposed and in the excitement Nimue missed it, being new to the season."

"Not either of your faults." Gabriella was quick to interject. "There was a lot going on that day." And she had been too worried about the transformation vote to think of it herself.

The pale redhead gave her a sad smile, not showing teeth. "I thought you were holding on to it in case Mistress won to soften the blow, but thankfully that is no longer a concern. So any questions before you pick?"

Thinking about her transformations, and which upgrade might be best, she nodded. "Could I pick Lady Grey even though I got that after I reached one hundred?"

"Of course." Shar smiled wider now. "You could have waited even if it hadn't been missed. The free upgrade doesn't have to be used immediately or else I would have been interrupting all kinds of intimate moments."

"Hang on!" Kim stood up. "Why didn't you tell us we didn't have to get the free upgrade when you brought it up?"

"You didn't ask." As Kim sputtered and Laura tried to calm her down, Shar turned back to Gabriella. "Any other questions?"

The tall Spanish woman considered. "You'll tell me about the potential upgrades, right?"

Shar nodded. "For the free one yes, any in particular or should I go over all of them?"

Shaking her head, Gabriella didn't even want to know how Multiplication might upgrade. "No, I'm pretty sure Lady Gray is the one I want but I am curious how Making Up For Lost time or Hot For Teacher would upgrade. Both seemed one time events."

With a sardonic grin Shar shook her head. "Oh hardly dear Professor. Teacher didn't just cut your age in half once, you are aging only one year for every two now. When you are sixty you will look barely thirty years old."

Gabriella was stunned, that was far more than she'd expected from the transformation. "And upgraded?"

"Most likely it would let you control how old you look on a scale from the twenty three you look now to the forty six you are. Something certain to please the Milf lovers watching if you should choose to age up for some reason."

That was interesting, but Gabriella hardly cared how old she looked, so long as Misty liked it. "And Lost Time?"

Shar waggled a hand. "Hard to say, lots of possibilities there. Might give you more sexual stamina, might make you more curvy, might even make you taller. So much that can be done with hormones and body chemistry retroactively."

Gabriella had toyed with the thought of larger breasts to not stand out so much in this harem of busty women, and more stamina wouldn't be bad either, but it sounded like this was too open ended and the transformation being retroactive made it an even bigger gamble. "Lady Grey?"

"Tea can do much more than just calm. It can inspire, energize, even arouse... An upgrade here would most likely add to the effect you can already share. Or possibly just a small calming field around you instead of just by touch." Shar shrugged.

That was good enough for her, and what she had been considering already. "Lady Grey then if you please."

"As you wish." Shar gestured and Gabriella felt the calm upon her deepen, feeling almost like it had developed layers to it. While she contemplated the sensation their host had turned back to the others. "Now two more quick things. First what you are all waiting for, the contest! In a couple hours from now I ask all of you to gather in the auditorium."

"There's an auditorium?"

Shar gave Tracy a look, but she just grinned back. "As I was saying, please gather in the auditorium. Your bracelets can lead you there just fine and for the event I turned off any traps that may or may not be in the room." No laughs there? Oh well, Shar shrugged, they can't all be winners. "Its really just a small stage with some seats in front but you can get changed in the wings while Laura gets to sit front and center to take you all in. Lastly, and this is mostly for Laura, I've received some invitations to a certain birthday party for you and two guests."

"Already?" Laura was puzzled, she'd seen Andy just the night before. He hadn't said anything about a party.

Shrugging Shar continued. "As I said before they are on a much faster time track than us here. For him it's been most of a week. I highly suggest taking Tracy with as she'll just try to stow away otherwise."

Tracy nodded emphatically. "I'll hide in your purse if I have to."

Signing Laura nodded. "Fine you can go, but I'd like Candy to as well."

"Party!" A tiny Candy launched herself into Laura's cleavage, trying to hug her.

"Very well, finish eating and get changed if you like, then meet me in my office. There will be a small budget for gifts of course and you can take mine along as well." With that Shar was gone.

Carla was confused. "Hang on, if you three are going to this party what about the contest? Shar said be in the auditorium in a couple of hours?"

"We'll be back almost as soon as we're gone, as Shar said Arabella's season is in a extremely fast time stream. I can't believe a week has already gone by there."

With a groan Tracy bonked her head on the table. "This means I missed another game sesh! Sam promised!"

Laura got up and leaned over to hug her sister. "We'll ask Shar to do some time stuff to let us catch up on what's been going on before we head over, okay? And I'm sure Sam will keep her promise, you can talk to her about the game at the party."

"I'm goin to wear my fancy dress!" Candy called from the depths of Laura's shirt.

Bonus Halloween art by Little Miss. Cyber Assassin Misty.