What do you need?

Ji-Woo Summers

"What do you need me to do?" Ji-Woo begged within Azure's arms.

"I'm glad I piqued your interest," the host grinned." "But first, why don't we share our discussion with the folks at home."

Azure snapped her fingers, and instantly, the world around them swirled with a cascade of colors and lights. The woman felt herself fall through the tunnel of hue, only to land on her feet in the middle of a stage, the spotlight on her. Beyond the stage was darkness, the stage like an island in an infinite void.

Standing opposite Ji-Woo was Azure, her business suit replaced with a showgirl dress that displayed her enhanced bust. As she spoke, her voice was enhanced, as if by microphone. "And we're here for a special, secret chat with our contestant, Ji-Woo."

"Ji-Woo's show of initiative has earned her the right to be the first to be offered a Secret Agenda. This is a new mechanic where contestants can take on a secret mission, once I deem them ready for it." Azure explained to the camera, before teleporting over to Ji-Woo and placing a hand on her shoulder. "Should a contestant accept and accomplish a Secret Agenda, they will receive 25 VP, as well as a special bonus prize tailored to the individual."

Azure teleported again, this time appearing before a suddenly materialized giant monitor. Ji-Woo gasped as the screen came to life and displayed an image of her parents, looking the exact same age as the last time she'd seen them.

"Ji-Woo's special prize would be information. Specifically, the current fate and/or whereabouts of her parents, who she hadn't seen since they sacrificed everything they owned to smuggle her out of North Korea."

"You... don't need to share that..." Ji-Woo muttered under her breath.

Azure turned off the monitor. "On the other hand, if Ji-Woo accepts the Secret Agenda but fails to accomplish it, she will receive a Nasty transformation."

Azure snapped her fingers again. In an instant, the two women were sitting at a table in the center of the stage. The host continued speaking as if there had been no interruption. "To help her with the task, she would also gain a special cheat item."

Azure leaned forward and reached into her cleavage, retrieving a small ring and showing it off. "Do you recognize it, Ji-Woo? I doubt it. This was Levi's mother's wedding ring. She threw it away when her husband left her." She started chuckling. "Interestingly, it fits your finger perfectly. It's like a metaphor."

"Why are you giving me this?" Ji-Woo asked, thoroughly unamused. "Is this just a joke?"

"It's no joke. The ring has been given magical properties." Azure rose her index finger, "Once every twelve hours, when you rub it three times, it will spare you from any sexual sensations for two minutes."

"Sensations?" Ji-Woo repeated.

Azure nodded. "Yes. So if you were to orgasm, for example, you're body would do it, but your brain wouldn't feel it."

"You're referring to if I lie," Ji-Woo replied, catching on.

"Yes, though it is used elsewhere as well. Tell me, dear, do you still intend to have Levi fuck you tomorrow?"

Ji-Woo's face turned red as she looked away. "Yes, I do."

Azure nodded understandingly. "Well, the tattoo you will get for it is designed to send you a sexual shock any time you disobey him." Azure's lips curled into a mischievous grin. "But smart enough ring usage could allow you to go behind his back and not feel it, should you be sneaky enough."

Ji-Woo shook her head slowly, her brow furrowing in frustration as she clenched her fist. "Going behind his back is what got me in this situation in the first place."

"No, it was Elena who did that with her underhanded tactics. Along with simple bad luck in your transformation." Azure patted Ji-Woo's hand sympathetically. "The good news, though, is that now everyone will assume you're telling the truth if you say anything without cumming, giving you the perfect window. Granted, the ring only protects you for two minutes before needing a twelve-hour recharge, so you need it to count."

"I see," Ji-Woo said slowly, still not convinced she would want to take the risk. "Anything else?"

"Yes, unfortunately, the ring does have one downside. The sexual sensations are simply delayed for an hour, or until you next take off the ring, at which point you will feel everything it spared you from at once." She began laughing. "So you might want to be mindful of how many times you cum in those two minutes, or the aftermath could be quite intense."

Ji-Woo blushed harder, remembering what multiple orgasms at once had done to her. "You keep talking about this ring but still haven't told me about this secret mission."

Azure nodded and pointed to the blank monitor. "Right, you are. Let's cover that now. You are Levi's secretary, so your Secret Agenda is all about ensuring his success as master. It's a fairly easy task—one that most seasons would accomplish on their own without any interference, but Levi is a special case."

"What's the agenda!?" Ji-Woo snapped impatiently. As she did, the screen came to life and wrote the commandment.

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Ji-Woo Agenda

Warning: By accepting this Secret Agenda, Ji-Woo will be physically unable to discuss it until it is accomplished or failed. Should Ji-Woo find some way to share it with another contestant or master, she will automatically fail.

Goal:

The following must be satisfied before the start of the last challenge:

Levi Summers has had penetrative sex with [X] active contestants at least twice each.

[X] equals seven minus two for each eliminated contestant Levi has had sex with.

* To satisfy the "twice" stipulation, the two incidents must be separated by at least four hours.

---

Ji-Woo read this several times, growing number with each. "Eliminated contestants?" she finally asked.

"Correct. By default, Levi will need to sleep with the whole harem twice. However, fucking an eliminated contestant once lowers the requirement by two." Azure lifted up seven fingers among her hands and counted them down. "So if Levi fucked Lauren-Two, you'd only need to worry about five contestants. And if you threw in Jezebel, it's only three." She began laughing, "Hell, if we get enough eliminations, you could get by with just them."

"I cannot see that happening," Ji-Woo scoffed, disgusted.

"Don't be so sure. You've seen how much both of them want to jump his bones."

"They're not the ones I'm worried about," Ji-Woo countered. "Levi would never agree to that."

Azure leaned back in her chair sadly. "Are you not interested in the offer? You can reject it, but you should be fine missing out on the ring, potential VP, and information about your parents."

"Wait, I accept!" Ji-Woo yelled in a panic.

SECRET AGENDA ACCEPTED

The silver ring materialized around Ji-Woo's finger, fitting as perfectly as Azure had promised, locking her mission in place.

---

Olivia Booker

An awkward silence filled the room between Olivia and Tomoko. The former felt an increasing embarrassment, as if she had been caught in a temper tantrum and now felt guilty about it. "I'm sorry," she finally managed.

Tomoko pulled her fingers through her hair. "It's okay. I never actually went to the conversion camp, despite my parents' best efforts."

"That doesn't make it better," Olivia countered.

Tomoko shrugged. "Eh, things were escalating with them before that point anyway. Things only got rocky when puberty hit me like a truck. My mom made me wear chest wraps for one."

She leaned onto her back, looking at the ceiling. "I think they figured my liking both boys and girls was just me rebelling against them like the first time I dyed my hair or got wasted. It was only when they realized I was serious that they got involved."

She sighed sadly. "I'm sure they thought they were doing the right thing."

"Seriously, you're defending them?! Aren't you mad?" Olivia asked.

"Well, I don't talk to them anymore, so why bother?" Tomoko explained. "Better to just live well, ya know."

"You're way too forgiving," the other woman muttered.

"It's not about forgiveness. I'm just letting it go for my own sake," Tomoko clarified. "Holding on to resentment and anger just lets them keep hurtin' me, ya know?"

Olivia stared at Tomoko in complete astonishment. From the moment they met, Olivia had dismissed her as a childish idiot. Yet, in that instant, Tomoko appeared to be the most mature among them.

As Olivia contemplated this, Tomoko bolted upright. "But enough 'bout depressing stuff. Let's talk about somethin' else."

"What? Oh, uh, okay." Olivia replied, thrown off guard by the pivot. She tore her eyes away from Tomoko's cleavage to the closed sketchbook on her bed. "You were drawing earlier. Mind if I see?"

Tomoko was overjoyed at the offer and grateful that someone was showing interest. She scooted over in the bed and patted an empty space beside her. "Oh, for sure. Come on, sit."

Olivia nodded and sat beside her. As he got close enough to smell her, she felt her pulse escalate. Instinctively, she felt an urge to leap to her feet and confront her for trying to seduce her, just as she had done before. But the memory of her earlier behavior towards Tomoko loomed over her, filling her with embarrassment. She clenched her teeth, forcing herself to stay composed.

If Tomoko was aware of Olivia's angst, she kept it to herself as she opened her sketchbook, revealing a pencil drawing of a young boy. Olivia was immediately struck by the quality. She had anticipated simple, rough doodles to match Tomoko's intelligence, but instead, she was greeted with details befitting a professional.

"This is amazing," Olivia observed. "Is this your son?"

Tomoko nodded, smiling affectionately at the portrait. "Yeah, none of my pictures came when I was brought here. So this was the best I could do."

"How did you learn to draw like this?"

Tomoko shrugged again. "Eh, here and there. I'd kinda suck at being an illustrator if I don't know how to sketch."

"You're an illustrator?” Olivia asked in astonishment, having secretly assumed that Tomoko worked as a stripper. “Like, for books and stuff?"

Tomoko laughed. "When I can. Though, I'll take anything that pays. For example, I'd be on the street if it weren't for furries."

Olivia resisted the temptation to ask what a furry was, so she allowed Tomoko to turn the page and showcase the rest of her art.

---

Elena Mendez

"Sophia, there you are," Elena called out, spotting the catgirl wandering the castle courtyard. "Te estaba buscando."

Sophia turned startled, yet her shock was immediately soothed by Elena's beautiful Spanish words: "Oh hi, princess."

"I checked out the new numbered door," she explained excitedly. "Get this, it's a beach. But not like a small room beach. It's a whole freaking island! The place must go on for miles."

"Sure, whatever. Hey, can I ask you a favor?" Sophia asked dismissively.

Elena was taken aback by Sophia's disinterest, especially considering the girl's obsession with the numbered doors a few days prior. "Oh, okay. What do you need?"

Sophia leaned in and whispered. "I need your help finding the secret shop."

"The what?"

"The secret shop. Azure mentioned there was a secret store besides Jezebels, remember?"

Sophia waited a few moments before groaning at the lack of recollection on Elena's face. "Seriously, am I the only one who pays attention? It's like you want to lose."

"There's been a lot going on," Elena countered.

"It was the opening ceremony, right after Olivia arrived. It was the introduction to the rules. You should have been listening!" Sophia snapped in uncharacteristic irritation.

"I was kind of still shocked by the freaking guy transforming into a blond bimbo," Elena replied defensively.

"Fair enough," Sophia agreed, instantly dropping her annoyance. "Well, anyway, whatever this secret shop is, it's probably more powerful than the normal one. So we'll need to find it to pull this off."

"Pull what off?"

"Saving Lauren-Two."

---

Tomoko Nakaya

“And this is my best friend, Angie. She has a cat, And here's my best friend, Lue. She's allergic to cats,” Tomoko explained enthusiastically as she turned the page of her sketchbook. "So we can't hang out at Angie's house if we don't want Lue to die."

"When did you have time to do this?"

"Last night. And today," Tomoko said simply. "I've been kinda going all out to get it ready in time."

"Ready in time for what? You got an exhibit or something?" Olivia laughed.

Tomoko shook her head, giggling along. "Nah. For my date with Levi tonight." Olivia's laughter stopped, but Tomoko didn't notice. She closed the book, having reached the end. "I want to show all of them to him when we meet. Sharing information about the people who matter to you is important when starting a relationship. You gotta gauge if you wanna be more than just fuck-buddies."

"You're planning on sleeping with him, even now?" Olivia snarled.

Tomoko raised her eyebrow, not understanding the question. "Uh, yeah. That's the point, ain't it?"

Olivia got to her feet. "Have you forgotten? He'll mark you if you do that!"

Tomoko smiled. "Yeah, I know. I was super bummed when Azure erased my tattoos, so I'm excited to get a new one."

"You idiot," Olivia exclaimed, slapping her forehead. "It's not about the tattoo! You'll become his ****."

Tomoko blinked in surprise. "That's a bit dramatic."

"You'll literally have to call him master," she snapped back.

Tomoko stuck her tongue into her cheek, thinking. "Yeah, I guess. But considering the kinds of curses everyone else has been getting, having to say 'master' seems pretty tame."

Olivia shook her head in disbelief. "What about the shock, then? Remember? The one that will hit you if you ever disobey him?"

Tomoko sucked air through her teeth. "Yeah, that's a bit of a problem. I was gonna ask Sophia what it was like but stopped myself so I wouldn't chicken out."

Olivia crossed her arms beneath her chest. "You should chicken out. You don't have to do this."

"Yes, I do!" Tomoko suddenly shouted. She quickly flipped through her sketchbook and showed Olivia the image of her son again. "My little boy is stuck in an orphanage! I'll never see him again if I don't get a hundred points. He won't even remember me!"

She closed the book and slammed it onto the bed, a determined look in her eyes. "So if I gotta get some shocks to my coochie to help him, I'll gladly do it."

"I... well..." Olivia stumbled. "I'm trying to find a way around it. If you just wait for..."

"I can't wait," Tomoko retorted. "I've been givin' Levi his space because he seemed uncomfortable, plus I thought he was a dick for a few days, but I can't wait around anymore, 'specially with the eliminations bein' easier. I gotta make up for lost time tonight."

Olivia groaned loudly before turning her back on Tomoko and storming for the exit. "Fine! Go ruin your life for all I care." Before she got to the door, she felt Tomoko's hand on her shoulder, immediately making her pulse quicken as she felt her smooth fingers.

"Please don't leave. You clearly need help."

"I... I don't need help," Olivia blushed. "What I need is to get my muscles back without fucking you!"

Tomoko's eyes widened as Olivia brought her hand to her mouth, mortified at what had slipped out.

"Huh? What are you talkin' about?" Tomoko asked. "Wait, is this why you were so caught up in the whole 'finding me attractive thing?'"

"Sh-shut up!" Olivia stammered, feeling like she wanted to die.

"Dang, why didn't you say so? I'm sorry if ya thought that."

"I... I said shut up!"

Tomoko shook her head. "No, I want to make sure you feel comfortable." She placed her hand on her heart, which, to Olivia's despair and delight, brought the attention back to her cleavage. "I promise I would never sleep with anyone who didn't want to."

"OF COURSE I WANT YOU TO!"

The words had spilled out of Olivia before she could stop them. Tomoko's mouth fell open as silence spread between the two.

"FUCK!" Olivia finally swore, kicking a desk.

---

Lauren Peterson

Lauren stood alone atop the castle balcony, which overlooked the sprawling courtyard below. The sky was a dull gray, perfectly matching the depression inside her. Not that she took in any of this; she had her back to it and stared off into space aimlessly.

She couldn't help but endlessly replay the last time she was here—only a day ago, but it felt like years. Katelyn had slapped her, revealing all her resentment and frustration toward Lauren. It had been the last time they had spoken before Azure stole her away.

Lauren's eyes stung, but she did not cry, no longer capable of it. 'How? How could I be such an idiot?' She craned her neck back to look over the balcony. She wondered how harmful a drop from that distance would be. What would happen if she simply swung her legs over the railings and...

"Lauren? Hey!" Elena called out, stepping out onto the balcony.

Lauren closed her eyes in annoyance, having no patience for incessant chattering from one of Levi's whores. She immediately walked in the other direction, back into the castle. Unfortunately for her, Elena was determined to keep step with her.

"I'm glad I found you. Sophia's been gathering a group to find a secret shop. Azure mentioned it earlier and said it was hidden somewhere in the castle. We were hoping you'd help us."

"Why the fuck would I do that, bitch," Lauren asked emotionlessly, her voice horse as though she had forgotten how to use it. Still, Elena couldn't help but observe that even having Lauren talk to her was progress.

"Well, Sophia thinks they may have more powerful stuff," Elena explained. "And it's a long shot, but Sophia thought there might be something that can help your sister. So we wanted to prioritize..."

Without warning, Lauren pivoted on her heels, her eyes blazing with determined intensity as she closed the distance between their faces, mere inches apart.

"What do you need me to do?!"

---

Olivia Booker

Tomoko patted Olivia's hand sympathetically as the latter rang her hands through her hair. She simultaneously felt better for finally letting her feelings out and infinitely worse.

"I didn't care about the sex part of this game," Olivia admitted through gritted teeth. "I even called Levi a pussy for not putting out. The two of us were even going to fuck for real after he gave his virginity to someone who needed it."

She groaned, bringing her hands to her face. "I just wanted my body back and was willing to swallow my pride for it. But then Azure had to make it impossible."

"Because you don't want the tattoo?" Tomoko asked.

"Because I refuse to be owned!" Olivia snapped back. "I was fine with using sex as a simple transaction. An exchange between equals to get what we both wanted. But I will never, ever let anyone possess me."

She removed her hands from her face and punched her fist into her palm. "But I can't fucking keep shrinking like this! Especially with the next challenge being physical!"

"It is?" Tomoko asked, but Olivia ignored her.

"So what the fuck are my options? Shrink until I'm a perfect submissive wife slut? Fuck Levi and get branded like cattle? Or just have sex with you!"

Tomoko blushed. "Uh, I mean... if you wanted..."

"But I don't! But it's the only safe option. But it's only because of Azure. But what choice do I have? But then I'd be proving that asshole right," Olivia rapidly listed, clearly at war with herself.

"Prove who right? Do you mean your dad? What's he got to do with anything?"

"Weren't you fucking listening!" Olivia snarled. "He..."

"Thought you were gay 'cause you did sports, yeah, you said so," Tomoko interrupted. "But he's not here anymore, so why does he matter?"

"I'm not like you, Tomoko. I can't just get over things." Olivia looked away in frustration. "I'm straight. No matter how much magic is used on me, I can't let go of that part of myself."

Tomoko stroked her chin, thinking. "I mean, you'd still be straight if we had sex," she offered.

Olivia looked back at her like she was insane. "The fuck did you say?"

Tomoko suddenly felt very foolish under the expression Olivia was giving her. "I... uh... was just saying we could have sex, and you'd still be straight."

"Are you listening to yourself?" Olivia scoffed. "You 're talking about lesbian sex."

"Yeah, but it would be straight lesbian sex," Tomoko countered back.

Oliva's mouth hung open, words failing her. Tomoko took the opportunity to explain. "You're only into me because of magic, right? So it's not something you'd do normally. That means it's not your real preference, so it doesn't count." She ended her theory with a thumbs up.

"Thus, heterosexual lesbian sex!"

Olivia simply stared at her in utter disbelief. Then, she began laughing and couldn't stop. "That's... the stupidest... thing... I've ever... heard!" She got out between gasps of laughter.

"Yeah, it doesn't make any sense does it?" Tomoko laughed along.

"Actually, the most insane thing is that it does," Olivia retorted.

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Bonus Image

AUTHORS NOTE: Anime boy art taken from "How to Draw Anime for Beginners Step by Step: Manga and Anime Drawing Tutorials Book 1" by Sophia Williams