Words with Fiends - 3

Kayla watched in horror as her punishments appeared one after the other.

First, for using the PW tile.

ZEROS - Your bank account balance is now $0.00.

HUMORS - You will laugh at any joke, no matter how bad it is.

"What? No. I'm broke enough as it is!" Kayla whined.

Mammon was there on her screen to 'reassure' her.

"Don't worry, your money is safe and sound with me. Just remove that punishment and I'll put it right back!"

"But...ugh!" Kayla didn't have time to think about her lack of funds, the app revealed the punishment for losing.

NECKWEAR - You will gain a collar which cannot be removed.

"Collar?" She gasped. Instantly she felt something on her neck. She froze, unable to believe what was happening to her.

Finally she turned her phone's selfie camera on and looked at herself. "No...no no no..." She whispered. She touched it and felt all around but there was no clasp to remvoe it. She was stuck with it.

At least until she won a game.

She opened the app again. She didn't have any hearts to play a Fiend, but she noticed another option now, Play Friend. She tapped on it and was given two choices. Friends List and Search Nearby.

She had nobody listed under friends list, but the nearby must be how she was just challenged. She clicked it and the game identified a user nearby, but it was greyed out.

"Huh, why can't I play her?"

Mammon popped up to explain, "You don't need hearts to play against friends, but you can only play strangers once per week!"

"Fuck." She whispered. How was she going to get rid of these punishments when she couldn't even play?

A bubble popped up on the app, "Feeling frustrated? How about a bonus challenge? Click for details!"

Kayla figured she might as well. She clicked on it.

"BONUS CHALLENGE - ADD A FRIEND IN THE NEXT 5 MINUTES AND RECIEVE 100 GEMS!"

If she remembered correctly the normal reward was just a single gem. That was a pretty good deal. 100 gems was enough to remove a punishment.

But then she'd have to send this hellish game to someone. She couldn't do that. Not to a friend.

Mammon popped up with a friendly suggestion, "Just send the link to ANYONE in your contact list!"

Anyone. Right. She didn't have to send it to her best friends. She could...

Before she could change her mind she tapped the button on the game and it automatically opened her contact list. She scrolled down, found the name, and tapped.

Confetti flew across the screen, "Great job! Here's 100 gems just for you!"

She immediately opened the store and tapped, 'Remove Punishment'. It opened her current list

ZEROS - Your bank account balance is now $0.00.

HUMORS - You will laugh at any joke, no matter how bad it is.

NECKWEAR - You will gain a collar which cannot be removed.

FAINT- A proper lady doesn't shout, and now neither do you. Your voice will become faint at all times.

DRAWER- One of your drawers has been sealed shut. (Her underwear drawer)

OGLED - Excuse me, my tits are down here! Nobody will be able to look you in the eyes anymore, preferring instead to stare into your cleavage. Cleavage which will ALWAYS be visible.

Honestly she hated them all, but she could only afford to remove one. She'd keep drawer and humors, they were the least bad on here. ZEROS was awful too, but she could survive a few days. Probably. OGLED and NECKWEAR were pretty humilating, but she ended up tapping on FAINT. She was going to get fired if she couldn't speak properly.

Just then her manager popped his head around the corner, "Hey Kayla, sorry to bug you on break, but we’re absolutely swamped out there. Think you can come back a bit early? I promise I’ll give you another one later, once the rush grounds itself.”

He grinned broadly.

“Get it? Grounds? Coffee? Ha!"

Kayla found herself breaking out into a huge smile, "Hahaha!" She didn't find it the slightest bit funny, but her body responded with genuine mirth. There was no way he could mistake her reaction for anything but honest praise.

"Ah you like that? I've got lots more. Come on!"

Kayla bit back a sarcastic response and stood up. She turned her notifications on and set her volume to max, she couldn't miss another match, and then headed back out to join him.

The rest of her shift went by quickly. It never did die down again, just an endless stream of customers coming in to stare at her boobs. Even her supervisor couldn't look away. It was awful, although perhaps that was why nobody comment on her collar.

Between showing off her bra and laughing at all the corny jokes her customers made she had a lot more male attention than usual. She was used to being pretty much invisible. It wasn't that she thought she was totally plain, but her untidy appearance and general gloominess kept them away, which was fine with her. She preferred being invisible over being hit on constantly. Why did guys think she liked them just because she laughed at their jokes? It was so annoying.

At least one good thing came of the rush. Since she didn't get to take her full break her manager bought her lunch. Well, he let her take lunch from the cafe for free, which was pretty much the same thing. He didn't even mind that she took some extra for dinner, which was good because she had no money to buy anything right now.

After leaving the cafe she headed straight home, no need to get caught by more people with her shirt half undone. Luckily it was a short walk and she made it home without any issues. She opened up the door and was surprised to see her roommate standing in the living room.

She looked pissed. Kayla didn't spend much time with her, but she knew that Sienna had a short fuse and a rather colourful vocabulary.

"Pardon me, but could you explain what is happening right now?" Instead of the anger reflecting in her face, Sienna's tone and words were calm and polite.

"Huh?" Kayla was too stunned to reply properly.

“You were so kind as to send me the link to that new game; I tried it, but after losing I find myself quite unable to utter profanities. Instead I am compelled to sound, well, more like you. Would you be so good as to assist me in rectifying this at your earliest convenience?"

It was so strange to here Sienna talk that way that she shuddered, "I...I'm sorry. I can't."

Sienna was staring at Kayla's chest, "I see. So you are not responsible for your current fashion choice. The game said I had to play again, but I need to wait for 8 hours. I have to work tonight. Please help me, I can't deal with customers without profanities."

"I'm sure you'll be fine." Kayla insisted.

There were two loud dings. Both of their phones had notifications. Kayla looked down at hers. It was Words with Fiends, Mammon's cute but demonic grin greeted her, "You don't need hearts to play against Friends!"

Kayla shook her head. She wasn't going to do that.

Except Sienna had already challenged her. She saw the game start, "Sienna, no!"

"Please do your best." Sienna said, clearly meaning the opposite.

Kayla gulped, and moved to sit on the couch. She HAD to win this!