Camping Day 0: The Girls Who Split Off

Not wanting to hear the lecture Mr Philips was sure to give, Heather snuck off past the bags. No one stopped her. She didn’t need to pitch her tent; the rest would take care of that, or at least William would out of self-interest. She headed to the canteen to check the board.

• Buy an upgrade for a transformation or a new transformation. Reward: BP cost + 10%, or the second one is free.
• Do a naked workout with someone. Reward: An enchanted pillow of good dreams.
• Have a date with the master and another person. Reward: 10 BP.
• wear a chastity device for at least 3 days. Reward:5 BP per day + free chastity device failure: end of week -15 BP.
• Get the master to orgasm. Reward: 50 BP.
• Have sex with Master or someone with master present. Reward: 50 BP.
• Help another pitch a tent. Reward: 10 BP.
• Pitch your own tent. Reward: 5 BP
• Find all the camp facilities. Reward: 10 BP

At least Syl wasn’t lying when she said some of Will’s decisions would repeat; they sadly no longer pay out huge bonuses. No VP to be earned here. Syl did say most of the rewards were gravy for doing the actions the show wanted from them. I should have stayed and pitched the tent. I might still catch up with them and get the points… but the squeeze isn’t worth the juice for me. I'd better plan what things I can do with as little effort as possible.

Naked workout isn’t worth the payout. I am not close enough to anyone to invite them along, but it might be worth thinking of. Getting Mr Philips to orgasm whilst having sex is worth 100. That is definitely worth the effort, but it does require us to have sex. Will he be up for that? The transformation-based quest is dependent on what transformations I can get at what price range. Facilities, how would I know how many there are? There is no counter on that. I can ask at the shop counter, I guess. Chastity… It is worth the effort, but would it work with my transformation? She thought to herself. She nearly started biting the nail on her thumb, a bad habit.

Heather considered her options as Becky wandered in. The overweight woman headed directly for the desk. The bossy woman listened in as Becky asked the green-haired goblin questions. First of which was: “How much to get ‘Magical Hormone Therapy’?”

“I know boss lady has told you it will mean the ‘Piggy Needs…’ transformation will be up for vote, I do qualify this as a double check. But it was tied and had to be broken by the internal poll… I need to check with game balance for a moment.”

“Yeah, so I have one of the people with a tie here who wants the other. Do I need to take into account the other poll or treat it like a tie?”

“Treat it like a tie, cool bye, see you tonight.” The goblin turned around. “Seeing how it is from a tie, it will be the cheapest it can be without any help from the audience or others, 50 BP. You currently have fifteen less, but with some of the quests on the board, that is going to be super easy to get.” He said with a smile, saying he was genuinely happy.

“Can’t I do something to get it now?” Becky pleaded.

“Yes, you can ask someone to loan or give you the BP. Look at the noticeboard and the woman next to it.” The goblin said, gesturing to Heather shocked.

“Well, I could loan you and you 15 and you give me 20, if that is okay with you? You would break even on the whole with the transformation quest. Why is it so important?” It isn’t like I can buy a new transformation anyway. This will help me get closer to a decent amount. The loan shark of a woman thought.

“The easiest way to get started with my treatment, and I am perfectly fine breaking even.” The desperate woman agreed, BP was exchanged, and the new transformation had taken hold. “Nothing changed!” She complained.

“As a reminder, I will read to you again what the transformation says:

‘Magical hormonal balancer: Whenever Rebecca touches her master her hormones will balance for a portion of time proportion of time equal to the amount of skin and location touched. Intimate sex with lots of cuddling will help her balance for three days. A handshake for an hour. This will not make the girl instantly fit, but it will help her live a normal life and allow her to finally lose the weight, as well as some other side effects. Long-term withdrawal will lead to side effects. Better get a cuddle in each day.’

The trigger hasn’t happened yet; you need to touch the master for it to activate. Also, because of your other transformation, the weight will not disappear, just change into other tissues. So changes might be smaller than expected.” Becky’s face crumpled as the goblin said it. “A hug will do you know, but you need to find him first.” He added relief, half-filled the woman’s face, still conflicted about it.

“What is the issue?” Heather decided to check.

“It isn’t that I am uncomfortable with touching Chris. I just don’t want to use him because of this dumb transformation.” Becky admitted to herself and to the rest of the room.

“You will always be using him; that is the game. Fuck Philips, score points, and win. In my opinion, that transformation is just encouraging that behaviour. The other one you got at the start, and the one I have, are encouragement for him to take the initiative, to make us more appealing. I don’t see what there is to like about this,” Heather gestured at the goth-looking woman, “But these transformations are made to help you in the game to some extent. None is outright sabotaging your ability to score points. Even Missy’s aren’t, ‘in your face, cheater’ makes her jealous of others' pleasure, a motivator; in contrast, ‘short leash’ gives Philips and us control in order to force her to do beneficial things. Do you understand what I am saying?”

Looking down, Becky nodded. “But I can still feel bad about it even if it is part of the game. None of us decided to participate in this dumb game; all of us were removed without reason.”

“How can you be so sure? Philips seemed too onboard not to be in on it.”

“Are you sure that isn’t because of all the TV shows and movies where people get kidnapped for a show. It only turns out bad if you don’t actively participate and play to the audience at least a tiny bit. It seemed more like that. The audience went with a different one than he had suggested, and even the second place is the one he called a bad choice. I don’t see how they are in cahoots.”

“No, Philips and the audience aren’t in bed together; instead, I think he and the people putting on the show are. He had no bad transformations, and his precious Jessie also didn’t. This goes on until we get to Missy, who had the worst.” Heather leaned in to whisper this conspiracy.

“Yeah, but that might be the people setting up the show leaving a good impression. Syl had said they had made a prediction, and the trend you describe fits that prediction, not what Chris had said.” Becky refuted, raising an eyebrow before returning to the goblin to ask a few more questions. “So, where are the facilities and how many are there?” She asked, fluttering her lashes, hoping this would help.

“Can’t tell you either for free. Next week, maps are free, and you can check. This week, a basic map costs you 1BP, a magical one 5, and a navigation app on your phone costs 8.” He answers.

“Why does the magical map cost 5?”

“It has a zoom function, a location function and is waterproof. You are still required to do the navigation, though, but it is a lot easier if you know exactly where you are compared to a static object. Ohh, and my pressing your thumb on the legend, the location you are pressing will glow.” The goblin explains with passion for the magical object.

“What is the advantage of the app then?” Heather asked, not wanting to spend more than absolutely necessary.

“It can be used for more locations, should you go on a day trip elsewhere. It is on your phone, so you don’t need to take an extra thing. Maybe the most important difference is that it does the navigating for you.” The goblin explains that, as he does, the lunch buffet is opened.

The girls decided to think it over during lunch. Heather grabbed a hearty salad with eggs and a few other things. Becky just grabbed water, lettuce and celery. Fibre and water effectively. Heather noticed but didn’t say a word about it. Good that the girl wants to lose weight, even if her transformation makes it impossible, let her try. As they were finishing up, William and Missy finally made their way here.