IR Day 8 - Do your best

You do your best to spy. Each team has different activities. Pink Team had the hot yoga, Blue Team had massages, Green Team did yoga outside, White Team did some kind of meditation... it's all relaxing stuff that seems to be like... self-care for the players, but it's really just a setup for FUTA to get the shots that they want. Your team thwarted that... you bet that was fun.

You learn little things about the other teams. You don't know if any of it matters, but they don't all like each other. There are a lot of cliques. You find yourself watching Red Team do tai chi, led by Chun, on the grass outside the main gym.

Chun and Sakura stick together, and they get along with Ling. Kelly, Jack, Tali, and Edi seem to be freinds. Claire and Sherry are definitely close, and they are friendly with Olivia. Lotte is kind of on her own. Their coach is a startling blonde beauty who reminds you of Ingrid. You heard that Tali has some kind of health condition, and Edi is... so weird. She's very pale, even paler than Amy at the spa. And Jack is weird, with her shaved head and body covered in tattoos.

It's not much to report back to Tiff, but you are learning. Apparently there will be an activity this evening, so you have to worry about that too.

At dinner, your team is anxious. They know this activity is coming, and the big gymnasium has been closed off from everyone... they are doing something in there.

After you eat, you gather in a classroom with Tiff, who has your practice uniforms from yesterday: the skimpy, sexy ones that you wore for the obstacle course. They're clean... but you know what this means.

"It's a pillow fight," Tiff tells you all.

"A what?" Lara asks, looking bewildered. "Are they bloody serious?"

"Yes," Tiff says, and it looks like she doesn't approve any more than you do. "A pillow fight. One person from each team goes in... so there will be six people on the thing they set up, and you try to knock each other off as quick as you can."

The whole team groans... it's so dumb.

"Here is why we should take it seriously," Tiff says, waving for you to all calm down. "Remember the obstacle course? They recorded all of that. Especially the part where you guys had to fight. That footage is valuable. We can see how the players react to things and find their weaknesses. So the better we do, the more footage Pink Team gets. We get a clip for every one that you knock in. Bonus points for being the last survivor."

The team murmurs thoughtfully. Interesting... if you fight well with pillows, you can gain information that can give you an advantage. That is a good reason to put some effort into the pillow fight.

You change into your practice uniforms, which are... pretty sexy. You, Viti, and Lara all have obvious penis imprints in yours, and busty girls like Ingrid will just look... amazing. Luckily no one on your team has huge boobs, except for Elena, but she's over six feet tall, so...

You head for the main gym, finding it all lit up with cameras everywhere. A platform of foam pads is suspended way up high, twenty feet above a giant pit filled with foam blocks. Jeez...

You and your team get ready to fight, but you... won't get to participate because you are still injured. Moxxi and Lulu are already doing their commentary thing... music plays and lights flash. Clips of this will be all over the internet.

Lara takes the pillow that a stage hand gives her and gets ready. Six little bridges lead to that main platform.

You have to watch as your team tries to pillow fight against the other teams, everyone in their skimpy uniforms... it's ridiculous, but pretty fun, especially with all the music and everything. Yes it was stupid, but everyone had a good time. When it's all done and all the interviews after are finished, you and the others are out in the dark, mingling as you walk back to your cabins. You... walk slow so you can go back and walk with Ingrid.

"You make that look good," you say, eying her cleavage in the practice uniform.

"How is your arm?" she asks.

"I'll be OK."

It's pretty dark and nobody's paying attention to you two. You stop and put your hands on her waist.

"I wish we could hang out," you say.

She just blushes. There isn't time to make out, but there is time for a kiss. She's soft and warm, and her lips are...

"Ow," you say as she slides her hands down to pinch your butt.

Oh great... now you're even. But wait, that's twice... well, you aren't keeping score.

She gives you another kiss, then hurries after her team.