Julia

The blonde, about 20 year old female was not standing far away. In fact, she was only a few steps away from being able to touch Lucy. Lucy prepared to say something, she was not entirely certain on what it was but she was already opening her mouth. But instead of releasing a snappy 'mind your own business' or something along those lines, Lucy startlingly noticed losing control of her own body. 'Shit, Star Power!' she understood a few moments too late. To her dismay, the person was now walking the few missing steps toward her. The words spoken revealed an audible accent, though one that was not too horrific.

"Let me guess: You don't want to hit on me."

"What?"

"It's the app, right? It's doing this to you."

"How do you know? How do you even know about it?"

"I also got Say Cheese at some point. Happy that it's over. But I definitely don't know the Curse that's making you do this."

Lucy's mind was racing. This girl knew what was going on. Even more, she is also in the same position, they share a fate. Within just the splits of a split second Lucy had already decided what her best option would be: She is going to trust this mysterious girl, and not just because of Desirous Deception. No, this girl, whoever she was, clearly knows a few things about this demeaning and degrading App and hey, perhaps they could together figure out a way to free themselves of the influence that this horrific App exerts on them.

It took a few moments until Lucy answered.

"Oh, um, it's..., it's called Star Power, it's actually a Synergy, it makes me show off until someone makes a photo or appreciates it."

"Appreciates it? What do you mean, by that?"

"I'm not exactly sure, I mean thinking ab..."

"Okay, wait."

But Lucy did not have to wait long. In fact, she did not even receive the chance to stop the girl from taking yet another photo of Lucy.

*snap*

"I'm sorry, I just don't want you to have to do this."

Lucy's hands had already flown toward her crotch, her knees were almost about to give up, she's already had quite a few orgasms this day. A very bad attempt to suppress a sudden moan lead to a very comedic sound.

"I hope you didn't mind having an orgasm in front of me. Hi, I'm Julia."

Having recovered from her orgasm, upset and angry at Julia for having it **** upon her, but also happy and relieved to be relieved of her building arousal, Lucy noticed how Julia pronounced her name slightly differently from how someone in the US would usually pronounce it and thus figured that she must be a local, phonating the, probably originally local, name using the sounds of their language. Lucy answered.

"Hey, I'm Lucy."

But before she could continue with her next phrase, Lucy lunged forward, her hands touching and caressing the back of Julia. Surprised, the native girl did not react as an unfamiliar tongue had entered her mouth. It took perplexed Julia multiple seconds to react in any kind of way, but the one reaction she ultimately chose was perceived by Lucy as discontent acceptance or toleration. Julia waited for the effect of Lucy's apparent Curse to end and when it did, she looked into the panicking eyes of its victim that was swiftly scanning the area, hopes that her spit swap would not have been seen by Mia. Lucy's expression relaxed only a little, when she realized, that her friend was much to distracted by her phone to be able to notice a pink elephant dancing on the railway tracks of the bridge, if that were to happen.

"This seems new to you..."

What little relaxation had returned to Lucy's face immediately dissipated. This was not a good first impression she was leaving to someone hopefully helpful.

"Oh my god! I'm sorry! I'm soo sorry, it wasn't me it was Gem Ladies, I swear! This is the worst day of my life!"

"Calm down, I know it was the App. It's not the first time that something like this happened, I had the App too. Although, that's a way to introduce yourself."

Both girls chuckled a bit and an awkward silence stopped the talk for a moment. A silence that Lucy was intent on breaking.

"Um, how did you know to speak English? I mean, I'm from the US, but how did you know."

"I heard you talking to your friend in English, right before I noticed what was going on with your Say Cheese Curse. I watched you because of your clothes, I already, uhm, speculated that it might be a Curse. Your friend? Is she, is she also hit?"

"Hit? Oh, you mean the App. No, I don't think she is. She has a variant of the App which let's her control one of my punishments, but she hasn't received any punishment. She can't even play the game."

"Good, try to keep it that way. I've read some stories where the other people got involved in similar ways. If you are not careful you can turn their App into the normal version, the one you have. How exactly does the punishment that gives her the App work?"

"It's called Scheduled, it's... well, she basically manages my schedule. Odd thing is, she doesn't realize how weird it is. This just seems, normal to her."

"Hmm, that sounds bad, this is your first day having the App, right?"

"Yes, wait, since when are you getting Punishments?"

"Umm, I got the App 2 months ago. It took me a week to delete it."

That was exactly what Lucy had needed to hear.

"Delete it? You can get rid of it?"

"Yes... I..."

"How?"

"Umm, I don't know how it is for you. I've heard, read on the internet that this App acts a little different for everyone. After reaching a certain level most people, including me, you get the choice to either get access to another App called Girl Market, where you can use the Tokens you get from winning the game to customize yourself, or you can choose to delete the App, choosing which Punishments you want to have permanently and which to remove."

Lucy thought about this new information for a moment. She remembered that GL told her that she would unlock Girl Market after reaching level 8.

"So, you can choose which Punishments to keep? When you delete the App?"

"Yes, out of all those that you have, when you get to that level."

"So, can you choose to get rid of ALL of your Punishments?"

"Yes, that's how it was for me, and how it is for most. But not for all, some people never got the choice to delete the App. Others can only remove some Curses but have to keep the rest. No one knows why."

"Well, at least they won't get any new Punishments, that's something."

"Yes, but using tokens on Girl Market is said to be really powerful. I've read some incredible stories about it. I was never able to try it, my Curses were too bad to ignore. I had stuff like BJ Study, Loyal to their Producer and Magic Word. Very Bad. Try not to get them! And my Synergy, D Student, horrible. I was lucky to have been able to delete all my Punishments. You don't seem to have been hit that bad."

"Not that bad? Can't you see what I'm wearing?!"

"Trust me, that's nothing. And, after getting to the Girl Market the game usually gets much more easy. I..., I might have made the wrong choice..."

Lucy was about to say something, reaffirming Julia that if this game truly gets as bad as she says, she indeed has made the right choice, but a sudden and equally important thought had entered her mind. A reminder, that she needed to be somewhere else. She looked over to the left and saw Mia standing there on the bridge, looking at her, obviously waiting for Lucy to wrap up this talk and move to their next destination, to her next appointment.

"I'm sorry. I have to go."

"Why? Wha..."

"It's the Curse. Mia, umm my friend. She has edited my schedule. I have a new appointment."

Understandingly Julia nodded.

"Okay. Goodbye."

"Yes, thank you. Thank you very much. Bye."

Lucy walked past Julia and approached Mia. She was halfway there when she heard Julia's voice again.

"Lucy!"

Lucy turned around.

"Lucy. Choose carefully, you might regret your choice."

"Yes, thanks."

And with that Lucy went back to walking towards Mia, leaving Julia and feeling like marching toward her doom.

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This time I released two chapters at once. Let me know if you prefer it this way, or the singular releases like before.

Thanks Calldy for your suggestion in the comments of Star Power. It took me some time but I wanted to implement it at the right moment.

Also thanks TheScyle for your 'Extradimensional Surprise Service' idea. That one is quite out there. Give me a few more chapters, I don't want it to go to waste.

The same goes for all of the other suggested Punishments. I finally figured out how the idea I mentioned in the comments of Sabyne could work. It will take two or three more chapters until the story gets there, but I can promise you, there will be a lot of Punishments...

Please write suggestions for curses and story in the comments if you got any. I'll try to include them. Feedback is greatly appreciated.