Aurora intervenes

Aurora and Rose

Rose sat down heavily on the sofa, having ducked into the main sitting room of the lodge where the contestants had gathered twice now for their transformation, tears welled up in her eyes as she angrily dashed them away.

Aurora’s appearance was seamless and in total silence, stepping out of nowhere without the fanfare that normally accompanied the unliving woman’s use of magic..

“Well…that was quite a scene. Rebecca obviously was trying to score points by humiliating Josephine…and what are you going to do about it Rose?”

Rose wiped her eyes, using her skirt to dry her cheeks as she looks up in surprise at the tall woman’s sudden appearance.

“Umm…what? What do you mean what am I going to do about it Aurora?” Rose swallowed thickly, trying to clear her throat so she sounded less like a child with a cold.

Aurora sat down next to Rose and gently put one arm over her shoulder, the sofa the two were sat on sunk several inches as the Host seemed to contain far greater weight than her frame would imply.

“Rose…this is one of the first tests. The audience will be looking at how you react. They want to see your bullies punished…hell they want to see all the other girls punished because they all hurt you.”

Aurora tilted Rose’s chin up and around so she could meet her eyes.

“I know you’ve kissed and made up somewhat with Delilah and Charlotte…and you seem content to mostly ignore Olivia. But each of them are here because they _hurt _you. The audience wants to see them punished…by you. If you don’t then I’ll have to respond to audience pressure and punish them in your place. It’s going to be much worse for them if I have to do that. Now…you’re going to go back in there and lay down the law. How are you going to do that?”

Aurora’s eyes softened a little as she released Rose’s chin. She started gently rubbing Rose’s back as the young woman sniffled. Rose was hesitant as she started speaking, voice wavering and unsure.

“Umm…ok. So…so I know I don’t want what happened this morning to happen again. So…I need to tell them that…that only I get to punish and humiliate them? And…and I need to punish Rebecca for doing that to Josephine?”

Rose looked to Aurora who was nodding slowly with a small smile, making a gesture to keep going.

“And…and I need to remind Charlotte and Delilah they hurt me as well. And…and that they are going to have to do more than play nice to earn my forgiveness…”

Aurora nodded again, subtly strengthening the magic that would help guide Rose towards gaining pleasure when she took dominant actions. A very subtle manipulation, but one Aurora felt was vital to make sure Rose would take the role she needed to to be the Mistress of the Harem.

“Yes…now. March back in there and lay down the law Rose. I believe in you…and…I took the liberty of securing this from the store for you…”

Aurora slipped a wooden paddle into Rose’s hands, cutouts in the wood spelling the word ‘slut’.

The Breakfast Hall

Josephine struggled in Delilah’s grip, her tail lashing back and forth furiously as she glared daggers at the crawling form of Rebecca, the other girls huge uncovered breasts swinging freely beneath her. Charlotte stood between Rebecca who was defiantly staring back at Josephine from her position on the floor. Olivia was watching with interest, her fingers steepled in front of her lips as she observed the scene.

Delilah hissed into Josephine’s ear, tightening the armlock ever so slightly.

“Fucking calm down or I’ll have to make sure you can’t hurt yourself or anyone else!”

Charlotte had turned towards Rebecca and with a huff of impatience crouched and undid the collar, holding it tightly as she stood up, making sure she was stood between Rebecca and where Josephine was being held back.

“Rebecca, what the hell! Yeah, it’s a game show but we can work together…I don’t know what you were thinking!”

Rebecca balled her fists up, her breasts prominently in the open compared to everyone else’s clothes.

“Of course you don’t get it! You’re in second place and have only got good things happen to you! Try having giant tits and then not being able to cover them up! I wish I could just cut these fuckers off so people would stop fucking staring at me!”

Rebecca’s voice had reached a shriek by the time her sentence finished, tears in her eyes as the deep held insecurities she’d buried for years came to the fore. Charlotte seemed taken aback by the outburst, Josephine too stopped her struggling for a moment as the room went quiet. Both the chefs serving food had vanished at some point during the drama, seemingly content to let it play out without them there. Rebecca bit her lip, her voice quieter and rougher as she kept speaking.

“Ok…ok. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have put the collar on Josephine…I was just trying to score us both some points from Rose. She seemed to like watching us get humiliated.”

Ivy snorted, leaning back against the table.

“Are you surprised? Jo and I put Rose through a hell of humiliation and pain and it sounds like you did too. Of course she wants a bit of payback. And I know I’m going to give her the chance. I don’t want to get whatever shit that Host comes up with if I keep dipping lower in the VP totals.”

Rebecca frowned, looking down at her hands and closing her eyes. Josephine had stopped struggling but vehemently shook her head.

“No you fucking bitch! You’ve got body issues so what…that doesn’t mean you can just turn me into a crawling pet for that freak!”

Delilah put a little more pressure on Josephine’s arm which **** her to silence, grunting a little at the strain on her shoulder.

“You just don’t know when to shut up. Listen…just fucking listen! Rose isn’t a bad person…deal with your shit and get to know her as a person…not just as the latest victim for you to torment.”

Aurora once more stepped out of the thin air just as Rose re-entered the room and rapped the paddle sharply on one of the table.

“Delilah, let Josephine go. And…everyone listen. I want this to be the least awful experience you can have. Which means I’m going to have to…have to step up a bit more. So…”

Rose pointed her finger at Rebecca and then Josephine.

“Cut that shit out with the collars. It’s a fetishing tool, no more putting it on anyone else without their express consent. If you do, I will…I’ll…”

Aurora smoothly stepped in, giving Rose an encouraging nod.

“An extra bonus for Mistress Rose now she has BP’s, is that now all contestants can earn extra BP’s by submitting to punishments from the Mistress. If the Mistress is Aroused by punishing you…you may also earn VP’s. Of course…the Mistress has BP’s to spend, which she can use to make you submit to punishment. You are all here because you’ve hurt Rose…you are not here to take charge and dominate her. You will be her Harem and I will do what I need to to ensure that comes to pass. Believe me…it’s better my guidance than some of the other hosts.”

Aurora glanced over at Delilah and geld her gaze for several seconds. Delilah noted the gaze and nodded, looking over at the score screen but recalled that she had to play to the audience to a certain extent.