Transformation Central

“Welcome back from the break.” Justine beam. “I think it is on the tip of people's minds what the transformations are. Well, here's that list from earlier but with the options explained to you.”

She raised her hands towards a big screen on stage that flicked to life and started scrolling through the list.

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[Anything in these brackets the contestants cannot see]

{This is visible to any contestants except the one it’s on.}

Julia Hase - [+1]

Honor Bound - Deals broken? Are promises not being kept? Well, be assured that you will always have your word of honor. If you make a promise to others, you will feel compelled to honor their wishes. [And any bondage you are in makes you more willing to propose those promises and others to submit requests to you.] [+1. Others are inclined to complete your requests if they have a positive attitude toward you. You will find a way to escape any bondage within a fixed time.]

Hotel Service - Good service and a hot temper rarely go together. Thus, this choice will smooth out that flare, and you’ll be more reasonable. Also, sprucing up your knowledge of how hotels function so you can do any job in any hotel. [You’re inclined to wear various hotel outfits.] [+1 You doing the services of anyone in the hotel will net you some extra BP.]

Honest Press - Is your dream globetrotting around the world reporting events? Describing things with your own eyes and emotions; that’s a lot. You better start with the truth and nothing but the truth. No dodging the question. You’re not a politician. When you press someone for a response, they will answer as long as it does not implicate them in an act they consider shameful. They will also feel the urge to hold on to part of you. [That physical touching will get that warm feeling going inside.] [+1 Once per day, the first question you ask a person, they throw a little tangent of their more naughty side.]

Clara Poulin- [+1]

Vivre la Vie - Life throws many problems and difficulties. Amidst the enemy, doubly so. Well, dear, you’re in the middle of enemy territory. Each day, you’ll receive an encrypted message. There is a time limit to these messages. Succeed in the directive of the message, and nothing will happen. Fail, and something interesting will occur. +1 Aids for your mission are out there. You just need to hear it out.

Appeasement - Being polite greases the wheel of conversation. You will always know the right thing to say in any situation. [You must agree with people and accommodate their wishes.] Additionally, body shape is crucial to how people see you. You will be able to view how people perceive you from their point of view. You can make this happen by thinking of someone. [Your body will slowly change to the ideal/fantasy of whomever you’re contemplating. It will also take the people you are in the same room as.] +1 However, there are good points of being yourself.

Advanced Warning - Working as the advance woman for the Allied landings must be a show-stopper. Well, just as you prepared to send information back to Britain, so will you receive [sexual] intel about your fellow contestants. Just tune in to find out. [Be aware of your attraction towards others you listen to.] +1 Interesting things have been reported on the radio for years. You might learn a thing or two. Or you could listen to some good tunes.

Agatha Quirke- [-1]

Bletch Arse - A process to make your skin more uniform, eh? Harem Hotel would like to put a twist on that concept. We bathe you in a stereotype that is an aspect of you. But we’re kind people. We’re letting you pick between your options each day. [-1 However, those options are encrypted, changed, and reordered daily.] We wish you the best of luck with that mess.

Say It Again - You do love your sarcastic questions and know-it-all attitude. How about this? Any time you ask such a question, you immediately ask it again. It will be with all the sincerity you can muster. [To ensure this, memories will temporarily disappear around the subject matter.] Repetition of phrases makes the thing repeated more ‘true’ whether it is or not. We flip that around. Repeat a sentiment long enough, and people will believe you have the opposite position. [-1 Only truly-held beliefs will be considered for the repetition]

Study Up - Think you know it all? Let’s see if that is true. A random subject in your purview will show up in your room. Get it right, and you keep it. Get it wrong, and you lose it. Don’t worry. If you truly miss that knowledge, you’ll have a sheet detailing how to regain the information. No other method will work. You will be assigned tests randomly. The BP store will have study materials for purchase. [-1 Only the top-tier study guide will help you with the tests.]

Tatiana Popov- [0]

Not One Word Back - Words hold power. One must take a stand on one's opinion. Thus, one should be bold and brave with their proclamations. Disagreement is just the starting point to turn others to your way of viewing things. And who doesn’t like it when you prove your point with facts [and physical demonstrations]? [And some just need convincing from good old sex.]

Delays Happen - Delays are annoying, don’t you agree? Well, how about this. Anytime you feel that time goes too slowly, you’ll jump {mentally} to the next exciting moment. Of course, we’re not that cruel to jump many years of your life away. The limit is 6 hours with a break thrown in. And if you’re wondering what will happen to your mind, you will recall those hours as thoroughly as if you were there. {What happens to your body during that time?} [The body can change behavior via a code phrase. Otherwise, nothing special happens. There are all sorts of code phrases out there. Everyone can buy a book of code phrases in the BP Shop.]

Suck in Triplicate - Paperwork has to be in so many places being the same. Don’t you wish sometimes to be in different places at once? Well, wonder no more! But it would be a drag if it were precisely three people with the same personality. Then, we remind ourselves of philosophy and partition as such. Memories between everyone are shared. [To spice it up a little, every day, one of you will be stuck with sexual desire. Reasons will be interesting to see.]

Mia Tang- [0]

Split Minds - Everyone has a hidden side to them that they don’t notice ordinarily. We are going to give voice to that side. Starting tomorrow, every other day, that other side will be in charge. Don’t worry. Nothing too crazy will happen. They are you, after all. [Though they do have their preferences.] However, that doesn’t mean that we’ll treat sides equally. The hidden side can only do. For now, they will not speak.

Leave Nothing to Waste - Slobs and litterers are so inconsiderate. Those people leave messes for you to pick up. They don’t value clean spaces like you do. We grant you the power to find any mess and make it spit and spam within seconds. It's like your hands [and mouth] have become cleaning implements. You even predict when a mess is going to happen. [Mess of all sorts will increase around you. Oppies.] We hope you don’t mind that.

Please Unzip Your Pants and Enjoy - Traveling worldwide must be exciting. The traveling company is only sometimes up to scratch. After many years of flying, you develop routines that help with that. It's a way of shutting off the brain to do what is needed. Compared to your uniform, you have a lot of clothes that show a lot of skin. It’s all cool by us. [Let’s take it a notch up, and besides your uniform, you feel unpleasant when wearing other outfits.]

Mica Norwood- [-1]

Love Talker - There are many ways love presents itself. As being blind, a battlefield, love is the only thing you need, etc. We’re taking you on a road trip through that confused landscape. We stop on that landscape that you need to figure out. When you think you decipher the word or sentence given to you, here is what you do. On a device we present to you, pick that option. [-1 It might be a tad hard with the encrypted choices.] A note of caution. Every time you choose an incorrect answer, you will be penalized. These will stack until you get it right. Good luck.

Eternal Texas Rose - Eternal roses are a thing. However, they seem like false advertising. Three years is the lifetime of those roses. Compared to the days of fresh roses, it is an improvement. We suppose. However, we are giving you a flower that will last all your life. [Those on the uptake, let's say, that Mica will feel all of that flower's thorns.] Besides, that’s not all. We give you more of a link to the state you grew up in. We connect you with what people think of Texas. It will be a wild ride! [-1 Yellow roses used to mean jealousy and greed but now mean friendship.]

Convenient Bond - Chemistry between people is fraught at times. They have to have the right combination of likes and dislikes. And sometimes that doesn’t work either. The entire thing can blow up at any moment. Comprehending actual chemistry is much simpler. You’re more likely to know what will blow up or not. And there is an established way of telling what chemicals do with each other. We take some of those easier things about chemistry and apply them to you. You see a meter for when someone is about to erupt. We also throw a meter that describes your relationship with others. Simply think of the person, and both meters will appear to you. [-1 Description for both meters will be rough, and you’ll need to decipher them.]

Alexa Beringer/Goldstain- [-1]

Panzer Vore - Panzer Vor is German for tanks forward. Slip a letter in, and it became something completely different. Memories can slip from one’s grasp over one’s days. To keep this somewhat on topic, what does this transformation do? The intake of food is necessary for life. Eating diverse meals makes life a little bit more enjoyable. Exercise and food determine what you look like. Well, not with this! Anything entering the stomach will alter your body, whether it is raising or lowering your body weight, mood, energy levels, etc. See the results within minutes! Better experiment with what you swallow to get the best results! [-1 The best results are the non-obvious ones. Carpet cleaning and flagpole sitting are more firmly in your future.]

Back to Your Roots - Welcome back to the past as close as we can get it without shoving you in. Confused? Memories have flashforwards? Nothing to fear! Recalling the past will help with perceiving the future. It is as easy as telling the past [and not the one you tell people to make you comfortable. The past you shy away from]. Need more incentives than your future? Well, have a dose of regression of the mind. The past will become as blurred as the future is now. So tell about your past before it all up and vanishes. It's up to you! [-1 Every day, if dear Alexa does not tell a story, she has more than a memory to worry about.]

It All Adds Up - Math is the slow culmination of the theory of numbers. Counting, arithmetic, algebra, calculus, so on. Most knowledge is a slow progression up. We give you a shot at leveling up your everything. The more you use a skill, the more proficient you are at it. We are so kind and give you a device to track everything. Don’t lose it! [-1 Did we forget to mention the device is encrypted? Our bad. Oh, and did we mention some skills have buffs and debuffs? Too bad, so sad.]

Rita Alesio- [0]

Soft Underbelly - We could talk about weaknesses that others could use. But what is the fun of that? Instead, we are talking about the meat of an argument. Hey, some people just like to have more flesh on their partners compared to others. Beauty standards vary by time and place. Anyways, we’re putting some meat onto your bones, my dear.

Binary Options - Mind flip-flopping between too many choices? Are you tired of not being able to decide? Well, we have the answer. Anytime you feel anxious, you will see two options. Never have random tangent options ever again. [Also, you can only do something else once you pick one. Once chosen, you will follow that course of action. How much control you have is based on how long you take.] Let’s not limit your thinking here. We know you like the one sex. How about giving the other side a try?

Easy Bellini - Bartending all day must be exhausting. However, everything could be made better with ****. More specifically, you can conjure any drink with a snap of your fingers. [Sure, creating drinks that way will raise your blood **** by that drink. But never enough to harm, simply to amuse others.] The appeal of bartending is sometimes just watching the preparation of drinks. [Making a drink the traditional way will create a strange effect for the drink. The same preparation of a drink will have the same effect.]

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“Since we reveal the options, any answer guessing the contestant and what the transformation is will no longer count. You can still submit answers with what the references of the titles are. For those confused, we are using the standard timeline shown here.”

On the screen, a link, a QR code, a post address, a call-in number, carrier pigeon services, and several other options for a couple of seconds before disappearing.

“Happy voting, dear viewers.”

Justine looked around at the subdued contestants.

“And while you vote, we will ask the contestants what they feel about their options.”