The Rules

Scarlet rolled her shoulders and cracked her back, smiling with satisfaction. The introduction ceremony was going really well so far, in her opinion at least. It felt good to be back in control of a new season, even if she couldn’t actually any of the other seasons she had done before her past had been erased. She pranced back into the centre of attention, so light on her feet it was as if she had hollow bones.

“You’ve all had a basic understanding of the rules put into your heads, but let's go through them in a bit more detail and make sure our Audience are also up to speed on the differences in how I’ll be running things compared to some other seasons.

“This season will consist of five rounds, with each round beginning with a popularity poll and a transformation ceremony. All of you, including the Master, will be presented with three possible transformations for the Audience to vote on. The winning transformation will be applied, the second place will return in the next round to be voted on again, while third place will go to the shop where any Contestant can purchase it with BP to apply to themselves or any other Contestant of their choosing. The Master’s transformations can only be purchased to give to the Master, and he cannot be given a Contestant transformation.”

“What are these transformations like?” Matt asked with morbid curiosity, trying to pretend he hadn’t noticed how April nervously licked her lips and gripped the sides of her chair until her knuckles went white.

“All stuff which will appeal to your varied interests, Master,” the Host said with a sly smile, “Physical, mental, spiritual, social, or even weirder than that. At least one of the transformations will be tied to your personal themed transformation path, which I’ll reveal later, and at least one will be a wildcard that’s completely unrelated to the theme but does still have something to do with you personally. Other than that, anything goes.”

“Mental transformations? You’re going to mind-control us?” Grace asked angrily.

“She already did, unless you could actually stand up and leave this whole time,” Max pointed out, rolling her eyes and rocking in her seat.

Grace looked down at her unresponsive legs and grimaced, but said nothing.

“If you don’t like a particular transformation, then you’d better convince the Audience it will be more entertaining to give you a different one,” Scarlet said, skipping forward and extending a single finger to gently tap Grace’s forehead, “Either that, or be especially nice to me and I might use my veto to change the results of your poll.”

“Why would we be nice to you after you kidnapped us and **** us into your weird sex games?” Eleanor said, crossing her arms and slumping back in her chair.

“Nobody said you have to be nice to me,” Scarlet grinned, “But you’ll want to do your best with the sex games. Each round you’ll get a night of guaranteed access to the Master where you must sleep in the same bed, which is your opportunity to deepen your relationship and get ahead in the competition. The first time you perform a particular act of... let's say affection, that pleases the Master, you’ll earn Victory Points for it. You can earn more points in the challenge at the end of each round, but you can also lose points if you do badly in the challenge or if you take actions that the Master disapproves of.

“Earn 100 VP or more before the end of the final round and you’ll earn a second chance at where your life went wrong, a sequel to your story, in the form of a beneficial transformation, and a free reality adjustment so nobody in the real world will notice anything strange regardless of how much you’ve been fucked up by TFs. The Contestant with the most VP at the end will also earn a wish to use as you see fit, so no slacking off once you hit 100! That wish can be almost anything, as long as you don’t break reality too badly, kill anyone, or interfere with the harem bond.

“Finish the season with less than 100 VP, or if you have negative points at the end of any round, then you’ll be eliminated instead. You’ll get an exit transformation that makes it more difficult to turn your life around, and you’ll be removed from the competition.”

“If that’s an option then eliminate me right the fuck now,” Chrissy said, sitting up eagerly, “There’s nothing wrong with my life and I don’t want anything to do with the lanky pervert.”

“Well, Miss peaked-in-high-school-” Scarlet began.

“We’re still British,” Max interrupted with a raised eyebrow.

“...Miss peaked-in-secondary-school,” Scarlet corrected herself, “Even if you somehow can’t see what a mess your life is, I promise you that you don’t want to be eliminated. You’ll still be bound to the Master regardless, and that elimination transformation can be a doozy. Especially if it happens in an early round.”

With a flourish, Scarlet swept her quill through the air leaving a trail of sparks and flames, then snapped her fingers. As the sound of the snap rang out, the sparks burst in a blinding flash, leaving colourful traces and impressions behind in the eyes of everyone except the Host.

They saw a proud and jealous woman turned into the sex **** of the man she loved, made to crave him having sex with others, unable to orgasm for herself unless given permission by the woman he was fucking. They saw a girl transformed into a shallow copy of the sister whose shadow she had always lived in. A human cow, with animal intelligence and mannerisms. A living but inanimate sex doll. Trapped in a painting, forever on display and unable to talk or touch. Sapient furniture. A coffee mug with tits.

The images faded, and everyone slowly came to with what they had seen. Within Matt, arousal and revulsion were warring with each other, and revulsion was winning. Arousal seemed to be winning in April as she sat breathing heavily with her hands clenched in her lap. Chrissy was in denial, staring off into space and pretending she hadn’t seen any of it. Sarah and Eleanor looked scared. Max and Emma were in shock. Poppy appeared to be in deep consideration about something, while Grace had gone so pale she looked like she might out.

“We have to have sex with him if we want to avoid that?” she asked in a trembling voice.

“Not just sex with him. All sorts of things count, and there are circumstantial bonuses up for grabs for achieving them in interesting ways,” Scarlet corrected her, “...but mostly for sex things, ittedly. Each act only counts once per Contestant though, so you’ll need to get creative if you want to come out ahead!”

“I would never...” Matt started, then swallowed nervously and glanced at his wife, “We’ll figure something out. I promise I wouldn’t ever **** anyone to do something they’re not comfortable with.”

“Hang on, this isn’t fair,” Eleanor said, snapping out of her stupor and pointing at Sarah, “She’s his wife, can’t she just win by doing the stuff they probably do all the time anyway?”

Sarah recoiled as though physically struck, then curled back in on herself. All her earlier rage at the situation had burned itself out by this point, and she was left too emotionally exhausted to be angry. Scarlet chuckled.

“You’re right, it isn’t fair,” she agreed, “But she definitely can’t win doing what she does all the time. that you score for the first time, so anything you already did before coming here won't earn any points at all.”

Emma broke her long silence and let out an obnoxiously loud laugh, then hunched forward to rest her elbows on her knees. “Oh god, I’m screwed,” she giggled with a manic grin. Poppy patted her gently on the back, then Emma noticed Chrissy’s confused glare and her giggling suddenly stopped. She grimaced, and stared down at her feet.

“We’ll figure something out,” Matt repeated, more quietly this time, looking back and forth between his ex-girlfriend and his wife.

“Like I said, you’ll have to get creative,” Scarlet grinned wickedly, “Now, any more questions before we move on? How about you, April? You’ve been awfully quiet.”

“Um. No. I’m alright.” April said softly, squeezing her legs together and blushing so fiercely it was visible even with her brown skin.

“If you say so. Moving on to the popularity poll then! Last chance for the Audience to make their voices heard, so go do that now if you haven’t already. Do you prefer the wife with confidence issues, the misanthropic punk, the spoiled brat, the two-faced ex, the daydreaming lesbian, the traumatised friend, the kinky geek, or the bully with no self awareness? Do your part to democratise porn, and vote!”

POLL CLOSED - SEE RESULTS HERE