You sit beside Glory Girl, kind of afraid to get up and leave before her in case she's just waiting to do something horrible to you, until everyone else has left, a good twenty minutes. That's when she turns to you with a cheeky smirk on her face.
"Hi." She holds up her hand. "I'm Victoria Dallon. Who are you?"
Shit. You never did introduce yourself, either. You feel so much creepier than you intended, now. "Taylor Hebert," you squeak out in response. "Um, thank you for having me today?"
Victoria snickers, raising her eyebrow at you. You flush and look down at the floor. Okay, that had been a pretty bad attempt.
"You didn't seem to participate much," she continues, eyes dancing. "More of a watcher and listener then?"
You attempt a nonchalant shrug. She doesn't buy it. Yeah, you didn't think you were very good about hiding your shyness. "Sometimes. I'm usually better at taking a more active role in this kind of thing, though."
She snorts at that— actually snorts. You're a bit confused, but let it pass.
"Well, that's fine too." She nods to herself. "Just don't get too active, yeah? Other people were here first."
"Uh..." You let out a small, garbled noise. "That's okay," you eventually say with a pout. That's kind of unfair, you think— other people might have started attending before you, but they shouldn't get to have a more active role in discussions and stuff just because of that. You're pretty sure that's not how clubs are meant to work, otherwise they'd be pretty hostile to newcomers. Maybe it's because you didn't speak up very much today? "I'll probably be more active in future," you add. "Maybe I'll be first in line soon!"
A rough laugh bursts out of her. "Stranger things have happened," she concedes, "but I wouldn't count on it, Taylor."
Well, that was just rude. You were only shy for a little bit, and then she deliberately distracted you! Maybe. Or maybe you were just being rude. Still, a little miffed, you stare her directly in the eye and say, "Well, I will. Just wait, you'll see." Then, with an imperious look down your nose at her, you turn and walk away, ignoring the soft gasp and then the choked laughter from behind you.
You head into town and purchase some groceries Dad had missed when he went, since you're already here. He's usually pretty good, but he always forgets to buy new batteries for the TV remote and replacement filters for the percolator. You pay with a swipe of your card and head home, using the rest of the change Dad had given you for the bus fare.
By the time you get home, you're a bit less annoyed about how your encounter with Glory Girl had gone. Her shifting must have been an accident, then, if she didn't even bring it up with you afterwards. She didn't seem to mind you looking down her shirt, but she didn't encourage it, either— disappointing, but more than you'd expected from a girl with a boyfriend. And where did she get that costume, anyway? Why was she wearing it in public, yet took pains to avoid anyone besides you looking at it?
Still, that book club seems really snobbish. You'd want to go there again now even if Victoria wasn't there, just to prove to them that even someone they haven't met before can have interesting things to say.
That's a plan for next week, though. The book club only runs on Sundays, and you've got an entire week to go until your next one.
You put Victoria out of your mind for the moment.
You have three other girls you're planning for, anyway.
For the moment, you decide, you're not going to waste a whole week like you did last time. You've experimented with how far you can push your powers, now, and what you can convince people to do with them. And you've already got a start on some of them. Now, you're going to be able to have some real fun.
No— instead, you're going to take it a few days at a time, and see what developments you can push. If you stop to reevaluate midway through the school week, you think, you should be able to keep on top of things.
So, for the first half of this school week, you plan to... [Pick up to three two options from the below list.]
[X] Spend some time tutoring Madison. She's struggling with her classes, and has asked you for help. You've agreed. The school's open until five, so you'll spend until then tutoring her each day— except Wednesdays, when she has an afternoon shift working at Rick's restaurant. This is serious studying time, so you're not going to play with her here.
— Success chance: 20%.
— General results: If kept up for an entire week, raises Madison's Affection by 1. If kept up through at least ten weeks, raises Madison's schooling results to the point her grades have recovered, potentially opening up future paths in which Madison designs and makes costumes and lingerie for Taylor and her team.
— Note: This option has been locked in due to previous votes for a period of at least 4 weeks.
— On a success: Raises Madison's Affection by an additional 1 point.
— On a failure: Nothing.
[] Start playing with Emma. She's stopped bullying you, but that doesn't mean that you are going to forgive her that easily. Emma has said some very cruel and unkind things to you over the past few months, after all. Wouldn't the Emma you had known in the past have wanted to make it up to you? And you know just where you want her to begin.
— Success chance: 75%.
— General results: Furthers Emma's recruitment. Raises Emma's Lust by 2, Loyalty by 1, Devotion by 1 and Affection by 1. Provides a scene in which Emma willingly takes off her bra and panties and gives them to Taylor at the start of school.
— On a success: Provides an additional 1 to Devotion and 1 to Affection.
— On a failure: Raises the general state of alarm by 1. Taylor's reputation at Winslow drops. Sophia gains 1 point of Lust.
[] Begin the process of manipulating Sophia. Emma has stopped bullying you, and with that, Sophia has mostly lost interest in you, but she still shoves you in the halls when she sees you and makes cutting comments. Sophia has hurt you in the past— verbally and physically— and this is the first step in getting her to repay you for that. Plus, Sophia might not be as attractive as Emma or as cute as Madison, but she's one of the hottest girls at Winslow— and you're pretty sure you can tame that wild attitude of hers beneath you.
— Success chance: 50% (+10% crit bonus, +10% Madison recruitment) 70%
— General results: Begins the recruitment of Sophia. Increases Sophia's Lust by 2, Loyalty by 1, and Intrigue by 1. Provides a scene in which Sophia gets off on Taylor harassing her in a sexual manner (flipping her skirt up, kissing her neck unsolicited, etc).
— General notes: This scene represents Sophia getting off on Taylor taking control from her. Note that this path is intended to lead to scenes of bondage and Taylor taking control of the relationship as she did with Madison (down a less submissive path), not to scenes of rape. If this path is not chosen within the next 2 updates, this path will disappear and a different path will become available.
— On a success: Raises Sophia's lust by 1. Sophia witnesses Taylor and Madison kissing in a secluded spot prior to school, and is aroused by it, leading her to encourage Taylor to sexually grope her.
— On a failure: Negates 1 point of Sophia's Loyalty and Intrigue gains.
[] Take Madison out for a walk in the evening. You can't afford to take Madison out on a proper date— hell, you can barely afford the bus fares to go to school and into town each week— but you'll make what efforts you can anyway. Besides, this way, you'll get to spend more time with her and get to know her a bit better, both within and outside her role as your cute little sub.
— Success chance: Cannot be failed.
— General results: Increases Madison's Affection by 1. Makes Taylor's relationship with Madison a little bit deeper. Note that this does not affect Taylor's harem— Taylor can have deep relationships with multiple girls at once, so long as she successfully convinces them to enter her harem.
[] Do something potentially immoral; you're going to deliberately and willingly use your powers to grant you safe passage during class to the area where you know the school's Brotherhood contingent keeps stashes of drugs and drug money. You are then going to dispose of the drugs and steal their money.
— Success chance: 60%.
— General results: Taylor will steal several thousand dollars worth of cash from the Brotherhood without leaving a trace of her presence behind, allowing a wider variety of options in future updates. The Brotherhood will not know it was her, and will not suspect it.
— On a success: A wandering teacher will have sent the Brotherhood gang members to class, and Taylor will be able to liberate the money without anyone the wiser.
— On a failure: There will be the usual Brotherhood gang members standing guard in front of the locker instead of going to class. Taylor will have to use her powers on the Brotherhood gang members, sending them wandering away to leave school and go on a shopping spree, resulting in there being less than a thousand dollars in cash remaining in the walls.
Spoiler: Stat Gains/Losses
Stat gains:
Emma Barnes:
+1 Lust
Victoria Dallon:
+2 Lust
+2 Loyalty
Spoiler: Bonuses Achieved
For rolling 50 or higher points above the target threshold, you have received additional benefits. These benefits are:
— An additional scene, in which the (minor) ramifications of pushing Emma to recruitment immediately are made clear.
— Additional knowledge of how Taylor's power works. See character sheet for details.
— Victoria's costume has become even more risque, resulting in her being unwilling to show it to a general audience. Lust gains from checking her out doubled.
— Additional knowledge of how Taylor's power works. See character sheet for details.
1.8
> Success chance: 20%
> Necessary roll: 80. Rolled: 66. Failure.
> Success chance: 70%.
> Necessary roll: 30. Rolled: 41. Success.
> Success chance: 75%.
> Necessary roll: 25. Rolled: 11. Failure.
Madison really is trying to make up for her previous behaviour towards you, you find when you get to school on Monday morning. You're not sure how she managed to get your locker open— presumably she pouted that adorable pout until someone opened it for her on the presumption she was planning a prank on you, but you can't be sure— but when you open it just before class, you're surprised to find a lunchbox waiting in there for you, a pink card with a floral pattern tied to it.
Taylor
I didn't know what you wanted for
lunch, so I made you a ham roll and
some fruit salad. I worked really hard so
please enjoy it! Love, Madison~
She has drawn little smiley faces over her i's instead of dotting them. One of them has a little heart drawn fluttering away from it. You can't help the wide grin that steals its way across your face, or the way your heart flutters. Yes, you definitely didn't make a bad decision by taking Madison for yourself first. You're going to have to find a way to reward her for being a good girl soon.
You're distracted all the way through first period by the little flutters of your heart. A giddy feeling sits deep in your stomach, and you really wish you own a cellphone so you could text her, even if it'd distract you from your lessons. You'd rather focus on Mads than Maths, anyway.
If anyone notices you smirk at the wordplay, they don't care enough to comment.
You don't manage to find anything to distract yourself from Madison with until second period, when you walk into class to find Emma and Sophia watching you like a pair of hawks. Madison pouts at you from three rows behind them, where the seat beside her has already been taken by another girl— Charlotte? Something like that. You give her an encouraging smile and she perks up, but out of the corner of your eyes, you see Emma frown and Sophia scowl.
Well. That could go badly.
You're forced to sit at the front of class today, as most of the seats in the classroom have already been filled. That's okay, though, you think; it's only History again, and as always, you've read far on ahead of the rest of the class.
Your teacher drones on, but you allow your attention to drift away, reaching out with your powers. You're immediately drawn to Madison, who's feeling giddy and anticipatory about something (as well as a heady feeling of lust, although it's sitting at a simmer for the moment); you have to actually force yourself away from her to feel out Emma and Sophia, ignoring your own feelings of disappointment as you do.
Emma is still shining to your senses, the lust and loyalty you'd drawn out on Saturday seeming almost to lie coiled around the rest of her emotions. They're still there, you can feel the anger and cruelty and deep, deep self-loathing roiling beneath them, but she seems to be clamping down on them herself today.
Sophia, however, is a different story entirely.
If Madison is an open book, utterly unable to hide anything from you even should she want to, and Emma is a tight ball of misery bound together by thin threads of desperation and misguided anger, then Sophia reminds you of nothing more than a coiled snake. A cold, deep anger runs through her emotions, bleeding into every one of them. Cruelty, sharper and yet less thorny than Emma's, winds around her.
Surprisingly, though, it's not that difficult to find a shred of attraction to you buried in there. It's not as strong as Emma's was, and Emma's wasn't very strong, but you won't be trying to build up an attraction from nothing.
Once you've found it, you sieze upon it. There's forty minutes left in class, so you get to work quickly, watching her out of the corner of her eye as you give her lust hard tugs.
Whenever it gets too bad, she shivers momentarily, or darts her eyes around the classroom. When she does that, you quickly swap your focus over to Emma for a moment, and begin tugging on her lust instead until Sophia settles down and it's safe to swap back.
By the time the bell rings and Sophia sweeps to her feet alongside Emma, you're pretty sure you've made some significant progress.
You can't keep it up the entire day, of course. You're pretty sure you'd get a headache trying to keep track of their emotions for a full six hours, for one, and they don't share all their classes with you, despite their best efforts.
Still, you do your best, focusing on first Sophia and then Emma. Sophia's harder to tease emotions up from, but Emma's too open at the moment. Every time you do more than caress at her loyalty to you, she shivers, and you're left waiting with bated breath as to whether Sophia noticed this time or not.
