(Quest Suggestions) SongsTress Quest Episode 50: One Last Melody (Patreon)

(Members of Star Tier or above can suggest actions for next week's episode, and they'll be voted on on Wednesday!)

The Story So Far...

Your eyes flick about desperately. Where- Tch. You don't see her. Dark Magic Collect has completely vanished. Wasn't she supposed to be helping you?! Ugh, worst minion, she gets the worst minion award forever!

Damnit, you put a bunch of your power into making her. At the time it seemed like a safe bet - a powerful minion to help you take down the last Serenity, the perfect plan. But since she's a total disappointment (and kind of scary) you've been on the back foot for this entire fight - and now you don't have enough notes left in your song to ready your finisher before Melody's done with hers!

Grimacing, you surround yourself with the power of song, notes and tunes floating in the air around you, aura glowing bright, and prepare to protect yourself. If you can keep her attack from reaching you, you can turn this around! … If you can't, you're done. So, that's motivation for you!

"All those hearts you hoped you'd steal?" Her voice slams into you and literally pushes you back along the floor, your feet carving through the carpet and into the floor as you try to brace against it. Your aura wavers, struggling already against the one line, but you hold firm.

"Now you know just how they feel!" She glowing bright with white light now. If it wasn't for your shades, she'd be impossible to look at. Your aura's writhing now, notes bending out of shape, tunes squeaking at all the wrong pitches. You raise your hands, trying to strengthen it, but cracks are already starting to show.

"'Cuz I'm sorry that's the deal!" Your aura shatters, splinters of notes and twangs of broken guitar strings bursting out through the room as you're slammed back against the wall, pinned and utterly helpless. The Serenity's glow reaches a crescendo, coalescing into her throat, her eyes locked onto you.

"Face the Serenity Sea-!" Her voice rises into melodic pitch - and then shoots sharply upwards into a surprised squeal just before she lands the finishing blow, black lightning shooting her straight in the back!

"Now now..." A blonde dark magical girl steps out of the shadows, wrapping her arms around Melody possessively, the black lightning still crackling around her and holding her still. "I can't let you spoil my fun that early. I haven't even started my collection yet."

Collect! She's still here. And she saved you! Best minion! Best minion award forever!

"D-Dancer, don't-!" Melody gasps, trying to plead even as she struggles to break free of the bind - but she's lost as much of her strength as you have in the battle. Easy pickings!

"Dancer? Who's that? I'm Black Magic Collect." The blonde strokes her captive's face beneath her hood. "And I just collected some amazing merch. Wanna see?"

Melody's eyes widen as she sees where this is going. "N-!"

She doesn't get to finish. Before your eyes, the black lightning intensifies, completely consuming the light of the Serenity Seal - and the Serenity holding it. You hear an electric moan from inside the crackling cage, and then watch as the lightning spreads out, taking a new shape...

… Your shape. Big boobs. Big booty. Long flowing hair. Even your sunglasses! The lightning takes a perfect copy of your form, and then pops away, leaving... You? Yes, she looks just like you - save for the confused eyes behind her shades. Oh wow, you're hot.

Melody(?) looks down at herself, blinking. "Wha…?"

But the lightning isn't done. Another zap and the duplicate desire stiffens, then her body moves to take a pose. Her arms curl up over her head, chest pushed forwards, ass swayed to the side. Even her confused expression only has a moment to widen into alarm, before a daze seems to take the woman, her eyes dulling, and a sultry smile grows on her lips.

The lightning crackles again, the cage reappearing around her, this time taking the shape of a long tube that's a little taller than she is, and just barely wider. When it pops away this time, it leaves a fluffy cloth pillow in its wake - a pillow that your double is now nothing more than a picture printed on its front.

A picture without any clothes on. Oh, hey, wait a sec-!

The body pillow flops onto the stage, boneless and full of fluff. The image of your double doesn't move, folding and creasing along her perfectly sculpted nude form. You can't see the backside from here, and you're not sure you want to. This is total knock off merch, no way you can accept it!

… But you also can't protest it much at the moment, can you? Uh, maybe complain about it later.

"Thanks, Collect," you smile up at her even as you pant for air, kneeling down from where you slid off the wall. "I knew you wouldn't let me down!"

Well, as far as she knows you knew that, anyway. Now- Hm. Why is she looking at you like that...?

(What happens next? How does this tale end? This will likely be the final choice of this Quest, so feel free to submit fun options! The choices up for vote will automatically include 'Collect turns SongsTress into Merch' and 'Collect submits to SongsTress as her minion', so you don't need to put those in if you don't want them. Comment below with what you'd like to see next, and I'll put it to the Vote on Wednesday! Bear in mind that Patreon Votes have a 140 character limit, so try to keep your suggestions below that.)