Prize or Penalty
was back! A new season at last of the transformative game show that everyone loved to hate. The tabloids and morning television were full of it, reminders of past winners - or losers, really - and speculation over who the new host would be. No doubt, the headlines the next day would be all the moralists and religious nuts complaining about how grotesque and sexually fetishistic it was, and how abusive it was of the laws of God and Nature, and that such obscenity should certainly not be on public television.
The ultimate objectification of the human body for cheap entertainment, in other words, and I loved it. And that was no secret either. "Guess what," my boss said, brandishing a couple of tickets to some show or other, but, judging by the wattage of his grin, could only be one thing.
"No way," I said. "No fucking way!"
Bill sighed dramatically, though his eyes were bright with mischief. "But who to take with me? Melanie, maybe? Or Sandra?"
I knew what he was fishing for. "I will suck your cock every day for a week if you take me," I said. It wasn't like I hadn't done it before. Bill was a good boss for the most part, attractive with brown hair and blue eyes, in his early forties and thus nearly old enough to be my father - and married with two kids. His wife and daughters glared at me from the framed picture on his desk.
At the previous office Christmas party, we'd all had too much to drink, and Bill had led me away from the crowd to the privacy of his office and I'd eagerly taken him in my mouth. I'd knelt on the plush carpet, extracted his impressive length from his fly, and wrapped my lips lustfully about the hard shaft, sucking, savouring, swallowing. For weeks afterwards we'd both been too embarrassed to talk about it, but over time our relationship had turned to one of none-too-subtle flirtation.
"Okay..." he said slowly, "but only if you promise never to wear panties to work under those short skirts." The grin was back again.
I rolled my eyes. "One day a week - and I'm not telling you which day." It simply wasn't practical to do it every day.
"Fine," he said, pouting in an exaggerated fashion. "But you have to take off the pair you're wearing now." He held out a hand for them, the other brandishing the tickets significantly.
Sighing with pretended indifference, I tugged down my panties (without flashing my privates - he hadn't earned that) but hadn't realised until that point just how wet I was. There was no concealing it either, and I felt the heat in my cheeks as I handed over the incriminating underwear, my blush intensifying as he made a point of sniffing them. "Divine," he murmured. "Now, about that other..."
*
The show was six weeks later, giving me plenty of time to change my mind again and again over whether to be merely a spectator or potentially a contestant. Each attendee had to fill their details in online, and state whether they'd be willing to participate. The chances of being selected were low, and the chance of making it to the final, famous round were lower still, but someone would get there.
Someone would have the chance to get rich, perhaps even five-million rich. Or they might be sent away with their bodies transformed in various fascinating and erotic ways. Some, like Voluptuous Victoria and Ellie the Leopard, became genuine celebrities. I followed both those lesbian lovers on social media, and often fantasised about meeting a similar fate.
But fantasy was one thing, reality another. Bill refused flatly to be a participant. ("And don't you dare either," he growled whenever I mentioned it. "My wife watches the show. If she sees me in the audience, she'll kill me.") I procrastinated until the end, but realised that I would regret it forever if I chickened out.
Thinking about it made me horny as anything. I treated Bill to a blowjob a day for a week, as per the deal, but seldom a day passed thereafter when we didn't end up fucking. It wasn't exactly a secret either. Half the office had to at least suspect that I spent much of my lunch hour with my legs wrapped about Bill's waist, his cock pounding me hard. The walls weren't that well soundproofed.
But it was just sex. I wasn't a pining mistress praying for him to leave his wife. I was a young woman with a hyperactive imagination and a need for a hard cock, and Bill's served me very well indeed. More often than not, my mind was elsewhere, wondering what it would be like to have huge breasts or supersensitive nipples, or a cock and a tail. Because these were all possibilities. As was being rich. I could finally buy a house instead of struggling each month to pay rent and also pay off my credit card.
At last I filled it in. Name: Erica. Age: 26. Sex/Gender: Cis Female. Orientation: Bi. Participant: Yes!
And on the night itself, I dressed with care. Ten items: Shoes, stockings, garter belt, thong and skirt; bra, vest, shirt, jacket and scarf. I was ready. Nervous as anything, but ready. "Aren't you a bit overdressed?" Bill asked in the car. He was in jeans and a jumper himself, not suspecting for a moment that I was prepared to risk it all.
"You can undress me later," I said, lifting my skirt to show him my stocking tops and garters.
"I can't wait," he said, grinning affectionately.
In the end, of course, I was the one who undressed me, and Bill was just a spectator.
*
The music crashed to a halt, cutting Charlie off mid-sentence. I stared at him anxiously, catching my breath as I tried to count up how many I got right. It was all a blur now. "Sorry, Erica," Charlie announced. "Time's up, but you have answered eight questions correctly."
I sighed with relief, and gave the applauding audience a grateful smile. Eight wasn't bad at all. Eight guaranteed me three prizes, if I played to the end. If I was really lucky, I could end up going home with five million in the bank and no cruel penalties. As long as I didn't get Chastity Belt, I'd count it a win.
Bill was there, somewhere, I hoped, still watching and enjoying despite the shock of hearing my name called earlier and having the spotlight pick me out. Would his wife recognise me, and guess who sat in the shadows next to me?
Somehow, amazingly, I had fought my way to the final round. Luck was on my side. The questions had been good, and my reactions fast, and now there was only me and the boxes that would decide my fate.
"Well, Erica," Charlie said, "you can walk away a winner now with this beautiful golden necklace" - he held it up to the audience, who
ooh
ed and
ahh
ed on cue - "or you can risk all and play
Prize or Penalty
..."
Charlie was a living example of the game's magnificence and absurdity. He strutted about the stage with a confident and commanding manner, casting lecherous glances at all the female contestants, which at this point was only me, making me the principal target of his very naked lust. The leather trousers he wore had an open crotch, so that nothing inhibited his stallion cock that jutted out proudly and wetly. Nothing concealed the huge balls that hung heavily below.
How many times I had watched the
Celebrity Prize Or Penalty