On the final day of the marathon, the grand finale was scheduled in a decrepit soccer stadium in the heart of the Buffer's old city center.
Overhead, dirigibles with sponsor logos flashing along their sides were accompanied by camera drones like whale sharks and their pilot fish.
Many of the performers had already dropped out for health reasons while the star of the show Coralie Cain somehow still seemed somewhat fresh despite the ordeal. She was recuperating in the production van, getting patched up for the final round. Yates checked the medical monitor as fluids were pumped into the starlet's veins. The med-tech pushed him aside in the cramped quarters to apply salve to a performer crashed out on the air-futon.
The other two remaining marathon girls sat at the consoles, arms with injection braces giving them their own courses of medication and IV fluids. It was packed inside the van. Normally, Yates would be excited to have a tit pressed against his face but even he was burned out after days of manning the camera remotes. He was stimmed up so high that his eyes were practically glued open, so he had a spray mister to keep them from drying out.
They still stung like crazy. He mumbled, practically to himself, "Thanks, Matt, for ditching us right in the middle of the show and we were already under-staffed for this gig. Fucker took Okano with him too."
Even though it was a rest break, Coralie was giving a live remote interview while the med-tech sealed up the cuts on her inner thighs and checked for internal injuries. A camera stalk with its pin light was aimed at her face as she responded to questions, "Yes, I'm ready to go for tonight's live show. No, I am not tired of dick. Bring it on!" She gamely stuck out a tongue. "I know someone's been keeping a liter count on swallows so I am excited to get the world record later today."
The return audio wasn't being fed into the van except for Coralie's subdermal ear monitor so the slightly crazed look in her eyes and her babbling into the air made it seem like she was a schizophrenic. It didn't help the image with the med-tech probing her genitals with her scan tool.
"Such as it is, she's clear to go," the med-tech shook her head, clearly surprised by the result. "I don't know how there is any lining left in there and no perforations in the colon. That last girl wasn't so lucky."
One of the previous rounds had including a series of rough insertion challenges.
Yates looked at the countdown clock and took another shot of stimulant. His heart somehow didn't shatter though he had to brace himself for a moment. Once the remote interview ended, he shifted back to Coralie who closed her eyes for a moment, "Five minutes till showtime folks. Ready to rally?" He held out a fist.
Coralie shivered for a moment and extended her own fist to give him a bump. "Fuck ya. Gal's, time to get going."
The others groaned but began disconnecting themselves from their braces while the girl on the futon tried to wave away the world. Eventually, she got up as well, to join the impromptu huddle, with Coralie as quarterback.
She gave them some meaningless pep talk and blurted, "I don't know why the fuck we're doing all this but let's get out there and fuck this planet!"
They gave a half-hearted cheer and high-stepped out of the van in a line of jazzed up skin walkers ready to get jizzed on and jacked up. As soon as she stepped outside it was as if a switch was turned on Coralie's face. The charisma that made her a star was back in an instant, and even her eyes seemed to glint with carnal glee as she eyed the throng of humanity waiting to tear her flesh apart.
There was a cheer from the crowd as the four made a line to go down the main ramp into the stadium. It wasn't quite to full capacity as many of the upper decks were dilapidated and closed off but it was still a sizable group, dominated by horny men with a smattering of mixed genders of all stripes. The spectacle was officially frowned upon by the Protectorate but the show was a licensed deal with private security forces to keep it from turning into a full fledged riot.
Coralie could feel the combined lust throbbing through her in time with the stomp of the crowd's feet as she led the women toward the mob. Goons with shock wands parted the way into the stadium so the women could reach a central stage. The original sports display system was long gone so drones with silken display curtains were used to float up a moving wall of images throwing up camera close-ups and replay action as well as advertisements and commentary from various feeds.
The arena was pumped with music provided by a series of curated DJ's piping in their jams over the net. Their performances were a separate revenue stream being livecast worldwide for the event. For the more puritan markets, the raw sex would be censored out.
She felt flushed, even excited again, although she wasn't sure if it that was herself or the chemical cocktail. Did it matter? She wondered. On stage, there was some washed up third-rate talking head acting as carnival barker, working the crowd as the girls piled up for a lesbian show appetizer. It wasn't something she hadn't done a thousand times before, but Coralie put her all into the performance, focusing her attention on pleasing the pink flower in front of her as they formed a circle, head to ass.
She made sure to keep an eye on where the various camera drones hovered, moving her head and positioning the next girl in line for a good shot.
If it wouldn't have made her look like some lizard, she would even have rotated an eye to keep track of the displays to make sure her shot was still good but she had to just trust that Yates and crew were doing their jobs properly. The girl behind her managed to push the right button, and Coralie jerked her hips to a quick orgasm.
There wasn't much else in the script, as they would be at the mercy of the crowd after this. The only rules were a hard cut-off the next morning or if the overnight ratings dipped too low to make it profitable, as well as any life threatening injuries. The security goons had approved tranq rounds to wind it all down if things got too far out of hand.
Yates spoke to her via her subdurmal, "Numbers look good. Supper crowd just sitting down for their meal of hot, re-moisturized stew and flash lager. Go get 'em,hot stuff."
Licking her finger after slipping it out of one of the others, Coralie scanned the throng before her. It was a single beast that wanted to consume her. She guessed that it didn't matter if it did, either way her nipples were rock hard in anticipation once again. She called them old reliable, flicked them with two hands for good luck and leapt head first into the first row who reached out and lifted her bodily.