Ko-chan’s Chronicles

The crowd around the sixth challenge was a sight to see. A sea of tutus, just like Naruyo said, with various levels of accessorization to be seen. Some had gone all the way, shaking their heads to try and get free of their muzzles, while others were much more comfortable in just mittens and boots.

"I'll have you assist me with this one, Hinari." Matsuko lifted her skirts to climb the stairs onto the stage.

I was carried up one stair at a time, but I had given up trying to convince anyone to release me from the pole already.

I was wheeled in front of a table with a glass panel in the middle and left there, while Hinari sat down on the other side of the panel.

Matsuko took the microphone from an assistant and began her speech. "Communication is important, wouldn't you agree? I see some of you nodding your heads, but with muzzles already on your faces, how could you possibly make others understand?"

Matsuko continued. "This time, I'll show you that communication between two people is possible without a single word. My beautiful assistants, Ko-chan and Hinari will demonstrate how to clear this challenge which seems to have stumped many of you so far."

An assistant brought out a card with three colors on it, showed the audience, and then set it down in front of me.

Matsuko got in close and grabbed my mouth. "Now, it may look free, but my dear Ko-chan's mouth is currently occupied, and she can not make a single sound, can she?"

"MMMMMmmmm!" I shook my head, but her hand kept me mostly still.

"Now, little Ko-chan, all you have to do is tell Hinari over there what order to place the blocks in. If she gets all three right, you win." Matsuko let me go and pointed at the blocks on the table across from me.

"And no cheating, huh?" Matsuko kissed me on the cheek and I could feel my telepathy fade away.

"MMmmm! Mnnnnnn!" I glared angrily at Matsuko, thinking I could clear it easily.

I calmed down and started trying to communicate. "MMmmmnnnn. Hnnnnn. Nnnngghh."

Hinari smiled and watched me squirm and moan for a while, just amusing herself, before finally springing into action and placing all three boxes in one go.

"Ah, that is correct." The attendant confirmed the victory and returned to the side.

Matsuko smiled like this was completely expected. "The truth is, we've been around little Ko-chan muzzled so much that any of us can tell exactly what she wants just from one look. Can you say you understand your friends the same way?"

The crowd started to murmur among themselves, and Matsuko felt Sakari's phone start to vibrate intensely. She took it out and looked at it before smiling and putting it back into her waist pouch.

A little kiss on my cheek restored my telepathy, and she whispered in my ear, "Now, a little reward for you~"

Matsuko moved me to center stage and turned down my ability to ignore vibrators before starting to announce. "Now, which of you out there thinks you are worthy of getting a kiss from our cute little squirming Ko-chan? All you have to do is say three colors, and the chance will be yours! We have limited time before the auction, so don't wait around~"

One girl struggled out of the crowd, already in an armbinder and clearly trembling. She shouted "I'm worthy! Please test me!"

A second girl stood up at nearly the same time, "I'm also worthy!"

Matsuko held up her hands, "One at a time, ladies. One of you must go first."

The first girl said "I stood up first, I should get the first chance."

The second girl grit her teeth, then agreed. "Fine. I will decode for you." As she walked past the first girl, she whispered in her ear, "Use the method we devised in the chat just now."

The first girl smiled and climbed the stage, ready to be equipped for the challenge.

An assistant brought over a mask and an invisible muzzle. "Open, please." She placed one hand behind the girl's neck and held the muzzle up in front of her.

"Wait, that's way bigger than I expe--" Before she could finish her complaint, the assistant shoved it into her mouth with ruthless efficiency. The girl tried to struggle or protest, but she was already bound so well that there was nothing she could do to stop the assistant from shoving the muzzle all the way to the back of her throat and clamping her mouth down over it.

The girl shook her head, but she was quickly held still while the mask was laced tight over her mouth and neck and locked closed with zipper and buckle.

"Alright, you're done, miss. Have a good challenge~" She gave the girl a little push on the back towards the table on the stage.

The girl shook her head, but her eyes told the entire story. This was nothing like how Ko-chan was when she was muzzled. Ko-chan looked like she was just mildly inconvenienced, but this... was completely overwhelming her ability to process. The muzzle pressed against the back of her throat, constricting her breathing, while the mask compressed her mouth and neck, making it even harder to produce sound.

Matsuko smiled as if she didn't notice anything wrong, and an assistant helped the girl into the chair. The other girl was already waiting for her to give her some signs.

The assistant held out a card, and addressed the girls. "You have two minutes from when you see the card to communicate however you like. At the end, since the decoder is also wearing an armbinder, we will just ask her to recite the order instead of using the blocks. Any questions?"

Both shook their heads, so the assistant put a card in front of her. The crowd started getting rowdy as they expected a spirited exchange of mmphs between the two girls. What they got though, was the girl just staring at the other girl, trying to breathe heavily, and more staring.

"Okay...These colors, I need to... blink left, blink right, nod twice." She followed the code they had set up, but the other girl smiled maliciously at her.

After two minutes, the attendant asked the second girl for the final order, which she slowly recited. She picked out the right colors, then put them in the wrong order. The attendant waited a few seconds for dramatic effect, and then rang a buzzer loudly.

"I'm sorry, but that was not the right answer. You were so close though, if you had only swapped those last two colors..."

The muzzled girl was in a daze, wondering if she had done the code wrong, when the other girl came over and whispered in her ear, "Did you think you were worthy of the Holy Maiden's lips? Don't make me laugh."

The muzzled girl was cleared from the stage, and Matsuko started to pick out more challengers. With a devious grin, she started to pair up the skeptics in the crowd with those she knew were in the fan club. These matches ended with the expected sparks, and the fan club grew more incendiary with each punished heretic, or lost order sister.

The atmosphere in the crowd turned strange, as the shadow war happening between the skeptics and The Maiden's Order started to spill into the open. One girl randomly shouted "It was you, I knew it!" as she confronted the girl in an armbinder next to her. She kicked the girl to the ground but was quickly held back by assistants. Before long, she was muzzled and released, unable to make another scene quite so large.

Matsuko picked up the microphone and admonished the crowd. "Ladies, it's just a game for pins and kisses. Let's try to be a little civilized here, unless you'd all like to end up muzzled and silent? I won't allow physical attacks on the grounds of the Carnival. Now, let's have our last challenger before we move on, as the time before the final auction approaches."

She picked out two more girls, seemingly at random, but specifically targeted to be two girls who were having a spat in the fan club chat. Predictably, it ended in an execution, not a legitimate challenge. With the last girl being led from the stage, Matsuko put an end to the proceedings and came over to me to wheel me away again.

"My Lady, can't I hop on my own this time? I can't do the next stage while attached to this pole anyways!" I begged to be released once more.

Matsuko thought for a second, then nodded. "Very well, but don't think you've seen the last of this pole. I find it does a very nice job of keeping you under control, my fair Ko-chan~" She gave me a kiss and finally released me from the pole.

"Y-y-yes, My Lady." I was actually kind of looking forward to playing with the pole again when we got back to the dorm.

I waited nearby while Hinari was tending to helping Sakari and Naruyo descend the stage.

"You two are cute in Ko-chan's tutu. I could get used to seeing you like this." She gave Sakari a little spank on the ass as she helped them down.

Sakari gave a yelp when she was spanked, and whined as loud as she could. This was enough to catch Matsuko's attention from a few feet away.

"Oh, what's this? Taking liberties with my property, are you?" Matsuko smirked as she saw Hinari groping and hitting here and there just for fun.

Sakari grinned as Matsuko came over, knowing her plan had succeeded.

"Oh, um, Mistress. Of course not. I helped them descend the stage as you asked." Hinari acted like the perfect subordinate.

"Is that so, then why do I seem to remember you saying 'I could get used to seeing you like this'?" Matsuko closed the trap, just waiting to see Hinari squirm.

"Ah, that.. um.. I was just admiring their looks in Ko-chan's tutu..." Hinari knew she was screwed, but tried nonetheless.

"Shall I return your words to you then?" Matsuko reached out and flipped Hinari's cosplay tutu into an authentic one, sealing her mouth and arms away. "I could get used to seeing you like this, Hinari-chan~" She gave Hinari a kiss on the cheek and started walking towards the seventh stage.

Sakari smirked as she hopped after Matsuko. Hinari and Naruyo reluctantly followed as well.

"Come on guys, hopping only gets easier the more you do it!" I tried to cheer up the three as I hopped in front of them. I heard a chorus of groans and complaints behind me, but I just kept encouraging them.