The young rabbit girl instantly attracted the attention of the badger standing across the foyer from her, she can feel his eyes on her with every step she takes away from the double glass doors that had admitted her, the last trace of the cool breeze outside tickling and teasing her short brown hair that is a few shades darker than her fur. Her ears poke through her hair, dipped a little to the side of her head, her pure white tail swaying with her hips with each step of her powerful legs. Her attention was drawn fully to him, his voice reaching her ears quickly. 'Good evening. Are you here for Serenity Base?'

Jenny nodded, actually very glad he had asked that question. Truthfully, she didn't know where she was going, beyond heading to this studio as she had been told when she had been accepted onto the show. 'Oh..yes..I am. Do you know where I have to go?'

'I can do better than that. Follow me.' The badger says softly, his paw indicating another door across the foyer. 'The Changing Room is this way. You can wait there for the others to arrive.'

'Thanks.' Jenny said, turning the way he had pointed and quickly following him through the door. She tried to keep her pace slow and keep moving with him but it was difficult, her enthusiasm getting the better of her. 'Guess Im the first one here huh?' Jenny is talking mostly to hear the sound of her voice. Now that she was actually here, she almost couldn't believe it. When she had heard about this gameshow, she had never thought she would actually get selected for it.

Perhaps something of her excitement showed on her face, because the Badger smiled softly. 'You aren't the only one to get her early.'

'Really?' Jenny would have asked more, but by then she had arrived at the locker room. Figuring she would find out when she stepped inside, the rabbit nodded to her guide. 'Thank you.'

Jenny opened the door slowly, not wanting to surprise who ever is inside. This allows her to see the white tigress standing by the mirror on the far side of the room.

'Hiya. Are you here for Serenity Base too?' Jenny says, seeing the other fur standing across the small locker room from her, really to have something to say, an odd selfconsciousness seeming to have swept every thought from her brain for a few seconds.

'Yeah, this is it.' the white tiger girl says, turning slowly to face her. 'I guess I'm not the only one excited about this, since you're here so early. I'm Amy, by the way.' That excitement was obvious in her voice, the words bubbling from her mouth in a rush. Jenny has to wonder if she is excited for the same reasons as she is, if she knows what she knows about this gameshow.

'Jenny.' she says, her throat suddenly dry. The tigress is beautiful, her sweet white furred face surrounded by lustrilosky silky black hair. Her ears pricked up high on her head, a sign of her obvious excitement. But that just makes her look cuter. As does the pink t-shirt that hangs down over her waist, slightly obscuring the curves of her hips snuggled inside the tight miniskirt she is wearing. 'I've been looking forward to this ever since I signed up. I guess you have too.' she finishes, trying to keep the conversation going. She needn't have worried, the tigress continuing excitedly.

'I didn't actually sign up.' Amy says with a grin. 'I tried, but they only had a few slots for the pilot. Luckily someone pulled out at the last minute. My boyfriend works here and pulled a few strings to get me on. Really I think he just wanted to see me get gunged.'

'So..' Jenny asks, trying to sound as casual as possible with this question. 'Did he mention anything about the gunge? I couldn't find out anything about how it will happen.'

'No. Sorry.' Amy says, a broad grin spreading over her face. 'I asked, but they are trying to keep it pretty hush hush. I did find a teaser on the net but it didn't show much of the gunge, just a very short clip. It looked like a lot of fun, though.'

Jenny wasn't sure if that last bit was to reassure her or not, wondering if Amy thinks she is worried about it. Then she picks up on the excited tone in her voice. 'Huh? You want to be gunged?' Jenny asks, surprised. Ever since she had seen her first gunging on tv the idea of it happening to her has always been a secret fantasy that she had never imagined she would get to live out. She really hadn't expected any of the others to feel that way.

'Yeah. That's why I agreed to come on the show.' Amy says, a broad smile crossing her face.

'Me too.' Jenny says softly, 'I've always wanted to know what it feels like. I never thought I'd get the chance though. So when this came up, I jumped at it.'

Jenny would have continued, but before she can, Amy speaks up again. 'Well, I guess are meant to change into those huh?'

'Yeah. I can't imagine anyone being too wild about getting thier own clothes messy.' Jenny nods, her eyes flicking over to the far side of the locker room. 'And it looks like there are some showers over there.'

'Makes sense.' Amy says. 'I guess we would need to get cleaned up afterwards.'

'Why would we need somewhere to get clean?'

Surprised, both Jenny and Amy turn towards the new voice, seeing that two girls have entered most likely while they were talking; a serval and a hampster, the later of which is looking between the rabbit and the tigress nervously Jenny notices as Amy continues.

'Well, because of the gunge.' Amy says casually.

'What?' the serval says, her voice sounding equal parts surprised and concerned. 'Gunge?'

'You didn't know?' Jenny asks, her voice full of confusion.

'No.' Geri replies uncertainly, biting her lip lightly. This has clearly been a shock for her. 'I saw a post about a new gameshow on a chatroom I visit, that said they were looking for contestants for the first episode. It sounded fun, so I applied by email. No-one mentioned anything about gunge, though.'

'Well..it's nothing to worry about.' Amy said cheerfully. 'They make it look more icky on tv than it really is. But it doesn't feel anything like as bad as it looks.'

Amy seems to have guessed right about the reason for the Serval's nerves, the look on her face saying she isn't at all reassured by her words. But it is more those words that are attracting her attention. It almost sounds like Amy knows what it is like to be gunged.

Jenny pushes those thoughts away as Amy continues. 'I'm Amy, that's Jenny.' the tigress says, her face breaking into a broad grin, shooting a playful wink towards the hampster.

If she had expected that to reassure her, she was disappointed; the young girl dipping her head shyly.
Jenny hadn't expected the hampster to answer, seeing that she was obviously uncomfortably nervous by Amy's enthusiastic greeting. Jenny has to wonder how old she is. She had heard they wouldn't accept anyone under the age of eighteen and she had to be just about over that, certainly no older than nineteen. Which most likely makes her the youngest.

So she wasn't surprised when the Serval answered for the both of them. 'Geri. And this is Cara.' she finished, one hand resting on the younger girl's shoulder in what is most likely a guesture of comfort. 'She's kinda shy, so take it easy okay?'

That was telling, Jenny decided. These two had obviously already bonded a bit. Or it was maybe her sticking with the fur she knew now that she had been confronted by two new faces.

Either way, Jenny gave her what she hoped was a reassuring smile and got a soft one back in return. Hoping she had started to break the ice, Jenny took a step closer. 'You nervous about the gunge too? Cause it's..'

'Oh..no. I'm not worried about that.' Cara whispers, her tone sounding like she is scared by every word she utters, looking like she is ready to bolt at any moment. 'Its just..I don't know why I though I could do this...I mean..if it was just you guys maybe I could but...'

'It is just us guys.' Amy jumps in quickly. 'Well..girls anyway. I heard its only a four person team..so I don't think we are waiting for anyone else.'

'I...really?' Cara asks, a genuine smile of pure relief breaking over her face. 'You mean that?'

'Yeah.' Amy replies. 'And I guess we will be starting soon, so we had better get changed.'

Jenny nods at that idea, following behind Amy as she leads Cara over to the rack of clothes and starts flicking through it. Honestly, she is more flicking through them idly, most of her attention on Amy. She hasn't been able to get the thought of the way she might have admitted that she had been gunged out of her mind. And she is tying to find a way to ask it, but can't seem to find anyway to ask it without blurting it out. And she doesn't want to seem like a bashful school girl.

'Here.. This one would look good on you.' Amy said with a warm smile, picking out a black one piece that looks about the hampster's size.

As Cara considers her choice, Jenny turns her attention to the rack. She is tempted to go for the bikini herself, but the idea of exposing that much fur to the cameras makes her insides squirm. Yes, she would be wearing the tshirt and shorts over it but she had seen a few clips with girls in just their bathing suits, so she couldn't deny the possibility they would be coming off at some point.

Geri joins her, but her mind doesn't seem to be on picking what to wear. The concern on her face is easy to see, more a thoughtful concern that comes to a head as she raises hers to look at Amy. 'Have you really been gunged before?'

Amy pauses as she hears the question, as if framing her words carefully. Still, there is no hesitation in her words. 'Yep. Did you ever see a show called 'Tricked Out?'

Geri is the only one to shake her head; Cara nodding in time with Jenny but it is Jenny that answers. 'Oh, yeah. I remember that one. Wasn't it some kind of prank show that got axed a few months ago?'

'Yeah. That's the one.' Amy says. 'They always had at least one gunge segment every episode, usually a gunge vote. And that's what I got picked for. Well, me and a lion about my age.'

Jenny cannot help smiling as she hears this, an image forming in her minds of Amy seated in the shows gunge tank, her head dipped, thick blue gunge splashing over her head and shoulders. That image sending sending a warm flush of arousal to her crotch. She just hopes that Amy or the others cannot see her reaction.

Jenny cannot help noticing that Amy is getting more excited, her voice raising in pitch a little. Maybe her thinking about being gunged before has got her thinking about what lies ahead. 'What are you thinking of going with?' Amy asks, picking up two hangers, one with the yellow bikini she had picked out earlier, the other with a identically coloured one piece.

'Does it matter?' Jenny asks, curiously, selecting a couple of swimsuits herself, looking from the pink bikini to the dark blue, more assessing the colour than the design. 'No one is going to see it, are they?'

'Well, yeah. But I think you would look really cute in a bikini.' Amy replies with a coy, cheeky smile.

Jenny hesitates, her cheeks flaring a deep pink, suddenly uncertain how to reply to that. And a little flattered by the attention being shown to her. Luckily she doesn't have to, Amy speaking up again. 'Hmmm, I wonder if they'd let me wear just the bikini.' Amy mummurs, mostly to herself as she holds it against her body.

'You're kidding, right?' Jenny asks slowly.

'Nope.' Amy says slowly, her face breaking into a slow smile as she imagines how it would feel if she was gunged wearing just the bikini, the thought of only the small bathing suit between her body and the gunge sending a shudder through her.

'I don't think so.' Jenny says, finally choosing the blue one piece. 'They wouldn't have given us this other stuff if they didn't want us to wear it.' judging from the looks around her, Geri and Cara feel the same, both of them seeming very glad of the protection of the extra layers, if for very different reasons.

'Yeah. I guess so.' Amy agrees. 'I guess we'd better take a shower. I bet we will be getting started soon.

Cara had trailed behind the others as they entered the shower room, her paws clutched in front of her, very obviously nervous about showering with these other girls. But she is holding down her nerves, knowing that if she stayed alone in the dressing room, she might be tempted to leave. And as nervous as she is, she knows she would regret that. Besides, Geri isn't leaving and she is more scared then she is.

That doesn't stop her from undressing shyly, her back to the others as she envies the ease with which they undress in front of the others, really seeming not to be embarrised about it. Cara is the last to undress, hesitantly joining the others in the communal shower block, the water turning on as she steps under the shower head..or being beckoned forth by Amy who has already turned the water on for her.

Either way, she steps under the water, more trying to focus on washing than the other girls around her, very aware of the naked fur on unabashed display, the other three hiding behind little more than a layer of suds. She looks away, blushing after having been caught staring at Geri's face.

But it had been enough time to see her expression. She still seemed nervous, not that Cara can blame her. She had been gunged once before too, not like Amy had maybe. And she can understand why she feels nervous. She maybe wouldn't have gone along for it if she had known, but she hadn't. It was just supposed to be a charity event, a bit of fun. What could be wrong with that? She had been so shocked when the gunge had been revealed, expecting, well, not something like that. And she had been so nervous when she had taken her place in the chair, her thoughts undoubtably mirroring Geri's.

Cara raises her head as she hears Jenny speak, brought quickly back to the now.

'Are you that worried about the gunge?' Jenny asks Geri, maybe she too had noticed the anxious expression on her face. Not that Geri had been really making an effort to hide it.

'Well, yeah.' Geri replies slowly, 'Its just... I don't know how it will feel. Still, we won't get that messy. Will we?' she asks, hopefully.

Jenny and Amy share a quick glance but it is Amy that answers. 'Well..I think that's kinda the idea. For us to get pretty messy. It's just part of the game.'

Geri seems to take this in slowly, her face looking even more worried. And confused when she hears the excited laugh from her teammates, more of a giggle from Cara but still with the same emotion.

'Wait a minute.' Geri says, seeing the broad grin on Amy's face before looking over the other three girls. 'Am I the only one here worried about this?'


Back in the locker room, Jenny dresses quickly in the blue swimsuit she had picked out, her head turned to watch Amy out of the corner of her eye as she fastens the top of the yellow bikini, adjusting it around her breasts. Jenny cannot help staring. Amy is exactly the kind of woman she could fall for. With her cute face, and sweet, sexy smile that Jenny would give anything to see for just a moment longer, she looks absolutely divine. It takes all of herself control not to walk across the room and wrap her arms around the tigress' waist and kiss the side of her neck as she breathes in her scent. Even from here she can smell it, something sweet and fruity, more likely to be a trace of her shampoo than a perfume. Either way it smells heavenly.

'Stop it.' Jenny says firmly inside her head. 'You've only just met and you're crushing on her like a schoolgirl.'

Despite her instructions, she cannot stop starring, nor stop the flutter in her stomach as Amy flashes her a quick smile. Did she catch her looking? And what did she read into the glance if she did see it. She wants to ask that question but she can't.

While she had been lost in her thoughts, Geri and Cara had changed into the swimsuits they had been looking over earlier, covering the black and white one pieces they had chosen with the thick shirt, jacket and trousers that completed the outfit. Both of them seemed a lot more comfortable wearing that than the more reveling swimwear.

But with Amy she is almost sorry that she has covered up, not seeming to have gone with her idea about just wearing her bikini. Maybe she didn't want to stand out from the others..or more likely had just wanted to go with the group, since Amy didn't seem to be the kind of girl to worry about showing off in anyway.

She had just been about to ask her about it when Jenny's attention is attracted away from Amy and towards the grey furred lemur who has just entered the locker room.

'Good you're all here.' she says, her voice tinged with a genuine warmth. 'Its nice to meet you all.' she continues, smiling as her gaze moves from Jenny to the others in turn. Jenny thinks she sees her smile grow a little as she meets Cara's gaze, possibly reassuring her since her nerves seem to be returning if the way she is standing closer to Geri is any indication. 'My name is Lena, the host for Serenity Base. If you're ready, we can head to the set and I will answer any questions you might have.'

Seeing a slow nod from the others, Jenny nods too, falling into step behind Lena. Again, Cara seems content to hang back. But Jenny is not surprised when Amy hurries forward to catch up with Lena, falling into step beside her.

'Can you tell us anything about the plot?' Amy asks, the excitement she had shown earlier returning as strong as ever.

'Not yet, I'm afraid.' Lena says softly. 'I will be explaining that at the beginning of the show.'

'What about the gunge?' Amy asks, now sounding more excited, something Jenny hadn't figured was possible. Geri on the other hand seems more nervous, something Jenny had expected which is why she had turned quickly to glance in her direction.

'The gunge is just a food thickening agent called Natrisol, which is mixed with water to make a thick liquid. It's the same stuff you have probably seen on other tv shows. Its not harmful, even if you swallow it, or get it in your eyes.' Lena says, misreading the concerned expression on Geri's face. 'The gunge will be used in most of the games, but not all. Some will have a few surprises, though.'

As she had started talking, Jenny had only been half looking at where they are going, more thinking about what Lena had said the gunge. She had never really given much thought to how it would happen, but given the detail in the set around them, she is pretty sure it wont be something as simple as dumping buckets over them.

She is surprised to notice how quickly her surroundings have changed, what was once plain tiled walls have now been replaced by ones of shiny, polished silver metal. It is cool to the touch as she presses her hand against it. She can see more changes ahead, their path blocked by a heavy door that looks like something straight out of a scifi set. An idea reinforced as the door slowly rises with a hiss of pressurised gas, admiting them into a wide room with a high domed ceilng. One by one, the four women follow Lena inside, moving to stand in a loose group around her as she directed.

She had never really given this much thought before, but she finds herself thinking about what these games could be like. That thought is almost as exciting to her as how she could soon be gunged in one of those games. She is then pulled out of her thoughts, glancing around her as she realises that her surroundings have changed, what was once plain tiled walls have now been replaced by ones of shiny, polished silver metal. It is cool to the touch as she presses her hand against it, glancing back to see when the change occurred. From what she can see it happened when they passed thought the large square doorway a few metres behind them. As she moves forward, she sees that they are now walking along a short narrow corridor, which seems to be leading towards another room at the far end. One by one, the four women follow Lena inside, grouping around her as she moves to stand in the middle of the domed room, the celing rising high over her head.

'Alright. The lights will go out in a few minutes, then come back up illuminating me. That will be when the recording starts. As we go on, I will have some scripted lines, but apart from that feel free to join in. Just play along and have fun. First though, you need to pick a group leader. Someone to make decisions for the group. That person will decide who will take part in the games.' Lena finishes.

'And who could get gunged, right?' Amy asks, her mind obviously moving to the earlier mention of each games forfeit. 'You should do it, Geri. Then you won't have to be gunged, if you don't want to.'

'I couldn't ask you to do that. It wouldn't be fair.' Geri says uncertainly, a little moved by her concern for her, as well as unsure how the others would react if she placed them in a game where they got gunged.

'Sure you can.' Amy says brightly. 'Come on. Go for it.'

'Okay. If you're all sure.' Geri asks, looking over her teammates, seeing each of them nodding slowly in turn, Cara shooting her a slight smile. 'I'll do it.'

'Alright.' Lena says, 'It's decided, so shall we start?'


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So..I figured it was high time to upload my first series WAM piece. It's kinda long, ambitious and perhaps not the best written thing when compared with my current writing level but it was still a lot of fun to write and I hope fun for you guys to read as well.