Hmm. Oliver is finding this out on his own while Cam just got overloaded with so much information at once when the girls told him everything.

However, I think everyone is forgetting about the main focus here, who is Deacon's new roomate be? Now that Oliver is gone, someone else has to fill in that gap.

Will Deacon be searching for Oliver like the way Oliver searched for Cam? He met Brooklyn and I wonder what she will do in response.

Can Oliver escape and tell the tale to Deacon? Or will he be captured and used like his other comrades?

I can't wait for the next chapter!

Author's Response:

I think all depends on how they try an sell Oliver's disappearance, but remember, Deacon and our tiny hero set up a code, so things might get very interesting!

Btw: Congratulations on your two hundredth review! :-D

Author's Response:

Holy moly, that's thanks to all the people writing in! Thanks everyone!

The pleasure is ours sir... A totally engrossing story... Thank you!

         Ya’ know Shrinkmeister, we’re only thinking of the poor young men, destroyed at the beginning of their adult life. You notice how both Cam on Oliver have no biological dads?  There’s a whole “black widow” thing going on too I think.Which puts Stan in their sights too, well, everybody really.  They make a big deal about “selected sons”  but that doesn’t really eliminate anybody.   I mean who did they use for the first rituals?   Didn’t have selected sons before they had an organization.
          Hmmm....they don’t seem to mind girls for sex. And they don’t go out of their way to be nice to girls who ain’t “in the club.” Remember the two girls who avoided the 'Megs when Oliver toured the campus at the beginning of the story?   There might even be a percentage tiny women getting the 'Megs “special attention.”  Usually,as an SW fan, that’s a fun concept...but with these monsters....ugn..no. I picture one of them shrinking a gal and keeping her “just to prove she can be gentle”....until she gets bored and eats her.
     It looks like they a don’t target kids...well...while they’re kids....no...their little things with young Oliver and Vesper’s boy...I mean they wait until they have all their energy to get’em. But you can see them swimming around the youngsters like sharks, thinking....soon....Just evil.
      The thing Oliver’s mom is attending...there are no real details, only the “other sister’s progeny” it might even be a girl that thought she could pick her own path though life, that would be sad.
    Year after year,generation after generation these vile things justify their actions and dine on people like Oliver and Cam...just reprehensible.

     And I’m feeling very pessimistic about Oliver’s escape attempt. The next chapter could begin with him injuring himself...though I’ve made and arguement why that isn’t logical in the shower scene comment...or it might begin with him landing in some bitch’s hand...that’d suck.  Or he’ll scurry around the chamber floor until he’s spotted,making his efforts useless.  Or, maybe he gets found by, I dunno...Harmony.  Who knows she’ll never get her shot otherwise.  But, yeah, Harmony, who gave a hint of living on the same planet as a human being with her “aren’t they still people?" comment, but a little peer pressure from Sersi and...what does this make?  Her second...third victim?  Yeah,that's a conversation for the ages...you were delicious...now how can I help?  Ha.
       Unless she didn't partake.  That would mean she’s not under the influence of the “swoon” thus able to act...but can you imagine one of these things, raised as they were. Not liking the idea of their values being “washed away.”  When they could simply join the vampiric cow brigader?  One of these critters?  I guess it could happen...if you're more of a romantic than me.  And what is a giant, naked girl with no stolen energy going to do?  Hide him in her.....mouth?  Oh, gawd!  That is an image!  “How did you like the ceremony?”  Nods.  “Was I right?”  Nods. hahaha.
      In spite of how much things are likely going to suck for Oliver, I do smile at the idea of the harpies becoming aware, seeing no Oliver and blaming Cerys.  They’d think she had an impulse control problem and ate him...ha...of course, she won't have to face any real consequences....but if she did...that'd be sweet.
 
   One problem is, luck has been nowhere near on his side.  Sersi (check this out, I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt and NOT chalking it up to her just being a lying, treacherous slime) got lucky when Cam wasn’t paying attention or, settled for partial information, when she was telling him how to get the most desired pussy on campus.  Though that is kind of hard to imagine.  Considering their sibling rivalry (which Sersi takes way too seriously) she’s lucky he even listened to her, but he did, so he could pass on faulty info to Oliver.  Thus making Oliver think he had answers he didn’t have.  She got lucky with the movie quote.   They’ve all been incredibly lucky that Oliver didn’t tip to hints like Vesper knowing his so called mother.  Let’s hope they’ve used up all their luck for this story.  Because Oliver is in the belly of the bitch.  Figuratively.
 
     I'm kind of new to SM fiction, and Oliver's big problem is that he's in an SM story.  The genre is NOT kind to it's protagonists.  SMs never get justice...they get survival...they, maybe, get someone to fight their battles for them.  All their victories are small victories.  Can someone name me a story where you stuck with some poor shrunken guy through some horrible crap and at the end he got even close to balancing the scales?  Where the character’s reward/revenge was worth the hell of act 2?  It’s almost like Oliver is too good a guy for this genre.
      And the GTSs always get the equivalent to a slap on wrist.  I’m very unlikely to get to see Sersi get her fingers and nose eaten off by demon weasels.
    And Oliver has no real chance of getting justice...this thing is too big.  The ‘Mega Cunts have all the power, they’re entrenched.  At this point all he can hope for is...well...he gets away.   He’ll have to have someone take care of him....that’ll sit well with a Wyoming boy.   I’d consider getting depressed and stop reading right now.....as if I could.  But who could?  In spite of how bad it looks, still gotta stick with Oliver. He’s the kind of character you just have faith in.

    Duggernaut is giving us a horror story of epic proportions (yes, I went there.)  It’s so compelling and dark that you can’t turn away.  I know I ain’t gonna.

    Peace.


    PixL8Ed

You're welcome. :-)

As for my "climbing on the bandwagon?" The very nature of this website made it a foregone conclusion that Oliver's shrinkage wasn't preventable! That still doesn't make what the Omega Pis are doing any the less illegal. Sexually arousing? For sure. But, still illegal. Ergo; no! I have no sympathy for whatever rationalization they've been using to justify their activities for over a hundred years.

Author's Response:

I was being facetious particularly in light of how the girls seem to be amoral and without concern for the lives they're destroying. You've been a staunch ally against moral turpitude across a breadth of.my stories. :)

I was hoping that at the end of the ritual, after Oliver's transformation, we might hear him yell "Help, help, I've been reaped!!"... ;)

"Hmmmm, not quite as planned."

I'll say.

"...like his vocal cords were paralyzed and the words in his head _could_ (sic) find their way to his tongue."

One-half gold star deducted. :-)

Author's Response:

Fixed, thanks for the catch!

I couldn't have said it better, myself, Shrinkmeister!*

*If I had tried, I'd probably have gotten zero responses. ;-D

Author's Response:

Seems like you might be climbing on the band wagon. Are there no sympathies for all the tribulations face by the poor misunderstood darlings of Omega Pi?

Okay, so the big moment is coming up.  Whila a bunch of us have been rooting for Oliver, destiny approaches.  Time to share a little truth from my perspective.

    Okay, we all know Oliver is gonna get shrunk.   We all know he’s gonna spend the rest of the story as “less.”  But if you are a fan of the character, keep in mind, no matter what his circumstance.  He didn’t lose.  
    First, in order to lose, you have to know you’re in conflict.  Any other circumstance is more like an assassination.  Do you say JFK “lost” to Oswald?  No.
    You know how you win a war?  The first step is declare fucking war!  If you take hostile action against someone with out them knowing you are hostile, you are an assassin, a murderer, something...you are not a winner and your victim is not a loser.
    Oliver has made mistakes.  That isn’t losing.
    Oh sure..the ‘Mega Cunts with their antisocial personality disorder laden brains will think “We won.”  But they lie to themselves better than they lie to men.  Ah, you say “he took the arm bands they came with a warning ‘belong to omega pi?’”  So the megs warned him and he still walked into their trap.
    Imagine a scenario.  I show you a picture of a house.  I say, “I will sell you a house just like this for $20,000.  Only one previous owner.”  The pic shows a brown and red house, with a nice porch.  On the back of the photo is written X square feet, X insulation...etc.  You say “Sure.” and give me the money.  I give you a copy of the photo.  “See,” I say, “just like this one.  Only one previous owner.”  You didn’t lose.  You were deceived. 
    I didn’t sell you a house, I sold you a photo: I lied.  The implied promise was I’d sell you a house with X sqft and X insulation.  It was the only term on the board.
     Now, keep in mind:the girls handing out the arm bands all “belong to omega pi.”  They aren’t being shrunk, humliated, tortured.  The aren’t having their lives destroyed.   The only terms on the board are their experiences of “belonging to Omega Pi” which are clearly benign.  What they are selling and what they are showing are two very different things.  In other words: they lie.
    Those of us who come from a rural area and have half a brain, might object that Duggernaut is treating Oliver like a “bumpkin”, but we all know the guy who is “smart, except when it comes to women.”  Oliver being that guy, does not make him a loser.  In fact, you could make an argument that Oliver is not that guy. 
    Oliver is a small town gentleman.  He as treated the ‘Megs as though they were honorable and worthy of trust and respect.  A mistake, but not his fault.  Do you suppose for one moment his so called mother ever said “Oliver, guard your self respect and dignity jealously?”  Ha!  Her supposed mothering was more like “playing house” when she wasn’t showing him off to her psycho friends.  He has no defense against that.  Especially when he’s being lied to and manipulated. 
    The base mistake he’s made is interacting with them like they were human.  These things are only shaped like beautiful women...inside...I’m not sure what they are....but it’s as ugly as it comes.   They may be human enough that they feel the need for justification....some “all men are guilty crap”....what has Oliver done compared to what they do?  Makes any justification they give themselves a great big, stinky lie.
    When Sersi grabs Oliver’s junk she’s telling him “I want you as a man.”  Could there be a bigger lie?  She grabs her own junk and tells herself she’s thinking of Oliver.  Un huh, what did she compare their victims to?  Oh yeah, a cigarette butt.  Can’t be both a cigarette butt and Oliver.   But, when you lie to others so easily...lying to  yourself is a breeze. 
    This, actually, illustrates one of the big lies the ‘Megs tell themselves; they are intimate with their victims.  It’s pretty  clear they are getting off on their victims pain and humiliation, the guys themselves are providing very little physical stimulation.   If it were otherwise, they wouldn’t need all those sex toys.  Look at Sersi’s fantasies about Oliver, all designed to humiliate him, not stimulate him.
    So, no matter how it goes, Oliver has not “lost.”  He’s been victimized, but that’s not the same thing.  For those of us who are rooting for Oliver, we know he’s not a loser and the ‘Mega’s lies and double entendres can’t make him one.   When some giant monster is pushing him around, he won’t be a loser then either.  Bullied, maybe, but not a loser. 

    I've described before how Duggernaut has created these fantastic good guys and bad guys for us.  And this is just to show that I'm still with Oliver all the way....Go Team Oliver!

Peace.

PixL8Ed

Is Oliver finally putting it all together?  The Omega's special knockout beverage, that the two previous lucky recipients of three pink wrist bands have strangely disappeared.  When it came to naming a contact that he trusted the most, it wasn't his mother Oliver went with, it was Stan.  It should be interesting to see how he declines or pretends to drink the roofie juice during tonight’s special event.  I'd love to see him fake being unconscious so he can see what is really going on with these girls and their tributes as they begin to prep his body for the reaping...