It was Petunia’s birthday and it was mostly empty with barely any guests in the large ballroom. There were decorations that declared that it was her 69th birthday with Luna’s name slapped on lazily. The only people there were Petunia herself with Luna, Luca de Luca, Mr. Dawn (reluctantly), Rei, and the contestants.

“Yeah, sorry de Luca,” Rei said. “Lots of people I know are busy.”

“Argh, why is today the worst day? Same goes for my own men!” Luca said. “I also got a thing later!”

“This entire thing is dumb,” Mr. Dawn said. “Why won’t you kill Rei? She broke into your house and is planning to take back the heads you own!”

“Yeah yeah,” Luca said. “Birthday and the wellbeing of others is important at the moment.”

“I want to see blood and torture,” Petunia said.

“In time my bambino,” Luca said.

“What’s with you and torture?” Luna asked.

“It helps me sleep at night and grants me a fuzzy feeling inside,” Petunia said.

“But hurting people is wrong,” Luna said.

“Now now girls!” Rei said to avoid any arguments. “Let’s just get started on the show!”

“Now hold on. What’s wrong with messing with people? Especially those that deserve it,” Petunia asked.

“Don’t you hate feeling pain?” Luna asked.

“No. I find pleasure but my papà said I should have that mindset when I’m older,” Petunia said.

“That’s a thing older people are into?” Luna asked.

“Uh… it’s show time!” Rei said.

…

First Act:

Eriza was in a bathtub as she brushed her own hair with her claws. She watched as some Lizardmen entered, holding onto Noel who looked nervous with second thoughts. Eriza was then given a knife as she had Noel come closer.

“Your sacrifice shall suffice,” Eriza said as she cut Noel’s hand. Blood oozed out but rather than fall down her hand, it instead rose up.

“Eek,” Noel said.

The blood floated up as bubbles before they changed into more knives. The knives circle around Noel as they start to cut her up. More blood spilled out with more knives made. All of the movements were orchestrated by Eriza’s knife as she gracefully conducted the slicing.

Noel started screaming in pain as she received more and more cuts. It was small at first before the wound grew deeper. It doesn’t stop at one spot as some of the knives cut on the same spot to keep the pain going.

“Listen to the Symphony of Blood feed and replenish me,” Eriza said.

“Ahh! AHH! Still not used to this!” Noel said.

Leftover blood that sprayed splattered onto Eriza’s skin as the tub slowly filled up. Despite all of the cutting, the knives managed to miss the vital points. At least close enough to not kill Noel as the witch was still awake and suffering.

When not much blood was left, the knives landed onto Eriza as she got some cuts of her own while wincing.. The tub filled with blood as the queen posed for the audience and enjoyed her bath.

“I want to add more,” Eriza said as she saw Noel limping from the loss of blood and wounds.

As Noel tried to walk away, the wounds opened up more as Noel fell into pieces. Her body parts were then gathered by Eriza in hand as she juggled and sent the parts to the bathtub.

“Much better,” Eriza said as she playfully sliced the body parts to the shape of a flower.

“Yyyess… you mm mmaaa jestyy…” Noel’s head said.

…

Petunia gave a thumbs up and said. “I like it. It’s a statement.”

“Eriza is being mean again,” Luna said as she looked at Rei. “Why did she do that again?”

“Petunia,” Rei sighed.

“I like the blood,” Petunia said.

“I’m scared,” Luna said.

“I’m sorry Luna. I promise to give you a better birthday party after this,” Rei said.

“You half assed this one?” Petunia asked.

“Okay. One that is less sadistic,” Rei said.

“Your taste is trash,” Petunia said.

“Petunia dear, no need to be rude to Signora Shinozaki,” Luca said.

“Again, why?” Mr. Dawn said. “Not like we are giving back the heads anyways.”

“We’ll see about that!” Rei said.

“I’ll need to get Noel attended,” Eriza said. “Just continue without us.”

Eriza picked up Noel’s parts and carried them out of the room. Blood was still dripping from the two with Eriza naked and Noel in pieces. It’s not that gory but they are coated with blood like being covered in chloroform when swimming in a pool.

…

Second Act:

Jeanne appeared in a toga as her white hair flowed behind her. Spreading her arms like a T-Pose as Kerry came and showered her with white powder. Kerry wore what appeared to be a generic painter’s outfit with the beret and oversized clothing.

“I’m a sculpter!” Kerry said.

“Not really but sure,” Rei said on the side.

Kerry then glared at a window and took a gun out. Shooting it while the sunlight hits Jeanne in the process. The sunlight caused Jeanne to sparkle as Kerry started to chiseled her body. Jeanne winced at the pain but held on. Occasionally tearing up as her body is broken down while chewing onto something to ease the pain.

Kerry used her magical technique from her magic knives training to accurately slice the Jeanne statue. Making sure she did not cut the wrong parts and do it little by little. Her tools glowed as the cuts glowed with every slash. The bounty hunter’s eyes glowed to observe every inch of Jeanne’s being in detail.

Sometimes Kerry would tap onto Jeanne as the vampire’s skin hardened but chipped away slowly. The cut parts slowly became more stone like the sun made her marbled flesh shine more and more.

Jeanne did not wince much in pain but tears ran down her face. The act was mostly silent with the exception of the chiseling or any rock falling onto the ground. There was nothing flashy, just silent pain. There was no blood as Petunia expected but crumbled stone. They were red or skin colored initially but slowly looked as pale as marble.

Petunia gazed at the sight of her sister suffering under the sunlight with wide eyes. Ignoring the uncomfortable feelings that her father and Luna were having as they watched. The vampire child felt nauseous but she relished the feeling. She just kept watching even though it was gruesome in vampire standards.

In the end, Kerry was finished and Jeanne was simply a limbless bust. Her lower torso was shaped to be a column while her upper features were prominent. Her face was frozen as she lacked her gothic emo look and appeared more Ancient Greek like with tied up braided hair and calm look. Her toga merged with her skin, as if it were a part of her as well.

…

“I… I need to think about so many things,” Petunia said as she gave two thumbs up.

“That was… that was messed up,” Luna said. “But it seems deep.”

“My bambino! This is too much!” Luca said. “I’m sorry for doubting you! Your resolve, your commitment! I thought you lacked those but now I see that I was wrong!”

“I think we got a clear winner here,” Rei said. “Congratulations Jeanne and Kerry! You both win the final act!”

“That’s great but which one of us will be your assistant?” Kerry asked.

“Due to the legitimacy of all of this, I cannot allow you two be my assistant right now. However, I can set you two up to work under me in my head shop and work it out!” Rei said.

“That shall do as my integrity as an assassin is forever tarnished,” Kerry said. “However, my criminal background will only cause problems in your sales.”

“Very well then. Jeanne, you’re my new apprentice!” Rei said.

The Jeanne statue remained silent.

“Shut the sunlight and give my bambino some blood! She might be dying!” Luca said.

“Don’t worry, the magic I used in my slices and the charms Jeanne used is actually keeping her alive,” Kerry said. “She’s just acting like a statue at the moment.”

“Oh thank god,” Luca said.

“Wrryyyyyyy!” said a vampire maid.

“Oh f*ck this!” Mr. Dawn said as he pushed Luca into the sunlight.

“Wrryyyyyy!!!!!!” Luca said as he burnt in the sun and trying to leave the light.

Mr. Dawn had a gun out with a bunch of armed security guards barging in with guns aimed at the girls. While staying out of the sun, Rei had Petunia and Luna in her arms with Kerry surrounding them with guns in her hands.

“Stand down if you want to live,” Mr. Dawn said. “I have the gall to have kids slaughtered as well.”

“Hey! We had a fine deal,” Luna said.

“Technically, only with Luca de Luca. Mr. Dawn on the other hand…” Rei said.

“Precisely. I am not giving away a large amount of my profit like this! I spent so long plotting my revenge and used the vampire mafia for my purposes. Having the heads collected sold to Luca and he shared some profits if I help him sell those heads or let them give pleasure. All while doing his dirty work! I rather it not be wasted because of a f*cking talent show!” Mr. Dawn said. “It’s confusing but that’s business for you!”

“Actually it’s for my birthday,” Petunia said as she was immediately shot in the head.

“Eek!” Luna said.

“I’m fine because I’m a vampire,” Petunia said.

Mr. Dawn went to Rei specifically and had his gun aimed at the magician in the head. He had the trigger ready as he did not care about the consequences. Nor the fact that Jerome was still filming the entire thing.

But then…

“Alright, what the f*ck is going on?” Eriza asked as she entered the room.

“Shoot her!” Mr. Dawn said.

As soldiers took aim and fired, Eriza grew wings that shielded her from the bullets. The soldiers kept shooting but it only made her wings more invulnerable. As if they were adapting into taking bullet shots.

Rei used this as a chance to disarm Mr. Dawn with her magic to literally disarm him. She managed to grab his gun from his disembodied hand and kicked the man onto the ground. All while having the gun aimed at his head.

Eriza then let out a roar as a bunch of portals appeared on the wall. Marching in were a bunch of armored lizard men who grabbed each of the soldiers and proceeded to eat them. Chomping down onto their necks and going on eating. All of the soldiers were surprised by the attack and any soldier that tried to escape was immediately shot by Kerry who was still armed.

“Attack men! Eat to your heart’s content! But spare the bitches and any vampire in sight!” Eriza said as the lizard men roared.

“Rei, don’t be sad that my birthday is ruined. You did your best,” Luna said. “You should worry about what my older sister thinks.”

“Argh… I will have a big talk with her when the time comes,” Rei said as she still held Mr. Dawn at gunpoint.

“Best birthday ever,” Petunia said.

…

Back at home, Rei and the contestants looked exhausted and dirty. Rei was sweating with her clothes looking sloppy. Same goes for Kerry who still had her artist outfit and Luna whose dress was crooked. Eriza though was still naked after all of that and did not care to put anything on nor did anyone tell her that.

Noel and Jeanne though had it worse. Noel’s body was full of cuts and was really skinny, almost to the point where she was just skin and bone. Jeanne on the other hand struggled to move as she was still burnt and scarred from being in the sun for too long and her body was still stone in some places.

The worst one was Rosa whose head was held onto Rei. The head looked blank and dead inside as she simply looked with the occasional blink. Rei placed the head on the counter with the magician looking disgusted at what became of Rosa.

“My dear Pretty Pink… our hero has fallen from grace. All because of me…” Rei said.

“No need to be poetic,” Eriza said.

“It’s just to make her feel good. She was handled badly and something uplifting would be nice,” Rei said.

“No offense but she needs to be left alone,” Noel said. “She has been through enough for today.”

“Nnnoo don’t go,” Rosa said with a tired tone. “Give me my body back at least.”

“Oh right!” Rei said as she used her wand and gave Rosa her body back.

Rosa’s body was still transformed while her head was not. It was a dark contrast with the colorful body and the traumatized head. Rosa laid on the counter to rest while the other girls went upstairs with Rei staying behind.

“I won’t blame you if you sue me or not forgive me. But I will do anything in my power to help,” Rei said.

“No…” Rosa said as she held onto Rei’s hand. “Pretty Pink forgives everybody. No matter how evil they are. I might be mad at Mr. Dawn, but I forgive him as well.”

Rei shed a small tear and said. “Just rest up for now. I’ll help you pack tomorrow and get ready to celebrate Jeanne’s victory.”

“I’m glad she won,” Rosa said as she went to sleep.

Rei gave a sigh and she then said. “I guess I got to handle bringing the heads back into the shop. As well as bringing in the new ones.”

“I can help if you like,” Jerome said.

“Jerome, what the hell are you still doing here? Show’s over,” Rei said.

“We still got that epilogue though,” Jerome said.

“Oh… thought after all that had happened, the show was cancelled,” Rei said. “I guess we can for the news reporters if anyone wants to know what happened.”

“I really need this job, Rei,” Jerome said.

“Fine. Last episode in about two to three weeks. We need to get everyone situated,” Rei said.

…

Comments:

From Gliber49!

Oh boy!

It appears you girls are in very deep trouble if you have to disembowel real people on live television for the sadistic pleasure of a very unsavory group of people! In that case, I shall deliver to Eriza a Rejuvenation Potion as a precautionary measure to ensure she doesn’t go home headless. She should receive it when she wakes up first thing in the morning and it is imperative that she uses the entire potion for it to take effect, otherwise it’ll take longer for her head to regrow, and she must do it before her performance.

Or perhaps you’ve already conjured up a backup plan to save Pretty Pink without having to sacrifice another? Only time will tell, I guess.

“By the time we replied to this message, we’re recovering just fine. Noel and Jeanne are the only ones that need further medical treatment at best,” Rei said.

“I appreciate the sentiment, peasant,” Eriza said.