Hang out with the foxes [2022 Special]

You’re about ready to doze off when one of the twins approaches you. You can tell by the tone of the voice it’s Gwendolion.

Your eyes meet, and she fidgets. “What do you want, Gwen?” Unfortunately, your voice comes out a little more aggressive than you intended, which earns you a glare from Arabella.

“I was asking about the reward,” she explains. “You never gave us anything after saying you’d give us one.”

Still at the table, Mikko shifts her attention to you, too, now. “Yeah, what’s up with that??”

After things collapsed with Delilah, you were kind of out of it. The reward slipped from your mind entirely, and you coughed. “Jesus, you still remembered that?”

“We have a good memory,” Gwendolion says. “And we are eager to see what you have in mind.”

The thought about being lazy and just committing to a 4-way between the three girls enters your mind, but you realize that would require more energy than you like to put out right then. You groan and close the book you’re reading.

You then regard everyone in the room. “I guess I should mention now that I like to pick favorites.”

For some reason, that makes Arabella’s ears twitch. Mikko, from across the room, looks over her shoulder. Her attention was all on you. Gwendolion, who opened dialog with you, shifted her weight and stared at you intently. “You pick favorites?”

“Of course,” you tell her. “It helps me with rewards. Why split up your cash for everyone when you just spoil one person in particular? You choose the best to make sure they remain the best.”

Arabella groaned. “Then you’re making it into a game. You’re pitting everyone against each other.”

“Well, it’s more of an encouragement. You don’t know what I like or what I think makes said-person the best.”

Arabella glances down in thought. “I guess that makes then.”

Mikko strolls over, now sitting in the bed. “So then, which one of us is the best?”

Your eyes bounce to three of the girls. You hadn’t honestly given it much thought before this very moment. Arabella? Gwendolion? Mikko? You sit up straight and fake a stretch. “I thought by now that would have been obvious between the three of you. Don’t you girls gossip or talk while I’m not around? Think about it. I’ve been treating one of you a little better than I have the rest.”