Lu-Lu and La-La

Chloe and Aubrey were leaving the Dragon’s lair auditorium. Smug was happy to entertain them for a while but grew bored of questions. Smug also recommended that they go see Talia in The Velvet Tower, but wouldn’t elaborate on why.

“You sure we should go see Talia?” Chloe asked Aubrey.

“Yes Chloe. Why are you so hesitant?”

“I’m concerned I’m going to feel like I’ll need to suck on Talia’s tits.”

“What aBAt mine? Really? I’m already baaing. I was milked dry yesterday. Am I really going to have to be milked daily?”

“I want to suck on those badly. Apparently. No, you don’t have to be milked everyday, Mark is right it is sort of cute. Plus you could just let me suck on your breasts instead of being milked so no you don’t have to be milked everyday.”

“Right, I need to be careful about questions right now, even hypothetical ones.”

A minute later they arrived at The Velvet Tower, and knocked. “LIKE, COME IN!”

Chloe gave Aubrey a questioning look but they entered. They immediately noticed that Talia was standing next to a table naked except for a pair of panties, her stockings, and a black choker while holding her breasts. Aubrey exclaimed, “Talia, why are Talia naked?” Which caused Talia to have a pair of small orgasms, and squeeze down rather hard on her breasts causing a stream of dark liquid to come out of Talia’s breasts. Aubrey noticed that there were a few different containers on the table next to Talia all partially filled with the dark liquid.

“Hehe, like it’s easy to milk Tali like this. Less mess. Hehe, less mess. Leesssss meeessss.”

“Talia, what are Talia doing?” which again caused Talia to orgasm.

“Aubrey, remember how I ate candy? Talia did too. I’m guessing by the effects here that one of them was a Milked Dumbs, the other had to do with referring to Talia by name.” Talia moaned in delight and kept milking herself. “I guess Cassandra thought it would be funny or appropriate that Talia as a goth would make chocolate milk instead of regular milk.”

Aubrey walked over to Talia and grabbed Talia’s hands gently. “Talia, I think Talia should stop.”

“Like, feels good. Tali, wants to feel good.” Aubrey noticed that there was a lot of Milk spilt on the table but that there was also something like two gallons of milk in containers by her estimate.

“Talia,” Talia writhed in pleasure, “I think it is a bad idea to be milked like this. How long has this been going on?”

“Umm, like dunno, long?”

Chloe walked over, “I can see why Smug said we should come here.” Chloe was eyeing Talia’s milky breasts and licking her lips.

“Chloe, I’m going to be upset if you suck on Talia’s breasts.”

“I know I’m sorry…” Aubrey could see Chloe’s hands trembling. Upon closer inspection she saw that Chloe’s whole body was shaking.

Shit she really is addicted, and I doubt that this is the type of addiction you can get sober from. It is probably magically made so that the only way not to have the negative effects is to indulge. I’m going to have words with Cassandra about this later. “Okay Chloe, Talia, here is what’s going to happen. Chloe, you want to suck on some breasts right?”

“Oh, God please.”

“Talia, Talia gets off on being changed right? Would Talia like to help us learn about one of my TFs as a test subject?”

“Tali, like that. Really hot.”

“Okay, go lie down on the bed, don’t continue milking, and I’ll reward Talia. Chloe you too. I will be right back. Control yourself Chloe, while I’m gone.” The two complied. Aubrey went around the room looking for something. She came back with a pair of armbinders. “Now, I’d like permission to use the items in the room.” She said looking at Talia. Not getting a reply she lightly tapped Talia on the face, “I need permission to use the items from the room.”

“Oh, like sure.”

“Thanks Talia. Now Chloe, I’m going to put this on you, with your consent, if you consent I promise you that you will get to suck on some breasts soon. Do I have your consent?”

“Absolutely!” Chloe held out her arms for Aubrey to put in the binder but Aubrey grabbed them and positioned them behind Chloe’s back, and then placed the arm binder on Chloe. “Okay, now let me at your breasts.”

“Not yet, Chloe. I said soon and I meant it, so just wait. Now,” Aubrey looked Talia in the eyes, “I want to do the same to Talia, do I have Talia’s permission?”

After orgasming again Talia looked at Chloe and thought. “Like but hands, milky. Want milky.” Talia squeezed out a bit more milk from her breasts.

“I can see to it, that Talia are milked a BAt more. Why keep the milk though?”

“Breakfast, sexy. Give it to others.”

“Okay.” Huh, that is interesting. I wonder how long the milk keeps its properties. “Now can I put on the BAinder? I’ll make sure that Talia are milked okay?”

“Like okay.” Aubrey placed the binder on Talia, putting her hands behind her back as well.

“Now, wait a moment.”

Aubrey: Cassandra would you be willing to tell me if this milk will still have the magical properties after Talia isn’t affected by the Candy?

Cassandra: What is this information worth to you?

Aubrey: I’m not making a deal or anything like that, but there is the question of whether I bother caring about the milk or not. If it keeps its magical properties then I’ll care, if it doesn’t then I’m not going to bother to collect it, and most of it will go to waste.

Cassandra: Hmmm, so you are considering using it on Samantha then… Okay fine this will be entertaining, so I’ll confirm the Milk keeps the magical properties. You can use it to cook with as well and the properties will be in the resulting food as well. It does eventually go bad to the point you can’t make cheese out of it even, at which point the magic will have faded.

Aubrey: Thank you, Cassandra.

“Talia, would Talia like me to change Talia some more, and be milked as well?”

“YES!” Talia shouted as she experienced multiple small orgasms.

“Okay, promise Chloe, that Talia won’t talk about what we do or talk about here today or that we are saving the milk.”

“Tali, swear, Clo, Tali quiet, keep to self. Not let others know.”

“Aubrey? What are you planning?” Chloe looked a little concerned.

“Nothing much, just getting us a tactical advantage. Chloe, will you promise me the same thing Talia did? If you say yes, I’ll let you pick who’s breasts to suck on and I won’t be angry if you pick Talia’s.”

“Yes. Could you tell me what you are planning though? I’ll keep that a secret too.”

“Sure. I intend to give some of the others this the night before the challenge. Mark said he wouldn’t get mad at us if we did something to the others for an advantage in the challenges. I’m going to give Sam a lot of this.”

“Aubrey, is that really wise?”

Aubrey was almost tearing up, “Chloe… I still feel humiliated by what Sam did. I want payback. I’m willing to keep it about the challenges though so Mark doesn’t get upset. Now Chloe, who’s breasts would you prefer to suck on?”

“Talia’s but just because I want to taste Talia’s milk more. I do want yours as well.”

“Talia, come sit next to me.” Talia scooted next to Aubrey. “I’m going to breastfeed Talia first. Go ahead.”

Talia looked confused. “Bauby, pretty, but why sucky?”

“Talia wanted to be changed right? Well I think that the bond I make with people might be two-way. Want to find out?” Talia immediately started suckling Aubrey’s breasts. After it felt like she drained the first breast Talia attempted to move to Aubrey’s other breast. “Wait. Tell me. How does Talia feel about me? I know how I feel.”

“Tali, like Tali think Bauby cute, nice. Tali want Bauby to care for Tali. Tali feel closer to Bauby.”

“Okay. Good, I feel closer to Talia too. Now, shush, I want to talk with Chloe.” Aubrey offered Talia her other breast to suckle.

“Now Chloe, here is my plan. First we are going to keep milking Talia here. I’m going to take a small amount of Talia’s milk as well. So that I can have both of you drink from me. I can tell that the bond isn’t where I want to treat Talia like a child. So, I’m going to let you do that too, if you want. Realize that I might end up falling in love with you because of this Chloe. I’m okay with that but if you want it to be more natural then don’t drink from me. I will also say this, I was hesitating about becoming bisexual because I found all the others really attractive. I’m probably going to end up having more than just you, drink from me. Which means I could fall in love with some of the others. Is that acceptable to you?”

Chloe thought about that for a moment. “I don’t know. Yes and no. I get that it might be somewhat outside of your control, but I don’t want to settle for being less than your number one, maybe excluding Mark.”

“Okay. So if I prioritize you, if I end up also being with some of the others that would be okay?”

“I guess so. I still won’t be thrilled about it though.”

“Then, Chloe, I’m going to become bisexual. Are you on board with my plan for the challenge this week?”

Chloe was elated to hear that, and moved to hug Aubrey but realized she couldn’t with her arms bound. “Yeah, I am. I’m not thrilled about it but I’m on board.”

“Good. Now, Talia, that's enough.” Aubrey moved Talia to a sitting position “Chloe and I are going to suck on your breasts now Talia. Are Talia okay with that?”

“Hehehe, Bauby can do whatever to TalTal. Clo… Clo can if she like, drinky the milk.”

“Chloe, want to suck on Talia here with me? Like together?

“OH FUCK YES. Definitely.” The two of them started to drink Talia’s chocolate milk. Both could feel their breasts swell with milk.

After a minute of drinking from Talia, Aubrey stopped and pulled Chloe off too. “Baaaa,” Aubrey pouted. She turned to Chloe and gestured to Chloe and at her breasts “Baaaa, you may baaaa baa my breasts now. Baa not too much, Ba… I don’t want to Ba… be dumb okay.” Chloe rushed Aubrey’s breasts and started to drain her dry. Alternating her ferocity between her two breasts.

Talia moved out of the way and positioned herself to watch the two. “Like so hot. Taltal likes.”

Feeling her intelligence drop, Aubrey tried to stop Chloe. “Like that’s totes enough, Clo-clo” Chloe did not stop. “Clo-clo please stop.” Aubrey said, pushing Chloe off her. Chloe looked like a woman possessed. “Clo-clo STOP NOW!” Chloe felt something come over her as she collapsed on the bed. “Tying you up was, like, totally smart.”

“I’m sorry Aubrey, I couldn’t stop, I just needed more.”

“Baubrey knows. Baubrey is not mad. Ad..Addic… A-dick-tion is hard. Baubrey studies it, you know that. Baubrey glad it not forever. That would be bad. Are you good now?”

“Yes, I feel sated, mostly.”

“Good, if you feel the need, tell Baubrey.” Aubrey thought about Chloe, “Clo-clo?”

“Yes, Aubrey, what is it?”

“I love you, Clo-clo. Likes, love love you, not like friend, but lover.” Chloe threw herself at Aubrey and kissed her.

“YEAH, get her Clo, show Bauby a good time.” Talia kept cheering them on as they made out for the next few minutes.

“Okay, Clo-Clo, time for me to do the plan thing. I’m going to milk Tali here now.”

“Oh yes, please.” Talia said “Can you say Taltal’s name more too?”

“Hmm… Baubrey supposes. Is Tali a good girl?”

“Taltal is a very good girl.”

“Well, Tali, how dumb are you okay with being, for a day?”

“Taltal not care if dumb, Taltal, okay with no thinking.”

“Well Tali, Baubrey is going to make Tali not think then.” Aubrey started to milk Tali repeatedly, filling container after container. She didn’t really consider the fact that they just kept appearing.

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Ellen stared at herself in the mirror. Tali? Why Tali, in room with Ellie? Wait… Ellen moved around, and noticed her reflection followed her movements. Ellie looks like Tali? Dummy, I’m Tali. Tali is hot. Tali’s boobies feel full… Ellen pulled down her dress to uncover her breasts. OH, Tali really hot. Tali want to suck on Tali’s boobies. Would Tali be mad? Dummy, Tali is Tali. If Tali wants to do it why would Tali be mad at Tali. Ellen moved one of her breasts to her mouth to suck on it. Yummy, cockolate. She kept sucking alternating between her breasts. “Hehe” Tali so hot.

“Ellen? Ellen okay in there?” Mary asked.

Oh! That felt really good. Mary’s here? OH, maybe Mary would like to suck on Tali’s boobies, but why is Mary looking for Ellie? Only Tali is here.

“Ellen? Are Ellen okay?” Laura asked with concern.

God why does hearing Ellie’s name feel so good.

“Like Ellie isn’t in here? Just Tali.” Ellen shouted out.

“What?!” Mary and Laura exclaimed. Laura then said, “Ellen I’m coming in there.”

“Wait La-La, Tali is naked.” Laura went in anyway.

“Ellen, what is wrong with you? Do you think you’re Talia and why are you acting like you’re dumb?”

“Tali is Tali. See look.” Ellen pointed at her reflection. “See, Tali is Tali.”

“Okay… Tali… do you remember why you came in here?”

“Like to put on clothes La-La, Tali not a dummy. Tali is like super smart and stuff.”

“Okay and what clothes were you trying on?”

“A Tali outfit and a La-La outfit. Weird, where is the Tali outfit?”

“Tali, could you turn around please.” Ellen turned around not sure why but she trusted Laura. Laura couldn’t see a zipper but felt around for one and eventually found it and pulled down and got Ellen out of the bodysuit. “Okay, Ellen, feel better?”

“Oh wow, like thanks, La-La. Ellie totes thought she was Tali. Ellie no get it though. Why Ellie dummy as Tali? Tali not dummy? Why does Ellie feel dumb too? Like not just words bad, but think like dummy?”

“Ellen, could you get dressed in the Belle outfit?”

“Okay La-La.” She got dressed in the Belle outfit again. Then Laura took them both out to Mary.

“Okay Mary, there seems to be an issue.”

“What do you mean?” Mary looked at Ellen with concern.

Ellen responded. “Well, Like it is sort of hard to think, and talk right. Even with this outfit. I feel like dumb. Dumber than normal. When I put on the Talia outfit I felt, like, really stupid.”

“That doesn’t make any sense.” Mary said. “Talia is literally the smartest woman alive. At least on Earth. There is no way wearing her outfit should make you dumb. Also why would you still feel dumb? You aren’t wearing her outfit anyway.” Mary got out her phone.

Mary: Cassandra please come here. I consider this an emergency.

~Pop~

“What’s the emergency? Sorry, I'm dealing with a lot right now.” Cassandra said as she appeared. “Nothing seems out of the ordinary, besides you in that ravishing get up.”

“Cassandra! Flirt with me later! Why is Ellen stupid?”

“Mary, Ellen isn’t stupid she just sounds that way. It was very clearly stated in her TF that her intelligence is not affected.”

“Cassie, that, like, isn’t the thing. I feel dumb. Also I wasn’t talking like this earlier. I was like all proper, in this outfit without a corset. Quite smart. Now I don’t feel smart even with this on. My breasts also feel really full.”

Cassandra turned and examined Ellen. “Hmm… Okay… that is interesting. Give me a moment, it will be easier for me to examine the playback feed.” Cassandra snorted in amusement.

“Cassandra…” Mary growled, “This isn’t funny.”

“It really is if you know the whole situation and the series of unlikely events that led to this. Mary, I assume you are worried that something weird happened that messed up Ellen’s head. Would that be accurate?”

“Yes, it would be.”

“Well, Ellen is dumber. I’m not going to explain why outside of the fact that it is temporary.”

“Why did Ellen become an idiot when she put on the Talia outfit?” Laura questioned.

“You already know the answer, you just weren’t paying attention.”

“Cassandra please tell me.”

“It doesn’t really matter, you can’t do anything about it. Fine I guess because you will worry about it all night. Talia is currently an utter idiot. Literally. She probably can’t do basic arithmetic right now. It is temporary, as well. It is actually partially your fault she is like that Mary. You were the one to make her eat some of the candy. This is a consequence of that.”

Mary sighed and stood up, “I’m going to go check on her.” Mary found herself unable to move.

“Sorry, Mary.” Cassandra said, “You can’t leave your date at this point. Honestly you are going to need to start heading up to the suite very soon. You don’t have time to go check on Talia. I promise you though she is safe, and consented to everything that happened to her, and nothing is permanent.”

Mary rubbed her eyes in frustration, “Okay fine. She should be back to normal by her date night right.”

“Normally I wouldn’t intervene but it would be a problem if she were this dumb for your date night with her so, I will make sure that she is back to normal by then. At least mostly, anyway.”

“Fine, is there a danger in Ellen wearing the Laura bodysuit?”

“Not really. If Talia had been normal, Ellen would have felt incredibly intelligent. The only reason Ellen didn’t lose the ability to think entirely is because she doesn’t immediately get 100% of the traits and their max intensity. Also in case you are wondering, yes, the twin idea will work. Ellen will gain the height to make that believable.”

“What about the fact that I actually thought I was Talia?”

“A combination of you completely removing the corset and Talia’s current mental state. You confused yourself. You actually originally thought of yourself as Ellie not Tali. Then you saw yourself in the mirror and reached a conclusion. Since, the Talia in the mirror did everything you did, you were clearly Talia.”

“So I shouldn’t have an issue where I believe I’m actually Laura?”

“No, I will say if you wear the outfit for too long you might start believing that or that you are their twin sister. That would be something that you would have to essentially do intentionally though.”

“Wait, she could really lose herself like that?” Mary said, concerned.

“I mean sure. If she wants to or you **** her Mary. But to truly permanently lose herself and become Laura’s or any of the other’s twin or completely lose herself to a role she would have to wear the same outfit for a really long time. That could only be done if it was a choice either by her, or by someone locking her in an outfit. Now is there anything else?”

“Talia is really going to be fine?”

“Yes, the effects of the candy will wear off tomorrow, she might still be dumb for a bit after that but she will be back to mostly normal by the start of your date and 100% by the end of it. I promise.”

“Okay, thanks Cassandra.”

She nodded at Mary and vanished.

~Pop~

“Ellen, your call if you want to wear the Laura outfit or not. While it would be hot, with everything going on, I’m not going to push on that. I’ll still hold my end of the deal up either way.”

“Well… Like Laura is a smarty like you said. Laura ready to find out if you are, like, smarter than Belle?”

“My money says yes.” Laura responded.

Mary thought about it, “I’d take that bet. Not that I think you aren’t smarter than Belle personally. But I think Ellen will be smarter now than with your bodysuit and the maid outfit on.”

“Okay you’re on, what’s the wager?”

“First do you consent to make this a binding wager? Winner is determined by the actual truth, not what we think of as the truth.”

“What? I mean I’m not going to welch on a bet, if that’s what you are asking Mary.”

“Laura, I’m using the thing from the slumber party. Where I can make magically binding rules for contests or games. This is a contest, with a clear win and loss condition.”

“Oh, I forgot about that. Sure, depending upon the wager I’m okay with that.”

“Loser eats a random candy right now.”

“Deal.”

“Do I not get a say in this?” Ellen pouted.

“Sure, if you don’t put on the outfit then we won’t know. So, no game.”

“Fine, I’ll be right back.”

Ellen emerged a minute later looking exactly like Laura but in a silver maid outfit. “Wow I like, feel super good. Also La-La I think you, like, lose.”

“Shit fine.” Laura reached in and took a piece of candy. “Not like I wasn’t going to take some of these soon anyway.” Laura opened it up and found a multi-colored taffy inside.

“Wait, won’t I, like, get affected too?” Ellen asked.

“Well, duh Lu-Lu, we’re like twins, we do everything together.” Laura said.

“La-La? Why are you calling me Lu-Lu?”

“Well you’re my twin sister Lucia right? I know our parents have a silly naming sense, Laura and Lucia, I know right? But like I’ve used your nickname for like forever.”

Ellen slowly had the changes come over her as well. “Duh, silly me La-La you were always the smart one.”

~Ping~

Cassandra: Before you ask Mary, It’s a roleplay candy. Laura is currently playing the role of the smarter twin sister due to Ellen’s proximity and outfit. It will change based upon circumstance so keep that in mind. Also, no I am not controlling the random candies, this is truly a coincidence.

Mary sighed. This is going to be a wild 24-hrs. “Okay, Lu-Lu, and La-La? Do you want me to call you that, or would you prefer for me to call you by your actual names?”

“Like you can call us whatever you want, Mistress.” Lucia said.

“Yeah, just remember Mistress, that you can’t have sex with Lu-Lu tonight okay. She isn’t ready for that. That’s what I’m here for.” Laura replied.

“Okay then, I’m going to call you Laura and Lucia for now.”

“If that helps you Mistress, it’s our pleasure to serve you.” Laura said with a curtsy, which Lucia followed suit less gracefully a moment later.

“Okay let’s go check out.” Mary said. They went over to the counter, “How much is everything Astrid?”

“Well you said you were buying the one suit for Lucia here and the maid outfit for Laura here, so it will cost you 1000 BP plus your store credit. Lucia here selected another four outfits, and the Talia outfit as well so that comes to 1500 BP with her discounts. Laura decided not to buy anything for herself.”

-1000 BP Mary 14525 BP -> 13525 BP

-1500 BP Ellen 3675 BP -> 2175 BP

“Thanks Astrid, I’ll see you later.”

“I look forward to it, Mistress.”

The three of them left the store and messaged Hilde to ride back to the palace. When they got to the meeting point, they were surprised to find Freya driving the carriage instead. “Not that I’m not glad to see you Freya but why are you driving and not Hilde?”

“In short, because Hilde was a greedy little piggy and is currently not able to perform her duties. You will see what I mean, when we get to the palace.”

Mary looked at Freya questioningly as she climbed into the carriage, with the others following after her. “Freya, you really shouldn’t insult your sister like that.”

“Well, Hilde shouldn’t have eaten the entire cake that Sally sent to me for my sisters and I to share. Plus it was Maja that added the piggy bits to Hilde.”

“Okay, I’m going to move past this for now since I assume I will understand better when I get to the palace. It does remind me of something though that I wanted to talk to you about. When I was riding back with Hilde after… Lucia’s date here. Last round she told us a bit about your world, and her relationship with you.”

“Yeah, she was like Frey-Frey is a little know it all that likes thinks she is all better than other people.” Lucia said. “Like if true Frey-Frey, you need to, like, get your brain checked. I won’t, like, tolerate a stuck up bitch looking down on me.”

Freya glanced back in confusion, “Mary could you explain a bit more I think under all the different layers of TFs something was lost there with… you said Lucia, right?”

“Like yeah, Frey-Frey, we’ve met a bunch of times. Oh, is it, like, still hard to tell me apart from my sis La-La? I’ll tell you a secret Frey-Frey, La-La is the smart one.”

“I’ll… remember that. So, Mary, can I get more explanation?”

“Hilde was talking about how she was frustrated with you for a long time, because she’s felt like you look down on her and that you know better than her. I wanted to hear your side of things. But Hilde’s view on it is that you are essentially stuck in your old world’s way of thinking. From what you, Hilde, and Slevia have told me, if you are stuck in that way of thinking it will be a problem when we go back to my world.”

Freya took a moment to collect her thoughts. While she did so Mary sent a message to Flora, to let her know they were on their way to the suite. “Mary, I have a question for you. What do you mean by better? I won’t deny that I probably view things more like my old world does than the rest of my sisters.”

“Freya, please don’t try and evade the question.”

“I’m not, Mary, and I know you are pedantic about these things too. So what do you mean when you say better?”

“I thought you knew my intent.”

“I would but you haven’t said it. You haven’t accused me of thinking that I am better than Hilde. I know what you think Hilde meant by better but not what you mean.”

“Okay Freya, do you think that you are better than Hilde? Does that convey my meaning?”

“It does, and to answer your question: No. Unequivocally no. I would be happy to answer that question under a truth compulsion if you wish.”

“I’m not going to do that Freya, the only time I will ever compel the truth from you is either, it is clear that you want to tell me something but have to be ordered to or you can’t, or if I think there is a safety concern. I will not do it simply to determine if you were lying to me or not. That isn’t how trust works. Can you tell me then, why does Hilde feel like you think that you are better than her.”

“Because I am.”

Laura spoke up, “Okay, now I’m confused. Aren’t you contradicting yourself?”

“No, I’m not. Look, this is why I asked Mary what she meant by better. Precision in language is key. It doesn’t help that English is a very imprecise language, sometimes. I understand what Mary means when she says the word better when she asks those questions. They aren’t the same each time. Hilde is deserving of respect and care. She is ****, more thoughtful and quicker both physically and mentally than me. She is a good person. As far as good people go she is definitely better than me. If we are talking about almost anything else though I am better than her. She might be faster physically and mentally, but she is neither as precise nor capable as I am in either of those categories. It might take me a bit longer to come to an answer to a question but I am far more likely to have a complete and correct answer than Hilde. Hmm… What's a good analogy here? Oh, think of it like ordering a burger. One is a burger from McDonald's, that is what it’s called in your world right?” Mary nodded. “Well okay, now imagine another burger but it is prepared by a world renowned chef. Which of those burgers is better?”

“Like duh, the second one, like the only good things about McDonald’s is, they are, like, super cheap and fast.” Lucia responded.

“Right, it is similar, between Hilde and myself. If we are talking about quality I am superior in nearly everything than her. That isn’t me being pretentious, it is simply a fact. Hilde rushes into things all the time. She is plenty capable, I know that. I point out where she could do better because I KNOW that she can do better. I would have loved to have her help more, over the years with Astrid because she is extremely helpful and resourceful. No she isn’t as good as I am but sometimes you don’t need perfection. The other thing is that Hilde could be better; she just gets bored quickly. She doesn’t put in the time and effort to get good at something which is a shame since with her accelerated speed she could probably become very proficient at something rather quickly. I respect her and I love her. I just wish she would try harder.”

“Okay, that makes a lot of sense to me.” Laura spoke up, “It’s like when you have a teammate or friend that is coasting and you know that if they just applied themselves a bit they could be fantastic. I do have a question though Freya. Have you told Hilde exactly what you just told us? The way you told us? Not in a, ‘do better and I’m disappointed in you for not doing better,’ but just like you told us.”

Freya sat in silence for a moment. “I’m not sure.”

“Well, you should. Also you should apologize to her about those piggy comments you made earlier.”

“I’ll do the first one. I am absolutely not apologizing about the piggy comments, Slevia was the one to suggest it to Maja too. Hilde has always had a gluttonous sweet tooth, and deserves the teasing for not even leaving anyone else a slice of cake. Here you will see what I mean: she's over there.”

The three of them saw Hilde sitting on the ground with breasts so massive they were resting on her thighs, and she had a pair of little pig ears on top of her head and a small curly pig’s tail.

“Oh my god Hilde. Are you okay?” Mary asked, stepping off of the carriage.

“Yeah… I just can’t really move from here.” Hilde had a deep frown on her face. Hilde sighed. “Slevia is getting a wheelbarrow to move me to my bedroom. I think I’m more than half boob right now. Freya I’m sorry, for eating the whole cake. Can you please remove the ears and tail?”

“No I can’t Hilde. Maja is much better than me at transformation magic. She told you that they would wear off when your breasts return to normal size.”

“Would you like me and La-La to, like, carry you to your room?” Lucia asked. “We are both, like, super strong. Though La-La is stronger than me even if we look the same.”

“Umm… why are there two Laura’s?” Hilde said wide eyed.

“Seriously what is with people today, this is my twin sister Lucia.” Laura said. “Hilde you have met her before too, do you all have amnesia or something?”

Freya explained, “Hilde, Lucia here is an actress, remember?”

“Oh, I see okay. Sorry Lucia, see when I got these” Hilde gestured to her breasts, “I tripped and I hit my head a little. Must have slipped my mind.”

“Oh no! You aren’t, like, hurt or nothing are you?”

“I’ll be fine Lucia, and sure if you and Laura could carry me to my room and plop me down on my bed I would appreciate it.”

Lucia moved to try and pick up Hilde, “La-La it might just be better if you carry her. I can, like, help and all but she is, like, SUUUPER heavy right now.”

Laura hoisted Hilde over her shoulder carrying her like a sack of potatoes. “Freya, can you show me which room is hers?” Freya gestured inside of the palace. And led her off to the servant quarters.”

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(AUTHOR’S NOTE: THE UPCOMING SCENE HAS A CHARACTER WHO IS A SEXUAL **** SURVIVOR EXPERIENCING A TRAUMA TRIGGER.)

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Mary and Lucia followed them inside but waited in the lobby for Laura to return. It was at this point that Allie, Isabella, Sam, and Flora came out of the Library.

Upon seeing them, Isabella shouted, “MARY WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU WEARING?!”

“Laura picked it out. She’s helping Hilde to her room right now.” Which got multiple curious glances between Mary and Lucia. “Laura joined Lucia and I for Lucia’s date tonight. The twins thought it would be fun to have joint dates.”

“Like Mistress? Like why did you say, twins, all funny like that? I mean me and La-La are twins.”

“La-La?” Sam asked incredulously.

“Look, Sami-kins—”

Sam lunged at Lucia but was grabbed by the others, as she roared at Lucia, “DON’T FUCKING CALL ME THAT! CALL ME THAT AGAIN AND I’LL BEAT THE LIVING SHIT OF YOU.” Sam was clearly upset, and snarling at Lucia.

Mary stepped between the two, “Lucia, please go wait in the suite. I need to talk with Sam.” Lucia nodded meekly. “Flora can you go with her and Allie and Isabella could you go wait outside. I want to talk to Sam alone.” Everyone complied with Mary’s request. Once the two of them were alone, Mary began “Sam, what—”

Sam snapped at Mary “Mary, don’t FUCKING try, to lecture me, not now!” Mary walked over to Sam, looked her in the eyes and spread out her arms to either side for a hug. Mary looked at Sam sternly, making it clear that she would wait until Sam hugged her, but wasn’t going to do it herself. After a minute Sam reluctantly hugged Mary.

“Sam, I wasn’t going to lecture you. What happened? Your expression… it looked like you really intended serious **** on her.”

Sam was trying to control her breathing and whispered into Mary’s ear nearly sobbing “It’s— It’s what they called me, when… She… she said it just like they did too. I’m sorry. (Sniffle) I just reacted. I’m sorry.”

Mary just hugged her tightly. “Sam, it’s okay. You are okay. You are safe, here in my arms, okay?” Mary saw Laura coming down the hall and gestured with her eyes to Laura and mouthed, ‘GO AWAY’ which Laura backed away slowly not making a sound. “Sam, you will be okay. Let’s sit for a moment.” Mary led Sam over to a sofa and they sat down next to each other holding hands. “Sam, I was really scared just now.”

“Mary, I’m sorry it wasn’t directed at you.”

“That’s not why I was scared, Sam. Sure seeing you willing to inflict **** on Ellen like that wasn’t pleasant. Your dragon aura getting projected out didn’t help either but that isn’t why I was scared. Sam I was scared for you, not of you. I don’t want to lecture you but do you realize how dangerous what you did was? I was worried that if I had tried to stop you it could have made things worse too, so I felt helpless as well.”

“What?”

“Sam, if you had actually hurt Ellen, if you had landed a punch on her. What do you think would happen to you? You’ve already been given a warning about ****. What if I had tried to stop you and you had hit me instead? I was terrified, heck I’m still terrified that Cassandra is going to pop over and punish you any moment now.”

~Ping~

Cassandra: I am not. I’m glad that Allie and Isabella stopped Samantha. It would have been bad otherwise.

Mary breathed a sigh of relief, “OH, Thank God.” Mary took a few deep breaths calming herself, “Sam, could I make a suggestion for you? A suggestion that, if I make, is likely to add to your list of things to perfect. I think it is important but I don’t want to **** it on you.”

Sam looked at Mary and could tell she was truly distraught, “Sure, Mary go ahead.”

“I’d like you to work on controlling your emotions better. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t feel or express them, but this isn’t the first time it seems like you’ve let your emotions control you.”

“Okay, yeah. You’re right I do need to get better at that.” Sam noticed that Mary had tears on her face, “Mary?”

Mary wiped the tears from her cheeks. “Sam, I thought you were about to get a punishment TF or worse I would have to watch you get eliminated. I thought I was about to lose you.” Mary hugged Sam tightly, “I don’t want to lose you Sam.”

“Mary… I…”

“Don’t be sorry Sam. I want you. I was disappointed to hear you weren’t joining us tonight but I understand. Sam… I…” Mary firmed her resolve. “I think I’m falling in love with you.”

Sam took a long moment to process Mary’s words. “Mary, I think… I think I’m falling in love with you too.” Sam kissed her. It was a long and deep kiss. “Thank you. I’m disappointed I can’t come tonight either. Allie said it would be bad if I did. I'll apologize to her myself later, but could you apologize to Ellen for me, as well.”

“Sure, are you going to be okay?”

“I think so. Eventually.” Sam got up, “You have a date to get back to. I’ll see myself out.”

“Nonsense, I’m walking you to the door.” Mary got up and grabbed Sam’s hand as they walked outside. “Allie, Isabella would you mind staying with Sam for a bit. I don’t want her to feel alone right now. I would do it but I can’t.”

“Mary…” Sam, was touched by the concern, “That’s not,—”

“Of course Mary, Sam’s my girlfriend too.” Allie went over and took Sam into a hug. “I’ll look after her. You go back to your date.”

“Thanks Allie,” Mary and Sam said at the same time, causing Allie and Isabella to chuckle. Mary went back into the lobby waving goodbye, then took a moment to collect herself. Seeing that the others were walking to the carriage, Mary went down the side hall, “So how much of that did you hear?” Mary said, looking up at Laura.

“Way more than I would have liked to. Even with you being quiet, the halls here carry sound fairly well and I have pretty good hearing now. So I heard most of it from when you told me to go away. I tried covering my ears but that didn’t help too much. Don’t worry my lips are sealed about this.”

“Thanks Laura.”

“Mary? You said you thought you were falling in love with Sam. Not that you were actually in love with her yet. Right?”

“Yeah, that’s right. I am falling for Sam. I’m not quite there yet, I don’t think she is either, but I think it’s just a matter of time.”

“Well… Earlier today… When we talked about tweaking my path. You denied being in love with me. I know you can be pedantic. But… Are… Do… Do you think you’re falling in love with me too?”

Mary swapped back to Mark, so there wasn’t such a height difference, cupped Laura’s chin. “Yes, Laura, I think I am.” Mark pressed Laura up against the wall and kissed her.