Out with the girls.

Of course, Kiko will still be there tomorrow, and this opportunity with Carolyn and her friends is dropping in your lap right now. Plus, quantity has a quality all its own.

"Sure," you tell Carolyn, "I could use a chance to unwind."

"Great," she says. "A new bar just opened up near Moira's apartment, so we figured we'd try there." You sort through Cyndi's memories and discover that Moira is a tall slender redhead with high cheekbones, startling green eyes, and a light dusting of freckles. Cyndi finds her quite likable, and you find her quite lickable.

"Sounds good," you say. "So, who else is coming?"

"Just Denise and Rebecca," Carolyn tells you. "Denise is designated driver tonight." Rebecca is a busty black girl with curly shoulder-length hair. A bit of a prude, but sweet and with a good sense of humor. Also a fantastic ass. You figure you can do something about the prudishness with your newfound power. Denise is something of a goth girl -- hair dyed black and cut in a pageboy, a couple of tattoos. Yeah -- you've definitely got some good material to work with tonight.

You follow her to the parking garage and pile into Denise's station wagon. Moira sits up front to navigate, while you sit in the back with Carolyn and Rebecca on either side of you. It's a tight fit, not that you mind in the least having two hot nurses pressed against you. Carolyn is nonchalant about the close contact, but Rebecca seems a bit embarassed by it.

"Sorry," she says after Denise swerves to avoid a large pothole, pushing her particularly close to you.

"That's alright," you reply, looking her in the eye and reaching out with your power, "you don't mind."

"What?"

"I said I don't mind."

"Oh. Okay." Rebecca accepts that she heard you wrong, but after that she seems as comfortable with the close contact as Carolyn does. You place an experimental hand on her knee and she doesn't pull away. Good -- it looks like you can make commands stick, at least for a while.

All good things come to an end though, and soon Denise guides her car into a parking space and the five of you head into the new bar.