Make her help in the morning

Author Note: This chapter has some scenes from Lisa's point of view. I think it is easy enough to tell which ones. If I am wrong, let me know in the comments and I will add markers when the POV switches.

Whoever wakes up first makes breakfast. Usually that's me because Lisa goes to sleep late and thus wakes up late, but sometimes I oversleep due to staying up late writing and thus she makes breakfast instead. Either way it is one of us making breakfast. There has never been a case where we made breakfast together. Which makes it the perfect test.

I still need to wait a few hours before I can give Lisa her second quest, but I can at least write down the objectives. I do just that, then brainstorm some more ideas before going to bed.

I wake up early the next morning. Earlier than usual, but I guess I am that excited about the test I am about to do. I check the app and see the rewards are still pending, so I guess Lisa is still asleep. I get up, have a quick shower, and get dressed. As I leave my room to go make breakfast I see Lisa leave hers. “Morning, Marie.” She says, sounding sleepy. I guess she has not fully woken up yet.

“Morning, Lisa,” I greet her as go to the kitchen. Once there I immediately take out my phone and check the app. Sure enough, I can now remove Lisa as a Target or give her a new quest. Naturally, I do the latter and quickly type in the three objectives I decided on the previous night, then confirm when asked to. Once I am done the Common Quest Rewards I perk triggers:
Generating quest reward... done.
Quest reward generated: Increased vigor for the rest of the day

And then I am presented with Lisa's new quest:
Quest Created!
Quest Target: Lisa Miller
Quest objectives:

• Help Marie make breakfast
• Help Marie wash the dishes after breakfast
• Compliment Marie

Quest rewards:

• +15 xp
• Increased vigor for the rest of the day

New quest created. Earned 3 xp

Is the last objective a bit vain? Sure is, but I don't care. It's just a compliment, after all. Besides, I am curious what sort of compliment I will get.

I focus on the rewards next. I figure the increased xp for Lisa is due to giving her three objectives. As for the increased vigor... I hope Lisa will use it for something productive. Annoyingly, this time I have to wait twenty-four hours before I can give Lisa another quest. I don't know if it is the number of objectives, the objectives themselves, or a mix of the two, but in any case no more quests for Lisa, and that means no more xp for me. Guess I will have to add another target – I still have two slots open... but that's for later.

I put away my phone and start on breakfast while waiting to find out if Lisa will do the quest...

“Morning, Marie.” I greet my roommate, still feeling rather sleepy.

“Morning, Lisa,” she returns the greeting as she heads to the kitchen to make breakfast while I go wash myself to help me wake up. The cold water does the trick and in a minute I am fully awake. Then I remember the Life Quest app that somehow appeared on my phone and decide to check the results of the quest I had been given.

Quickly I go back to my room and check my phone. I find some notifications waiting for me.
You have completed your quest. Reward: +5 xp

First Success: You successfully completed a quest for the first time. Reward: +5 xp

Level Up! +1 Perk point

New Quest
Quest objectives:

• Help Marie make breakfast
• Help Marie wash the dishes after breakfast
• Compliment Marie

Quest rewards:

• +15 xp
• Increased vigor for the rest of the day

Increased vigor sounds nice, even if I don't really need- wait, "Help Marie make breakfast"? Shit, she must have already started! I better hurry up, or I will have to wait until tomorrow to complete the objective and thus the quest. I know it's silly, but I find this whole quest thing fun and want to see what other rewards I can earn. So I quickly put on a dress and go help Marie.

I am intentionally slow today, in order to give Lisa enough time to wash up, see the new quest, and come help me. It pays off, as I hear her go back to her room, only to come out a minute later and rush towards the kitchen, as if in a hurry. “Need any help?” She offers moments later.

“Sure!” I reply with a smile as I turn to face Lisa. “I can't decide what to make. Maybe you can help me?”

“I'll be happy to!” She exclaims, sounding really eager. Seems like she likes the game, or at least today's quest. So we get to work.

In the end we make some pancakes, add some sweet jam on them, and drink some orange juice. It's a simple but filling meal. About half way through it Lisa stops to look at me. “You look great, Marie! Did you have a good dream, or something?” She says and looks at me for a few seconds longer before going back to eating. “Thanks, Lisa. But no, I had a regular dream, nothing special.” I tell her before I continue eating. I guess that was her completing the third objective of her quest. Not the greatest compliment ever, but it is the best one I have received in months... because it is the only one I have received in months... I try not to think about it as I finish eating.

“Let me help you with the dishes.” Lisa offers once we are both done.

“Sure! Thanks, Lisa.” I happily agree. By now I am certain the QuestMaster app is real and try not to get distracted by thoughts of what I can do with it.

With two of us it doesn't take long. Once everything has been taken care of I go back to my writing while Lisa returns to her room.

I leave Marie to her writing and go back to my room. Immediately I open my phone and check the Life Quest app.
You have completed your quest. Rewards:
* +15 xp
* Increased vigor for the rest of the day
Immediately I feel the effect of the second reward as my body is filled with energy. I wish I could share the reward with Marie – I suspect it would be of more use to her than to me.

Next I check my status:
Name: Lisa
Surname: Miller
Gender: Female
Age: 25

Level: 2 (15 / 20 xp)
Class: None
Perks : None
Perk Points: 1

So close to next level... Sadly I won't be getting any more quests today – the timer shows that today's quest has a cooldown of twenty-four hours. Oh, well, there's always tomorrow.

Next I check what I can do with my perk point, and discover that I can spend it on a number of different perks. Most of them cost more than 1 perk point, but even so there are plenty I can get. Thankfully there are filters I can use to narrow things down.

When Marie and I first became roommates I bragged to her about how great I am at kissing. Thankfully she never asked for a demonstration or for any tips, or else I would have been **** to admit the truth. But now, thanks to the Life Quest app, I can become as great at kissing as I claimed to be. “Here goes nothing...” I take a deep breath, and unlock the Good at Kissing perk without any further delay.

Immediately I have knowledge I did not just a second ago. It's a lot more detailed... and also lewder than I expected. I now know how to properly kiss someone on the lips... but I also know how to kiss a cock or a pussy. Bit of a surprise that... but not an unpleasant one, to be honest...

Unlocked Potential: Unlocked a perk for the first time. Reward: +5 xp

Level Up! +1 Perk point

Awesome! I immediately spend my second ever perk point and upgrade Good at Kissing to Great at Kissing. It does exactly what the name suggests and makes me great at kissing. If Marie were to ask for a demonstration now she would discover that I am every bit as great at kissing as I claimed to be.

I promise myself to upgrade Great at Kissing to Amazing at Kissing as soon as I can.

As I sit on my bed, happy with this development, I check my status again:
Name: Lisa
Surname: Miller
Gender: Female
Age: 25

Level: 3 (0 / 30 xp)
Class: None
Perks : Great at Kissing
Perk Points: 0

A moment later I get another notification:
The QuestMaster has removed you from their list of targets. You will not be able to receive new quests, earn experience, and gain new perks until you get added back.

A little disappointing but not really surprising, considering that I can't get a new quest until tomorrow. It also hints that the mysterious QuestMaster might have a limited number of allowed targets, which... is an interesting piece of info. Hopefully they are satisfied with my performance so far and will add me back tomorrow. It would suck to stop playing so soon after starting...

Just as I take a break from brainstorming I get a notification on my phone. That reminds me that I never checked the app after Lisa finished her quest. Time to change that:
Lisa Miller has received the reward for the quest she completed previously.
Lisa Miller has received the reward for the achievement she earned previously.
Lisa Miller has leveled up and earned a perk point. She is now level 2 and has 1 perk point.
Lisa Miller has successfully completed a quest. She has earned the following rewards:
* +15 xp
* Increased vigor for the rest of the day
A target completed a quest. You have earned 3 xp

That's less than I got for my first quest... but that one got me an achievement and this one did not, so I guess that's why.

Lisa Miller has spent a perk point to unlock the perk Good at Kissing and earned the achievement Unlocked Potential.

Huh, that's the same achievement I got for unlocking my first perk. I guess some achievements are available to both me and my targets, while others are not... However, it is the perk she unlocked that makes me raise an eyebrow.

Lisa Miller has leveled up and earned a perk point. She is now level 3 and has 1 perk point.
Lisa Miller has spent a perk point to upgrade the perk Good at Kissing to Great at Kissing.

Shortly after we first became roommates Lisa bragged about how great at kissing she was, and even offered to give me a few tips – an offer I refused at the time. Yet now she's buying perks to make her a great kisser? Seems to me like she was exaggerating her skills... and I get an idea for her next quest.

But that's for tomorrow. None of it matters right now. I double check to make sure that if I remove Lisa from my list of targets I will be able to add her back later at no loss for either of us, and then confirm her removal. Once all three of my slots are open I start thinking who to add next in order to earn more experience. This time it is much harder to make a decision...