Three to One in Tanya's favor

All of Kyle's blood is rushing to his crotch as the image of the three girls as characters in one of his favorite hentai infect his brain. Practically involuntarily, his hand raises into the air. "Yay!" Tanya squeals.

Maggie realizes she may have made a miscalculation with Kyle. Still, they can't choose a costume only 50 percent of the group agrees on. She's about to declare a new option when Jesika says "oh, fuck it" and raises her hand. Maggie's eyes practically pop out of her skull.

"Wh-what? Jesika, why?"

Jesika shrugs, "two reasons, really. One, this choice would be subversive as hell. Anime Cosplay Con is kinda mainstream these days, so we'd probably blow some minds when people realize what we are. Two, I have no idea what the hell is going on with Tanya and I'm so very interested in giving her more rope to see what she does with it."

"Fine," Maggie says throwing up her hands feeling a little bit betrayed and, honestly, ashamed. How did she let a girl she can control get the best of her? "So I'm the red-head, Jesika is the blonde, and Tanya is the purple-haired one?"

Tanya does a little hop. "I'm so excited!" She wraps her arms around Maggie and gives her a big hug. She whispers in her ear "I can't wait for us to be Kururu and Rei together." When Maggie feels her one time crushes breath on her ear and thinks about the scene they all watched together she can't help but feel happy chills all throughout her body. Maggie decides it might not be the worst idea.

"So," Kyle says interrupting the moment, "I guess we need to watch all four episodes and take costume notes? Should we pull up some chairs?"

Jesika shakes her head. "Uh, no offense, but I think I'm going to go research alone in my bedroom."

Maggie, having never watched an episode of the series other than the one they all just watched, decides she should probably stay with Kyle and Tanya. "Okay, let me know if you want to go wig and clothes shopping later. We might need to go to the city to find a decent purple wig for Tanya."

As Jesika turns to leave Tanya runs up and gives her a big hug. "I'll see you later, Jes!"

"Okay, you're freakin' me out a little," she says and disappears down the hatch.

After Kyle leaves her turns to the two remaining girls and ask "so you're both okay doing this research together? As you saw with the other episode it's, well, it isn't something I'd usually watch with friends."

Tanya, hungry to feed her obsession, sits down in a chair. "I'm all in."

Maggie, feeling a little bit jealous about the fallout from Kyle's secret command and how it's influenced their mutual crush, isn't willing to leave the two alone. She grabs a notepad off Kyle's desk, "I'm good. Let's figure out our outfits, but, um, maybe we should fast forward through the sex stuff because we aren't going to be performing any of those scenes," she laughs.

Tanya's caught off guard by a feeling of disappointment. She shakes her head. What's wrong with her? Of course, they aren't going to act out those scenes. Was she really considering that?

Kyle tries to joke, too, "well, we won't but Tanya probably wants to!"

Maggie and Tanya both say "KYLE!" at the exact same time. Maggie because Kyle should be more careful about what he says and Tanya because he revealed her secret in front of Maggie. She totally wanted to perform the scenes. As they watched the cartoon together Tanya found herself increasingly thankful they were skipping the sex because she kept seeing herself with her friends dressed as those characters in those roles.

Maggie was also thankful. After four episodes the show was starting to naturally get to her, too. She found herself more and more curious about how far Tanya could be pushed.

"Okay," Maggie says reviewing her notes, "so you want me to be Kururu and you want to be Rei. I don't know if that's fair. Kururu's skirts are all short. I'll be flashing my panties to everyone. Meanwhile, other than Keichii, Rei is the most conservatively dressed character in the show. You get to wear pants!"

"Well, yeah, but I'll still have on her garter and stockings under my pants. You'll all know what I'm wearing underneath," Tanya smiles.

"Wait," Kyle says, "what about the last episode?"

Tanya's eyes widen when she realizes he's referring to Rei's barely there bathing suit, "uh, that'll be like wearing nothing."

Maggie grins from ear-to-ear. "True, true, but honestly, it seems only fair, doesn't it, Tanya?"

Tanya starts to shake her head "no" but finds herself saying "I guess so."

"Or!" Kyle, who's completely succumbed to his primal arousal, "Or you could be Sayaka who likes getting exposed and carry around two big vibrators."

Maggie, once again, glares at Kyle who she feels is overstepping his boundaries. She likes the subtle approach to manipulating Tanya while Kyle seems like he hasn't fully comprehended the power. That said, she still struggled with her crush on Tanya and her desire to get **** for all of the years of bullying. She decides to give Tanya the illusion of choice, "fine then, why don't we let Tanya choose?

"Tanya, you want to be one of these two characters but you must choose the one you, um," she pauses not sure how to phrase what she's asking, "uh, let's see, oh, choose the one you would have most identified with before you watched the show.

"Would it have been the conservative seeming Rei with her anal fetish and big boobs that leak milk when she's aroused or would it be Sayaka, the powerful retail chain manager who loves stuffing herself with dildos and gets off on being humiliated when she's caught doing it?"

Listening to Maggie, Kyle feels like he's losing his mind to lust. He's never heard her speak like that. He quickly adds, "and remember if you choose Rei you'll wear the bathing suit."

Maggie glares at Kyle, again, while Tanya thoughtfully ponders her answer.