Quiet with some announcements

When James enters the dining room, everyone is already gathered at the common table. Ikumi and Missandei are serving the food together. Rosalina and Ram talk a bit and Hermione sits at the other end of the table and looks at James. When she catches sight of him, however, she then looks at the plate, which is handed to her from Missandei.

Hopefully everything I've been thinking about works. Hermione also needs to talk more with others. He sits down at the table and gets a plate from Ikumi.

"That looks delicious" he says to her and smiles. Ikumi smiles back. "I hope it tastes as good as you hope it will. I'll have to experiment a bit with the stuff you have here." "Sorry. I already have an idea how to make it work better, though. I'll tell you more after dinner."

Then everyone starts eating. The food is delicious, of course. Ikumi is a very good cook. Maybe I can get her some cooking help in the future, then she won't have to do everything by herself and the maids can concentrate on their own tasks.

There is not much talking during the meal, everyone is enjoying it. James looks at his girls during the meal and thinks about how he can strengthen the cohesion.

When everyone is done, Missandei and Ram clear away the plates. Hermione is about to get up when James speaks up. "Hermione, please stay seated for a moment." Hermione looks at him somewhat grimly, but sits down again.

As Ram and Missandei come back into the dining room James starts talking again. "So I wanted to tell you guys a few things. First, I've noticed that you guys don't talk much to eachother. I want you guys to get to know each other better. Second, I want to give you guys some more freedom. Think about a hobby that you like to do or that you would like to start. I'll get you everything you need."

"Ikumi, you had a driver's license in your world, didn't you?" he asks. Ikumi looks at James. "Yeah why?" she asks, confused. "I want to go with you tomorrow to get a driver's license. That way you can drive in Earth Prime. You could go shopping with Ram, for example, and look for ingredients better that way. I'd give you an extra credit card for that, which you can use to buy ingredients and other stuff for the house, like cleaner."

Ikumi grins. "Can you really do that?" she asks excitedly. "That would be great, I'd like to drive around the area and see what it's like outside."

"Please don't drive unless you have to. You'll need a permit anyway while you're still wearing the collars." "Ok, but I'm glad anyway" she says, smiling broadly.

"I would also like to ask that you come up with activities that we can do together here so you can do more together." Everyone nods.

"Lastly, I would like to tell you that I have ordered new characters." The girls' reactions vary. Missandei nods in agreement, as if it's second nature to her that I always get new characters.

Hermione looks grim, with slight hatred in her eyes. Rosalina and Ikumi are a little surprised, but quickly understand. Ram already knew, after all, which is why she just nods.

"The first one will arrive tomorrow with some other items. Please set up a room for her near my room" he says to the maids, who nod.

"That's it for now. Have some more fun." Then the first ones leave. Hermione goes up to the library, Ram and Missandei go to fix up Akeno's new room, Ikumi goes to watch TV and Rosalina goes with her.

The rest of the day passes without any special events. Towards evening, the first ones go to their rooms. James also goes to his room around 10 o'clock. He changes his clothes and then goes to bed. There it does not take long and his eyes fall closed and he falls asleep.