Revalations neither of us actually wanted.

As we arrive, she suggests just grabbing pizza. I agree and order some. She looks bothered by something. "Spit it out. What is wrong?"

"I have been contacted by someone whom I don't know, but they know Tim and know him intimately. She seems to have been **** into... into... prostitution. Physical ****, but he does that to me as well, ****, and basically anything bad under the sun. She has shown images of this for over a decade. Who have I gotten myself involved with? What should I do?"

"I won't let him take you. Do mom and dad know any of this?"

"I will ask." We sit in a pregnant silence if mom or dad knew about all of this. This would literally be selling my sister to a pimp. Dad introduced him to her. "The response came, Dad is a regular customer. She thinks Dad is aware of his loverboy status. He asked her at some point if she was happy with him as her boyfriend, who sold her to get fucked. So yeah, he knew."

"Do you want to stay here at least for tonight, if not permanently? I will find a place to put another bed."

"I think that for tonight, that is definitely the smart. In the long term, I will have to look into it. I know that my parents aren't safe. Can you give me some space?" I nod and give a hug before leaving for my living room.

My phone buzzes. Madelon can receive a new quest. Both Robin and Chantal have completed their quests and need 15 minutes before they can receive a new one. So I would better wait. A message is soon received from Madelon, 'Tim is one of your subjects, please make sure he doesn't gain anything good. He has been selling girls and abusing them. I wish I had never referred them. By all means, punish him if possible. I will do whatever I can to make you punish him and my parents.'

I give a small smile and respond. 'I am the reason you know. I found out about him two-timing. He was dumb enough to give the girl a referral. I am planning to make him pay. As to your parents will be hard. I have hardly any influence over the world. I can only suggest that people do things. People choose to do as I suggest. The rewards are things that follow and I have little control over. I hope you understand it.'

'Thank you for your response. Thank you for letting me know. I will do my best to aid as much as I can. What do you suggest for now?'

Instead of answering through a messaging app, I respond with a quest.

• Tell Pieter how you want to solve your housing situation.
• Talk to Pieter about your contact with the Questmaster.
• Show your trust in Pieter.

Select reward:

• Permanently severed ties with your parents without consequences.
• Brocon I -> Brocon II
• A bigger apartment which you and Pieter can share.

I want both the first and the last, but I think the last is the better option in the long run, so I select that. Soon, I received a message. 'I see your plan. Fine, I will talk to Pieter. He is already a subject, though. I think he will be happy.'

She wanders into the room. "Hey Pieter, I would love to be your permanent roommate. It is possible because of my current Quest, which will grant us a larger apartment. This is possible in part because of my contact with the QuestMaster. Can we share your bed tonight? That way, neither of us has to sleep on the couch. I trust you with all of my heart."

I approach her and hug her. "Sure, we can do that. I wonder how the new apartment will arrive. When will Tim be here?"

"He should be here in an hour. What will you do?"

"Don't worry, I won't do anything that will get me into trouble. You wait inside here. I will make sure he leaves. If you would rather tell him you want to break up with him, that is fine."

"I would rather tell him we broke up. I will stay behind you. But I will tell him."

The doorbell rings, and she jumps up. We head to the door, and it is the pizza. I thank the delivery guy. The nervous feeling remains. I put on a random show in the hope of distracting us. She cuddles up to me under a small blanket as we slowly eat the pizza while watching a TV show we liked when we were kids. She calms down, and I calm down as well. After two episodes and finishing our pizza, my doorbell rings again. We suspect that it is Tim. I go to the door alone at first. I open it I don't recognise them. "Hello, who are you and how can I help you?"

"Hello, sir, I am here to pick up Madelon Visser."

"Who are you? Who should I tell her called for her?"

"I am Tim Smith."

"Madelon, Tim is here!" I shout, blocking the door. "She will be out in a moment, Tim. Do you remember me?" I smile as if I am ready to kill him at a moment's notice.

"No, sir, who are you?" He smiles a toothy smile.

"I remember your dentist doing a good job last time I beat the shit out of you. I am Pieter Visser, aka the dude who beat you up for calling my friend a tranny. Do you think you are safe if you hurt my sister?" Panic sets in as he shakes his head as quickly as he can, moving towards the railing. "Gooood," I say as menacingly as I can.

Madelon has since walked up behind me. "I will be quick, Tim. I'm breaking up with you. You are a two-timing snake who would likely demand I sell sex for money, leaving me with nothing. I have no reason to stay with you. I will not be going to my parents anytime soon because, to be frank, they would likely just hand me over to you." He lunges forward towards her. I decide to stick out an arm, keeping him outside of my apartment. "These violent tendencies are one of the reasons I don't want any contact with you. I see that everything you have been doing has been to isolate me from people who would speak up for me and try to talk sense into me."

Starting to try and enter more violently, he starts shouting: "Who told you about me cheating? Was it Alexandra, Lilliana, Janniene, Anna or Iris?" Neither of us is giving him the reaction he is looking for. Instead, the only one he gets is me signalling her to call the police. "Bitch tell me who told you? You know as well? Don't you? Tell me, you bastard! You know I will never leave you guys alone now, right?" I decide to turn on my phone camera's recording and place it on a nearby table. "Madelon, I will kill you. Bitch get out of there so that I can kill you." He is clawing at my arm as I keep it placed on his shoulder, calmly looking down on him. "Pieter, you are no better than that bitch of a sister of yours. I will kill you as well." I roll my eyes, not attacking him. "Why are you doing nothing? Why?" As he starts to run out of steam, I see the police car arrive.

"You know we called the police the moment you became violent, and that is why my smart little sister stayed inside. For her own safety. I can stop you from entering. However, I can not prevent you from leaving if you want to go."

He gets a second wind and now starts actively aiming for my face instead of trying to enter. "You bastard, why would you do something like that? You snitch."

"You are physically attacking me for starters. You are trying to enter my place and kidnap my sister. I have plenty of reasons to call the cops. I am not a snitch, as I am the victim. Not you. Having the cops called on you is not a thing I could do if you weren't trying to do illegal things like that."

He is clearly still trying to push forward, hit me and move past me. Repeating the threats and the curses. Luckily, bullies like this I am used to dealing with. Then I hear a shout: "Stand down, sir, police."

"Uhhm, if I let go of Tim, he will hit me and possibly enter my apartment, where his real target, my sister, is."

"We understand. Keep him in place as best you can while minimising harm to yourself and Tim. Tim, stand down." They shout, but they have started to move closer. "Is he armed?"

"If he had a knife, he probably would have used it by now." They rush in and take his arms behind his back. "Thanks, I think this will be mostly bruises on my arm that I used to keep him at bay. I filmed from the moment I sent my sister to call for help."

"Thanks if you could send that as well as come along for some photos, that would be helpful, as well as a declaration from your sister." I nod, and we head to the police station. We file the paperwork I have pictures taken. All in all, a painless process except for removing my shirt. I hadn't noticed how badly bruised I was.

I sent Jessica a copy of the report, together with a picture of my injuries. The response is swift. 'Take a few days off, I hope it will be better afterwards. This falls under sick leave, no matter what. I hope you get well soon. Do you need a different address? I had an apartment bought in Mierlo, he will not look for you there, you can buy it for cheap if you want.' I ask for the price. It is within what I can get from the bank on just my income, so I buy it. Nothing is ever free, even if it is from the app. 'I will meet you at a notary in Mierlo, okay?' I send a thumbs-up and get the loan approved in preparation.

We head back, and I kiss Madelon on her forehead. "Jessica sold me a bigger apartment. It seems nothing from LifeQuest is truly free. But the opportunity is a big reward in itself. We can likely move in tomorrow already. And I have some time off as a result of the injuries."

"I hope it was worth it."

"It is always worth it to have time with my sister."

Arriving back, she realises she doesn't have any pyjamas or other nightwear except for underwear. "Pieter... I will have no other clothes than what I am wearing. Sooooo.... I have to sleep in my underwear and wear this again tomorrow."

"Fine for now, I will pick you up some clothes tomorrow, okay. Don't worry if I have a tape measure, I can get you the clothes you need. I will pick out some cute clothes for you. If you want, I can ask my partner to go shopping with me."

"Why are you referring to her as partner Pieter?"

"Robin isn't sure about their gender. I didn't want to out them, but I can't dance too much around it. To their family, they are still going by, he/him, except for his sister. Since we both acted as if they were a girl during that vacation, I have the feeling saying they is better for you." I decide to text Robin immediately. 'I outed you to my sister, sorry. You tell me what to do from here, or just continue as is.'

"If you trust them to give good advice, sure. I would have preferred Roos to help you, but I can't have it my way on a weekday."

"I could ask Antionette, but she might not give the greatest advice. She will make time for me, I know that."

"No, I trust you, especially if I can convince the questmaster to give you a quest for it." She heads into my room to text me about it, great.

Robin's response arrives before anything from Madelon. 'Is she hostile to you being gay? To me, potentially being trans? If not, this is fine.'

'Hey, want to go shopping tomorrow afternoon? I have sick leave due to what I will call a jackass-related injury of my arms and shoulder, which makes cooking hard, but will allow me to walk around as long as I don't carry too much. We will also need to pick up some stuff for Madelon as she is moving in with me in a new apartment.'

'Would she mind me picking that? Would she mind me moving in?'

'No on the first. As for the second, we have yet to discuss that between the two of us. As a result, I have not discussed that with her. Key should be fine, I think. If you can help me move stuff, we would appreciate it. I will send out feelers to Roos, Anne and Bart as well. Doesn't need to be tomorrow night all at once, but the cooking supplies and a new Ikea bed for her.'

'Fine, but you need to pay for dinner tomorrow, okay, and since you can't cook, we'll go out with the three of us, okay?'

'What about stream?'

'I can cancel that for a night with my BF and his sister if they are in need <3.'

'You are the greatest. See you at 10 in the morning, I will come pick you up ;3'

I go to the app to give them the quests now that I have a break from Madelon. But again, I am greeted with a pop-up.

Madelon unlock quest:

• Reach level 10
• Live with Pieter
• Have a class
• Be open about your feelings for Pieter with Pieter and any partners he might have.

Okay, this seems like the quest Robin got as an additional quest. Madelon is halfway to the first and fully to the second, and I have the perk points for it. So it is just the last. I can give a quest for, but should more suiters come, she would need to repeat it. Things I can do first. Acquire Class Designer. After selecting it, a pop-up appears.

Master Editor: Divide Character Editor I, Character Editor II, and Character Editor III cooldowns by 4, and Character Editor IV becomes available in the perk tree.

Multi-classer: Allows you to assign targets a second class when they get to level 10; class bonus xp is now equal to quest xp.

Reward Addict: Targets will now receive two rewards per quest. And quest rewards cannot be perceived as negative.

Hierarchy: You can select a sub-master, their LifeQuest app will be upgraded, and they’ll be able to write quests to your targets for you. (They won’t be able to add new targets or buy perks with your points.)

Master of Referals: Referal cooldown is reduced by a factor equal to (1 + target's level/10) rounded down. (at level 10 it is by 2 and 20 by 3) Automatic Quests auto-unlocks any perk points spent on it will be returned.