They are so very lucky

Sure enough, despite the amount of screaming and the utter chaos in the hallway Etna continued to doze quietly, her face the vision of innocent sleep...leaving all of us to wonder who would be fooled by that. In any case I turned to the trio, one hand pinching the bridge of my nose while the other grabbed onto the blanket Etna had dragged with her so I could tie it around my waist for some form of cover.

"Alright," I began, the irritation in my voice catching the three into strict attention, "one, you are VERY lucky that your yelling didn't wake Etna." In a flurry all three began to place blame on each other, the volume quickly ratcheting up to near piercing levels. "Quiet!" I shouted, instantly shutting the three up with the loss of my temper. With a quick check over my shoulder to see if Etna was still asleep I turned back to the Prinnies, "Two, we just got through punishing you three and you go and do this! In this house you are friends if not sisters so I expect to see all of you act fucking civil!" The girls were shivering at this point, Abby more so than the other two but I felt this was only appropriate. I was angry and they were doing nothing to prove to me they were worth my purchase. I attempted to take a step toward the girls to emphasize my point but Etna's tail held it fast, stopping me from moving too quickly in any direction.

Finally fed up and at the end of my temper I nearly growled, "and do ANY of you know how to get this tail off me!" Without a single word Cammie stepped forward, bending down next to the buck naked Etna and gently pressing the base of her tail three times like a button. Instantly the tail went slack, releasing it's hold on my leg and falling limp at Etna's side. I stared in confusion as Cammie stood back up, smiling brightly at me with a big thumbs up. "H-how did you do that?" I asked, scratching my head in confusion.

"Ah Master Etna's tail tries to kill us all the time, dood," Abby spoke up, shrugging her shoulders, "you wouldn't believe how many times it's tried to strangle us in her sleep, we had to figure out some way to escape it dood." I gave the trio a confused stare before I chuckled softly, "Okay, that was impressive I'll give you that." Just as the three began to celebrate my praise I stopped them, "But that doesn't mean you are off the hook for the earlier." Instantly the three gave me a look of worry but I was just as quick to stop that, "And no, this is nothing like Etna's punishment game. You three already went through that with...questionable results."

Instantly the other two glared at Abby, her hear hung slightly and a nervous smile on her face, "Y-yeah...sorry dood." "In any case," I interrupted, "I've decided that around me you three have to EARN rewards. No good behavior, no rewards, do you understand?" Instantly I was met with three very confused faces, Abby being the one to speak for the group, "Wait, so you mean we won't be punished dood?"

Rubbing my temples with irritation I sighed, "No, if you act bad you WILL be punished...by Etna though not me." All three of them 'eeped' with fear before I continued, "But if you act good and behave yourselves, work hard and all of that, you will get rewards. Something like a favorite meal...or some sort of sweet or..." Instantly Abby's hand shot up, a question brewing in her mind as I cautiously pointed to her, "Yes, Abby?"

"Can we be rewarded by you...."personally" dood?" Abby said hopefully with not to subtle quotations fingered in the air around the word "personally." I groaned and pinched the bridge of my nose, "Were you not paying attention to what happened earlier? Do you really need to ask?" This time Bea spoke up, rather exuberantly much to my surprise, "b-but what if we want...a reward from Master Etna! She can't be mad then, dood!" Despite the fact that Abby and Cammie were staring at Bea like she had three heads I couldn't break away from Bea's hopeful stare. Between this and her comment about Etna being cute I had a feeling that Bea was the one who had commented on Etna's ass earlier as well.

Shrugging it off I sighed, nodding slowly as I spoke, "I suppose I can bring it up with Etna later..." "Thanks dood!" Bea said with a happy bounce, Abby joining her with her fist in the air, "Awesome dood!" Cammie giggled in response, a smile spread across her face showing off her pearly teeth. With a few last words I shooed the Prinnies off, telling them to take a break and relax...with SPECIFIC instructions not to break anything. With that I picked up the softly mewling Etna and headed back to bed, curling up with the moody demoness and letting sleep take me for a ride.