Who knows. But it was fun.

Mark and Derek blurt out “I want to forget!”/”Never remember!” even before you have finished. Steven actually thinks things over. When she finally whispers “The second one.” you are not the only one who is very surprised.

Moments later however the shock on her friends faces is replaced by looks of general nervousness as the various stains in and around the couch fade along with their memories. You on the other hand still very much like to know why Steve chose to remember. But right now you have no idea how to do that without letting his friends in on the fact that you altered their memories.

So you put a pin in it and go back to the regular program.

“So ladies, as you are no doubt very aware by now, Kate and I have magic powers. Or at the very least command unknown scientific principles that allow us to turn people into our playthings any time we want. And as Kate probably made very clear you annoyed us – well, mostly her- enough that we won’t loose much sleep about doing exactly that. Now I know this is a lot to take in and my part in it was admittedly mostly improvised. So here is what is going to happen: I’ll take a minute to see if there is anything that needs to be dealt with right now. Then I’ll go have a chat with my sister and we’ll get back to you once we figured out a suitable long term arrangement. ”

“You are going to leave us like this!?” Derek blurted out “You can’t!”

“Oh?” you raise an eyebrow “I am pretty sure I can.”

“You can’t do this to us!” she pouts “It’s not right!”

“Derek…” Mark laid calming a hand on her friends shoulder.

“No!” Derek snaps as she shrugs the hand off “This isn’t right! “ then she gives you a smirk as she declares ” I’ll call the police! ”

“And tell them what? “ you chuckle ”That you and your twin sisters used to be guys from three different families before I put a spell on you? God you’re an idiot. ”

“I’m not.” She counters “I’ll convince them somehow. I’ll tell them things only I’d gnuhhh! Uhhh!.” The last parts of her sentence devolve into surprised mumbling as Steven claps her hands over Dereks mouth with a frantic “Shut up. Shutupshutupshutup.”

“Better listen to her. Because it seems I wasn’t clear enough when I tried to explain the situation. But since you so graciously volunteered to serve as an example: Would you rather ‘Heather McNamara’ was the only thing that came to mind when you try to think of your name or would you rather call yourself Candi Cummings every time you try to say your old name?”

“Hug hu.” Comes the muffled answer.

“I think you can take your hands away now.” you tell Steve before turning your attention back to Mark “So what’s your name dear?”

“It’s ..Heather? No that’s not right. That’s a girl name. I’m H-H-Heather. Heather McNamara. What the heck?”

“You’ll figure it out. “ you say with a grin ” After all you never get tired of telling people how clever you are supposed to be. Too bad you mostly do it by acting like a condescending prick. So let’s throw in a little attitude adjustment: Would you rather be much more timid and bashful as a girl or would you rather find that the transformation into a woman also dropped your intelligence to that of a stereotypical bubbly bimbo ?”

“I don’t want to be a bimbo. ” Derek decides finally. She holds your gaze for a few more moments but it quickly becomes obvious just how much she hast to strain just to keep eye contact as her posture shifts. A blush spreads across her cheeks as her eyes start to shy away from your stare. Not long after she gives up, staring at her feet with her cheeks turning bright red. Her hands fidgeting nervously as she wanted to find a place to hide herself. “You win ok.” she whispered, “ I won’t go to the police. I won’t make any trouble. Ok?”

“Sure. As long as you and your friends don’t make me waste time cleaning up after you I’ll be the best landlord you ever had. ”

“Landlord?” Mark asked.

“Oh yeah.” You chuckle “That probably got lost in the more dramatic changes: But I am your landlord now. And I don’t mind letting you stay here rent free. As long as you don’t force me to explain to anyone why I let a pair of triplets without any official ID squat here. Or spread any stories about me having magic powers. Which brings us to the one loose end I should wrap up: Your clothes. Neither Kate nor I would want to alarm normal people when your clothes change right in front of their eyes , so would you rather have anyone think your transformed clothes already looked like that before you put them on or be compelled to live out one sexual fantasy with every normal person you allow to see the change? ”

“I’d rather everybody found it normal.” is the unanimous decision.

“A wise decision.” You take a moment to see if you overlooked anything else, but no other obvious signs of magic being at play come to mind. “So Heather, Mark would you rather go up to your rooms and stay there for the next thirty minutes or give me a passionate kiss?”

Both obviously decide to go to their rooms, leaving a very nervous looking Steve.

“No need to be nervous.“ you assure her “I am just curious about a few decisions you made today. For one, you seem to take this a lot better than your friends. Earlier you even volunteered yourself instead of Mark and probably showed a lot more enthusiasm than he would have. Why?”

Steven refuses to meet your eyes as she explains in a low voice “I already suspected, or knew, I am a girl before the others. So that was less of a shock. And I said I’d make out with you because it felt like a betrayal to make Mark do it twice in order to save myself. I also thought if doing these things made you cum faster then Derek would be free sooner. Me too for that matter. And Kate told us to do our best to show you a good time. And that meant … service with a smile. I mean if you didn’t make me be honest I’d told you I loved every minute of it, right now. ”

Interesting. You’d half expected to hear he was overcompensating for being secretly gay.

“And why did you decide to remember? ”

“Because, Kate would have wanted it. The contract says we are her concubines and a concubine should prioritize her owners happiness over her own. And before you ask, the other two probably probably are just to shocked to think about these things. Or they would have given you that kiss. Because we really should still try to take your virginity. Especially if we don’t remember we sorta did. ”

Huh, so Steve got screwed – almost literally – because he is less self absorbed. You can’t help but chuckle at that. “Well that is good to know. ” Funny how life works out some time. “But even if it was partly because of the commands, you still impressed me. Being loyal to your friends and all ”

“Thanks. I guess,.” Steven doesn’t look all that happy.

“And now “ you say as you get up ” as promised I’ll stop bothering you guys for a while.” You turn around, and a minute later you are walking down the street back towards the campus.