Yes. And she gets away for now.

You nod and try to look casual as you grab your cup and take a long sip.

You didn’t really have to worry about making it look natural, because as soon as you put the cup to your mouth Liz words trail off into a confused mumble. When you set the cup down she is staring at you, but you don’t have the impression the blonde is paying you any attention.

When you clear your throat to break the awkward silence, Liz blinks then hastily withdraws her hand from where she is still holding yours, chuckling in mild embarrasment. “Heh, and here I am babbling on and on. ” she scoots out of her bench “Thanks for making time for my crazy stories. I’ll be outta your hair now. Enjoy your coffee.” she fires of in quick succession,

“Wait.” You try to grab her hand but she has already started walking backwards towards the door.

“It was nice talking. But I forgot my stove at home. That it is running, I mean..” she explains, still wearing that slightly strained smile “Sorry, gotta run.” And just before she reaches the door Liz turns round one last time “I’ll call you. Soon.” She promises and is out of the door before you made it halfway through the store.

“Well. Drat.” You murmur, watching through the stores glass front, as Liz breaks into an allout sprint as soon as she cleared the door.

That wasn’t how you hoped this would end. This wasn’t what you hoped for at all. But…. yeah….. in hindsight what did you expect to happen when Toby snapped back into his right mind while extremely horny. Of course he’d rather run than risk you ‘trying your luck’ as he put it.

You finish your coffee, in a far darker mood than you order it. As you pay for your coffee and Lizs, you have to resist the urge to saddle the girl behind the counter with some petty ‘would you rather….’ For that pitying look she gives you. It’s not her fault you didn’t play your cards right.

And it’s not like this was your last chance with Liz. Just one of many to follow.

But that doesn’t change the fact that her talking about jumping you in the bathroom left you horny as heck.

You know where she lives. You could follow her there and claim you were worried or something. Or -you think as you walk past a pretty brunette – you could ask someone else to ‘help you out’.

You could go back to Tobys old house and ask his friends for a repeat performance.

No.

As much as you like the idea of sexy triplets catering to your every need, the memory of the abject horror on their faces as they realized what they did was enough to put a damper on your lewd daydreams.

Which reminds you….

You send Kate a short message, asking if she was free to talk. Shortly thereafter your phone rings and Kate asks “Whats up?” by way of greeting as soon as you answer.

“Well, first of all, I want to thank you for that little surprise you prepared.”

“Oh!” you can hear her wolfish smile over the receiver “How did they do?”

“Well…..” you give your sister a rundown of your time with the triplets, much to her obvious delight. When you reach the part about allowing the trio to choose blissful ignorance Kate asks “Why!? That was the whole point!”

You sigh “Remember how you said making them lick your feet felt great in concept but kinda weird when you tried?”

Kate gives an affirmative grunt “I see.”

“It’s your revenge plot. So I won’t interfere. ” you promise “But I don’t see me taking a huge part in it either, like this. ”

Another affirmative grunt.

“So because I know you enjoy putting the screws on those three and as a kind of thank you for letting me play with them I’ll give you a choice: Would you rather not mess with the three any further for the next few hours or would you rather offer them a new contract that will replace the previous one and all changes I made to the three today with whatever is written in the new contract as soon as they sign it of their free will?“

“Hmmm. True I would enjoy putting the thumbscrews on them again.” Kate agrees “ Making sure they need to have a choice about signing to keep it a challenge, was a nice touch. But why make me wait a few hours otherwise. ”

“Because it is guaranteed not to mess with your choices for an indefinitely long time. And because I promised Steve a break.”

“I. See.” You can almost see Kate nodding thoughtfully as she takes that in. It’s just like her to instantly get how ‘Keep things as they are’ might have made it impossible to change her mind later for.

“But I’d rather offer them a new contract, anyway.” Kate says after a moments deliberation “You are right, that does sound more like a thank you gift than additional hassle. Thanks bro.” You know that tone of voice. Your sister is eager to tackle a tricky quest.

Not wanting to keep her from her fun you laugh and say “Glad to hear it. Have fun then. Bye.”

“Bye.”

Which is one problem (probably) dealt with. But it is part of a bigger thing you have been happy to ignore so far: You are getting just a bit mad with power.

‘Considering to curse some random barista for witnessing an embarrassing scene’ kind of mad with power. Sowing chaos is kind of what villains do. But maybe you should think about some kind of safety breaks, before indulging in random mischief.

So what could you do to help avoid fatal mistakes. Or rather: who? Since your power no longer works on you, it might be best to find some kind of foil to keep you from slipping into truly depraved territory.

But to do that you have to make sure you can’t use your power to make them agree with you. And that kind of independence would make them dangerous. Which is kinda scary and alluring at the same time. The idea behind Tobys transformation was in party designed to give the illusion of danger after all.

Elizabeth can’t really hurt you, but she can defy you in other ways like… running away in the middle of a racy situation. …that arose because she found a way to disrupt your plans. And your first reaction to Elizabeth going off-script and finding a way to reveal her true identity was to mind-control her.

Hm. Was that a mistake? Letting things play out might have been interesting too actually, but you panicked.

After pondering that for a while, you decide to ditch university for today and come up with a few rules what you should and shouldn’t do with your powers if you want to keep things interesting.