Hmph...I guess so

For a very long time Etna was silent, simply staring at me with an impassive gaze, her fork twirling in her fingers as her food grew steadily more chilled. For my part I wouldn't doubt I was sweating bullets, Etna's calm stare was on par with some of the most terrifying things I had ever seen in my entire life. However, just as I thought my soul was going to be torn asunder by her stare alone Etna merely shrugged, her impassive stare breaking with a small smirk and closed eyes, "Alright...I guess we can give this a shot and see if those idiots will start to shape up."

Feeling relief wash over me I start to relax but I am quick to tense up once more as Etna speaks, "BUT...I have to agree that they earn their rewards, none of this flimsy, "oh you cooked well, come one and lets go fuck." Understand John?" I was tempted to roll my eyes at her assumption of my carnal desires but nodded, "Of course, besides I was planning on making it a sliding scale anyway." Etna's eyebrow raised sharply in response, "Oh? In what way?"

I shrugged in response, for once feeling comfortable enough to munch a bit of bacon as I spoke, "Something like a point system. They get enough points for a small reward, they can either take it or let it grow into bigger rewards." Before Etna could begin I stopped her, "and no little reward doesn't mean sex. I told them yesterday it would be something like their favorite meal or sweet candy or something." Etna seemed to think about my response, idly chewing one of her spicy eggs as she nodded, "Alright...I can agree to that. As long as YOU or ME are the highest prize on the list AND we can take points away if we see fit."

I nodded in full agreement, "I can be alright with that, as long as the system is fair for all of them." Etna nodded and grabbed another fork full of eggs before giving pause, her eyes shooting across the table at me as I froze midway into eating a bit of pancake, "By the way...John." Gulping quietly I felt a chill run down my spine as Etna's grin turned feral, "Eat up because once we're done here, you had A LOT to make up for." I chuckled nervously, nodding in response, "I wouldn't dream of not.." Etna cut me off, her voice a sultry purr as her grin grew, "AND I get to indulge in every reward the Prinnies get too. You're still mine John and I don't like lending out my things out to anyone without reaping the rewards, Capice?" With a quick nod Etna smiled, her tail waving in pleasure as she returned to eating, my own appetite awakening but not to the same extent since before our conversation.

With the meal done, and plenty of left overs for the girls to wrap up we rose up from the table and headed for the kitchen, planning to cut through the cooking area on what I believed was Etna's direct path for my...well now our bed. To be perfectly honest I had expected the three girls to be leaning against the door and listening in on the conversation but it appeared that I had given the girls far too little credit. When we entered the kitchen we found it to be nearly spotless, the once horrific mess was now a thing of the past and everything seemed to be in perfect order without a single spice out of place.

"Wow," I said with wonder as Etna joined me in my amazement, "how in the world did they do this?" Suddenly Abby seemingly popped up from nowhere, a bright grin on her face and her body still covered in the mess and muck from earlier, "I was easy when we all got to work on it dood!" It was easy to see that Abby was talking directly to me, leaning forward and offering me a glance at her generous cleavage as she grinned like an idiot.

Before I could say anything, which was happening a lot I came to realize, Etna's hand reached out and grabbed hold of Abby's two hats, both of them being squished in her hand as she lifted Abby off her feet. With a slow turn Etna made Abby face her, a dangerous and threatening smile on her face as she spoke with an eerie calm, "remember what we "talked" about yesterday Prinny." Abby gulped in fear and nodded the best she could in the situation, "I understand Master Etna, I remember dood!"

"Good," Etna said as she dropped Abby, glancing around in confusion, "Where are the other two, we have an announcement." Abby stood up with her head bowed and doing her best to look away from me, "They went up to shower dood, they were a bigger mess than I am." Etna huffed and placed her hands on her hips, attempting to stand as tall as she could which only resulted in my perception of her turning far towards the cute side.

"Well then listen up," Etna began, glaring at Abby, "I'm only going to say this once. John and I talked over the...arrangement you had set up with him yesterday." Abby's eyes were brimming with hope and I could almost hear her chanting pleas, "and I decided we could do a trial run to see how well you three can work with rewards instead of punishments." Abby's lips were clamped shut with a cheer and she visibly shook with excitement, joy etched across her face as Etna gave her a harsh sneer, "don't look so happy. You have to earn every reward you get and if you mess up, then we take your rewards away and you get punished, got it!"

Despite the harsh words Abby nodded in elation, a sharp salute indicating her mood, "You got it Master Etna dood! We will do our best!" Etna's eyebrow raised in surprise but she made no other outside exclamation, instead starting with a calm voice, "yeah, yeah, go tell the others when they get done with their showers." Abby was nearly bouncing on her heels and was ready to sprint out but Etna stopped her, "BUT! First I want to know one thing." Abby tilted her head to the side and I did as well, a slow grin creeping across Etna's face as she began to speak...