We Need to Talk About Tania

The glitches, minus a few notable absentees who were otherwise engaged, were all assembled at the mansion bar at the end of a long and eventful day, attempting to relax as much as they could under the circumstances.

"Okay, glitch bitches!" Barbie suddenly announced, holding a glass of white wine "We need to talk about our new friend Tania. What do people think?"

"I love how she talks!" Tina, who already couldn't imagine not having a bar in her home, called out "Like a princess!"

"She's hot!" Leilani added helpfully.

"Well, yes" Barbie nodded "But, more importantly, can we trust her? Sexy Lexie has raised some suspicions"

"What? Lexie?" Olivia looked in confusion at the frog nestled in its usual resting spot in Barbie's cleavage "She told you that?"

"I want you all to remember that Lexie may currently have the body of a frog, but she has the mind of a super smart human" Barbie told the group "And she still has a voice in this group. Isn't that right Lex? Croak once for yes, twice for no"

"Ribbit!"

"Now, do you think Tania is somebody we can trust?"

"Ribbit Ribbbiiiiiiit!" Lexie warned.

"I guess that is worth thinking about" Lucy reasoned "I mean, she did just show up and nobody questioned it. What if she is spying for Rebecca?"

"Wait, that makes no sense at all!" Cassie, who frankly was starting to get frustrated at taking second place to a frog in her wife's attention these days, butted in "Why would Rebecca need a spy? She can literally see whatever we are saying and doing at any given time. We know that by now"

"I agree, I doubt she has anything to to with Rebecca. Right, Lex?" Barbie checked.

"Croak!"

"But what about our other friend? He could be taking an interest in us again?" Barbie alluded quite clearly to the Director.

"It sounds pretty simple to me" Abigail interjected "We don't take any chances. We tell her we don't need a concierge and don't let her inside the mansion"

"Aww, that's a bit harsh" Tina replied "What if Lexie is wrong and Tania is on the level? She seems really sweet and helpful"

"I checked out her socials. It all scans" Maggie added "She is definitely who she says she is, though she doesn't mention her job anywhere"

"I'm not suggesting we exile Tania or anything drastic like that" Barbie continued "Just that we are a little cautious around her while my little frog detective and I investigate. And don't tell her anything too sensitive. There is no need to discuss our business with non glitches anyway. Personally, I am still fully intending to get her naked though"

The meeting was then interrupted as a very familiar figure entered the room.

"I am never, ever flying solo in the buff again!"

"Melanie!" the whole room shouted in unison.

The glitches all swarmed around their friend, hugging and kissing her, while Lexie finally leaped away from Barbie's bosom to sit in her wife's instead.

"Lei. you're back!" Mel smiled before looking down at Lexie "Hello, my little frog princess! I'm so glad you are here too! Wait, where is Sophie?"

"We aren't sure, but we'll find her soon enough" Cassie answered.

"Yeah, I'm making real progress tracking Rebecca down too thanks to all of Sophie's great work!" Maggie looked up from her laptop to add.

"Speaking of which, I got a pretty fucked up message from her. I don't want to talk about it now though" Mel sighed, not wanting Lexie to hear about the threats to make her frog transformation permanent "I'm just so happy to be here with you all again"

And with that, Melanie disappeared from the room.

Tania was back in her flat, looking through her notes and wondering why something felt off. Until recently, the Director was bugging her with messages on an almost hourly basis. Now it was radio silence. He wasn't replying to her messages either. She was pondering this when she suddenly felt herself being aggressively pulled out of her current surroundings.

Tania let out a yelp of fear and disbelief as she found she was suddenly in someone else's place. Someone who seemed to own a lot of potions and spell books and who had a taste for erotic art, by the looks of it. There was an extremely lifelike statue in the corner of the room of a young woman in a deep squat, with her legs spread wide and her hands behind her head, Her exposed body parts, most noticeably her vulva, had been sculpted in incredibly realistic detail. The woman's pretty face was contorted as if in the throws of ecstasy and....wait...was that Sophie?

Tania was beginning to panic now, and her heart was practically thumping out of her chest as someone entered the room. The witch had a glowing orb of bright green magical energy shimmering in the palm of her hand. It was not much more than a party trick, but the kind of thing that always seemed to get the attention of those with no knowledge of her craft.

"Rebecca?" Tania asked nervously "I don't know why you brought me here, but I'm not working with the glitches, I promise!"

"Relax, beautiful girl!" Rebecca replied in a soft, warm tone "I have enough enemies already. You are here because I need a friend"