Chapter Sixty-Nine   - Sugar Rush Crash

They made it back home before the girls finally started to crash.

Emily was relieved; the level of energy her sisters had displayed was just a bit too much for comfort, even if they probably deserved to be a little more energetic than usual.

They arrived and Emily immediately ushered her sisters into the bathroom one at a time for showers while she set out changes of clothes for them. There wasn’t even that much grumbling about it, though she did curse the lack of space in her drawers.

Emily didn’t have too much, clothes-wise, but the jeans and loose hoodies she liked took up space, and they were competing with all of her sister’s stuff.

Soon, very soon, they’d have to find a new place to stay. It probably wasn’t healthy to have them all stuffed into this one room anyway.

Once everyone was showered and yawns were being shared around freely, Emily sat on her chair cross legged, with Maple up on her lap where she could idly play with the beaver girl's still-wet hair.

“So,” Emily said. “Did anyone get any improvements from that?” she asked.

Her Queen questline had improved once after the day’s fiasco, giving her a new skill-slot point. A few other minor quests had gone off too, earning her a whole three new skill upgrade points.

It didn’t feel like a great reward considering the amount of risk they’d been in, but she wasn’t going to complain. She had to go over her quests and pick out new ones, but at the moment she was feeling rather lazy about it.

Her sisters replied with a chorus of yeses. “Anyone feel like upgrading skills before bed?” Emily asked.

“Who goes first?” Teddy asked.

“I think last time it was Athena first?” Emily asked. She was about fifty-percent sure of that. “Which means this time it should be Trinity first, right?”

“Yeah!” Trinity cheered, then all three of her paused mid-cheer to yawn.

Emily didn’t say anything, but she thought it was kind of cute. “So, want to see what new ability you get? Then it’ll be Maple’s turn, then Teddy, then Athena, right?”

She got a bunch of nods and no complaints.

She loved her sisters so much more when they were tired.

“Ohhh,” Trinity said. “I got two new skills and a heap of points for stuff.”

“Two?” Teddy said. “I only got one.”

“She was kidnapped,” Athena said. “Maybe that helped?”

Teddy snorted. “Please, I could get kidnapped like, super easily.”

“Girls, please don’t get kidnapped on purpose just to earn points,” Emily said. Maybe she didn’t love her tired sisters more.

“Got my first one,” Trinity said. “Did you wanna see both at the same time, or like one at a time?”

“Um, one at a time is fine,” Emily said.

Trinity nodded, then grinned. “It makes me more better at spying and stuff. See?” She showed off her new skill, the screen she summoned large enough for everyone to read.

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