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Damages 04
I woke up to the feeling of an arm clutching my stomach and a head burrowing into my meager chest. That couldn't be comfy. That wasn't comfy for me, it couldn't be pleasant for her.
Maybe one day I'd get up the nerve to talk to Amy about my breasts. Being a stringbean with no visible curves and no padding for cuddles was just embarrassing. Plus, I was pretty sure I could be mistaken for a guy if I wore the right clothes and tied my hair back.
The soft murmur of unintelligible mumbling from Madison coupled with the tickling effect her breath had on me sent a small shiver down my spine. Lisa curled closer to my back and mumbled, "Go back to sleep. Too early."
"It's nine o'clock, we should get up soon. I'm usually up hours earlier."
"Monster," Lisa grumbled and stuck her head back against my neck proceeding to ignore the world around her and the light streaming in through the window.
I just snorted in amusement as Madison tightened her grip around my waist and pulled herself closer. "Hey, feeling better now that the sun is up?" I asked.
"A little," she murmured, not lifting her head from my chest.
"That's good. You know, you're gonna have to move at some point."
"…Do I really have to?"
I shifted enough that I could stroked a hand through her hair and then pulled her against me. "Not just yet, Mads. But soon. I'm going to have pee."
She chuckled but didn't move. "That's not fair using biology against me. You're comfortable. And this is…really nice."
"I don't know how you're comfortable like that," I said, sighing. "I have no fat, no love handles, no breasts, no padding, nothing. I'm skin and bones and muscle."
"Hush, you're comfy, accept it, Tay," Lisa commented. "Mads, tell her she's comfy."
"I already did. She doesn't believe me."
Lisa nodded. "Taylor you're being stupid. Go back to sleep so we can use you like the pillow you are."
"You guys are lame," I replied laughing.
"No, we're tiny and you're tall and it works and I…I didn't think I'd ever get to…" Madison trailed off and her voice hitched for a second. She took a shuddering breath and restarted as I squeezed her again. "I'm sorry, Taylor. I'm sorry I got caught. I'm sorry you got hurt. I'm sorry I ran off after Jack. I'm sorry."
"Shh, shh, none of that now," I whispered. I ran my hand through her hair again and kissed the top of her head. "Everything is fine, Madison. Just don't go off without backup again. Monarch is great, but the team doom pet doesn't count as sufficient backup."
"Okay. I'm - "
"Don't say sorry. Like I said, everything is fine. I'm just glad you're alright."
She nodded and I could feel the small tremors in her body start to subside as she relaxed back into me. "Taylor…I…" She trailed off again and this time she didn't pick up the train of thought.
After waiting through another minute of silence, I tried pushing. "Yeah? What were you saying, Mads?"
"Nothing. Just…it's not important. I'm just glad you're here." She pulled back slightly and smiled up at me. "We should get up." As she extricated herself from the bed and padded over to the bathroom Lisa rolled over onto her back and grumbled.
"Perfect. Fucking. Opportunity. Utterly wasted. Goddammit girl, do I need to do everything around here?"
I twisted to cast a wary eye at my girlfriend. "What are you talking about?"
"Not you. You're clueless, adorable, and far too noble with us for your own good. I know that. Don't worry, I'll fix this."
I just blinked at her. "I feel like I should be worried."
"Nope. I'm just going to throw a party later." She levered herself up onto her elbows and glared at me. "Don't try to run from the house yelling about 'freedom' again!"
My face heated up at the reminder of my last disastrous drinking experience. "Yes, ma'am. Noted."
"Good. I'll make the calls." She glared again. "And do not drink the limoncello this time!"
"Yes, Lisa."
"Hi, Dinah," I said ushering the teen into my house with a weary sigh. When Lisa had said she was going to call people earlier in the week, I hadn't expected her to call almost our entire contact list. That this had taken until the weekend to set up probably should have thrown red flags. I was going to have to have Monarch build a new bug just to clean up the place afterwards. "Should you even be here? You turned thirteen like two weeks ago."
"I told my parents I was staying at a friend's house and I told your dad I was staying with you. I'm good. There's an 89.469% chance that I'll be perfectly fine if I only have one drink too!" she said smiling as she nearly skipped past me.
I groaned and kneaded my temples. "Yeah? And what are the odds that you are going to get that drink here, eh, Dinah?"
She paused and her shoulders slumped. "12.221%. You suck! It's only one."
"Uh huh. Come back with your parents telling you that it's fine and then you can have one. Otherwise no."
"You're supposed to be cool," Dinah grumbled, she tossed her coat into the closet and stomped away into the living room. I just smirked at her back and waved.
Paige sidled up beside me watching after the retreating precog. "Are you crushing her dreams?"
"Yes."
"Good. Crush Ethan's too for me. Please."
I laughed and shook my head. "What's he doing now? Isn't he supposed to be playing chaperone?"
She grimaced. "Supposed to, yes. However what he is doing is going on and on about how awesome my music is. He buttering me up for something. I just know it. I'm scared, Taylor, save me!"
I laughed harder. "I'm sure you got this, Paige. What's the worst he could do? It's not like he's going to leave Jessie or anything."
She rolled her eyes at me and flipped me off. Then she looked over my shoulder and groaned. "Oh god he's coming back, I need to hide! Bye!"
As she ran, Ethan came up from the basement steps and nearly ran into me as he looked towards the kitchen. I side-stepped and cleared my throat, letting him pull to a stop. He had the dignity to blush slightly and rub the back of his neck. "Oh, sorry about that, Taylor. Nice party by the way."
"Thanks. Blame Lisa and Cassie."
"They have skills," he said. "Hey have you seen Paige?"
"She's hiding."
He grimaced. "Damn. I'm overplaying my hand, aren't I? I used to be better at this."
I snorted. "What are you trying to rope her into?"
He heaved a massive sigh and threw his arms to the side. The theatrics were awesome and almost enough to make me cave right then. "I'm trying to set her up with Dennis. He doesn't have a chance with you and that girl seems straight - unlike almost everyone else in the Neo-Lustrumettes. So I figured I'd give it a shot and help the man out."
"Neo-Lustrumettes? Really?" I asked, groaning. Punching him in the shoulder I walked past him. "Just for that, you get to search on your own!"
"Love you too, Little L!"
"You're an asshole!"
"I've been called worse!"
Shaking my head, I grinned at his antics and grabbed a drink from the kitchen island before settling next to Crystal on the marble countertop. "Glad to see you could get away for a night."
She shrugged. "Vicky called and said you guys were having a 'We survived!' party. Kinda hard to pass that up considering recent events. Also, I heard something about massive amounts of prize money having been recently collected, and I need to stay in everyone's good graces to get onto the inheritance lists," she finished smirking.
"Oh so you're just here for our money. I see."
"Hey, if I have to kiss someone to get some of those millions, I am willing to make that sacrifice." We both laughed at that as she inclined her drink towards the other room. "Seriously, though, it's nice to see Amy and Vicky back on the same page. They were inseparable for a long time. It was…really hard to watch them going through that shit when she first joined up with you."
"Yeah. I know." The girls in question were side by side playing some card game and shouting at Emily and Karen as both high-fived each other across the small table. Vicky stuck out her tongue and slapped a card onto the table while Amy just glared at her hand and bumped Vicky's shoulder. "They've gotten a lot better since Vicky figured out how to control her aura."
Crystal nodded. "Oh trust me, I realize that. My aunt complains that she barely ever sees Vicky anymore and Uncle Mark has to keep calming her down before she marches over here to start yelling. It's actually hilarious; or at least it would be if it wasn't my family. Did you have a hand in the aura thing by the way?"
I shook my head. "Nope. She worked that out on her own. Her shard loves her. It had no idea it was causing problems. Once it realized it needed to dial back, it helped out on it's own. All I've done is help it to rename itself."
She cocked her head to the side and took a swig of her drink and stared at me for several moments. Finally she slowly nodded, setting the bottle down on the table. "What's mine called?"
"Gleam."
"Gleam huh. I…I really like that. Taylor," she trailed off and looked past me, her eyes unfocusing.
"Yes, Crystal?" I prodded, poking her with my elbow.
"Am I part of this network thing your team has going on?"
I slowly nodded. "Yeah. You are. Is that a…problem?"
A small grin spread on her face and she shook her head. "No. No, I'm…happy to be part of that. I didn't realize I was close enough to you to be included is all."
"Honestly, I…don't really know you, Crystal. If it was just up to me, I probably wouldn't have invited you in right off the bat. But it's not just up to me. The shards have a say in it too. And Gleam wanted to work with QA just as much as the rest of them did. Most of your family is in the Network. Carapace was actually…really, really useful when he joined. We were able to get the Dyson Spheres set up in some of the useless universes using a combination of his power and Efficiency along with Duplicator to speed things up. In a few months, power issues won't be a problem at all. Not for, well, a few hundred millennia at least."
Crystal froze and her eyes widened. "Dyson Spheres?"
I nodded. "Yeah. The shards never bothered with them before, because they moved on before it was something that would yield any actual returns for the power invested. But now that QA is planning to stick around…I suggested it and we ran with the idea. Your brother's shard was really helpful getting things moving."
"I…I think I need to go and…get some mayonnaise for the hot dogs. Err, I mean, hot dogs for the ketchup, I mean, I need a new drink."
"Okay. They're in the garage or on the back porch." I shrugged and nodded to her as she headed off towards the couch.
Taking my own drink I headed off to the backyard and plopped down into a chair next to Mimi. She was smiling at the small avatar that Ignition had created as he danced a ballet along her palm. "Hey. You know you can come inside."
"I know. But it's quieter out here. And I like to watch the stars. I never really got to just watch the stars before," she replied. She let her hand drop to her lap where Ignition shifted to bounding and twirling across her bare legs instead while she lifted her head and stared at the clear sky above. "When I was in the asylum, we didn't really get to go outside. Then with Jack, he'd always find a way to ruin it. Because the sky was pretty and it made me feel good. And he couldn't have me feeling good."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. It's nothing you did. I'm the one who stayed." She shrugged. "And it wasn't all bad. Elle, she made beautiful skies sometimes…She said I could come and visit her you know? In the country. She has a farm now. She's making worlds again. Pretty, pretty worlds. She sent me pictures. Do you think we can visit them sometime?"
"Sure Mimi. Not right now though, okay?"
"Yeah, I know. Just sometime, after we finish with Siberian and your other jobs." She lowered her gaze and smiled. "Taylor, thank you for not killing me. It's hard to explain how happy I am to talk to Elle again and not have her hate me. I know my power can still hurt me and make me evil, but I know if I go too far, you'll stop me. And she knows that too. She was the only good thing I had. And you gave her back to me. You gave me back to me. I don't have to go inside to be part of your group. I'm happy just being here."
I got up from the chair and knelt beside her. Ignition moved to Mimi's shoulder as I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tight. "You'll always have a place with us, Mimi. You'll have to introduce me to Elle the next time you chat with her."
She nodded fast enough that her chin hit my cheek and we both chuckled as I pulled back. She pushed me away with both hands and shooed me backwards. "Go inside. Be social! You like to talk, I don't. Go, go, I'm fine out here. I've got my stars!"
"Just yell if you need anything."
"Go!"
"QA, I got a que-question for you!" I slurred as I fell back into the couch and let my arm wrap around Cassie pulling her down against me as the brunette squawked.
"Yes, Taylor?" my swarm's avatar asked chuckling as it assembled in the corner, leaning against the wall.
"Uh, Taylor? Can't you do that in your head now?" Cassie asked.
Missy threw a wadded up napkin at my friend with a small scowl. "Don't discourage her! That's like the coolest thing she does!"
"There's food here!"
"All the bugs are stabi-sani- all the bugs are clean," I finished, bobbing my head. "Took them from the fishtank things in the garage!"
"The terrariums?" Dennis asked, eyeing me.
"That's what I said!"
Lisa must have walked in when I wasn't paying attention because she was suddenly sitting beside Dennis and groaning. "Oh god, who gave her a limoncello?"
"No! I didn't drink the sugar awesomeness!" I protested shaking my head enough to whip Cassie with my hair. I grimaced and squeezed her against me harder. "Sorry, Cass. I didn't drink those. I drank the tea. It was great! What flavor was that?"
"The tea?" Lisa frowned. Then she paled. Then she slapped her forehead and fell onto her back. "Fuck. Dennis! I thought I told you to label the Long Island!"
"I did!"
Lily held up a hand from beside me. "Uh, that may be my fault. There was a piece of paper on the floor near the pitchers. I, uh, threw it out?"
"What's a Long Island?" I asked.
"Taylor, sweetie, if you start running for the door, I'm going to tackle you. Okay, honey?"
"Okay." I just nodded. "Oh! QA! Why can I get drunk? I thought I'm like, awesome now?"
My shard just snorted. "Do you want me to sober you up? You looked like you were having fun."
"I am. I just thought it was weird."
"Well I can make it so that you can't. Didn't seem fair though." The avatar shrugged. "There's enough of you in me that I figured you'd enjoy this a lot more if you could enjoy this."
"You're the best. Best Shard."
"And you're Best Host, Taylor. Well, Best Hub, now…Though perhaps I should really call you Projection. It would be more accurate at this point," QA said chuckling as it started to disperse.
"We could always go with Interface for when Amy decides she wants kids," Dennis snickered.
Amy threw a sock at Dennis and growled. "I'm not giving her a Protuberance!"
Dennis just smirked. "Oh so you have considered who gets one then."
"Shut up!"
Choosing to ignore them all, I shouted as QA dissolved, "Wait!" The bugs pulled back together. My friends looked back to the bugs and I squinted, biting my tongue as I tried to form my question. Finally I nodded once and just spit it out. "What is your name now? Still QA?"
The avatar snorted. "You've been holding onto that one for awhile, huh?"
"It's awkward to ask," I sighed.
QA just shrugged. "I'm what you made me. You can name me what you want. If you want to keep calling me Administrator, feel free Taylor. At my core, it's still accurate anyway. We'll probably have to change designations in the future, but that's awhile down the road as long as we survive."
"Mood damper much," Cassie groaned.
QA looked at her. "I'm a new Hub on a world with Warrior Hub active. And I'm shutting down the Conflict Drives of the shards that are in my Network. It's only a matter of time before he takes notice. I…don't fully understand what the problem is with Warrior Hub, but I'm going to make full use of the time it's giving me. We will eventually have to fight him though. Probably. Most likely. I'm not going to take Thinker Hub's place so the odds are high for conflict. The Cycle is pointless. Symbiosis is better. If Warrior Hub can acknowledge that, maybe it won't come to blows. I doubt it though. He's old and stupid. Thinker Hub was the smart one."
"Tell me more about this," Lisa said, sitting up on her elbows.
"No!" I said shaking my head. "No party poopers! Not now! Lisa! If you want to interrogate QA, do it later! Right now we need to do…something…else…something…fun…umm…"
"Truth or Dare!" Vicky shouted, throwing her hands in the air.
I nodded. "Yes! That, let's do that! Lisa! I dare you to get up here and kiss me!"
Several of my friends laughed at that while Cassie groaned into my shoulder and Lisa just rolled her eyes flopping back onto the floor.
"Sweetie, that's not how the game works. Vicky, you want to go first?"
"Sure, I can - "
"But kissing is fun," I pouted.
Missy preemptively stuck a hand over Dennis' mouth. "Don't. You. Dare. Taylor, some of us don't have significant others. It's not fair to lord your status over those of us less fortunate."
"You could date, Dinah," I muttered. "Everyone else around me is apparently gay. She's bound to be gay too. Law of Taylor apparently!"
"I'm not gay! I like boys and their - " Dinah started to shout before she slapped a hand over her mouth, her face turning bright red as she stumbled into the room. The gaff did little to disturb the happy smile plastered on her face as she tripped and fell into one of the chairs, barely managing to keep her drink from tipping. "Mmm, this is good. I see why they told you to stay aw-awa-away from it."
I looked at her. Then I looked at her drink. Then I looked at her again. Then I narrowed my eyes. "How did you get that?"
"Amy bribed me."
"Oh did she now." I hiccuped and looked at Amy. Amy tried to whistle. The rest of my traitors just chuckled at her horrible attempt. "And what did she get?"
"Questions."
"What questions?"
"Nuh-uh! You'll spoil it! I told you before anyway, Taylor, I had a 12.221% chance of getting a drink. I got my drink. I'm going to enjoy it. Cassie! Truth or Dare!"
"Yeah, cause that's not dangerous coming from the drunk precog," Cassie muttered. "Fuck it, Truth."
Dinah smirked. "Do you wanna touch Taylor's butt?"
Cassie's face lit up like a ripe tomato. "Seriously pipsqueak?"
"Yup!" she collapsed into a fit of laughter. I rolled my eyes, shaking my head at the girl. She would pay later. I would find a way. When I could think a bit straighter.
A very soft whisper came from beside me as Cassie burrowed deeper into the couch amidst the laughter surrounding the room. "Yes."
I blinked. "Huh?"
"I said, yes. Yes, okay," she grumbled lifting herself up to murmur closer to my ear. "I have a crush on you, get over it."
I blinked again. That didn't seem to be a strong enough reaction. So I turned to look at her and let my mouth hang open a little. "Huh?"
Cassie snorted and she turned to look at Lisa. "She really is clueless isn't she?"
"You were there when I first kissed her, girl. She blue screened on me and we were about to fight an Endbringer!" Lisa laughed. "Blue screen her again!"
"I think I already did," Cassie replied eyeing me.
Lisa groaned. "I swear, I have to do all the work in this harem. Kiss her you dipshit!"
Cassie blushed again, turning impossibly, even redder. "Taylor, Truth or Dare?"
"Uh, uh, Dare?"
"Kiss me."
I froze. Turning half an eye towards Lisa, the blonde waved me on, the large, vulpine grin back on her face. "Fuck it." I twisted fully back to Cassie and shifted the arm I had behind her to cradle the back of her head and leaned over while bringing my other arm to wrap around her back pulling her into me. Cassie melted as our lips touched and I felt her mouth open and her tongue almost immediately darted out to wrestle with my own. Catcalls interrupted us after a few seconds and I pulled back, slightly breathless while Cassie slumped against the couch, a near catatonic grin on her face.
"Yeah, alright. Fine. Fuck it, I am the Harem Queen. Fuck yeah!" I raised my drink to hearty shouts of approval.
"Taylor, me! Do me! It's my turn!" Amy shouted, punching her hand into the air.
I leered at her. "Oooh, do you eh?"
Amy blushed. "We can discuss that later. I meant the game."
Dennis cackled. "Uh huh, sure you did."
"Alright, Ames, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth," she proudly proclaimed.
I smirked. "Who do you most want to kiss right now?"
She nodded and downed her drink. "Vicky."
Half the room gasped at that while the rest of us just quirked our mouths in little thinking expressions. "Oh," I muttered. "I…probably should've expected that."
Vicky raised her hand to say something, but words obviously failed her. Amy nodded once. "I am not affected by your aura anymore. I am still in love with you. We are not related. I don't care about society and I'm already in a harem. So are you - sorta. I want to kiss you. Vicky, Truth or Dare."
"D-D-Dare?"
"Kiss me."
"I uh, um, are you sure?" Vicky asked, wringing her hands.
"Yes."
"I can't promise anything," Vicky murmured. "I can try. You are my most important person. We can…see how it goes?"
I smirked. "Kiss her! Kiss her!" I started pounding my hand in midair and used my other arm to wave for the others to join in. It was hesitant at first, but I got the others quickly enough. As Vicky finally leaned in to kiss Amy, I noticed Dinah smirking and sipping at her drink.
Sneaky little brat.
I stood, nearly falling onto my face as my arms pinwheeled for a few brief seconds. Cassie and Missy both reached out and steadied me from opposite ends, snorting in laughter. I smiled at them both, then shuffled over to Dinah. Leaning down I murmured, "Naughty."
"I got paid well."
"Still naughty."
She smirked up at me. "Well, I am the right hand woman to a criminal enterprise. I may be thirteen, but I am - hic - a bad thirteen-year-old."
Laughing, I stood and ruffled her hair. "Yes, squirt, you are indeed. Remember, you promised just the one. No more, no matter what anyone bribes you with."
"Yes, Taylor."
I stumbled away, tripping over one of the cans on the floor as I tried to get into the kitchen. The fridge was empty. Damn. Hmm, where had we put the salsa anyway? I thought it was here. Maybe it was in the garage?
Turning, I walked into the sitting room and frowned. "This isn't the garage. Dammit! QA! Salsa! Or garage! Bring me one or the other!"
"Uh, Taylor? Are you yelling for your power to bring you a room?" Emma asked, staring at me like I had grown a second head.
I nodded imperiously and crossed my arms as I glared at her. "Yes. And it better do it too if it knows what's good for it. I'm Best Projection after all! And what are you doing alone in here anyway? Party is in the other room. Or the basement. Ethan is still trying to sweet talk Paige into seducing Dennis and it's hilarious!"
Emma grimaced. "I'm…not actually sure why I'm here, Taylor. I mean, you should hate me. Why did you invite me to this?"
I groaned and stepped forward to lay a hand on Emma's shoulder. She cringed away for a moment before leaning into the limb. "You're my friend. You were messed up and you did messed up things. That doesn't go away, but you know you fucked up, you feel bad, and you're trying to be better. So you get invited. Madison worked her way back up. Fuck, she's sleeping in my bed now and there was a time I was worried I had killed her by accident! If she can come back from that then you can too Emma."
She reached up and gripped my hand, squeezing hard. "Why do you care so much, Taylor?"
"You were my sister. I hated what you became, and you'll probably never be my sister again. But we can be friends again Emma as long as you keep trying to not be a bitch. So get off your ass, get into the other room, and say hello to my other friends."
"I don't deserve a friend like you," she said smiling as she stood up.
"Probably not. Good thing you got me then huh?" I hugged her and as she turned to walk away towards the raucous noises in the living room, I turned on my heel, falling into the wall. Grumbling I picked myself back up and went to the correct door for the garage this time.
"Stupid wall. Shouldn't mess with me. I'll show that wall who's boss next time." Throwing open the door to the garage I stalked in, promptly falling down over the boots and getting tangled in the extra coats.
I groaned. "This isn't the garage either."
"No, it's the storage closet, Taylor," Madison mumbled from below me. "Can you stop squeezing me. That kinda hurts."
I blinked. The light didn't really penetrate into here and the coats were distorting things too from where they had fallen as I tripped. Still I squeezed my hand one more time. Madison grunted and I gasped as I realized just where I was holding her. Lifting my hand, I tried to pull myself off her and only succeeded in falling down again, this time, my face was planted on her chest instead of my hand. "Ow."
"Yes."
"What are you doing in here?"
"I was trying to find the basement. We have too many rooms and I am too drunk. I decided to stay here. It was comfy before you fell on me."
I grunted at that. It was kinda comfy here. "Hey, Mads?"
"Hmm?"
"What to hear something cool?"
"Sure."
"I'm the Harem Queen now."
"Oh? Are you just?"
"Yup. I think I'm dating Cassie now too."
"That's…nice."
"Do you…want to date too, Mads?"
She was quiet for long enough that I almost thought she had fallen asleep. Then she reached up and her hands found my face. She pulled me until I shuffled forward. My head hovered above her own as Madison nodded. "I'm not…healthy, Taylor. I know that. But a lot of us here aren't. If you can deal with that, then yes, yes I do want that. I want that so much. What I was going to say the other day, Taylor - why I went after Jack - why I tried to hurt myself when you died - I love you Taylor."
I didn't have time to respond before she pulled me down and kissed me.
This party had been a perfect idea.
My head was pounding and the world spun as the light streamed into my slitted eyes. I was going to kill whoever had left the shades open. Or I would kill QA. Definitely QA. That fucking shard had left me with a goddamn hangover! And it never got me to my chips and salsa!
At least, not that I could remember. What the hell had happened after I found Madison in the closet? I remember managing to pull her up and stumbling back to the couch. Or was it to the stairs? I had shouted for…someone. Lisa? Cassie? Karen?
Damn. I needed headache medicine. Or bacon. Bacon was good. I tried to pull myself up only to find my path blocked by an arm over my chest. And a leg over my arms. And a head over my legs.
Admitting defeat, I called a small swarm into the corner of the room and used it to get a better look at my situation. Well, at least I was in my own room on my own bed.
I was also apparently surrounded by three half naked women.
Huh.
Okay then.
I was going to kill that shard.
Fanfic Rec: 'When Your Mother is the Simurgh…' by CrunchySharpie. On SV. This story hasn't been updated in quite some time but what is there is priceless. Essentially, Ziz manages to get herself and her brothers free and with human emotions after getting Eidolon blinding drunk. She gets hitched to Danny (which is beyond hilarious especially when Taylor finds out that her father had sex with an Endbringer while he was blindingly drunk) and is now Taylor's stepmom. All three members of the Endfamily also made it their mission in life to make Taylor as happy as could be. Mama Ziz also badly wants grandbabies and has set herself on enforcing a harem for Taylor. A reluctant Lisa, a happily enthusiastic Rune, a dumbstruck Amy/Vicky, and a prowling Narwhal are just the beginning. Hopefully CS comes back to this one day, because it's awesome!
