With it rather peaceful now that it was just her and Ranma playing the same game on separate cellphones, Kasumi found herself using the device much more easily. That was of course partially due to the subtle telepathic connection with the device strengthening as it gave her more of the options she was actually wanting to see.
As for actually using the device she had learned some interesting things about it from modifying her maid contract.
From her end the contract was basically things she was either offering or promising to do for Ranma. There were suggestions popping up, ranging from maid services, things like bodyguard service and more intimate matters in the bedroom.
A look at Ranma's device showed a similar but different array of choices. For him things she wouldn't consider allowing were grayed out while things she would do without question were ready to select. In between those two extremes were options to buy using points that were separate from her upgrade points. Basically the less willing she was to accept something the more points it cost, but again these were things she wasn't exactly unwilling to do, just reluctant or shy.
It was a somewhat complex system but in the end quite simple in that it was all based on how willing Kasumi was in that matter.
Looking at the options and the stockpile of points Ranma had ready to spend, it became obvious to Kasumi that those were the naughty things she wanted to experience but was unwilling to admit up until now. As she watched the limits of what she found acceptable were increasing simply from her considering the possibilities.
Looking at Ranma however, she took what she knew of him plus something new she'd learned about him, the solution to her little dilemma becoming obvious.
So guiding the young man to one of her displays with the bars, she showed him how big the acceptable ranges were now. "Ranma-kun, remember what Nabiki said about me being willing for you to have the option to play with me?"
A bit curious, Ranma looked at the older girl. "Yeah?"
Smiling, Kasumi closed her phone and put it away. There was a reason the choices were basically duplicated on both ends with such a complex system after all. "I want you to play with me. I'd like to be pretty and strong and have adventures." Blushing a bit Kasumi continued. "A little naughty would be nice. I just want you to choose the options you want instead of selecting them myself."
Looking at the blushing Kasumi and then the options available on his controller for changing her caused Ranma to smile at the older girl as he realized what she wanted. While Ranma did like having a girl lay out what she wanted, he did know girls tended to prefer him to simply take action instead of asking for permission. It was why his girlfriend had taught him what she liked as she went, expecting him to simply do it again whenever he pleased.
That was a lot like that situation with the shy older girl wanting him to play in the limits he now knew about. It was a fairly simple system too. He had a bank of points representing their bond to invest in the various options and they had a cost according to how willing Kasumi was with each option. The complexity was because if say it would take 200 points to turn her hair pink, if she didn't like it the cost might go up to 400, but if she loved it like Nabiki the cost could go to zero and he would actually gain more points in total to invest.
This made the situation obvious as the supply of points he had to play with had grown and naughty options were becoming available at reasonable costs. Some related to increased enjoyment of kissing touching and dressing attractively had suggestively gone into a negative cost. This made things very clear to Ranma now that he was paying attention.
Despite learning Ranma wasn't a naive virgin like she'd previously thought, Nabiki still expected to tease him into taking advantage of her. Her current working assumption was that his older girlfriend had done all the leading and Ranma had followed like an eager puppy. Obviously from what she'd seen of Ranma he couldn't really be that experienced.
Ranma hadn't tried to hide it, which was how he'd gotten away with it. Akane had made it very obvious that she wasn't interested in a relationship with him. She had her nice moments, but it seemed like when she realized it she made sure to growl at him and let him know he was unwelcome. He'd almost been tempted to take the opening to kiss her after the incident with Mikado, but her family had ruined that one moment. After that came the other girls. Kodachi took herself out of the running by being crazy. Shampoo went from kill to love so quickly it was obvious she was acting because of her tribal laws. Ukyou also went from kill to love so quickly Ranma didn't take it seriously, plus she had the disadvantage of Ranma thinking of her as a buddy.
After months of that Ranma had learned to make it through the day by ignoring all hints of romance, putting all possibility out of mind. Instead of coming off as snubbing the girls he just didn't pay attention instead. Since pretty much everything in Nerima that wasn't martial arts came back to the girls, Ranma tended to come off as distracted or stupid a lot of the time. He couldn't perfectly tune it all out, so when he was reminded of what he'd had he tended to get irritable and annoyed.
As Nabiki had warned the girls, it would be other girls that might steal Ranma away. More so than the bunny thought as Ranma could get into the mood easier with a girl that he didn't already have a poisoned relationship with.
Kasumi just so happened to be the one girl in Nerima that was least poisoned for Ranma romantically, because he simply hadn't seriously considered her after the first day.
Kasumi had also just gotten Ranma's attention, told him to play with her and when he read between the lines on her list of likes, "Seduce me" was flashing in big neon letters.
Grinning at the invitation, Ranma didn't want to spend long tweaking her form. It wasn't good manners at all to keep a lady waiting.
Nabiki might have missed on her assumption, but she currently had a genie contract with Ranma that let her feel his mood and desires.
So as the conversation with the girls got to an uncomfortable spot and Nabiki was looking for a distraction, she was pleasantly surprised to feel Ranma uncurl like a tiger on the prowl. Glancing over she saw him advancing on the now sexier Kasumi. Her older sister sporting a cute blush as she was romantically still the shy junior high girl that had decided to concentrate on caring for her family, Ranma leaned in and kissed her with feeling, the posture saying clearly that he was claiming and she was accepting.
Nabiki didn't even have to do anything to distract the girls. As the bunny started staring the girls one-by-one looked that way and dropped jaws.
Puppy love might be cute, but obviously his old girlfriend had wanted a tiger in bed.
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