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Chapter 95 by Zingiber Zingiber

Choose your next move and roll +DILIGENCE

POV Switch: Fay Applebum, newly House Beavertail

Generally following Making a Character. Fay is a third-year and a House transplant, so we'll add a little.

FAY APPLEBUM

House Beavertail (lately of House Minerval)

Fay comes from an established witch background with a town or city upbringing, in contrast to her girlfriend Morgan Woodbine, whom Fay teases for being for being a "little village girl" or "hedge witch". Her appearances in Morgan and Golondrina Redmoor's storylines provide some details. Fay's father was a Boarbristle oopsie baby begotten by her grandfather, while a student, upon his Potions mistress as the result of a love potion mishap. Perhaps she knows some inside history.

Fay is of middling short stature, with ice-pale coloring, white-blonde hair, softly curved face and figure, and smooth soft skin.

Fay's desires are intense but mercurial, and swing from impulsive attachment to glum despond to spiteful bitterness. Sex is like a **** to her, and love even more so; she craves each, and fears she's unworthy. Her sharp tongue defends her tender feelings. Away from instructors and House staff, her pattern of speech is partway between diva and jaded rake.

Fay knows her desires, but does not know her heart nor her destiny.

Fay on Fay:
"I was a vain little bitch. But not enough of a climber for Draconis."
"Embrace your inner spite monster."

Fay on Fay, to Morgan: "I'm your Galatea, Morgan," she whispers. "I'm what you made me."

Morgan on Fay: "Well, Fay was conjurations and summonings; I was enchantments, divinations and transformations."

Fay on Morgan: "I hate how much I love you."

Fay has just switched from House Minerval to House Beavertail, following Morgan's plan to get Fay, Morgan, and Golondrina into the same House.


Basic Traits:
Fay's Basic Traits are Ambition +1, Bravery -1, Cunning +2, Diligence +0.

Two special abilities, skills, spells, or other bonuses:

  • FRIEND: Morgan Woodbine, Fay's lover from last year, also a Minerval transplant, and will willingly grant a FAVOR.
  • +1 Ambition. Words are Fay's readiest weapons.

Beavertail Sex Move: STAMINA. On a 7+ on HAVE SEX, can choose to HAVE SEX again or to avoid the CONSEQUENCE of exhaustion.


Character Sheet: Fay Applebum

Boarbristle Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry

House Beavertail (House Trait: Diligence; House Sex Move: Stamina).
Traits: Ambition +2, Bravery -1, Cunning +2, Diligence +0.
Extra Spells: none LUST (likely learned using Minerval's MIND MELD House Sex Move)
Friends: Morgan Woodbine, House Beavertail, Fay's lover.
Favors: One from Morgan Woodbine.
XP: 0.


Beavertail.

You knew you'd be hopeless in Leontes. You knew that Draconis would make you sick with all their silly games, even if you could keep up with them. Minerval wasn't a bad fit, and as long as you kept up and didn't cross Hawk or Whiplash, you could avoid the thrashings. With enough of a talent for summonings, you were doing alright.

And now your soppy scarecrow hedgewitch Morgan had to fall for Golondrina Dragoncunt Redmoor. Lolo was alright herself, brave and strong and starry-eyed. But she wasn't going to go for Minerval, and Morgan, try as she might, couldn't get you and herself into Leontes.

So here you are, after being scourged and shooed out Minerval and doing the Lady Godiva Prance across Boarbristle's main courtyard in the biting cold of morning wearing only the fuzzy boots you'd hidden in the bath house. Poor Morgan, if it were up to her, you two would probably have claimed sanctuary in Boarbristle's main kitchen or some drafty corner off the assembly hall.

And you rather enjoyed the Lady Godiva. Witches at Boarbristle do get to flaunt it now and again, but usually it's for some ceremony. You and Morgan across the courtyard was a ceremony with you at the center. Worth a little nip of frost on the nose and ears. And Morgan, bless her heart, had managed to gin up a warmth charm absent her wand, so hardly even a nip.

Changing Houses wasn't the worst thing in the world, but Happy Bunny and its Housemistress, Mommy Melonboobs, didn't exactly match up with your talent and disposition.

Except that Morgan is your world. And they turned out all of House Beavertail for you and sang a welcome and you just melted down and blubbered like a little bitch of a first-year. So now you're a Happy Bunny too.

Taking another breath, you compose your face. Round and pale and beautiful, like the Moon at her full. Even if you feel a mite cramped. Your quarters are all over warm, wax-shiny wood in the Beavertail style, but it'll be a bit of a shoebox for the two of you. Even more a shoebox with three, when Lolo joins you at the completion of your House Service.

When you were a girl, you would stare at yourself in the mirror, looking into the depths of your own eyes, thinking of the glitter of pale blue glacier ice, and sometimes you'd find yourself shifting from reverie to dream to vision. You used to wear silks. You don't miss them, much. Conjuration can be a messy business, so robes or nothing will do. Perhaps some day you will blossom back into finery. Or a simple white or black or opaline shimmer. Once you find out who you are. Inconstant moon, girl, you remember. Not who said it. But you feel it still.

House Service. You suppose it's not a bad idea, overall. Beavertail seems to have this all-for-one thing, and if they're going to do that, they might as well make sure that you can work together. "I'mmmm, a happy BUN-NY!" you sing to the mirror.

You tried out kitchen service with Morgan, but you had trouble getting into the swing of things. Partly what was up was that Cook, a big woman with big gestures and big bumps front and back, carried with her a mouthwatering, stomach-grumbling, tantalizing, delicious aroma of cinnamon apple tart. You had to swallow more than once to keep from drooling at her.

So now you have a date with Cook -- Morgan knows, she laughed and cheered you on -- and a new assignment for House Service.

You wonder if Cook tastes like cinnamon apple tart. You swallow a mouthful of hunger juice and rise to head off to House Service.


You have Ambition +2, Bravery -1, Cunning +2, Diligence +0.
XP: 0
FRIENDS: Morgan, who also owes you a FAVOR.

You are currently doing HOUSE SERVICE as a newly transferred member of House Beavertail.

Choose a duty for HOUSE SERVICE and roll +DILIGENCE(0) using the rules for GET OUT OF DETENTION to resolve when your service is complete. On a 7+, your service is complete, gain +1 XP. On a MISS, repeat the duty or choose another one, or use Morgan's FAVOR to spring you loose, or exchange HOUSE SERVICE for a specific GOAL owed to someone in House Beavertail. The GOAL need not be based on DILIGENCE.

Some possible HOUSE SERVICE duties:

  • Practicing technique with first- or second-year Beavertail students. Conjurations (something you're actually good at!) or very simple broom flying.
  • Beast Care. Beavertail has animals in common within the House, as well as the usual familiars some students have.
  • Polishing. House Beavertail has acres of wooden surfaces where Minerval was stone. You might discover some hidden passages or secrets.
  • Preparing materials for practical lessons. You may have a chance to ENCOUNTER one of the academic staff connected with Beavertail.
  • CrĂȘche. Since Beavertail cares for "happy little accidents" from all of Boarbristle's Houses, you might learn something interesting about who has had occasion to need care for a little one, or perhaps who might need care soon. It's not that you love gossip, but people's failings, or let us say "accidents", are always interesting.

After a House Service shift, you may choose to roll +DILIGENCE(0) to HAVE SEX with Cook. You wonder if she tastes like cinnamon apple tart.

You might want to cultivate Tess Lectura, as another Minerval to Beavertail transfer, and see if she has suggestions for settling in. Tess might be a good person to seek a FAVOR from.

Choose a HOUSE SERVICE duty, roll +DILIGENCE(0), and describe your service work

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