Game Day Again

Game Day. It felt a lot different than the previous week. In the run-up to the first game session, I’d had a little bit of the New Campaign Jitters; just a bit of excitement to start something new, and with a new group.

In session 2 of a campaign I was usually still getting a feel for the characters, and looking for a way to really kick things into gear while giving the players the chance to flex their muscles a little bit to establish the new personalities and how they interacted with the world. I’d have a stack of notes to give each player a personal hook or two in the next few sessions, and by session 5 we’d be deeper into the plot and things would unravel naturally as I managed the world and the minds of the antagonists more than a specific plot.

I had two scribbled notes and a vague plan. I felt woefully underprepared compared to normal and would be improvising a lot for the session. It wasn’t even that I wasn’t used to trying to plan potentially sexy moments - sometimes they happened impromptu in the regular group, and sometimes I had something set up ahead of time just like a set piece boss battle.

No, sex didn’t scare me at all.

The college coeds did.

The doorbell rang, about fifteen minutes before game time, and I went and let Rhia in.

“Hey, Shane,” she said, stepping in and giving me a big hug just like usual. Nothing weird about it, except I was a little more… aware of her chest pressing against me.

“Hey, Snorey,” I said. “Come on, we need to talk quickly.”

“That’s why I’m here early,” she said, following me into the game room. She’d brought her backpack again, probably holding her costume and gaming accessories, and was wearing a simple crop top T-shirt that hugged her bust enough that I could see the outline of her bra and showed off her thin stomach. Simple black yoga leggings covered her from the waist down.

I gestured for her to sit in the seat she’d picked for the game, and I pulled out the chair that Elyse would occupy next to her rather than going to my DMing chair at the head of the table. I didn’t want this to feel like it was necessarily an Authority vs Player conversation.

“So what’s up?” she asked. “Is this about what Mom agreed to?”

I gave her a deadpan look. “Rhia, what else would this be about?”

“Well, you did say you would go along with it if my parents said yes, and they did,” Rhia said.

“I know,” I said. “But we still need to talk about it.”

“Shane,” she said, looking a little hurt. “You promised! Don’t fucking back out now.”

“I’m not- God, Rhia. I’m not backing out, stop looking like you’re going to pout,” I said, and she looked a little abashed and sat up a little taller, wiping the worry from her face. “We need to talk about how what you want could actually happen. I know your Mom told you it’s a process, and doesn’t just start, but did she tell you anything else?”

Rhia screwed up her face a little. “Vaguely? I mean, she didn’t want to get into any details really, which I guess is fair. But I just assumed that you’d be able to guide it.”

“I can’t,” I said. “I mean, I can provide opportunities for things to escalate, and nudge things to be more comfortable, but…” I stopped to take a breath. “What do you think the reaction would be if you guys went to meet with a shopkeeper and he said, ‘I’ll sell you this sword for ten gold, or I’ll give you a 20% discount for a blowjob?’”

“He’d sound like a creep,” Rhia said.

“And, if it came out of nowhere?” I asked.

Rhia’s eyes opened wider and she sighed. “You would sound like a creep, too,” she said.

“Right. And I definitely don’t want to be known as the creepy old guy to your friends,” I said. “For a whole host of reasons, that would be very bad. So I can’t ask, or demand, anything from you guys. With your parent’s group, we know each other’s lines and turn-ons and turn-offs so sometimes I can be forward to the right people and it leads to stuff, where in any other setting it would be seen as creepy as hell.”

“So I guess me just offering a blowjob to the theoretical shopkeeper would be a bit of a harsh starting point too, even if it is just a game,” Rhia frowned.

“Probably,” I said. “You know Tori and Elyse better than me, but they seem like they can take a joke. Comfortability, and making things feel normal at the table, is a process.”

“So what you’re saying is that I need to be the one to start things,” Rhia said. “And it needs to be slow.”

“Correct,” I said. “You need to… you need to seduce the party.”

Rhia snorted softly and smirked. “I don’t think I’ve ever seduced anyone. I’ve always been the one getting seduced, or chased.”

“Well, think of it as practice for when you find the guy or girl you really do think is worth it,” I said.

“OK,” Rhia nodded. “I can do that. Um, do you have any suggestions on how to start?”

“Flirty stuff between you and the others,” I said. “I realised after we talked that you must have picked Revelry as Olivia's deity of choice so that it wasn’t an obvious ‘Lust’ thing but gave you some freedom to be sexy. I think that will help. You can flirt with NPCs too to normalise that.”

“Just flirting?” she asked. “That feels… pretty slow.”

“Well, what would be the next step to seducing someone after flirting?” I asked.

“Kissing,” she said. “Or physical touch over the clothes. Or - well, I guess dirty pictures wouldn’t work in fantasy land, but… flashing?”

“If you think the situation is right,” I said. “A lot of it will be about vibes in the room.”

“OK,” Rhia nodded, then took a breath. “Thanks, Shane. For taking this seriously. For taking me seriously. I know this is a big, weird thing I dropped on you and my parents. It means a lot that you’re willing to do this.”

I sighed and shook my head slightly. “I’m still a little in shock, honestly. But the hypocrisy element is real. I can’t tell you not to want it.”

“Well, you’re not a hypocrite, and you’re a fantastic, mature, real person in my life,” Rhia said. “And I appreciate you so much.”

Now I nodded and smirked a little. “Thanks, Rhia. That’s- Well, I guess that’s what I always wanted, but I never thought it would be like this. Come on, help me grab some sodas from the beer fridge in the garage.”

We stood, and she followed me through the house. “Do you think we could maybe go for more than sodas?” she asked. “A little **** would help with the vibe, probably.”

“None of you are twenty-one, Rhia,” I said. “That whole reputation thing? Adding ‘he got us drunk’ to the start of those bad stories does not help.”

“OK, but we all drink. We’re college students,” she countered. “What if we bring our own booze?”

I hesitated. We were in the garage and I had my hand on the beer fridge handle. I blew out a heavy breath - booze had always been at The Game table. Beer, shots, it had been a general social lubricant at first, then it helped with nerves early on as things got wild, and then the drinking lessened but we all still enjoyed a drink or two on game night.

“One each,” I finally said. “If you want to buy in bulk, you can keep a case here to last a few weeks.”

“Thanks,” she said and stepped forward and kissed me. On the mouth. It was just a peck, but it was the first time she’d ever done that. She pulled back, looking into my eyes, judging how I reacted. A peck like that wasn’t something that made me uncomfortable - I’d had hundreds, if not thousands, of kisses over the years during The Game and while dating. A peck was just a sign of affection. Still, coming from her, it was a line that was getting crossed.

“You're welcome,” I said, smiling softly and meeting her eyes without panicking or getting agitated.

She grinned. “I’ll call the girls, see if they can pick something up for us on the way.”

We carried in a few cans of Sprite and Coke and she made the call to Elyse since Tori would be driving, passing on the news. The two roommates were already on the way but readily agreed to make a stop at a liquor store and pick up a case of something.

I didn’t ask how they were going to do that without being twenty-one, deciding it was in my best interest not to know things that I might need to pass on to Mel and Dan.

“OK,” Rhia said as she put down her phone. “Anything else we need to do to get ready? They’ll be here in maybe ten minutes.”

I tutted lightly, thinking, and then nodded. “We don’t need to have the conversation this week, but just as a head’s up - at some point the four of us are going to have to have a frank talk about consent,” I said. “And sexual health. I trust you’ve all been safe before, but it’s a ‘trust and verify’ situation. I have multiple sexual partners to consider, and they have their partners too. If Tori or Elyse have anything that could get passed on, that’s a major problem. And I need to know about birth control - I’m not afraid of a condom if things get that far, but knowing we’re being safe helps everyone stay relaxed.”

“That sounds awkward as fuck,” Rhia said. “But… I guess it makes sense.”

“That includes you three all getting tested for STDs,” I said. “And sharing the results, not just telling us them. I’ll do the same.” Rhia made a face, obviously feeling even more awkward about needing to do that. “You’re asking to participate in what is basically going to be group sex, Rhia,” I said. “These are the consequences of your desires.”

“OK,” she sighed. “That makes sense. God, I can’t imagine what that conversation would have been like if the guys had been involved too. At least I know it won’t be as bad with just Elyse and Tori. They’ll get it.”

I shook my head, still sort of floating through grappling with Rhia’s initial plan and the big holes it suffered from. But, I thought to myself, You don’t know what you don’t know. It was tough to blame her because she’d been working from a fantasy understanding and glimpsed moments of The Game.

“I think that’s everything, then,” I said. “Any questions for me?”

Rhia pursed her lips, tapping her foot lightly on the ground. We were both standing in the game room, leaning against the backs of the high-backed chairs. “Can I get something out of the way?”

“What’s that?” I asked.

Rhia stepped up to me and lifted her arms to circle around my neck. She was somewhere just short of six feet, and I was just a little over six feet, so she didn’t need to pull me down very far at all to pull me into a kiss. This one wasn’t a peck, it was deep and full, and I kissed her back as my hands went to her hip and side. She wasn’t as experienced a kisser as I might have guessed, and I could tell she was exploring a bit. Then she teased her tongue forward, and I allowed it and teased her back.

I broke away first, both of us a little breathless.

“Sorry,” she said. “I just didn’t want our first real kiss to be awkward and scary in the game. Now I’ll be a lot more confident if Olivia decides to make out with a cute NPC.”

“No problem,” I said. “And if that’s how Olivia kisses, that NPC might just be a little stunned.”

She grinned a little impishly, taking the compliment well, and then bit her lower lip and looked at mine again. I squeezed her hip slightly, but then let go, and she took the cue and stepped back just a little.

“Alright,” I said. “Why don’t you go get changed, and you should be ready for when the girls get here?”

“Sounds good,” she smiled, not perturbed that I hadn’t pushed for more kissing. She turned and grabbed her backpack from the floor, bending at the waist to do so, and made a point of looking over her shoulder at me as she did it. She grinned and wiggled her tights-clad butt - it wasn’t big or juicy, just a normal butt, but what man couldn’t resist at least a glance at an attractive female ass clad in tight pants?

“Go,” I sighed and rolled my eyes dramatically.

She stood up with her backpack and headed out of the room to get changed.

I sat down, shaking my head. I’d kissed, and been kissed, plenty of times, but me and Mel, Veronica and Rachel never kissed before The Game sessions got started. After, when a session had been particularly intense, sometimes. But never without it being initiated by a character and NPC interacting in character. Rhiannon was already changing the rules on me and we hadn’t even gotten started.

It had been a pretty good kiss, though.

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