Nurse Ms. Sterling through her pregnancy. Roll +Diligence: 11.

⚃⚅ + 1 = 11.

Miss Hemstitch, the Tutor of House Beavertail, visits to show you some simple aura-strengthening exercises to practice with Ms. Sterling.

"Very good, Eric," Miss Hemstitch comments. "It will stand you in good stead to be just as attentive. In other respects." She nods and bids you good-bye before you dare to ask what she means.

During the next few days, you are Ms. Sterling's nurse in the Infirmary. You sleep on a pallet on the foot of her bed and are responsible for feeding, cleaning, and assisting her with morning sickness and on the chamber pot. Miss Wormwood comes in from time to time, makes sure you're getting food and keeping up on your studies outside of class. As Ms. Sterling rallies, you and she spend increasing time doing exercises together. You frequently find yourself embarrassed by an erection while you're assisting Ms. Sterling. As much as you tell yourself you're doing the right thing, and that you can hardly be embarrassed after, well, all you've already done together, your cheeks still colour and you turn your face away.

"Don't worry, Eric," Ms. Sterling tells you. "You're doing your best, and it's doing me good."

Ms. Sterling doesn't actually encourage you to relieve yourself or make any moves to do so herself, so you spend much of the day with that terrible wonderful feeling of a stiffie inside your robes. Once in the middle of the night, you wake up trembling with a hard erection, but you can feel your wild magic stirring inside, so you breathe deeply, thinking of mathematical magic until your member softens and your mind is fuddled with the twists and turns of math.

Nadia is responsible for delivering and picking up your assignments. She's sympathetic, but you can tell she's holding back some thought like How could you be so stupid! She's polite, if brisk, and doesn't stay long. You remember the first time you saw her on the ferry across the Chilly Tarn, wry and resigned. She's carrying on just the same. You're happy to see Nadia regardless, and thank her each time she shows up. The third time, she brings some cake wrapped in a napkin. She puts a finger to your lips, interrupting your effusive thanks. "Thank me later," she says.

When Ms. Sterling has sufficiently recovered, she returns to her room. Miss Hemstitch makes it clear that Ms. Sterling's continued good health is still your responsibility, and that she still is your tutor for self-control. (Ha!, Nadia says later) and assigns you duty hours to continue aura-strengthening exercises and errands for Ms. Sterling. Your Housemistress, Bertha Beeblossom, also consults with Ms. Sterling. (Mistress Big Boobs has seen a LOT of Boarbristle Babies, Nadia comments. She's one herself, Sandevin adds.)

"I'm feeling much better, Eric," Ms. Sterling says. She looks much better, too, no longer pale and frail, but almost glowing a little. "Miss Hemstitch says it's time for you to resume our work together on controlling your wild talent."

You feel your member twitch inside your robes and start filling up.

Ms. Sterling laughs. "I feel that too, Eric," she says. She takes a deep breath. "Shall we begin?"

You blink. "Do you mean...?"

You have Ambition -1, Bravery 0, Cunning +2, Diligence +2.

Miss Wormwood the nurse owes you a FAVOR for your donations of seed.

You are now in PATERNITY. Treat Ms. Sterling as a FRIEND (your assigned tutor vs. wild magic; +2 to ENCOUNTER) and as a HANGER-ON (-1 to rolls vs. Ms. Sterling, you may have to DEAL WITH YOUR HANGER-ON). Ms. Sterling owes you a FAVOR.

Does Ms. Sterling mean to begin working, or something else?

• Begin working. Describe the GOAL Ms. Sterling gives you related to gaining control over your Wild Magic talent. Also spend 5 XP and apply ADVANCEMENT relevant to your GOAL or your circumstances at Boarbristle, introducing any relevant plot elements.
• Something else. Now that she's feeling well, she can't resist your proximity and your excitement. Use Ms. Sterling's FAVOR and roll +DILIGENCE(+1) (+2 Diligence, -1 HANGER-ON) to HAVE SEX with her. Watch out for another wild magic eruption!