On a 12, succeed with style, driving off the monstrous horde.

⚅⚅ + 0 = 12.

"Ignis!" you cry, conjuring a bright, licking flame from the end of your wand. Swinging it round, you frighten the grotesque walking penis creatures into a terrified retreat. Once you've driven off the creatures around you, you run forward to defend Pip and Asteria.

But Pip is gone. You see two bats flying away, lit by your flame. Your aura vision tells you it's Pip and Fledermaus, fleeing. You can't blame her, really. She's no more a brave contender than you are -- than you were, you reflect with a smile. House Leontes has already made you bolder.

Asteria lies back, her legs wide open, one of the creatures between them, anchored by its spindly, splay-toed legs, thrusting itself furiously into her womb. Your aura vision tells you she welcomes the incursion, her vagina rippling and squeezing the length of its shaft.

The creature strains forward, pressing deeper and stiffening. Its little stub of a tail flips up like a flag, exposing its anus. Its balls twitch and its shaft ripples. Beads of pearly cream ooze out from around Asteria's inner labia.

"Ahhh!" Asteria sighs. "Yes!"

You move to take the spent creature from Asteria's womb, but she puts her hand on yours.

"They're friendly," the Assistant Warden says. "Just overeager." She eases it out with both hands and holds it up to show you. The walking penis folds its legs and curls into a circle, cuddling into her cupped hands.

"Is...is that why you like the Weirding Woods?" you ask her. "You don't really go to Turnbuckle much, right?"

"Not much, I mean, I go there a lot, but I don't tend to stay long," she says.

"So you come out here?" you ask. "For, um, him?"

Asteria laughs at the look on your face. "Yes," she says. "That's one reason I come out here. Keeps me sane. No drama or politics from him." She bends down to kiss the creature under the bluntly pointed head. It snuggles down deeper. "Of course, they're not much for anything other than wham, bam, thank you ma'am."

"Sounds like the lads back at my old village," you say.

Asteria nods as she cuddles the little creature in her hands. "No romance. No hugs and kisses. No 'thinking of you.' They're just eager, intense fuckers. And though they like being sucked on, and though you can easily train them to fuck ass, they don't give a shit about your clit. You're on your own for that."

You laugh. "I didn't think you talked like that," you say. You frown. "Can they get you pregnant?"

Asteria shrugs. "I never knew anyone having trouble with that," she said. "They were popular in my class at Boarbristle. With girls and boys."

"Which house?" you ask.

"Minerval," Asteria says.

You laugh. "Of course," you say. "And now you're Assistant Warden of Leontes?"

Asteria tilts her head one way, then the other. She says, "It could have gone either way when I picked a House. I was strong and fast, and already had a dueling record. And I liked to dig deep into magic. Especially reading between the lines about what the books don't say. But I had a friend in Minerval, that's why I ended up there."

Golondrina, you think. What is she doing tonight?

You lean closer and examine the creature. In a post-orgasmic daze, it seems quite docile.

"This is a choice one," Asteria says, taking one hand to stroke it. "If you want to try it out, I meant." The creature uncurls a bit, tilting its head up.

You wrinkle your nose. But the notion intrigues you. "Do they always smell kind of goaty like that?" you ask.

"Not really," Asteria says. "If you keep one, you wash under the foreskin, they're not bad at all. Just like a man, really. Did you want to try it out? I could help you."

Gain +1 XP. You now have 3 XP.

You have +2 Ambition, +0 Bravery, +2 Cunning, +0 Diligence.
Your FRIENDs are Fay and the Warden of Leontes. The Warden owes you a FAVOR.

Next moves:

• If you want to try out the creature, roll +BRAVERY(+1) (+0 Bravery, +1 Forward) to HAVE SEX, using your House Sex Move on success to make it your FRIEND or owe you a FAVOR. (You can go visit it in the Weirding Woods later, or ENCOUNTER the Warden of Leontes to get permission to keep it; or use the FAVOR later on to HAVE SEX without rolling an ENCOUNTER).
• If you want to have your chance with Asteria, describe any change of venue and roll +BRAVERY(+1) (+0 Bravery, +1 Forward) to HAVE SEX with Asteria, using your House Sex Move on success.
• If you're done with all this icky sticky sex stuff for tonight, return with the Assistant Warden and get cleaned up. Tomorrow, ENCOUNTER the Warden with +1 Forward. Roll +BRAVERY(+3) (+0 Bravery, +1 Forward, +2 FRIEND). You can either ask about helping to investigate the Sending that attacked Fay, given Pip's new information, or ask if you can rejoin Fay as her roommate.