Miss: Pip makes the earth move for Asteria.

You stand a few steps away as Pipistrelle Clawson, your old enemy from Minerval, plays Asteria Hornbeam's sex with her wicked, wise tongue. In the cool of the night, under the stars of the dark of the moon, the three of you are at the center of a circular clearing in the Weirding Woods. Your vision is enhanced with a spell to reveal the living auras around you, and there are three bright, flickering nimbus shapes of color. Asteria's aura sparks off little swirls as she rises to climax again and again. Pip's aura is strong and contained, tracing her body and limbs, but under the outer sheath you see the pulsing lights of sensual flow from between her legs, the classic flower of three lights -- the pearl-arched gate of the clitoris and its hidden roots, the ring of the introitus, and the tight, bright clench of her anus, all streaming lines of energetic sensation.

As much as you once hated Pip, as much as you're uncomfortable with her willful whimsy, you could love her for the beauty of her sexual aura.

Where Pip's erotic aura is contained within her outer sheath, Asteria Hornbeam's flower of three lights projects out through her outer aura, rippling in great waves, spitting out sparks of pleasure like fireflies, comets, shooting stars, spilling pleasure and joy into the night as each wave crests. You catch one of her sparks of joy in your palm and feel it ripple into you through your skin.

And the third light, on the other side of the clearing, is Pip's new familiar Fledermaus, the bat she's been inseparable from this year. For a familiar, Fledermaus has a strong aura. His attention is on Pip, as it should be. Though to your surprise, his connection seems to have more of the nature of sexual desire and less of simple service. "Oh Pip," you think. Did she transform into a bat to indulge her lusts upon the wing? Out-Minervaling the Minervals again, Pip. On top of still having her romance from last year, Augustus, tucked away somewhere for her to fuck.

A wave of Asteria's climax catches you unprepared. You lose balance, falling upon the ground in a climax of your own. You roll with the wave, feeling heat and pleasure flow through your body. You close your gates, tighten your aura to defend your integrity, and sit up.

You're no longer alone in the clearing. Someone has followed Asteria's waves of pleasure to their source.

⚁⚁ + 0 = 4, Miss.

On a miss, something goes wrong.

• You're interrupted or have to stop. Maybe it's something interesting like a loose magical beast.
• Caught by a professor, house proctor or staff. Next: GET OUT OF TROUBLE.
• Caught by a FRIEND who disapproves. Lose the FRIEND.
• Caught by your ENEMY. Next: CONFRONT YOUR ENEMY.
• Caught with your pants down in dangerous circumstances or by a threatening creature. Next: GET OUT OF DANGER.

Who is it? What must you do?