You stay up too late and oversleep, -1 Forward.

⚀⚃ + 0, Miss.

When you HAVE SEX with Fay, on a miss, something goes wrong.

The two of you hurry back to your shared dormitory room, still dripping from the bath. What you had planned to be a quick meeting of the Mutual Enjoyment Society turns into a lengthy session. Fay's hungry for your touch, your comforting words, your reassurances. You whisper your love to her a thousand times, then go back to proving it with your lips, your fingers, your body moving against hers.

The candle goes out, eventually, and you fall asleep.

"Morgan, wake up," Fay says.

You blink awake. "What?"

Fay has an uncharacteristically worried look on her face. Of course last night was a little out of character for her, as well. Usually you're the one getting reassured.

"Your duel, with that Leopard girl. When is it?"

All the pieces fall back into place. "Oh!" you say.

You whip yourself through a half-arsed morning routine and arrive in the dueling pit just in time to avoid a forfeit.

Present. Robed. Wand in hand. But you're a little out of sorts.

Emily Leopard looks confident, steady, and predatory. Her brown face is smooth and expressionless, her dark eyes sharply focused, her wand already poised. Her tightly cropped curls give even her head a look of speed.

"Combatants ready," Preston Sharper says. The Tutor raises a ward at the center of the dueling alley. "When I lower my wand, you may proceed."

You steady your breath and raise your core energy, blinking away any hesitation or doubt.

The Tutor sweeps his wand down and the ward dissolves.

Roll +CUNNING(+1) (+2 Cunning, -1 Forward) to HAVE A MAGIC DUEL with Emily Leopard. If you succeed, this counts as success in ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL in addition to winning the duel.