Author's note: The following is a work of fiction that contains descriptions of explicit sexual acts and is intended for adults only. All people, places, and events are a product of my imagination and any characters described as engaging in sexual acts are over the age of eighteen. Thank you for reading. All feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for sticking around for the next instalment. This episode contains heavy flirting between women, and a quickie with the thrill of being caught.
Previously on Langley Circle... A compromising situation at the office actually led to a revelation for Dean, and a new direction for the Circle project thanks to Hazel, who revealed some previously hidden talents. Meanwhile Beth and Megan went to drum up sponsorship for Beth's new website, and celebrated with a strap-on session that was a first for Beth, and an eye-watering experience for both Dean and Hazel who inadvertently caught the climax via a video call.
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Season Two, Episode Ten
Aware that the four other people at the table were watching him, Josh dumped the guides and manuals, flipped open his dice box and began laying out his notes.
"I've always said it sucks to be Dungeon Master," a slender brown-skinned boy with a shaggy black fringe said. "Look at all the shit you have to lug around. Me, I travel light; character sheet and dice, that's it."
"And that Rupert, is why we play at my house," Josh replied with a smirk. "I'll b buggered if I'm carrying this lot around."
A short ginger-haired boy snorted a laugh and leaned forward to catch the eye of the lad seated on the other side of Rupert. "There's your chance Jason; Josh said he'd be buggered."
Jason, a tall surly lad with a messy ponytail hanging down behind his neck, scowled back. "Go suck a bag of dicks Riley."
Antoinette, the only girl at the table, rolled her eyes impatiently. "Any chance we can get through a session without you guys acting like dorks?"
"Unlikely," Riley said with a wide grin.
Rupert smirked. "Probability less than zero I would say."
Antoinette nodded with a humourless chuckle. "Fair enough; honestly, I'd be surprised if it turned out any other way."
"Who is the extra chair for?" Jason asked.
"All in good time," Josh said, glancing up into the scowling face of Antoinette. She was not going to be happy about this, of that there was no doubt.
Josh hadn't thought Bella would actually follow through on her request to join the game, but to his surprise, she had pestered him more than once about coming along. In truth, he was in two minds about letting her participate. From a dungeon master's point of view, it was great; another player at the table was always good, especially another girl. On the other hand, Bella was notoriously unpredictable, a trait that was welcome in the bedroom, but here... it could be a problem, and that was before factoring in the dynamics between her and Antoinette. Antoinette had already expressed her extreme displeasure at Bella's inclusion, but thankfully she'd stopped short of threatening to walk out. Tonight was certainly going to be interesting, not least because of the "entrance" he and Bella had discussed.
He jumped in surprise as a foot lightly brushed against his shin. He flicked his eyes around the group, and whilst the three lads argued and bickered as normal, Antoinette's icy stare had melted into a hopeful smile aimed in his direction. Josh inwardly groaned; he thought he'd been very clear that nothing was going to happen between them, but it looked like Nicky and Bella might be right. Antoinette did seem a little obsessed with him at times.
He shifted his leg away and her smile dropped into a pout. It was a rather cute look for her. Dammit, before she had declared her feelings towards him, he'd never really thought about her in that way, but now everything she did seemed to ring alarm bells, and more often than not prompt a stirring between his legs. He couldn't deny she was attractive; she most certainly was, especially when she was pouting at him.
"Right, settle down, let's get into it," Josh said, shifting his focus back to the game. The assembled players finally stopped being dicks, shuffled their papers and focussed their attention on him.
"OK, last time we left off with the four of you travelling south in your continued search for the truth about what happened to Rondyke's brother."
Antoinette glanced up from her notes. "Yeah the priest in..."
"Clacton," Rupert prompted.
"Yeah Clacton. Well, that priest said someone matching my brother's description had passed through about three weeks prior, saying his quest was taking him south."
"Indeed," Josh said, picking up the thread again. "We finished up as you crested the hill and came in sight of a small town in the valley, a place you know to be Barnet. I assume none of your characters have been there before?" They bloody better not have, that would put a massive spanner in his plot. Thankfully, everyone around the table shook their heads.
"Good. You said you wanted to camp overnight outside the town, before entering the next morning." He rolled a dice behind his privacy screen. "You had a peaceful night without interruption, and you can all recover appropriate hit points and spells as per your builds."
Riley lifted his pencil and opened his mouth to speak, but Josh knew what he was going to ask. "No Riley, the rest has not been sufficient to heal your broken toe, and if you ask me that again, I might roll a random encounter for you with disadvantage."
Riley closed his mouth and dropped his pencil as the others snickered at him.
"Anything you want to do before entering the town?"
"It's a new day," Jason said. "So I'll attempt to learn the spell again."
Josh raised an eyebrow and selected two ten-sided dice. He rolled a ninety-eight and was about to shit a brick at the luck of the man when he remembered that Jason was at a double disadvantage for learning this spell. He rolled the dice again two more times, resulting in a fifty-four and a three. He grinned. "Alas, your valiant attempt to learn the archaic spell, previously in the possession of the dragon Casdar, has not gone well."
"Quelle surprise," Rupert said mockingly.
"Not only that," continued Josh, "but your attempt was so poor as to leave you with a taste of rotting fish in your mouth and a disadvantage to reading written text in any language for the next twenty-four hours."
"Oh my god, he took out your babel fish eyeball," Antoinette said, a genuinely joyful smile on her face.
Jason grimaced and made a note on his sheet as the others laughed at his misfortune.
"OK, any more requests?" Josh paused for a few seconds. "Right. You pack up and head down into the valley, following the only visible path. As you pass across the town's border, you see a collection of widely spaced buildings, most constructed from wood, that are obviously dwellings. Townsfolk are going about their business; and barely pay you any attention. The town stretches before you, a single long path with some kind of junction up ahead. Over to you."
All four players looked at one another, and as one seemed to reach the same conclusion. "Head for the nearest tavern."
Josh rolled his eyes, although in truth this predictable response saved him a lot of hassle; ultimately, he would have nudged them towards the tavern anyway. Still, he wasn't going to make it too easy for them.
"You don't know where the tavern is."
"I ask the first person I see," Jason said.
"The first person you see is a deaf mute beggar," Josh replied with a smirk.
Jason sighed in frustration. "I ask people until I find someone who can be of some help."
"The next person is an old woman who smiles politely and tells you to head for the square, then follow the signs."
