Langley Circle Formation Ch 23

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 all the way to the finale. The culmination of season two plays out over the next two episodes, the first of which doesn't actually contain any sex, but I think is a lot of fun and builds tension and anticipation towards the next episode which is chocked full of the good stuff.

Previously on Langley Circle... The last dungeons & dragons game session that Josh held a few weeks ago turned out to be a great success, and the inclusion of Bella amongst the players seemed to be the catalyst for all manner of sexual antics. With Antoinette enjoying her erotic sword dancing demonstration way more than she had thought she would, and Sally insisting that she be included this time, on pain of death, the upcoming session promises to be even more fun.

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Season Two, Episode Twenty-Three

Josh shuffled through his notes and fretted. How had his D&D game nights morphed into a means to facilitate sexual experimentation amongst his friend group? What did that even mean? One could probably argue that He was merely creating opportunities and laying out scenarios, and what the players actually did was ultimately up to them. Regardless of this, He still worried he might be crossing a line.

"Dude, are you hungry?"

"What?" Josh looked up at Riley, who was frowning at him.

"You've been chewing your lip for the last ten minutes. Have a bloody biscuit or something."

Josh rolled his eyes, and Rupert snorted at his friend's pathetic attempt at a Joke.

"Where's Toni?" Jason asked as he tried to act cool by twiddling a pencil over his fingers. The pencil clattered to the floor. He sighed. "She's never late."

"Bella messaged me a few minutes ago, they'll be here soon," Josh said and smirked at the reactions of the three lads seated down one side of the table.

"Bella's coming?" Rupert asked with a hopeful grin.

Riley snorted. "In your dreams she's coming."

Jason remained silent, his gaze fixed on the three empty chairs opposite. How long would it take him to figure it out.

"Why three chairs?"

Not that long apparently. "Because three people will need to sit down," Josh said, declining to elaborate further in response to the raised eyebrows and questioning looks.

Riley opened his mouth to speak, presumably to put voice to the question that hung in the air; however, he was interrupted by the doorbell.

"Be a good chap and get the door," Josh said.

Riley hesitated, then shrugged and headed out into the hallway.

Jason squinted at Josh. "What are you scheming Dickinson? Who is the third chair for?"

A burst of laughter from the hall distracted Jason, allowing Josh to ignore his question. When Riley shuffled back into the room, he had Bella, Antoinette and Sally trailing behind him. As Jason spotted Sally, his eyes bulged and his mouth dropped open. The expression of shock morphed quickly into an angry scowl, but the women either didn't notice, or chose to ignore his reaction as they tossed out greetings and bustled to their seats. Bella sat to the left of Josh, opposite Rupert, Antoinette settled in the middle of the girls across from Riley, and Sally faced Jason, who still hadn't taken his eyes from her.

Josh returned the greetings, keeping one eye on Sally and Jason. He knew they had some history, but Jason had never seen fit to explain the details to him. The frown creasing Sally's brow and the disdainful wrinkle that formed in her nose told Josh that she was as annoyed to see Jason. Her next words confirmed this and instantly silenced the room.

"What is he doing here?" Sally spat the words out whilst giving Jason one of the foulest looks Josh had ever seen.

A look of incredulity formed on Jason's face. "What am I doing here? This is my regular D&D game. Why are you here? Shouldn't you be at a beauty pageant or convention for narcissistic princesses?"

"Jason!" Antoinette warned.

"OK, let's take a breath," Josh said. "Once we get going, I'm sure people will be able to put personal things aside and have fun." Glancing around the table, he didn't think he was fooling anyone, least of all himself.

"All cool with me," Sally flashed Josh a Dazzling smile, one edged with venom. "As long as condescending dick-brain over here minds his manners and is able to avoid acting like a pretentious know-it-all."

"What--"

"Look, let's crack on yeah?" Bella smiled and reached past Antoinette to lay a hand on Sally's arm. "I want to kill monsters."

The pair continued to bore holes in each other for a few moments, before Jason finally nodded. He shrugged and looked to Josh. Sally deflated a moment later, her lashes fluttering uncertainly as she glanced sheepishly around the table, now purposefully ignoring Jason.

Excitement began to build in Josh as he clapped his hands. "As this is the last time we'll be able to play for a while, because of exams, and seeing we have a newbie tonight" -- he nodded at Sally, who sent back a beaming smile that got his pulse quickening -- "And quite frankly, because I haven't had time to develop the plot from last time, sorry, been too busy."

"Lazy git," Riley quipped and Rupert elbowed him in the ribs. "Jesus Ru, I was joking."

"Anyway, because of all that, today we're going to do a one shot."

"A what now?" Bella asked. "Newbies here remember."

Rupert snickered and Riley returned the dig in the ribs.

"A one shot is a stand-alone game designed to last a single session. I have rolled simple characters for each of you. There will be very little preamble or build up. You'll all be in a group with some kind of collective goal. The mechanics are simplified; it focuses much more on roleplay, so it's more natural."

"What system?" Antoinette asked.

"D20 rolls," Josh said, handing round character sheets. "Health, and stamina are the only vitals; strength, dexterity, constitution, charisma, intelligence and wisdom are the stats. No magic, no defined skills, it's all about the roleplay. If you want your character to try something, tell me and I'll devise some kind of roll based on your stats."

Riley frowned. "That's pretty pared down. Will that even work?"

"Sure, if you guys work together and clearly explain your actions."

"No class or name?" Bella asked, looking up from her sheet.

"Nope, no classes. As for name, choose one."

Bella grinned. "I shall be Baboosha" -- she adopted a Russian accent -- "Deadly as poison, but devastatingly irresistible." She leaned into Antoinette and did something unseen beneath the table that made the redhead blush and giggle. Riley and Rupert exchanged a look, both shocked at the girlish outburst from their normally serious and often prudish friend.

Josh glanced down the table; Jason and Sally were barely paying attention, having resumed staring daggers at each other. He frowned, what on earth had gone on between them. He'd never seen Jason so intense.

"OK, each pick one of your stats and boost it by 5, your choice, But decrease the corresponding one by 5 as well. So if you choose to boost strength, then decrease intelligence and vice versa. Wisdom pairs with constitution, and charisma with dexterity."

Jason finally broke his death stare and turned to Josh. "Wait, what's the point of that?"

"The point is, you can choose an advantage for your character, but there's a trade-off for balance. Hopefully it will provide adversity to be overcome."

"Well, Baboosha is extremely charismatic," Bella purred.

Josh grinned. "Downside is she can barely tie her shoelaces without falling over."

Bella's pout dissolved into a giggle. "She wears only zip-up boots."

"I'll be choosing strength," Antoinette said. "Can I have a weapon?"

"Yep, I was getting to that. Everyone pick a weapon; it can be anything you like. The damage will be 1d4."

Sally's brow furrowed. "1D4?"

Jason rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"Shut it dork, I was asking Josh,"

"A d4 is a four sided die," Rupert said, sliding one down the table.

"Neat, it's like a little pyramid."

"So, I can pick a great axe, but it will only do 1d4?" Antoinette asked.

Josh nodded. "Yep."

"That's dumb."

"Tough, this game is about roleplay, not your weapon."

Rupert, Riley and Bella giggled as Antoinette pouted.

"OK here's the setup," Josh said. "You were all in different places when you were mysteriously teleported into the starting cavern. I'll get to the location in a bit, but the basic principle is last person alive wins, and before you think about going on a party murder spree, you cannot kill your teammates. There will be fights with various enemies, all of which are possible to win, but also are more than capable of killing you. Heads up, I expect everyone to die today; that's the nature of my one shot."

"Can we get started? I'm getting antsy. I want to kill something and flirt," Bella said with an outrageous hair-toss that had all heads swivelling in her direction. "What? I'm charismatic, that's my thing."

"Well quite," Josh said, turning back to the group. "Any questions before we start?"

"Any chance I can start somewhere different from twat face?" Sally made a dismissive gesture at Jason'.

Jason bristled. "Oi!"

"Nope sorry. Any chance you two can put aside your shit so we can all enjoy the game?"

"Nope," Said Jason curtly.

"Not a chance," Said Sally with a smirk.

"Fine, then at least roleplay it, and try not to be disruptive. I won't hesitate to boot one or both of you if I think you're fucking things up."

Sally stared challengingly at Josh, one slender eyebrow cocked. Heat rushed to his cheeks, but he held his nerve, and was relieved a moment later when she backed down, something akin to respect flashing across her face. The silence around the table grew heavier, and was only broken by the sound of footsteps on the stairs out in the hall.

"I'm off now Josh," Trudy called out.

"OK mum... er... Trudy, have a good time at the party."

"I will," Trudy said with a smirk as she popped her head around the door. "Hi everyone, bye everyone, have a good game."

There was a chorus of greetings and waves from everyone around the table, all except Bella who jumped up and pulled Trudy into the room.

"You don't get off that easily, come on, I want to see your costume."

Trudy's face pinked as her eyes flashed around the table. "OK, but my Uber is here so I can't be long." She stepped fully into the room and struck a pose. "Behold the fearless warrior!" She flung one edge of her cloak over her shoulder, revealing the outfit she and Josh had put together. Her legs were bare below the armoured skirt, which ended an inch above the knee, and the bodice bulged as her massive breasts tried to escape.

"Wow," Rupert mumbled, his eyes bulging.

"That outfit is... awesome," Riley added.

There were nods and murmurs of agreement as everyone cast glances over the voluptuous warrior.

"Er... Trudy, your lace might need tightening," Josh said, waving a hand vaguely over his chest to indicate her bodice, which had loosened to reveal far more of her cleavage than she had probably intended.

Trudy looked down, gasped and quickly brought her hands up to fix the garment. "Whoops, sorry."

"No problem," Antoinette said dreamily, equally entranced as the others.

Trudy looked up, a warm blush colouring her cheeks as she finished trussing the "girls" back up. "OK, I better go." She tossed a small wave and rushed from the room, Bella trailing behind her.

The spell in the room was broken, and everyone began fumbling with their character sheets or fiddling nervously with dice. At the sound of the front door closing, Riley was the first to speak.

"Dude, your step-mom is a total MILF!"

Antoinette scowled. "Could you be anymore disrespectful?"

"He's got a point though," Sally said with a giggle. "Trudy is the definition of a MILF."

"Sally!" Antoinette turned to the blonde in surprise.

"Hands up who thinks Trudy is drop dead gorgeous?"

All three lads on the opposite side of the table immediately lifted their hands, as did Sally. After a moment, Josh shrugged and raised his hand too. Finally, Antoinette's scowl softened and she sheepishly put her hand up as well.

"Sorry, forgot my sword," Trudy said as she crept back into the room. "Pretend I'm not here." She smirked and slipped back out, having retrieved her weapon.

Josh blinked in disbelief. Had Trudy really overheard the entire room unanimously vote her to be a gorgeous MILF? The front door banged closed again, bringing a round of sighs and nervous chuckles from the group.

"Real smooth guys," Bella said as she re-entered the room, her hair somewhat mussed up and a cheeky smirk on her lips.

"Shit, did she here?" Antoinette asked.

Bella nodded and retook her seat. Josh narrowed his eyes at her; he knew all too well what it took to get Bella that flushed and flustered. She'd been doing more than flattering Trudy in the hall. A pang of jealousy lanced into him, but he shook it off; he had nothing to complain about, and if there was a chance that he could end up in bed with both Trudy and Bella again at some point, then he wasn't going to stand in the way of them getting frisky every now and then.

"Josh?" Antoinette's voice jarred him from his thoughts.

"Right, yes, let's get started. Any other questions? No, good, we'll figure everything out as we go."

"What about introductions?" Jason asked.

"Nope, if you want people to know who you are, then roleplay it. OK, game faces on. Try and stay in character as much as possible."

Josh paused, waiting for all eyes to settle expectantly on him. This was the part he enjoyed the most. The feeling of power, to be holding all the pieces of the story in his head, and deciding how to drip feed the information through the game, was utterly intoxicating. The excited looks around the table set his pulse racing. They hung on his every word. It affected him on a fundamental level, and he embraced it, like nothing else in his life. This was the one time, with players eagerly awaiting their fates, that he truly felt in control. This was his moment.

"There is an intense flash of light and you find yourself standing in a dimly lit cavern, the ceiling of which rises high above into the darkness. You are not alone; you stand in a circle with five other people.

"This type of environment is not unfamiliar to you, caves and adventuring are commonplace in your life, in fact it's how you make your living, but you've never seen any of these people before, and you don't immediately recognize where you are. The rock beneath your feet is smooth, suggesting it to be a location that is well used, or at least has been at some point. The walls are roughly cut, though you know how to spot the signs of a cavern that has been created purposefully; the uniform dimensions and shallow grooves in the rock are evidence of mechanical excavation. It's dry and dusty, but a distinctive discolouration on the walls three feet up from the ground suggests that this area has seen flooding at some point, though not recently.

"There is nothing in the cavern other than the six of you, and only a single exit, through a roughly cut archway. Over to you."

Antoinette was the first to act. "I draw my sword and take a defensive stance, eyeing the others warily."

"Whoa! Easy there red."

"Who the fuck are you calling red, And who the fuck are you?"

"Baboosha," Bella said with a broad smile.

Rupert spoke next. "I back out of the circle slowly, keeping my eyes fixed on the woman with the sword. 'Easy people, there's probably a perfectly rational explanation why we are all here.' I show my palms to indicate I am not armed. 'I expect it's only a temporal glitch.'"

Riley cut in. "I take a step back from sword lady and address her. 'I'm Lery, what's your name?'"

Josh rolled his eyes. Riley always used the letters in his own name when naming his characters.

"You don't need to know my name, all you need to know is I'm the one holding this sword, and I'm not afraid to use it."

"I disarm the redhead," Sally said with a grin.

Josh raised an eyebrow. "Do you have a weapon to attempt that with?"

"Yeah, I have a... whip." Sally blushed as Jason snorted a laugh. "Fuck you; I can have a whip if I want."

"Single most useless D&D weapon ever," Jason shot back.

"Stay in character people," Josh reminded them. "OK Toni and Sally, both roll a d20. Sally add dexterity, and Toni add wisdom to see if you are aware of what Sally is trying to do."

Antoinette tossed her die. "Shit! Four plus one. Apparently, I'm aware of very little right now."

"Ooo I got a 17," Sally said, clapping her hands gleefully.

"What is your dexterity?" Josh asked.

"Um... Which one's that?"

"The number next to the word dexterity," Jason said snarkily.

"It's five."

Antoinette frowned. "Jesus, really?"

Josh smirked. "Sally, you whip out your er... whip, and with astonishing finesse rip the sword from the redhead's hand. The weapon soars high over your head and lands on a rock ledge some twenty feet up."

"Yay me!" Sally clapped again, before slipping back into character and turning to Antoinette. "It's rude to point your sword without cause."

"I ignore the comment and stare up at the ledge, trying to work out how to get my sword back."

"With your wisdom? Good luck with that," Rupert said with a giggle.

"I stomp out of the circle and over to the ledge."

"Nice move," Jason said to Sally begrudgingly.

Sally scowled. "Go suck a dick,"

Josh sighed. "Sally--"

"What? I'm in character. I have shit charisma, so I'm not exactly a people person, even if I am a bad-ass bitch with a whip."

"Fair enough," Josh said, inwardly a little surprised at how well Sally was immersing herself in the game already. For a first-timer, she was doing well.

"Hi everyone," Bella said in a perky voice. "Anyway, as I said, I'm Baboosha." There was a murmuring of replies from the group. "For the record, I harbour no ill will to any of you. I doubt anyone actually wants to start a fight. Thingy here said it's probably a temporal wot-not, so what do we do about that?"

"Umm... it's Raul, and there isn't really anything we can do about the anomaly; we should focus on working out where we are and how to get out of these caves."

"'Good info Raul, thanks. So then I suggest we work together to figure out where that leads.' I point at the archway."

"What if we encounter... monsters?" Rupert asked, fear evident in his voice.

"We kill them," Antoinette said.

"With what weapon," Riley asked with a smirk.

"I give him an evil stare, then return my attention to my sword."

"I don't need a sword," Jason said. "'My fists are my weapons.' I make a few martial arts moves to impress the group and assert my role as natural leader."

"Bold move. I'm going to need a persuasion check on that. Roll and add charisma," Josh said.

The look of confidence slipped as Jason rolled his die. "Eleven?"

"Add in your charisma."

"Um... I already did."

Giggles broke out around the table; Josh noticed Sally grinning smugly at Jason. He decided to take pity on him.

"OK, people seem vaguely impressed at your moves, but you're not fooling anyone about being leader."

"Meanwhile," Antoinette turned to Josh, "I'm trying to get my sword down."

"How?"

"Scaling the wall? Jumping?"

"Roll dexterity."

"Seriously?" Antoinette whined. "Can't it be strength?"

Josh shrugged, he was happy to play around with the rules for this session if it would move things along. "Go on then. Two rolls, one for a jump and one for a climb."