"Are we still on for Friday night, guys?" I'd sent a message to the group chat on Monday evening, confirming our standard RPG night. We played every other week, but for whatever reason, the planning demon had got a hold of our sessions, and for the last few times, at least one of my players had to cancel. Which wasn't that big of a problem. Since we were with five players and a game master, we had decided to keep playing if one player couldn't make it. If more of them couldn't, we'd cancel that week's session and tried to plan a new date. Or in this case, tried again in two weeks.
"Friday? Sorry mate, I have to cancel. Melissa and I made plans." Rob replied after a few minutes. Well, that was one less. Rob normally was one of the more punctual players. Still, the rest didn't cancel, so we could keep playing.
Until Thursday afternoon. First Cyn cancelled, citing planning problems. A few hours after that, a message from Kevin. He couldn't make it either. Leaving just two players and me.
"So, looks like we're gonna cancel, guys." I sent in the group app. A bit disappointed. I had been preparing this leg of the adventure for quite some time, and because of all the cancellations, we weren't making any meaningful progress.
"I'm still up for a game," Alice sent.
"Me too!" Layla added a few seconds later.
"Sorry girls, but with three of you not here, we're not going to make any progress."
A private message from Alice. "Awww, I was really looking forward to playing. Can we maybe do a one-shot with just the three of us? You know, outside the normal continuity."
That actually sounded like an idea, out of all my players, Alice might be my favourite. She was a great role-player, had a firm grasp of the rules, and wasn't too scared to pounce on any of the plot hooks I dangled in front of the party. It also helped that she was quite beautiful. Big green eyes, long brown hair, lips made up with red lipstick. She was about a head smaller than me, and tended to wear dresses. I'd never tried anything with her. No faster way to destroy a gaming group than to start dating a player. Still I considered her a good friend, and hanging out with her sounded appealing.
"Let me think on it. I don't have much time to prepare for tomorrow."
"Whatever you come up with, it's always fun."
Well, that was good to hear. I knew my players were having fun, but having at least one of them confirm it was good for my ego.
"Can the promise of some good cocktails maybe sway you?"
"It could. But I have to drive. And I don't feel like taking a cab."
"You could always stay over. I have a very comfortable couch. And also a guest room. But I would recommend the couch. I'll even throw in a breakfast."
"The couch sounds tempting, but I want the guest room."
"Deal!" She messaged back almost instantaneously.
Well, so far for my free Friday evening. Still, spending it at Alice's and getting free drinks and breakfast sounded like a good trade.
"Soooo, Alice told me we're going on an RPG and cocktails date..." A message from Layla.
"Huh?"
"Tomorrow, just the three of us."
"Still not getting where you're getting the date part."
"Check your calendar ;)"
I opened my phone. Tomorrow. Friday February fourteenth. It took a few moments to click. Valentine's Day.
"A Valentine's date, huh?"
"Yup, just you and two women."
When we first started playing Layla had been timid. She'd been waiting for other people to talk. Which was a bit of a problem, since her character was supposed to be the face of the party. But after a while she started to feel comfortable and started loosening up. Her character took more of a leader role, and Layla herself started coming out of her shell. And for some reason, that meant that whenever she could, she'd make flirty remarks. I didn't think she ever meant anything by them. She made them to all the players in our group with no distinction for men or women. Still, I was intrigued by Layla. Where Alice was a petite brown haired girl, Layla was longer, I wasn't sure, but she might even be a little bit taller than me. Long blonde hair, blue eyes and striking eyelashes. She normally wore quite baggy clothes. Warm jumpers, sweatpants in winter. Baggy shirts and cargo jeans in summer. Even though we had been playing for quite a while, I still had no good idea about her figure beneath those clothes. Not that it mattered, she was a great player. Whenever you put Alice and Layla together, or more accurately, put their characters together, it was a recipe for chaos.
"Me and two women? Should I be scared?"
"Always, especially around alcohol."
"I'll just hide behind my screen."
A few moments later a new chat popped up on my phone. D8 Night. Members: Alice, Layla and me.
"Shouldn't that be D20 night?" Alice asked.
"Doesn't fit with the theme." Layla answered.
"What theme?"
"What theme?"
"Jinx! You owe me a cocktail." Alice and I had sent the same message, almost at the same time. But I had been faster in calling the jinx.
"Not that much of an obligation, as I was making them anyway. What do you want?"
"Gin Tonic?"
"Sure. Now, Layla, what do you mean? What theme?"
"You know, it's Valentine's Day, we're drinking cocktails, Rick is alone with two girls. That theme."
"So you want a Valentine's one-shot?" I asked.
"Sounds good." Alice replied.
Well, that was the theme sorted. The group chat continued. More about at what time we should be at Alice's (half past seven), if we were having any non-alcoholic cocktails (no), if we should dress up (yes, because this was a date). I kept half an eye on the chat as the girls kept coming up with more and more elaborate schemes while I was busy preparing the one-shot. I found some cool ideas that I subsequently stole, and even found an enemy fitting for a Valentine's Day adventure.
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The day of the D8 night, I was a few minutes late as I parked my car at Alice's place. Walked to the door with my bag full of RPG supplies. I rang the bell and almost immediately the brunette opened. We all had agreed to dress up, so I had put on my best dress shirt, and some nice khaki's. Alice had taken the instructions next level. She had her brown hair tied up, green eye shadow and blisteringly red lips. She was wearing a purple dress. Small spaghetti straps leaving her shoulders almost naked, a low-cut cleavage showing the sides of her breasts. The dress came to just below her knees, and she was wearing light black tights and high heels below it.
"Damn," my expert opinion, "you clean up well."
"Thanks! You're not bad either."
She turned around and preceded me to the living room. The table that we normally used looked small when the full party was around, but now it seemed way too big for these two girls and me. Layla was already seated, but she stood up to give me a hug. Where I had been impressed by Alice, I was doubly impressed by Layla. Alice wore dresses often, and even though this dress showed off a little more of her physique, I was used to seeing her in dresses.
Layla, on the other hand, was wearing something completely out of character for her. Her blonde hair cascaded down her naked shoulders, her lips pinked by lipstick, black eyeliner to make a cat eye. And then her dress. A tight red piece that stretched around her Bosom, down to at least a hand above her knees. I'd always thought Layla was fit, but seeing her in this form fitting dress confirmed it. Straight tummy, C-cup breasts and a tight butt.
"Wow." I exclaimed after she was done hugging me. "If I had known the two of you dressed up like this, I would have rented a James Bond suit or something."
Just at that moment Alice handed me the first cocktail of the evening, Gin Tonic in a martini glass, a small wedge of lime as garnish.
And then we started playing. Even though I kept eyeing the girls in their dresses and make-up, soon the picture was replaced by the mind's eye of a seedy tavern and two dapper heroines about to solve the riddle of "The Warbling Eel and the Case of the Missing Mister".
Or well, almost.
"Hey GM..." Alice started, "since this is a Valentine's Day one-shot. Can our characters dress up too?"
"Sure, that might make it even better. What did you have in mind?"
"I was thinking that Lyressa dressed up in a red dress. Her hair down. Deep cleavage down to her navel to show off her boobs. We want to find this mister, right?"
"Well, that was the idea."
Alice had almost described Layla. Sure, Layla didn't have the deep cleavage that Alice's character had, but the similarities had to be more than mere coincidence.
I wasn't the only one seeing the similarities, Layla quickly caught up. "My turn! Maya is wearing a dress too. A purple one. Where Lyressa is showing off her cleavage, this dress is a little more modest. Or at least, that is what you think. Until Maya stands up, then you can see the dress comes to mid-thigh."
"Hey Maya, can you please grab that bottle from the ground?" Alice took her opportunity, and Layla didn't miss a beat.
"Layla bends over at her hips, her long legs straight."
"Hah, everyone can see your panties!" Alice had Lyressa exclaim.
"What panties?" Layla looked at me. Winked. I felt a blush creep up. I hadn't expected her to be so overt. But it seemed like Layla had chosen that today was the day to flirt with the game master. I wiggled in my seat, trying to surreptitiously move around the rapidly increasing tightness in my pants.
"Anyway, where were we?" I croaked. I described the scene. A seedy tavern was the establishment of choice for their quest giver. They were to find the mayor, because he had run off, and nobody could find him. The task required some discretion, their anonymous patron didn't want to alarm the city. And thus the adventure began. The party of two investigated through the town, battled some brigands, found more clues and overall, had a blast. For a quick adventure that I had slapped together less than twenty-four hours ago I was actually quite chuffed. Or maybe it was just the cocktails that made us more easily satisfied.
I don't know if it was the setting with just the two girls and me, or the alcohol in the cocktails, but compared to how they normally played, both Alice and Layla put a lot more emphasis on the fact that their characters were women. Where normally they would bash in heads and intimidate, this time they tried to seduce or play the helpless girl. I let them. Why wouldn't I. I was playing with two beautiful women, and all the characters I inhabited were helpless against their grace. And then we came to the conclusion of the adventure. The mayor had been seduced by a succubus and had been brought to their lair.