We stood watch as Cuisacs devoured her quarter-acre and went on her merry way. Reilin was avoiding conversation, scraping cow-shit from her boot with a stick.
I'd given Selenee and Cora a series of weapons drills to run through to pass the time as I worked through their appraisal sheets.
With multiple students it was a process. Starting with Reilin, I worked through each affinity from highest to lowest. I considered it a personal insult that the Society required the emotional connection of each affinity be listed.
Name: Reilin Durough
Class: Rogue - Score: 8 (F+)
Affinities:
Hands (Fire, Wrath):
Score: 24 (D)
Pussy (Radiance, Reverence)
Score: 16 (D-)
Feet (Earth, Resolve)
Score: 9 (F+)
Anal (Darkness, Obsession)
Score: 8 (F+)
Breasts (Lightning, Zeal)
Score: 6 (F+)
Face (Death, Sorrow)
Score: 5 (F)
Hair (Wind, Wonder)
Score: 4 (F)
Mouth (Water, Serenity)
Score: 3 (F)
Thighs (Growth, Desire)
Score: 1 (F)
Her build was a mismatch, so much effort put into radiance for a rogue was completely out of the norm. Most focused near-solely on darkness, for obvious reasons. But flash-bang pussy build rogues were not unheard of. They just took more practice and control, and took on more danger.
I moved on to Cora.
Name: Coraline Tulk
Class: Fighter - Score: 4 (F)
Affinities:
Mouth (Water, Serenity)
Score: 9 (F+)
Face (Death, Sorrow)
Score: 7 (F+)
Feet (Earth, Resolve)
Score: 6 (F+)
Hands (Fire, Wrath):
Score: 5 (F)
Pussy (Radiance, Reverence)
Score: 4 (F)
Anal (Darkness, Obsession)
Score: 3 (F)
Breasts (Lightning, Zeal)
Score: 3 (F)
Hair (Wind, Wonder)
Score: 2 (F)
Thighs (Growth, Desire)
Score: 1 (F)
For a fighter, her build was more practical. I would have liked to see more of a focus in feet and hands though. Those two were a fighter's bread and butter. If we could push her to power through her training regimen, that would be workable. I just didn't want the girl to burn out and go running back to her father's bakery.
Lastly came Selenee. This one was my biggest worry. She was skilled, that much was certain, but unwilling to put her talents to use.
Name: Selenee Trumon
Class: Dancer - Score: 12 (D-)
Affinities:
Hair (Wind, Wonder)
Score: 23 (D+)
Mouth (Water, Serenity)
Score: 18 (D)
Thighs (Growth, Desire)
Score: 16 (D)
Breasts (Lightning, Zeal)
Score: 11 (D-)
Feet (Earth, Resolve)
Score: 7 (F+)
Hands (Fire, Wrath):
Score: 4 (F)
Pussy (Radiance, Reverence)
Score: 2 (F)
Anal (Darkness, Obsession)
Score: 1 (F)
The girl was all hair, mouth and thighs, obviously. Breasts, pussy, and anal were all areas I'd like to see more focus. Best to keep her well rounded until she figured herself out and decided on a path to move forward in. I'd push her through that.
Cuisacs finally left. I called the girls out of their training and we hit the road back into the city. It was only an hour past mid-day, and we'd be back home well before sundown. It'd be a good chance to give the girls overnight assignments.
When we finally arrived, Reilin was a wreck, whinging at her toes. I had dismissed her qualms and told her her to hush up and take it. She'd done enough to damage morale already. That seemed to do the trick.
Other groups of mentors and students were rolling in, including Illia's. The big breasted Witch gave a sidelong glare to her former student and tossed her fluffy blonde locks over her shoulder. I didn't want to get involved. Reilin needed a win before I started gl0ating and I wanted to keep Illia in the dark for now. Her class of 14 looked at Reilin like she'd gone mad, hanging out with a class of nobodies. We'd see how long that lasted.
I led the girls back to my office and began to debrief.
"Reilin," I said, "I want to acknowledge your efforts this afternoon, but they weren't enough. If you're going to engaging with monsters on that level you seriously need to work on your control," she dropped her head, "That's not an order, but I want you to think it through. You tell me how you want to proceed, tomorrow. I'll structure your training from there."
"Yes Mentor."
Then I turned to Cora, "And you, before you head home this evening I want you to stop by the quartermaster's office with this requisition slip. He's going to trim that chainmail and clean up my work on your mace. You'll pick them up before joining us tomorrow morning. Same time."
To her credit she didn't balk at the idea of having her mother's chain-mail trimmed. The girl wiped her sweat-slick pink bangs from her eyes and nodded, "Yes Mentor."
"Alright, the two of you be off now. I need to formalize Selenee's registration."
They obliged and left my office, Selenee sat alone before me, "Alright, we'll start with your disciplinary agreement," I said and set one on my desk.
She pursed her lips and scanned over the document. Neatly manicured nails rose to her mouth, "Oh, well. This is quite a bit..."
"Only if it's needed," I said, and began pointing to sections of the form, "feel free to check as many of the "No thanks" boxes as you'd like. Reilin's got an exhaustive list of hang-ups, you won't be out of the norm. Or you can leave the choosing to me. Keep in mind there is safe-word enforcement at all times."
"Lingonberry? Huh... I think I'm leaning toward the second option, keep me on my toes," she smiled at me.
"Always. Now if you're satisfied just sign here," I handed over my pen.
She did so, only checking one box, "Anal." These girls, always so afraid to open up in that way. Fair enough, we'd get her there in time.
"Alright, that covered, we need to discuss pricing of your stay," I kicked back in my chair, "I'm assuming you're in a similar financial situation to Cora."
"I am, yes," she agreed, but didn't look like she was going to hardball me.
"Forty-five bells a month it is. Will you need tuition assistance," I offered.
"No, I can handle that, I'll bring a cheque tomorrow?"
"That'll work," I agreed. I'd undershot myself, but that was fine. I didn't much care for raking these young women over the coals, that is unless their fathers were noblemen.
"That settled, onto tomorrow. I assume you own a chakram."
"I do... Yes..." Her eyes narrowed, I knew it would take some more work to have her join in combat, but I wasn't going to let her rule it out entirely. "
"Bring it. I won't require its use, but you're going to have that ring on your person at all times. Understood?"
"I... yes, I'll bring it with me," she gazed down at her hands. I could tell she felt defeated, but I was not going to be seen leading around unarmed students.
"Good to hear, in that case, you're dismissed."
I could have kept her behind for a bit more instruction, but the bank would be closing soon and I had a cheque to cash. There was bells to be spent, and I needed to find out where Reilin was procuring her leathers.