Cravings Conjured

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**Cravings Conjured** was the 10th story event in Court of Darkness. It started around June 13, 2021. In part one, Lynt and Jasper were available at the start of the event. Guy was added a few days later. Part two was released around June 24, 2021. Toa and Grayson were available at the start of the event. Roy was added a few days later.

There's a devilish substance circulating through the magical realm. It unlocks people's wild, uninhibited sides, and makes for some amorous moments. Reason gives way to desire, to gasps, and heat and glossy eyes. Temptation verging on madness.

## Prologue

*"A certain dark concoction is making the rounds in the magical realm. "Crave"... One drop on the tongue, and something inside is unleashed. Your body is alight with desire that needs to be quenched. But what will do that - something merely physical? Or is it the heart of the one you love? Reason and lustful instinct fight for dominance. Crave... That which turns the sane decidedly not. You and another are going to be at its mercy. But who will that be?"*

## Routes

### Lynt Akedia

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MC goes to Lynt's room. Tino brings them tea and cookies. MC is impressed that Tino made the cute little cookies himself, but Lynt only takes a bite out of one before saying he's done. MC is reminded of a time when she made something for Lynt; he didn't eat that either. She's pulled out of her thoughts when Lynt pulls her in his lap for some snuggles.

The next day MC goes to the kitchen for a baking lesson from Knight. The two talk about Lynt for a while and how it's weird to see him and MC apart. Knight soon suggests they make muffins; Grayson told him it would be easy for a beginner. He also pulls a vial out of his pocket. He says it's an essence that makes food taste better. After they're done baking the muffins, Toa rushes in needing to talk to Knight. Knight leaves to see what his master needs and MC tries one of the muffins. It tastes good, so she thought Lynt might eat it. Just as she thinks this, Lynt enters with Tino. MC briefly blacks out. Lynt worries about her, and Tino panics at seeing the vial of essence on the counter. Lynt asks if she put it in the muffins and if she ate any. When she says yes to both, Lynt rushes her to his room. He tells her that what she added wasn't a food essence; it was Crave, a powerful elixir that raises a person's temperature and releases their inhibitions. Lynt sends Tino out of the room and warns MC to stay in the room with him until the potion wears off.

MC lays on the bed and Lynt uses magic to cover her with a blanket. Lynt then asks if she's thirsty. When she says yes, he conjures up a glass of water with his magic, brings it to her, and holds it while she drinks. When she's done, he distances himself. Lynt then asks if she wants ice or something to eat. As he's asking, he magically makes the the things appear. MC says "touch me" and Lynt asks if she's feeling unwell. Before she can respond, Tino calls through the door. He says that Knight came to see MC and asks if it's okay to let him in. Lynt says no. MC protests, but Lynt doesn't change his mind. She babbles a bit about wanting Lynt near her and bites her lip. He comes closer to check her temperature and make sure her lip isn't bleeding. She moans loudly at his touch. She starts pleading for more, but Lynt uses his magic to wrap her up in the blankets and put an eye mask on her; he tells her to get some sleep.

Lynt heads to the library tower to research Crave. After a while, Tino tells him it's late and he should get some rest. Lynt refuses; he wants to find a way to ease MC's suffering.

MC dreams about Lynt being too far away for her to reach. Knight shakes her awake. He says she was shaking in her sleep. He apologizes because he feels responsible for the condition she's in. MC isn't mad a him because he didn't know what was in the vial. Knight tells MC that Lynt is very concerned about her and offers to take her to Lynt; he thinks the two should be together. MC agrees, but notices her condition's been getting worse since she woke up.

On the way to the library tower, Knight is careful not to touch MC. However, he catches her when she trips. She moans at the physical contact, making them both uncomfortable. Knight, however, pretends not to have noticed.

When MC reaches the library tower, she beelines for Lynt. Lynt holds her at an arm's length concerned that his touch is hurting her. MC says that his absence is what hurt and Lynt starts to doubt if researching is actually doing MC any good. Lynt and MC sit in the library holding hands until Crave wears off. They make out for a bit before Lynt moves them to a hidden part of the library where things get more intense. Lynt checks in with MC frequently to make sure she's okay. When they wake up the next morning, MC asks how Lynt knew exactly what Crave was when he first learned she had taken it. Lynt explains that Chino(Tino) had taken it once. He goes on to say that his valet was miserable, seemed to be in agony at the slightest touch, and wanted to be alone; Lynt figured MC would want the same. They chat a little more before Lynt starts feeling drowsy again. She tells Lynt to nap so he does. MC combs her fingers through his hair and is glad everything's back to normal.

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### Jasper Lane

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MC wakes up confused with a headache in an unfamiliar bed naked. She sees Jasper fixing his tie and her clothes folded neatly on the table. She tries to remember what happened.

She recalls being dragged to a pub by Fenn and Violet while she was on her way to dinner. Hawke, Lance, and Jasper where already there waiting for them. MC has a bit too much to dink. When Hawke looks for someone to join him in a drinking contest, MC volunteers. Jasper puts her hand down and declines the offer for her. Hawke then nominates Lance. MC starts drunkenly complaining to Jasper about not understanding how magic works and why she's in Saligia. She also mentions how helpful he's been and confesses that she's in love with him before passing out.

When MC asks Jasper about the prior night's events, he informs her that the rest of their party went to a second pub. Then he teases her about how that wasn't the end to their night.

MC heads to the infirmary to see if there's anything that can help with her headache. She still feels a little hung over. No one's there, but she finds a bottle of Crave. MC heard it makes people feel good, so she decides it'll help with her hangover. She takes a little of it, puts the bottle in her pocket and leaves.

She thinks a little fresh air might help her hangover. MC walks around outside for a while before being knocked over by Lance. He asks if she's okay because her face looks red. She asks if he's ever had too much to drink, but he says he hasn't. MC also asks if she can talk to him for a while. Lance considers her request and opts to take a seat on a nearby bench. MC joins him. After a minute or two she decides she needs to just ask Jasper what happened. She thanks Lance for his help and goes back to the dorms.

She bumps into Jasper before she can come up with a strategy on how to approach him. When MC starts to ask about the night before, Jasper says she was quite the temptress. He notices that her face is red and suggests that she lie down. Jasper puts a hand on her back to guide her back to her room, and she feels it more acutely than she normally would. He then sees the time, says there's something he has to attend to, apologizes for not being able to see her to her room, and leaves. MC heads to her room alone. She's greeted by her cat. Still not feeling better, she drinks the rest of the vial of Crave. This causes her to feel like she's overheating, so she lies down. Concerned, her familiar goes for help, leaving her calling Jasper's name.

Worried about MC, Jasper goes to check on her. He figures out quickly that she's taken Crave. He moves her from the bed into the bathroom where he uses water from the showerhead to try to cool her off; he gets wet himself in the process. When MC asks why he'd doing all of this, he responds that it's for Prince Guy. Jasper then helps MC into her night dress before telling her he's going to research Crave for her. MC tells Jasper she loves him, but he doesn't respond. After Jasper leaves, MC's cat returns with Lance. Lance notes that MC's face looks red and asks if she's okay. He approaches the bed and repeats the question, but MC sees Jasper instead of Lance. She pulls him on top of her. MC calls Lance Jasper as the real Jasper returns.

Jasper asks Lance to leave MC's care to him. Lance hesitates, but takes MC's familiar and leaves the room. Jasper locks the door and explains what happened the other night to MC. She accepted Hawke's drinking challenge and spilled her drink on herself. Jasper took her to the inn above the bar and put her to bed, but not before washing her clothes for her. He asks if she was expecting something else to have happened. She says no, but thinks to herself that she was hoping there was more. There's a brief discussion about how MC was all over Lance shortly after confessing her love for Jasper. She tells him nothing happened and Jasper says he's loved her from the start. He also tells her he wasn't able to find any information about Crave, but noted that she seemed to have some energy in need of being spent. He asks her to leave to task to him, to which she agrees. The two start kissing.

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### Guy Avari

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Something's bothering Guy. When MC asks, he won't tell her. Instead, he says that she should know what it is. She tells him she doesn't and she leaves his room.

MC then bumps into Sherry, who comforts her. Sherry tells MC that the fight wasn't her fault, but MC isn't sure. She wants to make up, but doesn't think it's the right time. Lynt approaches the group and asks if MC and Guy had a fight; Guy's in the lounge and in a bad mood. MC, Lynt, and Tino chat for a bit. The two Akedians invite her to tea in the lounge. Lynt sees she's upset and thinks making up with Guy will make her feel better. However, she declines and has tea with Sherry instead. On their way to the S Rank lounge, Lynt and Tino come across Fenn. They tell Fenn what's happening, and Fenn is intrigued. Tino scolds Fenn for being impressed by MC's anger and looks to be suffering as much as her.

Fenn decides to bring MC to the S Rank lounge. All five S Ranks are present. Roy offers her the seat next to Guy, but she hesitates in taking it. Toa is amused by their lover's quarrel, and MC opts to leave.

The next day in class, Guy seems more irritated than the day before. He asks MC to explain, but she doesn't know what he wants her to explain. Aquia whispers to her the topic and an answer. When she thanks him, Guy overhears. Making an example of her, Guy tells the rest of the students he won't teach people who don't want to learn. Aquia asks MC if she knows what's going on with Guy as his behavior is unusual.

Outside, Fenn, Rio, and Thoma are watching this unfold. They're surprised he'd intimidate the whole class like that just because he's irritated. Fenn admits he thought their arguing was amusing at first, but now he's annoyed by it. He wants MC to make up with Guy already. Rio offers Fenn a doughnut saying if Fenn was annoyed, he was likely hungry. At first Fenn doesn't think feeding MC and Guy will be enough to smooth things about between them, but then gets an idea.

MC tries to talk to Guy after class to clear the air, but he sees little point in it. Him refusing to talk to her does nothing to help their situation.

Later, Fenn invites Guy to the the S Rank lounge and offers him some blue sangria laced with Crave. Guy isn't sure about drinking something with a mind altering substance, but quickly downs three glasses before stumbling to his room. He passes by MC on the way (who was told by Fenn to wait in that spot). She sees Guy stumbling and tries to help. He tells her not to bother and that if she has anything to say she can say it to the door.

Some time passes before MC decides to check on Guy. Jasper opens the door. They talk for a bit before hearing a loud thud from inside the room. When they go to see what happened, they find Guy pinning Fenn to the bed. Fenn's clothes are askew and Guy is aggressive in his search for affection. Fenn gently pushes him off, explains the situation to MC and leaves things to her. Apparently Crave is a substance that only comes to port once a year and has varying effects on people. Guy next targets Jasper, who also quickly excuses himself leaving MC and Guy alone. Guy tells MC to leave, but grabs her hand and won't let go. She tells him she wants him to tell her what he wants because she wants to do it for him. He then starts giving her directions (touch me, kiss me, tell me you love me), which she follows.

MC and Guy wake up in each others arms the following morning. They talk for a while. He's being more open with her and everything seems fine between them.

Later, Guy gathers everyone in the S Rank lounge. Guy gives MC some coffee. She says it would be good with some milk and sugar, so Guy says he'll add those things plus Crave. He gives everyone who helped him and MC a gift. He gives doughnuts to Rio and Thoma, tea to Roy, an assortment of sweets to Toa, a blanket to Lynt, and Shashlik to Fenn. He warns Fenn that there's crave in the Shashlik, but Fenn doesn't seem to care. Not too long later, Fenn tries kissing Rio, Lynt, and Tino. MC thinks she should intervene, but Guy tells her not to unless she wants a kiss from Fenn.

Guy takes MC back to his room. The Crave starts to kick in. Guy tells her that since she helped him when he was under the influence of Crave, he wanted to do the same for her; this was a reward. MC isn't so sure since she feels hot and a little horney. Guy tells her that he'll do whatever she wants if she tells him what to do.

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### Toa Qelsum

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MC goes with Knight on a shopping trip into town. She wants to know more about the things Toa likes. Once inside the shop, Knight starts pointing out which teas go with which foods and activities. They pick up what they need and leave. MC sees some brownies at another shop and asks Knight if Toa would like them. When Knight says yes, MC buys a bunch. She makes some tea and serves it and the brownies to Toa later in the music room. Toa offers her cake to go with the tea she's drinking.

Some time later, MC is headed to lectures with Rio. He mentions that Crave is making the rounds again. He doesn't sound concerned, so MC doesn't think it's dangerous. However, she is curious what it is, so she asks. Rio answers it makes people Fenn-like, and points to said prince, who is sitting on nearby bench. MC isn't sure what Rio means, so Fenn clarifies that while it usually affects people differently, it's generally an aphrodisiac. MC is taken aback that mind altering potions aren't uncommon or illegal in the magical realm. However, she thinks there's nothing wrong with it as long as all parties involved are consenting. Fenn offers to be her partner if she wants to experiment. She declines and runs to catch up to Rio so she won't be late for class.

After her lecture is over, MC goes to the music room to talk to Toa about the lecture he wanted her to help with. She sees him with his arms crossed and assumes he's cold; the weather's turned chilly and he's normally cold. When she asks about the lecture, Toa cuts her off and tells her he'll ask Knight instead. She gets closer to him, asking if he's okay. He grabs her wrist and she sees lust in his eyes. He pulls away and turns his back to her. Toa tells her if there isn't anything else, she should leave. So, she does.

She bumps into Knight in the hallway. They discuss Toa's odd behavior. Knight informs her that Toa has been refusing tea and sweets, and thinks whatever happened did so around tea time the day before. MC thinks back to her conversation with Rio and Fenn and asks if it's possible for Toa to have ingested some Crave by mistake. Knight doesn't think so since Toa doesn't accept gifts from students while Crave is circulating. Knight decides to keep an eye on Toa in the meantime and MC says she'll check on him after her lecture.

During the lecture, MC has difficulty paying attention, but does overhear two students talking about Crave. One says the effects are unpredictable, but this year's batch seems to be causing hot-flashes. MC wonders if that's why Toa's normally cold hands were warm when he grabbed her wrists.

After class, Rio asks MC if she wants to grab something to eat with him, but she declines. She wonders if Crave was cooked into the brownies she gave Toa since the shopkeeper described them as "special." MC heads to the music room. Toa initially refuses to open the door, but changes his mind when MC says she won't leave until she see's he's okay. He opens the door a crack, but won't look at her. She does her best to prevent him from closing the door as she tells him she thinks the brownies were laced with Crave. As he thinks she's right, MC manages to get inside the room. She apologizes, but Toa insists it's not her fault and the effects aren't permanent. Toa's suffering a great deal. MC wants to help, but Toa rejects the idea. He says if she won't leave, he will. MC decides to find Fenn and ask how she could help.

She finds him on a bench outside. He tells her it's best to give in to the urges Crave is making the user feel. MC's not sure Toa will go for that since he doesn't like giving up his self-control. Fenn pulls out some brownies laced with Crave. MC asks if she can have one, and Fenn is happy to oblige.

MC returns to the music room. She eats the brownie in front of Toa, who tries and fails to stop her. The Crave kicks in quickly and MC asks Toa if he'll help alleviate her symptoms. He agrees. MC tells him she was wiling to help him from the start, but Toa says he doesn't like losing control; he was afraid of hurting her and didn't want her to see him in a lustful frenzy. MC tells him she would've been okay with that because she loves him. The two enjoy some intimate time together before Toa decides to move them to his bedroom. The Crave's worn off in him, but he still wants to help MC because he loves her.

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### Roy Invidia

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MC is hanging out with Roy in his room. He's made them tea and scones. She comments on the nice weather and Roy asks if she would have preferred to go out. MC says no, and he suggests they go out together soon. He also mentions that Grayson's going to be out for a while, and MC's mind starts to wander with what they could do with the time alone. Roy kisses her, but doesn't take things further than that.

The next day, MC is explaining this to Sherry while walking around town. She wants to be more intimate with Roy, but isn't sure if he's not interested in that, not interested in her, or if the timing's off. Sherry denies the second one and takes MC into a perfume shop. She suggests if MC picks something out, it'll catch Roy's attention. When MC buys a bottle, the sales clerk gives her a bottle of something. She says it's similar to an essence and will amplify her lover's feelings. MC doesn't see the harm in this, thinking she might take some too if it works, and accepts it.

Later, she goes to Roy's room again, this time wearing the perfume and carrying the essence with her. Roy comments on her perfume, but doesn't do anything else. When he briefly leaves the room, MC puts a few drops of the essence in his tea. They talk like they normally do at first and MC thinks the essence didn't do anything. After they finish their tea, MC gets up to leave. Roy grabs her arm and pulls her into his arms. She notices lust in his eyes and thinks he's going to kiss her. He doesn't. Roy apologizes and says he suddenly didn't want her to leave. However, he lets her go. Once outside, MC thinks maybe the perfume did something after all. Inside, Grayson returns to see Roy on his bed looking unwell. Grayson approaches him. Roy grabs Grayson and tosses him on his bed. He hovers over Grayson for a minute before laying next to him. One of them comments about the potency as compared to last year and Roy says he can't direct any of it towards MC.

During a lecture Roy's teaching, MC notices something off. His behavior isn't out of the ordinary, but he's unusually sexy. The other students have noticed and fallen for him too. MC's concerned. She decides to talk to him when class is over, but he disappears as soon as class ends. Making sure the coast is clear, Roy slumps against a wall. He doesn't want his students or his paramour to see him in this state. Guy approaches and seems to know what's going on with Roy. He tells Roy to come to him if Roy ends up having need of him before walking away.

MC sees this exchange and she worries even more. She goes to his room to check on him, but he doesn't answer when she knocks on the door.

The next day in class, MC sits in the front. She plans to grab Roy right after the lecture ends. However, Toa enters and says he'll be teaching the class in Roy's place. MC asks if Roy's okay, and Toa is vague in his answer. He specifically tells MC to leave him be for the time being.

Against Toa's advice, MC decides to check on Roy later that night. When she knocks on his door, Roy doesn't answer. MC tries opening the door and finds it unlocked. She steps inside his room and hears the shower running. MC decides she'll talk to him when he's done, but then hears a loud thud. She rushes in the bathroom to make sure he's okay. Roy grabs her arms, pushes her up against the wall, and starts making out with her. She's surprised, but happily goes along with it. MC's enjoying her time in the shower with Roy, but she's still concerned because she doesn't know what brought this on. She calls his name, which catches his attention and makes him stop. They get out of the shower, Roy helps her dry off, and he suggests that they don't see each other for a while.

A few days pass. Toa has been covering all of Roy's lectures, and MC hasn't talked to him. She feels bad that her wanting to know if he was okay led to them not speaking to each other. As she's walking around outside, she notices Roy and Guy leaving campus. MC follows them to a brothel.

Guy briefly talks to Roy before leaving him alone in the room. MC goes in the building pretending to be a customer. She borrows something sexy from a wide array out outfits available. When she sees Guy leave a room, she assumes Roy's inside. She manages to get inside without anyone noticing. Roy's surprised to see her. She immediately kisses him. Roy asks MC what she's doing there. She tells him she wants him to be with her. Roy explains he couldn't go through with it and was actually on his way out; this whole thing was Guy's solution. He also tells MC that he thinks he ingested an aphrodisiac called Crave somewhere along the way, which is why he's been acting strangely. MC tells Roy she's perfectly willing to help him with his symptoms. Roy says he's afraid of breaking MC if he makes her the object of his affections in this state. He wants to be more gentle with her than what he thinks he's currently capable of. MC tells Roy she doesn't mind. Roy kisses her forehead and invites her back to his chambers.

They leave the brothel and return to the academy. As soon as they're in his room, he shuts the door and they start making out. Roy leads her to his bed and is more gentle than what MC thought he'd be capable of. When she asks him about it, he tells her the Crave wore off while they were kissing by the door. MC briefly wonders if that means they should stop. She talks to Roy for another minute before realizing they both want this Crave or no Crave, so they continue.

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