"I could see it was not just a night's drunken sex which had got me intothis situation but my friendship with Serge's mother. Up until now I hadalway... thought of myself as a man although I had sometimes wondered whatit would be like to dress as a woman. It looked like I was about to findout.At first I thought I would ignore the note and keep my boxer shorts on butI realised they had been soiled from a night's sex and with the rest of myclothes having disappeared I was going to have to go. I’d lost my appetite as well, so I cleared away the dishes and washed up. Then I went to my room and completed the rest of my packing. I’d been furtively packing my stuff up for the previous week. Both girls were in Emily’s room when I’d finished loading the car. They must have heard me carrying my bags down the stairs, but they didn’t come out. I knocked on Emily’s bedroom door quietly but neither answered me. ‘I’m leaving now. I’ve left my new address on the kitchen table,’ I called through. "Can you show me where exactly you live on the planet?" When she only stared at Sam with a look that said she thought he was crazy, Sam slowly moved closer. Flinching away from him, "what are you doing?" She cried trying to get further from Sam. "I just need to touch your head. Think of where you live, before I touch you. You say when, ok?" Sam told the female. Looking hard at Sam a few minutes, the female very slowly started to nod, yes. Then as Sam reached over she quickly grabbed his arm. Argil was a young magecomparatively. He himself had only gained the position the year before.The Festival of Summer Solstice was the setting for this her firstchallenging. It was also Argil's first time to defend his seat. Itpromised to be an interesting contest. The rules were simple. First toyield was the loser.In the Great Council Hall they would battle, signs and sigils wouldkeep the magic from escaping the contest arena, protecting spectatorsfrom stray spells and effects. Argil was much.