Elunara sat on the platform, drawing her little hand off.
Gerald sat beside her with a sigh. "Help meeee." He groaned.
"What now?"
"Chrissy wants a baby."
"Uhhh, not my job. Are you having trouble completing?"
"No. It's Chrissy. She's driving me mad. Ever since she got in on the baby craze, she's been doing everything she can and moaning over it not working."
"How long have you been trying?"
"A month."
Elunara paused and rolled her eyes. "Uh, that's not nearly enough time."
"You think I haven't TRIED to tell her that?" He rubbed his crotch with a wince. "She left bruises on me last night."
Elunara put a hand on his shoulder and shot him with energy.
He blinked. "Uh, thanks."
"I have two husbands... I learned a couple of tricks."
"Anyway, she's been trying to "stack the deck" and has been asking people all kinds of crazy personal questions, including trying to get me to... compare my junk, to other men. If she doesn't get knocked up soon, I might just kill myself and save the misery."
"You're an idiot."
"Why am I the idiot?"
"Send her to me. I HAVE all those embarrassing personal details. I have details she hasn't even thought of, AND I can recommend sexual positions that may or may not work, but they'll certainly spice things up."
"Yeah, I'm an idiot. Why didn't I think of that?"
Elunara reached out and patted his leg. "Because you're stressed. Also, I need to tell her that stressing makes her life more difficult..." She tapped her chin. "Send her my way, dear. I'll handle it from there."
Elunara opened the door and smiled at Chrissy. "Come on in. Gerald said you were looking for some advice on getting knocked up."
"Ugh, we've been trying and trying and it's just not WORKING!"
"How long have you been trying?"
"Well, actively trying for about a month..."
"A month? Honey, a month is nothing in the start of a pregnancy. Most healers can't even detect a pregnancy until it's in the early third month. Sensitive ones can give you at two."
"But, we've had SO much sex since we've been together, and I'm not pregnant yet!"
"You do realize that babies are brewed in the front, right?"
Chrissy rolled her eyes. "Of course."
"Just checking... with your preferences... ya never know."
Chrissy sighed. "I'm not stupid."
"Didn't say you were. I do have to tell you, stressing about this is just going to make your life more difficult. Most women I've talked to got pregnant when they weren't even trying. And women who want to get pregnant are less likely to when they're stressed out about something. Pushing yourself so hard, won't help anyone."
"But, I just want it so badly..."
"What did I teach you last time?"
"Relax, breathe, feel."
"Exactly. Now, Gerald said you wanted some... personal information?"
"Yeah..." Chrissy fidgeted. "I was just trying to understand how we... stack up."
"Alright. Before I let you in my library, you must SWEAR to me, that all information I give you will be kept to yourself. I hear you utter a SINGLE piece of information and there will be hell to pay!"
Chrissy nodded. "I swear."
Later, Elunara leaned against the door. "Remember to hit up Ina, see if she can recommend you a sensitive, one who specializes in pregnancies and babies. You'll need her later anyway."
"Alright! Thank you!"
A week later, Elunara stared at Chrissy and Gerald. "You want me to what?" She put her hand over her mouth.
"Well, Mayby told me that sometimes guys have trouble with the quality of what they're putting out. At first I was going to just ASK you, but then Gerald said that he came in your ass, so you wouldn't even know. So, I figured I'd just get him to give you a sample and you could judge."
Elunara eyes flicked to the brilliant red Gerald, before going back to Chrissy. "You're taking advice from MAYBY?"
"Well, she has two, and a third on the way, I thought I'd ask if she had any secrets. And since you've seen a LOT of guys stuff, including the ones that have kids, then you'd be the best one to judge."
Elunara smacked her forehead. "First, don't take advice from Mayby. Ever. Second, if I DO this, will you stop harassing the poor man?"
"She'll just find something else to humiliate me with." He muttered.
"He cannot possibly perform under these conditions, Chrissy."
"Yeah, but you're really good at getting men to do what you want."
"Please just kill me."
"But you said you would."
"I said I would talk to her, I didn't say I'd actually DO anything with her."
"For me?"
"Chrissy, by the light you are dense." Elunara sighed. "You cannot make a humiliated man perform. Unless that's his kink. You're not going to get very far like this."
"Wouldn't matter anyway." Gerald muttered.
Elunara eyed Gerald. "Why?"
"I married HER, not YOU." He gave a shaky shrug. "I don't care what our past is."
Elunara blinked. "I'll be damned. I'd never have pegged you for the type."
Chrissy looked back and forth. "What type?"
Gesturing to Gerald, Elunara laughed. "What you have here, is a genuine faithful. You got a rare gem here. He won't cheat on you, even if you tell him to."
Chrissy put her hands to her mouth. "Oh!" She blinked. "But, I didn't think Elunara counted..."
"Any woman is a cheat to this man. Cherish that."
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I feel so foolish."
"Chrissy, I understand chasing after something you want, so desperately, that you will do anything to get it... However, you cannot do it at the expense of other people. Especially at the expense of the person who loves you the most. What you're doing to him is cruel. Please, PLEASE, think of other people in this quest of yours. If you're still so desperate for me to... test him... then you may borrow one of my spare rooms and get this sample yourself."
"Oh, but how?"
"Have him cum on your tits. I can look then."
"Oh, Gerald, you must be SO mad at me right now."
Gerald yanked his fingers through his hair. "Chrissy, if I freaking DO it, will you stop this damned insanity? You're killing me."
She bit her lip. "Yes? I'm so sorry. I just... I've thought about it and thought about it, and I just got so worried, and I thought that..."
Gerald sighed. "Which room?"
After a little while, Chrissy came out of the room, with Gerald following behind, stuffing himself in his pants.
Elunara ran her fingers through and rubbed them together. "Good color, the consistency is right." She licked her fingers and flipped through her papers. "Taste is about average." She made some notes. Scraping some more off into her hand, she rummaged her fingers across it. "Hmm." She made a few more notes.
"Dear Gods, Elunara... you've kept RECORDS?" Gerald stared.
"Hey, you don't know all my secrets. I've literally spent years of my life studying male body fluids." She closed her books. "I'd say you're damned average."
Chrissy wrung her hands. "But... how does he compare? I mean... how can you tell if there's a difference?"
Elunara rolled her eyes. "Jordan's is sweeter than most, Grogek's is thicker. Renwa's is thinner, Mark's is about the same, in fact... Mark, Andrew, Roger, Tonas, and a few others I could name, all are about the same. Most of which have children. If anything, he's right on target."
Gerald shuddered. "I didn't need to know all of that."
"Then forget you've heard it, because if you repeat any of it, I will lop your dick off."
Chrissy blinked. "You've... been with Tonas?"
"No. Mayby and Tonas came to me for advice... I just happened to be in the line of fire." She shrugged. "I can't help myself."
"Now that we've had the most disgusting conversation I never wanted to have..." Gerald handed Chrissy a towel. "Can we please LEAVE?"
"I'm so sorry; I'll make it up to you." Chrissy tugged on her shirt.
"No idea how." He muttered.
The next day, Elunara sat on the platform and worked on her board.
Gerald flopped down next to her. "I can't believe she DID that to me!"
"It really was completely stupid." Elunara sighed. "But, I can't say much. I did something so completely stupid, over a desperate desire, that I had Grogek mad at me for days."
He blinked. "Like that?"
"Nearly. Not for the same reason, mind you... but the result was the same." She tapped her pencil on the board. "I embarrassed and humiliated him..." She shook her head. "I can't be too mad at Chrissy. She was blinded to the truth in her pursuit of her own desires. She'll feel like shit for a few days. Though, anytime she gets too ahead of herself, you can always poke her about it." Elunara grinned.
"What did you do?" He whispered.