The Drow Queen of Glaley [Very NSFW]

[Jassinth]

Jass smirks at her a little. "Hmm. How about you tell me all the rules about kissing between each kiss?"

[Shiori]

Shori grins, moving to kiss him once. "Well, kisses aren't as regulated as sex," she begins, stealing another kiss. 

[NPCs]

Of course, kissing, no matter how pleasant, can't go on forever. Eventually events progress and intrude. In this particular instance, it's the arrival of Setsuna and an official looking Tengu with the Higurashi crest present on his right breast and, smaller, in a repeating pattern along his arms. Clearly, it's time to talk about the consequences of their raid...

{best thought for an opening, let me know if we need to change it)

[GamesMaster]

Surprisingly, Setsuna pulls Jassinth aside as Shori gets out the ritual tea set and begins to brew for the guests. "You are skilled with herbs, yes? And bring herbs from foreign lands?"

[Jassinth]

A little taken aback by the abruptness, though not the topic, Jass nevertheless nods easily. "Nothing truly rare or powerful, but yes. Ah, but I am not an alchemist or even a true herbalist; most of my knowledge and training is in the nature and identification of plants, not how to process them. Aside from basic healing and cooking, that is." Well, basic as defined by a semi-retired archdruid and a demi-goddess. It occurs to me that I have no idea where my skill levels lay in comparison to average.

[GamesMaster]

"Perfect. Do you have herbs to bring on menses?" she asks, delicately. 

[Jassinth]

Jass cocks his head to the side. "Perhaps? It depends on what is causing the delay or halt," he replies after a moment's thought. Then another thought occurs and he stiffens a hair. "Or is it that you require something to... shed a painful burden?"

[GamesMaster]

"The latter. To be fair, we are not entirely certain the menses will be delayed yet, but I checked my supply and found those herbs had run out."

[Jassinth]

"Given the recentness of the matter," Jass replies delicately, "a simple low temperature tea of maiden's crest, ginger and pennyroyal should do it. Hmm. Perhaps a touch of willow bark, to help with any pain."

[GamesMaster]

"Have you any maiden's crest, then? I have the rest."

[Jassinth]

"Yes but it'll have to be prepared first," Jass cautions the woman. "I have an Herbalist's Helpful Handy-sack," he rolls his eyes as the custom curse/enchantment on the astounding popular item line activates, forcing him to say the whole name. As a marketing tool, it's of questionable value, but the designer of the bags-- each type with a spell matrix exquisitely crafted to  hold a single type of object, in his case, harvested plants-- had worked the curse into the rest of the enchantment so adeptly it simply won't function without it. Still, the vast majority of people consider the annoyance to be well worth the sharp reduction in price the company charges. "So I'll have to dry it first. It's nice and sunny out, so I should be able to have it to you tomorrow afternoon at the latest?"

[GamesMaster]

"Thank you," she agrees, relief written in the subtle lines of her face -- which he's learning to read, with Shiori's help. 

[Jassinth]

"I am happy to be of help to Shiori's family," he replies, bowing slightly.

[NPCs]

A short ways across the front yard, the tengu male-- a mid-level servant in the employee of House Cicada (and House Tiger, though Shiori hasn't been told this yet) has finished the niceties required for someone of his status to speak with someone of Shiori's. "And so I am honored to be able to convey Lord Higurashi's invitation to share his afternoon repast, and some conversation between family."

[Shiori]

"We will of course be honored to attend," she replies, giving a small bow -- respect for the tengu's master, but not the servant himself.