The Drow Queen of Glaley [Very NSFW]

[Jassinth]

"I'm not sure anyone really knows what they're doing in a new relationship until they've fumbled and bumbled for a good while."

[Shiori]

"And most people figure it out, so maybe we're not doomed after all?"

[Jassinth]

"Exactly," Jass agreed with a warm smile. "We can bumble together until we get it right."

[NPCs]

Tea with Lady Emiko, it turns out, is to be taken at the Lun d'Auequin tea garden, a small but very high end establishment that caters to true tea aficionados. While they have a menu for their cakes, small sandwiches and salads, and sushi, their tea 'menu' is the waiter asking if you have any allergies or intolerances, what your mood is and if you'd like hot or cold tea. After that, their brewers will create something of their choosing.

If you dislike it, they refund your entire order... but you also won't be welcome back. On the other hand, if you can discern what went into your tea with one guess, they gift you with a pound of that blend to take home. The place itself is high quality, of course, but also simple in its décor, going with warm wood tones and comfortable music and scents.

The first hurdle Shiori faces in this outing is not, however, fitting in nor looking the part. No, it's trying to negotiate with Lady of Splendorous Dreams about if, and if so, how she will be accompanying Shiori to tea.

"It's fancy. I'm fancy. I'm supposed to be there!"

[Shiori]

"You don't even like tea," sighs Shiori. "Fine. But. You have to wear a kimono. I don't think nudity will be allowed, even for you. And a leash, because furred folk have to be on leashes in this part of town."

[NPCs]

There's a long pause as Dreamy processes that response, long enough she has to refresh the Minor Illusion innate magic that allows her to 'speak.' She can keep doing so all day, in several minute chunks, and the clarity is rather good. However, that spell doesn't come with 'preset' voices, nor the ability to create them, so each time her fake voice is just a little different. 

"What is a leash?"

[Shiori]

"It's a fancy bit of silk rope that shows we're together. I hold one end and I attach the other end to your outfit."

[NPCs]

"Not fox people are weird."

Still, that wasn't a 'no.' And sure enough, after a moment's deliberation, she added, "will the kimono be silk? With a bow? And green? I want a crown. Because I'm awesome."

[Shiori]

"No crown, but we can get you a bow. Let's see...."

Shoiri, of course, has prepared for this moment. In fact, she's been preparing for quite some time, hoping to slowly talk Dreamy into it. Upon discovering Dreamy amenable, she opened a chest in her closet, rummaging through until she found a little green sailor outfit and a matching hair bow. "This one?"

[NPCs]

"I want a cro--" Dreamy went stock still, her huge, expressive eyes growing wider yet. After a moment, she swallowed sharply. 

"Give."

[Shiori]

"Here, let me help you with that," Shiori laughs, kneeling to help Dreamy into the outfit. 

[NPCs]

Shiori, alas, cannot help Dreamy get into the outfit. That would imply Dreamy's actions were progressing the task in question, instead of being some form of exotic and unfathomable dance routine. Still, Shiori had hands nimble enough and a heart determined enough to eventually get her bushy tailed ass in the sailor outfit. 

Dreamy then spent the next five minutes prancing around Shiori's room, stopping only to pose in the mirror there. Around minute three, Jass opened the connecting door, stared, then shut it again.

[Shiori]

Not that Shiori is helping Dreamy's mood come down. "You're so adorable, I love it, it's definitely very you."

[NPCs]

Dreamy paused mid-prance, eyes going vague. "...no? Is fancy good outfit. Me is me."

[Shiori]

"Sorry, do you not say it that way in Sylvan? I mean to say it suits you."