The Drow Queen of Glaley [Very NSFW]

[NPCs]

Now Shiori got a gently concerned look from her companion. "...no, is skirt. And blouse. Is Silly Kit okay?"

[Shiori]

"It looks good on you. It makes you look even cuter than normal."

[NPCs]

"Clothes not make fox benevolent. Just come this way," Dreamy chided Shiori with a stern solemnity. And a wiggling butt. 

[Shiori]

"Anyway, if you don't let me affix a leash we'll be late, I think."

[NPCs]

"No need fix, am not broken!" Dreamy protested, butt wiggling even faster.

[Shiori]

"Affix. It means attach, but in fancy words, for a fancy fox."

[NPCs]

Her eyes narrowed, tongue poking out, for a quick moment. "I don't have a fan," Dreamy protested, her tone decidedly off, the playful, teasing, chiding inflection feeling awkward, even forced. And her butt is still wiggling, but slower.

[Shiori]

"Ha! Now I know you know what fancy means," cries Shiori triumphantly. "You used it yourself a moment ago. So there. Now let's get going."

[NPCs]

"Nu-uh, didn't!" Quickly, she added, "what is going? Where find?"

[Jassinth]

"Behind you," Jass suggested, sending the dire fox half way to the ceiling.

[Shiori]

"Silly. Come on, we'll be late." Shiori darts forward to tie the silk rope to a ring on the back of the sailor outfit, then, holding the other end, heads for the door. 

[NPCs]

Aside from a brief delay where Dreamy discovered that she has an instinctive compulsion to go boneless when on a leash, the trip went smoothly and uneventfully. When they arrived at Lun d'Auequin, they're greeted by a hostess-- by name-- before they can even ask about their reservation. There was a small stir of attention, directed at Dreamy, but even a dire fox could only draw so much of a reaction from the elites patronizing the establishment.

The group's destination is the back garden, which seems to be entirely reserved for Lady Emiko and her guests. Exotic flowers, particularly flowering vines, decorated a brick patio, enclosing it from prying eyes and filling the air with sweet aromas. As they stepped onto the patio, Shiori can hear Jass murmuring to himself as he identifies various flowers and shrubs. 

[Shiori]

Shiori approaches Lady Emiko, cursing herself for being late. She bows deeply, hands at her sides, showing her respect to the Throne and to those close to it. "Please forgive my tardiness. My companion fox had to change her outfit."

[NPCs]

Despite her self-censure, there were still more than a few empty spots at the three tables. One is a bit more than half full, with five ladies huddled together. Snatches of conversation and a great deal of giggling emerged from that group. The second table had three people at it, two conversing intently about something involving a great deal of math and the third staring off into the middle distance as she day dreamed. 

The last, largest and centerpiece table had... two people. And one of them a summons, based on how they were a floating snake with beta fish fins and surprisingly warm eyes. The other occupant, and assuredly the summoner of both the eidolon and partygoers both, is... oh. Shiori hadn't realized that Lady Emiko was so young. She appeared to be a fair few years younger than Shiori herself, of age but only by a handful of years. She was reading a book when Shiori approached, or at least she'd been staring at the pages, and was only saved from a startled jump by the brush of smooth scale against her arm.

"Hello and thank you," Emiko replied in overly careful words. Her eidolon is the one that continued, "my lady is pleased that you were able to attend, Lady Shiori of the Tigers. It is far too rare a treat for a new face to grace us." There's a pause, then, "...your fox?"

Wait, where is--

"Ta-da!" 

--Dreamy hid herself with an illusion because of course she did. 

[Shiori]

"This is Resplendent Dreams, my companion and chaperone." Chaperone is technically not necessary for a meeting such as this, with so many attendants around, but it is a role Shiori can see the fox not objecting to, and she'd probably object stridently to 'pet'.