The Prince and the Priestess

[Ryuu Ishikawa]

Ryuu pulls her close and drops a quick kiss on her lips -- the most demonstrative she's seen him be outside the bedroom. He adjusts his outfit as he steps back, gesturing towards their parlor. "After you."

[Raja kumarie]

I practically bounce back into the room in e more dropping to my knees beaming at blooming lotus "teach me all there is to know about this culture though your sexual knowledge isn't needed but I would like to compare our educations"

[GamesMaster]

She looks up, nodding. "What do you know already?"

[Raja kumarie]

"Hold on I'll grab my book!" I jump up and run to the next room grab my book and hurry back to sit with my feet pressed together knees flat on th floor. I bend forward and present the waiting tomb. It is leather inlaid with gold and hand painted. The scan on the cover is of shiva and his wife as she bathes in the river.

"The first two parts are on care of yourself and care of the house. " I turn to the back third of the book, "all of this section is on sex "

[GamesMaster]

"May I?" asks Lotus Blossom, taking the book and flipping through it. "This is beautiful," she says quietly. "What does it say?"

[Raja kumarie]

It's instructions on how to do each action depicted and what it's good for." I smile "this one" I say turning to one image depicting two women and a man "it says 'if multiple harja want to enjoy a hydra then they should mount him thus one in the front and one behind proving him up with cushions nestled eith under his back or stumock'  it then goes on to discribe the thrusting rythum for the most pleasure for all parties... harja are women born in male bodies and hydra are men born in womens body. The scaring on his chest is from removing the breast and the women take a medicine to make their breasts grow"  I turn the page to show conoligus with a woman kneeling over her lovers face " this one reds ' husbands to bring joy to your wives roll her budd around your toung her completion is more important than your if you wish to conceive.'"

[GamesMaster]

Budding Lotus frowns, eyes wide. "I see," she says slowly. "This is not what I was asked to teach you. You seem... educated in these matters."

[Raja kumarie]

I nod "once you are engaged you are sent to study all three parts so as to become a good spouse. Is sexual education not commen here?" I ask tilting my head slightly

[GamesMaster]

She shakes her head. "It is not required. Women teach each other our secrets in private, there is no book such as this that men can get their hands on."

[Raja kumarie]

"Then who teaches them? This book is for all so everyone may learn."

[GamesMaster]

"Who teaches men?" she asks, startled. "Their wives."

[Raja kumarie]

I look at Ryuu "no wonder you were nervous! No one thought you!" I turn bel to blooming lotus "men and women learn the Kama sutra and most classes are for cupple to are together... if this s not what you are to tech then what am I to learn?"

[GamesMaster]

"What do you know about tea? Let us begin there."

[Raja kumarie]

"I know how to make spiced chia and chia with goats milk oh and curry chia!" I say happy then I look at her puzzled expression and frown " I guess I know tea as medicine so perhaps ther is more to know?"

[GamesMaster]

"Lord Ryuu, is there a tea set we may use?"

Ryuu, clearly sensing that as a dismissal, goes and gets one of the wedding gifts they had been sent by distant family members: a cast iron teapot with cast iron teacups, glazed on the inside. He lays it out for them ont he table and vanishes into the inner rooms, letting Lotus Blossom begin teaching Raja the ins and outs of the tea ceremony.