The Prince and the Priestess

[Raja kumarie]

 stay silent for a moment then take a breath "do not trouble yourself with me....." I say softly before asking "shall I call you husband or master I don't know the custom here and would hate to anger you again" I stay stiff and still eyes closed so as not to anger him with my looking at him. 'mama was right men as pale as him are monster's ' I think to myself

[Ryuu Ishikawa]

His fist tightens; for a moment, to an outside observer, it seems he might hit her. But he does not. He forces his hand to open, then leaves her bedchamber, heading for his own. 

[Raja kumarie]

I hear the door shut and collapse on the floor sobbing no matter what I do he hates me. I curl into a ball on the floor and cry myself to sleep.

[GamesMaster]

When Raja Kumerie wakes and adjourns from her sleeping chamber to her outer chamber, she finds it's filled with flowers, bamboo saplings, and... statues of cats? Oh, but how cute, the cats wave their paws. 

[Raja kumarie]

I look at the flowers in shock tires once more stinging my eyes. There are Camilla blooms that smell like home and lotus flowers that smell sweet. I can't help but smile at the waving cats. I turn and head back into my room to grab my statues of Vishnu and khrisna and place them by the cats. I then set about blessing all the satures to welcome them to a new shrine. As I do I sing gently to them an old Hindi tune.

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[GamesMaster]

A serving girl brings her a tray of breakfast: a bowl of rice, a smaller bowl of soup, grilled fish, and some pickled vegetables. With it is a note: 'meet me in the courtyard after you eat', it is scrawled in poor Turkish. 

[Raja kumarie]

I smile and thank her. The rice doesn't taste of much but the soup and fish are nice. Once I finish  hurry and change from last night's close choosing to wrap my sari as pants before tiring a strip of cloth around my chest and puting a nice jacket on. I reach the courtyard and my heart is racing

"Hello" I say softly

[Ryuu Ishikawa]

Ryuu puts a finger to his lips, tugging her off to one side of the courtyard. "Come with me," he whispers. He's dressed oddly: his garb is rougher, more basic, and he lacks the family crest. As they come behind one of the outbuildings, he hefts a saddlebag and hands it to her. "Put this over your clothes, both layers," he instructs, revealing to her that the bag contains clothing like his. "And tuck your hair into your kosode. Um, the top part."

[Raja kumarie]

I fumble with the clothes but manage to dress myself tucking my hair into my clothes I turn to look at him expectantly

[Ryuu Ishikawa]

Ryuu leads the way to a small side gate in the compound, unlocking it with a key and leading her out of the compound. On the other side are two saddled horses: hers, and a stallion she's not seen before. "I thought we could go for a real ride," he offers. "Just you and me. If anyone asks we were in my chambers having a late morning."

[Raja kumarie]

I stare at him for a moment before throwing my arms around his neck and hugging him tightly "thank you" I saw my voice wavering as I let him go and mount my beloved horse

[Ryuu Ishikawa]

Ryuu grins at her, an impish expression on his face. "Don't thank me, I just wanted a real race on my favorite stallion. Across the plains, not in that tiny courtyard."

[Raja kumarie]

I smile looking across the field in the distance I see a thicket of bamboo and turn to look at him from atop my steed. "shall we make this interesting with a wager?"

[Ryuu Ishikawa]

He blinks at her. "Your money is my money. What would we wager?"

[Raja kumarie]

I smile wickedly at him " the first one to that bamboo wins a kiss where ever they want from the other"