TheCorsair
Pēdicãbo ego võs et irrumäbo
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2013
Yu Yan giggled. “I fear my English is less well than I hoped.” She gestured slightly at Jenny’s hair. “Your flower is a lotus indeed. The tea is called bai mudan, ‘white peony’ in your tongue.” Then she fell silent, sipping her tea as Jenny spoke. “Was it perhaps the same old sailor who told you that wearing a lotus blossom was fashionable?” she wondered, eying her speculatively as she looked r d another cup of tea.
“The words to the song,” she mused aloud. “I would be delighted to teach them to you. The words, and the meaning.” A smile. “I, too, have been a seeker of wisdom.” She sighed a little, feeling the pleasant relaxation and arousal brought on by the sacred drink as it moved through her. “Come with me, seeker,” she decided, extending her hand as she rose gracefully. “And I will tell you if the song you sing and the lotus you wear.”
John watched with interest as she prepared the tea. It had been long decades since he’d been an apothecary, but even now he was interested in what preparations could be made of herbs. And the tattoo she bore, a lotus blossom, caught his eye as well. Was she one of the White Lotus that he’d been looking for? It seemed likely, particularly after her interest in his pin. “All right,” he agreed, taking the cup. “Why not?”
The tea was lighter in flavor than he’d anticipated, with an oddly bitter aftertaste. “It’s... not bad,” he said, feeling a pleasant relaxation steal over him. “I’m afraid I’m English enough that I usually take mine with milk and sugar.” Finishing the cup, he held it out for a refill. Had Lola pulled her top down a little? Or had her dress always exposed that much cleavage and he simply hadn’t noticed? Either way, he’d have to talk Jenny into one of their games of sailor and whore...
“That tattoo,” he asked, trying to distract himself from how turned on he was getting, “the flower. Is that why you asked about my pin? They look similar.”
“The words to the song,” she mused aloud. “I would be delighted to teach them to you. The words, and the meaning.” A smile. “I, too, have been a seeker of wisdom.” She sighed a little, feeling the pleasant relaxation and arousal brought on by the sacred drink as it moved through her. “Come with me, seeker,” she decided, extending her hand as she rose gracefully. “And I will tell you if the song you sing and the lotus you wear.”
John watched with interest as she prepared the tea. It had been long decades since he’d been an apothecary, but even now he was interested in what preparations could be made of herbs. And the tattoo she bore, a lotus blossom, caught his eye as well. Was she one of the White Lotus that he’d been looking for? It seemed likely, particularly after her interest in his pin. “All right,” he agreed, taking the cup. “Why not?”
The tea was lighter in flavor than he’d anticipated, with an oddly bitter aftertaste. “It’s... not bad,” he said, feeling a pleasant relaxation steal over him. “I’m afraid I’m English enough that I usually take mine with milk and sugar.” Finishing the cup, he held it out for a refill. Had Lola pulled her top down a little? Or had her dress always exposed that much cleavage and he simply hadn’t noticed? Either way, he’d have to talk Jenny into one of their games of sailor and whore...
“That tattoo,” he asked, trying to distract himself from how turned on he was getting, “the flower. Is that why you asked about my pin? They look similar.”