<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/13/b0/a013b094a0140495ea005ecaf8024faa.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Meredith ‘Merry’ Nirube (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=333483.msg15884702#msg15884702)<br/><strong>Race and Occupation:</strong>Vulpi | Adventuring bookseller<br/><strong>Location &amp; Time:</strong>Farmlands | Evening<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Jasper, Closed<br/><strong>Extra:</strong>Wearing a dark blue dress (https://images.anime-pictures.net/838/8381a9f5a9289211b8de4605cb74ef97.jpg?if=ANIME-PICTURES.NET_-_660810-992x1400-kantai+collection-mutsu+battleship-fou+zi-single-tall+image-looking+at+viewer.jpg)<br/><hr/>“Oh. So this is your first date ever?” That explained why he blurted out weird things out of nervousness. At first Merry thought that Jasper might be inexperienced in general, which made him so nervous near her, but the more he told her, the more certain the girl was that it wasn’t the case. On the contrary, it sounded like Jasper had plenty of experience. The kind of experience Merry wanted to avoid. She would be lying if she claimed she wasn’t disappointed.<br/><br/>So he was the type who liked to fool around. There was nothing wrong with that. He would fit right in here in Amberdale because many of the villagers were free spirited on these matters. The problem was that Merry wasn’t comfortable with that. Passing flings, one night stands… they made her feel dirty and used afterwards. I must have given him wrong signals and he misunderstood everything… or do I look like an easy woman to everyone…?<br/><br/>Merry felt awkward. If she told him how she felt, it would make her seem like a prude and it definitely would kill the mood for both of them. Maybe she should just go with it…? Her focus was in her own thoughts and she listened to Jasper only with half a ear, until she understood he was asking something and pretending to listen wouldn’t work anymore.<br/><br/>“Um… hm… I have lived here for some years now. My family practises dark magic, and I felt like it’s not something I want to do so I left to find my own path. Somehow I ended up here, got a job at Paperbound. I guess I’m still trying to figure out who I am and what I want in life. I like arts, like singing and dancing. I like paintings and handicraft too, but I’m not that skilled in those. Though I’m afraid I’m not skilled enough as a singer or a dancer to make a living out of them either, but it’s something I like to do, you know, as a hobby.”<br/><br/>No. It wouldn’t be the right thing to do to pity fuck with Jasper just because she was afraid he might think she was a prude otherwise. She had the right to be a prude! She didn’t need to sleep with everyone who thought she was easy. Jasper had asked her to tell him about her, and she could use this as an opportunity to tell him what she thought about these things, so maybe he would get the hint and the situation wouldn’t become any more awkward from what it was already.<br/><br/>“I have done some adventuring myself too. I’m not exactly a fighter, but… I like the excitement, and it takes training and effort to become better. So I can’t become better if I don’t start from somewhere and work hard to improve myself. I have met many adventurers. Many of them are adventurous… outside the missions too. Amberdale has plenty of people like that, who are open minded, free spirited and quite hedonistic. Just like you, they like to keep things casual and consider it as innocent fun between consenting adults. I…” Yes, I sound condescending and prude no matter how I say this! Merry stared down into her glass and slowly spun the glass, letting the wine travel around inside the glass. “That isn’t my thing. I’m looking for something else, something more… permanent. I don’t mean that I want to instantly get married and start making children, but… I don’t want to be done once and that’s it either. I guess I want to explore the possibility of a longer relationship. In general.” Merry added quickly in case Jasper thought she was asking him to do so.<br/><br/>And then the man was already stripping down. Jasper didn’t seem like a person who had malicious intentions. He meant well, and in his own way he appeared awfully naive. Merry thought that he just wanted different things, and for some reason thought she was the same as him. “Oh no! Please, sit down. I didn’t think we would do it yet. We… could we enjoy the feast and talk some more first?” Merry suggested, gesturing at the spot he had sat a moment ago.<br/>