<strong>Name:</strong>Harmony<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Sensate Sensoriums, Civic Festhall, Sigil<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Mid-morning<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Golden Morning Radiance, Fei, Open<br/><br/>An immediate hypothesis leapt to Harmony's mind, as the clueless woman responded to the explanation she was given and the questions put to her.  This woman, Golden Morning Radiance, as she had introduced herself...  Could she be a petitioner?  The answer seemed so obvious, now that the thought had occurred to her.  She had repeatedly spoken of her life in the past tense, and this 'Judge of the Dead' had a title which very aptly described its job.  From what little the Modron knew of petitioners, all the facts fit perfectly.  The woman's motivations were suddenly much clearer, as well.  She felt that the gods she had worshipped in life were now sorting her soul incorrectly in death, and wished to correct the error.  Since she had her own strong feelings on the chaos that improper sorting could cause, the Modron felt that she could sympathize.<br/><br/>The voices from out in the hall clarified a few other things, however.  Harmony recognized the voice of Factor Cuatha Da'nanin, and recognized from the description she overheard that there was a high probability the Factor was searching for one of the two women in the room with her.  It was possible that she wished to speak with Fei about some urgent business related to their faction, but Golden Morning Radiance had already stated that she was being pursued, and that it was likely that her pursuers would catch up to her quickly, making her the more likely candidate for the Factor's search.  Either way, this changed things.  Before, she had been engaged in a harmless exercise in gaining new experiences, while at the same time helping a troubled young woman gain the experiences she would need to better her own life.  Now, unless she acted immediately, she would be actively hiding an individual whom a high-ranking Sensate wished to see, in violation of the Society's rules on such matters.  Rules she had sworn to follow when she was inducted into the Society of Sensation.  This was unacceptable.  Acting immediately, the Modron opened her mouth and-<br/><br/>A pair of soft, warm lips was pressed against hers, her vision obscured by olive skin and colorful, perfumed silk.  Needless to say, the Modron was taken completely by surprise, and unable to properly react as fingers intertwined with her own and the source of the voices out in the hallway moved further and further away.  She could only take it all in, the feel of the petitioner's tongue against her own, loose strands of hair and silken fabric teasing against her skin, the scent of incense, the realization that her own heart rate had increased to match the rapid pace of the other woman's...  As part of her explorations into the many recorded experiences of sexual encounters within the archives, the Modron had experienced the sensation of being kissed dozens, perhaps hundreds of times, but this was the first time she had actually experienced the act first-hand.  She knew what emotions were typically associated with the act, and her mind was a confused jumble of thoughts as she attempted to decipher which of those emotions had led the petitioner to initiate the act with her.<br/><br/>Even after Golden Morning Radiance pulled away, Harmony was still left unmoving for a few seconds, eyes still widened in surprise, mouth slightly parted, the golden-yellow skin of her face flushed a deeper amber color while her heart continued its rapid beat within her chest.  Eventually, however, she settled back upon her original course of action, and pulled her hand away from the stone, turning towards the door and turning her back on the two women sharing the sensorium with her.<br/><br/>"I am sorry,"  She responded, attempting to bring her heartbeat back under control.  The heat that had spread over her face was beginning to fade, as well.  "But if Factor Da'nanin is looking for you, it must be an important matter.  The Civic Festhall's regulations require me to take you to her immediately.  Please cooperate and come with me."