<div class="floatleft">(http://i60.tinypic.com/1c87q.jpg)</div>Asahina Reiko (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261269.msg12891726#msg12891726)<br/><br/>Clean and dressed as impeccably as a Crane can manage in a brilliant powder-blue kimono, Reiko finds herself in the dining hall.  Her expression is thoughtful as she samples the food.  It was... different.  Not what she was used to.  Delicately, she swallows.  While it was perhaps not to her taste, perhaps that was just because she wasn't used to it.  Her expression brightens just a touch.  No doubt she would find herself growing more accustomed to it with time.<br/><br/>Looking around the room, Reiko recognizes some of those she'd met in the baths.  Kazuhiro is greeted with a graceful bow, a murmur of "Hida-san", and just the hint of a smile, Reiko's blue eyes sparkling.  His friendly attitude had made a positive impression.  Some of the others had made impressions as well, though perhaps a bit more mixed.<br/><br/>Making her way over to Doji Inoe, Reiko bows low.  "Doji-sama.  This one is Asahina Reiko."  The young shugenja introduces herself.  "Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you."  Her duty done, however, Reiko finds her curious gaze seeking out the young bride.  How did she seem to be handling all this?