<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ysEooVf.jpg)</div><br/>Velma ordered the pair bowls of porridge at the bar while Miyuki consumed her tea.  She had them add some small dried berries to Miyuki's porridge, and then strangely enough had small finger tip chunks of raw beef added to her own.  If asked about it she would shrug and simply answer,<strong>"Acquired taste."</strong>The sun had only been up for a few hours but already the cooler night air was burning off as the sun began baking Laelith in a slow gradual burn.  Velma explained that they got tropical rain storms every single day, usually some time around noon, though as early as the tenth morning bell and as late as third afternoon bell.<strong>"It's better when it comes later, because it cools things off a little.  Sometimes the storms last five minutes, sometimes an hour or two.  Just thought you should know,"</strong>she said as she finished her porridge.<br/><br/>The trip back up towards the craftsmen's row gave Miyuki plenty of time to get a better feel for the city now that it was morning and the streets were lit with the morning sun at her back.  She got a much better feel for the city itself.  It seemed that Laelith was carved out of the living rock of a slope of bedrock that angled up to the west.  The city walls to the west weren't visible with the various buildings and rising terraces in the way, but she learned that beyond those walls still lay a great mass of ruins.  Laelith had been a city that lay in ruins when the first explorers discovered it twenty some years ago.  The natural port made it ideal for people from the faded lands that were striking out to re-explore the continent of Mara.  So they began reclaiming the ancient ruined city, rebuilding, reshaping it to their needs and thus the modern incarnation of Laelith was born.<br/><br/>Velma had Miyuki wait outside and out of sight of the Split Pig tavern when she went to collect the supplies for her delivery.  She was gone just long enough for Miyuki to start to wonder if her father really was angry about her overnight visit, but then Velma reappeared smiling as usual.  They made their way further up town towards the mage district where she knew Ylene lived.  Velma stopped her and warned her however,<strong>"Listen, I need to warn you about the sisters.  They are members of the shonite faith, not priestesess or anything, but they take their faith very seriously.  They're... um... well.... to put it plainly, they're nymphomaniacs who see nothing wrong with sharing their love with everyone, including each other.  Now obviously that can be a lot of fun, but it can also be very, very distracting.  Especially since they live in what I would only describe as a miniature pleasure palace.  So, I wanted you to be clear about that before we went in.  It's almost impossible to get out of there with at least one orgasm if they decide they like you.  So... I would understand if you'd rather wait downstairs, maybe preform a few songs for the crowd or something and earn a few coins?"</strong><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">In Laelith they tell time in the following way.  Midnight is obviously midnight.  Then every 'bell' after that is an hour.  IE 2 bells in the morning is 2am, or 0200 military time.   Fourth bell afternoon is 4pm, or 1600.  Etc.</div></div>