<div class="floatright">(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/689220636480110605/1018905756562636900/pally_lady_2.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ionli (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345576.msg16288973#msg16288973)<br/><strong>Race:</strong>Aasimar<br/><strong>Age:</strong>20<br/><strong>Class:</strong>Cleric of War<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Adventurer<br/><hr/><br/>Everything had seemed to be going so well.  Ionli had been applying everything she'd learned during that night with Mephis and Serana had had been responding in a way that said she liked what was happening.  So when the princess pushed her away, knocking her over onto her back to blink, stunned, up at her, the aasimar could only feel confused and, admittedly, a little hurt.  What had she done wrong?  She must have done something for Serana to reject her like this, right?  This was what people who liked each other did, wasn't it?  Thankfully the blonde woman didn't leave her to wonder and imagine the worst case scenarios for more than a few moments, explaining that, basically, she wasn't ready for this sort of thing, not really.<br/><br/>"No... no, don't..."  Ionli trailed off with a sigh as she slowly got up off of the floor, pulling out a cloth she normally used for polishing her sword so she could clean up a bit.  The princess had been making a mess of her face, after all.  "Serana, I...  I'm not as experienced as you think I am."  She bit her lower lip, worrying it between her teeth for a time before she continued to speak.  "My first time was with Mephis back after the raid on the bugbear camp.  I was... she helped me work through some things."  No need to go into that mess of confusing emotions, not now anyway.  "I have been sheltered from the world for most of my life.  It's only recently that I've stepped out into it and started to explore."  She looked into the princess's eyes, her own flickering from red, to gold for just the briefest of moments, then back again.  "I was just doing what I learned that night.  You seemed to be inviting me to, but I shouldn't have gone so far."  She sighed wearily.  "I'm sorry, I... I'll just..."  She felt like such a fool.  Of course Serana would be scared when she'd been raised like she had.  She was a princess, for goodness's sake!  And here she was, a peasant, a serf, a daughter of farmers and smiths thinking she knew anything about anything at all.  What a joke.  "You should clean up and get dressed."  Head lowered in shame, Ionli turned away and started for the curtain.  "I'll be outside if you need anything."  With that she put back on her gauntlets, fixed her hair, stuffed away the now soiled cloth and made to leave.