Hamogan (Tryll, 89 days left)

[Yuthirin]

"Helping!" comes the reply.

[Anastasia]

"How," Bubbles asks, turning and wiping her brow clean with a kerchief. "Honey, I didn't know you were good at boxing."

"She isn't, her form is terrible," Mirima says, "Throw a punch like that and you'd break your hand. Keep your thumb outside of your fist, not tucked in."

[Yuthirin]

"I've never punched anybody in my entire life!" Calleigh seems proud, "Or my afterlife! But! I've exploded guys before!"

[Anastasia]

"Charming," Bubbles remarks dryly, "I'm practicing for the coming battles, it's no time to slack around. Are you joining us, Calleigh?"

[Yuthirin]

"Nope! But I was hoping you could still make that dress!" Calleigh says, "We've still gotta go see the Padisha, only now we need to go as soon as possible!"

[Anastasia]

"A rush job?" Bubbles folds her arms under her bosom and regards you, "I could certainly rush. How fast do you need it and what for?"

[Yuthirin]

"The Padisha has access to some of the purest water out there, and we need some for a ritual. We've never met him, so we wanna make a good first impression since we're asking for a favor!"

[Anastasia]

Bubbles look at you for about two seconds and then throws her head back. She laughs long and openly, "Oh dearie. Dearie, dearie, dearie. Oh, this is going to be a rush job and a crash course. I need to beg off for now, Mirima."

Mirima nods slightly, gesturing with Woven Gold, "Go. We'll be here when you want to practice. For Lifasa."

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh waits.

[Anastasia]

Bubbles escorts you back to her room. Once you're in there - the same as before, half finished dresses and clothes all about - Bubbles takes a seat. "Dearie, I feel I must inform you of an important fact. The Padisha is a woman, not a man."

[Yuthirin]

"Ohhhh. That's important?"

[Anastasia]

Bubbles takes a long look at you and rises, going to a little cabinet and coming back with a shot glass of booze. She takes a sip, "Yes, that is important. What happens when you call a normal woman mannish or mistake them for a man? Let's magnify that by all the power, pride and ego the Padisha has. Sugar, what do you think happens to you when you make that mistake to her face?"

[Yuthirin]

"She turns new colors!"

[Anastasia]

A longer sip of her drink, "That, or your body and soul are turned to water as punishment for your faux pas, while Tryll spends a few centuries as seaweed. Dearie, the Padisha is not evil, but she is vain and self centered. She is not kind or merciful, not like your eladrin rulers. I've seen it happen when fools openly antagonize or insult the Maharaja of the Waves."

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh grumps. "Fiiiine. I'll be good."