[center][color=00a651][h3]Meirin Kurenai[/h3][/color][/center]

Meirin smiled as Ssarak gave her a gentle hug. Even if her body was beaten up, she would always enjoy his touch. At least this time he wasn't wearing his full plate. Meirin also took the rose he had and sniffed it, enjoying it's slight fragrance. It reminded her of her alchemy class, and how she actually spent her entire time trying to recreate a fragrance she smelled. She still never figured out what that was. [color=00a651]"Certainly. I made sure to give her a good thrashing. I'm sure she's still laid out right now."[/color] Meirin did make the conscience decision to not mention she had sparred Annabeth. Meirin wasn't too certain the exact nature of Ssarak and Annabeth's relationship with each other and just assumed they were fellow students. She didn't want Ssarak to think she was jealous of Annabeth or anything and sought her out to fight. Though Meirin did have to admit she enjoyed fighting Annabeth. Of course, Ssarak could easily figure all of this out simply by reading her thoughts, since Meirin still hasn't done any sort of Ward training yet.

[color=00a651]"I need to change out of something less dirty. If you just give me a few minutes, I'll be ready for you."[/color] Meirin skirted around Ssarak and went inside her dorm. Immediately the first thing Meirin did was discarded her damaged clothing, folding them on her table so she can mend them later, and first went to wash herself. 

Meirin had a special rune to create water, which she'd use another rune to warm up. Once she had a small basin of water, she mixed in a few drops of soap she made in Alchemy class and started weaving. She created orbs of water, much like the ones she used to fight the knight, but this one was much bigger and slower. Since she wasn't using it to hurt anyone she could afford to be gentler. Using a trick she learned from Leith, she held her breath and engulfed her head in the soapy water. She then began to weave her hands through the air, which made the water orb spin around her head, cleaning the dirt and filth from her hair. She continued to weave with her hands, lowering it so make the orb of water slowly clean her entire body. It was very quick and after about five minutes she was clean. Dumping the water into a separate basin which she'll dump out later, Meirin dried herself off using her Aeromancy weaving.

Meirin then lathered her body with some scented oils. Most of them she had sampled from a few caravans from Yarosmere, but a few she did make herself. They had scents from different flowers, but her own were based off spices. Her own favorite was an apple and cinnamon oil, which she applied a light layer of at the base of her neck. Meirin then went to put on her new dress, but paused when she looked through her wardrobe. Before, she had simple clothes to protect her modesty, designed by the monks to remind her of home. But now she had more exotic designs, foreign clothing, and all of them were made to look good. It embarrassed Meirin greatly, since she did buy these specifically with Ssarak in mind. 

Ssarak wasn't the type of man who'd care about Meirin's appearance, and that slightly bothered Meirin. Ever since she came to the college and learned more about the values outside of the monastery, Meirin couldn't help but feel insecure about her appearance. Meirin didn't know how to think about it since none of the monks at the monastery ever taught her about something like this. While a few had wives and spoke much about the beauty of life and nature, they never taught her about being beautiful themselves. The closest thing about it were usually cautionary tales about vanity, but Meirin wasn't doing this because she wanted to be beautiful and youthful for the rest of her life. She just wanted to look nice for Ssarak. 

Once she was finished getting dressed, Meirin stepped outside in her new [url=http://i.imgur.com/7F7BAxC.jpg]dress[/url]. She even did up her hair, placing Ssarak's flower into the bun. She felt a little embarrassed since this would be the first time she's worn this outfit, and it wasn't like her usual clothing. She couldn't fight wearing this dress due to how heavy it was and the chance she'll suffer a wardrobe malfunction if she moved too harshly. What made her feel even more embarrassed was her bare shoulders which she normally covered up. While she was still modestly dressed she did feel that she was exposing a bit more skin than usual. [color=00a651]"S-sorry to keep you waiting. Shall we go?"[/color]