Letting Alizarin Flowers Bloom

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As Cormyr celebrates Sune's day of Love, and enjoy each other companionship, reveling the passions they share; Meesha, Mistress of Sorcery for the Alizarin Academy opens the school's Garden Gate. Outside she places a sign, welcoming the women of the night into the establishments beautifully cared for retreat.

Despite the cool winter chill that continues to persist in the air, the Mistress has the various windows atop the academy's third floor flung open. Music, prose, and beautiful sonnets spill forth from the practicing bards within. The enchanting scent of the winter flowers mixes and swirls together with the heartfelt renditions, spreading an atmosphere of joy, and comfort through the garden.

With preplanned effort, Meesha prepares a table with food and drink near the stage at the back of the gardens, setting herself up in a little corner as the women and men begin to filter in. With practiced hands and deliberate instruction, the enchantress turns everyone who comes to visit the garden into a work of art. Powders and paints are applied to all, highlighting their best features and concealing their flaws. She draws attention to those aspects that would stir others to passion and ensure everyone gets their time on the stage to be praised by those who join them. Idle chatter on flattery and the more subtle aspects of the art at stroking a potential costumer's ego fills in the gaps the music leaves behind.

As each patron departs, Meesha gives them a parting flower. She offers them the Sune's blessing as they go about their work, and makes clear that the docks will be brimming with customers this eve. Furthermore should anyone need care or come about with sickness they should seek aid at Mercy's Charity near the Cloven Shield.