Yes, and your journey begins

Seeing the light in the window of Selene's emporium, you and Neha rush to the door of Selene's Enigmatic Emporium, and start banging on the door. There is no response, and you turn around, despondent. But just as you turn, you hear the door opening behind you.

"Who is ... oh my god, you two need to come inside right now" Selene du Maurier drags you and Neha inside. The pair of you are soaked to the bone, teeth chattering, and almost moan in relief at the warmth. There's the light smell of some perfume, and arrayed tastefully in the shop is a veritable smorgasbord of sex toys.

Selene herself makes for impressive viewing. She's beautiful, with wavy auburn hair and piercing green eyes. She's wearing a white button-down shirt (displaying some impressive cleavage) and black jeans. You can't help but admire her. Thankfully, Neha seems distracted by the wares on display.

"What are you two doing? Didn't you guys get the warning? Do your parents know you're out - its reckless endangerment for kids to be unsupervised!" Selene exclaims.

"We were hiking" you respond lamely.

"Hiking? Who cares!" Selene retorts angrily. "You could be solving cold fusion and it wouldn't matter. You need to check your phones for these things, especially here where we get these awful storms!"

You begin to stammer out an answer, when Neha rescues you.

"We're really sorry. We were hiking up Hilbert's Hill with a friend who's spending spring break here at home. We didn't get any reception up there today - maybe something blew up somewhere or something. We were just on our way home, well, Ian was walking me home anyway, when the cloudburst happened. Also, we're not minors, we're 18 now. Oh, and I'm Neha, and my boyfriend here's Ian." She holds her hand out for a shake.

Almost instantly, Selene's anger deflates. She grasps Neha's hand, and then yours, with a quick shake and "pleased to meet you, and oh, I'm Selene, but I suppose you already knew that." She looks about for a moment, all business, before directing you toward the back of the store, where there's a single, grey door.

"You guys are soaked to the bone. You'll need a hot bath and a change of clothes. My apartment's just upstairs from here. We'll stick your clothes in the dryer after you're done."

"Thanks." you respond. Neha in particular really needs a hot bath and dry cloths - she is shivering, her teeth chattering noisily. Selene unlocks the door. and beckons you into the narrow stairwell. You follow her up, taking in the alluring view in front of you. Neha, thankfully, is too cold to notice your stare.

Selene's apartment is... interesting. There are interesting bric-a-bracs from seemingly around the world - African masks, a statuette of an angry Hindu deity with 8 arms and massive breasts, a bronze Norse helmet, and other things you can't even guess at - arranged artfully throughout the living room. You follow her into another short corridor. She opens a door to a bedroom and beckons Neha in. You move to follow, but she stops you with a hand to your chest. "No no, you're in the next room." She makes you wait outside while she briefly shows Neha to to the bathroom, picking up two fluffy white towels along the way. Neha disappears into the attached bathroom. Selene turns back to you, and thrusts the towel at you. You take it gratefully, and follow Selene as she directs you to the second bathroom.

"In here " she says, gesturing to the door she just opened. "Once you're done, you can come to my guest room, I'll put something out for you. By the way, that's also where you and Neha will be sleeping tonight."

"Oh, we couldn't impose, we'll be home as soon as -"

"The storm is going to last for at least another _day. _You're stuck here. I'm just glad you reached me before I fully locked up the shop." Selene says, cutting you off. "Now go and bathe and get warm, or you'll get pneumonia."

"Right, thanks. Honestly, we're so grateful."

"It's no problem. Now go."

You thank her once more, and enter the bathroom. You strip off your wet clothes, which have become heavy and waterlogged, taking care to remove your wallet and phone. You step into the shower, and sigh in pleasure as the hot water hits your body. You take a few minutes to enjoy the hot water, feeling the tension leave your body. You then look around for some shampoo and bodywash - there, you see a lurid pink bottle of shampoo with a French brand name, and a lilac bottle of body wash. You bang your head on the wall - this is all you're going to get. Sighing, you reach out and grab the shampoo bottle and start lathering your hair. It has a soft, sweet, strawberry smell, not unlike what Neha uses. With a grimace, you then turn to the bodywash, which smells of something ... floral? You can't tell, at any rate. With a grimace and another sigh, you wash yourself. Rinsing off, you spend another few minutes under the warm shower, before switching it off and reaching for the towel. You dry yourself, and then wrap the towel around your waist, before leaving the bathroom. You notice Neha and Selene entering the stairwell - apparently, something in the emporium has caught Neha's eye. The thought sends a small jolt of arousal through your body, and you feel yourself swelling a little. Entertaining yourself with thoughts of Neha in sexy poses with an array of sex toys, you enter the guest bedroom, where Selene should have laid some dry clothes out for you.

To your horror, you find a pair of powder blue panties, gray yoga pants, and a loose pink top.