Spend Some Time With Nineflowers

You may be early in your journey, but you see no reason not to spend the afternoon with Nineflowers. She went through her own nameseek only a handful of years back, so the advice she's offering might be quite valuable indeed. With little in the way of practical experience and only a sharp stick to your name, you certainly can't be worse off from the exchange. Besides, the work is delicate, but not difficult, and spending the afternoon in the company of a beautiful woman is a tempting enough offer, as it is.

Nineflowers chats as the two of you work, providing some helpful tips about the wildlife you can expect to encounter in different parts of the swamp. She also warns against some common mistakes new Seekers often fall into, some of which can be quite fatal. Once you've amassed quite a pile of the bulbs, she sits down at a nearby log, and you watch as she uses a strange tool to squeeze the oil from each bulb into a mid-sized leather sack. Here you make a bit more small talk, and if she hadn't already suspected your feelings for her, she quickly picked up on it. The knowing smirk she flashes you whenever you stumbled over your words or caught yourself staring ties your stomach in knots. Worse, just as she's crushing the oil from the last of the bulbs, you feel your bare cock begin to stir, something the young woman notices immediately.

You're tempted to cover yourself, or make an excuse to leave, but she doesn't seem upset, so you decide to simply allow yourself to rise to full attention, your body paying an honest compliment to her own. She doesn't say anything for a while, instead scattering the unneeded bulb remnants and packing away her tools.

"Evening's coming in, we should probably head our seperate ways before too long. If you keep heading East, you'll come across the Stingfly tribe's territory within a day or two. They let me come and go, but their scouts have been known to attack Seekers on sight. The ruins are a bit Northeast, though, and they're nobody's territory. I'd recommend visiting them at least once during your Nameseek, though perhaps not right away. If you want to travel further South, though, the river crossing is at its low point this time of year." You try to hide your disappointment at parting with the friendly merchant, until she gives you that knowing smirk one last time.

"If you have a few more minutes to spare, though, there is one last rare ingredient I could use your help obtaining." She places her hand on your chest as she speaks, stepping in close, the scent of spices and flowers overpowering those of the swamp. "Shall we help each other out one last time?"