Waking the Dead 2.0 || May 18, 2063 || The Mandatory Hot Springs Episode

[kawaakari]

[The skies are clear, the air is cool, and overall? Conditions are perfect for spending the entire afternoon and maybe even the entire night at the hot springs within Seigi. It's open to Zangyaku operatives and their families, along with any of their guests.

Oh, they're also communal. Surely no one minds? It's just skin, after all.

You're allowed to smoke, drink and eat while you're chilling out in the pools. You can also play cards, have a round (or several) of ping pong, flop around... anything goes, as long as you don't kill anybody!]



OOC Notes:
+ Make your own threads, plot out your own shenanigans and whatever else. Just remember: War Hounds and the rest were probably invited there after lunch, and are more than welcome to spend the rest of the day there. Y'all might want to specify the time. :3
+ NPCs are available on call beyond the threads I set up in here (if I end up setting some up, anyway)! Lemme know if you have questions.

Comments

[therealbrianna]

I love stories like that.

[ She quiets down now, content to listening to Selene play while enjoying her drink. ]

[justselene]

[And then she's smiling at her companion one last time before launching into her next song.

Admittedly, it's nice to have somebody sitting close and watching her.]

[ktotheatothez]

It was difficult to watch.

[Truth be told, though, he'd buried his face in Nico's shoulder when it got really bad. Not wanting to watch it.]

I respect them both... Aria was my teacher when I got transferred into Balamb and Tohru is Hikaru's dad AND Kuya's master. I just can't help but wonder why it had to go down like that.

[mordechai]

That would be Aria's fault.

[Low and neutral. A fact was a fact, regardless of his own sentiments on the matter.]

Re: This one is also constantly wandering around. Because Shinta.

[ktotheatothez]

[Finding Setsuna wasn't exactly on Kaz's list, but when he does find a small golden fox by the water, he simply finds a spot next to her and sits, content mostly to take a break.]

Hello, Setsuna-san.

[bladeweaver]

Well then! Brig is... you're old enough to have been around when those Captain America movies came out, aren't you? He's kinda like that. [He casts eyes around for Yulia and spots her skulking around looking distressed. Motions in her direction.] That one is our most quiet blademate. She has ghosts, that one. So does that guy [Motions to Josh.], but in his case it's literal. He's the most well-balanced of us, I think. Really nice guy. Brianna's our changeling. [Smiles in her direction.] She's got issues, too. Durance-related, of course. But she's our blade baby, even though she's technically 500-something. Kaz is our hardest worker, I think. And our resident rich gay kid. Can't even begin to tell you how nice it is to have someone to help pick out clothes.

[He pauses at this. Did I just tell a near-stranger all about my blade? Zangyaku, man.]

Anyway, that's basically who we are. Just your regular sorta blade.

[bladeweaver]

[Taning continues his muttering. He does this until he's at that sweet spot where he's high but clearheaded. At that point he gets this funny-looking look that's a cross between horrified and totally vacant.]

Did I just say something about Brig and Kasumi-san? Damn. Damn, Brig, way to go. Or, no don't go. I'm not yet sure.

[Yeah he's totally confused about it.]

is this because she went off and vanished on all of you...

[sadame]

[Looking up, tails swishing in greeting.]

Hello, Kaz.

[bladeweaver]

[How can he even begin to be disappointed when Setsuna-san looks like that? Taning gets a discordant thought that that's a pretty potent weapon in her arsenal, except he doesn't really believe she's that kind of person. Or fox. Fox-person? Yeah.]

That's quite alright, Setsuna-san. Maybe we've gotten too used to leaning on you guys after all. Just because you're who you are doesn't mean we can stop being who we can be.

[ferricwill]

[Smiling, nodding along, listening.]

There is a Changeling in our blade as well. She had her own issues to deal with. Selene, I am sure you have heard of her... we also had Drake Badd as our blade leader. He married his geist.

[bladeweaver]

[Oh, definitely, Taning is surprised, but since he's high, have a vaguely amused/constipated look instead.]

Taning knew he wasn't gonna reach that by reaching over on his wrong side; his arms just aren't long enough to reach across his own body. So what he does is he he pivots on his wrong foot, so that his back is against the table, and with the motion of the rotation, strokes at the ball with the goal of imparting massive topspin on it. There isn't enough of it, though; Brig's serve caught him off balance, and the ball still manages to bounce, albeit at a trajectory really low and almost parallel to the table.]

Not bad!

[OOC: Yes that was an attempted Tsubame Gaeshi. Haha.

[fidelias]

I'm sure it's nothing.

[Unless it's something. In which case, Tohru will watch Closely.]

+8701 I actually forgot to tag into this part and I did mean to, but I guess?

[ktotheatothez]

[For a while Kaz just watches the water, relishing the peace. There are a few questions on his mind, but he kind of wonders... He hadn't exactly been around when she arrived.]

Erm, so... Hikaru's your younger brother?

[It's genuine curiosity, mostly.]

I mean... If it's okay to ask.

[He pinks a little, so unsure how to start any conversation with her. After all, the first time they actually met he'd been hungover and massively trolled by Hikaru.]

that is okay too. XD

[sadame]

[Chuckles.]

Yes, he is. Are you surprised?

huzzah! Prince of Pingpong!

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade's not surprised by Taning returning it. He catches the ball and returns it with a slight lob as it reaches the end of tables, which Taning returns easily as he's regained his balance. A very intense rally ensues. ]

Dang your skills, you crazy Iaidoka. [ Brigade says with a smile on his face and a slight chuckle. This is so much fun. ] You seem to fight even better when high. Maybe we should pack some Big Balete on our missions for you to smoke-up beforehand.

uwu

[ktotheatothez]

Not... Really? I mean... I don't really know what I mean.

[It's been odd how he can never find the right words to say what he really wants to say.]

I can... See it, but that's only 'cause he's been happier [Sort of?] since you came back. But then that's subjective, after the past few days and all. I... Saw you with Nico, I hope he didn't tell you anything embarrassing.

clueless Karlo Antonio is clueless

[ktotheatothez]

How so?

[He's blinking up at Alistair curiously right now, eyes mostly pleading for the older man to help him understand what happened.]

[bladeweaver]

My blade is so regimented I'm not even sure who leads it now. [He laughs.] It's worked so far, so it's not really a problem.

I don't think Josh will be marrying his geist. [He smiles.]

Were you able to help Selene? Did she let you? Brianna, she's deceptively... proud.

lol

[mordechai]

The Searing Wind are supposed to stand for something, and they exist for the Blade King even more than Zangyaku, as a conspiracy, does. I don't think she deserves that spot.

[Taking a drag now.]

Yet she insisted on trying to keep it.

[ferricwill]

It took us some time, but she eventually let us in. The real milestone was when she allowed us to help her kill Cersei.

[sadame]

That might depend on how you define 'embarrassing'.

[Yeah, she's a Shinta, all right...]

[bladeweaver]

Well, we're a ways from that. Hopefully, she warms up to us before then.

[He hesitates a bit. What is it with this onsen and free talk, seriously...]

You understand, don't you? How they seem... warm, and carefree, but are not. I myself have never found myself capable of plumbing such depths. Perhaps you have.

[bostova]

I see myself being more at home as Nami. Gyoseisha would be challenge for me, but... I would take it. Challenge is good.

[ferricwill]

[Thinks about that for a while.]

To be honest, I am not very good with things like that. From how my other blade mates carried themselves, however, what seemed most effective was being as available as possible, and waiting for them to come to you.

[kawaakari]

It is, isn't it?

[Smiling again.]

That reminds me: who leads the War Hounds?