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

[tagabigay]

The Methuselah, mostly.

[He is so used to this.]

[therealbrianna]

[ Ooooh Methuselah. ]

Do you think they need help with their PR stuff? Cos I can do that. I think.

[tagabigay]

Get to Fifth Circle first. Maybe I'll consider you.

[There might be a small smile on his face at that statement.]

Re: Link in ooc note on this post. :3

[ktotheatothez]

If... If that wasn't all out, then I don't think I ever want to see Tohru-san go all out.

[He tries to stave off the fear in his voice. He had clung to Nico after that, unable to form more than a few words until they visited the Great Koi again.]

On one hand, though... It had still been something else to watch.

[ktotheatothez]

GIVE 'IM HELL BRIG!

[He yells lamely, content to sip on his water fron the sidelines.]

[mordechai]

People down here are on a whole new level, especially the Searing Wind. Fukuzawa wasn't consistently third in our ranking for nothing.

[That is, until he retired.]

[justselene]

Thanks. I do try my best.

[She means it. No false modesty with this one. Besides, she's a hard working.]

I'm trying to make sure that I know how to play every stringed instrument around. The harp is still my favorite so far, though.

[bostova]

[ She looks down, embarrassed. She'd only made the decision a few days ago, she hasn't really had time to think things through. ]

I do not know yet. I have not had time to really think on it.

[therealbrianna]

[ AWESOME. ]

Yeah, I plan to!

[ She lets a short moment of silence pass by before speaking up again. ]

Thanks for entrusting me with your guns for the moment, by the way. I mean, thanks again. I feel... trusted and responsible.

[tagabigay]

[Right, she's still there. And talking about the guns.

Ah well.]

They ought to be used by someone who's capable of doing a lot of good.

[Now he's finally turning to face her.]

[kawaakari]

There is no better time than now. Perhaps I can assist you in that direction.

[therealbrianna]

That's pretty amazing. Plus you have the time to do all that.

[ Quietly now, because she's curious: ]

So... What kind of Changeling things do you do? I'm just curious, that's all.

[justselene]

I'm a Nightsinger. That means that I have purview over shadows and other creepy things.

[Chuckles.]

Honestly, I prefer to use my Minstrel abilities instead.

[therealbrianna]

[ Shyly now, because he has directly addressed her. ]

Thanks. I'll... try not to let you down.

[therealbrianna]

[ Iiinteresting. ]

That could be really nifty. It's a really nice notion, controlling music and all. I mean everyone listens to music, imagine what you could do with that. For good, I mean.

[ She's genuinely interested. ]

[tagabigay]

I doubt that you will.

[He means it. Elias Tagabigay kind of sucks at lying, so he doesn't bother. He'll tell it to you straight, always.]

[bostova]

I... would like that.

[therealbrianna]

[ She's beaming now, but she leaves it at that. She's perfectly okay with just sitting down, chilling out, enjoying dipping her feet in the onsen. ]

[justselene]

And for not so good things, honestly. This level of control over music, rhythm and sound can also be pretty frightening.

[A small laugh, and a rueful smile.]

The First Harper was a Changeling. I suppose it makes sense.

[kawaakari]

Hmm.

[Contemplative now, lifting a thoughtful finger to her lips.]

Nami or Gyoseisha. Both seem to suit you beyond fighting.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade takes that as a go for him to serve first. ] Get ready Taning. [ He grins ]

[ He taps the pingpong ball twice on the table before taking a position to serve. He tosses the ball up into the air like a tennis serve and slices down quickly with the paddle in his right hand. The pingpong ball flies onto Taning's side of the table and as it hits the wood...

Eidetic Memory + Prince of Tennis + Youtube + Autonomic Control + Uncanny Dexterity =

[[[ AMERICAN TWIST ]]]

The pingpong ball changes trajectory, flying into a 45 degree angle in the direction from where it should have gone, and away from where Taning is standing.

Brig smiles. He's not sure if that cheap opener would get a point (based on how Taning was playing amazingly earlier) but he'll be just glad to see if it plasters a look of surprise on Taning's face. He laughs inside. ]

[therealbrianna]

[ Interesting... ]

Wait, the first Minstrel was a Changeling? [ Terribly confused, this one. ]

[justselene]

Mm-hm. What we know about his life borders more on fantastic myth than anything else, but we know that much.

[Plucking at the koto again.]

Because of him, both human beings and Changeling can gain his Gift.

[bostova]

[ She thinks about that for a moment, head tilted just slightly. ]

I do not think I am Gyoseisha material, though...

[kawaakari]

The battlefield needs its squad leaders, its commanders on the front lines. Handling backroom work may not suit you, but fighting a good war is rarely ever determined on one front alone.