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

herp derp

[atlas_shrugged]

It's my first time ever in a hot spring, Sensei. I don't really know how they are generally. I just assumed that this was perfectly normal. [ Brigade really has never even read up on onsens. That it's a non-combat engagement, he didn't bother looking it up on Vicenet either. ] They aren't supposed to be public? I'm guessing men and women are supposed to have separate springs like lavatories?

lol

[ferricwill]

There are public onsens, and they are always segregated. For decency, as they say.

[Not that An'yu really cares... he would have before. Now Asuna was sure to kill him if he so much as glanced in another woman's direction in a place like this.]

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade thinks of how some army showers used to not be segregated ] Well, I guess it's just skin for us, sir. I mean, Zangyaku operatives are disciplined enough not to do anything stupid and undesirable like most non-soldier individuals are prone to do. [ The return of Brigade's Captain Obvious moments. luz ]

[ferricwill]

That, and I am certain that if certain things did occur, it will all happen with the proper consent.

[Rubbing his chin now, with a bit of a smirk. Like he's seen that sort of thing happen often.

(He has. Lol, Zangyaku.)]

Ohgod An'yu's facecast's expression, in this context. -____-

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade has a sudden image in his head of people just suddenly doing it in the open. It shows on his face. ] I hope you mean they get a room, sir. It'd be... awkward, if it were just suddenly in public.

[ferricwill]

They occasionally remember to get a room. Occasionally.

[Deeply amused.]

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brig is slightly scandalized but he doesn't show it. Skin and public displays of affection are all right. But public sex is foreign to his sensibilities, and the strict discipline Hawke imposed on their unit ] I... don't think I would like to see that, sir. [ He laughs with an awkward expression, at the awkward thought ]

[ferricwill]

[Heh.]

You learn to get used to it, if you see it often enough.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ He feels really scandalized now, and it shows with a twitch on his eyebrow ] I'll keep an open mind, sir. [ He let's out a half-laugh ] Please don't tell me-- [ Brigade just cuts himself off. He does not want to know the answer to that question. He hopes An'yu doesn't surmise what it was. ]

[ferricwill]

[Have a questioning look.]

Tell you what?

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade smiles sheepishly ] Nothing, sir. It was nothing. Could I have some sake?

[ferricwill]

[Huh. Well. If you say so.]

Of course.

[And here you go: more sake!]

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Crisis averted! Brigade happily takes the cup of sake and takes a sip of it. His eyes fall on Sadaharu, and then he glances back to Gintoki ]

[ Brig addresses the Pandoran dragon in his fresh and awkward, but habitually practiced Japanese ] Sadaharu-san, would it be all right if I asked An'yu-sama to tell me a bit of your and Gintoki-san's story? [ He looks at his Sensei, checking if he asked the eccentric Pandoran right, in both his use of Japanese and his measure of the grumpy dragon's personality which might demand being addressed first ]

[ferricwill]

[Sadaharu, in response, is cracking an eye open and nodding.]

To be honest, Brigade, I don't know much. Gintoki was never very vocal about his past.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade let's out a sigh at that ] It's all right, sir. I guess I'll try to speak with him soon, and maybe find out from him. Maybe some stories of you and Sadaharu instead? As to how he became your [ Brigade catches himself before he can give off any tell of saying "your dragon" ] companion?

[ferricwill]

Well, he survived Operation Nyx when Gintoki didn't. Someone had to take him in.

[Patting Sadaharu's side with a smile, even if his tone sounds a little sad.]

But yes. I can tell you plenty of stories.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ A pang of sadness also passes over Brig, tempered only by the hope that he can bring Gintoki, who is alive in the shield, back to full strength ] I would be honored to here any of your stories, Sensei. [ An'yu patting Gintoki makes him think of those old Pokemon cartoons. It's a nice thought that makes Brigade smile ]