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

[bladeweaver]

[Curious, now. Curiosity not stopping him from filling his pipe bowl and lighting up.

Man, good hit.]

An old friend, sir? May I ask who?

[fidelias]

Makoto Kuzunoha, the Wanderer. A member of the Searing Wind all the way until his death.

[Taking a drag from his pipe now.]

[bladeweaver]

[The names seem familiar, and so they are. Josh's... rings.]

Ah. He would be the one hanging out with my friend Josh now, wouldn't he?

[Boom shit sudden hit. The room swims, his throat feels gone, and what is this sudden lassitude? He vaguely thinks he shouldn't be this high already; he also notes that he is, somehow, still functional.

Good job, Makoto-san.]

[fidelias]

Yes. The one and only.

[And his momentary nostalgia disappears as quickly as it came when he notices what's happening to Taning.

Heh. Heh heh.]

Nice, isn't it?

[bladeweaver]

[Nice is an understatement. Wheeeeeeee~]

Hmm? Yes, nice, very nice.

[Turns to Tohru, and with the last vestiges of his self-control:]

Please, sir, if I start saying things like "you're the best", just... take it literally? This is a really good hit.

[Two seconds later...]

But man, you're the best.

[fidelias]

[Just as planned.]

Of course I am. You are not so bad yourself.

[Tohru is never, ever going to let himself get THAT high, but... this is good.]

[bladeweaver]

[Taning has this vaguest feeling that he's about to make a fool of himself again, but... no, he really shouldn't. Not in front of all of these big shots.

So he makes a conscious effort to not really let loose. Just be... happily stoned. Kind of like happily drunk, but with more muscle coordination and less memory.

Turns out that this blend is really good for that. Why is everything so clear? Why is everything so... close? And then he realizes that he inadvertently turned on Celestial Telescope.

Is that Brig? Why does he seem like he's staring at someone? Okay yeah he's definitely staring, I've forgotten the past five seconds and he's still looking. His head swivels around, and... Ah, Kasumi-san. But why?... eh. Doesn't matter. Ask later.

He people-watches like this for fifteen minutes, muttering under his breath.]

[fidelias]

[And listening to this intently.

Very, very intently.

He is remembering the real reason why Makoto loved this stuff back in the day. It made people talk.

Still. This IS his student.]

You're talking to yourself.

[bladeweaver]

[Taning hadn't noticed, because drugs.]

Oh um. Was I saying anything interesting?

[Oh yeah he was.]

[fidelias]

Not at all.

[Yeah you totally were. But Tohru is Boss at this.]

[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.]

[fidelias]

I'm sure it's nothing.

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

[bladeweaver]

I'm sure you're right!

[He lets a half-goofy grin form on his face.

Shisho, I've always meant to ask: what do you do for fun? Well, aside from blowing errant mages up from a few kilometers away, I know that gives you a warm glow.

[Taning your self-preservation instincts WHAR???]

[fidelias]

[And he's just laughing that off, because it's Taning. (And it's also kind of true - he does enjoy it.)]

This, in itself, is the way that I have fun. With or without the hashish.

[And other substances that really shouldn't be perfectly legal.]

I enjoy a good game of chess, as well, or reading, or smithing.

[bladeweaver]

[Smithing! He likes that thought.]

Maybe I can watch you at work sometime? I could apprentice with you in more than one discipline if you'll have me. [He laughs.]

Am I being too familiar? That tends to happen with me when, you know... [He gestures to the pipe.]

[fidelias]

You may, when you are sober.

[Shaking his head a little in amusement.]

[bladeweaver]

Pshaw, sober. I read that a lot of creative eureka moments come from being high! But I'm sure you know that.

[This creativity will later be channeled in the upcoming episode of Prince of Table Tennis.]

[fidelias]

As do a lot of moments of pure stupidity.

[Backhanded? Maybe.]

[bladeweaver]

[Taning frowns at Tohru, at first because he felt offended, and he was going to retort, but then, the frown became that of one who was gonna say somnething, but forgot about it.

His face gets stuck like that for two minutes.]

I forgot what I was gonna say.

[fidelias]

Go and join your friends. You will remember eventually.

[Maybe he's saying this because he'd like to watch you goofing off, and remember every second of it.

Just maybe.]

[bladeweaver]

[Taning gives Tohru what he hopes is a respectful nod, and ambles off.]