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

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade smiles at this ] I've found, Ma'am, that the dossiers and files only tell so much, and that the real stories [ He remembers his walk with Father Aidan ] can only be found out from the person involved.

I would like to talk longer with you too. I would like to get to know my Brother's sister better.

[sadame]

And I would like to get to know you better too. You and the rest of your blade.

[They've done plenty for Hikaru. She can tell.]

I just hope that there will be enough time for us to do that.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ That last statement is so ambiguous that Brigade's mind races over the possibilities she could mean ] Ma'am, what do you mean? [ He's expecting bad, worse and worst. ] Are you leaving soon? Or is there something coming that we should prepare for? [ The "worst" he doesn't verbalize. Nyx? Grendal? Something else of equal magnitude? ]

[sadame]

I will have to go eventually. All of this has been a bit of an extended vacation for me.

[Sounding just a little bit sad, but trying to make light of the situation.

Does that remind you of somebody?]

[atlas_shrugged]

[ The way it's delivered, she sounds so much like Hikaru ] We will see you again, Ma'am, won't we? [ He's sad at that. And thinks of their first meeting. How she told him the story of Sister Sun and Brother Moon. Her constant presence had almost made him forget that she wasn't here permanently. That she hadn't left yet because her purpose had not arrived.

He wished the purpose could wait another week. Maybe a month. Or a year. Hikaru and Setsuna deserved to have more time together ]

[sadame]

I hope we do.

[She really, really, really does.

She is also not about to mention to him how, by the two of them getting close, the chances of them seeing each other again get slimmer by the minute.]

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade can sense the melancholy in her voice ] I think I'm happy to stay right here for the moment. [ He rubs the space between her ears ] Just spend some time with you while you're still here. [ He'll spend time with the others later. He'll savor the time Setsuna can spare with him. ]

[sadame]

[Mmm, that is nice enough to be distracting. A little.]

I'm not about to complain. Thank you.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brigade smiles and just keeps rubbing the space between her ears. It's enough. Sharing a moment of peace like this is enough. ]