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

Close to sunset

[fidelias]

[No, you're not going to be treated to the sight of Tohru Fukuzawa lollygagging in those pools.

What you will see him doing, though, is sitting out on one of the porches that overlooks the horizon, legs crossed, smoking from a pipe with a bottle of sake close at hand.

The smoke from that pipe smells... suspicious.

Yes.

That kind of suspicious.]

Have a curious Brianna

[therealbrianna]

[ She pokes in on Tohru, quietly announcing her presence before walking up to him because respect. ]

Uhm, hi Tohru! [ She plops down a good two feet away from him. She points to the pipe he's smoking. ]

Is that like special tobacco?

[fidelias]

[Oh you poor, innocent child.

Thank god for the fact that Tohru has amazingly high composure.]

Not quite. Good evening.

[This doesn't stop him from smiling just a little, though.]

[therealbrianna]

[ Not quite? But it's either yes or no... :( ]

Ehehe, good evening. So... What is that exactly? Can that be found only in Japan?

[fidelias]

It's called hashish. I've mixed some opium and cloves in too.

[Oh so casual. He has nothing to hide from this one.]

[therealbrianna]

[ The smell is enough to pique her curiosity, but she won't even ask. ]

That's... Interesting. Why aren't you down there?

[ Brianna is actually still fully dressed. She's thinking about going down there, but she's kind of poking people who's out of the springs. She's saving that for later. ]

[fidelias]

I find this more relaxing at the moment. How about you?

[He hasn't not been able to talk to this one. This is a good opportunity. Might as well be nice.]

[therealbrianna]

[ She plops her chin on her hand, looking bored. ]

Kind of waiting until something interesting happens, really.

[fidelias]

I am pretty sure that something will. Something always does in this place.

[It's THAT kind of place.]

Either that, or you could make things interesting for yourself.

[He is, at any rate.]

[therealbrianna]

[ She's distracted, talking while things are going on in her head. She's slightly afraid of Tohru, especially after what she saw he was capable of doing, but comfortable enough to be candid with him. Kind of like how one knows that another is perfectly capable of erasing their existence in just a snap, but trusts that other person enough to know that unless one does something that the other perceives as a threat, then the other will not touch her. Yay! ]

I agree with you. Interesting things keep happening when you've got a bunch of people with interesting personalities. It's kinda fun reading into them too.

[ She then faces him and smiles, gesturing at the pipe with her gaze. ]

I see one way you like to keep things interesting. For yourself, at least.

[fidelias]

I try my best to. Personally, though, I feel most fulfilled when I am on the battlefield.

[Which might just be the reason why he drinks like a fish and smokes like a chimney when he isn't on duty.]

[therealbrianna]

[ She smiles. In her mind, they are two incredibly different people, sitting down, just having a chat. ]

Yeah, I saw that. [ Awkward chuckle.

And then, a sudden curious thought floats in her mind. ]

How's it like being a dad though?

[fidelias]

[Huh.]

I am not sure if I am the best person to ask in that regard. My family is a little strange.

[bladeweaver]

[Taning in a towel (no fundoshi, no sir) wanders over to where his master is sitting after catching a whiff of whatever it is he's smoking.]

Hello, shisho. [He sits beside him.] Mind if I join you?

[fidelias]

Join me, or...

[Smiling, and deftly flipping the pipe he has balanced between his fingers so that the stem is facing Taning invitingly.]

Join me?

[bladeweaver]

[Taning sits beside his master, and crafts a functional pipe from the stone. That is his answer.]

I must say, I rarely see you so relaxed.

[fidelias]

[Excellent. Flipping his pipe back towards its rightful direction (namely, him), and reaching over to set the stash in front of Taning.]

I am home now. There is no reason to be too vigilant within one's house.

[For the moment, anyway.]

[bladeweaver]

[He takes a pinch from the stash and... Matter 1: Analyze Composition.

Wow. This is an intriguing blend.]

Your own blend, sir?

[fidelias]

Not quite. A old friend of mine made it first. He's the one who introduced me to the wonders of enjoying myself in this fashion.

[Sigh. Makoto Kuzunoha, you dog you.]

[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.]