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Magisteria Mods ([personal profile] magisteriamods) wrote in [community profile] magisteriaexe2024-09-02 06:49 pm

Agrarian Enclave Mingle: Oca Street Bathhouse








Agrarian Enclave: The Oca Street Bathhouse




This mingle is OTA and can be used like a mini-TDM or meme!


This is another mingle set in Magisteria's Agrarian Enclave, or the Agriculture District. For maximum thirst, it can be combined with the first Enclave mingle, specifically the ambrosial honey. Visitors are welcome to play it as their characters exploring both, either individually or together!




Known throughout the district as a haven for relaxation and wellness, the Oca Street Bathhouse features luxurious hot springs, invigorating steam rooms, and therapeutic pools infused with herbal extracts, all housed in/among rooms with soft, ambient lighting. Visitors may select from among a wide number of "Aqua Aromatics" to produce different sensory experiences.

The Oca Street Bathhouse also offers an impressive number of massage options derived from Otherworlders' ancestral cultures. Whatever your desire, every aspect of the bathhouse is fully customizable for all patrons, lending to a wholesale self-care experience.

[Below are some ideas to get everyone started, though players are of course free to make up their own massage options, bathing rituals, and aromatics! A world like Magisteria would of course have options beyond those from Earth history, but I kept it simple here. Again, feel free to add more!]

Massage Options & Bathing Rituals

Elemental Stone Massage: This unique massage technique incorporates smooth, heated stones placed strategically on the body's energy centers to promote deep relaxation, balance, and a sense of grounding.
Aromatherapy Massage: Using a blend of carefully selected essential oils, this massage focuses on soothing the senses, relieving stress, and enhancing overall well-being.
Thai Herbal Compress Massage: A traditional technique that combines gentle stretching, acupressure, and the application of warm herbal compresses to stimulate energy flow, release muscle tension, and promote detoxification.
Shiatsu Massage: Based on Japanese acupressure principles, this massage involves rhythmic finger pressure applied to specific points on the body to restore balance, relieve tension, and boost energy levels.
Deep Tissue Massage: Ideal for those seeking targeted muscle relief, this massage utilizes firm pressure and slow strokes to reach deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue, releasing chronic tension and promoting flexibility.

Hinoki Wood Bath: Inspired by Japanese traditions, the Hinoki Wood Bath combines warm water and fragrant Hinoki cypress, known for its therapeutic properties. It rejuvenates the body and mind, relieves fatigue, and promotes a sense of tranquility.
Moroccan Hammam: Experience the purifying and exfoliating benefits of a traditional Moroccan Hammam ritual. This steam-based cleansing ceremony invigorates the skin, leaving it refreshed, smooth, and glowing.
Ayurvedic Abhyanga: Drawing from the ancient Indian healing system of Ayurveda, this ritual involves a full-body massage using warm herbal oils tailored to balance the body's specific dosha (constitution). It aims to restore harmony, improve circulation, and nourish the skin.
Turkish Ottoman Bath: Step into a world of opulence and relaxation with the Turkish Ottoman Bath ritual. Enjoy a sequence of hot and cold water treatments, exfoliation, foam massages, and invigorating splashes, all designed to cleanse, revitalize, and refresh the body.


Aqua Aromatics

Blissful Lavender: Extracted from lavender flowers, this herbal extract promotes relaxation and stress relief. It has a soothing aroma that calms the mind and helps to create a tranquil atmosphere in the bathhouse.
Revitalizing Eucalyptus: Derived from eucalyptus leaves, this extract has invigorating properties. It releases a refreshing scent and provides a cooling sensation, revitalizing the body and mind.
Enchanting Rose Petals: The extract from rose petals adds a touch of luxury and romance to the bathhouse experience. It has a delicate and captivating fragrance that promotes self-love, sensuality, and emotional balance.
Soothing Chamomile: Chamomile extract is known for its calming and soothing effects. It is perfect for those seeking relaxation and relief from anxiety or muscle tension. It helps to create a serene and peaceful ambiance in the bathhouse.
Invigorating Peppermint: Peppermint extract offers a refreshing and uplifting experience. Its cool and minty aroma stimulates the senses, providing a burst of energy and clarity. It can also help soothe headaches and improve focus.
Grounding Sandalwood: Sandalwood extract has a woody and earthy fragrance that promotes grounding and centering. It creates a sense of tranquility and aids in meditation and spiritual practices.
Energizing Citrus Blend: A blend of citrus extracts, such as orange, lemon, and grapefruit, can provide an energizing and uplifting experience. The vibrant and zesty scents help to rejuvenate the body and mind, boosting mood and vitality.
Nourishing Oatmeal: Oatmeal extract is known for its nourishing and soothing properties. It can help moisturize and soften the skin, making it ideal for individuals with sensitive or dry skin. It provides a comforting and gentle bathing experience.
Purifying Green Tea: Green tea extract has antioxidant and detoxifying properties. It can help cleanse the skin, leaving it refreshed and revitalized. Its subtle aroma creates a refreshing and purifying atmosphere in the bathhouse.
Harmonizing Jasmine: Jasmine extract is often associated with relaxation and harmony. Its sweet and floral scent promotes a sense of balance and peace. It enhances the overall sensory experience and encourages self-reflection.






Left: This woman currently manages the bathhouse. She goes by Tai. She will be happy to accommodate clients.
Right: Yokai clans comprised one of the groups that founded the bathhouse. Murals can be seen on the walls.




Pleasures of all sorts may become quite real within the sensuous sensory-rich environs. Citizens of diverse backgrounds visit this place. Waterfolk of various kin, but also mundane normie humans, elves, faeries, and even some on the tech-forward side.

PCs are free to handwave interactions with amorous locals or with workers at the establishment, who are trained in full-service massage+pleasure work. Random one-off NPCs can be made for this purpose in the location, so go wild!

Plot Key



At some point, Otherworlders might encounter a worker who looks a little uncertain. She’s conversing with elf guy (likely also a worker there).

Otherworlders may overhear the worker say that lately certain of their clientele had been behaving a bit strangely. Unfamiliar women arriving and … there was talk of induction into some group. Otherworlders will overhear her saying she did manage to collect digital business cards for certain individuals/the organization.

If Otherworlders listen closely, they’ll hear concern: these people were kind of giving off… culty vibes.




PCs are free to approach and ask about those business cards... Simply reply to "Plot Key" below.

[Note: This plot clue relates to an ongoing game plot in the works. It may be a little confusing to new players, but any are free to ask into the clue/pursue details.]




lightduties: (triangulation)

I. Culty Vibes

[personal profile] lightduties 2024-09-15 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[It turns out that the person sliding into the seat next to Vash is a short man with feline-like ears and tail. He also has the list of massage options open on the table in front of him, though by contrast Rhea'li has an elbow on the table as he scans the menu while he listens to the interesting conversation the employees are having in hushed tones.

Strange behaviour and induction into a rather sketchy group? Hm.

Once the pair of workers have drifted off to take care of their other duties, Rhea'li prods the other man with his foot, not looking up from the massage menu.]


You were listening to that, aye?
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[personal profile] gilgamess 2024-09-15 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ By now, Gilgamesh remembers him: the research-oriented attitude, bookishness, and dour demeanor. It is scarcely even surprising to see the other man with a book out, even at such a place. Truly something of a stereotype, it would seem. But Gilgamesh knew scribes and scholars of such a character in his kingdom, or even other heroic spirits in Chaldea who were of such a character. ]

Your research has not been fruitful, one supposes?

[ Gilgamesh simply picks up where they last left off as he settles down un-self-consciously. Needless to say, he has fewer cares at the moment than Ratio probably does.

Gilgamesh tries to remember what they had last discussed. Something about the Fractured quest, and Umbra... ah, yes, he had volunteered to try to find out more, hadn't he? There might be a little more information he can yet provide Ratio with, but certainly Gilgamesh himself does not have all the answers on this one. ]


Nor do I suppose you ever found out who entrusted you to seek such information, hm...

[ Again, just a guess. Or a means of initiating conversation, perhaps. ]
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[personal profile] bountyfull 2024-09-15 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Water's a bit of a luxury where I'm from is all...

[ He hesitates at the invitation, having since sunk back down to at least his shoulders in the water. He does, however, eye the glass and then Musashi for a moment. It wouldn't hurt to be a little friendly, right? With a smile that's a little strained he scoots over, keeping a respectable distance. ]

Sorry again, I really should have double checked before just hopping in.
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[personal profile] bountyfull 2024-09-15 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The prod to his foot gets a glance from Vash, most of his gaze still blocked by the sunglasses he's refused to take off of his face. There's the smallest quirk upwards of his lips that's quickly followed by a quiet affirmative hum, even as he shifts in his seat in a way that gives him a subtle ability to watch the two employees disappear around a corner. ]

I heard. Sounds kind of fishy to me.

[ There's a pause, and he tilts his head with brows raised over the rim of his glasses, the expression aimed at Rhea'li. What're HIS thoughts? ]
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[personal profile] lunardreaming 2024-09-16 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm trying a new method of relaxing. Not sure I'm doing it right."

Then again, Lucy's not quite sure how this kind of relaxing works. She's already feeling kind of antsy, unused to sitting around doing nothing. Life in Night City was at a hundred miles an hour, never resting, ads blared in your face 24/7, neon colors and engine exhaust. Even her dreams were usually full of action, running and clawing.

Lucy doesn't bother to pretend to be chaste about looking at Musashi. Nudity's as common as breathing where she's from, and Musashi's got an incredible body without the benefit of cybernetics. It's impressive, and... unbearably attractive, the steam curling around the toned skin of her arms, her collarbones, dampening the hair at the nape of her neck. Like this, Musashi looks less like a legendary hero and more like a regular person. Attainable.

"Feels kind of weird just sitting around doing nothing," she admits.
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[personal profile] lunardreaming 2024-09-16 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Not really.

[ It comes out dry, because yeah, magic's definitely not her domain. The whole spirit grove thing had been kind of overwhelming, a whole lot of magic packed into a tiny place. Ancestors, water spirits, animal spirits. ]

But let's just say I have an issue with authoritarians.

[ And that sure seemed like what that rumored magic lady was trying to do; be an authoritarian, form a monopoly on magic. This city had seemed so tranquil when she'd first arrived, and now the deeper undercurrents are starting to reveal themselves. The Fractured. The White Phantom. The Symphony of Disruption. Hints from Seraphina and others that the government district might not be all it seems. But where does this magic-seeker fit into it? Is she something else entirely? ]

Magic's your domain. Figured you might want to know, if you didn't get dragged there too.
diechotomy: (pic#16895283)

wildcarded.

[personal profile] diechotomy 2024-09-16 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Knives was putting in every effort to get away from the people here. On any other day, he'd just wipe them out and then take his leave, but this isn't home. This isn't anywhere near home, either. He can't just kill and bounce if he doesn't know how to return to where he's meat to be to finish his work. It was going to be more effort than he had initially anticipated, he realizes. Vash is stubborn, after all. And annoyingly loyal to humanity.

The experience of being brought here was something unexpected on its own. But to see his brother admiring a view of the city was more surprising. He's not eager to get into a physical altercation with Vash. Although if he must, he will. He's perfectly cable of causing his brother necessary harm (though he'd naturally take issue knowing another caused it). He waits for a moment, watching Vash before he takes a few quick steps and approaches, joining his brother immediately at his side. He has to assume Vash knows someone is approaching, and he likely knows its him, too. It's just how it works with them. ]


Of course the place found it necessary for us both to be here.

[ There's a lift, the slightest hint of amusement in his tone. Of course, when he seeks out time alone he finds one of so few he doesn't mind being in the presence of. ]
strength_of_will: (51 Hey there)

William G. Maryblood | The Faraway Paladin | open (will match format)

[personal profile] strength_of_will 2024-09-16 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Hinoki Wood Bath
Okay. Okay, there's a snowball's chance in hell that William is missing out on a chance to experience an onsen derived from his previous country of origin. Even though he has well and truly adapted to his new life (and life in Magisteria), surely he can be allowed this tiny, little indulgence?

The best time for a bath is, of course, after a good training session. He comes in after his usual routine, muscles aching and smelling...well, probably like someone who has just emerged from a gym. But that will soon be rectified!

William strips down without any self-consciousness at all, wrapping a towel around his waist for courtesy's sake before heading to the showers to do a pre-bath rinse. Those in the same area may hear him humming a quiet but happy little tune to himself as he goes through the motions. Once he feels clean, he finally makes his way over to the wooden baths and slips in with a deep sigh of satisfaction. If possible, he'd pick a spot that's unoccupied, but with how popular this place seems to be with the locals, it's possible he's picked a spot next to another Otherworlder.

"Hot baths really are the best... Don't you think?"
2. Elemental Stone Massage
With his nostalgia satisfied, he decides to try something different on another day. Massages are not really something he's experienced, so he opts for one that seems the least invasive to start with.

"I wonder if this could improve our ability to use magic," he wonders aloud to whoever may be next to him. "If it's like acupuncture which is meant to target key points on the body, then an elemental stone massage would do something similar, right...?"
3. Wildcard
Feel free to DM me if you have ideas or just tag in with a scenario!
bountyfull: (threehundredseventytwo)

menace.

[personal profile] bountyfull 2024-09-17 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ No, it'd be silly to think Vash wouldn't have noticed Knives' presence.

There's a level of tension in his posture that tightens like a bowstring as his brother comes to stand next to him. His gaze flicks over to watch Knives out of the corner of his eyes, in that small gap of space his sunglasses don't cover. He barely breathes for a moment, his chest as still as the rest of him, save for where his fingers tighten around the railing he'd been leaning on only moments before.

There's so much that could go so, so wrong. A thousand options flicker through Vash's thoughts, but he settles on neutral, on hopeful.
]

You sound like you think it's funny.

[ A statement, maybe also a question. He turns his head a little, watching Knives with a wary air about him, despite the breeze in the air. ]
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[personal profile] floweroftheapex 2024-09-17 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Part of it is psychological." Musashi explains. "Just...learning to let it all go. Find peace in the moment. Just "be" here, right now." She rubs the back of her neck. "Dunno if I'm explaining it well. I was never too good at this stuff." Never had time to develop the scholarly skills many of her male counterparts had later in life that led to them penning a certain volume...but for someone from a place as exciting as Musashi understands Night City to be, Lucy having trouble with actual downtime is not all that surprising.

Nor, frankly, is the way she's essentially eating up Musashi with her gaze. Now that part she especially doesn't mind. They've been...dancing around each other for awhile now, and she's enjoyed the tempo. Lucy fascinates her. Cool and reserved, but capable of great warmth to those she lets in. The way she moves through cyberspace is like a dance to the Servant, mysterious and enticing, a way of existing that is entirely alien even to her, with the breadth of her experiences. It drives her to want to know more, want to know her more. She's picked up the lingo, Lucy dispensing new bits of slang like pieces of great wisdom that Musashi has eagerly absorbed, but there's still so much about her life in Night City and the experiences and people that shaped her she wants to know. But Lucy guards those pearls much more closely, though she doesn't seem to object to Musashi's curiosity.

Musashi's not sure how far "in" she is, but she at least has her foot in the door. Pretty sure Lucy doesn't do a lot of entertaining in her own home, but she was pretty comfortable letting a fight-happy samurai and former drifter in. And the way Lucy isn't even trying to hide her enjoyment of Musashi's unclad body is providing a great deal of encouragement.

"But if you need some help, I've always found alcohol and baths complement each other very well. Want a drink? This Ambrosia stuff is preem." She raises the bottle. "If you don't mind sharing a glass. I think Gilgamesh wandered off with my other one." She did have two glasses, but...yeah. It was probably Gilgamesh who took the spare. Oh, that Gilgamesh.
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swapping format to match because I'm a dummy

[personal profile] insulttoslugs 2024-09-17 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Sumika looks... actually horrified at the idea of pruned timelines. As for the prospect of a new world, though, she doesn't answer for a long, long moment, looking down at the water. When she does finally look up, she still looks discouraged, water dripping off the stubbornly curled strand of hair at the middle of her hairline.

"But... I can't. Not without Takeru-chan..."
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you love me.

[personal profile] diechotomy 2024-09-18 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
I do think it's funny.

[ That amusement was there, not clear to anyone else. But if Vash looks, he'll notice that twitch in the corner of Knives' mouth. It's something only his twin will see. An expression that Knives was much more used to seeing in their youth than actually experiencing for himself.

Of course he finds it amusing that they're both here. They spent so many years apart and then -- suddenly they were facing each other again. And then they were here. For Knives, it does nothing more than confirm for him that his path was right. That the fact that he and Vash were together again, no matter the nature of it, was a result of the choices he made up to this point. ]


Don't you, Vash? Why wouldn't you?
emet_sulk: (A06 You don't say)

[personal profile] emet_sulk 2024-09-18 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Emet-Selch twitches in place and he cracks open an eye. That eye glares sullenly at Rhea'li.

"What do you mean 'did I do that'?" he asks scornfully. "Can't you recognise your own death blow when you see it?"

...He self-consciously adjusts the towel a little, but there's only so far it can ride up. At best, it hides the mark on his abdomen a little better - the mark that's just the symbol of his office.
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[personal profile] lunardreaming 2024-09-19 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Learning to let it all go.

That sounds fucking impossible. Lucy's pretty sure she's capable of being in the present, but her present is constantly dogged by her past and her future. Thoughts of Night City, of David, of Maine's crew. Of Arasaka. Thoughts of potential future, and the code she stole from the Fractured, and the White Phantom -- problems she's willingly taken on to distract herself from everything else. Every still moment is a moment that some other thought is intruding. Night City never had encouraged stillness, not unless you grabbed it for yourself, not unless you found yourself on the top of a skyscraper at midnight, watching the moon and the office building lights and the lone car on the road far, far below.

Letting it all go, she thinks, must be an art.

She won't say no to a drink, though.

"Trade?" she offers, holding out her verve vape. Maybe she can distract herself from thoughts of missions and running, and bury her mind in the soft slope of Musashi's biceps, the droplets of condensation on her skin.

Once the two have been traded, Musashi takes a sip of the Ambrosia. It is preem. Nice and smooth, a fuckton nicer than the bottom-shelf stuff she usually picks out of habit. The glass is fogged from the steam, and it feels luxurious in a way she's never really felt.

"What do you normally do to relax? To... let it all go?"
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Erichthonios | Final Fantasy XIV | Wide Open

[personal profile] beshackled 2024-09-19 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
I. Meanwhile, outside...

Lingering some several yards yalms from the entrance, Erichthonios observes the Oca Street Bathhouse with interest. 'Tis an inviting presence, evoking something of a sense of calm in comparison to the incessant visual overstimulation of the more technologically-inclined parts of the city. A proper bath sounds nice. Very nice, but he hasn't worked up the courage to investigate further just yet.


II. Observations

Once inside, Erichthonios quickly immerses himself in reading, pouring over details about the place and all it has to offer -- a course of action that has him gently fluster as soon as he reaches the portion covering massages. The thought of someone laying hands on him -- a stranger, of all things -- spurs a quiet discomfort, the bright-haired man wincing. It's intimate. Too intimate for him.

His reaction is enough to spark some gentle teasing from a random client, and he shoots them a perturbed, if mayhap slightly pouting, look.

The tension passes, though, and he soon returns to reading. Past the massages, and onto the baths, and then the list of aromatics-- he pauses at the Rose selection, then colors faintly, a hint of red touching his cheeks before quickly moving on.

III. Therapeutic Pool

Shy creature that he is, Erichthonios does not opt to go publicly naked in a very public bath. Rather, he retires to a much smaller room, dipping into sunken bath with heated water, the fragrance of heady sandalwood and sweet jasmine rising with the steam, a few stray jasmine flowers floating atop the water's surface as he soaks.

A worker comes in to check on him now and then, the skittish Erichthonios dunking down into the water so deeply each time that only nose and eyes remain above, nods for yes and head shakes for no to each question asked of him -- is everything well, is the water to his liking, does he need anything else? Yes, yes, and no.

'Twould be more relaxing, he thinks, if he could but bathe alone in peace, even though he simultaneously frets that it might be rude to ask to not be disturbed for a while.

Alas, the door is unlocked, and anyone might wander in.
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[personal profile] emet_sulk 2024-09-19 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This bath reminds him of those in the Far East. It feels a little smothering at first to be surrounded by so much bamboo, but the atmosphere is something he ends up growing used to the more he sits and absorbs it.

He's not one for making small conversation usually... But it would be rude to ignore someone who speaks. ]


Oh? A pity. Baths like these are a fixture in most cultures.

[ Submerged in the bath as he is, there's nothing noteworthy to see. If she had watched him entering though, she would have seen the discoloured mark on his front and back that resembles a large scar. Like something had simply...torn through his midriff and out the other side.

There's another mark on his abdomen - a red mark that's vivid against his skin. But this one he is a little more self-conscious about as he enters the bath. ]
strength_of_will: (53 WHAT)

[personal profile] strength_of_will 2024-09-19 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ William feels like he's been doing a good job so far respecting the modesty of those in the mixed-gender baths. It's funny, but even though he has always imagined himself settling down with a wife and children, he has yet to see a woman...well, that way. And so a few people may find his apparent comfort with sharing the baths a little odd, but William makes polite and congenial conversation to put them at ease.

The sudden question from Sumika catches him a little off-guard however. ]


Oh, um... Kind of? I know that everyone back home will be fine without me for a little while. They're all very good at their respective jobs. My only worry is if a strong demon attacks and I'm not there to defend my people.
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[personal profile] floweroftheapex 2024-09-19 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Taking a drag from the vape, and it hits just as good as those drinks in the club do. Musashi leans back, enjoying the sensation of the verve and ambrosia mixing together. It's a sweet taste, though she wonders how much of it is Lucy.

It's intoxicating no matter what. So is watching Lucy down the ambrosia. She's not shy about looking either.

"Hmmm?" For a moment, she wasn't aware that Lucy was asking a question. "What do I do? I go hiking." She says. "Some place green, and far away from everyone else. Finding little hidden paths through trees, forgotten places. Wandering the roads in Japan-" Any Japan, pretty much any era you can think of, "I'd find little shrines off the roads. Good place to settle down for a time and just reflect. On nature, my place in it, the world. The path I was on. Or any place I could see the sky. You get some really good starscapes out in the deserts, don't you Lucy-chan? Ride out a bit, wait for the sun to go down, then lie back and let the universe put on a show for me. Those little spots of peace between the maelstrom." If her head was too busy, too worked up, she'd watch the stars instead.

"Seeing the vastness of it all...the beauty in infinity, helped put me in perspective. Helped me focus. Something about the desert always captivated me." Maybe that's just because it was the first place she traveled after leaving her original timeline.

She takes another hit off the vape, then laughs. "Admittedly that's a little bit harder here, but I'm managing." Magisteria isn't entirely without its green spaces however, and she's been known to wander into them for a good part of the day, especially if last night's shift was a rough one.

"You know you're welcome to join me. Drop you a text next time I plan on going out?"
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[personal profile] lunardreaming 2024-09-20 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's an answer Lucy hadn't been expecting. She'd been expecting... like, sword routines or whatever. But hiking sounds nice, maybe. She had seen the stars clearly in the desert, well before she'd gotten to Night City and its bright glow that largely wiped them out.

The offer has her half-smiling. "'kay." It would come off as cold and uninterested if not for the hint of warmth in her tone.

She trades Musashi's alcohol back to her, and tips her head back to rest on the stone edge of the bath, idly tracing a fingertip over the surface of the water.

"I used to look at the moon a lot," she finally offers wistfully. "I guess that was my version of relaxing. I used to watch it and think about the people on there, and how far above it all they must feel, and... I used to wonder if they still had problems all the way up there. Or if they could just look down at the Earth and remember how high up they were, and how petty all their arguments are."
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[personal profile] lunardreaming 2024-09-20 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lucy will totally admit to the fact that her gaze caught on the mark that looks like a devil's face -- it stands out like a brand, there's no way anybody could miss that thing when he's got his shirt off. The scar is interesting, too, because a lot of people in Night City just don't have them. Too easy to patch them over with artificial skin. ]

Not mine. Maybe they used to be, but then hyper capitalism because a thing and they stopped seeing the monetary value in traditional relaxation.

[ Her tone is dry. She tips her head back, taking a hit off the verve vape that accompanies her most places now, and blows the vapor upward and away from anyone else. ]

They have these places in your culture?
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[personal profile] lightduties 2024-09-20 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Emet-Selch may be adjusting his towel upwards but Rhea'li's gaze has already fallen further. Nice... tattoo...... was Emet-Selch that dedicated to his old job that he had it permanently marked upon his body? Or had it been the consequence from a poorly thought out drunken bender?

Since there are no others currently occupying this part of the bathhouse, Rhea'li turns to make himself comfortable on the other side of the steamy room, lying along the bench and for all intents and purposes looking much like a cat sunning itself. With only the towel, the tattoo of a sun on his shoulder and the Ruin spell inked on his left thigh (the latter being the consequence from a poorly thought out drunken bender) are on full display.

"I suppose I thought such things would not come with you beyond the bounds of the Lifestream." The tip of his tail curls from under the end of his towel. "It doesn't hurt, does it?"
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III >:D (cw: nudity)

[personal profile] starshepard 2024-09-21 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
And wander in someone does. That someone just so happens to be Azem in their masculine form. A form that is not different from their feminine form overall, just you know, the parts are different.

Azem enters not looking to see if anyone is in the room until the door is shut behind them and they've dropped the towel from around their waist. It's as they step away from the discarded towel that they finally look up and notice Erichthonios in the water.

"Oh, I didn't realize the room was occupied." Despite this revelation, they continue to stand there with no attempt to recover themself.
Edited (warnings derp) 2024-09-21 03:33 (UTC)
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[personal profile] beshackled 2024-09-21 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
By the time Azem enters, Erichthonios has mellowed out to the point of halfway dozing, the full reality of another person's presence within the room not fully dawning on him in those first few seconds as he reacts to the voice by tipping his head back to blink up with sleepy red eyes.

He sees a face, and brilliant eyes that look alike to his people, and...

And that face is a lot closer than he thought it would be. And the shoulders are... rather bare...

The person is wearing no clothes.

"Wh-wha...!?" Eyes widening in alarm, all hints of drowsiness instantly disappear as he plunges into the water with an undignified eep. Oh no, oh star, what is he supposed to do?
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[personal profile] starshepard 2024-09-21 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Azem happens to overhear the conversation and is torn between letting it play out or doing something to potentially embarrass their dear friend. Unfortunately for Hades, the desire to potentially embarrass him is too strong.

They make their way over and slip an arm around him as they level their gaze on the other person. "Don't worry, I have that covered."

They're in their masculine form and thankfully covered by a towel.
Edited 2024-09-21 03:59 (UTC)
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[personal profile] starshepard 2024-09-21 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Vash's apology is met with a chuckle and mirthful glowing blue eyes, one lighter than the other. Their somewhat muscular figure is relaxed against the side of the not too far from him.

Well, further now that he's jumped away.
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If I'm not mistaken these baths are for everyone.

[ They can't help but look at him, noting the many scars. They hum thoughtfully. ]

A little company is welcomed.

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