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Raiden sparx has entered the room.
blender_bunny@mac.com: When last we saw our heroes they were bathing or returning little girls to rich neighborhoods.
Raiden sparx: Tomasu, since he was getting no pleasure from seeing naked women bathe (Goddamn thaums), was instead thinking of what had happened before.
Raiden sparx: His men had almost died.
Raiden sparx: His men were dear to him. They were the only friends he had left from his old home. If anything happened to them, he didn't know what he'd do. And his weapons couldn't always protect them.
DancerVeiled: Ayame was bathing, taking great care to clean all of the swamp-gook off of her body, making sure she was entirely clean once again. It was a remarkably refreshing experience.
Mesden: Ditto!
MischiefMink: Ode was following behind Hiyoko, trying to figure out how to best avoid any awkward meetings with the girl's parents.
Lithaladhwen: Tassi, deeming herself in thorough need of a good scrub as well, decided to indulge herself with the others.
Lithaladhwen: At worst it was an opportunity to be clean and comfortable, and perhaps it would be a chance to get to know these allies of Ode's.
Lithaladhwen: Those ladies who happen to be bathing with the blonde stranger would notice a large round sienna-colored tattoo on her lower back.
Lithaladhwen: It looked like an elaborate mandala, almost like a delicate line-drawing of a rose window.
Raiden sparx: Tomasu sat quietly in the water, merely letting it soak. The long scar on his chest that went from his left shoulder to his right hip was very apparant now.
blender_bunny@mac.com: Hiyoko smiled as she banged on the door of the building she called home. "Would you like to come in?"
MischiefMink: "Ah... I'm not sure if I should," Ode said, gesturing at her still swamp-filled clothes. "Your family would probably think you were bringing a swamp monster home, you know?"
Lithaladhwen: Tassi pulled wet hair out of her face and twisted it back behind her neck above the water. It wasn't often she had trouble starting conversations with new people, but something about this situation was strange.
Lithaladhwen: Her apparent allies seemed reticent in... a way that was unfamiliar to Tassi.
Lithaladhwen: She wasn't sure how to overcome it, or even if it were not simply her imagination running away with her, driving her to new heights of curiosity and nosiness.
Raiden sparx: Tomasu looked over at Ayame, Tayuumi, and Tassi bathing. Part of him felt like he should be happy but...meh.
DancerVeiled: Ayame possessed few notable markings or scars, given the ease and perfection of the chosen of the dawn's natural healing. Nor was she particularly social around strangers.
Mesden: Tayuumi, on the other hand, hardly ever fought and seemed to be picture perfect outwardly!
Mesden: Being the perky upstart person she is, she decided to kick things off.
Mesden: "So, what brings everyone here?"
Raiden sparx: "Ayame, when we go shopping for new armor to replace your beaten up stuff, mind helping me look for some books?"
DancerVeiled: "Books?" She asks, "What sort?"
DancerVeiled: Tomasu wasn't the kind to read... >.> Something was up.
Lithaladhwen: "I actually came across Ode in the swamp. I'd worked with her before, and couldn't justify wandering around alone when the alternative was to offer her a bit of aid if I could," Tassi explained.
Lithaladhwen: "Then all this madness happened, and I'm not actually entirely sure what's happened or if I've been any help at all. Near as I can tell I've been bright and shiny and castigated a spirit." Tassi shrugged.
Lithaladhwen: "I suppose perhaps that was enough."
Raiden sparx: "Sorcery books. Stuff they taught back at the schools. You know."
DancerVeiled: "... You're not a sorceror, Tomasu." Ayame looks at him strangely, "I mean, you're not even a savant... Are you?"
Raiden sparx: "I went to the schools. I just never focused on it."
DancerVeiled: "Really? They teach that stuff to line soldiers in the realm?""
Mesden: "Well, that's an interesting story."
Mesden: "I just followed strangers into the woods to help them."
Mesden: "Go figure, huh?"
Lithaladhwen: Tassi smiled. "It hadn't occurred to me that anyone else here might be as confused as I was and to a great degree still am. I assume you got here before I did?"
Raiden sparx: "Well, not sorcery itself. Just some of the logistics of it. After all, you never know who might show potential for it. But anyway...just make sure to look for one."
DancerVeiled: "... Okay." Ayame said, shifty-eyed. Tomasu was up to something...
Mesden: "Most likely"
Mesden: "All I ended up doing was glowwing bright enough to keep his" she slightly nodded over to Tomasu, "troops alive."
blender_bunny@mac.com: "Are you sure? They may want to reward you, maybe they'll give you a prize an' everything." The little girl was very optimistic for having grown up in such a posh lifestye.
Mesden: "The place was a bit too nasty for them."
MischiefMink: "...if you really want, I can stop back in later, after I've had a chance to get de-swamped, and meet them then."
Raiden sparx: Tomasu rubbed a finger along the scar, scratches showing after cleaning the muck off. "Dammit...need to wrap this up later."
DancerVeiled: "Better to do it now, Tomasu. Don't want that to get infected." Ayame points out.
Lithaladhwen: "I can imagine. Too bloody nasty for a child, too. Speaking of which, I have to wonder where Ode's gotten herself off to. I'd hate to think we were all sitting around enjoying naked spa time when she needs us."
Lithaladhwen: Tassi glanced up at Tomasu. "Do you need any assistance with that? I mean... I could try and have a look at you if you're injured."
Raiden sparx: "Well, if you could, that'd be appreciated. Don't really know much besides putting on bandages."
DancerVeiled: Ayame slides over toward him and rolls her eyes, "Heh heh... Here, let me take a look..."
Raiden sparx: He leaned back, exposing his chest and the cuts.
Lithaladhwen: Well, no sense in fighting over the poor man. I think in our condition it would be damned inhumane for the poor man. Lot of nude women scrambling over one another to stare at his body and nothing to come of it, Tassi thought.
Lithaladhwen: She can handle it if she'd like.
DancerVeiled: Ayame takes a look, and snags her tools. "Well, I'll clean the cuts, and patch you up."
Raiden sparx: "Thanks." He closed his eyes, continuing to think on what he intended to do.
MischiefMink: "...so," Ode said after a moment of silence, "I'll be heading back then. But I will try to stop by a little later."
MischiefMink: Hiyoko still said nothing, but waved a little as Ode turned and walked away.
Mesden: "And I'll just sit over here with my minimal training in how to nurse wounds!" Tayuumi chirped in, rather playfully.
Raiden sparx: Normally, Tomasu would suggest Tayuumi should come over and be a support for his head. He needed a rest.
Raiden sparx: But somehow, he couldn't bring himself to say it.
Leviathan Bound has entered the room.
DancerVeiled: Ayame goes about scraping free debris and swampstuff from Tomasu's scratches, and expertly patching them up with remarkable skill. Tomasu feels much better now.
Raiden sparx: Tomasu let out a deep breath. "Thanks, Ayame."
DancerVeiled: "Welcome." She grins, and returns her tools, slipping back into the pool in a relaxed manner.
Lithaladhwen: Tassi leaned back into the water, drawing herself back into her thoughts. Sometimes it's better when I'm travelling with an army. When beings get powerful enough they don't really need me anymore.
Lithaladhwen: She sighed. The old over-maternal baggage rears its ugly head at last. Ah well. Nothing to be done now.
MischiefMink: It takes Ode some time to find her way out of the noble's quarter and back to the baths where the others are, but she makes it eventually.
MischiefMink: She hesitates just a moment before leaving her mask with the rest of her clothes, and then heads out to join the others.
Lithaladhwen: "....Ode?"
MischiefMink: She smiles and waves a little before slipping into the water. "...did I miss anything terribly exciting?"
Raiden sparx: "Nope...sadly."
DancerVeiled: "Not really."
Lithaladhwen: Tassi waited for Ode to settle in a bit before mentioning quietly, "It's good to see you... out and about," she finished with a gesture toward her own face.
Mesden: "Welcome!"
MischiefMink: "Ah, well... unfortunately the swamp muck got behind the mask, too. It was getting rather uncomfortable," Ode replied, just as quietly.
Lithaladhwen: Tassi nodded. "Just the same. I didn't recognize you without it at first." She looked up, a mischievous grin playing across her face briefly. "What I recognized was your hair."
MischiefMink: Ode chuckled. "...it's not too surprising." She tugged at one bit that was currently spiked with mud.
MischiefMink: "I never could get it to do anything. Even my sister couldn't style it, and she was great at that sort of thing."
Lithaladhwen: "I didn't realize you had a sister. What's her name?"
MischiefMink: "Aede."
Lithaladhwen: Tassi nodded. "Aede. You see her often?"
MischiefMink: "Ah... fairly often. I go back once or twice a year, usually."
Lithaladhwen: "Speaking of visiting..." Tassi frowned,creating an exaggerated expression of maternal frustration. "I will note that I have not seen hide nor hair of you since Regulus."
MischiefMink: "Ah, well..."
Raiden sparx: "Ode. You use Sorcery, right?"
MischiefMink: Ode turned. "Yes..."
Lithaladhwen: "Hmph." Tassi flicked water out of her hair as the conversation gave Ode an easy escape route from Tassi's chiding. Well then, Tassi thought. I'll get her to come by someday.
Raiden sparx: "I was wondering...how did you learn?"
DancerVeiled: Ayame looks at Tomasu with that appraising eye. "You're interested in lookshyan battle-sorcery, I assume?"
MischiefMink: "Ah..." Ode frowned, trying to find the best way to phrase her answer. "That's rather a tricky question. I learned some from a tribe of shamans who lived fairly close to where I grew up.
MischiefMink: "The rest is... a rather longer story."
Raiden sparx: "I'm hoping to find a way to use Sorcery. Some things...I can't just slice at."
MischiefMink: "Hmm...I'm not sure it's something anyone can learn," Ode said. "I stumbled into it more or less by accident, so I don't know much of how it's traditionally taught."
Raiden sparx: "Oh...I see." Tomasu slumped back down deeper into the water. "I suppose it's the books for me."
DancerVeiled: "Don't worry, Tomasu... I'm sure you'll figure it out." Ayame comforts.
Leviathan Bound has left the room.
DancerVeiled has left the room.