[Open] It's getting hot in here

[showsnopiety]

Who: Caren and anyone visiting the hot springs!
When: Post dungeon, could be right after fail/success, could be days after
Where: Hot Springs of course
What: There's a hot springs, so now there's a hot springs episode.
Rating: Could be a p-13 and beyond because some people are only wearing towels in this place.





[Win or fail, everyone needed a reason and a way to relax. With the fall of the towers, there was all sorts of good things to come from it. Some would say it was the birds; and others would say it was the hot springs.

The large, large pools of heated water. Sure, they could be used as a way to get all steamed up (or even steam punk) but after all that hard work, everyone deserves a break!

Bring your swimsuits, your towels, your drinks and snacks-who knows, you should be able to find them in the bazaars, or even on Airy. It's time to soak in the heat!]

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vietnam | ota

[hoasen]

[THE GREAT HOT SPRING DEBATE.

Vietnam, having quickly went to look at the hot springs, found herself backing away to a crop of rocks and pacing around. There are now two schools of thought concerning the hot springs: Bare or Swimsuits?

She heard Japan goes bare. But Taiwan's hot springs (and most other places overseas) needed swimsuits.

Either way, this was her observation, and she's beginning to worry that there is too much skin around. She's still not used to the Hall of Glory's baths, as one can tell.

When she spots a Hero walk towards the hot springs, she tries to stop them.]

B-before you go. I have a question, please excuse how bold it is. When you bathe in the hot springs, what is your preference?

[She's still fully clothed, by the way.]

[rollin]

[ Yata's also fully clothed, but he's obviously making his way to the hot springs himself. Even a hot-blooded Hero like him needs a break!

When Vietnam asks him the obvious, he snorts. ]

Yo, is that even a question? You gotta go buck naked. Like a man!

2/3

[rollin]

[ beat ]

Woman.

done

[rollin]

[ beat ]

The hot springs ain't mixed, are they?

[twosidedsword]

[Sadly she asked Shin-Ah who is the biggest derp derp to ever derp.

So this derp just looks at her in confusion and goes:] ...In the water.

[ISN'T THAT HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IT?




Silly Vietnam. Your question is too open.]

[hoasen]

[...To be fair, he's not wrong.]

A-ah, I mean, do you wear a swimsuit, or nothing at all?

[quaria]

[ You're all losers. The best way is— ]

With a tray of hot lunch.

[ Look. Setsuna's carrying a floatable tray already, said hot lunch included. There's a milk bottle there, too. ]

[hoasen]

[SETSUNA? YOU EVEN BROUGHT FOOD ALREADY?

She does look at the milk though.]

I did hear that milk is best consumed after bathing in the hot springs--...[Wait, this is not the answer she is looking for.]

But will you be wearing anything?

[avantguard]

[ Asuna is also clothed this is fine ]

Vie?

[ Why are you appearing out of nowhere ]

You're supposed to be naked when you enter a hot spring, aren't you?

[ BUT SHE ALSO IS THINKING ABOUT THE HALL BATHS NOW ]

... It's not mixed bathing here too, right?

[hoasen]

[They're safe!!!]

That is what I heard, at least in Japan. [And the Hall, BUT--]

Yes. I believe it is mixed.

[yaoihand]

[ It is mixed bathing ...

But nobody told him that before he stripped himself bare and stepped into the water??? Moon was supposed to watch his things. She obviously did a terrible job on that because they got stolen by some monkey. Right now, Kija's trying to escape the horrible co-ed bath, but he has to take the walk of shame until he finds that mean creature who had stolen his things!!!

This is a no-good, very bad day ... he's in more agony than he was in the dungeon. The moment he sees both Asuna and Vietnam, he makes a strangled noise and retreats into the bushes, hiding there in hope that they will go away. He manages to scratch himself a bit in all the sharp thorns but he's really in no mind to care right now!!!

And Moon, the snake traitor, reacts by gliding over to the two beautiful girls HE'S TRYING TO AVOID and greeting them affectionately. ] No -- Moon!!

[hiryugaeshi]

[ Blink, blink. ]

What an odd question. I wasn't aware there were many different ways of bathing.

[ Seriously girl, you're not giving him enough information to work with here. ]

I suppose it would have to be in spring, with a fine glass of sake.

[ That's a preference, right? ]

[hoasen]

[...Okay maybe she should've been more detailed, but it was awkward!

He's not even wrong, this was also a way too.]

I am guessing many would like some sake right now. [But not to be off topic--] What I meant to ask was that would you wear any form of swimwear, or go in unclothed?

[glorifiedtrash]

[Raises hands magnanimously.]

I accept all sizes, huuunnny ♥.

[hoasen]

[SHE SHOULD'VE EXPECTED THIS.]

A-ah, I didn't mean your preference of partner. I was meaning to ask you, would you wear anything, or go in without clothes?

[herplaceinthesun]

For the water to be hot! What's the point of a hot spring if the water is lukewarm!?!

[Look, Aisha is very passionate about this topic. She also completely missed the point, as per the usual. At the moment she's wearing a white swimsuit, but you'd best believe that was getting taken off before she hit the water.

She hopes this lady isn't planning on going in the water fully dressed, that seemed like a good way to pass out.]

[powerdriven]

[ He just got here, so that he's fully clothed as well has yet to be a matter of preference, but... frankly, he didn't quite catch her meaning due to the ambiguous way the question was worded, and that seemed reason enough to let himself be distracted by his initial reaction to seeing her.

It's been a while, but more importantly, he starts to take in the... details. Stark naked heroes, or those with a more modest towel or swimsuit taking dips into the water. ]

Hold on. Bathing?

[ It's not just her, after all. He can see it's busy—and while he heard from the newspapers about the cropping up of the springs, it's hard to imagine that, yet again, all of his fellow heroes chose to fool around in a big battle's aftermath rather than making themselves useful. At a former dungeon, no less! Don't tell him you're participating in this, Vietnam.]

o/

[penitents]

[ Sasuke, with a towel around his waist, baring scars and single arm without modesty, doesn't show any obvious outward response to being stopped. He is a little confused, as the question seems unusual. From appearance alone he would assume she knew what the custom regarding hot springs would be... but then again, maybe that's his own experience speaking.

Half the intent of his travels after the war had been to learn about the world with less judgement. It could be that it was Sasuke that was jumping to conclusions. Pausing to consider this, he glances ahead to the hot spring, before looking back at the girl. ]

Do you have one?

[showsnopiety]

Naked.

[Just like that, as if she did not care a wit. Which she did not. Since...really, it was just a body. It wasn't something significant.

Which...since she's in a towel, holding trays of food and drink, she doesn't seem to have a fricking care in the world.]

After all. It's not one of those hook up springs. Just a normal hot springs.

[sky_sharkling]

[On his way to the hot springs, because they sound kind of fantastic, so he is still fully clothed! And also has a small cat-sized shark swimming through the air after him. The question makes him stop, smiling at recognising Vietnam from Agito's memories]

Vietnam-san? Ah, you mean whether or not to wear anything? [Hum] I probably won't bother with more than a towel...it's not like everyone kind of knows what's underneath clothing anyway. [Simple! What's the point hiding it?]

1/2

[carptricks]

[having not quite made it to the hot springs just yet, Kaito's also fully clothed! thankfully]

Eeeh? You're not familiar with hot springs etiquette? You're s'posed to bathe naked, 'course.

[DUH. he answers the question like she had asked him about the weather or something]

so late to this but. Finally some CR, maybe? I apologize for this hairy doof

[sugegasa]

[Shunsui luckily still had his towel on when she asked, sparing her the sight of...well. Unfortunately a lot of body hair was on display, behold his fuzziness Vietnam!

He was completely used to seeing people naked at a hot spring, and was comfortable, but he could easily understand people not feeling the same way. Heroes came from all sorts of places and worlds!

He smiled as comfortingly as he could, because poor Vietnam looked so uneasy! And this place was meant for relaxation, so he wanted her to be at ease.]

Ahhh, well, where I'm from it's customary to use them without any clothing, so I'm afraid nudity is simply what I'm used to. Should you like to wear something, though, I don't think anyone would think twice about it!

[ateaist]

[Ah, Vietnam...at least someone else is fully clothed. She's reassured.

But not by a lot. God, is this what it's like to not be a raging narcissist?? What a terrible way to live, she doesn't know how anyone manages it.]

Um...t-to be frank, as of now, I'm not too sure...

hi...

[mitotic]

[ Sakura hasn't changed yet — or even showerd — nor has she gone to take look into the baths yet (she's done a fair bit of yelling at people — mostly boys — for trying to spy on people in the baths, she'd be a hypocrite to do it herself) so when another hero approaches her, she blinks in confusion. ]

How do you mean?

what if I doubled up on you, also 500 years later

[houndumb]

Bold? Preference? What??

[There is so much skin. So much. Well, actually, Nora's shucked all his (likely singed and tattered and covered in unmentionable bug and ocypete secretions) Hero threads and wrapped himself haphazardly in a really fluffy towel and... he's also still wearing a collar. Is it etiquette to wear a dog collar into the hot springs?!

Either way, since Vietnam is clothed, he doesn't run or back away -- but he's also side-eyeing her pretty hard with one toe dipped into the hot spring at this point.]

What the hell're you talking about?