[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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[soulshift]

Saber. Oh Saber...

[ Irisviel shakes her head at Saber's offering of a towel. There's no need for her to be so... prudish in her opinion. ]

Pure, unsullied Saber. Your honour is so admirable!

[ And she laughs, in a cruel manner that is unlike any laugh the real Irisviel would do. ]

[armorial]

[ She's quiet, raising her eyebrows by these foreign mannerisms. It's almost as if this isn't Irisviel at all, but she knows it is. She can tell--her beautiful white hair, her delicate face... It is Irisviel. However, her radar is going haywire, saying there's something wrong.

... ]

Thank you. [ This first. She'll take that as a compliment because she does her best to be noble!! But... Uhm... ]

Maybe you shouldn't stay in the springs for too long. [ Maybe it's all the steam? Maybe she's drunk? Or high...

Drugged.



She will annihilate whoever did this to you, Irisviel. Mark her words. Still, she tries to at least blanket her with the towel. ]

[soulshift]

Why would I do that? Come join me... properly.

[ She gestures coyly to the empty place next to her in the hot spring. Irisviel is still pointedly ignoring the towel being thrust in her direction because it's very clear that she wants no part of that. Obviously she was waiting for company, and if it was going to be her knight - then even more the better. ]

[armorial]

Because its long-term effects may not be beneficial. [ She doesn't dare to say maybe Irisviel is off the edge right now, but she does go to her princess and takes a seat next to her. It's a comfortable distance, what they are used to...

BUT YOU WILL USE THIS TOWEL. Saber sets it on the stone edge. ]

The towel is here when you find use for it. [ You will, is what she is thinking. ]

[soulshift]

[ More laughing, this time slightly colder. Saber was such a prude. If only she was less uptight, perhaps she would be more fun to be with.

But regardless, she pours two cups. One for herself, and the other for Saber - which she passes, overflowing to over to the other female. ]

Come. Or did you not learn how to enjoy yourself even a little bit with the King of Conquerors?

[armorial]

[ that's rude af...

Saber is at least not prudish enough to reject an alcoholic drink, so she'll hold the glass with both hands. Maybe a small sip as she eyes Irisviel. She wants to ask how can she relax when you're parading yourself for everyone?? Again??? ]

I guess I can afford to relax. [ But she'll relent because this is still Irisviel. This is also the hot springs. ]

Also, that man had more energy than I could handle.

[soulshift]

[ when iri is more herself, saber will get nothing but apologies for the next forever

But she takes a sip of her alcohol with glee, grateful that she was winning Saber over. Yes. She really needs to surround herself with less sticks in the mud. Irisviel sidles closer, so that she's actually in physical contact with Saber, attempting to pressing their bodies together. ]

Saaaaaber.

[ she pouts, looking at her Servant. ]

I'm so happy that you're with me. Here. Away from all of that.

[armorial]

[ She... quietly just assumed Irisviel just wants to be close. The woman has always been affectionate, homunculus don't always follow social norms either, so she doesn't say anything about it...? I guess.

Just endure, Saber. But when Irisviel calls to her and mentions that last line, she's struck a little listless, maybe even bittersweet. ]

In a way, while we are still in a war, I am glad you were brought here as well. You deserve a better life than what you had... [ And this time she will be able to protect her. It what she wants to say, but she doesn't want to reopen wounds. ]