[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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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?

THROWS ARMS OPEN

[hoasen]

[Sakura, what would they do without you, really. And a good thing too, considering that this question relates to how perverts could act.]

Ah, let me see. These public hot springs, are you used to bathing in them with some kind of clothing, or none at all?

leaps into them!!!

[mitotic]

Oh.

[ Well, now she gets why it might seem forward... ]

Where I'm from, people usually don't. They might wear towels if it's a mixed bath, but...

HOLDS FOREVER!!!!

[hoasen]

[Indeed, very embarrassing questions when approaching the wrong kind of people!]

I see, [So similar to Japan--] Well, I suppose some are not wearing the towels either.

[mitotic]

That doesn't surprise me.

[ Sarcastically. Come on, people, just because y'all have no shame!!

Then again, she considers that being in just a towel might seem shameless to someone who perhaps isn't used to public baths like this. It's an odd sort of reverse culture shock, to come up against someone else's inexperience with something that's fairly mundane to her. Her tone softens considerably when she speaks again. ]

I think you should do whatever feels comfortable to you.

[ She's sort of assuming this is why the other woman is asking... ]

[hoasen]

How bold... [For them to not wear towels! So they are proud of their bodies, but really now!

She would appreciate the towel at least, more so than just nothing at all. Not that she has anything against them going completely naked. She wouldn't have complained if the sections were properly divided.]

I would do so too, but...I am unsure if I should be intruding in such a way. [That and also, she really was curious to learn about what other heroes thought. Their customs all differ.]

[mitotic]

[ If these were single-gender baths, Sakura would probably be going in the nude, honestly. It's not a matter of showing off or flaunting her body, it's just how things are done in her culture. But since it's not, and god only knows how people might behave, she's not planning on being that... bold. ]

I think... we're all going to end up intruding on each other somehow. [ She laughs; it's sort of an absurd situation to be in, this many different cultures in one place, with so much that could go awry... even if it's unintentional, there are bound to be misunderstandings.

(Not that this will stop her getting pissed off if someone goes too far with her, of course.) ]

Are there onsen where you come from?

[hoasen]

[Vietnam wouldn't have minded as much either. She'd probably still be embarrassed thanks to culture shock, but being undressed around women is not as awkward as it would be with men around as well.]

Aha... [She laughs awkwardly, because Sakura is right. This is something that has already divided people's thoughts, even with a great majority so far saying they'll be okay with naked forms.]

Not in my home, but yes, my brother's country is famous for onsen. I have visited before, but I suppose not often enough. Everywhere else, they usually prefer for us to wear something, even in the split baths.

[mitotic]

Well, you can start visiting more now, if you like.

[ Here Sakura smiles, trying to put the other woman at ease. And in the same spirit: ]

Would you like to join me?

[hoasen]

[Sakura has such a nice, calming smile! It's encouraging, so much that Vietnam even smiles gently back without knowing.]

Perhaps I should, and doing so with a new friend would be nice.

[mitotic]

[ That's what she was hoping for. She starts toward the locker rooms, making a follow me gesture with one hand. ]

I'm Sakura, by the way. I don't think I got your name.