[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!]

Comments

[seventhgen]

[Aigis is a little surprised by the hand suddenly reaching down and grabbing her, pulling her to the surface. Sakura will find that she's considerably heavier than she looks, and her arm is in fact solid metal.

She breaks the surface and blinks.] ...yes? Can I help you?

Ah, I wasn't in the way, was I?

[mitotic]

[ Ah, well... that was a surprisingly bland response considering the worst cases Sakura had been contemplating. ]

No, I'm sorry... You weren't breathing.

[ She looks sort of sheepish that she overreacted... in her defense, she has treated all manner of people and even summons in her years as a medic, but she has yet to encounter anything quite like Aigis. ]

[seventhgen]

Oh, yes! That's correct. I do not breathe, so you don't need to worry about that. [She says, quite cheerfully.]

[mitotic]

[ Blowing out a sigh that's equal parts relieved and exasperated (at herself, not Aigis), Sakura can't help but laugh at the absurdity of the thing. ]

You'll scare people doing that. I thought you were drowning.

[seventhgen]

--ah! I'm sorry, did I frighten you? [The cheerfulness immediately goes out of her expression, replaced by worry and a little bit of regret.] I'm sorry! That wasn't my intention at all.

[mitotic]

Not exactly... I was frightened for you.

[ Is there actually a distinction or is she being a tsundere? The world may never known. ]

[seventhgen]

Well... a-as it turns out, you needn't be worried about that sort of thing! As you can see, I'm completely fine. I apologize if I caused you any distress.

[mitotic]

It's okay. I guess I kind of overreacted.

[ Except... now she's curious. ]

The water itself doesn't cause any problems for you?

[seventhgen]

No, it doesn't. [She shakes her head.] Any parts that would be damaged by exposure to water are located in firmly protected components. I am capable of functioning under the ocean, if need be.

[A pause.] And have.

[mitotic]

[ That's actually... sort of impressive. Sakura isn't an engineer per se, but she is a scientist, and she knows enough about water pressure and the challenges of keeping moisture out of things to appreciate the skill that must have gone into that. ]

I don't think I've ever met anyone like you before. [ In the literal sense, of course... but also in the way Aigis talks about herself. ]

[seventhgen]

[Aigis smiles in a way she hopes is how a human would smile disarmingly.] That's all right. I don't think most people have. I am... fairly unique in the world. So it isn't your fault.