[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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[burnmydread]

[ Been there, done that...

Oh wait. ]

...I wasn't trying to.

[ He's shamed, Caren. Does that make you happy? (Probably.) ]

[showsnopiety]

Good.

[Her gaze softened a little. She might be enjoying herself (a lot) a little.]

I prefer you alive.

[burnmydread]

[ Does she really? He's starting to wonder... ]

...Because of things I can't do if I'm dead?

[showsnopiety]

Exactly so.

I can't interact with you if you're dead.

[burnmydread]

I'll try not to die, then.

[ Try being the operative word? He didn't know you liked him that much, Caren. ]

[showsnopiety]

Try?

[She makes a small sound of disbelief.]

I suppose this means I should sit with you for a time? So you won't drown yourself again.

[burnmydread]

[ Minato nods as if that was his plan along. Was it? ]

Probably.

[ He even makes a point of sitting down. ]

[showsnopiety]

[She shakes her head, and goes to sit by him. Her legs might be brushing his, hip against hip.]

Mm. If there's any left, I could try to find the food and liquor cache. I brought I some.

[Is she rewarding bad behaviour? Probably.]

[burnmydread]

[ He is perfectly okay with this proximity. ]

...Food sounds good.

[ But food always sounds good. And let's be real, he'll drink too if it's available. ]

Do they deliver?

[showsnopiety]

[It's kinda nice, with mana exchange to boot tbh.]

Deliver to the hot springs?

[She considers this.]

Through our carriers? Maybe.

[burnmydread]

Or the staff here. Isn't there a buffet?

[ He doesn't always trust Shirosaba to make the right decisions when delivering food... ]

[showsnopiety]

...why would there be a buffet?

[Minato, she wonders about you sometimes.]

[burnmydread]

I saw someone walking around with food earlier...

[ Isn't that what it means? ]

[showsnopiety]

They brought their own food or...helped themselves to what people brought in.

[That's not a buffet Minato.]

[burnmydread]

...

[ CAREN. Caren. Caren you broke his heart. ]

...Oh.

[showsnopiety]

...

[Minato don't look like that.]

You realize that I brought numerous food stuffs and drinks to satisfy the gluttons?

[burnmydread]

...

[ Unbreak his heart? ]

Really?

[showsnopiety]

[Unbreak his heart. Minato you big baby.]

Really. I know heroes are drawn to food, you among them.

[burnmydread]

[ At least he's cute, right? Right. ]

You die without food.

[ And without breathing, but, you know...details. ]

[showsnopiety]

[Yeah sure we'll go with that.]

You die without a lot of things.

[Very matter of fact here. But she's getting up, and motioning him to come with.]

It's nearby. We can take some and come back here, or settle in a new spot.

[burnmydread]

[ He does follow without much prompting. Because, hey, food time. He's easily motivated by food. ]

That sounds good.

[ Eat a lot, and then relax in the bath? This is a recipe for another nap. He's not going to say that in case she doesn't want to feed him anymore, though. ]

[showsnopiety]

[If he said that out loud, she would have hit him. And then banned him from the snacks. She goes for the low blows.

Thankfully for him, they walk off, and they come to a small mountain of snacks. There's also various drinks-including liquor-and her carrier the snake, and her shawl.

And that's when she makes a gesture.]

Help yourself.

[burnmydread]

[ That would have been awful. You're a cruel mistress, Caren...

It is a small mountain, but a mountain all the same. Minato's disposition changes almost instantly when he sees it, looking much more lively than he has been probably all day. ]

Thank you.

[ Don't mind him digging right in. Are those crackers? Not anymore. He's a hoover. ]

[showsnopiety]

[He really is a creature of simple pleasures, wasn't he. But he was restful all the same. Well. Most of the time.]

You're welcome, and try not to choke.

[She's actually being serious and watching him because of his hoover-ness. Seriously Minato is she going to have to save your life from a cracker?]

[burnmydread]

[ If there's one thing he knows how to do well, it's eating. He won't choke, he's...well, he probably won't choke. He's still putting it away fairly quickly, though. ]

Where did you get all of this?