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hot springs episode

let's delay our misery Yes, folks, it's time for that staple of staples: the hot springs meme! Your character is now joining someone else for a dip in the hot springs (or just passing by, if you're really dead sure they're not going to strap out of their spiky armor). Is this the Bokaisen in Kugane? The natural springs in icy northern Twinpools? Some hidden, bubbly corner of Gyr Abania, maybe? Or familiar Camp Bronze Lake? You've got a lot of options! It can also just, you know, be nowhere in particular. Why are they in the springs? Who knows! It's meme logic, my friends. A note: this meme is intended as a gen meme, though if you'd like to play it as a variant of the matchmaking smut springs meme that's frequently posted on Bakerstreet, you're very welcome to do so!

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Solus zos Galvus ♤ OTA ♤ Spoiler Friendly

[sadlonelyspires]

[ ooc: this could be entertaining-- I don't know, I don't think he'd get in the hot springs though, more like ridicule at the people who are IN the hot springs-- bonus points to the person who can get him out of his clothes, you will win an award ]

i'm so sorry

[omnicrafter]

[Fortunately, Irhya is not the sort who is inclined to squeal and throw wash basins or other deadly weapons at intruders in the bath.

Unfortunately, she's far more interested in pointing out the obvious and seeing what nonsense it entails. Call it morbid curiosity.]

What are you doing on the women's side.

never ever apologize--

[sadlonelyspires]

[ funny thing was that he wasn't precisely in the springs, more like outside of it, leaning against a rock and enjoying a nice cup of tea. ]

Oh? You have men and women's sides? That's quaint..

[ because he simply had not been looking for any gender determining signs, that was simply something that humans looked for with their sense of modesty--]

You have absolutely nothing to fear--- of that I vow

[ he said as he lifted the cup to his lips to take another sip, clearly he would not be budging ]

aster arkwright ✦ warrior of light

[meteorum]

( open to dumb shit. as far as shb spoilers, i'm just past titania - sorry that i won't know much about some characters. )

francel de haillenarte; ishgardian noble

[haillenarte]

[civicbooty]

[ The hot spring in the Coerthas highlands was, until recently, an excellent place to earn the ignominy of an untimely death, caught unawares by a dragon while bathing — but with the peace accord, anyone brave enough to wave a dagger at a wolf might find the spring pleasantly empty. It may not be for long, owing to its proximity to the trade road to Gridania, but on this day, the path through the snowy woods only bears a single set of chocobo tracks.

The bird that made them, outfitted in Ishgard's colors, is tied up to a tree branch, pecking at the snow. A row of boulders partially blocks the view of the spring from the path.

There's an illustrious and distinctive set of armor atop one of them.

Ser Aymeric de Borel is near the center of the steaming spring, arms crossed over a mostly-submerged rock, head pillowed on the back of one hand, eyes closed. ]

[haillenarte]

[francel is too weary and hard-hearted now to believe in anything so beautiful as healing waters. he does not believe, either, that a warm bath will cure him of all his ills. nevertheless, he journeys to the hot spring on chirurgeon's orders, primarily because he has nothing better to do. the alternative would be to sit at his desk in his cabin, where his vision might swim over bombastic reports from his knights, or perhaps the enchiridion, which has now lost all meaning.

he does not himself arrive on the back of a chocobo. the hidden spring in central coerthas is near enough to his home that he can make the trip on foot, aided by a convenient path through the mountains which (queerly enough) only he and the local chinchillas seem to frequent. but francel sees aymeric's chocobo when he arrives, of course, and he frowns. perhaps it is only one of the local knight-captains, he thinks. perhaps lord drillemont... or else lord emmanellain...

he doesn't — really thinking about it — he doesn't really want to see either drillemont or emmanellain bathing in the nude, but it seems strange to turn around without at least ascertaining who has come to bathe in the spring ahead of him. gaze lowered, francel makes his way up the path, walks around the boulders, past the ornate armor without seeing it. he thinks — he doesn't know what to think. he thinks perhaps it could be haurchefant, if only that were not impossible. he knows that is impossible.

francel expects to see a dead man before he expects to see ser aymeric in the hot spring.

his steps come to a halt; his breath catches in his throat. he is at war with himself. shoulders tensed, francel half-turns to leave, half-catches himself on a nearby boulder as though it might anchor him.]

I — oh. Pray excuse me, I...

alisaie leveilleur / sassy sword lesbian

[fearlessly]

[ shb spoilers compliant, npcs and ocs welcome, come at me!! ]

if this isn't the best transition from the other thread idk what is

[heart_of_the_wood]

[She leaned back against the side of the spring with a sigh, ears laid out across the stone and her unruly mane somehow wrangled into a messy knot atop her head. Amazing how much a difference a good scrub could do, and with no one in sight save for people she trusted with her life, Mykha slumped like the dead, sprawling like she'd been de-boned, save for the pleased chrrrrr-rrrr-rrr of her grinding her teeth.]

These springs are worth the chill I'll feel teleporting to the Crystarium.

[Her words are slurred more heavily than ever, as if she cannot be bothered with proper speech.]

I'll be wanting that bed as soon as I've clean clothes on again after this.

[fearlessly]

[ even at the worst of times, alisaie loves water. she loves how it feels against her skin, she loves the weightless buoyancy, how it can feel like flying to cut through the waves as a bird cuts through clouds. but now -

now it is exquisite. the heat of the spring soaks deep into her sore bones and aching muscles, and alisaie is flung bonelessly against the slick stone, her head thrown back and her eyes shut, the faint starry light of night washing over her face. what a feeling. she has been here only a year in comparison with her fellow scions, but even a single year without the cool, quiet comfort of night had been.. trying. to be able to shut her eyes and not feel the everpresent sting of light through her closed eyelids is a joy and relief that she has not the poet's soul to put words to.

there is work still ahead of them. another lightwarden, and whatever meets them beyond that, but for now.. she chuckles, low and rough. ]

Aye.

[ she murmurs, without moving even an ilm. ]

Though I would not object to sleeping right here, as I am..

[ alisaie has the heart of a fish, she won't prune!! ]

Zenos yae Galvus | OTA | Spoilers Are Just Fine

[betweentheseconds]

[What? A good soak in a hot spring is just the thing after a long day of oppressing minor nations and/or stalking dear friends.

NPCs, OCs, everyone is welcome!]

just two bros chillin in the hot spring five fulms apart cuz they're not gay

[irassible]

[ ...

Haha.

Aaaaahahaha.

That hulking man in the far pool looks just like Zenos yae Galvus. And while he is the Viceroy of Ala Mhigo and undoubtedly is somewhere in Gyr Abania, surely he would not be in this hidden little oasis in the Peaks, accessible only by flying, and only by word of the natives. How would he know? Why? When?

Six is, obviously, hallucinating.

That is how he convinces himself to just walk...right...past...the horrifying illusion and plop down on the far side of the spring. ]

[betweentheseconds]

[That hulking man, figment of Six's imagination or not, has not failed to notice his presence. He says nothing, mind you. What is there to say? He is far more interested in what this suddenly-appearing Warrior of Light has to say, first. And so he grins lazily, waits for words...

And words do not come. And so he furrows his brow. Then frowns. Is he perhaps imagining that his oh-so-fascinating rival has suddenly walked on past and settled himself in? No, no, this cannot be a delusion, and this does not have the bracing sharpness that comes with his newly-gifted Echo. So then... what precisely is happening here?]

Have you nothing to say?

[His lip curls, expression contemptuous... but he does not move so much as an ilm. He will strike when he is certain. No sooner than that.]

the bunwol insists this is why she can't have nice things

[heart_of_the_wood]

[She'd finally had a moment to relax. No one ever really stopped to ask her if she was tired save for a handful of people, and fewer still gave her the option when every moment the world seemed a breath away from coming apart at the seams.

She'd just relaxed enough to properly enjoy the water, half a-doze and on the verge of happily bruxing from the feel of the water when a chill raced up her spine and had her eyes snapping open and her ears perking as the urge to lunge out of the water was almost overwhelming before her mind could piece together the why.

She almost, almost, lets the groan of dismay slip free as she sinks deeper into the water, all sense of ease and relaxation evaporating in an instant.

Of course the one day she manages to slip away from everyone, totally unfettered by chores or the beseeching pleas of others, she would stumble upon the only hot springs in malms that Zenos would deign to attend. Her luck, as always, worked against her.

After all, who else could be so impossibly tall, with impeccable hair, stunningly handsome all the while radiating a murderous intent that simmered just beneath the surface. Really, she was entirely too tired for this today.]

Such mean things you do to her

[betweentheseconds]

[Zenos is not the least bit disappointed that his approach was noticed. He would expect no less from his oh-so-talented rival. By the time she manages to turn herself about to spot him, he has stepped into the spring and begun lowering himself into to the water... enough time to briefly appreciate his physique, and perhaps appreciate just how much width his armor adds to his still-imposing frame, but not enough to get a good look.

Would she want such a look? She is welcome to try. He sits there, up to mid-chest in the water, looking sleepy-eyed and self-satisfied.]

You have the strangest way of appearing in unexpected places, Warrior of Light...

[He sounds not the least bit unhappy about her sudden appearance in this place. Surely this was fated. Surely this was meant to be.]

this cannot possibly end badly

[stormblooded]

[ooc: no SHB spoilers please!]

[Lyse came to the hot springs to relax, even if she was initially forced into it. But when she goes to find a spot, an eerily familiar profile in the water stops her cold.

For a second, she looks like she's seen a ghost, which in fairness isn't far removed from the truth. But just as quickly, her shock resolves to anger. It's not Zenos - of course it's not. Zenos is dead. This is just his corpse being worn like an ugly suit by an Ascian.

Which, arguably, makes his smug face even more punchable.

She doesn't greet him - he's surely noticed her, and her clenching fists will be greeting enough. Granted, she knows attacking him outright would probably be suicide, but it's very clearly what she wants to do.]

Sidurgu Orl | Edgy Abyssal Dad(?) | OTA

[abyssalflame]

RIP Sid, we knew him well...

[sedge_flower]

[The men's side of the hot springs had, ostensibly, been empty when Sidurgu had arrived, a fact that had no doubt pleased the reclusive Au Ra. And it would have remained empty should the owners not have chosen that particular moment to clean the women's side, thus rendering it out of service for the time being... when a certain Warrior of Light had just so happened to be attempting to pay it a visit.

There was clearly only one thing to do in this situation.

Sid will hear quiet footsteps padding their way across the stones, followed by the soft splash of someone else easing into the water on the opposite side of the (rather small) spring.

Enter one (1) towel-clad female Warrior of Light... on the men's side of the springs, looking not at all bothered about this particular state of affairs.]

lukhet'a "luka" yhosi | idiot weeb catboi and not a wol

[katanyaa]

Castor Westmoore | WoL who's head hurts from ruminating on the end of ShB.

[littlemhigan]

[ I promise she has a bathing suit on. This time.]

Crystal Exarch >> that one grandpa that has sweets in his pockets

[crystallinekeeper]

( open to anything because why not. spoilers for ShB sorry. )[/small>

brackets are fine too if you prefer that.

[aetherpacts]

The hotsprings at Clearmelt were said to work wonders.

Hoju was not in the habit of taking time for himself, but unfortunately for his obstinate and unreasonable selflessness, his friends had picked up on that fact. And, thus, they insisted on the roegadyn scholar actually taking a break for once.

Norvrandt was as safe as it could be, for now, so he could go before aught else happened that called his attention away. Admittedly, having fought and fought and fought, seemingly endlessly for- well, quite a while, Hoju has various aches that could use soothing.

Finally settled in the hot spring, a chilled bottle of wine floating on a round wooden platter close by, Hoju must admit... this is not unpleasant- even if he gets the feeling he should be doing something.

Hraesvelgr | OTA | fully dragon or trapped in mortal form

[unends]

[Have a large white dragon who wants to rest in the heat or have a dragon trapped in mortal form as an Au Ra, who is far from keen on the issue and at least this is mildly less frustrating when soaking in hot water. Mostly, this should be stupid fun. XD]

Lyse Hext | abs of steel | no SHB spoilers please!

[stormblooded]

[I'll get around to finishing the MSQ there at some point, I swear

Anyway! Downtime is something of a luxury of late - Lyse only ended up here because M'naago physically wouldn't let her into the command tent until she got some proper rest. So, to the hot springs with her! Like a good soldier.

She comes out in a white two-piece, but before heading into the water she's going to stretch her muscles as if for a workout. Let the heat really soak in there, y'know?]

k'pandolu/sapphire | wol | ota

[undauntedspirit]

[[pretty solid on shb msq and good to go just about anywhere.]