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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The water's fine. Don't let my presence dissuade you.
[He sounds dreadfully bored, and not the least bit afraid or alarmed. If it is an Ascian doing their best Zenos impression, it's on point thus far.]
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That's it? That's all you have to say?
[Her fists are trembling with the effort of not trying to wipe that callous expression off his face. But it's more than survival that stays her hand. In her experience, Ascians don't just pop into enemy territory for no reason. What's the bastard playing at?]
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[Well, no. He said 'yes', after all. The contradiction in it is a childish thing... but he smiles, none the less.]
I've little and less to say to you. But, perhaps, is your friend somewhere nearby...?
[The unsettling delight in his tone at the mention of 'friend' ought to say it all. Is the Warrior of Light somewhere nearby? Yes? No?]