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Zone Mixed Baths
Rig was definately beginning to relax here in the beautiful waters with breath-taking scenary. It was without a doubt, captivating. He could also sense that the other guests here were beginning to loosen up as well. Which he hoped was the case considering that he has had no luck in meeting new faces. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully on how he could break the ice with these fellow warriors. He glanced around the pool in the mixed bath and thats where he saw him!

Rig smiled cheerfully again as he crossed the waters and came up to @Alonso Thorlion .

"G'day fellow! I couldn't help but notice your great and mighty phsique. It is also of one who is a giant and lifts! Strike poses with me!"

And with that Rig went into the side tricep pose and waited for a response...

 

• Zone Mixed Bath

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It had sure felt longer than four hours than again, Seto since the climatic battle him and many others fought had taken it's toll on him. After being healed by a few healers, he had taken the time to get some much needed rest he needed. He had wanted to rest with @Alia but the two were rescued by different people. Despite being saved by @Beretta after Azog had been struck down, he hadn't seen her since was rescued, he wondered, did she simply leave, taking another route? He didn't want to admit but he was indebt to her for saving him and right now, he would rather pay his debts than let them sit over his head for the next year. During his entire sleep session, he couldn't stop thinking about those final moments what they could have meant, @Alia was different to the rest of the female players here, she was special but he still didn't know if it was time to take it to the next level, he wasn't sure If he could tell her what she wanted to hear If he was really going to die.​

Eventually at the borders of Astorea and Norfova, they had had arrived at the Pelham Springs, a place he knew from before as a destination famous for their spa's and certain plants. Considering all what he went through he could use a nice spa session to loosen up his back and the rest of his body. He still had no idea where Alia was, he had thought of looking for her but he figured she would search him out like she always did since she had like a sixth sense when it came to tracking him. Walking off the ballon he rode to get here, he enetered the main building and went into a changing room to get a towel. He opened his UI and swiped through the window's with his index finger until he found his inventory section, unchecking all his armor, he found himself nude in the changing room almost instantly. He donned the towel afterwards around his waist and and made his merry way to the spa's. There was an all female spa, he obivously couldn't go in that one, not that he really wanted to anyway, there was a male one as well but seeing many players that were "shy" he didn't want to go in that one either, surely the mixed bath would be the least populated spa he thought, he couldn't see that many on the two different genders being in the same spa. Well when he got there, he was wrong alright, He noticed some faces from before such as @Kaede Hoshi , @Stelluna and @Gilgamesh Ougami. There were more than he thought in here but he was alright with it, it wasn't like everyone was making a huge ruckus anyway. As long as he could relax, he couldn't complain.

Walking to a side unpopulated by the other players, he stepped feet first into the spa, it was hot but compared to the heat created made by Azog, this was nothing! After he was in, he took a seat and laid back with his head agianst a rock, closing his eyes. He was sure @Alia would found him eventually.​

 

• Zone Mixed Bath

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Ozwin tilted his head before sighing listening to @Ashiore Evretto give her explanation. "Just be careful of the heat in either case," He sat down in the water beside her and waved at @Harveste as she took that Mahou-Shoujo from before off.

"Silly kid wandered in here without paying attention to the signs, she comes off quite young so this little embarrasment might stick with her for a while." Ozwin chuckled.

Ozwin began sinking back into the water, spreading his arms out on the outside or the spring and laying his head back, until he heard the little miss @Kaede Hoshi over there bring up peeking at the women's bath. Normally this idea would seem more inviting to him, but he just felt the romance of it was off in this situation. Without opening his eyes he said, "Look, I am one of the last people in the world who would say not to follow your desires and go look at a garden of flowers but it wouldn't be very sporting. People are still exhausted from the boss fight, they wouldn't expect a peeker to look from the mixed baths, and you haven't even given them ample warning of your intent, not to mention you probably don't know most of the people over there. It's much more fun when you and a pretty miss you fancy or three are all on the same page and do such things on a more... private trip. Sure that means the peeking would be much harder to do as they will be prepared for you, but few things worth doing are ever easy. It is all in the spirit of fun and the hunt after all, if not everyone is having fun or the accomplishment is too easy, it just isn't romantic. For instance, say Ash here had a huge crush on a lucky bastard, for the sake of enjoying this fantasy situation I will say it is me. I would get much more enjoyment out of the situation if a cute girl like Ash teased to take a peek at me and let me be on guard to catch her in the act, make the actual peeking more difficult, and also fix myself up to where she catches me at my best to better reward her efforts, than I would if some stranger watched me without my knowledge possibly seeing me at my worst. Also if Ash didn't warn me she was coming in such a situation I might do something boring like be clothed to some degree or be slouching around sleeping in a position she couldn't see much."

Ozwin was quite obviously a pervert, but even he wasn't an absolutely terrible person about it. He nodded sagely as if impressed by his own idiotic brand of wisdom before sinking a bit deep deeper into the water and a pleased sigh escaped him as he felt like a knot in his back was easing up. He caught himself struggling not to laugh though when out of nowhere @Alonso Thorlion was asked to flex by another buff fellow with an Australian accent. Ozwin had come dangerously close to snorting for someone resting so deeply in the water. They exist!!! People who greet each other by flexing really do exist! This was very entertaining news and now he must see it in action!

Ozwin placed a hand on Ashoire's shoulder to grab her attention and whispered, "Please help me encourage this Ash, it seems immensely entertaining."

Doing his best to keep his amusement from showing on his face, Ozwin said, "Yeah Alonso, flex those muscles that force fire elementals to get out of the kitchen. I have to admit I was a bit flabbergasted when you started tearing Azog's mouth open, how strong are you even?"​

 

• Zone Women's Bath

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Kyupin's eyes cracked open as someone squeezed her tightly, pressing her naked body to theirs. Sure, she was used to public showers and being in the nude around others, but this... this was just too much! Cheeks aflame, she resisted the urge to squirm out of @Solaria's hug. "Thank you," she murmured to her friend, gaze averted, "for looking out for me again." It took everything she had not to sigh in relief when Solaria released her from the hug. Maybe when they were clothed, she would return the favor.

With her gaze to the side, she spotted @Corvella nodding in their direction, offering a shy wave of her own. She would've been satisfied to just sulk in the waters, letting the steam wash over her and carry away all her worries, but then @Elysian entered and a conversation started. She smiled weakly at the exchange, half of her face submerged in the hot water so she wouldn't have to talk just yet.

Eventually, when she could no longer take the steam right up her nose, she joined in. "Hello," she said when a lull broke in the conversation, "um, I remember you. It's nice to meet you. I'm Kyupin." She scratched at her cheek, her feline ears folding over. "Elysian was it? I'm glad you survived too..."

 

• Zone Mixed Bath

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Nothing had disappointed Eileen more than strolling into the Men's section of the hot springs, only to find that nobody was there. Should she have been surprised? Surely they were all gathered at the large mixed one, ogling at the daring ladies that revealed themselves there. She looked down to her... plentiful chest. "I guess I'm better suited for the mixed bath," she snorted.

It still took her a while to adjust to the newer body, but so far it was a surprising delight! Something about twisting people around her pinky finger, fluttering her eyelashes and offering a peek of cleavage to get her way... it was just so satisfying.

Turning around, she made a beeline for the busy mixed baths, resisting the urge to strip as she went. She held off until she made it to the changing rooms where everything was easily slipped out of and tucked away. Her cheeks were tinted a slight pink. Rugged heroes, crushing the horrible, evil Prince of Fire... Perhaps they'd need a little reward for their great deeds! Eileen laughed, tucking those thoughts away for later. For now, she slipped into the springs, looking around at all the people lounging.

That's when he caught her eyes.

She managed to push aside the lingering disgust that came with bumping into two girls running from the naked men as if they were monsters (Hadn't they come in here of their own will? Stupid kids. This was why she hated kids.) and formed a battle plan.

And by battle plan, I mean she started to act. Without thinking. As per usual.

With a burning rage sparked inside of her, Eileen charged forward, roughly bumping into a flexing man challenging another buff individual to a flex-off of sorts. There would be no obstacles. Not today. Closer... "YOU!" she cried out. She ignored the pretty girl tucked against him and stared @Ozwin Ahab down, her naked body proudly on display. Ow. Violently striking the wonder-woman pose made her chest hurt.

Her chest...? Hurts? She not-so-subtly glanced down to her not-man boobs. Her woman boobs. And that's when she remembered. Female. Body. No longer Ben. Maybe this was... an opportunity? An opportunity for revenge.

 

• Zone Women's Bath

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Her exhaustion brought her into a near-sleeping state as her head bobs slowly up and down, the rest of her body submerged. She would be probably fall into a deep sleep right now if there wasn't people talking around. Yeah, sleeping in a game, that doesn't even sound right. Wait a minute. People were having a conversation and here she is sleeping in the hot spring?

Suddenly she opened her eyes and shook like a person who missed her class and woke up just in time, causing several splashes around. She then tried to process all the information her ears picked earlier and deduced that she was addressed a question. She introduced herself in panic to the other girls "I'm sorry! That was very rude of me not to introduce myself first. I'm known as Corvella."

Feeling better and noticing some burn wounds had disappeared, she figured conversing with the others is a good move. She might be half asleep, but at least she knows their names from the conversation earlier. The green haired is Solaria, the white haired felis is Elysian, and the other girl is Kyupin? How does she open a conversation with them anyway?​

 

• Zone Mixed Bath

Normally, Stelluna would ignore most drama however @Eileen Dover's yell was a bit different, though she had never heard the voice before the newcomer sounded surprisingly familiar. Opening her eyes she found a lithe woman presenting herself to @Ozwin Ahab. She sighed, sure, people were naked. But in a public bathouse, in the middle of a populated pool? The least they could do was move to a more private spot. She called out to Ozwin and Eileen,

"Take whatever you're doing to a private pool. Don't soil the water here."

 

• Zone Iedi's Shrine

Of course, before she could do that, check the messages that is, someone had disturbed the peaceful atmosphere in the shrine. A sound echoed in the shrine, the pools of water spreading the painful sound. Her fur bristled. The shriek was almost unholy and it caused her to round back and glance at the perpetrator, heart beating and almost fearing that someone was foolish enough to attack someone in this place.

But as she looked around, there was no one attacking anyone, but a new person was there. A new person who, as she spoke, was definitely the cause of the shriek. Her voice was clearly different from that of the other occupants and the closest to the shriek. A blonde woman in a swimsuit.

Her red eyes narrowed watching the woman, remembering her as one of those who were in the boss fight and one of those that entered the portal in search for the relic. The showed disrespect to the place made her still in her leaving; mostly because ‘Ilusa’ was made to be a rather pious girl. Which was why she turned back and marched up to the slightly shorter, blonde human.

“Excuse me miss.” The Felis called forth, her tail swaying in agitation behind her, ears lowered from their default position as her face had an expression of displeasure. Once she got the attention of @Ursa she would speak. “This is a shrine.” Ilusa made sure to underline the last word before continuing. “Even if you do not believe, which is your right, please at least have respect for those who do. There are many other private hot springs where you can do… Whatever you were so passionately doing, without disturbing anyone.”

 

“Ya know, how ironic that we be all here like this, sittin’ together in the same place n’ all…” Ursula munched her bread and chewed properly before continuing. Manners!? “But I still don’t know ya both names. Ursula Goldsmith ova’ here! I’ll be the best blacksmith ta ever walk these lands someday, just ya watch!” The blonde puffed up her chest, proud of her yet to be improved blacksmithing skills.

Her puffed up chest shrunk back to normal size as @Sylpha Astarte complimented for her swimwear. Ursula let out a loud sigh in response. “They wouldn’ta lemme in unless I used at least one ol’ these. I kinda miss my pockets already…” She patted her body in different areas where one could clearly assume should be pockets in her clothing. “But this’ll make do for now. Thanks.” Ursula responded to @Eleanor Loan ’s agreement on not revealing her stealth tinkering with a pair of thumbs up.

“With that said, ya newcomer bunch really are stro--” Ursula was interrupted by @Ilusa Nakhalee who excused herself before calling her out on her shriek and demanding respect for the place they were in; a shrine dedicated to Iedi. Even though she personally did not care, Ursula’s mind raced to find a proper answer to the white haired felis before her, her hand constantly scratching the back of her head. The last time she expressed no respect to followers of other deities had resulted in a long day of fleeing from faithful people claiming she was a witch because of her steam equipment.

Truth be told, that wasn’t even the tip of the iceberg. For Endra’s sake, if her shriek was enough for the felis to scold her, what would she do if she ever found out that Ursula almost froze the hotsprings in the shrine because of her coolants!? “Uuh, gotcha. Mistakes happens, kitty missy! I thought it would be a nice thing ta come here since we don’t get that many chances to talk with ya bunch n’ all…”

Ursa got back up to her feet with a sigh, her expression had no traces of her laid-back nature left — eyebrows furrowed and blue eyes were cold as ice. “A shame ya people of Iedi ask for respect without earning it, ‘das why I much prefer our righteous Endra. No need for silence and praying. Just do ya trades right... ” Without haste, the blacksmith picked up all of her trinkets, coolant parts and her arachnomata.

“See ya who knows when, Ellie, Sylphie!” Ursula waved a quick goodbye, leaving the shrine and the hotsprings behind. Her mind craved some cave-raiding action! How could they enter these hot waters after fighting in a volcano!?

[Thread Exit]

 

At first, it seemed that it was all going to go smoothly. The woman seemed apologetic and that was what she wanted. So her eyes lost their sharpness and a smile floated onto her lips. A nod of head intending to show that it was fine, mistakes could happen.

Of course then it went sideway and to the left, because suddenly the woman changed, her blue eyes freezing over. The words caused Ilusa to frown, not in anger but in confusion. After all, she did not try to convert her, or to make her beg for forgiveness. She only asked for the other woman to be bit more respectful in the shrine. And she was a believer if the other sister Goddess was her patron. In the end she shook her head, not saying more to the woman, half sure that her words would be twisted.

“I was not aware asking for respect in a shrine to a God or Goddess was such disrespectful thing.” It was said to no one and to everyone, also to herself. She disliked how it ended, as if she was the villain; she had not been even when she could have been. The Felis bowed to the shrine with a silent apology, then looked at the other two girls, @Eleanor Loan, @Sylpha Astarte. “My apologies. It seems I got in the way of the reunion.” After all, those three seemed like friends, or something like that. But she did not apologise to the woman who left, too stubborn and too sure that she was in the right.

On a completely unrelated note: @Ursa was right. If Ilusa had known what she almost caused, she would have been far stricter and would have chased her off much more vehemently.

 

• Zone Exit

_____Kaedé was growing bored of the group she had ended up with. Two men would likely soon be having a flexing battle, Harveste was leaving with a girl who seemed lost, and overall the vibe here was not in her choice to remain. Moving to get herself out of the water and to get a towel to dry off some while getting her cloths back on after with her UI to avoid any showing of more skin as she walked away. Turning one last time to the buzzkill who now seemed to have a women mad at him, a light whistle at the display from the girl before she left the bath area.

____If she got to see Harveste before she left the springs she would wave and go to return to her main goal of the current day. She would have a long way of walking before she could return to Stokbon and hopefully arrange some form of ride to get her closer to the crystal area, the name skipping her mind as she dried her hair a bit more before tossing the towel where it should go and leaving the area unless someone of interest stopped her from making such a quick farewell from so many chances.

 

• Zone Women's Bath

Elysian glanced over at @Kyupin Felnya when she finally spoke, she seemed a bit shy so Ely smiled warmly and let her take her time. "Yes hi I'm Elysian, glad you remember! We were both in rough shape back there but I'm glad we made it out okay. Even if not at least we would have died together," she smiled softly remembering how Kyupin had joined her when they were both at super low health. It was a miracle they made it out of there. She would have rather died among allies than alone.

Elysian turned her head when @Corvella spoke as well and she raised a hand in greeting. "Don't worry about it, nice to meet you Corvella! I'm glad we can all relax here now, it feels like it was worth it just for this." She let herself sink even deeper as she hummed in happiness, she never wanted to leave.

It still blew her mind that she was here. Not here as in the hot springs but here in the game. It had been a shock when she received the invitation and she had never realized how much it would mean to her. This was her escape and she knew she'd have to log off soon and return to her normal life, but for now she just wanted to forget and soak away all her worries. It really wasn't that hard to forget this wasn't reality when she was actually here. It was nice.

 

• Zone Women's Bath

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Glancing to the white-haired felis as she happily got a response, Solaria pushed her hair out of her way as she reacted. "I've only been playing about a month I'd say. I was doing Hybrid DPS and Support. I'm pretty good at using Slash skills and Illumancy."

Intrigued that she was talking to a new player, it almost amazed her that @Elysian had taken part in such a big event so early. Then again...Hadn't she, when she started?

"I'm not sure which boss I dislike more...Azog back there, or Mycollosus. You remember Myco, right Kyu?"

With a laugh, she snuggled closer into her friend, who seemed to be thankful to her for something. But, with the heat of the battle, Solaria hadn't been paying as much attention as she could have to her own actions. It took a bit of time for her to really understand what @Kyupin was thanking her for.

"I didn't do anything that special. I mean, isn't it normal to protect our family? You're like a cute little sister. I just have a need to keep you safe! I did it selfishly, so it's really not something to thank me for!"

When @Corvella apologized, the elf simply laughed. "It's fine, really. It's not like I was very quick to do it either, and we're all pretty tired. You worked hard, so you should rest well! We all should. Our health is important, in or out of the game!"

 

• Zone Mixed Bath --> Exit

Gilgamesh had made a splash, literally, but sadly, there were far too many people in the mixed bath, so he found himself not enjoying the experience all that much. So, he decided he would come back some other time when the springs were not so densely populated as they were in this instance. With that, he did a few laps across the lower density parts of the springs and then excused himself, but not before greeting the familiar faces in his squad.

He then waded out on to the spring side embankment, making sure his towel did not fall and once out, he donned his clothes with a few lazy swipes and pushes at his UI and started to walk away towards the exit. On the way, he noticed a beautiful woman who was also apparently tired of the huge crowd and making her way to the exit. So he decided to go ahead and try to make contact with her to see if he could strike up a conversation. To that end, he called out to her

"hello, miss. How do you do?"

@Kaede Hoshi

 

• Zone Entrance

_____Hearing someone call out to her was not exactly common, least not without a few cuss words and ‘you did this to my that’ or something along those lines. So it took her a moment of looking around to see nobody around outside her and the one calling out to her. Turning to face @Gilgamesh Ougami with a few blinks and a slight yawn before she spoke up. ”Well outside the fact I did not get to protect some women, and the fact the mixed bath has become a muscle pool over a cleavage waterfall.” Kaedé would move her hands in the air like she was fondling someone’s boobs before resuming her walk.

”Well either you're the boyfriend of some girl I fucked recently, OR you're here to hit on me or hit me for what I did. Either way get it over with, or I'm not interested in guys anymore. My mistress would not take kindly if she found out I did not keep my word.”

_____Kaedé would turn slowly moving her arms to give the male a clean shot at her if he wanted to do such. She really was not in the mood to fight back and just wanted to get this over with. If he did not seem to be here to hit her for something she did Kaedé would resume her walk but instead turned to go explore the area and shrines.