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lunaecalamitas2024-04-16 06:58 am
dadsandals) wrote in lunaecalamitas2024-04-16 06:58 am
do you believe in magic in a shared bath's heart?
The bath at the mansion really is extensive -- probably more extensive than a lot of them have seen, considering there are literally multiple pools of varying temperatures, probably statues and indoor plants or something for atmosphere, steam rooms, complimentary bath things (everything in the manor is kind of complimentary but shshhh) and whatnot.
On this particularly fine and nondescript day, though -- there's a bit of a commotion whenever you wander in butt-naked for your soak or whatever you like to do in here (you can hang from the ceiling like a bat or something we ain't the judge of you); there's two enterprising wizards flitting about poking at things.
The thing with 🪄 Cid Kagenou 🪄 is that he is Very Into Baths, and Very Into Magic, and thus the Bath Magic is one of the few areas where even his li'l old self can shine. Or not shine, given that they've all been here for 2.5 days (extremely rough estimate) and the miracle is nobody has blown up the mansion trying magic yet. But there is definitely magic happening! Since there's already steam and everything.
And then there's 👓 Yamato 👓. Yamato is Here and enabling himself by watching Cid experiment with various things in the area. Initially he probably would've tried to stop him, but seeing what Cid's been doing has made him want to try some magic experimentation of his own. Pairing a teenager who kind of knows what he's doing with a man who has no idea what's going on makes it even more of a miracle that the mansion has not been blown up yet.
But if you look even closer, you'll spot various small differences:
............. Enjoy your bath!
(OOC: This is backdated to before the South mission so South Wizards get in on the fun too!)
On this particularly fine and nondescript day, though -- there's a bit of a commotion whenever you wander in butt-naked for your soak or whatever you like to do in here (you can hang from the ceiling like a bat or something we ain't the judge of you); there's two enterprising wizards flitting about poking at things.
The thing with 🪄 Cid Kagenou 🪄 is that he is Very Into Baths, and Very Into Magic, and thus the Bath Magic is one of the few areas where even his li'l old self can shine. Or not shine, given that they've all been here for 2.5 days (extremely rough estimate) and the miracle is nobody has blown up the mansion trying magic yet. But there is definitely magic happening! Since there's already steam and everything.
And then there's 👓 Yamato 👓. Yamato is Here and enabling himself by watching Cid experiment with various things in the area. Initially he probably would've tried to stop him, but seeing what Cid's been doing has made him want to try some magic experimentation of his own. Pairing a teenager who kind of knows what he's doing with a man who has no idea what's going on makes it even more of a miracle that the mansion has not been blown up yet.
But if you look even closer, you'll spot various small differences:
🛁 all of the water has bubbles in it; the hot bath in fact looks like it has small duck-shaped bubbles just sort of trundling along, occasionally a duck pops and releases a puff of scented air (scents may vary at your discretion)
🛁 the cold water bath keeps turning different colors, maybe they should stop experimenting with it before somebody ends up blue for the week
🛁 some of the statues and potted plants have been slightly altered; nothing too outrageous, but at least one or two statues have been turned into roomba replicas and there's a potted plant with leaves that look like people in the manor's faces in miniature
🛁 the steam room is letting out an intermittent screaming noise that sounds very human, but there's no one in it
🛁 some of the bath soaps are extremely bright and keep on changing colors, as if they were colored like a disco ball (rave! in the bathhouse!)
............. Enjoy your bath!
(OOC: This is backdated to before the South mission so South Wizards get in on the fun too!)
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[ And then Cid bites it.
What. ]
...Uh. Are you okay?
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[...... he is definitely the type that takes cute food and bites off the heads and the limbs first. Totally as normal as eating soap.
On the bright side he did not bite the part that was dunked in the bath. One must preserve the sanctity of the bath and some measure of sanitation. Ergo, we can be thankful that he will not try to drink rainbow bathwater.]
Now that you mention it, something similar probably happened to the cold water bath, but it looks way better as soap.
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[ He knows he's not but he's going to pose the question anyway. Why is Cid like this. Please do not drink the bathwater- ]
Huh. Is it changing as rapidly as the soap bars are?
[ The soap bars make this room seem like a rave/disco/dance floor and what have you... ]
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[You would think this would be teasing but. Is it. Why does it sound so strangely pitying..........
Maybe it's an extension of his life (lives) as a bath aficionado, but he personally thinks the experience of finding the right soap (for various purposes) to rock your world (no wizard rock pun intended) should be a rite of passage for just about anyone. It's only hygienic (this is incorrect).
Cid shuffles over to compare the color strobing by the cold bath. Tries dipping the soap in again (the non-bitten part).]
No, maybe the baths are just too big to really get the effect to work as well? Makes you wonder what it takes to get bigger spells off the ground.
[Like, there's probably no way to make something affect the entire bath house and turn it into a panorama of Mount Fuji or something. Too bad.]
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[ Cid? Do you have no self-preservation? (No, apparently not.) ]
The baths might be too big for our current prowess, yeah. I think even basic modifications like these needs more practice.
[ Which is kind of a pain in the ass to think about, but what can you do? This only shows that they've got a long way to go. ]
I think people are entertained, at least.