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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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Damn, there really are things even stranger than getting isekai'd once. He's starting to wonder if he should make this a regular occurrence, but anywho.
Wait, the plant person hasn't heard of a mud bath.]
Well, for people with skin I guess it's supposed to... pull dirt out? Help with purification? Don't ask me, I didn't invent it. You guys really don't have it? [he totally would've thought mud and plants go together like two peas in a pod] And, uh, what happened... probably the same thing that happened in general.
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I have never seen one anyway. That seems like the sort of care Kasmeer would be more familiar with, but she's not here. [He looks aside to Cid.] And what happened to the place in general, hmm?
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Mmmaybe you just don't live close enough to a swamp or something... I'm guessing this Kasmeer gal has skin, then. Next time I find something like that you should give it a shot. [LOOKS AWAY.....] I'm thinking magic's a thing that happened. Could be just the season, too.
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And then raises a brow as Cid turns away. Way to look contrite.] And you have nothing to do with this magic that just happened?
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[Who did invent the mud pack (besides toddlers playing in the dirt)?? Okay, so in Midgar it was probably Mitsugoshi again, but that's not a real answer. He decides to stop thinking about it before it gives him another headache that is not going to get him anywhere here.
That's a problem for future isekai Cid.
He is not looking contrite, unfortunately, he absolutely looks shifty because that's what he is. Glancing back.....]
I wouldn't say nothing...... But it's not like it's dangerous or anything. And last I checked, doesn't turn you purple. Just a little brighter.
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And was that the intended effect, or was it meant to be something else?