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yamato nikaido ([personal profile] dadsandals) wrote in [community profile] 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 πŸͺ„ Cid Kagenou πŸͺ„ 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 πŸ‘“ Yamato πŸ‘“. 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:

πŸ› 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)

πŸ› the cold water bath keeps turning different colors, maybe they should stop experimenting with it before somebody ends up blue for the week

πŸ› 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

πŸ› the steam room is letting out an intermittent screaming noise that sounds very human, but there's no one in it

πŸ› 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!)
dyingtohealyou: ([Look] The temperature of)

[personal profile] dyingtohealyou 2024-04-21 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
And how's that been going for you?
themanwhoerasedhisname: 6 (6)

[personal profile] themanwhoerasedhisname 2024-04-21 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
I gave up. I don’t get magic at all.

[He's so clueless about this...]
dyingtohealyou: ([Sweat] your face)

[personal profile] dyingtohealyou 2024-04-21 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Hey now, don't be the member of the group project that makes everyone else do the work.
themanwhoerasedhisname: 12 (12)

[personal profile] themanwhoerasedhisname 2024-04-22 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Hah, it'd be embarrassing if that was how things turned out...]

Does this mean you get this entire magic thing?

[Seems to him the great majority of people here do. It's truly fortunate Kiryu is a talented person somehow, so he'll be able to catch up despite his inexperience once he applies himself, but still...he can't help but feel he's at a disadvantage]
dyingtohealyou: ([Sweat] I was singing to)

[personal profile] dyingtohealyou 2024-04-22 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Not entirely, but I did attend a pretty prestigious academy of magic.

[Where he slept through class... But still scored well, so.]

The system here's different, though. That's my main hangup.
themanwhoerasedhisname: 5 (5)

[personal profile] themanwhoerasedhisname 2024-04-22 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, what's the issue?

[He's not experienced, but he's willing to help if he can. How much guidance can he give? Who knows, but Kiryu's instinct when he hears trouble is to try to help]
dyingtohealyou: ([Sweat] with memories I)

[personal profile] dyingtohealyou 2024-04-23 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
...I thought you gave up on magic already?