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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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Connect with these plants.
[It's a bit literal to see yourself reflected on plants, of all things, but yeah, Kiryu understands Maya's point]
1/2
[This sure is putting her on the spot!? She's also not sure how to feel about seeing her own face on these plants and trying to connect with that, considering she just encountered her own shadow a little while ago, but...]
2/3 i lied
[......................]
3/3
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[Somehow Kiryu had thought Maya would be that kind of person but he was wrong, it seems! Well, nobody has ever said Kazuma Kiryu is a marvelous judge of character. If anything, he's horrendous at it]
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[...Well okay, she actually kind of got attached to Musashi pretty quickly, but it helped that Yamato treated it like a pet too!!]
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That's why I'm here. I doubt I'm getting in a bath but I thought it'd be fine to hang out.
[Like bonding with a cat, really. Kiryu is the cat in this equation, being standoff-ish while others mill around. It's not even that he's introverted, because he's not at all, he just is quiet]
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Hahaha... Well, it is getting pretty crowded at this point! I have to admit, I wasn't expecting to see so many people here. But it does feel more like a public bathhouse this way.
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This world knew how to pick 'em.
[To aim for so many people and somehow find a bunch who aren't fighting each other? That was either careful planning, or a whole lot of luck]
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Yeah, I think we have a pretty good bunch here. We're all still getting to know each other, but everyone I've spoken to so far seems pretty easy to get along with.
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Any stand out to you? I have heard most being described as 'interesting'.
[Which he's sure is partly a kinder word for 'some are very odd', hah]
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Well, if you're asking... then I'd say you, Kiryu-san! I have yet to meet anyone else who's told me to make friends with a plant, after all.
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[Which he considers himself anything but! He's a normal person without huge quirks.
Normal is relative, Kiryu]
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[It's a compliment, see!!!]
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[There's a lot Kiryu can take in stride, but 'endearing' isn't one of those. It's not like he gets called that often! So he seems a little bit awkward, unsure how to reply to that -- but hey, at least he doesn't seem offended! Just at a loss for words]
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Guess that's not something you usually call a guy you've just met, huh? [And just to throw him a bone:] But anyway, you asked me about my impressions, so let me toss that question back at you. Is there anyone you've met that seems particularly interesting?
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Did you know there are vampires here?
[To someone who had never met a vampire, that's immediately eye-catching!]
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[There's still a number of them that she hasn't spoken to yet, but none of the people she talked to seemed stereotypically vampire-y.]
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[Apparently that's the immediate thing Kiryu thought of when he thought of 'vampires' but you can't just go and ask someone if they can turn into flying mammals!]