obligatory hot springs episode

[cavedwellers]

[what the hell, the brochures said nothing about a hot spring! but WHO CARES it'll be fun and there's pretty much enough light to see by in this part of the caves. Also there is still no lifeguard on duty, but there are little bat-eared monkey things hopping around the rocks so probably there's nothing too predatory in the water. And it's all steaming and warm -- if you're a lifeform that enjoys warm water, anyway, you're in for a treat! Almost certainly nothing could go wrong here. Just keep an eye on your valuables; those little buggers have clever paws.]

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Comments

[onlyhonournow]

[cautiously perched near the spring, dipping his finger into the water]

[what the hey is that thing climbing on me :<]

... Hello.

[bythehorns]

Oh, uh, hello.

[onlyhonournow]

[plucking the questionable lemur gently off of him and setting it down next to Tavros]

This is unexpected.

[judas_ace]

I wouldn't have thought this would be your kind of thing.

[onlyhonournow]

[chuckling]

It wasn't.

[ice_and_steel]

[once again bemoaning lack of etiquette classes in the army]

I do hope this won't make you rusty.

[....Edgar would totally make a sexual joke out of that but fortunately he is not here.]

[onlyhonournow]

[is sitting next to the pool of water with his knees tucked up, not unlike a child admiring some sort of new shiny thing he's just found. he laughs lightly at Celes's comment and turns his head to face her]

No, but I don't think it would be very comfortable for anyone if I tried to go any further.

[wingedjustice]

[pfft]

[onlyhonournow]

[:(]

... Wing.

[bythehorns]

[You appear to have found a naturally occurring geothermically maintained ablution trap! ...Some days, you really wish your bottom half weren't made of metal.]

Ummm...

[ice_and_steel]

Hello again. Did you get everything for your sleeping apparatus arranged to your satisfaction?

[bythehorns]

Oh, uh, hello, yes, thank you, it is, much better, out of the way.

[positively]

[Woah! Hot springs are not something you expected to find here! And there are even monkeys here, goodness, this place is getting all traditional! Not that they're really the monkeys you'd normally see at a hot spring, which is actually totally cool because these are tiny and adorable.]

Oh! I haven't been to a hot spring in forever, this is just like being on vacation!

[onlyhonournow]

[trying to be as unobtrusive as possible, which is difficult, all things considering. staying by the edge of the water, for now]

It's unexpectedly relaxing.

[positively]

[oh gosh, you hope he isn't going to rust!]

I didn't expect to find a place like this here! That was the best cave to get lost in, definitely.

[bythehorns]

You have, uh, things like this, on Earth, also?

[has big-eared thiefbeast on shoulder]

[ice_and_steel]

...how hot are they, generally speaking? I am usually more at home in a winter mountain lake.

[judas_ace]

I'd say things are definitely looking up.

[judas_ace]

[Oh hey, a hot spring. This is more like it! Except...]

Monkeys. Why are there always monkeys?

[ice_and_steel]

[eyeing this distinctly non-ice thing warily]

[This seems like more Terra's thing than mine.]

Well well. Everyone's here, it looks like.

[judas_ace]

[And he is actually much happier now.]

With something like this around, where else would we be?

[faygoandpie]

[look at these motherfucking little beasts. They're all up and hanging around what looks like a giant recuperacoon that was missing the most important part - no sopor slime up in this bitch - but you're not the kind of motherfucker who would throw down rage over that.]

[bythehorns]

[has a little thiefbeast perched on his shoulder as he comes clanking over]

Um, hi, Gamzee. This is, kind of neat, isn't it?

[pincerattack]

[there is only so long even you can take sitting around and throwing rocks at cave walls; without the internet or your movie collection you... don't really have that many hobbies to fill up your time? so off to find out what everyone else is so interested in right now, which is... apparently some kind of ablution trap? Though it's not much of a trap, it's more like an ablution crater in the ground. you inch towards it sort of warily, because it appears to be full of thiefbeasts and nonsense.]

What the-- this doesn't even make sense.

[prankster_gambit]

[haha, wow! A hot spring! It's like some kind of fancy resort or something! You run up to it, passing Karkat on the way there.]

Come on, Karkat! This is awesome!