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.]

((Mingle post go! Tag each other, have fun.))

Comments

[onlyhonournow]

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

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

... Hello.

[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...

[bythehorns]

Oh, uh, hello.

[onlyhonournow]

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

This is unexpected.

[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!

[bythehorns]

To find, uh, a naturally occurring geothermically maintained ablution trap? Or, um, for it to be, full of, thiefbeasts?

[onlyhonournow]

... Both, I suppose. It's not an unwelcome surprise.

[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.

[bythehorns]

It does seem, pretty nice. I never, got to go to, a place like this, back on Alternia.

[You reach out a hand to let the thiefbeast climb on you. Its ears are really cute.]

[bythehorns]

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

[has big-eared thiefbeast on shoulder]

[judas_ace]

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

Monkeys. Why are there always monkeys?

[judas_ace]

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

[onlyhonournow]

[peering at the lemurthing, with a tender expression]

Maybe it's the guardian. If that's the case, it doesn't seem to mind that we're here.

[onlyhonournow]

[chuckling]

It wasn't.

[bythehorns]

No, he is, um.... [concentrating]

He wonders if, we have anything tasty, to eat, mostly.

[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.

[ice_and_steel]

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

[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.]

[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.

[ice_and_steel]

That's good. I hope it's comfortable for you.

[bythehorns]

It is, really nice! Before we got here, me and Gamzee, and all of us, actually, were in a place where, we didn't have them, and it was really hard, to get any sleep, so, even though, my new one, looks impolite, I am still glad, to have it.

[ice_and_steel]

Well, you can't see what it looks like with your eyes closed, can you?

[Did I actually just say that? Edgar would be howling.]

I'm sure it's better than curling up on a rock floor, at any rate.

[bythehorns]

It is, lots better, than that.

Do you, um, have a, human sleeping platform here, also? I wouldn't want to, think that, you had to, sleep on the cave floor, either....

[ice_and_steel]

[oh right. a bed might be an idea.]

I...I haven't really looked for one. I'm used to sleeping rough.