[Day: Day after the session before last. Time: 6:30 p.m.] [You arrive at the Springs! Rawk! Izumo a small city. In fact, it looks more like a town than a city. The Springs are just outside the city limits, built at the base of a mountain. A main building (which serves as an inn) sits at the front, while bamboo poles circle around to the back, forming a wall.] [It seems to be a fairly popular place. Kind of classy, in a traditional sort of way. But it has slinkies!] [Session Start!] This the place? Sure looks like it. The slinkies give it away. * Chomei said that with an absolutely straight face. * Chie mutters, "If one of them starts talking to me with a British accent, I'm leaving." * Rei giggles. She's set for this. "Yay slinkies! Let's go in. For love, peace, and a really good bath!" She half-skips toward the main building. What if he talks in some other accent? Then it's okay! * Chie picks up her bag and follows Rei. * Chomei shrugs and glances at Chie, keeping step with her. * Lazar lumbers after the others, wearing his usual neutral expression. * Asanjya follows Rei, still reading. It's amazing, how she does that. "I haven't been to one of these in many, many years." You're sounding like an old lady, Asanjya. * Chie laughs. * Maria follows, too, looking around like a tourist. "I've never been to one. Never wandered this far from the city. Heard it's nice, tho." It's wet! And warm. * Chomei chuckles. And bath-y. I haven't been to one since I was really little. But I remember it being nice, and I haven't been to a decent bathhouse in a while. There some hot springs in Transylvania. No ones you want to dip toes into, though. Yes, it's very much like a bath. * Rei rolls her eyes. "Yeah, they're probably weresprings. Humans by day, man- eating hot springs by night." * Lazar blinks. "No. Just very, very hot." And then they suck you up in reverse and leave your toes for dessert. Your toes! Your to- oh? * Asanjya chuckles. [The inside is made of wood and rice paper and all that traditional Japanese stuff. There's a fairly cute woman in her mid twenties at the reception desk. "Welcome!"] * Rei stops waggling her fingers. "Okay." * Chie grins. * Chie waves to the receptionist. Yes. No know how hot, but cause very bad burns. * Rei waves cheerily. "Hi!" * Asanjya waves idly. * Chomei waves at the lady at the reception desk. * Maria looks the woman over. * Lazar just kinda hangs back. * Maria decides she isn't sufficiently wealthy to be worth robbing, and instead studies the traditional Japanese architecture. (* Maria steals the architect instead.) * Asanjya actually looks up and around. But possibly only because she's finished the book. Hey, Rei? Did we make reservations? [The woman smiles. "I'm Chiharu, owner of these springs. Do you have reservations?"] Um, yeah. I should have them somewhere in here... * Rei kinda sorta heads in that general direction while looking through her bags. "Not here. Not here. Uh... it's under Rei Ueda?" ( *eyes water* I have significant reservations about this... ) (Nah, it's not that bad.) (If I can sit in it, I'm good.) (Just as long as you sit in it first, and leave last?) [She checks the books. "Ueda... Party of six, four men, two women?"] Uh, not quite. Two men and four women. Unless two of you girls arent' telling me something... * Chie winks. Yeah, you got it a little backwards, maybe if- hey! Here it is. * Chomei snerks. * Rei looks at Chie. "I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. I never thought Maria was a man." I know! She, err, he, hides it so well! I'm not. Seriously. Suuuure you're not. * Chie gives Maria a good-natured grin. * Lazar eyes Maria. "She definately no guy." * Rei giggles and withdraws a crumpled piece of paper from her pants pocket. "Here's the confirmation number." She smooths it out and hands it to the lady. ( I wish ChibiEthan were here. He woulda punctuated that statement by poking Maria in the pecs. =P ) * Asanjya frowns. [She checks it and makes some markings.] (Then ChibiEthan WOULD DIE.) ( Maria would totally kill him for it. ) ( Well, yes. But it woulda been funny. ) * Lazar eyes Chie. "Female..." *eyes Rei* "Female..." *peeks over Asanjya's book* "Female." *pauses* "Yes, is four females." ( If Makoto were here, he'd insist on a more thorough examination, undoubtably. ) (*wails*) (Too bad he isn't.) "Very well, for two nights, correct?" Yup! ( And then everyone would kill him. ) (Well, Chie would smirk. And then she'd hurt him.) (Hey, I put the book down!) ( Oops. ) ( Well, pretend you didn't! =P ) [She marks more stuff down and then takes three keys from the key rack. "Rooms 122, 123 and 124, down the hall to your right."] ( That'd be cool. If Makoto were here, I mean. ) So, who's rooming with who? * Rei takes the keys and smiles. "Thanks a lot, and I mean that forever!" * Asanjya shifts her pack. [She smiles and bows. "Have a plesant stay."] Thanks. * Chie waves cheerfully to the receptionist. "Thanks!" * Rei bows back, then turns to the others. "Chomei and Lazar, 'course. Unless you wanna room with Chomei, Chie, but then I dunno who's gonna room with Lazar. 'Cause it's not me." Uhm... Thanks. * Chomei shrugs. "I could room with Chie or Lazar. Anyone else and I think it'd raise questions." I no technically need room, if Chie and Chomei want alone time. That's ridiculous, Lazar. I'll room with you if it comes down to that. * Chie looks over at Chomei and actually seems a bit surprised. * Chomei raises an eyebrow at Chie's surprise. Is no like I need bed to sleep in. Can find quiet corner and meditate somewhere. *turns to Asanjya* Would no want to intrude on privacy... He's just saying that 'cause he doesn't want me to stick peanut butter in his hair because you know I would and I don't even need to room with him to do it. * Rei heads on towards where the rooms are. She's going to check out accomodations, at least. * Chie gives a barely perceptible shrug and grins. * Maria looks back and forth between Chie and Chomei. ... I no have hair. * Asanjya waves her hand. "Ooh, you might find out what book I'm reading before everyone else does." She starts off down the hall. Oh, wait. You talking to Chomei. * Lazar shrugs at Asanjya. "If no bother you, then no bother me." Guess you're with Rei, Maria. That's okay with you, right? * Chomei asides to Chie. "Remind me to remove all peanut butter from the room." Sure. Rei's cool. * Rei grins at Chie. Evil glint? Yes. "Suuuuure it's just fine with us!" She beams all nicely at Maria. "Right? We won't cause any trouble." * Maria sees the evil glint, quickly puzzles out her feelings on that, and then grins. "Of course we won't!" * Chie looks at Chomei, then points at Rei and Maria. "I think they have everything under control. Don't you, girls?" She grins. And I certainly am not bringing in peanut butter, so I don't know what you're thinking. ^_~ ... Right. _ * Maria beams. * Rei nods. "Oh, yeah! We always have everything under control!" She sidewhispers to Maria, "I always told them to get a room. About time." * Lazar patpats Asanjya on the shoulder. "I be good roommate. Quiet as golem." I heard that. * Rei goes back to skipping to the rooms! "No you didn't! You're deaf like a petunia!" So did I. Well, we can't ignore their oh-so-good advice, so let's go. ^_~ * Chomei pauses. "That doesn't even make sense." Yes it does. Petunias can't hear. Do petunias hear things? * Asanjya looks up at Lazar. "Noise doesn't bother me." There's an inscrutable look on her face. * Lazar tilts his head at Asanjya. "Oh, good. So I can do Happy Golem Dance of Joy while you read." *grins* We're trying to avoid property damage here, Lazar. There's a Happy Golem Dance of Joy? That's... disturbing. No, of course not. oi But is amusing thought, no? Oh. ( Session. =P ) * Rei waves at the guy walking by with an armful of guns. "Hi!" Oi to you too, dude. Yeah, it is. Kinda' weird, too. Hey. ( Japan just got rid of their assault weapons ban too! ) [You get to the r00mz. They're traditional style with tatami mats, rice-screen doors tables so low you have to kneel to eat at them because chairs would put you too high... all the good stuff.] * Rei ooohs. And immediately picks out the roomiest one. "Maria and I call this one!" She cheers and runs in. * Maria grins. "Yeah!" * Lazar pokes gently at the doors. "... these doors made of paper." Works for me. Anyone else have a preference? * Rei pokes her head back out the door. "Duh. You want plastic?" She goes back in and looks around. And takes off her shoes and tests out the wall- climbingness. Yes, she and Maria will sleep on the floor. Right. * Asanjya peeks in one. "The light will last longer in here. I choose this one." Okay. Guess that means this one's ours. *shrugs* Guess I in that one. *carries Asanjya's luggage in* * Chie points at the last room. "The key please, Rei?" * Maria deposits her backpack on the floor of the room and looks around. Is the cieling sturdy, at least? * Rei tosses the key to Chie from her place by the ceiling in her room. It falls funny. And misses. I should work on that. * Chomei catches it as he walks past. "You really should. I take it you were aiming for her." * Rei mimicks Chomei's voice, "I take it you were aiming for her I am lame let me catch the giant flaming ball of DEATH!" She hops down. How gallant. But I can catch my own giant flaming balls of death, dear. * Maria hops up to the cieling, then back down. Just for the hell of it. * Chomei chuckles and hands the keys to Chie. "I just hope you don't try catching flaming balls of death. Those can hurt." * Rei blinks, then keeps mimicking Chomei's voice, "Oh, no! Let me catch those flaming balls for you... uh... love-muffin!" She looks to Maria. "Does love- muffin work?" * Chie reaches into her bag, pulls out a shoe, and throws it at Rei. "No." * Chie takes the keys and unlocks the room. * Rei catches, fumbles, recatches the shoe. Dunno. What's a muffin? Wow! My own shoe! Is it tasty? One more, and I'll have a complete set! I should hope so! ... And yeah, muffins are tasty. Cool. * Rei puts the shoe on her head and checks out the bathroom. * Asanjya looks about. "I have not slept on a futon on ages." She pockets the key, which Rei no longer has. I'll have to have one sometime. * Chie pulls out her other shoe and tosses it to Rei. "Don't say your best friend never gave you anything." * Chie opens the door. "After you." * Rei oohs and dives for the shoe! Ending up face first on the floor, but with a shoe in hand. "Goal!" * Maria looks around the room some more. Television, alarm clock, electrical outlet, anything? * Chie would applaud, except she's holding the door open. [The bathroom has a slinky in it. Complimentary.] * Lazar eyes the slinky. "Ooh, slinky." * Chomei kicks off his shoes and enters, looking around. "Thanks." [Maria finds that there's all those things in there, as well as... slinky.] * Asanjya takes her bag from Lazar. "Thank you." She plops it in a corner, unzips, and begins stacking books. * Lazar doesn't take off his shoes, because he has no shoes. * Chie hesitates for just a second, then pulls her sneakers off, picks up her bag, and heads in. ( I have no mouth, yet I must scream.) * Maria nods. Well, that's something. * Lazar notices everyone else taking off their shoes, though, and grasps his pendant, altering his illusion to remove his sandals. * Maria doesn't take off her boots, because she doesn't know she's supposed to. Is special reason why everyone take off shoes? Wha? To not damage the tatami. * Chomei nods. Oh. ...I should prolly take off mine too, then. * Rei looks up and calls, "Yeah, Maria! Get down here and take off the boots." Or more traditionally, to not show it disrespect. * Asanjya exposes a foot from beneath the cloak to show her shoes have vanished. * Chie drops her bag in one of the corners and looks around the room. She finds the slinky. Yay, slinky! * Rei finishes inspecting the bathroom and also finds a slinky! Slinky power! * Maria plops down on the floor and works at taking her boots off, which takes a bit. The feet of her bodysuit are made plain, which kind of doesn't go with the outfit. * Chomei drops his suitcase and sits down. He cracks his neck. "Traditional isn't that common anymore. I kinda like it, though." * Chie plays with the slinky a little. "Y'know, me too." It's different. * Rei returns, slinky in hand, and flops onto one of the mats in her and Maria's room. "Oof." Oof? * Lazar plays with the slinky as he settles on the floor in his and Asanjya's room. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... So, uhm, when do we do this hot spring thing? * Asanjya arranges a nest of books, plops herself in the middle, and begins sorting through them. "Having fun, Lazar?" * Chie holds one end of the slinky and taps Chomei on the shoulder with the other end. * Rei seems mesmerized by the slinky. "Whenever." She turns onto her stomach. "You wanna go now?" Mmm? We can leave the lovebirds behind and stuff. * Chomei takes it and tugs. * Chie tugs on her end and grins. * Chomei grins and lets go. I guess. I mean, there isn't much else to do here, is there? * Chie stumbles back a bit and laughs. "You know me way too well. That's scary." Not really. You come here to relax, and talk, and get orbs from ancient vampires. * Rei gets to her feet and looks for towels and sandals. I don't know, what's so scary about that? Maybe you could tell me? * Chie sits down next to him. "Not many people do. Guess I'm not quite used to it yet." She smiles. Is relaxing. * Chie idly slinkies a bit. The springs will be more relaxing. Do you even feel heat? Concentrate on slinky, helps focus for meditate. *looks up* No really. Maybe you'd like to get to know me a bit more? I admit I'm not very open. (*twitches*) (TWITCH TWITCH!) * Asanjya is flipping through her books, not looking up. "Hm. Maybe it will help anyhow. Even rock gets dirty. * Rei finds them and peeks into one of the rooms next to hers (Asanjya and Lazar). "Goin' to the hot springs!" ( I can open you up a bit... *stabs Chomei* ) * Chie blinks, then smirks for a second, before closing her eyes and leaning back. "Well, it's a good thing in a relationship." * Rei peeks into the other room (Chie and Chomei). "Slinky foreplay? Kinky." Looks behind her. "Come on, Maria! I'll race you!" ( And lo, does MC2 become Zodiak. Filled with sex and stabbings. ) ( ...that's really fucking disturbing. ) * Asanjya looks up, twitching her fingers at a book, which becomes shimmery. "I'll be ready in a second, Rei." She stands up and heads into the bathroom to change. * Chie snorts. "Have fun, guys." ( ...yes. Yes it is. ) * Rei blows a raspberry at Chie. (There will be no stabbing here.) (Stabbing's pretty much an Arcana thing.) (True.) * Chomei rolls his eyes. ... what proper clothes for hotspring? ... good question, Laz. * Asanjya emerges clad in towel, her hair clutching the book. Xaphan peeks out the top. "Coming, Lazar?" She smiles. * Chie stickes her tongue out at Rei and waves the Slinky in her direction. * Rei gives up and grabs Maria by the arm. "Come on!" And she drags the other girl off. Well, more or less. If Maria doesn't want to go, there's no way Rei can make her. * Rei waves her slinky at Chie. "I'll be waaaaatching!" she calls cheerily as she heads off, friend in tow. I'll know if you are, and I brought my wards! * Chie is grinning, though. * Chomei chuckles. * Lazar turns to Asanjya... then hurridly turns back around. "Towel is proper clothes?" (Rei has successfully managed to distract Chie and Chomei's bonding. +1 points!) (Booyah!) (Rei, stop being evil. ) * Maria allows herself to be dragged, but she grabs her backpack on the way. (But- but- ;_;) Yes. Stop your blushing and lets go. * Asanjya grabs Lazar's hand ala Rei! ... no blushing. No have blood, remember. *doesn't budge* ... would be blushing if had blood, admit. Go on, Laz. It'll be an interesting new experience for you. ^_~ Yeah, you'll like it. ~_^ (Chie's telling you to be lamer then Chomei.) (Honestly, it's not *that* hard to be lamer than Chomei. ^^;) * Lazar disengages his hand from Asanjya's grip, and grasps his pendant. His illusion shifts, so he's now wearing a towel around his waist, covering to a bit above his knee. Yup, he's big and muscley and Eastern European. (Must. Resist. Joke. About Lazar and 'hardness' in a hot spring.) (YOU DID NOT RESIST. FAILURE.) * Chie applauds. "Nice! Now go have fun!" Right, right. * Asanjya looks Lazar up and down. "Perfect." She starts off toward the springs. * Lazar tilts his head again, confused. He shrugs, and follows. * Chomei snickers and turns to Chie. "So, what would you like to know? " * Chie waits until they're gone, then gets up and closes the door. Then she looks at Chomei. "Hey, listen... you're okay with this sharing a room thing, right? I didn't pressure you into anything you didn't want to do, did I?" Nah, I'm fine with it. Why would I have a problem? * Chomei smirks. (Besides, Rei's the one who really pressured you. :P) * Chie laughs. "Just wanted to make sure." ( Okay... if you could be any kind of flower, what kind would you be? ... okay. No more sharing. ) I take it you're fine with it, right? Woulda said somethin' if I weren't, right? * Chie walks back over to where he is and sits down. Guess you woulda. So. You. Chomei Tochikura. You know I don't know when your birthday is? That's kinda silly, me not knowing my own boyfriend's birthday. Well, I don't know your birthday. So we're both at a loss. Anyways, I, Chomei Tochikura, was born on December 20th, 2022. * Chie blinks, then grins. "I was born on April 17th, 2022. I'm dating a younger guy!" Googoo. * Chomei grins back. ( Cradle robber! ) * Chie laughs. "Never thought of myself as the cradle-robbin' type, but you learn somethin' new every day." ( ...Wonderful. I got an image of Chomei in diapers. ) (Pshaw. Now, if Lazar were dating anyone, it would be cradle robbing by default. He's what, a few centuries old?) (CHIBI Chomei in dipers. With the '... Right' experssion.) ( 19, actually ) (Uh.. Lazar's 19, I think.) (Oh. My mistake.) * Chie scoots a bit closer to him. (* Rei pops up. "MAKE OUT ALREADY! You guys are sad." Poof!) Guess you do. (* Chie waves a slinky at her.) * Chomei lets Chie scoot torwards him. What's she got in mind? (She's got more sharing in mind!) (Duh!) (Yeah, we like to call it "sharing". *nod*) * Chie leans against him a little. She seems to be thinking about something. Finally, she says, "Chomei, why do you like me?" (... You ask good questions.) ( No she doesn't. ) ( She should've said, "Chomei, why do I like you?" ) (*snicker*) ( "Chomei, why is this night different than all other nights?" "Well, Chie, tonight we celebrate Passover..." ) (Our relationship is doomed by OOC comments. ;p) ( Little does Chie know that Chomei's real last name is Tochikuraberg. ) * Chomei thinks for a bit on that, countering her leaning with some of his own. "I think it's because you've stood up with me for a while, you've actually shown interest in me, I don't have to worry about hiding things from you, and you're about as stubborn as I am. How's that?.. And same question back at ya." ( I can't think of questions, so I'll ask the same ones back. I WIN.) (I AM TEH WIN!) * Chie puts her head on his shoulder. "Some of it's similar... you've seen me at my worst, and you've been there for me to help me out of it. You're one of the few people who actually cares. I can be myself around you, and not only do you *not* run away screaming, but you actually seem to enjoy it." She pauses. "I guess I'm not entirely used to that yet." If I ran away screaming like that, I'd have made it to the moon by now. Might as well try and get something out of it, hmm? * Chie laughs. "Oh, so I'm just a convenient excuse to avoid unplanned lunar excursions?" * Chomei grins. "Yeah. I can't *stand* the moon. The lack of air is murder." (But think of the killer tan!) But it's not very crowded. Lots of time alone, if you wanted that. Yeah, but then what about getting lonely? * Chie smiles. "You'd get lonely?" I think I would. I'm not sure, I haven't been alone in a while. I hate being alone. For so long, though, that was just how things were. Well, we can keep that from happening again, right? * Chie puts her arm around him. "I love you." (FLEE. FLEE NOW.) (RUN AWAY.) * Chomei puts his arm around Chie. "Yeah, I love you too..." (This can only end in a stabbing. ) ( I love you both! *GLOMP* ) (STAB STAB STAB!) ( But you're not getting my Bud lite.) * Chie sighs softly. "Would you think I was a coward if I said that part of me would just like to stay here for a very long time, away from... pretty much all the craziness back home?" * Chomei shakes his head. "Not at all. I'd like to do so myself, it's comfortable and relaxing... but we've got a job to do." I know. It's just really nice to not have to worry about getting into insane supernatural danger for a bit. Although we've got a vampire to find eventually. But that's what makes moments like this so nice. Calm between the storms. (Besides, you took the craziness with you. See: Rei.) (Exactly!) The problem with being in the eye of the storm is you're basically surrounded. - From.... Oh, some old comic they had us read in English class. And I still don't see how it's that calm with Rei and Maria here. ~_^ You have an excellent point. But they're not right here at the moment. And all storms pass, eventually. It's just a matter of weathering them. Yeah. Let's hope this one doesn't last too much longer, 'kay? Definitely. And then we, um, have to see about getting you un-demoned. If that's even a word. Don't think it is. Maybe purified? That makes you sound like you need a water filter. But no matter what we call it, we need to do it. ( Why? I'm a demon in be- *WHAP* Don't even say it. ) (*smacks Jesse*) ( Ow ) Yeah. But I've been thinking, if it's a part of me... Then wouldn't taking it out remove part of myself? Well, we both seem to be doing okay with imcomplete souls. Besides, if you don't... you'll have to stay in hell at some point. Yeah, that sucks. I mean, I've heard some people do okay with long-distance relationships, but that's really above and beyond. At least I'd have an Aunt that's pretty cool. But I'd have to see a lot more of Victoria... And we know how that would end up. Yes. * Rei comes storming by! Or something. Her footsteps are heavy, and the door to the room next to Chomei and Chie's opens and closes. But, Chomei... I love you, but I won't sell my soul for you. I'd visit you, but I can't live in Hell. My place is here. * Chie starts a bit when she hears the footsteps outside. I don't know if I wa- * Chie lifts her head and blinks. "I wonder what that was about?" Me too. Anyhow. What I was saying was... I want you here. With me. For a long time, if possible. ( Three minutes good enough? ) ( Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeseee. ) (Yep, doomed.) I'll try as long as I can. After we're done with this storm, *then* we can deal with the Demon problem. ( Well, if that's all the longer you can last...) * Chie nods, though she looks a bit sad. "Okay. I can go with that." And, anyways, if my parents can live on this plane, I should be able to as well, right? * Chomei picks up the slinky and starts playing with it. Swish-swish-swish- swish... Yeah. But I'd still worry about you. I'd be worried if you didn't. So you'd be worried if I wasn't worried, and since I am worried, you're not worried. I get all the worry in this relationship, then? Somehow, that seems unfair. * Chie stickes her tongue out at him. * Chomei sticks his tongue back at her. "I'm worried about you still. But that's a whole 'nother can of worms. After all, you still have that 'untapped power' thing going on." Yeah, I know. I keep expecting the slinky to start talking again. ( Feeeeeed meeeeeee... ... ) * Chomei grabs the slinky and makes it talk. "Feeeeeeed meeeeeeeee." (Damn you Lazar.) (*cracks up*) (Hehehe!) * Chie raises an eyebrow and grins. "You *do* realize that I really did bring my wards." Hey, exorcize the slinky, not me. * Chie pokes the slinky. "Good slinky. Nice slinky. Not evil-in-the-slightest slinky." * Chomei watches (and makes) the slinky 'bite' Chie's finger. The slinky mumbles. "Mrflmmrm fmlfmmfrm." Ack! Oh, I am doomed! Doomed to be eaten alive by a vicious killer slinky! Oh no, what shall you ever do! I may have to resort to... this! * Chie reaches out with her free hand and tickles Chomei in the side. ( If only Lazar were here to confirm or deny the existance of were- slinkies. ) (I think he mentioned it once.) * Chomei reacts as someone who's ticklish would. He squirms. "He-hey, w-wa" *laugh* "Watch it!" The slinky lets go of Chie's finger. * Chie grins and tickles him with her other hand. * Chomei falls over laughing. "Tha- that does it!" He starts tickling back. * Chie keeps grinning. "I'm not ticklish." Except when I'm drunk. And I'm not drunk now, so! (Sounds like a challenge!) (Doesn't it just? ;p) (It's been forever since we've had a drunken mini.) (Yes.) [You can order sake. How conveeeeeeenient!] (And it even goes on Rei's credit card!) (Very!) (Hey, wait. I'm the baby of the group. Why do I pay for everything, anyway? Oh YEAH, I have access to Interpol accounts.) (Okay, go ahead.) * Chomei eyes Chie. "You sure?" (Thanks!) (It's always easier when the money isn't yours.) I think I'd know if I were drunk or not. Although... well, one of the traditional things to do at a place like this is to sit around and drink sake. But you're underage! Gasp! So are you! Double Gasp! (She is not.) No, I'm not. (See.) Remember? I'm 20. Wait, you're not? Oh, my mistake. (Wait, drinking age in Japan's 20?) Yeah. What, you really thought I was younger than you? (Yep.) (Yes.) No, no. Espically after you made the big deal about it. ~_^ Well, I meant before that. But still! Could order some, if you wanted. I've never had a drink myself. I'm willing to give it a try, though. That is, if you don't mind having a potentially drunk boyfriend. * Chie shakes her head. "I'm such a bad influence." She grins. "There's probably a brochure or something that'll mention how to do it." And, y'know, you don't have to get *drunk* drunk. Just drink a little. Whatever you're comfortable with. That holds for pretty much anything in this relationship. * Chomei shrugs. "Well, like I said. I've never had alcohol before. And if I was uncomfortable, I'd have let you know a long time ago." * Maria walks by, still towelling her hair. Oh, great, now they're trying to get each other drunk. (Ha.) (The level of sympathetic relationship in this channel is sickening, I might add.) (Hmm?) (No kidding. Get Lazar in here. I'll pop out and start a shouting match.) (Hey, somebody's gotta avoid dysfunction. ;p) (You guys are not supposed to avoid dysfunction! You are the Mystery Club! >_<) (We're cute and WRONG.) (Mwehehe.) (Yes, wrong. ^^) * Chie gets up and starts searching through the cabinets. She looks in the closet. "Hey, yukata!" This place really *is* traditional. Wait, they actually have those? Yeah, that's... That's traditional all right. * Chie laughs. "Well, they have their own twist to it." She pulls out out and holds it out to him. It's dark blue with a white slinky pattern on it. * Chomei laughs. "I wonder how much that cost'em. That's not standard." They must turn a pretty good profit, then. It's a nice place. * Chomei nods. "No kidding. Think we missed our shot at the springs today?" Nah, I bet they're still open. Guess most of the others came back. I wonder who it was that we heard earlier? Me too. That was pretty loud earlier. Which means it's probably Rei, since even if she were upset, I can't see Maria being that loud. Yeah, and Lazar and Asanjya have the other room. * Chie walks over to the door and concentrates, then realizes that she can hear two sets of voices. "Sounds like they're both in there. I guess I won't intrude." She looks a bit torn. * Chomei raises an eyebrow. "Would they interrupt us?" They *didn't* interrupt us. Which means that something's probably wrong. Yeah. But... I'll leave it to them to work out, really. Because it could very well be none of my business. * Chie looks like the last part took quite some effort to say. (Who are you and what did you do to Chie?) (Being in love has rotted my brain. Or given me common sense. One or the other.) ( ...Arrrrrrrgh. I have Disney love songs in my head now. Damn you Aladdin and your macktasic ways. ) What, you're not going to investigate? I was sure you'd grab the chance to run over and find out what's up. * Chie shakes her head. "No, I don't think so. I'll talk to them later, but unless the door's open..." * Chomei smirks and gets up. "I really hope they're okay, though... Did you hear Asanjya come back yet?" No. Or Laz, either. Yeah, it's probably just Maria and Rei arguing or something then. * Chie sighs. "Which isn't good." * Chomei manages to find his way over to Chie's side again. "No, it isn't. But I think they'll figure things out on their own, don't you?" * Chie takes a deep breath, then nods slowly. "Yeah. I should trust them." I should, but I'm still worried and maybe a bit jealous. I need to work on that. * Chomei nods. "And I need to work on caring a bit more." ^^; * Chie reaches out and squeezes his hand. "You're getting off to a good start. Let's go." * Chie snags the yukata and heads for the springs. * Chomei gets pulled along. * Chie finds her way there and stops at the women's entrance. "Guess this is where we have to part ways for a bit." ( Chie gets bitten by a vampiric slinkie when she goes in. ) (Which goes along with everything else, really. ;p) ( I know XD ) * Chomei smirks back and kisses Chie on the forehead. "Guess so. See ya later." He smiles warmly at Chie and starts for the Men's entrance. * Chie pouts ever-so-briefly, then heads in. She strips, exposing the purple- and-black butterfly tattoo on her back to... absolutely no one, then heads into the water and settles in. "Ahhhhh." [Chie gets infected with butterflism.] (Do I get wings? Wings are cool. ^_^) * Chomei gets in, removes his clothing, takes off his glove, and relaxes in the water. [Chomei gets infected with glovism.] (Okay, now you're just being silly.) * Chie calls out. "Hey, Chomei?" Yeah? Did you have any other questions that you wanted to ask? Anything about me that you were really wondering? ( What do you look like naked? *SEAL SLAP* Rats.) * Chomei audibly mmmmms. "Nothing that I can think of right now. Anything that's a mystery to me is fine with me finding out later." * Chie grins. "A little mystery is always fun." It's never fun if you know *everything*. And half the fun is in the finding out. Yup! ...you *do* know about the tattoo, right? Yeah, I remember. Why? Just curious. That'd be an interesting thing to spring on you if you weren't suspecting it. I think it's kinda cute myself. Really? Really. * Chie laughs. "You really are something." * Chomei chuckles. "What, you expect me to be 'nothing' now?" Nah, I expect you to be you. I think you can handle that quite well, don't you? Well, I don't have a choice in the matter. I can't not be me. And I can't not be me, but as we've already figured out, we like that about each other. * Chie shifts a bit. Indubitably. Hmm. You hungry? Not particularly, but I could eat something if you're up for it. Yeah, I kinda am. We can always come back here later. (... that statement is loaded, loaded, loaded.) (Yes, it is VERY loaded) (There is no innuendo here!) (None indeed!) (At least, I don't know what *you* people are thinking. ;p) (REI IS NOT THINKING ANYTHING.) * Chomei gets up and gets out of the water to dry himself. "Well, what are you in the mood for then?" He heads for the Men's changing area when he's done and puts on his clothing. * Chie stands up, pads back out into the changing room, puts on yukata and sandals, and gathers her own clothes. She waits outside for him. "Oh, pretty much anything." * Chomei steps outside, blue spiky hair still wet. He smirks at Chie. "That leaves us with a problem then." * Chie grins at him. Her amber/brown/green-streaked hair is still dry, as she didn't go that far under. "Which is?" You're hungry, but don't know what to eat. Reminds me of a proverb with a mule and two stacks of hay. * Chie raises an eybrow. "Are you calling me a mule, dear?" Not at all. But we do have to make a decision. Well, let's go see what everybody else wants. * Chie heads back to the main building. * Chomei heads back too and chuckles. "Make others make decisions for us." Hey, why not? ^_~ Good question indeed. ~_^ * Chie enters the building and walks back down the hallway to the rooms, only to find Rei knocking on the door. She waves. Hey, guys! * Rei is there! Outside of Chie and Chomei's room, wearing an eye-wrenching combination of striped blue and yellow sweatpants and a pink undershirt. She was knocking by the door, but she turns to see Chie. "There you are!" Hey, what's up? * Chie is wearing a dark blue yukata with a white slinky print. It's cute. Sandals, too. She's carrying the outfit she wore earlier. Didja have fun playing tiddlywinks? * Asanjya is, by the way, wearing one of the yukata as well. * Lazar is lurking... well, maybe looming in the background, wearing a tank top and cotton shorts. * Chie blinks. "Tiddlywinks? Okay..." You doin' all right? * Maria is there with Rei. "Oh, there you are!" She's wearing a shirt and jeans only. Her feet are bare, even. * Rei blinks. "Uh?" She looks lost for a moment, then she smiles. "Oh, yeah. I'm okay." We were just talking about getting some food. You up for it? * Chomei raises an eyebrow. Sure. * Chie smiles back. "Good. And we were talking about the same thing. Got any ideas?" ( Parakeets eat gravel, and they seem to like it. Let's eat Lazar! ... ) Maria saw some places when we were coming in. Some traditional places, and since we're being all traditional here with slinkies, we could order from there and eat traditionally on a traditional low table with traditional slinkies. Slinkies are traditional? They are now! Yep. At least they are here. They are here, apparently. * Chomei glances at Chie. * Chie just smiles. * Maria looks from Chie to Chomei and back. * Rei rolls her eyes. "You've already *got* a room." * Chie laughs. "Okay, okay. So. We shall get food, and possibly drink." Sounds good to me. Sounds like a plan. * Asanjya has her hair wrap itself up. * Chomei nods. * Rei pumps her fist in the air. Victory! "All right! Let's get a-orderin'!" [Session End!]