[ OPEN ] Hot Springs Episode!

[shri]

CHARACTERS: EVERYONE
WHERE: The Second Flight
WHEN: DAY :022
SUMMARY: The Sauna!
WARNINGS: Nekkid times.

[ A few hours after the murder, she hasn't blown the ship up, and here they are. Another knock knock on everyone's brain: ]

( For those of you that are interested - I have secured us a place at the Sauna. Free for us to be use without interruption from outsiders.

You are to be clean before you come in. )

[ Maybe you're here because she bullied you, maybe you want to soak - maybe you're the poor bastard that is standing guard at the door. Either way, welcome to the Suana, have fun. Or don't. ]

Comments

[shri]

Shiro.

[ She cuts across that - because when does she have the time ( so much time, at present ) or the patience ( the more exact problem. ) ]

What is the matter with you?

[shiro2hero]

[STILL WITH HIS BACK TO HER...]

I'm trying to respect privacy. Is that a problem?

[shri]

[ And once again, she starts to laugh - Oh Shiro. ]

"Respect privacy". [ It's incredulous in tone. ] Is my skin bothering you, Shiro?

[shiro2hero]

[Why does everyone think this is funny!!]

Not... bothering me. I just -- look, staring is rude!

[shri]

It is - so you should have an easy time looking at my face.

[ She's still laughing, oh good heavens. ]

[shiro2hero]

[WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK THIS IS FUNNY... His face is red. It honestly extends all the way down to his collarbone.]

I can... try that, ma'am.

[shri]

[ HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR FACE SHIRO. ]

I want better than try, young man. Come on. I lived in a brothel for years - so why don't you stop thinking you are sparing my propriety.

[shiro2hero]

[He wants to spontaneously combust.]

That -- you...

[Okay, fine. He'll turn around. And... resolutely stare at a wall a few inches to the right of her head.]

Yes, ma'am.

[shri]

[ She pushes herself up when he does, dragging herself to sit next to him on the edge of the pool. Reaching for a towel that lays nearby, that she uses to begin to dry her hair. ]

I did. Truly. It was called the Aux Belles Muses.

[ It's talk that means nothing. It rather is the point, it's just carrying on as normal. ]

[shiro2hero]

[He's going to tug the towel-cape a little more securely around his shoulders. He shouldn't be this self-conscious. She might not even ask, given how nonchalant she is now.]

It sort of sounds... French? Or Spanish?

[... he's also so out of touch with Earth, he can't tell.]

[shri]

French, but I was in England at the time. Stands to reason - the English loathe the French, but like most men - they like to covert their enemies women as being better than their own.

[ An opinion no one asked for, but here we are, as she goes about running her own towels against her hair. Tossing it to something lightly a mess. ]

Though I seldom saw the French returning the favour. They rather liked to pretend they were better in every way from what I saw.

[shiro2hero]

That's... Why would they do that?

[Local spaceman baffled by 1800's misogyny, news at 11. At least being baffled is probably better than being massively uncomfortable.]

I guess I'm too used to aliens by now. It's easy to forget how complicated human countries get.

[shri]

Men. You cannot be so unaware of such cruelties, given your sex, sir.

[ The sky is up and the sea is down, and men are perpetually a thorn in the side. ]

I would wager it isn't different amongst foreign worlds, given what I have seen here.

[shiro2hero]

Alien species don't always even have male and female, from what I've seen. Some of them have divisions, you're right. But... it's not like humans make it out to be.

[And it's adapt or make a fool of your cause, out there.]