[ 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

[detestable]

[ The hurt rebounds. But there's nothing Seth can do about it now, after he's already spoken. The conversation teeters on the edge of a more damaging precipice than either of them could have anticipated. Seth's jaw works around the snappy answer caught in his throat: It's not like I have a choice, do I?

But he doesn't say it. ]

I'll figure it out, Richard.

[ There wasn't an alternative. And they aren't in a place where Richie can get his own food without trouble. ]

Look, you do what you have to do. Just make sure you don't end up like the elf.

[ophidia]

[It's almost a concession. Not completely, but enough to have Richard ease back a little. Watch him for a moment. The sentiment in the last peeling everything down to the core of things, Seth's motivation, his own. They keep each other safe.]

I'm not gonna end up like the elf.

[More of an assurance than anything defensive. He'll do what he has to do. And if that means he needs Seth involved, then he'll have Seth involved.]

[detestable]

[ It's the best assurance Seth is going to get. He looks at Richie for a long moment, then gets up. ]

Right.

[ What more could Seth ask him for? They'd never really be able to have concrete assurances of safety in the best of moments, and this is far from their normal operating procedure. ]

Look, I got somewhere to be. Find me when you're done soaking.

[ "Somewhere" aka the bar. ]