Hot Springs and Ryokan

[battymynameis]

Guess what, y'all. It's time for a field trip. We're heading to a Hot Springs and an Inn for the weekend, and everyone is invited. This place is huge, and has multiple springs both indoor and out. There's separate bathing, mixed, and even a spot for foreigners and prudes who like to keep their swimsuits on. Table tennis? Got it. Room service? You bet. Massages? Possibly. Ghosts? Maybe.

1. Hot springs: after you rinse off come take a relaxing bath. There are multiple options as to what kind of bathing environment you can have, so please choose wisely. Also, please read the signs. None of the springs will kill you, but if you choose the wrong one you might end up with some... adverse effects. Cursed springs might just be a Thing.

2. The Inn: you'll be here for a few nights so find your rooming buddy and get friendly. Whether bonding over food, games, or even just exploring the place there's certainly something you can find to occupy yourself. Just don't be too curious after curfew. The staff are pretty insistent, but they aren't cops so responsibility for your actions are your own.

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[shieldher]

[Well, now they're both blushing. That's fine! Mash finds it easier to stare down at the salmon's appealing plating (packeting?!) than to look up at Shirou, but whatever, that works too.]

That's . . . w-well, I hope so . . .

[Her mind spins its wheels trying to come up with something else to say on the subject, but it can't. Anything more feels like it's getting into truly embarrassing territory, especially with someone she's just met. And who knows Ritsuka! Better than he knows Mash, at that!

At last she lands on something else entirely. It's no less awkward, but her brain seizes on it as the first alternative to present itself, so it comes out pretty suddenly when she lifts her head again:]

—Emiya-san, is your Saber King Arthur?

[traceon]

[ Fortunately, although Mash's question would eventually come and shift the gears a little bit, Shirou was ready for the next step. He already had a tall frying pan on low heat prepared for her! ]

Yosh. Not much left now. [ He'll step in beside Mash as he nods down at the way she'd set up the salmon and everything on top. ] All we have to do is wrap it up, seal the ends of the foil and put it on low heat for 15 to 20 minutes.

[ Like so! He works slow with one of the packs so that she can follow suit. The question about his Servant's identity catches him by surprise. At the time of meeting Ritsuka, her true name was a mystery...but... ]

How did you know?

( OOC; Gonna just play it loosey goosey and say Shirou does know since memes. 👍 )

MEME CONTINUITY IS ITS OWN THING . . . thumbs up

[shieldher]

[Sealing up is a go! That may not have been the most difficult prep work in the world, but she still feels nicely accomplished for having done so much of it. And once that's done, she's understandably distracted him from any forthcoming instructions for the next dish, and wipes her hands off with a kitchen towel as she explains:]

I don't know if Senpai ever told you this . . . but the two of us have been to Fuyuki before. Actually, that was the first Singularity Chaldea ever found. That was where I learned how to act as a Servant. And the Saber we met there was Arturia Pendragon. So—I wondered if that part might have been the same, even though the Singularity wouldn't have gone the way your own time did.

plot progression across memes. i'm here for it. lmao

[traceon]

[ Shirou does the same thing, the two of them having time for the salmon to finish up. He'd sent out the other orders too so it seemed like they were sitting pretty comfortably as far as making new stuff went. He wipes his hands on another kitchen towel much like Mash had, patting his hands down on the front of his apron shortly thereafter. The revelation that the two of them had gone to Fuyuki before was definitely new to the boy. He'd thought that Ritsuka coming with him and Saber for shopping and dinner that one day had been her first time.

Not that he was upset that he was never told about it or anything... But it was no wonder that she seemed so familiar with his Servant before. That both of them did. He'd have thought that Arturia had gone from the last Holy Grail War into the one they had currently been in, so hearing that she'd been across their own time as well caught him off guard. ]

I see... [ Shirou sounds thoughtful. They were in charge of restoring humanity, preventing its end and persevering into the unknown future. So the fact they had to visit Fuyuki in their own world and time had him wondering. What had happened to cause them to have to investigate? ] Well, if Saber was there with you, I'm sure things must have turned out alright.

You're both here now. [ He speaks from a place where he knew very little of just what kind of Servants they were up against in that first encounter. Surely, Arturia would have been a great help to them in that time, right? ]