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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[powerhittou]

What-

[Oh god what is this. What is happenung, how DARE she move him around as she pleases! Even Kojuro stopped doing this kind of shit forever ago!

He resurfaces noisily, sputtering and coughing,
whipping water every which way with a shake of his head. His eyepatch floats listlessly somewhere beneath the surface.]

Damn it...! You know, I'm starting to get the idea you want a real fight... huh.

[He looks Kaname up and down for maybe a second longer than he needs to, then puts his hands to his chest. Hm. Nope. Still a dude. And still not where he belongs.]

[pivotpoint]

[Look she's Ranma 1/2ing it here. Water means she changes even if it's not the spring that fixes her. Chidori tosses both their yukatas aside on nearby decorative rocks before slipping into the water with him.]

You nudge me, I'll shove back. Besides, I thought you liked someone with a bit of fight in them?

[Wading over to him she reaches out. Her fingers combing through his wet hair to push it back.]

[powerhittou]

[does he look like he knows what a ranma.jpeg is]

Shove too hard and a Dragon'll bite.

[His hand shoots out of the water, fingers clamping around her wrist like the jaws of a demonstrative serpent. His grin shows too many teeth to be friendly. As disoriented as he is at the moment he is still very clear about not wanting anyone to look at his missing eye.]

You're awfully bold, Chidori Kaname... I can see why that other Masamune would be interested. Is that because you think you know so much about me or because you just don't know any better?

[pivotpoint]

[She doesn't even flinch when he grabs her. Almost as if she was expecting it because she knows how sensitive he is about his eye. Even so her thumb rubs gently back and forth over him even if she can't run her fingers through his shaggy hair.]

Maybe it's a bit of both? Either way, I'm here to look after you. Even if you bite me.

[powerhittou]

[Looking after him. He's not sure how he feels about that. Not quite as upset with it as he thought. It's weird to have someone else be the one watching his back... who's watching hers?

His grip tightens for a second before he lets go and turns away to fish his eyepatch out of the water. He doesn't put it back on yet, but he does keep his back to her as he wades to the edge of the pool. Just to rest his head a little. That dizziness comes in the most excruciating waves.]

Hope you're ready to be watching for a while, then. I have no idea which spring I need.

[pivotpoint]

[For all he knows? No one. But the other Masamune has been... initiated with some of Sousuke's traps. The poor guy.

Chidori follows him after grabbing the sake bottle. She takes a swig right from it (she didn't bring cups) before setting it next to him on the edge. After that her hands press to the exposed flesh of his back. Thumbs rolling over knots in his muscles. She knows where a baseball ace would have tension, so she'll start there.]

Mm, well... I owe my life to this guy. So an afternoon of tailing you will be a cakewalk.

[powerhittou]

[Again. A good thing he's indestructible.

He cracks his eye open to glance at the bottle, but closes it again at the thumbs pressing into his flesh. She sure is forward and touchy-feely with a guy she knows isn't actually her husband good friend... and Masamune won't complain. It's a surprisingly comforting kind of pain she's drawing out.

And a surprisingly familiar anger.]

...That Silver guy.

[pivotpoint]

[Chidori is like a cat. Standoffish and prickly with those who like her. Annoyingly pushy and in-your-face with those who don't. And Masamune's sour attitude the first time she met him has her acting like the latter. Besides, when her Masamune returns he'll reap the benefits of having those knots worked out.

But his reply causes her to halt.]

Huh? You remember Leonard?

[powerhittou]

I... think so.

[Effeminate, haughty, pale-haired- how could Masamune ever forget how much he loathes Takenaka H-- Leo--

He lifts head and presses his palm against his eyelid. Shit, it aches! Is he thinking of Kaname or Kojuro who was taken from him?]

Fuck, my head... Why do I know this? Kaname...

[pivotpoint]

[Kaname scrambles out if the spring to hurry over to a small little stand with cool water ready for patrons who get dizzy. She does her best to make it back, kneel by the edge, and present him the little recyclable cup with the water in it.]

H-hey, drink some water if you're not feeling good.

[powerhittou]

[DRINKS THE SAKE INSTEAD No. He takes a sip of water and dumps the rest of the glass over his head. The cool of the water feels like a knife cutting into his warm skin.]

Ngah! Yeah, I... feel like I can't- wake- oh, god. [He claps his hand over his mouth and oh god oh man please not in the water--

Fortunately the worst that happens is gurgling up that sip he just took. Still not great though. He coughs and gropes blindly around the ledge for his towel.]

Hhhahhh what the fuck...

[pivotpoint]

[God, is he gonna vomit?! Chidori just straight up lifts him out of the water. The heat isn't doing him any good if he's feeling dizzy or nauseous. Gently she sets him on the edge of the pool and hands him his towel.]

Jeez, did you pregame that sake before coming to meet me?

[powerhittou]

No!

[He should've, though. Damn. Whatever, he's just going to lay here, naked and dangling over the spring, his face bunched up in pain.]

Ugh, you ever... Get stuck trying to wake up? It feels like that... Am I high?

[With a mighty groan he reaches skyward, curling his fingers one-by-one into a fist...

and then he punches himself in the face.]

[pivotpoint]

[What. The. Ever-loving. Fuck.

She's so baffled by what's happening, but in a way it makes sense? Like that time in Korea when she was drugged and the terrorists where trying to draw the Black Technology from her.

But still?! To watch someone else do it? It's wild!!]

[powerhittou]

[Like it isn't satisfying on at least SOME level to see him smash his own face in!!

Anyway, he takes a few ragged breaths and then lets his head loll to the side so he can look at Kaname. It's an unusual look for him but his expression is plainly apologetic.]

...I am awake, right? Tell me I'm not a samurai.

[pivotpoint]

Is that what you were supposed to be?

[ARE YOU TELLING HER SHE MISSED OUT ON KISSING A SAMURAI? She's been robbed.]

[powerhittou]

I don't even know.

[It's not like the samurai's gone, wink wink. And that's just making this all the more disorienting.]

Is that what sleepwalking feels like? It sucks. Shit, Kaname, I didn't mean... [...to... you know...]

[pivotpoint]

H-hey. I know it sucks. I've felt it. So let's just... get you back to the room, maybe? I don't want you overdoing it by being dehydrated in a hot spring.

[She leaves his side to hurry and get the things. Her yukata, his, and the sake bottle because she's not just going to leave things sitting around for someone to clean up.]

[powerhittou]

Yeah... Yeah, okay.

[He's pretty unfocused but he manages to get himself to his feet with a little help and slip his robe back on. He has the fuzzy, overlapping memory of being a weak, sick child needing help just crossing the room.]

What, what was it you said about yours again? It's like it's not you?

[pivotpoint]

S-sort of. It's a cross between someone trying to teach me something and someone trying to steal my body from me.

[Once they're dressed she pulls him in close to help hold him up. For some reason this feels familiar... like she's done this before in another life.]

[powerhittou]

[He groggily lets his head fall against her shoulder. He could probably keep it up if he made the effort, but... nah. Kaname's warm and comforting.]

Mm... You sleeptalk sometimes... Getting taught, I guess. [Math shit, science shit, all of it shit beyond his understanding or field of interest.]

Mine's not that scary. It's still... me, I think. A past life or something? I dunno, it was always just dreams until this time.

[pivotpoint]

Past life sounds... Accurate to what I was putting up with, I guess.

[She hobbles them back into the building with sake taken along. Maybe when she has him lying down she can just gun some shots and not give a damn about the weirdness.]

Do you remember anything, or like do you not really share awareness while like that?

[powerhittou]

This is the first time it's happened like this, but... [He trails off while Kaname kindly gets him situated.]

...I don't- I don't know how to describe it. I remember what I did, I remember how I was thinking and what I- he?- remembered.

Holy shit, what if it's trying to steal my body too?

[pivotpoint]

Hah, I don't think he's trying to steal your body. He didn't seem to like it here.

[She'll hold him close until they reach the room. Graciously Kaname will set him down on her bed linens.]

I'm glad you're back though. Should I get something edible and absorbent to try and help with the nausea?