Active Freshen Up [The See of Chearon - Tea Party]

[Irihi]

Corporal Iona Glimmerleaf
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Equipped Titles: Tiny (0.2m), Fae,
Mentions: TheTimePiece Elvario

[{“Thank you. I’ll try.”}] Glim said. She felt the urge to explain to Yunaesa how it was difficult for her to even imagine celebrating, or even being happy, when--to her--it felt as if her friends had all died just hours ago. The fairy could tell it had been days--perhaps weeks or months--since the battle of M’lyrna, but--to her--it was still painfully close.

Painful like her injuries. Those were actually a welcome distraction from her thoughts. What Irihi and Almeida were doing was also distracting, but perhaps less welcome. [{“Private! Get a hold of….”}] Glim started to try to order Irihi to do something other than what she was doing. [{“Or, rather, don’t get a hold of… geh.”}] Glim made a disgusted noise and turned her attention away from whatever friskiness Irihi and Almeida were engaged in.

What was the use? When Irihi complied with orders, she usually did so in a way which twisted them to fit her own sick worldview. Since they had both died, Glim was no longer even sure she was responsible for Irihi. She certainly knew she did not want to be. Instead, she decided to take Yuna’s advice and focus on herself. She wasn’t sure she could celebrate, just yet, but she could at least allow herself to take some steps toward recovery. [{“Yunaesa, could you set me down here?”}] She asked, as they reached the edge of the restorative pool. There were shallows along the edge where Glim could touch the bottom and keep her head above the water without needing to float or swim.

The promised restorative powers of the hotspring were on full display as the water around the fairy began to sparkle and shimmer--putting much less of the fairy, herself, on display as the clouds of glittering mana eased her aches and repaired her broken wing.

Corporal Glimmerleaf found a shallow bubbly spot where she could recline and enjoy the hot healing soak. She closed her eyes and tried to think of something to take her mind off the war--and what was going on in the deeper parts of the spring. [{“Are the two of you sis--er… siblings?”}] Glim asked, her cheeks coloring a little as she recalled the differences and similarities between Almeida and Yunaesa. [{“I have a sister, back home, but she is much younger than I.”}] Glim revealed. The fairy’s eyes were still closed and she was not sure if Yuna had decided to stay and talk, or waded over to Irihi and Almeida. Either way was fine with her. She wouldn’t be embarrassed to find that she was just talking to herself. Thinking about home and family had been what carried her through the last few terrible weeks when she had last been alive.

 

[Elvario]

Almeida

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From: Almeida

Mentions: Irihi | Yuna TheTimePiece
Languages: Common | [Terran] | %Analog% | <Beastial> | {Sylvan}

“[Oh, that's a great idea! We could keep showing off how we were made to be the next stages of evolution to everyone and earn ourselves enough money to hire a chef whilst at it! That's a great idea!]” The combination was a win-win for sure. Yuna was a genius.

“[Reviving without sound? Do you think her sound passed onto the afterlife already?]” That would be weird, but this whole thing was weird, so it was pretty possible all things considered. She looked at Irihi. “[Perhaps we should've made her drink some of that water, so that her voice would've resurrected as well? We'll have to try that next time.]” Clearly that was the ultimate solution.

“[Yeah, herbal soaks, she said! Perhaps it's like bathing in vegetable soup!]” That was obviously the closest possible comparison. “[Either that or we see how much heat we can tolerate! I think my metal bits should be good with it at least, though the fleshy bits might not be.]”

“{You want to go deeper?}” She was surprised at that. “{Normally it's nicer to sit down at the shallower parts, but alright~}” Seeing how she was already carrying Irihi for a reason she'd already forgotten, she might as well continue. As they went to deeper waters, however, Almeida was a tad confused. The part of her brain that should be activating to make her realise in full what they were doing was being oddly insightful in its own ways. After all, if you can't recall anything being strange, there was clearly nothing strange. It was new to her, however, that much she did recall.

“[Hey, Yuna, she's touching me all over. Do you think that's some sort of Fae or Elven bathing ritual? It feels nice though, you should come over and try it as well! I bet it's some sort of bonding thing.]” She'd call out, as she'd let Irihi do as she pleased. After all, after-battle baths were good for bonding among comrades and this seemed to be Irihi's way of doing so.

That said, Almeida suddenly realised something. “{Oh my, I'm being impolite, am I not?}” If it was a bonding ritual, that likely meant she'd have to return the favour. Bonding rituals didn't work all that well when they were one-sides, after all. “{There you go~ Even though they're metal, the water should've warmed them up nicely!}” She stated, not afraid to using her hands to touch Irihi and return the favour. “{Like this?}” She'd ask, a hand slipping between the Elf's legs. Exploring such a place with one's digits seemed to be an important place for this bonding ritual and she'd rather not disappoint the Elf. Not when the latter was finally warming up to this post-battle post-ressurection bathing experience.

She noticed Irihi was trying to call over Yuna, which was great. “[I think she wants you to come over as well! You should! This is really nice for a bonding ritual thing!]” She'd share her latest scientific conclusions. One might even say she'd started to uncover a hard-earned truth thanks to Irihi's practical application of the theory.

Upon hearing Glim, it sounded like the latter was also talking about the bonding ritual stuff. “[Don't worry, she's got a pretty good hold of it already! It's great!]” She'd reply, assuring the Fairy that her previous subordinate was doing the bonding ritual justice. When Glim went to rephrase it, Almeida was a bit confused. “[Don't worry, I love learning about how others bond during their after-battle baths! I'm more than willing to learn!]” She'd reply. “[It's weird, cause I'm sure I knew more about this stuff at some point, but I seem to have forgotten a whole lot.]” She'd add to explain her peculiar situation.

Happy to see Glim recover, she'd call out. “[I'm glad it's working!]” As for their relation, Almeida wasn't sure. “[We have a lot of common, but I'm pretty sure we're not! Right, Yuna?]” That made her wonder. “[Our creators had so much in common that they might have been related though! If the ones that made us are related, would that make us related as well?]” Now that was a question. “[Do you think we'd be related, Yuna? It might be funny if we were.]” She'd ask about that bit as well.