Stella nods, a hint of disappointment at the lack of any phylactery luck, but nods and rests her hands briefly on her blades.
Back at the manor:
Stella unpacks her stuff and looks at her things with a critical eye. She nods to herself and then marches out to make a few preparations and send a couple messages before finding the rest of the group. "We're about to go to the moon to fight the cultists of an ancient dracolich and perform a magical ritual to keep him bound with the fate of the world in the balance. We're doing a spa day for some relaxation first, if someone can teleport us into town? Plus shopping," she adds.
Anyone who takes her up on the Definitely an Offer and Not an Order finds that Stella has rented out a spa for the full treatment of relaxation and pampering.
Feeling the gentle squeeze of Yvan's hand, Alys would inhale a freshened breath feeling the warmth of his presence renew her. "Hungry." She'd admit honestly with a chuckle, returning the squeeze. The cleric would funnel her magic to him, healing them as they followed the others back.
Alys' eyes would give away that she too was a bit disappointed that there was no phylactery luck, but easily smiled along with Courage's enthusiasm and Stella's continued confidence. "We'll figure it out." She'd look to Yvan and give him a nod. Courage's suggestion sounded delightful. "After a little vacation," A sway from the elf, she'd bump her hip into him. "We'll be tip top shape." Her smile would grow.
Back at the Manor, Alys practically bounced in place from Stella's suggestion of a spa day. Big blue hues would look up at the goliath expectantly. "You deserve some too!" Her smile was so big from her excitement, her dimple was digging into her cheek. She'd adjust her glasses and her cheeks would flush. After giggling to herself, she'd look to Vastra. "You're coming too right?!"
Whether her words were meant to be an order or not, if but incidentally so, Courage still found himself chuckling all the same. "If there's another time for me, then perhaps then. Got far too much work to settle up on before our maybe collective ends. Dinner included, naturally. But, I appreciate the thought." He claimed. Souperb has different ideas however, as he'd tumble his way over to stand beside Stella.
"Wha-uh? Et tu, Souperb?"The living soup puffs out his chest and nods, eliciting a smirk. "I'm not sure if you're... bah. Whatever. You can enjoy yourself too, I s'pose. Just mind your manners, ya little busybody."He looks up to the others with a grin. "Hope you lot don't mind the little tag along."
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Alys bounced in her excitement when Vastra confirmed she was joining them. Her lips would flip into a small pout when Courage would admit to not joining them, but Souperb's insistence to go themselves garnered a warm smile from the elf. She didn't mind at all. If she wasn't mistaken, part of Souperb's charm was absorbing liquids... "Can't promise a return of the same Soup." She'd wink.
Courage raises a brow and glances down to a sassily posed Souperb. "Rrriiight.... well, you kids have fun then, I s'pose. And uh..." He glances over to Yvan, rubbing his chin in thought. "Hmm... Whatever you get him or he gets himself potion wise, eh... throwing some my way would be appreciated. Not sure if they have them, but a potion of Speed for instance would be rather nice to have for instance. Oh! And some oil of, uh.. slipperness."He requests. "I'll be sure to reimburse you when you get back."
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"Gotcha." Stella tosses Courage a thumbs up and then leads the group into town.
In town, Stella leads the group to a large limestone building with steam coming out the door. Several masseuses and other spa employees greet the group as they come in, and a variety of options are presented for relaxing.
There are several saunas, some hot tubs, massage tables, and a whole section devoted to pampering like masks and body wraps. You can also get nails painted if you want.
Stella heads right for a hot tub, eager to start off with some soaking.
Alys tries her best to contain her excitement when Stella leads them to the large limestone building. When she sees the steam, she bounces a little in place. With so many options, the elf stood there with big baby blue eyes, scanning and analyzing all her options. Hot tubs, not hot springs? Musing this thought to herself, Alys fidgeted with her cloak and started feeling the heat rise to her cheeks. She’d shake herself out of it, letting out a little hum.
Looking to the others first, Alys followed Stella’s lead. Soaking first! She’d tiptoe quickly to catch up and follow at her heels.
Souperb looked excitedly between the hot tubs and massage tables as well, clapping as excitement only continued to build with indecision. Deciding in the end to just hang with everybody else, the living soup cartwheeled his way after the others, and eagerly jumped in a tub.
If anyone expected him to almost immediately disperse upon entering a large body of liquid, they'd find themselves sadly disappointed in the end. Rather, within a minute or two, it would look as if the constructs insides were bubbling and roiling about the gem that made up his core. Never seemingly bothered, the little soup man just floats along the surface, belly and face(?) to the air in a posture of absolute relaxation.
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In the meantime, Obsidian, who is certainly not going in a hot tub, heads primly for a sauna to enjoy the warmth as he stretches out upside down and starts purring.
"So, how're you doing?" Stella flips over in her tub so she can rest her arms on the side of it and face Alys.
Alys tip toes out of the change area hugging her cloak around her, tucked up to her mouth. She'd inhale a deep breath to take in all the scents around her and the warmth rising from the hot springs. A smile would pull across her lips seeing Stella 'melt' into the tub while Souperb floated about in their own. The elf would chuckle to herself when she'd be slightly surprised that the little being held his form. She then wondered for a moment where Obsidian could be, then giggled to herself once more. Of course the kitty wouldn't want to play in water! Patting her nose she was wondering where her mentor was. Hopefully Vastra may join them soon too! As for Hoodini, he of course clung to Yvan. He couldn't be too far...
Feeling the cooler air nip at her nose, Alys shakes herself out of her head and reaches a toe to test the waters. Dropping her cloak close by the elf finally slips into the water to begin her soak. Feeling the warmth wrap around her, she couldn't help but let out happy hums. Soft sighs would leave her as she felt herself decompress and her muscles relax. The elf inhales a deep breath and does her best to fight the urge of exhaling bubbles into the water. After settling for a little bit, blue hues start searching, and she starts drifting to the edges of the pool.
"So, how're you doing?"
Alys has been starting to crane herself out of the water, totally not trying to peep, when she heard Stella's voice. She pauses and dips back into the water and tries to casually change directions to swim nearer to the rogue for conversation. Big wide innocent blue eyes, fogged glasses at the tip of her nose and red face, from the hot bath of course, looks back at Stella. Alys smiles a bit bashfully and pushes her glasses back onto her nose. "Gooooood..." With a little wave of her finger, she uses her magic to clear the water vapour from her glasses, building it up into little droplets. Then her eyes would soften and her smile would grow with warmth when she'd really see Stella. The blonde would take another breath. "Better." Her smile would deepen. "Thank you."
Water droplets moved from Alys' space and with a few gestures of her hands they'd circle and dance around Stella before gathering above her. Growing into a large, almost threatening, globe of water, she'd raise it a little higher. The elf would press her hands together. The water would push together as if under pressure, flattening it out. She'd blow between her hands and the water disk would start to spin, then freeze and crystalize into a large snowflake. Then with a playful giggle, she'd snap her fingers, shattering the ice into actual fluffy flakes of snow to come raining down on them in the warm bath.
Alys' warm smile held. "I'm feeling warm and grateful." She'd wrap her arms around herself in the water to warm them up and hug herself at the same time. "How are you Stella?"
Casting:Shape Water (Playing with it, maybe stretching it a bit)
Stella grins as she watches Alys play with the water. "A little stressed. But, you know, it's nice to have a moment to breathe. We've been doing a lot of running frantically from place to place lately."
Alys lets out a happy hum, exhaling a decompressing breath. She’d nod along with Stella’s words. There was truth in them. “You’re right…” The blonde would pause to reflect on them. “We have been running frantically from one place to another, so much so it almost melds together…” Blinking a few times, her nose would scrunch and her lips would purse. She had a hard time separating it all and even remembering the last time they stopped… Was it when… Alys would exhale again, sinking further into the water. “It’s wonderful to stop and breathe.” She’d agree.
"Breathing is important," Stella agrees. "Getting burned out is never good, especially with what we've got riding on us. That's part of why I set this up--well, that and the opportunity to drag everyone on a shopping trip," she adds with a grin. "Gotta get all geared up, after all."
Souperb happily burbles an agreeing sounding noise, listening if only absently to the conversation. He otherwise remained content to float around in the ultimate soup that humanoids for some reason liked to swim in without fear of being preyed upon by some giant. As soon as that thought enters its mind though, it abruptly scrambles out to go checking up on the girls, before pantomiming sighing in relief.
Meanwhile, Courage, having donned some military uniform, paces beside a counter full of various ingredients and seasons (and maybe doing some pacing before a line of staff) with a pipe in his mouth. "I don't think I need to remind you ladies and gentlemen, but tonight needs to go off without a hitch. Bellies aren't to be just full but all faces need to be so satisfied, you can just picture the most ridiculous image, over the top images of our consumers expressing their satisfaction. I'm talking about reeeaally getting into it now. Just follow my lead, and things will be perfect. Rebel, and you will go the way of compost. Do I make my self clear, maggots!?" He commands, though without really expecting an answer.
So, that's how things are generally going during meal prep time...
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Alys would turn her attention to the sky, “Yeah…” The focus in her eyes would fall away, as if she were far away. “Burn out’s no good…” She’d repeat absentmindedly agreeing before falling silent for some time to just float.
Stella nods, a hint of disappointment at the lack of any phylactery luck, but nods and rests her hands briefly on her blades.
Back at the manor:
Stella unpacks her stuff and looks at her things with a critical eye. She nods to herself and then marches out to make a few preparations and send a couple messages before finding the rest of the group. "We're about to go to the moon to fight the cultists of an ancient dracolich and perform a magical ritual to keep him bound with the fate of the world in the balance. We're doing a spa day for some relaxation first, if someone can teleport us into town? Plus shopping," she adds.
Anyone who takes her up on the Definitely an Offer and Not an Order finds that Stella has rented out a spa for the full treatment of relaxation and pampering.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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"There's a spa and plenty of shops in the city. I shouldn't need to teleport us anywhere unless we're all too tired to walk."
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Feeling the gentle squeeze of Yvan's hand, Alys would inhale a freshened breath feeling the warmth of his presence renew her. "Hungry." She'd admit honestly with a chuckle, returning the squeeze. The cleric would funnel her magic to him, healing them as they followed the others back.
Alys' eyes would give away that she too was a bit disappointed that there was no phylactery luck, but easily smiled along with Courage's enthusiasm and Stella's continued confidence. "We'll figure it out." She'd look to Yvan and give him a nod. Courage's suggestion sounded delightful. "After a little vacation," A sway from the elf, she'd bump her hip into him. "We'll be tip top shape." Her smile would grow.
Back at the Manor, Alys practically bounced in place from Stella's suggestion of a spa day. Big blue hues would look up at the goliath expectantly. "You deserve some too!" Her smile was so big from her excitement, her dimple was digging into her cheek. She'd adjust her glasses and her cheeks would flush. After giggling to herself, she'd look to Vastra. "You're coming too right?!"
just an unstable unicorn.
"Of course I'll come."
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Whether her words were meant to be an order or not, if but incidentally so, Courage still found himself chuckling all the same. "If there's another time for me, then perhaps then. Got far too much work to settle up on before our maybe collective ends. Dinner included, naturally. But, I appreciate the thought." He claimed. Souperb has different ideas however, as he'd tumble his way over to stand beside Stella.
"Wha-uh? Et tu, Souperb?" The living soup puffs out his chest and nods, eliciting a smirk. "I'm not sure if you're... bah. Whatever. You can enjoy yourself too, I s'pose. Just mind your manners, ya little busybody." He looks up to the others with a grin. "Hope you lot don't mind the little tag along."
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Alys bounced in her excitement when Vastra confirmed she was joining them. Her lips would flip into a small pout when Courage would admit to not joining them, but Souperb's insistence to go themselves garnered a warm smile from the elf. She didn't mind at all. If she wasn't mistaken, part of Souperb's charm was absorbing liquids... "Can't promise a return of the same Soup." She'd wink.
just an unstable unicorn.
Stella giggles. "Of course Souperb is welcome! Want us to bring you back anything from town, Courage?"
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Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
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Courage raises a brow and glances down to a sassily posed Souperb. "Rrriiight.... well, you kids have fun then, I s'pose. And uh..." He glances over to Yvan, rubbing his chin in thought. "Hmm... Whatever you get him or he gets himself potion wise, eh... throwing some my way would be appreciated. Not sure if they have them, but a potion of Speed for instance would be rather nice to have for instance. Oh! And some oil of, uh.. slipperness." He requests. "I'll be sure to reimburse you when you get back."
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
"Gotcha." Stella tosses Courage a thumbs up and then leads the group into town.
In town, Stella leads the group to a large limestone building with steam coming out the door. Several masseuses and other spa employees greet the group as they come in, and a variety of options are presented for relaxing.
There are several saunas, some hot tubs, massage tables, and a whole section devoted to pampering like masks and body wraps. You can also get nails painted if you want.
Stella heads right for a hot tub, eager to start off with some soaking.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Alys tries her best to contain her excitement when Stella leads them to the large limestone building. When she sees the steam, she bounces a little in place. With so many options, the elf stood there with big baby blue eyes, scanning and analyzing all her options. Hot tubs, not hot springs? Musing this thought to herself, Alys fidgeted with her cloak and started feeling the heat rise to her cheeks. She’d shake herself out of it, letting out a little hum.
Looking to the others first, Alys followed Stella’s lead. Soaking first! She’d tiptoe quickly to catch up and follow at her heels.
just an unstable unicorn.
Souperb looked excitedly between the hot tubs and massage tables as well, clapping as excitement only continued to build with indecision. Deciding in the end to just hang with everybody else, the living soup cartwheeled his way after the others, and eagerly jumped in a tub.
If anyone expected him to almost immediately disperse upon entering a large body of liquid, they'd find themselves sadly disappointed in the end. Rather, within a minute or two, it would look as if the constructs insides were bubbling and roiling about the gem that made up his core. Never seemingly bothered, the little soup man just floats along the surface, belly and face(?) to the air in a posture of absolute relaxation.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Stella enjoys the hot spring with a soft sigh.
In the meantime, Obsidian, who is certainly not going in a hot tub, heads primly for a sauna to enjoy the warmth as he stretches out upside down and starts purring.
"So, how're you doing?" Stella flips over in her tub so she can rest her arms on the side of it and face Alys.
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Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Alys tip toes out of the change area hugging her cloak around her, tucked up to her mouth. She'd inhale a deep breath to take in all the scents around her and the warmth rising from the hot springs. A smile would pull across her lips seeing Stella 'melt' into the tub while Souperb floated about in their own. The elf would chuckle to herself when she'd be slightly surprised that the little being held his form. She then wondered for a moment where Obsidian could be, then giggled to herself once more. Of course the kitty wouldn't want to play in water! Patting her nose she was wondering where her mentor was. Hopefully Vastra may join them soon too! As for Hoodini, he of course clung to Yvan. He couldn't be too far...
Feeling the cooler air nip at her nose, Alys shakes herself out of her head and reaches a toe to test the waters. Dropping her cloak close by the elf finally slips into the water to begin her soak. Feeling the warmth wrap around her, she couldn't help but let out happy hums. Soft sighs would leave her as she felt herself decompress and her muscles relax. The elf inhales a deep breath and does her best to fight the urge of exhaling bubbles into the water. After settling for a little bit, blue hues start searching, and she starts drifting to the edges of the pool.
"So, how're you doing?"
Alys has been starting to crane herself out of the water,
totally not trying to peep, when she heard Stella's voice. She pauses and dips back into the water and tries to casually change directions to swim nearer to the rogue for conversation. Big wide innocent blue eyes, fogged glasses at the tip of her nose and red face, from the hot bath of course, looks back at Stella. Alys smiles a bit bashfully and pushes her glasses back onto her nose. "Gooooood..." With a little wave of her finger, she uses her magic to clear the water vapour from her glasses, building it up into little droplets. Then her eyes would soften and her smile would grow with warmth when she'd really see Stella. The blonde would take another breath. "Better." Her smile would deepen. "Thank you."Water droplets moved from Alys' space and with a few gestures of her hands they'd circle and dance around Stella before gathering above her. Growing into a large, almost threatening, globe of water, she'd raise it a little higher. The elf would press her hands together. The water would push together as if under pressure, flattening it out. She'd blow between her hands and the water disk would start to spin, then freeze and crystalize into a large snowflake. Then with a playful giggle, she'd snap her fingers, shattering the ice into actual fluffy flakes of snow to come raining down on them in the warm bath.
Alys' warm smile held. "I'm feeling warm and grateful." She'd wrap her arms around herself in the water to warm them up and hug herself at the same time. "How are you Stella?"
Casting: Shape Water
(Playing with it, maybe stretching it a bit)
just an unstable unicorn.
Stella grins as she watches Alys play with the water. "A little stressed. But, you know, it's nice to have a moment to breathe. We've been doing a lot of running frantically from place to place lately."
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Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Alys lets out a happy hum, exhaling a decompressing breath. She’d nod along with Stella’s words. There was truth in them. “You’re right…” The blonde would pause to reflect on them. “We have been running frantically from one place to another, so much so it almost melds together…” Blinking a few times, her nose would scrunch and her lips would purse. She had a hard time separating it all and even remembering the last time they stopped… Was it when… Alys would exhale again, sinking further into the water. “It’s wonderful to stop and breathe.” She’d agree.
just an unstable unicorn.
"Breathing is important," Stella agrees. "Getting burned out is never good, especially with what we've got riding on us. That's part of why I set this up--well, that and the opportunity to drag everyone on a shopping trip," she adds with a grin. "Gotta get all geared up, after all."
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Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Vastra lowers herself into the hot tub with a relaxed sigh.
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Souperb happily burbles an agreeing sounding noise, listening if only absently to the conversation. He otherwise remained content to float around in the ultimate soup that humanoids for some reason liked to swim in without fear of being preyed upon by some giant. As soon as that thought enters its mind though, it abruptly scrambles out to go checking up on the girls, before pantomiming sighing in relief.
Meanwhile, Courage, having donned some military uniform, paces beside a counter full of various ingredients and seasons (and maybe doing some pacing before a line of staff) with a pipe in his mouth. "I don't think I need to remind you ladies and gentlemen, but tonight needs to go off without a hitch. Bellies aren't to be just full but all faces need to be so satisfied, you can just picture the most ridiculous image, over the top images of our consumers expressing their satisfaction. I'm talking about reeeaally getting into it now. Just follow my lead, and things will be perfect. Rebel, and you will go the way of compost. Do I make my self clear, maggots!?" He commands, though without really expecting an answer.
So, that's how things are generally going during meal prep time...
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Alys would turn her attention to the sky, “Yeah…” The focus in her eyes would fall away, as if she were far away. “Burn out’s no good…” She’d repeat absentmindedly agreeing before falling silent for some time to just float.
“Thank you Stella.”
just an unstable unicorn.
"Of course." Stella smiles and gives her a slight, reassuring pat on the shoulder, if Alys is comfortable with it.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!