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Sasha let out a yelp of surprise as Enzo stood up, " Y-you bastard!" she yelled, kicking him back into the water, " I didn't need to see your man parts!"
Subsequently Sasha herself fell into the hot springs, " G-gyahh!"
The girl resurfaced, her white dress sopping wet, clinging to her skin, an angry glare on her face.
“Ah,” it was then he paused slowly as she explained the arrival of an unknown familial contact. “Ah~” JD remarked a bit more astonished. “Here in the Gaze? Is he dead, or alive and ‘just visiting’. Odd time to visit really considering where we are and what is happening.” Yet JD didn’t give it too much thought, but he did pin Silver’s uncle as an odd one (powerfully odd).
“Well that is disconcerting. I’m sorry to hear that Silver and just so you know-“ about that time JD heard quite the commotion coming from the other end of the tavern. “Hm- I think someone just screamed E’s name. I don’t feel like there is any danger, but- ah- you do want to go check it out just in case?”
Eos barely hesitated, a big smile spread across her face the whole time. "Come on Sasha, lets get in! It's just what we need to relax and recharge!" Now everyone needed to remember, Eos was from a place where being nude wasn't as offensive as it was in most countries - which made her and her brother probably seem far more unabashed than the rest of them.
Beginning to unbutton her dress she reached over and tugged on Sasha's. "You said you didn't like wearing it anyway!" With another giggle, Eos was bare as a newborn baby and hopping into the hot spring. "Mmmm~! Sooo nice~!"
She took a moment to close her eyes, but when she opened them, Enzo was standing straight up in the water. Bursting out into a fit of giggles she looked over at Sasha and Maya - "See, Enzo isn't even being shy!" But it was then she watched Sasha come tumbling into the spring as well. "You were supposed to take that off first!" She added a mumble afterward, "Not like it really makes a difference..." Sneakily referencing the wet white dress not covering much up at all.
Silver blinked and looked over to where she heard what she thought to be Enzo screaming like a little girl. "Ah.. Sure.." She was a bit curious as to what was happening. Though, if there was women involved, Silver wouldn't be too surprised that Enzo would be screaming. She stood up and began walking over there slowly to make sure JD was coming along too.
“Yes,” JD paused. “And no worries we’ll talk of this later. I just want to make sure we aren’t missing anything important.” Little did he know that what was going on wasn’t so much ‘important’ as ‘epic’. Also little did he realize what sort of terrible terrible retina blinding trap he was about to get himself into. Slowly he made his way towards the hot springs, and became very curious as he heard voices bubble just beyond a door. There were frantic ones, giggly ones, and an overall sense of camaraderie mixed in with a good dose of fear.
JD opened the door quickly only to find his hand paralyzed. He wanted to shut it- it was just too much- but there everyone was getting as naked as the day they were born. “Well this is not the emergency I thought it was going to be. Hey look I think Enzo is naked, Silver. You want to go get a gander while he hasn’t had a chance to cling to his modesty.”
Enzo poked his head out of the water, his blank eyes staring at Sasha and Eos. The water around him was boiling. His flames heated up the water faster then anything. Then, he stood up again, this time, the steam from the evaporating water concealing his pride. "What a pathetic kick." He said, a hand on his hip. Kyoya had finally entered the Inn, he took a cup of herbal tea and walked toward the stairs, when he passed by the open door, which showed the hot springs.
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Kyoya stood there, frozen.
"Sheesh, what is all this noise about?" Said a familiar voice.
She still attempted to avert her eyes, " Wh-I-I just wanted to get you back into the water, s'all," Sasha muttered, flushing a little bit. She stepped backwards, accidentally slipping and falling again, making a smaller splash inside the spring. When she resurfaced again, the white dress was nearly transparent, making her cry out in surprise and dunk herself back into the water, up to her shoulders, " ..." Sasha was turning red, and not because of the heat in the spring.
Silver looked in to see exactly what JD had said; everyone was naked. She thought nothing of the sight, given that there was a hot spring there waiting for people. She felt the warm air coming from it and stepped past JD into the room.
"Actually, a little dip in a hot spring sounds nice," she said as she began sliding her clothes off, slipping in next to Eos. She pulled her hair up and held it with her hand so it wouldn't get wet, sinking down so the water came up to her chest.
"Ahh, it feels good," she said with a smirk on her face.
It was now becoming clear to Eos that Enzo wasn't the same when he was using his flames, even personality wise. "Wow. This is just so, wow." Another snicker erupted from her, until her brother and Silver approached the spring - her brothers presence instantly silencing her.
It was then she felt the water get even hotter than it was before, causing her to back away near the edge. "Oi~! Not too hot, Enzo!" Looking off at JD she grinned menacingly, "Why don't you partake, brother~?"
Her eyes glanced over to Silver, a pleased grin on her face. "I knew I liked you for a reason, Silver." Eos was impressed!
Those eyes flicked to his sister and he immediately sputtered. “Jeez E- when did you grow those flotation devices. If I didn’t know any better I would say those are Chia Pets- just add water.” It was then he saw that Silver wasn’t going to be overtly reserved in this matter and slipped right in. This was getting a bit too much for JD. He honestly didn’t have any modesty much less any reason to show off his physique- he would gladly do that. Still he felt a bit lecherous just staring at them while fully clothed. “Maybe I should just stay up here- judge all you hooligans.” JD remarked in a rather flat tone. “But what would be the fun in that.”
With much care he slipped his shirt, tie, and shoes off. He slowly undid his belt but he was wearing underwear, and that was not going to change no matter what- he was far from a voyeur. JD was a lot more athletic than he seemed with his clothes on; it was apparent that the boy was infatuated with an Adonis-like form or maybe that was just a part of his magic. Still what was apparently mythical about his tanned flesh and sculpted torso was those black lines that seemed to outline the shape of his form and offer small circles to each connection his limbs had to his torso. On the back was scripted Latin: ‘veritas’ it read and other lines piqued from it. All this artwork seemed to centralize around a pendant he wore around his neck which was identical to Eos’s except in the stone’s color- which was as silver as his eyes.
Without much provocation he jumped in screaming ‘cannonball’ as he did so. Immediately he found the water way too hot and immediately leapt towards the edge of the springs just to let his feet dangle in. “No way. That is too damn hot. Sorry but last time I checked I'm not a lobster.”
"I..." She looked over at the others before nervously looking down. "Well, as much as really want to undress myself and get in there with all of you, I think I'll go check out my room now." She said weakly, blushing and holding her shoulder. This was not something that she would be able to tolerate. Her limits were already being pushed, and she was very uncomfortable. "See you guys in a bit." She said, pausing long enough to smile and wave.
Enzo scoffed. His flames still evaporating the water around him. When Eos reminded him, he looked at his hands, and contained his flames that emitted from his gloves, stopping the temperature from rising, while also eliminating his protective barrier of steam. "Forgive me." He said.
"Nervous about something, Maya?" Kenji appeared infront of her, just as he did at Prom Night. Like everyone else, he was bare, but didn't take off his trademark fedora. "Chaos, everyone. Sorry for being late." He tipped his hat to everyone.
Sasha's words bubbled into the water, " ...Idiot...."
The Enzo she knew was totally different from the cocky man that knew his own strengths. Sasha tried to scowl at him, but had to avert her eyes once more as she saw his nude body. The girl flushed red again, and tried to swim away, but realized that her wet clothing was constricting her. With a resigned sigh, Sasha stripped, standing up to do so, and tossed her clothing over the edge.
She then realized that yes, she was standing naked in a hot spring, and yes, everything was visible. Embarrassed, Sasha quickly sank into the water once more, nodding to Kenji in acknowledgement.
Maya stumbled backward. "Peer pressure is bad." She growled, growing even more red and slowly backing up until she was sitting by the springs again, submitting to Kenji. "Also, you're doing naked wrong." Maya swiped Kenji's hat away from him and tossed it back inside. She sighed heavily and nervously before quickly getting undressed and slipping into the water, tying to make as little visible as possible. The heat was nearly unbearable, but she sunk down until only her eyes were above the water and avoided eye contact.
Enzo's emotions were nearly back to their normal levels once he had gotten used to it, but after seeing Sasha, it was back to it's peak. V..Volitaire... Help me. His normal side cried out. Enzo looked up to the sky, the steam from the pool gave the night sky a more mysterious feel. Distant planets were clearly visible, even some planets never seen before. He had to get his mind away from the plentiful... abundant... bouncy.... Enzo shook his head quickly, and realized he was still standing up. He lowered down, practically floating on the water, and his flames disappeared. "Isn't the sky pretty..?" He said, staring at the planets.
Soon, Kenji had joined in, He didn't have his gun on him, so he wouldn't be getting his hat back anytime soon. "So you are a pervert, Enzo."
Silver looked over to see Kenji, noticing that he was also nude. Her eyes grew a little wider at the sight, her cheeks turning a bit red. She cleared her throat a little and looked the other way instead. It would seem Enzo wasn't the only pervert around here.
Sasha looked up, " Che, I guess," she said shrugging a little bit, still embarrassed. She didn't look it, but when Sasha got embarrassed, she got -really- embarrassed. She sank down behind a rock, and tucked her knees up to her stomach, blowing little bubbles in the water as she sat.
Enzo's eyelids got heavy, the hot springs had finally began to work their true magic, as soon as he tried to relax.
Somewhere, miles away, Enki returned to Darkness with quite the anger. "You bastard! You forced me to do it!" He shouted. Darkness smirked. "Was my plan not brilliant, though? They're here, now, in The Gaze." "I won't do any of your bidding anymore! I nearly killed someone!" Darkness raised an eyebrow. "Nearly won't do, then. You haven't finished the job. You will leave here at sunrise. Kill them all." Enki's body turned automaticly, and began to walk away against his will. Moments later, another person entered. "Ohohoho, Destruction."
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"Darkness.. You're insane." Destruction said.
"Am I really? Ohoho, It's not like you can harm me. None of the 7 can harm each other without grave results, do you remember?"
"I.. remember." "Then what is your plan? The boy is in my grasp now." "Sky will handle himself.. You'll see."
Maya began to relax in her own corner, even humming very quietly as she slushed around. Though, if anyone looked at her, she would return to being embarassed. The creepingly bad feeling came back, just as it had been at the dance. To clear her head, she went all the way under water for a few seconds before coming back up again. Now she was relaxed around these cohorts of hers. As long as none of them could see her ladyparts. She hummed quietly again, always the same tune. Maya heavily considered starting a splash fight, but everyone looked too relaxed.
She decided that she'd had enough of the hot springs. Sasha sighed, and searched for a way to get out of the place without showing her naked body...which pretty much proved impossible. Sasha frowned, " Tch...Isn't there an exit of some sort around here...?"
Keeping a heavy silence since they found thier way over to the Hot Springs, Volitaire kept away from the water and from everyone being in nude. He didn't even feel he should bother, he felt terribly uncomfortable stripping down near others...so he sat by the outside and keeping to himself, yet again. He felt asshole-ish for it but he would be far too embarrassed getting gathered up in all of that.
Right on the side of the Inn, there was a towel rack.
It only had three towels remaining. It was clean, and unused. On the other side of the Hot spring was another, and there were 4 towels hanging on that rack. Both was quite the distance from the water.
"I do wonder how the others are faring...maybe I'll go check in. Hopefully they're decent." He got up and walked into the hot springs seeing if everyone was doing alright. He hoped they were at least covered, especially the males. He didn't want to "run in" on someone and leave a distasteful image for a few days.
A moan of delight and total tranquility went off like an oven timer - she was done. The warm water, steam and overall merry environment surrounding her was a recipe for pleasure. "Alright, I think I'm going to call it a night." She sighed, making her way toward the edge. "Don't want to prune or anything." As she exited the hot spring, the door to the back opened. Luckily for her, she managed to wrap a towel around herself before she realized Volitaire was there. Assuming that he didn't see anything (which he might have). Granted, she was unabashed - but things were different when it came to the dark haired boy. She wanted to leave something to the imagination, even if the towel didn't leave too much to that. "Oh, look who decided to drop by."
Eos smiled, approaching him and gathering her clothes from the basket. "I feel like you've been a ghost all night... and that's a lot to say for a place like this." Giggling at her own joke she took a breath, blushing a little. "I should probably go get dressed, it's pretty cold once you get out of there."
She finally laid her eyes on a towel rack, though it was rather far from the water. Sasha grimaced; she'd have to run very quickly to get across. The girl then had a sudden thought. Sasha remembered that she would control water.
God, I'm such an idiot...
With a twirl of her fingers, a layer of water surrounded her body, making it not so visible. Sasha jumped out of the springs, and began to walk across to collect a towel.
"Hmm...yeah, sorry about that. I didn't want to intrude on anyone. Plus, I have my insecurities. I would never find myself naked in a hot spring. But yeah...you get dressed, don't want you getting sick..." He looked away with his eyes closed so he wouldn't peep at anything exposed of Eos. It took a lot of strength to talk to her in her current attire. He felt it was one person he saw, he wondered what became of the boys. He wondered if anyone got 'too' excited inside. He giggled at his own thought.
For Enzo, the spring had completely removed the aching feeling over his body, and it was putting him to sleep, as he caught himself dozing. It had been a long day, if he could remember. He had prepared early, he had a towel already near the water for him to pick up in case the spring was flooded with people. He grabbed it and stood up, wrapping the towel around himself.
"I'm actually pretty tired.." He said. He felt like a new person, but it didn't shake off his fatigue. He yawned, temporarily forgot about the barely clothed bodies around him. He noticed his suit was missing. "Mmm, who took my suit?" He muttered.
A sly grin came upon her face, "You need to learn how to unwind, my friend~." In that moment she brushed her hand through his hair, ruffling it a bit. "See ya, don't let those eyes of yours wander too much." Eos teased, knowing he was far too timid for that. "Oh, and I need to talk you at some point... in private." Giving him a wink, she walked back inside.
Walking up into the upstairs of the Inn she quickly darted into her room, closing the door. Letting out a sigh, she fell back on her bed. She wanted to get dressed, but her body was so tired she thought she would just enjoy the cushions for a little longer.
Oddly enough JD was the most modest. He was just sitting on the edge of the hotsprings in his gray underwear just flicking water at Eos when she got too close. He tried not to peep at the other girls- as much as you cannot believe it- and when he did he only did a sweep to acknowledge their existence before looking back down.
JD joined the slow leak out of the pool- and laughed quite loudly at Sasha as she attempted to cover herself with water. “Well that power is handier than cleaning up juice,” he snarked before grabbing the last towel on the rack and making his way back into the inn. He threw his clothes over his shoulder and fluffed that golden mane of hair with the towel that would probably work better around his waist. Then again when one works this hard on a body- wouldn’t one want to show it off?
“Hey E! Hey Voltaire-? Trying not to look at E I see. Good luck with that. I mean I would want to totally miss the fact that she has big boobs too.” JD whistled as he traipsed on by- heading to a room. Any room would suffice in his mind, and he found himself in an empty one quick enough. He probably needed to try off, get changed, and sneak out with Eos for their little parent hunting adventure.
Yet JD still felt odd about that entire thing. What if they did find them? What if what they had to say changed everything? Changed what JD and Eos had grown up knowing all their life? JD was emotionally more stable than most, but he didn’t know how to take news of that caliber. But he would do it for Eos- and that is what mattered.
Enzo zombie walked over to the door, where he entered the Inn, and went upstairs. It seemed everyone had gotten enough relaxation and eye candy for a night. Enzo walked down the hall, passing by several rooms. He picked one which he figured was vacant, and entered, nearly closing the door behind him. On the table was an old news clipping. He narrowed his eyes so he could see it better.
JAPAN LOCAL NEWS
The night skies of Japan were lit up by the flaming town of Anvil. At 9:00 PM last night, a fire broke out in a residential home, resulting in the death of over 100 villagers, leaving only a town of destroyed, burnt buildings. It was reported that none of the villagers made it out alive.
The rest of the news clipping was burnt, and couldn't continue.
This place... was destroyed by a fire. Enzo set down the clipping, and took a look at the bookshelf, there, was a few stories that were available to customers. He wanted to read them, but he felt too tired.