Girls' Night [OPEN]

[bowtography]

WHO: All the lady Outsiders!
WHAT: Girly bonding
WHERE: The Onsen
WHEN: 4/8
WARNINGS: Alcohol, nudity, will add if anything else comes up!

[ With hopefully enough time for the tired Outsiders to have some recovery time, both mental and physical, Miss March 7th sends out a blanket text inviting any and every lady to some time spent together in the hot springs!

She also ominously adds that if any guys try to show up and sneak a peek, she will utterly crush them. ♥

If you take her up on the invitation, welcome! There's the springs where you can bare it all and... well, bare it all, because girl talk is pretty much expected to happen. There's also sake for those of you who do not wish to be sober tonight. Whatever happens in the hot springs stays in the hot springs.

If you're tired of soaking, March has a growing collection of nail polish bottles in different colors that she will happily volunteer to apply for you.

Otherwise, wash each other's backs! Pet some cats! Talk about how unfairly smooth someone's skin is! Gossip about love lives! All of those stereotypical things that happen when a bunch of pretty girls get naked at the springs together!

OOC: General mingle for all the ladies! Feel free to chuck your own toplevels, join multi-person threads, and let loose! ]

Comments

[bowtography]

He definitely looks like he could have...

[ Yeah. For sure. She could see it. ]

And I bet it'd feel really secure to be carried by him, too.

[wheft]

Mm, it's true.

[ it's not exactly the same, but he did pull her into her lap that one time. it felt nice. it made her feel safe.

she shakes her head to snap herself out of it. ]

Is that really all you like about him, though? His arms?

[bowtography]

No, I like that he seems pretty down-to-earth and easy to talk to, and I like his sense of humor when he's not doing it at my expense. He's handsome too, but I don't really think he's my type. [ matter-of-factly. ]

What about you, though? What do you like about him?

[wheft]

You pretty much said the same things I'd say. But for me...

[ there's a lot, actually. far more than she can ever admit. but it all boils down to one thing, as ishmael looks down to look at her hands. ]

He... makes you feel safe. I think that's most important.

[bowtography]

Oh.

[ It's said with a quieter air of surprise, because she. Well, she is surprised. She hadn't thought that would be her answer, but it also sort of resonates. Not with the thought of Wriothesley, though she does trust him with her back.

But it does remind her of how she felt about Izou and what she'd explained to him. But--

The way Ishmael says it, her reaction... ]

... Do you like him?

[wheft]

[ she blinks rapidly, as though snapping herself out of a daze. ]

Huh? Well, yeah. He's my friend.

[ just admits it outright... ]

[bowtography]

No, I mean...

Remember what you thought when I said I liked Izou?

[wheft]

Oh.

[ clutches face in hand ]

Not again...

[bowtography]

Huh? Again?

[wheft]

Someone also thought I like him in that way. It's really nothing like that. We're just friends.

[ though to be honest, the very thought has haunted her mind since. it's... weird, and it's making her feel woozy. ]

[bowtography]

Ohh, got it. Sorry, your reaction felt like...

[ Apologetic shrug! ]

[wheft]

It's fine, I know you were just curious. It actually took me a while before I started regarding him as one, so I understand where Izou was coming from.

[ patience really is a virtue when it comes to hardheaded brimstones... ]

[bowtography]

... Yeah, I think I get it. I sort of panicked at first when I couldn't find my crew so I might have been a little desperate to make friends.

[ A sigh. ]

But Wriothesley seems like a great friend to have.

[wheft]

That's understandable. I guess Izou and I are just used to working alone.

[ maybe that's just a worrying trait her team shares among each other... ]

But yeah, he is. [ and the smile comes back. ] He can be a tough nut to crack, but he likes it when people are upfront with him. Makes sense, considering his line of work.

[bowtography]

A lot of you are like that, now that I think about it. Straightforward, independent... maybe that's why you two get along.

[ She ships it. ]

[wheft]

[ she ships what now ]

Sure... Let's go with that. That's why I told you to cool it the first time. Because there are a lot more of us who need more time to warm up with people like you.

[ they're traumatized, march. and that's probably why march is so eager to befriend - she has little to no trauma to glean from. ]

[bowtography]

[ Yeah sometimes your potential trauma is sealed away! For some reason! ]

I know, I know... I got better, didn't I? Izou said he didn't actually want me to stay away.

[wheft]

[ 👀❓ ]

Really? He said that with his chest out?

[ignoreher]

[ yeah... she feels you, ishmael. friends or bust. forget the haunting feelings. ]

Except when he's trying to wriggle out of talking about himself, anyway.

[ world's longest sigh. ]

Among the other things I asked him about, which were just about Fontaine and all, [ gods but don't need to get into religion here, ] I got him to tell me his type while he was strung up like a rabbit. It almost sounds like he'd get on with a coworker of mine, but she's another level of... interesting.

[ ...

he'd probably gel well with hod though, thinking about it. not binah... maybe in a comrade way. ]

[wheft]

And you didn't help him down why?

[ girl what is wrong with you. but also, that new info is news to her, she's not gonna lie. ]

What did he say about his type?

[ignoreher]

I eventually helped him down. But he didn't answer my questions when I asked them the first time, in a situation where he wasn't caught in a snare trap, so I just took the opportunity and made use of it.

[ l corp ass shit ]

He said... he liked people who were physically fit, courteous to others, and didn't mind indulging in a hot cup of tea. Pretty cute, actually.

[ and totally bland but it's fine ]

[wheft]

[ now that earns her a deep scowl. ]

Right. As if I need any more reminders that you work in that Library.

[ bleh. moving on. ]

Anyway, that's such a safe answer coming from him. He does like tea an awful amount, I can tell you that much.

[ignoreher]

[ please. yeah. ]

Then I guess I'll ask for recs from him... maybe we can go to a place he likes and hang out. I'd like to make it up to him, after all.

[ she was going to let him down anyway. but still. ]

[bowtography]

... Mally, don't hold people hostage...

[ignoreher]

[ oh no................ ]

I don't actively try to. I just saw a chance and took it.

[ ...

then again, she did dangle intel in front of vergilius until he went out with her, so is that a kind of hostage situation. ]