[PP-F4]Hot Springs Party - (KoB & Guests)

[Samriel 0]

When the man with the orange cursor simply said that he had plenty of unique items in a very boasting manner before actually listing them all and boasting some more, Samriel only shrugged casually, not offended in the least. "Hey man, more power to ya. Just wanted to make sure you didn't do something you might regret. Have fun with the hangover though." Shaking her head with a slightly amused smile, the blonde wondered if he was as powerful as he claimed, while a darker part of her mind wondered if he had killed to get those unique items he was bragging about. Frowning slightly now, she knew that was unfair of her to think, he might have murdered countless people for all she knew, but he also might have had to make a very hard decision that resulted in the forfeit of another person's life.

She tried to reserve judgement for now, broken out of her contemplative thoughts by a muscular feminine arm as it hung on her shoulders. Glancing aside...and then up, Sam blinked at Magda's statement towards Ssendom before letting out a chuffing laugh under her breath. She supposed that he was coming off like one...more the rich than the playboy though. Being guided back into the water towards Chewie, the long haired woman asked of her companion, "You wouldn't brag if you had those toys?" Her attention was drawn back to Mack though, even across the other side of the hot springs she could tell something was going on with the two women he was with. Glancing back to Magda, she saw her chat up some guy with grey hair, asking him to swim, which he replied affirmatively before dipping himself in after the redhead.

There sure were a lot of couples around. "Well at least I have you Chewie." She joked to the bear cub as he gnawed on the bone that remained after he cleaned it of all remaining meat and gristle. The arm she was using to ruffle his wet fur was taken by the elbow and she looked up to see it was Mack. "Eh?" She asked in confusion as he told her to 'cmon'. The blonde didn't pull away though, letting herself be gently dragged through the water back towards the man's twin. "What's up? Looked pretty tense back there." In fact the man himself looked rather tense, which was an odd sight on the buff blacksmith out of battle.

[Mack 0]

OOC: Closing this thread in 48 hours unless you all beg for it to be left open. Seems to have pretty well run its course.

Mack looked around as Magda and Grave swam off together, where they are going he couldn't begin to guess. Still, it was only right to call a warning to Grave. "If you touch my twin, I'm putting your head at the end of a pike," Mack called after the retreating couple as they swam off. At least Magda wasn't wearing anything nearly so revealing as what Samriel had decided was appropriate. Come to think of it Mack peered a bit more closely at her top as Chewie made some truly horrifying noises in his attempts to devour the dragon bone that he had already picked clean like a piranha. Yes, the blonde woman was wearing nought but her underwear. How she had come by those kinds of garments at her level, it was best not to dwell on it. Still, the way she filled them out more than amply, it was clear that she was going to get herself into trouble.

"Saw that, eh," the ginger giant asked, quirking an eyebrow down at Samriel as he released his bear and wrapped an arm around her shoulders lest anyone else get the idea that she should wander over. "Let's hit some of the untouched, well mostly untouched, food and I'll fill you in. Magda and Michiko too, if they come back." Mack scanned the hot springs, looking for his little sister. There was no telling where she had gotten off to.

[Magda 0]

Magda started to say something in return for Samriel’s statement but the more she thought about it the wider her grin grew. Would she brag if she had all of that stuff? “Mmm. Probably not, I would sooner boast over my own prowess than what gear I have.” She offered her Shield Sister a shrug of her shoulders but it was clear that she was amused over it all. She wasn’t really aware that to get a unique item you had to put your life on the line against a very dangerous floor boss. Regardless as she swam out she noticed that Mack seemed to garner Samriel’s attention which only made her grin grow all the wider for it. She’d leave Samriel be for now and alone with her brother. The guy was quick to say that he could in fact swim. It was just that he sought to relax first, but his tone quickly changed as his statement was slightly flirtatious and was only enhanced by the wink. “Is that so?” Magda kicked back into the water on her back as she waded out further. Her eyes never left the man as she offered him a slight smile. “Then you won't have any trouble keeping up right,” she asked him. Right as she started to turn around she gave him a quick wink before she turned over completely and started to swim out further.

While she turned she got a brief glimpse of Mack's gaze locked a bit lower than where Samriel's eyes were and she grinned. She would have stopped when she heard Mack's warning he called out and she could only assume that it was directed towards the guy that she coaxed out to go swimming. A pike? Really? She wanted to laugh at that but figured if that scared the guy away then he really wouldn't be able to keep up with her. She cast one last look over her shoulder to see if he followed or not. Once she hit the center of the hot spring she'd stop and simply wade there.

[Lawfer 0]

Stumbling forward, the golden haired man staggered as he raised his right hand to check the time. The Spearman had spent the better part of the day in Numbus drinking with his mentor, Raise, and time had blurred. Lawfer, was already quite drunk at this point, unimaginably late. He had known the path to the hot springs quite well, but the issue was whether or not he would make it there in his drunken state. The bone chilling wind, had momentarily let up, and allowed the man a small repreive, not that he could really feel it. Coming up to a table, Lawfer laughed as he read the note. 'Drink Me...'  he thought to himself as he struggled to make out the words. "Ok... I guess one more wont hurt." He slurred. Grabbing a glass, he downed the elixir in one go. Immediately the shine kicked in and his glowing hand was blurred by his drunken vision. "Thats nifty."

Walking towards the hotsprings, the glowing man raised his hand and switched into his swimsuit. He recognized most of the remaining guests, but stayed silent as he made a spot for himself on the edge of the spring. Lawfer swayed heavy, back and forth before eventually falling into the shallow portion of the springs. 'The water feels great.' He thought to himself as he floated face down before reaching out and grabbing the edge to pull himself up. 

[Grave 0]

I whistled quietly as Magda flirted back, including a wink to boot. "Oh, touché, my dear!" I replied with a chuckle, following her to the centre of the pool. That was until a booming voice rumbled over the top of the wading crowd and it sounded like it was aimed at me. I slowly creaked my head to turn and look at Mack with a sheepish grin. A pair of hands lifted from the water and gave him a thumbs up, before slowly submerging once more, my body quite creakily swimming after Magda once more and wading in the water in front of her. In a real quiet tone I whispered to the girl, "U-uhm... is your brother always this protective and threatening?!" I asked, more so referring to their life as a family rather than in-game; I knew all too well how brutal he could be in the game.

 

[Magda 0]

Magda smiled at Grave’s reaction to her brother’s warning. Her smile only grew more pronounced when he asked her if he was always that way, both protective and threatening. Her smile waned as she thought about it. “Well,” she started to say and she leaned in closer to whisper. “Actually no he isn’t always like that.” Magda looked over towards Mack and suddenly started to grin but when she looked back at Grave she adorned a very serious expression. “He must be in a good mood because normally he’d be sitting right next to you staring you down and cracking his knuckles.” She offered him a halfhearted shrug. “He’s a little distracted though,” she said as she looked over towards her Shield Sister. “And understandably so.” Mack actually warned her not to flirt with Grave since he had a girlfriend, but the only issue was that her brother never actually told her who Grave was. She continued to wade there and started to grin once more. "You shouldn't have anything to worry about." Her grin suddenly took a more mischievous turn as she quirked one of her eyebrows. "That is unless you intended to touch me?" Her gaze moved to look over Grave's shoulder and back towards Mack and Samriel. Her brother was pretty darn tenacious to move in on Samriel after the drama that had just unfolded between him and two other women.

[Greg Baxen 0]

Greg took a look at all the silliness that was going on and just rolled his eyes. He was going to be the stoic one this time around, and simply not get involved. Or at the very least, try his hardest to not get involved. He was here to relax, and that's what he was going to do, darn it! He took a look around again. Mack had been threatening a man who was swimming off with a woman whom Mack called 'his twin'. People were getting drunk everywhere. "Hopefully things don't descend into madness." Greg muttered to himself before going back to relaxing.

[Piera 0]

After a moment, Piera saw Zandra's form, still clad in her swimsuit same as herself but minus the benefit of a thick cloak, run in the direction Jomei went. She hoped that she was able to comfort him better than she had. And that he would be able to confide in her. Someone deserved some happiness in their lives. It must have been that time of the night, for the brunette was fully wallowing as she sniffled, still sitting in the snow. When she heard encroaching footsteps crunch on the white powder, she didn't look up when she heard the low rumble of Mack's voice. Nor react at all at his offer. She might have been curious before, though perhaps not enough to speak of the matter around strangers. She didn't even know who 'Samriel' was, though she vaguely remembered Magda being the name of one of the red heads she had been told was his sisters. Wiping her moist face from under her glasses, the young woman forced herself to stand, equipping her armor before shrugging off the red cloak. Walking over to where the table with the punch bowl was, Piera glanced over at the hot springs before folding the cloak over and setting it on the table. When she turned, she caught sight of Lowenthal, leaning by a tree. Slowly approaching her sandy haired friend, she smiled tiredly, her eyes red. "Hey Lowe. Could...Could you take me home?" She dearly just wanted to lie in her own bed and talk with Lee, but was still too afraid to try and make the journey on her own. Thankfully he agreed and escorted her away from the hot springs and through the fourth floor safely back to her shop.

~Piera Exits Thread~

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

As the two watched as events unfolded in front of them the blonde appeared to be interested in the drama but as the show seemed to have ended she simply sighted and said: "Well that was a letdown, if I were in Opal's or that other girl's shoes... he wouldn't have gotten away with his prized possessions intact." Chuckled the blonde then letting out a sigh and a gentle smile: "I miss my little witch." With no intention of revealing why she said that as the relevant characters would understand what she was referring to.

Seeing as the party came to its apex the blonde turned towards her promised one and asked: "Seems like we missed the party." Said the blonde as she waved at the clearly ebriated Berserker that made his leave with a congratulation of sorts for them. The blonde simply smiled and didn't bother to put much thought behind the drunkard's words. They say that the truth lies in wine but Ssendom maybe had a bit too much, combine that with hot springs steams and you'll have a hell of a party the next time you wake up.

The blonde let out a dejected sigh at the thought of the plans she made for this evening went were in vain as this place turned out more crowded than she wanted. After that the couple walked around for something that might get their interest but found nothing of sorts as people were already leaving. Then the two mutually agrees that they should head back, the blonde swearing to herself that she will bring her plans to fruition.... maybe next time.

OOC: Already discussed with the person in question. Ariel and Hikoru leave the thread, their hair still pulsating like a crazed neon bulb that thinks of itself as being a disco ball.

Edited March 31, 2016 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

[Grave 0]

I sighed when Magda told me Mack would not usually be like he was... until I winced and shuddered at her following comment. "Yep... sounds like him..." I whined, eyes screwed shut. "Yes, he is distracted... apparently not enough so that he can not pay attention to me." I replied with a sigh, looking over my shoulder once more. "Hopefully I should not. Pretty sure he would ditch a woman to cleave me in half though..." I muttered with a growl. I wondered what kind of info Mack fed his twin about me, but threw the thought aside nonetheless. She then proceeded to say, 'Unless you intended to touch me'.

I looked at Magda blank-faced for a moment, before a malicious grin crossed my lips. I raised a hand from the water, slowly reaching it towards Magda... only to poke her nose and keep my finger there. "Boop~" I said teasingly, contemplating shouting to Mack 'I TOUCHED YOUR SISTER' but thought better of it.

[Jevi 0]

The purplette let out a heavy sigh as she wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead with a dirtied rag. As usual, she had been practicing her blacksmithing trait in her shop, hoping that she would soon be able to open shop again and start dishing out more powerful weapons. She had found herself so busy, that she even neglected the message that had been sent to her well over an hour ago. She was tired, and her virtual bones ached. She needed a well deserved break. Tapping on the little letter icon, Jevi opened up the message. It was send out to all members of the Knights of Blood Oath, as well as some extra guests. The message was from Mack, head of the Crimson Knights, inviting all to a small outing on Floor Four in the hot springs. Jevi raised and eyebrow and smirked, knowing that would be a nice way to take a load off. And since it was for mainly the guild, that meant Grave was most likely going to be there. Swiping her hand to open her inventory, she equipped her armor and made sure that her swimsuit was still in her inventory. With a nod of her head, she left her shop and immediately headed down to Floor Four.

After a short walk through the snow, Jevi came upon a bowl of punch, the sign on it addressing it was for the party and supplied by Mack. Without a second thought, the girl took a cup and downed it, still being parched from her work on the desert floor. She had not even realized the effects the drink had on her mocha colored body. It did not take long for her to get from the punch bowl to the pool where everyone was lounging. Her golden eyes scanned the pool.. there were not many people she recognized.. Lifting her hand up once again, she opened her inventory and unequipped her armor and slipped into her swim suit. It consisted of a black, sports bra-like top that did not show off much of her chest, with a small white circle scarf going from shoulder to shoulder. Around her waist, was a similar white, circular cloth that acted more as a small skirt, with a black bikini bottom under it. Walking over to the large ginger haired man, Jevi greeted him ~"Hey Mack.. Sorry I'm late. I was working on some stuff in my forge. I just felt I needed a short break... Also, any idea where-" As she was about to ask just where Grave was, she spotted him, speaking to another woman. The girl walked around the pool to where he waded in the water, standing behind him with her arms crossed, waiting to see just how long it would take for him to realize she was here.

[Grave 0]

I stood there a few moments, finger still against the tip of Magda's nose, before I realised the redheaded girl's eyes seemed attracted to something behind me. I began to turn my head over my shoulder to look and- "OH [censored]!" I shouted loudly, ducking into the hot water to escape the gaze of the purple haired girl's gaze...

Hot water.

I splashed to the surface, the steaming water spraying everywhere and a repeated 'HOTHOTHOT!' spouting from my mouth as I laid eyes back on Jevi. I am telling you, the redness in my face was from the water. "O-oh, hi Jevi!" I called to her with a wave; the look on her face obviously suggested she misread the situation with Magda. "You bloody surprised me! Do not lurk like that please!" I called with a laugh, scratching the back of my neck. I gestured to Magda behind me. "Jevi, this is my friend Magda, who is Mack's sister and also part of KoB." I introduced the redhead, before switching around, gesturing to Jevi and facing Magda. "Magda, this is my girlfriend, Jevi."

[Magda 0]

She seemed to consider his words for a few moments before she nodded in agreement “Honestly he’d probably just throw the woman over his shoulder, cleave you in half, and then return to what he was doing.” She offered him an apologetic shrug. “Brothers, can’t live with them… can’t live without them. Am I right?” A playful grin spread across her face until he reached out and booped her on the nose. Her eyes widened slightly as her grin deepened. “Ok that was cute.” Before Madga could say anything else though she suddenly noticed someone towering over them from the shoreline and for a moment she thought her brother had taken notice to what he’d done. She was just about to explain that nothing had happened when her gaze fixed upon the purple haired woman. Her arms were folded over her chest and for some reason Magda got the impression that this woman was not pleased.

Grave seemed to notice that she was distracted and followed her gaze only to exclaim loudly and in turn introduced Magda as a friend and identified the other woman as his girlfriend. For a brief moment the redhead’s expression went blank as she processed what he’d just said. Girlfriend. He had a girlfriend. She uttered a silent curse as she smiled and swam back to put a little distance between her and Grave. While Grave called her a friend she didn’t actually know his name yet and would only face palm once she realized this was the very man Mack has warned her about. “Hey Jevi, it's nice to meet you. Would you care to join us? The water is actually amazing and if I am intruding I can always swim to a different spot.” A warm smile spread across her face before she looked back at Grave and said, “I’m sure your boyfriend here would appreciate your company. In fact he was just about to tell me all about you.” Her tone was very pointed as she tried to convey that she didn’t appreciate being placed in this situation without being informed he had a girlfriend. “Isn’t that right?” She offered Grave a wide grin.

 

Edited April 2, 2016 by Magda

[Jevi 0]

Grave made himself look completely guilty when seeing Jevi, which pretty much meant he was flirting in one way or another. Dropping the angered look, she let a heavy sigh pass through her parted lips. She had a feeling she would have to deal with this from time to time, knowing Grave was quite the flirt. She just hoped it was all harmless, and hoped she would not have to deal with the woman he was speaking to. The silver haired man introduced her to the crimson haired woman, Magda, who was Mack's sister. She could not help but notice.. because the resemblance was uncanny. More importantly, Grave referred to her as his girlfriend, to which she could not hold back a soft smile. Kindly enough, Magda invited her to join them in the water. Jevi's golden eyes looked over to the woman and she smirked, ~"Sure, I would love to. Thanks. No no please, I don't mind." She spoke in a sincere voice, not wanting the girl to feel as though she were intruding.  One foot after the other, the purplette slowly dipped into the water and let the hot fumes relax her body. With closed eyes, the girl waded in the water to sit near Grave and Magda.

[Grave 0]

I smiled and sighed as Magda politely asked Jevi into the 'pool', and offered to shift if she was intruding; I did not mind if Magda stayed there, but Jevi may have had something to say about it. Thankfully, what she did have to say was a polite turning down of Magda's offer to move; I was glad she did not think Magda suspicious or such. A red flush suddenly overcame my cheeks when I realised it was likely because Jevi expected no less of me than to flirt with other girls. I hung my head in shame for a moment, before perking back up when Jevi waded in. When she pulled up beside me I wrapped a thin, muscly arm around her shoulders, before Magda lied that I was about to tell her about Jevi.

I swallowed hard.

"Y-yes, that is right!" I agreed falsely shooting an 'I owe you one' look at Magda. "As I was about to say, the little snake evaded me for oh so long, but getting her in the end was quite the reward." I explained, referring to Jevi's snake-like nature for the thousandth time. "We have known each other since... well, not long after we were stuck here, actually." I admitted with a reminiscing smile. "As for Magda, I met her quite recently when she and her sister were out in the field and I was taking on the <<Long Live the Queen>> quest." I explained, smiling softly at Magda.

[Magda 0]

Magda smiled when Jevi agreed to join them in the hot springs, but didn’t quite expect to be told that she wouldn’t be intruding. From the look on Jevi’s face after she entered the hot springs she too enjoyed the heat the waters provided. Grave readily agreed that he was about to tell her about Jevi so she smirked and decided to just relax and enjoy the waters for now. Her brow furrowed at his explanation though. It wasn’t that the two had met each other shortly after they’d been trapped here nor was it the fact that he explained how he’d met Magda and her sister.  Grave smiled as he explained all that and slowly Magda’s eyes opened. “Did you just call her a snake?” That was a rather odd name to use for his girlfriend. Her eyes shifted as she looked at Jevi. Magda wasn’t really certain on how to react on that, but if the woman didn’t seem offended then she’d just ignore it and smile.  

[Mack 0]

Going to go ahead and close this one now, been about 3 days since anyone posted in it. Start up spin-off threads, like Zandra and Jomei did, if you want to continue the festivities.

REWARDS:

+2000 Col to KoB Coffers (It'd be a complicated nightmare trying to divy this out player by player)
+1 SP to all participants
-5000 Col (Mack only, cost of the party)