Tamrielic Adventures: Vol. 2

[Aarah]

Eolwyn

"Ooo, bath time!" Eolwyn exclaimed with pleasure, striding into the bathroom that Nora was peeping into.

The elf had brought a second flagon of mead with her and balanced it on the side of the bath.

"You coming in, or are you just going to mince around out there?" She asked the Fox, giving a smile as she began to get undressed over to one side of the room.

[Unionhack]

Willowdale Bath

The bath outside was yet unoccupied. Nora was the first to arrive.

[BetaB17]

"Mince about? Me?" Nora took a comical tone "As if." She strutted deeper into the chamber "I care not, nay, whom awaits" joining the elf as they readied for the warm waters

[Aarah]

"Whom?" Eolwyn repeated, looking puzzled.

"You expecting someone to be under there?" She peered into the sudsy water of the bath, then dipped her hand slightly below the waterline, moving the liquid from side to side, as if searching.

"Nope. Just us!" Eolwyn laughed.

She finished disrobing and then climbed into the warm, relaxing water.
"Ahhh. Good stuff."
The Bosmer shuffled over to her mead and grasped the cool beverage.

[BetaB17]

Nora proceeded near the edge of the bath, meekly covering her chest with her arms at first. "Niralie, arent ye joining?" She said, tossimg her head towards the entrance. As she approached closer to the water's edge she released her arms from their guard, showing a confidence, if not less than the archer's. Slowly she submerged her body into the cloudy water, stepping closer to Eolwyn's edge of the bath "Aye it be too long for a good soak.. cold rivers hold no place in me'h heart"

[Aarah]

"Cold rivers and serpent-fouled lakes can go to Oblivion. Give me a nice warm bath anyday!" Eolwyn took a good slurp of mead.
"I don't like swimming, but sitting on my old Elven behind, like a carrot in a stewpot: I'm there!"
She held up her flagon,
"Oh, you havn't got a drink? Oh well, cheers! anyway!"

[BetaB17]

"AH! I could do without another dive te thee bottom of a lake. One be enough after last time" Nora said with a zealous pout "Here be well n' good for me, thanks" she stretched around her shield bearing arm, letting the heat sink in deep "Aye, I already had a fair bit to sip just prior.. but I nay not deny another" the slight flush on her cheeks made it hard to tell if it was from the waters or what she said be true

The young Skaal brought herself beside her fellow companion, leaning forward against the wall of the pool, head tuckered into her arms "Where be our dearest mage? Ye dont imagine, she be keeping us waitin' te grab more company?" She said with a slight curl of her lip. The thought amused her since it seemed so unlike her

[Kerr]

Ravel

Having seen the twins off, Ravel thought it best to induct themselves into this new group. Brandy in hand, the young mage made their way to the door the party had gone through. Ravel went instantly pale upon stepping outside, their eyes wide, fixated on the large tub of water. With the steam obscuring things, the water was unknowingly deep. But even shallow, all it would take is a slip on the stone, a crack on the head, the ring slipping from their finger...

"I... I..." Ravel barely sputtered out before swallowing hard, eyes still stuck on the tub.

[Alarra]

Niralie - Willowdale Inn Bath

Niralie heard Nora’s call, but did not follow until she had procured a full bottle of the wine she’d just tasted. Carrying both her partially full glass and the bottle, she made her way to the bath. She paused behind Ravel, who’d stopped in front of her, and, puzzled by the Dunmer’s expression, asked, “What’s wrong?”

[Kerr]

Ravel

Ravel let out a gasp of air and turned away from the bath, facing the wall and looking down towards the ground.

[Aarah]

Eolwyn

Eolwyn was just about to speak once again to Nora, when that 'Ravel' entered the room. The Dunmer's fluster puzzled her.

"Don't mind us. There is another bath, though, if you don't like company."

[BetaB17]

Nora the Fox - Willowdale Bathhouse

Nora waited pleasantly for Niralie's return, and Eolwyn's response, the sweet soothing feel of the bath easing her spirit. She perked her head up, expecting the mage to come around the corner but instead, it was the stranger, and shy about it none the less

"Perhaps thou be'st too shy for us?" She said with a lovely voice. She sunk deeper into the bath, but still kept herself pressed against the pool's edge "There be plenty of room here if ye be fair with distant company, O' Telvanni"

[Unionhack]

Willowdale Baths

As the others spoke, Dorian (wearing naught but a towel) stepped past Ravel and slid into the baths, removing his towel of decency as he passed the waterline in one fluid motion.

After an exhale of relaxation, he looked at the others and waved nonchalantly. "Not the best bath I've been in, but a better view than usual." he joked.

[Baloth-Kul]

Grelok - Willowdale Baths

"And only improving."

With a full mug of chilled wine, Grelok strode into the bath, and rested himself along the edge, a foot or two away from Nora.

[Aarah]

Eolwyn

"What view do you usually have?" Eolwyn asked Dorian.

She gave Grelok a smile as he entered the room.

[BetaB17]

Nora perked up as she spotted Dorian appear. Her first thought drummed like a fist in the mind 'Dont he dare' Oh but he did, and all the while, she did her best to shroud herself deeper in the water, oh how she wished her shield was rust proof.

Her chin bobbed against the water as she covered herself, raising a hand and splashing a bit of water away from her in Dorian's general direction, as if shoo'ing him away "Take yer eyes and teach 'em to mind their own.. from afar, n' where te steam grows thickest" she wasnt subtle one bit with him, eyeing him with upmost suspicion. Though eyed him, she technically did

But she didnt have much time to shun him for his remarks, at the most inconvenient and familiar voices appeared so close. 'GRELOK!?' her first instinct was to jump in surprise, but she caught herself a quarter of the way before dashing back down before anything of interest came into view "BWAHHH! GRELOK! When? How!?" She said bashfully, clearly taken by surprise

[Unionhack]

Willowdale Inn

Dorian shrugged at Eolwyn. "Usually a brick wall. No windows in my bathroom back at Laennec manor. Nice enough, though." he said, then laughing at Nora's outburst. "He was with us the whole time inside, Nora love. You remember how I made him cry, the big lug?" he joked, winking at Grelok and nudging an elbow in the orc's direction. "Hard to get, so fresh in the memory."

[BetaB17]

Nora the Fox

She instinctively crossed her arms for a moment, sulking both figuratively and literally upon Dorian's reaction. Then, shooting out from under the water's cloudy surface with vigor, she pointed with her left hand at Dorian "OH SHUSH IT YOU! Sir admiri'th thee view" clearly not letting him slide away from that comment so easily, looking at him as if with worthy suspicion. But at last, for a slight shift in her gaze, the skaal couldnt help but look at Grelok as well, as if wondering to herself the same she questioned the noble "An' whe're be do yer eyes lay?" a questionable tone on her lips

[Unionhack]

Willowdale Baths

Saying nothing, Dorian quietly and smugly sipped from his drink (decorated with a tiny umbrella), his work being done.

[Baloth-Kul]

Grelok

Grelok waved dismissively--but affectionately--in Dorian's direction.

Metal fingers anxiously tapped the edges of Grelok's mug. "...Weeell..." The Orc was staring directly at Nora. Not below the waterline, but instead meeting her eyes. "I'm not being a cretin, if that's your worry. Momma didn't raise a troll. 'f glancing at Dibella herself is making her Divine Beauty uncomfortable, ...I can just keep my eyes on my drink." With a shrug, he took a swig of his wine, and smiled coyly at Nora.

[BetaB17]

Nora hesitated a moment, as if she truly expected some clever rebute but no, it never came. It left her speechless, as if her very breath was snatched away the same as her expectations. Unguarded, her arms started to drift away, no longer so tightly shunning them from beneath the water. With little more to so but smolder over her thoughts, she let herself sink deeper into the pool, now but the ridge of her nose, the amber of her hair, and the stalking eyes of her floated above. Her eyes said enough, his words got to her, just like his mere presence had.

A few seconds passed by her, as she continued to eye Grelok from within the pool, a deep red had settled across her face, and for a moment, she almost seemed that a few bubbles arised as if from some.source of frustration, before finally bringing herself back up, just barely to where modesty remained submerged but most notable, her arms now held against her hips "I worry not of thee, dearest friend" she said in a tone to match Grelok's persuasion "I cannot stop, where ye gaze goes." And a pride to match. She broached a distance between the two, stopping but where it counted "But o' our friend, I wish I could say thee same.." she hesitated a bit, at this distance, she so desired to sink back deeper into the waves, but something kept her wittes firm.

She brushed her right arm across her chest, covering herself simply, with little worry for else "So, I can thee say, would be most kind to lend me some peace" before raising her shoulders out further out from the water, and reaching out with her left hand as if he would lend her a towel. She held her gaze with his "Well? Hand it over?"

[Baloth-Kul]

Grelok - Willowdale Baths

Holding only a mug, Grelok was somewhat confused as to Nora's meaning. He set down the wine on the edge of the bath, and extended his hand to Nora's in a gentle grasp.

What's she after? Reel herself closer to me? A hand to help her out of the bath? Hrmm.

[BetaB17]

Nora's eyebrows furrowed "A towel. Don't ye have a.." she looked down from his gaze, before it became very, very clear he lacked anything across his lap. A sudden, loud thump sounded in her ears, as her heart skipped its beat

She was lost in thought for a moment, forgetting someone was reaching down and reeling herself further from the water, and, closer to..

Her hair stood on end for a moment as a raw panic settled it, her mind a buzz but her body still stiff. Till finally, her body acted for her. "YE OUGHT TO BE JOKING" she stood further out from the water, a slight fury of emotion under her breath, forgetting herself on where she stood now before him, and nothing to hide "Hadn't ye mother ha'd taught ye to at least cover up!" She resecured her grip with Grelok, and with her other hand, placed it upon his sternum, before quickly lifting and pulling the orc into the water, with her following soon after, as if this was he at fault, or perhaps Dibella simply deemed he was deserving of a good dunk

[Alarra]

Niralie - Willowdale Inn Bath

When Dorian and Grelok arrived, Niralie decided to take advantage of the group’s distraction, undressing quietly in a corner and wrapping in a towel until she’d reached the bath and set her glass and bottle of wine on the edge. She was just lowering herself into the warm, sudsy water when Nora’s outburst made her pause; Niralie made sure she would not be in the path of the falling Orc before sitting down.

[Aarah]

Eolwyn

Eolwyn had decided to let the youngsters playfully bicker with each other, instead choosing to rest the back of her head against the bath; her eyes closed, letting the warm water soothe the aches of the day.

Though her eyes remained shut, she smiled now and then at the sound of Nora and Grelok's cheeky comments to each other.