Tamrielic Adventures: Vol. 2

[CBR JGWRR]

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No worries, just wondering.

[The SheoDovah]

Psyfalia followed Sethesi and was glad the situation with the orc was resolved peacefully. If nudity is allowed in the baths, i suppose i could do that but i don't want to show everyone the unmentionables! Would bath in undergarments if i had a spare pair. Bugger, what can i do? She thought to herself.

[MARS]

Public Baths, Vivec

The baths didn't actually look all that different from the rest of the city. The same dim lighting, the same yellow walls, and the same Ordinators walking around. The only difference was the steam in the air; you could barely see past your own nose. The sound of bodies moving in water was audible, but no one could actually see the pool. Sethesi seemed accustomed to this, and guided the others.

"You'll wanna take off your shoes now," she explained. "It gets slippery so be careful. We need to go over to the lockers and leave our stuff there. Keep your shoes in your hands and follow me."

[The SheoDovah]

Psyfalia slowly removed her shoes and picked them up. "This is going to be very relaxing." The elf commented and would follow Sethesi. I can't see the pool so prehaps i could go without any clothes. But what if i can't see it but once i'm in it, i can see people that are near? Bugger. She thought to herself.

[Unionhack]

Vivec Baths

Valentia kicked off her boots and trailed behind Sethesi. She had bathed with others before and this was nothing new to her.

[BetaB17]

Maurzol sneered as the bunch left, like little pups with their tails between their legs. Free of the thrill to fight, the mighty orc made his way to the lower levels of the canton, looking for some form of entertainment that can cater to his will

[The-Shadow-One]

Katien slipped her own shoes off, a bit of her nervousness put to rest by the hot steam of the bath. It's so hard to see in here..

[Alarra]

Vivec Baths

Niralie took her shoes off as well and followed. She would have preferred a quiet, luxurious bath in her room, but that clearly wasn't an option. She'd never used a public bath before and felt self-conscious about it, but really, she didn't have a choice. It was the local custom and expected - and she really did need to clean up her injury. She relaxed a bit as they entered the steam, partly for the cover it provided and partly for its comforting warmth.

[MARS]

The locker room had no door, but the lockers did. They were arranged in boxes across the entire wall, around 60 or so. They weren't very big, but it would be enough for foldable things like clothes. The doors on the lockers weren't actually doors, they were more like slabs that you could pull down to close the little vault off. Once a slab was brought full down, a small piece of stone would protrude with a click, so Sethesi explained, and each door had a unique "key".

"All you need to do is remember which one is yours. It would take hours to try your key on every one, and if anyone sees you messing with their locker there could be trouble. Most people leave a mark, you can see it on the slabs."

Indeed, every closed locker was covered in etchings and markings that ranged from simple runic designs to complex quotations or even drawings.

Maurzol

If it was entertainment would remain to be seen; but an Ordinator stood in the Orc's way.

"Going somewhere, outlander?"

[The SheoDovah]

Vivec Baths:Locker Room

"Interesting." Psyfalia commented after Sethesi explained the lockers to her. She felt a bit more relaxed due to the effect the steam had when they walked through it but was uncomfortable at the prospect of bathing with members of the public. "It's a simple but effective system, i would imagine." She said to the others. She walked towards the first empty locker she saw and would carefully put her new satchel with contained her new items into the locker first and cram the old satchel in last. Looks like the steam is thick enough to protect my body but still don't want to go in without covering the unmentionables. Hmm, prehaps i could wear the undergarments i'm wearing now and go without untill they are dry but it could be irrating and a bit uncomfortable. Blast! I'm going to have to decide when it's time to change. She thought to herself. She would write down the date she graduated from the Univerisity on the locker afterwards.

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are the keys in the lockers?

[MARS]

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I just noticed that I did a bad job describing how they keys work: the stone pieces that come out of the slabs are the keys.

[Unionhack]

Valentia approached one of the lockers, intrigued by how it worked. It was yet another Dunmer culture aspect that captivated her curiosity, and she made a note to write about it later.

[Alarra]

Vivec Baths Locker Room

Part of Niralie was impressed at the system, but perhaps if she were less tired she'd have been more interested. She examined one idly, considering how to mark hers. A stylized N, perhaps, or a small drawing.

[Unionhack]

Valentia had decided how to mark hers; a cartoonish fireball with the letter 'V' in the center.

[The SheoDovah]

Vivec Bath:Locker Room

Psyfalia went to write the date on her locker but stopped after realising that a date would not be very effective. She realised someone else could have the same date as her on their locker and didn't want to deal with the confusion. She drew a P and two healing hands on the locker to mark her locker. wait, why am i thinking so much about it? It's minor. Just make a decision when you get changed! Really hope i don't start getting withdrawal soon. Knew i should have stocked up. She thought to herself.

[MARS]

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leave it to me to make a statement and immediately contradict it

Cornerclub

Raylis returned to the cornerclub, expecting to find a group of greenhorn recruits ready to praise him for finding a boat so quickly, but instead he found a bunch of native Dunmer shooting him scornful glances and a lone Arellius, drinking.

He sat down beside the Imperial, neglecting to order anything, and said:

"Where are they? Sleeping?"

Vivec public baths

Sethesi watched her new friends leave their marks on the lockers, and cheerfully turned to make her own, but as soon as she meant to begin she came to the realization that she had no remarkable talent that she could turn into a sign. Magic was a science totallt foreign to her, and she had never struck anyone with a blade until yesterday. All she had going for herself was a smart mouth. In the end she decided to draw an S that ended in a snake's tail, and a pair of lips that were halfway parted, revealing a repftile tongue. In retrospect it seemed rather ominous, but it was too late to change that now.

It was time for the thing everyone dreaded: getting undressed. At least Sethesi assumed everyone else was as uneasy as herself about it. None of them seemed particularly like the outgoing type as far as standing afound stark naked was concerned, especially not the abnormally shy Katien. Sethesi didn't feel very insecure about her body; she looked pretty good" as she been told many times, but that was with her clothes on. Few.people but herself had seen her without them, and it had always been...private then. For some reason this felt very different. Her companions didn't seem like they were about to make the first step themselves however, and so she began disrobing as incospicuously as possible, hoping that the steam was thick enough to cover the details.

[Unionhack]

Valentia truly didn't care if people saw her naked, but a bit of steam would probably help ease the awkwardness about it. She only hoped she wouldn't see anything to make her size envy kick in. She quietly began to disrobe, being as discreet as she could.

[The SheoDovah]

Vivec public baths

Psyfalia felt very uncomfortable about getting undressed in front of people and paused for several seconds. Come on, you have nothing to be ashamed of. It's a public bath and it happens all of the time. Plus, the only people that may see you and your unmentionables are women. I seriousbly doubt they are into the same sex. But it's still getting undressed in public. Do it. Just do it. Fine The tall altmeri woman thought to herself before letting out a sigh. She discreetly got undressed, well as discreetly as possible for a 7ft high elf and stowed her garments in the locker. She locked it and immediatly walked towards the bath whilst covering her chest with one arm and covered her other unmentionable with her hand. It wasn't that she was ashamed of her body, it was just that she wasn't comfortable with the idea of exposing it for everyone to see. She hoped that no-one would see her body or attempt to look at it.

[Velvet LeChance]

Arellius Afer III - Black Shalck Cornerclub

"Baths."

The single grunt came from Arellius without even a sideway glance in the Dunmer's direction. His drank sat in front of him half-drained - not sipping his way through the ghastly liquid as swiftly as the last.

[MARS]

Cornerclub

Raylis tensed at the Imperial's reply. They were supposed to have stayed put! No doubt it was that stupid girl who had put it in their heads to head off and have a bath. Well, there was nothing he could do about that now. He might as well focus on something immediate.

"So," he said, again adressing Arellius of course, "what's your plan? Are you joining us on that boat?"

Baths

Seeing the others follow her lead, Sethesi decided to waste no more time standing around and quickly got out of the locker room. She let out a sigh of relief as she slid into the hot pool. Warm water on her skin was a welcome sensation.

[The SheoDovah]

Vivec Baths

As Psyfalia left the locker room and followed in Sethesi's footsteps to the pool, she started to feel more uncomfortable with every step. She walked at a slow place due to her covering both unmentionables and quickly inserted herself into the pool. "Ooh, this is.." She commented and let out a relaxed sigh. "Just what the healer ordered." She remarked as the hot water embraced her. She felt very relaxed in the pool and said "Sethesi, i'm glad you asked us if we were coming. If you didn't ask, i would have been at a lost with the lockers. So thank you." She said to the Dunmer and looked at her face to give her a smile. This is excellent. Don't care about anything at the moment thanks to this. Could easily sleep. No, stay awake for a bit. Thank the nine for this. The altmer thought to herself.

[Unionhack]

"It was rather confusing." Valentia commented as she slipped in. "Oh! This is lovely!"

[Alarra]

After making her own mark on her locker (a flame - to represent her Destruction magic - with a curvy N as part of the inner ember), Niralie too disrobed. The torn shoulder of her robe was pasted to her skin with dried blood, and she gave a grunt of discomfort as she peeled it carefully off. She packed her things inside the locker and walked to the pool, arms crossed in front of her chest, also feeling extremely awkward despite the steam. At least it wasn't so bad with just females around, particularly ones she'd gotten to know for a few hours and therefore felt more comfortable around. She hoped that it would remain that way, that they would not be disturbed by others.

Niralie climbed into the pool herself after the rest of her group, taking a deep shuddering breath as the glorious warmth washed over her. "Oh, I really needed this," she sighed contentedly. She took a moment to sit there with her eyes closed, enjoying the comfortable heat, and then asked Sethesi, "Do you know if there's anything I can use to clean up my shoulder?"

[BetaB17]

Maurzol tilted his chin up at the ordinator with distaste "Does it matter?"

[The SheoDovah]

"It would have been if it weren't for Sethesi." Psyfalia said to Valentia. "Thank you again for doing mine and Niralie's shopping for us." She said to the woman and looked at her to give her a friendly smile. "If I ever come back to Vivec, these baths will be one of the first places i'll go." She said to Valentia,Sethesi and Niralie. "It's lovely and after what we've been through today, it's just what we need." She said to the trio. This is so relaxing. Don't care if anyone looks at them or not. Could just stay here forever She thought to herself as she soaked in the pool.