User:NekoRex/MagicForest4

.:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Tonight's the night!" Marisa rejoices once again as she flys on over to where her house once stood. Much of the rubble has been cleared away now, the intact magical doodads and books mostly either hidden away at Alice's or moved out of the way. »»	Alice_Margatroid starts steadily through the woods, a small entourage of dolls all around her. Further behind her, a much larger flock of dolls carry things like wooden posts, metal nails and screws, a hammer or two, and other such things for building. It's quite a sight. »»	Marisa_Kirisame is looking a lot better these days, thanks to Alice's treatment, but she still has some healing burns bandaged up and hidden under her thick dress. She probably isn't going to be doing any fighting or heavy lifting anytime soon. She looks back to Alice with a skeptical look. "What's with all the construction gear? You don't wanna enjoy the fun when I dig out the spring?" »»	Alice_Margatroid comes up to the house's general surroundings, looking out over them. She makes a soft hm, the little divided-up groups of dolls going out to start clearing out the area a little more, or to start plotting out a very basic framework for construction. .:Alice_Margatroid:. Mmh.. maybe after it's dug out. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Hmph." Marisa huffs. "Well, at least digging won't take too long." Marisa says as she lands on the site. After lighting some bright orbs aroun the area, she crouches down where her house was - the holes where support beams were are still apparent - and begins examining the ground. .:Alice_Margatroid:. I barely doubt you on that -- and a hot spring won't be too terrible in the winter, surely, but.. it looks to me like you can handle yourself when it comes to digging things out. .:>Ambiance<:. The ground around the site is completely clear of snow, if there was any to begin with, and the ground is noticably warm. »»	Marisa_Kirisame continues surveying the ground. With another spell she traces around the area a white line of light in a round shape where she plans to "dig" »»	Alice_Margatroid approaches the site somewhat, beginning to guide her dolls along. They flutter over, beginning to set out the wooden posts to lay out the most basic framework for building a house, working quite efficiently as they nail posts together and set things up. »»	Marisa_Kirisame continues to probe around for a bit, but finishes her surveying, then flies up to survey the handiwork. .:Alice_Margatroid:. To be honest, I don't know why you're talking about digging when I don't see any shovel on you. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Heh!" Marisa says with a grin. "Who said anything about a shovel?" Marisa takes her mini-hakkero out of a seemingly random pocket in her dress. "Mind giving me a hand? I'd rather not open somethin' back up." .:Alice_Margatroid:. You're.. honestly going to open it back up with the.. .. »»	Alice_Margatroid looks baffled, her mouth open slightly and eyebrows perked. She finally just rolls her eyes, leaving her dolls to do their thing as she crosses over to stand next to Marisa. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Why do tough work like scoopin' dirt when ya have magic?" Marisa shrugs. .:Alice_Margatroid:. How large is the area you want to blast open, and what would be the desired depth? .:Alice_Margatroid:. Because, honestly, if it's not much, I could just task more dolls on it. »»	Alice_Margatroid sighs. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Bah, what's the fun in making you do all the work, ze?" Marisa asks, putting her free hand on her waist, waving around the hakkero as she talks. "It's hard to be imprecise when you're just blastin' a crater. .:Alice_Margatroid:.	... You said to come over and help you, so what on earth do you even need help with?  .:Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Just make sure I don't fall or anythin'. I dunno how much I can handle." .:Alice_Margatroid:.	Well, all right, then. Just don't make too giant a crater, we don't want past history to go and repeat itself.  .:Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Not that I can't cast a few sparks, but it won't be fun if I have to lie in bed another week afterwards." Marisa harumphs.   »»	Alice_Margatroid moves over a little, bracing herself up against Marisa from the back as to give her a lot of support, reaching out to rest her hands on the witch's shoulders.  »»	Marisa_Kirisame smiles at Alice and looks back towards the ground, pointing the mini-hakkero towards the ground. As she activates the spell, a number of very large scintilating magic circles jump out around her as the device rumbles to life and the front starts glowing brightly. Seconds later, the telltale thin beam of light jumps out to target the center of the surveyed area, before suddenly blasting out the Master Spark, sending recoil through the two of them. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. *Seconds later, the telltale thin beam of light jumps out to target the center of the surveyed area, before suddenly blasting out the Master Spark, sending recoil through the two of them. »»	Alice_Margatroid digs her heels into the ground as soon as the magic circles flare to life and light up, grabbing Marisa's shoulders a little harder to keep her from being tossed away and falling over. Her grip even hurts a little bit, even if she doesn't necessarily intend it. »»	Alice_Margatroid skids back a little bit from the bursting spark, but manages to stand her ground, staying quite firmly upright. »»	Marisa_Kirisame winces as the massive beam of light smashes into the ground, pushing dirt up and outwards as she slowly moves it around. This close to the ground, it's making a serious dent in the earth as she sustains the beam, and soil rockets outwards away from them. .:>Ambiance<:. eventually the beam cuts deep enough into the center that water begins to burst from the ground like an oil well. It's at this point the beam dies down as she's carved a nice crater into the spot. »»	Alice_Margatroid steps back and walks off to the side to get a good look of her own-- she looks fairly pleased with this development, nodding once before approaching the heated water somewhat. It radiates a pleasant warmth. »»	Marisa_Kirisame dissipates the magic circles and lets her arms drop downwards, before wiping her brow with one arm, and pocketing the hakkero with the other. "Phew, that was a nice excercise. It's been awhile since I got to do that." Marisa smiles back at Alice. "Thanks for the support! I put a bit more oomph into that one then I thought." .:Alice_Margatroid:. Uh.. yeah. You're welcome. »»	Alice_Margatroid smiles slightly, it being a little more awkward than friendly, and she nods a couple times, really quite content with standing where she is right now. The winter chill has made her quite unwilling to leave her house, after all. .:Alice_Margatroid:. I'll.. have to find some time to come out and relax in it. If I can actually find the time at all. »»	Marisa_Kirisame looks towards her handiwork and grins. The soon-to-be spring is a couple feet deep, just enough to be nice and relaxing to sit in, and it slowly fills up with steaming hot water. "Ah, I can barely wait for it to fill up, I feel refreshed just looking at it!" Marisa says with a contented sigh. »»	Marisa_Kirisame continues to watch her newly dug hot spring, then looks over to Alice to see what she's doing. »»	Alice_Margatroid seems satisfied with her work for now, hoping that more snow won't fall and end up messing up the basic infrastructure she's set out around the perimeter of what used to be Marisa's house. »»	Seija_Kijin flew just above the forest, heading towards the geyser that was giving off a pillar of steam that filled the cold air. The sight of it was actually something she was, for once, happy to leave the house for. In this cold weather, a hot spring of sorts would be a great way to relax, something even she could attest too. -- .:Alice_Margatroid:. That should do for now. »»	Seija_Kijin had the mermaid in the breast pocket of her jacket, carefully tucked away from the cold, and her girlfriend beside her, whom she was mostly following. Behind them was the Tsukumogami lute, whom she seems to forget was even there, from time to time. She was mostly focused on the promise of hot water. .:Seija_Kijin:. Look at all that steam it's giving off. Can't wait to get some water hotter than back at the mansion. A big pond like that is hard to heat properly, after all. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna flies almost lazily alongside Seija, not seeming to mind the chill in the air thanks to her expectations of the warm water of the hot spring. She looks over her shoulder to see if that tsukumogami girl she had drug out with them was still following, leaving her sister to watch over the castle in her absence. It was nice that she didn't have to worry about someone coming in and terrorizing all the poor little Kobito, after a »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna ll. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Hey, Tsukumo-san, will your sister be alright by herself? .:Alice_Margatroid:. I'll be back, don't have some freak accident while I go change. »»	Alice_Margatroid chortles softly before turning, going off back towards her own house. »»	Marisa_Kirisame looks at the structure of the house Alice has built while she was working on the spring. She's glad for the help, of course, but at the same time she'd like to be able to do it herself. Of course, in her current state that's not likely. »»	Marisa_Kirisame looks around to make sure Alice is gone and shrugs to herself, saying aloud to herself, "I guess I can just change out here. It's not like anyone else is going to be coming." »»	Marisa_Kirisame wanders back over to the hot spring and starts undressing, not really concerned about the cold, or the fact she's outdoors. She knows full well she's one of the most dangerous things in the woods, and just about everyone in the forest knows. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Can't wait - to - relax" »»	Benben_Tsukumo makes a slight 'Hm?' noise, looking up towards the Kobito. "Oh. I'm sure she'll be fine, Sukuna-san." she states, nodding slightly as she does. "She's more than capable of fighting off any... 'normal' passerbyes." she holds her hands up, and bends her fingers, as if she were making quotation marks with her fingers as she said 'normal'. .:Seija_Kijin:. Ha, normal. Seems the normal passerby for us is someone wanting to spoil our fun. Can't we ever get someone... well, interesting and not destructive? .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Oh...Well, then, I suppose that will do. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna says, turning her attention back in front of her, but it seems like someone else has shown up before them and has already gotten started in undressing, presumably to get into the water. She slows down a bit glancing at Seija. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Hey Sei-chan, someone's beaten us here, I think. Should we go anyway? »»	Seija_Kijin slows down with Sukuna, scoffing at the question. ''We didn't come all this way to look at the pretty frozen flowers, Su-chan. Whoever it is, if they don't let us join'em, I'm going to flip them so that they drown because I'm tired of this wind chill from flying.'' With that, she floats to the ground and lands, just starting to peel off her jacket as she heads towards the springs when she-- .:Seija_Kijin:. -- remembers the mermaid. She groans and taps her pocket gently. ''Oi, fish lady. Wakie-wakie already.'' »»	Wakasagihime stirs slightly in the pocket of Seija's jacket, having since lulled off to sleep at the sound of the speaking and the rush of the wind. Making a soft murmuring, she pokes her head out of Seija's pocket. .:Wakasagihime:. Oh! Are we here? »»	Alice_Margatroid starts back from her house, most of her body obscured in a long cloak that hangs down to her ankles. A few dolls trail around her, but significantly less than usual-- just enough to do whatever tasks they'd need. »»	Marisa_Kirisame freezes up and turns around suddenly, actually surprised someone showed up. She's at least recognizable by her big hat now on the ground. Worse still, they are obviously not Alice. Embarassed, she yells "AAAH! You guys aren't Alice!!!" She actually makes the motion to grab for her mini-hakkero, but the dress is already on the ground. »»	Alice_Margatroid stops as soon as she has the site in sight, however-- there's the faintest sound of other people there, and-- and then there's a scream. Of course. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. ((basically she's grabbing at a spot in the air where nothing exists)) »»	Alice_Margatroid runs a bit to get a better view of the scene, and she's soon pulled between the sight of Marisa being undressed while not in the hot spring, and.. a bunch of strangers. Her gaze flits back and forth indecisively, and, face pinkening as she tries to focus on the situation, she walks right up to what's going on. .:Alice_Margatroid:. You're saying that as if you'd be okay with me being here the whole time. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna had to admit, she didn't want to have come here for nothing, and so she follows Seija's lead, gently touching down before getting ready to shed her clothing, practically ignoring Marisa. At least, until she starts being noisy. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Ai ya...Not so loud, we came here to relax.... »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna She moves over to the water,  taking a seat on the edge so that she can soak her feet for a moment first. Of course, upon hearing the squeaky-tiny version of the mermaid speak up, she remembers that she's going to have to revert her back to her original size, thus untying the mallet from her hip. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. I don't know why it's such a big deal who we are... »»	Marisa_Kirisame looks back, her face even redder now. "A-Alice! You've at least seem me before! I-it's not like that!" .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. ((By the way...I don't know if you guys are aware, but in Japanese culture, nudity isn't something to be embarrassed about. It was a natural thing.)) .:Marisa_Kirisame:. ((Marisa thought she was alone, it's more the suprise of "someone actually showed up" »»	Alice_Margatroid raises an eyebrow at this retort, the beginnings of a slight smirk playing onto her face. She strides over, sitting down near the edge of the hot spring and removing her socks and shoes, dipping her feet into the pleasantly-warm water. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. ((Fair enough, I guess.)) .:Alice_Margatroid:. It's not like what? .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "It's nothin!" Marisa retorts, huffing. She looks a bit more relieved when she's seen it's just a bunch of people she already knows, now that the initial surprise is gone. .:Alice_Margatroid:. Why'd you say it if it's nothing? You almost sound embarrassed for some reason. »»	Alice_Margatroid tilts her head back to look at Marisa, still making the faintest wry smile, before removing her cloak and slipping into the water. She lets the silly subject go, turning her thoughts to the youkai visitors. .:Alice_Margatroid:. .. A little mermaid? »»	Seija_Kijin noticed Marisa and narrowed her eyes, recognizing her as 'that bitch witch'. Trying to ignore that, she nods and picks the mermaid out of her pocket by the back of her collar. ''Yeah, we are. Su-chan we'll return you to normal so you can swim in the water and not my pocket. With that, she hands the mermaid to Sukuna, Hold this.'', and starts to peel away her clothing. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna delicately takes Wakasagihime from Seija, flashing the mermaid a gentle smile before setting her in the water as she begins to return to her original size. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Yes, a mermaid .:Alice_Margatroid:. I... did not know we had such creatures in Gensoukyou. Huh.. »»	Wakasagihime wiggles and flails her arms as Seija picks her up in such an undiginfied manner, but as soon as she's put into the warm water and is brought back up to her normal size, she smiles, lightly splashing the surface of the water with her tailfin. .:Wakasagihime:. Oh, the water is so warm! .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "I'm just surprised is all. Thought I was alone out here." Marisa says, looking back at Seija and sighing. "I don't know why I'm getting all worked up now, anyway. It's not like I mind people enjoying my hot spring." .:Alice_Margatroid:. Well.. you can all stay here if you want, as long as you don't cause problems. Everyone here seems to rather like hot springs, going in big groups, for.. some weird reason. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. Speaking of which, Marisa is still standing in the cold, her bandages and scars unfortunately quite visible. She sneezes once before she settles herself down into the hot spring with a loud and content sigh, instantly relaxed. "Aaaaah... of all the reasons I've ever had to learn magic, this is, without a doubt, the best use for it I have ever thought up." »»	Seija_Kijin tosses her clothes aside lazily once she's stripped of them, meeting Marisa's gaze with a glare. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna looks at Alice quizzically at her mention of going to hot springs in a group being 'weird', it was a somewhat common practice... .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Weird...? What do you mean? It's pretty normal to go to hot springs and relax with your friends. .:Alice_Margatroid:. Is it? Without any clothes on at all? »»	Alice_Margatroid tilts her head, raising one of her eyebrows. .:Alice_Margatroid:. Everyone is so shameless here. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Well...yeah. What's there to be embarrassed about? It's just like taking a bath, but you can still talk to other people. Haven't you ever been to a group bath before? .:Alice_Margatroid:. ... No. .:Alice_Margatroid:. It seems so... so.. »»	Alice_Margatroid struggles for a word, before shaking her head. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Eh, you're thinking too hard about it. Just come in, it's as warm as it looks!" .:Alice_Margatroid:. I must be missing something. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Oh... Well, it's nothing to be worried about, in any case. The point of a hot spring is to relax, not worry about....whatever it is that you're worrying about. »»	Seija_Kijin tosses her clothes aside lazily once she's stripped of them, meeting Marisa's gaze with a glare. ''Oh really? I thought your favorite use for it was breaking into people's homes and then getting beaten up by eldritch creatures.'' Alice's comment catches her attention. ''Shameless? What shame is there to have in one's body? We're thrown into this world with no cloth, t'is but only natural.'' »»	Wakasagihime realizes that everyone is stripping themselves of their clothes, and she starts to wonder if she should as well. Her kimono is starting to feel a bit heavy now that it's getting soaked, so without much hesitation, she begins opening up her kimono, pulling the sash away and breathing deeply as she feels somewhat liberated from it. .:Wakasagihime:. Ah, finally! The clothes get heavy sometimes! Not good to swim in, no! »»	Alice_Margatroid makes a soft grunt of uneasiness, wrinkling her nose and brow. She finally just slips her cloak off, seeming quite adamant on keeping her undergarments on as she slips into the water. »»	Seija_Kijin soon steps into the hot spring, having grown tired of standing out in the cold. It was clear by her naked form that she had very little body weight to protect her from the cold after all... She was effectively skin and bones. She wastes no time getting in, sighing in relief. Perfect »»	Marisa_Kirisame frowns at the remark from Seija. "I did emphasize it was my hot spring, right? If you're gonna make it hard to relax, ya can go home without your clothes." Marisa retorts, frown becoming a smirk at the thought. »»	Seija_Kijin could also be seen having several scars on her form. The slightest glimpse of what could be called claw marks on her outer thighs, though seeming much too neat to be from battle, and a few more on her sides. Self-harm comes to mind, but most of them seem very old. .:Alice_Margatroid:. Wh-- did you mean me?! .:Seija_Kijin:. I'll drown you before you even touch my clothes, witch. Keep in mind, making it hard to relax works both ways! »»	Alice_Margatroid looks over at Marisa with some sort of offended, downright flustered look to her-- but that soon fades once she realizes it's Seija who was being spoken to. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna seems to have finished soaking her feet not long after, taking the bowl off of her head and setting it next to her, rightside up. She then strips off her kimono and the bandages she uses as undergarments, putting each article of clothing into the bowl before slipping into the water with a soft sigh. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Hey, hey, be nice...It's no good if there's too much noise, right? .:Seija_Kijin:. -- Actually, I do think she was talking to you... .:Alice_Margatroid:. I-- no she wasn't! She was talking to you! »»	Seija_Kijin shrugs, scooting a bit closer to Sukuna to sit beside her with a smirk plain on her face. Eh, who can really tell, hm? .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Shhhh... »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna settles down in the water even more, sinking down until only the top half of her head is visible. »»	Wakasagihime doesn't seem to follow the conversation going on between the others in the spring, far too content to just cause little ripples on the water with her tailfin. Taking a moment, she sinks lower into the water, her gills flaring open for a moment before she sits up again, wiggling contentedly. »»	Seija_Kijin looks at Sukuna and rests a hand on her head, smiling as if nothing was wrong. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. Marisa gives Seija another glate, annoyed would stir things up directly after she just said she wanted to relax. »»	Alice_Margatroid just glances away, still looking rather disgruntled, one of her hands making circular little motions in the water. Not looking at everyone else and just thinking to herself makes this a lot better, at least.. »»	Marisa_Kirisame looks back over to Alice and frowns slightly, moving over a bit closer to her. "Aren't ya enjoying the spring, Alice? It must be real convienent how close to your house it is. I don't think I'd mind taking a dip in here every day myself, haha." .:Alice_Margatroid:. ... Mmm, it's okay, I guess. It is nice and close, and makes it so I probably won't have to worry too much about sending dolls out to fetch water to heat manually.. »»	Alice_Margatroid shrugs a little, her eyes just now closed so she won't have to think much of her surroundings. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna doesn't hesitate to cuddle up to Seija, allowing herself to relax in the warm water of the spring. She tries to let the presence of everyone else fade away, hopefully they won't be too loud or anything. Thankfully, they're just making idle conversation, so she soon forgets they are even there. »»	Seija_Kijin was intitially, minorly surprised to Sukuna cuddling up to her, but that fades quickly once she realizes it. She chuckles and wraps her arm around Sukuna's shoulders, pulling her in closer and allowing her a safe haven from the world. .:Alice_Margatroid:. ...  »»	Alice_Margatroid opens an eye up, finally starting to get a little curious. .:Alice_Margatroid:. I've not seen any of you youkai around here before. Where did you come from? .:Seija_Kijin:. Well, frankly, I don't think that's much of your business, but we aren't the forest dwellers I'm sure you're used to smacking around. However, I'm sure your girlfriend there could tell you quite well who we are, where we're from, and about how much effort it takes to get into our home. .:Alice_Margatroid:. She's-- she's not my.. »»	Alice_Margatroid quite soon starts to lose any interest in talking with these people, her expression souring. .:Alice_Margatroid:. There's no need to be so disgustingly rude. »»	Wakasagihime frowns lightly at Seija's sarcastic response, before sinking back into the water somewhat. She seemed eager to make conversation, but it seems now that the other lady that was speaking probably doesn't want to talk anymore. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna is, unfortunately, sort of unwillingly dragged back into a more alert state by the question directed at who she assumes to be her. One eye opens slightly and she sits up a bit, uttering a little sigh. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Be nice, Sei-chan, this is a place to relax. You can do that sort of thing later...  »»	Seija_Kijin said this pretty casually, despite the harshness her words carried. With that remark, she shrugs. ''Hmph, sorry. Bitterness still holds towards one who threatened my home... twice. No real offense to-- Mmh... fine.'' .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. If you still want to know, we're from a big upside-down castle that flies though the sky. Maybe you'll see it sometime. »»	Alice_Margatroid seems oddly surprised by this answer-- less the flying part, and more the upside-down part. »»	Seija_Kijin closes her eyes and makes a little huff, leaning back a bit. Hard to miss, really. .:Alice_Margatroid:. .. But why on earth is it upside-down? .:Alice_Margatroid:. That doesn't have much functionality, does it? .:Seija_Kijin:. ... Says you. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Well, it wasn't supposed to be upside down, but...I think the mallet broke it. .:Alice_Margatroid:. Well, I've never lived in an upside-down castle, so I wouldn't know. It simply sounds like it has little functionality. .:Alice_Margatroid:. The.. mallet? .:Seija_Kijin:. I quite like our upside-down home, thank you. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna pats Seija in a calming manner before nodding at Alice, leaning against the rim of the spring. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. The Miracle mallet, Anata-san. ((Anata means "you" in Japanese, it's considered polite to use that if you don't know the other person's name. )) .:Alice_Margatroid:. I've never heard of such a thing. ... It's Alice, since you seem to care. .:Seija_Kijin:. ... Hm, so you're the aforementioned Alice. Good to see she was found .:Wakasagihime:. Alice! Pretty name! Aaaalice! .:Alice_Margatroid:. The aforementioned Alice? Since when was I lost? »»	Seija_Kijin snickers a bit, finding this at least funny to herself as she leans her head on Sukuna's. The water might be getting to her, as it just makes her relax against Sukuna... »»	Alice_Margatroid looks over at Wakasagihime when the mermaid seems to get excited over the name, and gives her a rare little smile. »»	Marisa_Kirisame closes one eye and sits back to relax, putting her hands behind her head. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Probably something to be shared another time, I think... Are you a foreigner, then, Arisu-san? »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna asks, recognizing the name as something that isn't Japanese, but doing her best to replicate the sounds. .:Alice_Margatroid:. Yes. I'm from Europe. .:Alice_Margatroid:. It doesn't seem to be too rare, there's others-- but... most everyone here has more "traditional" names. It's nothing important, really. .:Seija_Kijin:. Europe? Neeeeever heard of it. .:Alice_Margatroid:. So many uneducated youkai these days.. »»	Seija_Kijin opens an eye to look at Alice. .:Seija_Kijin:. Excuse you? I'd like to think I'm plenty educated, even if I've never heard of your rope. .:Alice_Margatroid:. If that's what you want to believe, I'm not stopping you. »»	Seija_Kijin takes a deep breath as she closes her eye again, channeling her suppressed snarkiness by burying her face in Sukuna's hair, much as one would do to a pillow. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Well...at least the water is nice and warm, right? I didn't think we would have to be sharing with anybody, but I guess it can't be helped. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna sighs, leaning back against the edge of the spring now that it seems somewhat quiet again. »»	Marisa_Kirisame starts to get out of the hot spring after Alice, saying, "Hey, Alice, don't leave me with these je-" but cuts herself off when she realizes that it is both very cold outside the spring, and that her clothes aren't near enough to be convneient. .:>Ambiance<:. Alice, wrapping herself in her robe as soon as she steps out of the water, doesn't seem to mind the cold as much as Marisa does. Must be a youkai thing. She looks over her shoulder once before starting off towards home, seeming quite happy to get away from all of this. .:>Ambiance<:. There's a soft.. whistling noise on the wind. A long, soft whistle. But it's winter and many of the birds have left, haven't they? .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Stupid winter cold..." Marisa mutters to herself as she shivers walking over to where she left her clothes - sitting on her broom a bit like a scarecrow. She's a bit slow about it though, and stops to look up when she hears the noise. »»	Seija_Kijin doesn't really mind the lack of another person in the spring. They seemed like a bit of a prude anyway. With a quiet huff and a soft smirk, she puts her hands behind her head and joins Sukuna in leaning on the edge of springs, not noticing the sound. .:Seija_Kijin:. Yes, nice and warm Rather tired of the weather damn near turning me into a popsicle. .:Wakasagihime:. Yes! Warm water is very nice! It makes me feel less tired and more happy! .:>Ambiance<:. The whistling continues for a few minutes, a lazy and shrill song that seems to come from the trees nearby, before stopping rather starkly. .:>Ambiance<:. If anyone cared to look, it appears there's a visitor or newcomer of some sort -- a humanoid shape ambles out of the woods, their shoes crunching against the snow. The tree branches faintly obscure them, but-- wait, it looks more like there's tree branches growing from their back? They giggle, quite audible despite their slow approach, impish and throaty in sound. »»	Marisa_Kirisame puts on her hat, still standing like a moron in the cold, and snaps her fingers once, conjuring a heat spell around where she's standing to try and dry off faster. She'd looking off towards Alice's house, but the noise gets more of her attention, proceeded by her gaze when the new visitor walks out of the treeline. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Hmm... Wakasagihime-san, does the cold bother you much? Tired? »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna asks, opening an eye to look at the mermaid, having not payed much attention to the noise, thinking it to be /just/ a noise. Though, something curious does happen in that a tiny little spider makes its way from Shinmyoumaru's pile of clothes to hop up onto the kobito's shoulder from where it meets the edge of the spring, drawn to the warmth and catching her attention, prompting her to glace down at the sensation. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Ehh? -- Oh! Goodness, I didn't know that I had brought you along... »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna then sees the figure out of the corner of her eye, turning even more to look more clearly at whoever it is, leaving her pet spider alone for now. .:Wakasagihime:. Oh, yes! Cold makes me tired and not want to move much... »»	Wakasagihime wiggles a bit further down into the water, occasionally lifting her tailfin lazily out of the water before dipping it back in. »»	Nue_Houjuu stops briefly when she realizes that people are looking back at her-- she giggles again, flexing her large wings and putting her hand to her mouth mischievously. She steps out into the clearing, tentacles waving slowly back and forth as she assesses the crowd gathered here, quickly picking out Shinmyoumaru and Seija in particular. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Oh dear What do we have here? .:Marisa_Kirisame:. Marisa briefly thinks to herself (Sigh, if I'm going to get this many visitors, I should start charging a fee.) .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Oh my, it's...uh...her. How troublesome. »»	Marisa_Kirisame has her demeanor change rather quickly to a less pleased one, though, when she recognizes the chimera youkai is here, on HER turf. .:Wakasagihime:. Huh...? It's who? »»	Seija_Kijin hears the giggling and opens an eye. ''Eh? Brought who along?'' He looks to Sukuna, seeing the spider. Oh, that... wait... She then turns to the sound of a new voice and raises an eyebrow at the question. ''A hot spring. Was that not clear--... Oh. Oh yeah... I remember you. You and that bitch witch had a brawl at our house...'' »»	Wakasagihime looks up, gazing right at Nue, and immediately being put a little on-edge by her. Slowly, she sinks a bit further into the water, her gills opening up a bit. »»	Nue_Houjuu grins hugely when she catches these words from Shinmyoumaru and picks up the rather hostile body language and expression on Marisa's part, her lips curling in a malicious smirk to show her pointed fangs. She quickly strides over, moving to stand not far from the edge of the water. »»	Marisa_Kirisame silently reaches into the pocket of her dress (still off), for her mini-hakkero. She's clearly not in a condition to fight, but that probably won't stop her from wanting to pick one with Nue. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Oh Little fish, I'm nobody to be scared of.. unless you rather would be.. ... Aae, it doesn't matter much-- »»	Nue_Houjuu looks from Wakisagihime back to Marisa, her grin growing a little more threatening, her ears twitching somewhat. .:Nue_Houjuu:. That'd be a baaaaad idea, don't you think? Not only are you quite.. ah, not looking like you can do much right now, but you've nothing preventing me from ripping you to ribbons. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Mm, are you here to use the hotsprings, too? It's quite nice, actually. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna says, idly watching her little spider crawl about on her shoulder. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Blegh, what the heck are you doin' in my neck of the woods, Nue? You have a lotta guts showing up here." .:Nue_Houjuu:. Well, it'd be.. awful silly to pass by without using the facilities that are so willingly offered to me. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "That was where my house was up until last month, you know." »»	Nue_Houjuu narrows her eyes at Marisa for a moment, before kneeling down and starting to quickly strip her clothes away, practically slithering out of her dress as she contorts herself to fit through its open back. Neatly folding up the garment with surprising care, she easily pulls everything else off before stepping into the spring. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Does it look like I care? .:Nue_Houjuu:. What are you going to do about me being here? It's a hot spring, it's a public accomodity. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. That seems silly, why would you turn your house into a hotspring? Where do you sleep? .:Seija_Kijin:. "Seems like one hell of a thing to lose your house, you know, witch?'' She snickers to herself, noticing the new person coming into the water, making her scoot slightly closer to her girlfriend. .:Wakasagihime:.	Wait...she lost her house? Did the house walk away?  .:Marisa_Kirisame:.	"None of your buisness. But I don't particuarly appreciate her makin' use of my hot spring." Marisa says, pointing at Nue. »»	Nue_Houjuu stretches out quite comfortably, her claw-tipped toes wiggling above the water a bit before she settles down, her many appendages already starting to act on their own as they clean themselves.  .:Seija_Kijin:.	"Could've, fishstick. Witches try all sorts of weird magic tomfoolerly. May have turned her house into a cicada'' »»	Nue_Houjuu raises an eyebrow at this statement, smirking. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Do you own the water, then? If I put new water in it, would it be my hotspring? .:Nue_Houjuu:. Mmh, I don't see you doing anything about it. . . . or is that supposed to be some sort of euphemism, witch? »»	Nue_Houjuu giggles at not only her own statement, but at the fact that the conversational topic seems to be getting utterly distant with every passing second. .:Seija_Kijin:. Shi-chan, if you wanted that could be arranged when our home floats over .:Wakasagihime:. Magic makes houses walk away? Wow! I wonder if magic could make this walk so I could have nice water all the time! .:Nue_Houjuu:. ... Hmmm. Well.. there isn't a house here, that's true. I could make people believe that it's not her hot spring. »»	Seija_Kijin laughs at Wakasagihime's remark. ''Who knows? As long as the witch doesn't lose herself in the process.'' .:Marisa_Kirisame:. (Maybe I WILL do something about it) Marisa thinks as she smirks and snaps her fingers. The water around where Nue is sitting quickly starts heating to a boil. »»	Nue_Houjuu sniffs slightly, looking down at the water as it starts to grow abnormally warm. A slight twitch pulling at her mouth, she steps out into the deeper water and swiftly extends her blue tentacles as to wrap them around Marisa's throat and shoulders. Only threateningly, of course, not with actual force. »»	Seija_Kijin notices the boiling water and backs away a bit from it. ''Woah... okay, I'm pretty sure springs aren't supposed to be that hot.'' .:Nue_Houjuu:. Ooh, you're not much of a host, are you? .:Nue_Houjuu:. You should be nice when you have a whole host of youkai at "your" hot spring. »»	Wakasagihime also notices the water reaching a boil and shies away, pulling her tail back closer to herself. Nue's reaction also makes her a little more nervous, but as the chimera said, she wasn't anyone to be afraid of...hopefully... »»	Seija_Kijin is distracted by the boiling water enough to see Nue nearly strangling Marisa, provoking a little giggle. ''Come now, are you two going at it again? Well... maybe this time it'll be over quickly. Need some help there, wacky-wings?'' .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. If you're going to fight, could you do so...quietly, maybe? I would like to continue relaxing. »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna doesn't seem to express any concern for Marisa's predicament, though it's not as though Shinmyoumaru even knows her well at all. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Mmhrah? Ahaha, no, I think I'll be quite all right. »»	Nue_Houjuu gazes down at Shinmyoumaru, makes a snorting little chuckle. »»	Marisa_Kirisame surprisingly isn't quite able to dodge away from this, due to her current injuries. "Gack! I might be more... nicer abou it if you didn't... cause me so much of a hassle... all the time..." Marisa gets out, still displaying a shit-eating grin. She's still holding her mini-hakkero if she actually needed to use it. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Don't worry If it gets to actual suffocation and/or disembowelment, I'll keep it a distance away from here. .:Seija_Kijin:. But... that's the best parts! .:Nue_Houjuu:. Yeeeessss, a hassle, when you always shoot first. You should just relax, little human, before you make all our patience grow dim. Or should I rip off half your face again? .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Again? Goodness. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "'Was totally worth bashing your face in..." Marisa chuckles. "Fighting me here would be... eck, boring. I'm already injured... there'd be no fun in that." »»	Imaizumi_Kagerou is now known as Kagerou|Work »»	Nue_Houjuu moves back to where she was seated before, finding it not quite as boiling-hot as it had been. Breathing a soft, content sigh, she gathers up a handful of warm water and starts washing her face and hair. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Bashing my face in, yeeees When you're the one worse-off? .:Nue_Houjuu:. You don't know what you're dealing with. None of you tasty, cute little humans ever do. .:Nue_Houjuu:. The magic of the unknown, hmmm? .:Seija_Kijin:. Mmh, if you do rip her face off again, can I have it? Perhaps I can find use for it in fixing a leak somewhere »»	Seija_Kijin laughs softly, leaning back against the edge of the spring again and pulling softly on Sukuna's hand, urging her to join her again, if she wasn't already. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Got you to stop wrecking the village again, didn't it?" Marisa retorts. "Guess I can't leave now, though. I don't want to come back to my spring and my new house foundation wrecked." Marisa says with a shrug as she gets back into the water. .:Seija_Kijin:. Now if it was a leak of sake, though... .:Nue_Houjuu:. It wasn't you, kid. »»	Nue_Houjuu opens an eye, chortling. .:Nue_Houjuu:. It had nothing to do with you, in fact. If I didn't care for all the politics in this place, I'd probably have done more. »»	Nue_Houjuu leans back into the water, looking surprisingly peaceful despite her usual rambunctious nature. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Just gonna have the accept the fact that if you're offering a hot spring, you'll get visitors.. mmh, we should have a spring at the temple... »»	Marisa_Kirisame crosses her arms and sits in the water. "Hmph, maybe I'll make you one if you promise to stop attacking the village all the time." .:Nue_Houjuu:. I make no promisessss. Try playing politics with the other, cute youkai here. Maybe they'll humor you.. .:Seija_Kijin:. Though I appreciate the compliment, I'll have to decline myself as well .:Seija_Kijin:. Now, about that sake, though... »»	Marisa_Kirisame opens one eye and takes a look around. "Hmph, if I had any sake around here, I don't think I'd want to share it with a bunch of jerks who'd rather see me dead. I could just boil all the water here, but I'd have to get out too, which would be a pain." »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna returns her attention to the spider, giggling as she gets an idea. Using one finger, she gently urges the spider off of her shoulder back onto the ground before reaching over to grab her mallet. Said artifact begins to glow with multicolored light as she gently taps her pet with it, watching with a smile as it begins to grow to large proportions. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. I'll get you some, Sei-chan. Little one, »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna addresses the spider, despite it now being about the size of a horse, .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Will you go to the village and fetch Sei-chan some sake? »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna doesn't seem to realize how much humans would freak out over such a huge spider, but chuckles as the spider scuttles off, somehow able to understand commands... .:Wakasagihime:. --! .:Nue_Houjuu:. Exactly, and that's why you - .:Seija_Kijin:. Oh shut up and get in the damn water, human and stop bitching-- I... »»	Wakasagihime gasps softly as the spider grows to a gigantic size, shrinking back a bit more, everything below her eyes now beneath the water. »»	Nue_Houjuu opens her eyes at the.. odd noise of giant footsteps. Giant spider footsteps. She glances over, making a raking laugh that descends into inane giggling. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Aaha, that's the biggest spider I've ever seen! I'll just have to remember how that one looks, how cute! .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "Hey, wait a sec!" Marisa says, standing back up at the sight. "You're going to cause a panic in the village with that thing!" .:Nue_Houjuu:. Get me some sake tooooooo .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Ehh? It's not like it's going to hurt anybody, I only asked it to get some sake. »»	Seija_Kijin watches what Sukuna does with a bit of surprise and amusement. Soon, she joins Nue in the laughing, wrapping an arm around Sukuna and pressing a kiss to her cheek. ''God I love you sometimes-- well, all the time, but still. I would love to see the look on those humans' faces!'' .:Marisa_Kirisame:. "You'll have the whole town guard at arms, you know!" .:Nue_Houjuu:. What, do you want me to go with it and make sure the town guard doesn't exist anymore to get rid of the problem? »»	Nue_Houjuu looks over at Marisa, sticking her tongue out and blowing a noisy raspberry before collapsing back into giggles. .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. You worry too much, it'll be just fine. I could guarantee it so, if you wish...ehehe... »»	Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna waves the mallet around slightly, a big grin on her face as she raises an eyebrow at Marisa. .:Seija_Kijin:. Maybe turn the entire village into on for kobito, so those kind of spiders were normal to them, hun? »»	Marisa_Kirisame seems rather well put off with spending any more time with a bunch of unruly youkai, still standing and ready to leave. She's looking cold again. "It's not my problem tonight, but it'll be Reimu's problem tomorrow." .:Nue_Houjuu:. Hehehee.. don't freeze your ass off on the way home Wait, do you even have a home? How sad! .:Shinmyoumaru_Sukuna:. Mm...Probably nothing like that, I don't want the compensation to be too great. »»	Nue_Houjuu raises a hand and waves in Marisa's direction, before starting to idly ponder whether or not she wants to get out now. It's far too warm for her to actually want to leave.. .:Marisa_Kirisame:. In a huff she gets out of the water and grabs her clothes and broom, not even bothering to put them on as she lifts into the air. "I better not find this place a wreck tomorrow, or you won't be laughing about it too long." »»	Nue_Houjuu giggles simply at the image of someone flying clothesless, descending quickly into raucous laughter from her own experiences. .:Nue_Houjuu:. Ahahaaaaha-- better not blame me if-- heehee-- if something goes awful wrong! .:Seija_Kijin:. Eh... could always pay in, like... making the trees bigger or something like that, Shi-chan. I would like to just watch all those humans running around like cute little toys .:>Ambiance<:. It doesn't take too long for the spider to return, it can be seen bounding back over the trees at great speed, carrying something in its front legs and pedipalps. Those with good eyes can probably recognize it as some manner of cart. It lands heavily near the spring before unceremoniously dropping the cart, proceeding to watch the others expectantly. »»	Marisa_Kirisame snaps her fingers... but the heat spell she conjures is around her, although she's seriously tempted to boil the whole hot spring as she leaves. The lights which were previously lighting up the encampment begin to fade as she flies off, the light magic loosely tied to the witch.