It's like the fun never ends.

[mansionstaff]

Who: Errybody
What: HOT SPRINGS: HOTEL EDITION
Where: The hot springs RESORT.
When: March 25th - March 29th
Warnings: Hotel shenanigans.

After a relatively normal bus ride, you find yourself at a secluded mountain resort.



The hotel is all-inclusive, with every manner of amenities and activities (skewed toward the relaxing--with saunas and spas and hot tubs aplenty) to keep one occupied for a full five days. Time for some much needed R & R.

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!

((OOC: This log is for all interactions taking place in the hotel. Event info is here! Please remember to note location/time in your top level comments, and link back and forth when you threadhop! Spring shenanigans go here, and please don't hesitate to contact a mod if you have any questions. Don't forget to TAG YOUR DUDES.))

DIRECTORY:
| Banjo | Blaze | Chili | Cyrus | Daisy | Eirika | Eggman | Ellistree | Girls' Sleepover | Goombella | Gordon | Green | Haytham | Ishimaru | Jin | Jolt | Lucca | Lyra | Mac | Mary | Naoya | Noel | Nyx | Pit | Red | Rick | Riwane | ROB | Schezo | Shadow |

Comments

Late 28th & All Day 29th; Anywhere

[ishemaru]

Boy, there sure were a lot of people turning up at this resort who had never been seen around the school in the first place, weren't there? Take this girl with the eyebrows, for instance. But there's no way she could be just a regular resort-goer, since she was wearing the Smash uniform (would you believe it was just lying around in a storage room? ISHIMARU SURE COULDN'T).

For the most part the young lady tried to keep to herself while looking incredibly unhappy about everything ever. Picking at the buffet, staring long and hard at the doors to the changing rooms of each spring before giving up and leaving them alone, finding quiet places to... study? Who the hell would bring textbooks with them on spring break? Truly a mystery for the ages.

[cannonspike]

Cammy hadn't remembered seeing this girl around school... but she seemed to be having difficulty with the changing rooms, the way she was glaring at them like that.

"Do you... need help?"

[ishemaru]

Oh, hey, Ishimaru knew this girl. A little. Sort of. From cleaning up all the post-Valentine's mess!

He also knew that there was no way she could possibly solve the thing he really needed help with, and that was getting back to normal.

"No, I don't need any assistance right now! ...Why do you ask?"

[cannonspike]

Cammy indicated the changing rooms they were standing in front of.

"You seem a bit confused, is all."

[percarus]

Oh hey, there’s someone Tsubaki hasn’t seen before! Was she a new student? She had Smash’s uniform on, so surely she must be a student. For someone on vacation, she looked terribly grumpy and perhaps a bit lost. Were those textbooks she was lugging around? Maybe a helping hand would cheer her up a bit.

“Um... Excuse me, miss. Those books look heavy. Would you like some help?”

[ishemaru]

It was the second time he'd been offered assistance, even if they were both for different reasons. Still, it was something he was unaccustomed to - as a guy, nobody would have given him a second glance if he had a pile of textbooks unless it was to make a comment about how it was weird to have brought them on vacation. Not only that, but it was kind of his duty to be the one helping other people, wasn't it? He couldn't be the one being a burden on anyone else!

There sure was a noticeable difference in upper body strength since coming out of that spring, though. Hmm.

"Thank you for your offer, but I can handle this! But... please do not call me 'Miss.'"

Yeah that request was pretty inconspicuous.

[percarus]

As strange as it was seeing someone lug textbooks around during spring break, that wasn’t enough to stop Tsubaki from offering some assistance. If there was something she could do to help someone in need, she was going to do it. Still, the girl refused Tsubaki’s offer for help. That was fine; she wasn’t going to insist if the girl could handle it on her own. However, that request of hers was a little odd...

“Ah... I’m sorry.” Tsubaki bowed apologetically with a bit of hesitation. What was wrong with ‘miss’? It was only polite. She didn’t know the young woman’s name, after all. “Would you prefer ‘ma’am’?”

[ishemaru]

While Ishimaru was fluent enough in English to get the whole Miss/Ma'am/Mr. thing, actually hearing any of them used in reference to himself was pretty weird. Students didn't normally address each other that way, right?

"My name is Kiyotaka Ishimaru, so addressing me that way would be preferable!"

...Would he have to change his name to something more feminine if he couldn't find a way to fix this? SHOOT...

[percarus]

Alright, that was fine. If Tsubaki knew her name, she had no problem addressing her by it. But... why was she so against being called ‘miss’? She was a young lady, wasn’t she...?

“Kiyotaka?” Tsubaki tilted her head. That was a boy’s name, wasn’t it? No, that was fine. There was nothing wrong with a girl having a boy’s name, not at all. But still...

“Um... Pardon me, but... you are a girl, aren’t you?”

[ishemaru]

"Not... until very recently."

Hiding it seemed like a futile effort. People would figure it out back at school, anyway.

"Asking a question like that is strange, isn't it? Do you know something about this?"

[percarus]

...Not until recently? What exactly did she mean by that? Tsubaki fixed Ishimaru an odd look, tilting her head. Curious.

“I suppose, but you’re acting a bit strange yourself.”

Truthfully, she had no idea what was going on. As far as Tsubaki knew, Ishimaru was just a peculiar young woman, and perhaps a bit suspicious. Still, maybe it wouldn’t hurt to push for some information. Being a little nosy never hurt anyone.

“ ‘Not until recently’, you said. What do you mean by that?”

28th; You knew this was coming

[trumped_card]

Buffet, you say?

Truthfully, being out in public was still a rather large pain in the ass, especially since Celes was STILL a guy, but whatever. He couldn't just stay hauled up in his room 24/7. This was a vacation and this gambler was going to treat it as such.

...pity he went to go grab the same food item as Ishimaru and bumped into her arm. Whoops.

"Ah...you have my sincerest apologizes."

EHEHEHEH

[ishemaru]

"No, it was my fault! I should have paid more attention to my surroundings!!" Instead of moping about her new boobs and trying to take comfort in free food.

Oh, who was this? Someone else Ishimaru did not recognize in the least. For the resort having been booked by the school, there sure were a lot of people showing up that were not at all affiliated with Smash.

But there was... something familiar...

She stared long and hard, trying to figure out what it was.

[trumped_card]

"Well, if you insist." if this woman didn't want Celes to take the blame, then it wasn't as if he was going to force he-

...

...wait one minute. While Celes originally was going to say something about the staring, it wasn't long before he too found himself staring at the "young woman". This person looked familiar. Very familiar. Not to mention how stern and stiff they were acting...

"I hope you don't mind the suddenness of this question, but could you tell me your name?" his tone was polite enough, and he had long since stopped staring, but there was subtle amount of forcefulness hidden amongst his words.

[ishemaru]

Was there even a point in faking a new identity? No, not really. Besides, if this boy was familiar, it was best to give a name he might recognize.

"My name is Kiyotaka Ishimaru! I'm certain we must have met somewhere before!"

[trumped_card]

He blinked for a few seconds, before a slight smile crept up his face. Yes, of course this was Ishimaru. It was surprising that he hadn't realized this sooner. Oh well.

"That would be because we have met before. My appearance may have been altered due to those cursed springs, but I'm still Celestia Ludenberg."

[ishemaru]

A few more moments of intense staring passed before Ishimaru smiled, apparently relieved for the explanation.

"Ha ha ha! I see it, now! Apart from your hair, you look exactly the same after all!"

How silly of him not to realize it sooner!

[trumped_card]

...what.

...WHAT.

She...she did not just say that. For a split second, Celes' temper flared up, but thankfully he was able to calm himself down...for the most part, at least. His was still annoyed, though.

"And just what do you mean by that?"

3:26 AM March 29th

[testgasm]

RING RING

ring ring

[ishemaru]

Oh god, what time was it. Ishimaru rolled over and groped blindly in the darkness for a few painfully long seconds before locating one [1] Cell Phone Of Regret.

"Mosh..."

Wait. English.

"--Hello?"

[testgasm]

"Ishimaru, hey!"

And lo, the voice of regret.

"Got a question, if you've got a minute."

[ishemaru]

Damn it. Every time he heard that voice on the other end of the line he could feel a dark cloud of despair creeping up on him. He cleared his throat a little, keeping his own voice low so he didn't wake certain people up.

"What is it?"

[testgasm]

Whatever question Wheatley was going to ask was immediately abandoned in favor of something much more pressing.

"Are you--are you sure this is Ishimaru? You don't sound like Ishimaru."

[ishemaru]

Ha ha, this was no time to explain the situation. Maybe he he tried to deepen his voice a little.

"This is the real me...! What did you want?"

It didn't work very well.

[testgasm]

For exactly three seconds, there was blissful silence.

But alas, it could not stay.

"Yeah, uh, nice try, changing your voice. Not going to pull one over on me, thanks. You can go ahead and put Ishimaru on the phone, now."