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

anywhere; whole trip

[rivalappeared]

Green was interested in the hot springs, but came down with a cold right beforehand, so he'll be spending most of his time around the hotel, enjoying the luxuries. He can definitely be dragged over to the springs, if there's some kind of bodyswap emergency.

[travelingbelle]

By this time, some things had been made pretty apparent. One was that somewhere there was something that was making folks change genders. The second was that something else had happened so some people were no longer the people they were supposed to be. The third was that Green Oak was under the weather.

There really wasn't anything Blue could do about those first two things, asides from loan out some bras to some of the poor saps that could fit in them, but at least she could spend a little time with fact number three.

While he was resting unsuspectingly on some comfy chair somewhere, a cool water bottle was placed against his forehead.

[rivalappeared]

He blinked at the sudden change of temperature, eyes flicking up to spot the other trainer. He reached slowly up to take the water bottle from her, giving her a trace hint of a smile, gone as quickly as it came.

"... Thanks."

[travelingbelle]

He got a little smile in return, and it lingered as shrugged. "No problem."

She'd clearly come from doing some sort of hotel spring related activity, since she was still in her suit with a big, white towel tied around her waist. A second water bottle was in her hand, and she opened it as she took up residence in one of the seats besides him.

"... How are you holding up?"

[rivalappeared]

He kept his eyes locked on the water bottle in front of him (no funny business), and ran a thumb up and down the ridges on the side.

"... Fine. Just a sore throat, don't want it to get any worse than that. Trying to take it easy. Not so hard out here.

Actually, listen. I wanted to talk to you about something, but you're gonna have to lean in to hear it, probably."

[travelingbelle]

"Ahh. At least they probably have a lot of honey for it, too, in a fancy place like this."

Blue gave him a little look, but she nodded. She had a vague feeling she knew what this was going to end up being about anyway, considering they hadn't really spoken much since then. A part of her had wondered if she should have apologized, but she didn't really think she had done anything wrong.

At any rate, Blue and her minor assets leaned in to better hear whatever it was Mr. Oak had to discuss with her. "Yes?"

[rivalappeared]

He looked at her, opened his mouth, but then thought twice. There was a lot he could say, a lot he probably should have said beforehand. And a lot he realized

He leaned in likewise, and gave her a peck on the cheek.

"I'm a dumbass."

[travelingbelle]

Well one of those things wasn't what she was expecting out that that conversation. Blue blinked in surprise at his apparent attempt to butter her up. Cause that's what he was doing, right? Right. She grinned at him.

"Tell me something I don't already know," she teased good-naturedly.

[rivalappeared]

He didn't return the smile. He could barely even look at it.

"I'm being serious. Sorry I'm such a dick all the time. I had a whole thing in my head, and it didn't happen like that. So. Sorry."

[travelingbelle]

Her smile dimmed slightly, but more out of curiosity than anything else.

"You don't have to apologize to me for being you." Blue reached out and gave his knee a pat. "What sort of thing did you have in mind...?"

[rivalappeared]

"I... was just gonna ask you," Green grumbled, "What you were doing."

He shut up. That didn't really sound like a whole thing at all, but. There you go.

[travelingbelle]

Blue cocked an eyebrow. That really didn't seem like a whole thing.

"If that's really the whole reason to be a dick over anything, then I'll make an exception and accept your apologies."

[rivalappeared]

"Ah. Thanks. 'Ppreciate it."

He didn't look entirely happy.

"Guess being a dick is just what I am, though."

[travelingbelle]

She tilt her head, watching him for a moment.

Then she leaned in and gave him a tiny peck on the cheek, mirroring his prior action.

"Don't sound so hard on yourself. You've got your moments."

[rivalappeared]

He finally cracked a tiny smile. Blue had exploited his weakness.

"I must, if you still hang around me."

[travelingbelle]

Muwahaha would have been her evil chortle, had she known she was exploiting anything. Instead she smiled again, pleased that he was finally smiling a little bit on his own.

"You really are pretty under the weather, huh...?" It was the only explanation that Green Oak would be underselling himself so much. It was pretty surreal. "If you're that worried about it, you can just make it up to me later or something."

She dipped her head against his shoulder for a moment as she continued, "But accepting the bad parts is what being close to people is all about. It makes the good parts even better. I bet there's a ton of stuff I do that peeves you off, haha."

[rivalappeared]

Maybe he was? He did feel just as sick as he did this morning, which usually meant he was in the middle of it. But then, there was just a really strong need to make it up to her... before he had gone cupid gaga over Bulba that day, he had come to some pretty strong revelations about the girl in front of him.

But was he going to acknowledge that? No. Definitely not!

"Well... Maybe a few things..." he responded, dryly.

AT... SOME POINT...?

[rivalsmokescent]

It was probably a surprise to absolutely nobody to see a saur hanging around Green while he was under the weather. The saur in question, however, had to admit he found it a little surprising himself. He'd been planning to avoid the springs before this body-swap had happened, so he'd figured he'd probably be spending some time around Green anyway -- that much wasn't weird.

What was kind of weird was the fact that Bulba wasn't actually here at the moment. It was just the two of them in Green's hotel room. Char had sat himself down on the floor, back resting on the bed not far from Green's hand. It was maybe a bit of an aloof position for a saur to be taking -- he didn't have to worry about a dangerous open flame or too much bulk or body heat crowding his trainer, after all, but habits died hard. He shifted a bit, turning so he could look up at Green.

"Hey, boss?" Char had been content to sit in silence, considering how strained the cold had left Green's voice (not like they were strangers to comfortable quiet, anyway), but now that he thought about Bulba's scarceness, it did strike him as kinda weird. "Bulba been visitin' you much ever since we switched?"

[rivalappeared]

The whole situation had been kind of weird, considering the faces of both Char and Bulba were so incredibly familiar to him, it always took a moment to remember that the one talking wasn't the one talking. Hearing Char's casual accent tumble from Bulba's lips had been a real trip. As for the slight discomfort, Green could at least relate on that front-- his short time as an Ivysaur had been interesting and enlightening, especially considering the buzz of mental activity from all the flora around him. So, that combined with the cold gave them all the more reason to enjoy each other's company in silence, and caused Green to blink an oncoming nap out of his eyes at Char's sudden words. He frowned.

"... No, not much."

[rivalsmokescent]

That struck Char as kinda funny. He knew Bulba well enough to have two facts sorted out as absolute truth:

1) It was his irrepressible nature to mother the heck outta everybody, and
2) He was kinda clingy when it came to Green.

It might have only been a cold, not anything life-threatening, but he usually woulda figured that Bulba would have been hovering like crazy. Char frowned, puzzled. "S'kinda weird." Maybe they'd fought--ha ha yeah right. ...Maybe Bulba was just scared of hurting Green accidentally? A Charizard body was better built for causing housefires than it was for tender nursing, after all. "Hope he ain't crossin' his fingers that I'll take up mother-hen duty. I might be the saur here for a bit, but I ain't much of a Bulba."

[rivalappeared]

"Yeah..." He left it at that. It wasn't something he'd wanted to ruminate on for long. He decided to comment on Char's other sentiment.

"Hah. No, but you're very good at being a Char. Your presence is very much appreciated, trust me.

Speaking of being the saur... How's it going?"

[rivalsmokescent]

"Just between you and me... kinda sucks. Don't think I'd mind bein' a poison-type, but a grass-type..." He trailed off, ears flicking like some invisible fly was bothering them. The noise. He hadn't had a second of actual peace and quiet this whole time, and even if he definitely wasn't a peaceful or quiet guy himself, he had to concede that it was kind of feeling like everywhere he went was just too crowded, no matter how spacious it was.

"Can't friggin' relax," he grumbled, slouching against the side of the bed.

[rivalappeared]

"I know a little something about that," Green answered with a slight chuckle, "We were grass types together, once."

He yawned and stretched, looking at Char out of the corner of his eye.

"After the time spent as an Ivysaur, gotta say I'm curious what it's like being a Charizard..."

[rivalsmokescent]

He no longer had a tail to wag, but judging by the way Char's ears perked up, that was the kind of hypothetical that he could get behind. It was kinda nice to entertain thoughts of sharing flames, letting Green try flying under his own power, the (maybe kind of juvenile) thrill of playing with fire... he was a little reluctant to go wishing species-swaps on people, considering how unhappily Charizardhood had worked out for Max and Bulba so far, but Green? Just the fact he actually wanted to know what it was like was enough for Char.

"You'd take to it real well," he announced, turning around so he could rest his folded arms on the bed. "I'm glad you started with a Bulbasaur, but you were born dragon-hearted, boss." A grin started inching across his face. "Hell, you're so tough already I ain't even sure if people'd notice a difference."

[rivalappeared]

There was a laugh as Green sat up all the way. Dragon- hearted, huh? Not a bad thing to be called, especially from his very own dragon. Currently... not in a dragon body. And to be honest, he pretty much agreed with the sentiment. Being able to generate some dust with a pair of giant ass wings and roar dominance into the sky wouldn't be such a raw deal.

"Hah! Yeah, to be honest... I can't think of much that would change."