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[mansionstaff]

Who: Errybody
What: HOT SPRINGS: HOT SPRINGS EDITION
Where: Hot springs. Different hot springs. Not the hot springs that turned everyone into six year olds.
When: March 25th - March 29th
Warnings: Cursed springs. Sex swapping.

Right outside the resort is the main attraction, a collection of natural hot springs, separated by gender with a co-ed spring in the middle. Despite it being late March, there's still a dusting of snow on the ground, making the warm springs all the more inviting.

If the main resort area is too crowded for you, there are whispers of a secluded, private spring down a secret path. It's supposed to be very nice--if you can find it.



It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!

((OOC: Event info is here! The secret spring is cursed. Please remember to note location/time in your top level comments, and link back and forth when you threadhop! Hotel shenanigans go here, and please don't hesitate to contact a mod if you have any questions.))

DIRECTORY:
| Alorah | Banjo | Blaze | Cammy | Chili | Connor | Copy X | Cyrus | Daisy | Eirika | Eggman | Goombella | Innes | Ishimaru | Jin | Jolt | Kieran | Kumatora | Liquid | Manah | Nabooru | Noel | Ocelot | Pit | Pit [Secret Springs] | ROB | Samus | Schezo | Shadow | Snake | Vinnie |

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[rookies_and_rosebuds]

The metal from the hidden blade shone even through the fog of the springs.

Connor was right to assume Haytham had his weapons and he was also right to assume that this rock he held was a stupid choice, yet the only one he had.

This was where Haytham was right, Connor might as well have had nothing. His only chance was to leave and find something else. Close enough to his clothes now, he swiped them. Now he won't freeze. Or at least, freeze less.

"Yet I am not the one wounded, Father."

Cool, there is a tree. Hello, tree. An escape route. Let's see what Haytham does though.

[pet_all_the_animals]

"A minor hindrance," he corrected, as if the inability to use one arm was only an annoyance.

Now that he was no longer looking at Connor like his former lover, he started to wonder if this is what it would be like if he had a daughter. Now that he was looking for it, he thought he could see some of the Kenway line of features in that face, and not just Ziio's.

He continued standing, waiting for Connor to make the first move. Normally he would do it himself, but he had to reluctantly admit to himself that he just didn't have the heart to slice his blade at Connor while he looked like his mother.

[rookies_and_rosebuds]

That may or may not be your downfall. There was only one feasible thing to do right now.

Rock, we may have had our differences, but you must not fail me now.

The moment Haytham's face went into view, the rock was hurled at it like a pro ball player.

And whatever window he had, he went for the tree. He tried to take advantage of his father's wounds and make a break for it in a way in which it was hard for him to even follow in perfect health.

[pet_all_the_animals]

Since he was watching Connor, it was simple enough to duck aside from the rock, letting it splash back into the pool behind him.

"Really?" he sighed loudly, withdrawing his blade and reaching for his pistol in the same movement. He pointed it at the backside of the retreating figure in the trees.

...And sighed again, lowering it without firing. Not just because he was seeing Ziio, but because his son deserved a little bit more than a shot in the back.

He expected they'd see each other again before long anyway. Maybe they would then both be better prepared, and could face each other more honorably with blades.

When he couldn't see sign of Connor anymore, he shook his head and turned back towards the pool, simply standing contemplatively with his better hand behind his back.

Thanks a lot, Connor. Now he'll be thinking about Ziio for a long time today.

[rookies_and_rosebuds]

Stupid...stupid...stupid

Just as he was about to get out of sight, Connor caught Haytham's pistol on his peripheral.

But...he didn't shoot. Why...why not?

Connor was the perfect kill, he knew he would be. He had nothing, he regretted not having anything and having to resort to desperate measures as he did. It was humiliating for an Assassin. Never again. Never was he going to get himself be taken away on a useless trip at least not without having anything.

It was also inevitable...they might run into each other again. But the better question was, was Haytham here to stay? How on earth is this going to work out? Connor wanted to believe he was too strong of heart to get emotional about his Father...having to kill him. Kill him twice. But it picked at his heart, he may not even notice it himself.

He's a Templar. The Assassins always fought them.

Were they going to seriously have to fight to the death again? Were his other companions back here too?

Just...so many questions that flared in his mind.

Oh.

Yeah, and this turning female thing was an issue too. Yep.

Next time, Haytham. Next time.