[OPEN] fuck timelines

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[ after fucking off from the dungeon, leaving the daitengu all alone and sad (invite them too, guys :'( ), it's time to have fun. at whatever agreed upon time, the ou hirajiro gang is here to finally get some good r&r. rei has been extremely excited so she's early in front of the bathhouse, holding a bag of her belongings. she waves down anyone she sees. come faster!! let's get this show on the road! ]

Bathhouse time, hoooooo!!

[ for things in the bathhouse, there are your usual spa options: a sauna, jacuzzi, pedicures, manicures, that kind of stuff. have fun, everyone. ]

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[overstrain]

[ Unfortunately, Terry has not gotten over people calling out his cinnamon identifier, so he wants to sink even more into the water. He's embarrassed. ]

I don't wear cologne! It's my identifier!

[yokeye]

[Toki has never heard of an identifier in that context, or possibly any context, so he stares at Terry blankly for a few seconds while he tries to picture it in his head. He comes up with something akin to a cross between a humidifier and a scented candle.]

... so stop buying cinnamon identity things.

[overstrain]

[ What is the simplest way to explain this... hm... Terry looks up at the ceiling. ]

... I'm trying to say that I've been cursed to smelling like cinnamon forever no matter what I do.

[ Close enough. ]

[yokeye]

Oh.

[That's enough of an explanation for him. Curses exist in his world and it all makes sense.]

[overstrain]

[ ... ... ... ]

Wow, you took that easier than I thought. Did you not like my answer?

[yokeye]

You can't help it if you were cursed.

[He shrugs.]

[overstrain]

[ Terry stares at him and then brings his head back to the water. ]

Being cursed with cinnamon isn't the worst though. I know someone who smells like vanilla and they got made fun of.

[yokeye]

Vanilla smells better than cinnamon. It's more subtle.

[He slides down into the bath finally, and hopes it isn't too deep.]

[overstrain]

[ It's enough for someone like Terry's size to sit without drowning, so Toki should be fine. ]

Yeah, but imagine being called something like "the walking aphro".

[yokeye]

[That's good, but Toki might still drown in here by the end. It's possible.]

That's a compliment.

[overstrain]

[ Terry will do his best to watch over Toki so that he doesn't drown... ]

You wanna be called something embarrassing like that?! I don't think I'd be able to live with myself.

[yokeye]

I think it's time you ventured to the other side of the bath and learned a few things~! How to embrace something like that, if you smelled like vanilla!

[He's open for mentoring in the ways of seduction.]

[overstrain]

But I don't smell like vanilla! And I can't do that! I have a girlfriend!

[ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ]

[yokeye]

[Toki squeals.]

You do!? Tell me about her~!

[All the details.]

[overstrain]

Forget you heard anything!!

[ He says loudly in a place that echoes. ]

[yokeye]

One can never forget the declarations of love exclaimed by a man who has been felled by the touch of a beautiful companion~! Tell me, tell me, tell me!!

[Indulge him.]

[overstrain]

What... You want to know how I confessed??

[ Oh no. This is getting even more embarrassing for Terry, so he starts sinking lowering into the water.

[yokeye]

Yes! Please~!

[Love stories are the best.]

[overstrain]

[ Terry takes several seconds to simmer in the water before sitting up straight so that his head is no longer half submerged in the water. ]

If I remember right, it was in the school dungeon while we were killing Shadows...

[ ...

Yeah, what's atmosphere. ]

[yokeye]

[Toki gasps with excitement.]

It was in the heat of the moment, when she was in peril~!?

[overstrain]

No, uh... well... she wasn't really in danger and I was just clearing Shadows. I don't remember it too much though... it's been way too long.

[ He needs to pinpoint his own memories now... he's getting old. ]

[yokeye]

That's a disappointing story. You're really bad at this.

[He nods sagely.]

[overstrain]

I'm a bad storyteller.

[ Yeah. At least he admits it. ]

Also, it's been way too long, so I don't remember the other parts of it well... what about you, Toki? You got any romantic stories to share?

[yokeye]

Too many to choose from~!

[And that's before later timeline Daybreak romances...]

[overstrain]

Your first one then. Tell me.

[ Terry is thinking that it will be all purple prose-like. ]