[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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[yokeye]

[Toki isn't in the bath, but sitting on the edge and slowly kicking his feet in the water.]

Terry! I feel like I need to discuss something very important with you, and here, in this intimate setting, is the best place for sensitive discourse among men~!

[overstrain]

[ Terry raises his head and rests the back of it on the same edge, next to where Toki is sitting. ]

What is it?

[yokeye]

I feel like we know each other well enough that I can be completely honest here, okay?

[Toki looks around to make sure there's not a lot of people listening, before telling it to Terry straight out.]

You wear way too much cologne! It's really overwhelming, and cinnamon!? You smell like cookies and okay, some girls like cookies, but like... it just makes people hungry! You need something more... hmm... musky, and a lot less of it.

[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.]