Rowaini Musketeers: One For All and All For One

[Shayuri]

At length, Jacen starts awake from where he'd accidentally fallen asleep in the tub. The water's cooled to lukewarm and the pads of his fingers and toes are definitely shriveled and wrinkled. With a disgusted noise at himself he quickly splashes out of the tub, dries himself and...realizes he hasn't had his clothes washed.

Frantically he searches the room until he finds something to wear...a robe, maybe. Something. He then tugs on the bell rope to summon some service.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*By the time Gabriel returns, Nadine is already there, though removing her uniform and putting on the new one seemed like it should have been a more complicated task than Gabriel's.*

"Follow me, my lord. There is an area for massages set up in the vapour room. Let me know, would you prefer the basic lotion, our special aloe salve that soothes and releases tensions while increasing sensation, or just a basic massage. The aloe salve will be extra, but beyond that, I will serve at your pleasure until you desire to end the session."

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*Meanwhile, Jacen slips into a loose robe, but he feels somewhat exposed and vulnerable in it, as if someone might peek under it and see him naked. When he tugs on the rope, there is a light chime to let him know that it worked. Shortly thereafter, there is a knock, and a servant stands outside in the liveried suit worn by all the male staff.*

"What can I do for you, my lord?"

 

[Shayuri]

Struggling valiantly not to blush, the lad points at his traveling clothes laid out on his bed.

"Is there?...I forgot earlier to ask for these to be washed." A note of anxiety enters his voice. "Are the others I came in with still here? What time is it?"

 

[Fenris]

"Oui, Monsieur. It is a very good wine," Chloe answers, "A strong colour and flavour, and a good match for a mighty lord such as yourself. I have bathed in the hot springs before, yes sir, though on the women's side. Although my colleagues and I are only paid in tips from kind patrons who appreciate our service, it is one of the nice perks here that we can use the spa facility when there is no one else to use it."

"Most excellent wine indeed Chloe. Come I insist you join me in a glass. A Pirandel such as this is too good not to share. And though it may be strong in flavor, every wine owes it's flavor and delicious body to a sweet little berry. Life is often like that Chloe, you know. You must pair opposites together. The strong must have the sweet to fulfill the richness of life. Come now, I insist, no one shall know, the wine cannot stain your already beautiful red lips my dear." replies Tristan with a beaming smile and gesturing to Chloe to have a glass herself.

 

[unleashed]

*By the time Gabriel returns, Nadine is already there, though removing her uniform and putting on the new one seemed like it should have been a more complicated task than Gabriel's.*

"Follow me, my lord. There is an area for massages set up in the vapour room. Let me know, would you prefer the basic lotion, our special aloe salve that soothes and releases tensions while increasing sensation, or just a basic massage. The aloe salve will be extra, but beyond that, I will serve at your pleasure until you desire to end the session."

*Gabriel follows the lithe young woman into the vapour room, wondering how she changed so quickly.*

“The aloe salve please, Nadine,” he replies with a grin, “After all, there’s no point stinting on the little pleasures.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Most excellent wine indeed Chloe. Come I insist you join me in a glass. A Pirandel such as this is too good not to share. And though it may be strong in flavor, every wine owes it's flavor and delicious body to a sweet little berry. Life is often like that Chloe, you know. You must pair opposites together. The strong must have the sweet to fulfill the richness of life.

"If I didn't know better, I would think you were flirting with me, my lord," Chloe raises an eyebrow.

Come now, I insist, no one shall know, the wine cannot stain your already beautiful red lips my dear." replies Tristan with a beaming smile and gesturing to Chloe to have a glass herself.

"If you insist, my lord," her lips form outlines of the soft words as she brings another glass to them and sips just slightly, clearly unused to drinking the better wine from the inn's cellars.

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“The aloe salve please, Nadine,” he replies with a grin, “After all, there’s no point stinting on the little pleasures.”

"Very good, my lord," she leads him over past the general steam room, to a side area with flat surfaces for massage, the mineral water vapour pouring out of vents from belowground and filling the room with warmth and moisture, "Here, this towel is thick and soft, like a cushion. Just ay it down and then you can lie down on top of it. Let's start by lying face down--if that is good with you, Monsieur?"

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"Is there?...I forgot earlier to ask for these to be washed." A note of anxiety enters his voice. "Are the others I came in with still here? What time is it?"

(OOC: How long do you want Jacen to have bathed / dozed? Say two hours? That will put Jacen ahead in time of the others right now, but probably about on synch with when they finish with what they're doing right now)

 

[Shayuri]

(that sounds good, yar)

 

[unleashed]

"Very good, my lord," she leads him over past the general steam room, to a side area with flat surfaces for massage, the mineral water vapour pouring out of vents from belowground and filling the room with warmth and moisture, "Here, this towel is thick and soft, like a cushion. Just lay it down and then you can lie down on top of it. Let's start by lying face down--if that is good with you, Monsieur?"

“That suits me just fine, Nadine,” Gabriel replies with a smile, as removes his towel and lays it where Nadine indicates, before lying on top of it face down. “Mmm, I don’t know how you can endure to wear even that modified livery in such a pleasantly warm and damp environment, Nadine. It certainly doesn’t look conducive to allowing you to receive the full benefits of the vapours at any rate.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

“That suits me just fine, Nadine,” Gabriel replies with a smile, as removes his towel and lays it where Nadine indicates, before lying on top of it face down. “Mmm, I don’t know how you can endure to wear even that modified livery in such a pleasantly warm and damp environment, Nadine. It certainly doesn’t look conducive to allowing you to receive the full benefits of the vapours at any rate.”

"You need not worry about me. Just close your eyes and relax," Nadine suggests in soothing tones, as she begins to massage his tired muscles, "Just let yourself relax. Let the tension melt away. There is nothing to worry about. There is nothing but this. Just relax..."

*She continues the massage, bringing out the aloe, which causes aches and pains to fade while leaving his skin feeling tingly, more sensitive to the touch. Before long, she asks him to flip over, and he finds he almost cannot--most of his muscles have gone limp and relaxed to the point where they won't work right now, so she helps him flip over before continuing on his front. After some time of massage and her gentle whispered reminders to relax, he relaxes to the point where he drifts off to sleep.*

*He awakens what must have been just a short nap later, and he is back in his room, lying on his bed, wearing only a light robe. Adele seems to have finished cleaning his clothes, as they are back and neatly folded. Likewise his other clothes that he wore down to the spa. Although moving is still difficult and a bit lethargic with the relaxed muscles, he feels wonderful. Before, he had cramps, aches, and knots that had been there so long throughout the journey that he had become used to them and forgotten they were anything but normal, but now they have vanished, leaving only a tingly happy feeling behind.*

 

[unleashed]

OOC: Hmm, I feel like Gabriel’s just been railroaded.

*Not one to leave himself in such a vulnerable position or to drift off to sleep when he doesn’t mean to, he didn’t drink that much after all, Gabriel is alarmed when he wakes back in his room. When he realises his lapse hasn’t left him in danger though, he lies back and enjoys the tingly relaxed feeling he’s experiencing, though he’s not as completely relaxed as he’d expect to be after a massage apparently that put him to sleep. Somewhat disappointed he wasn’t able to slip into the spa after his relaxing massage to clean up a little more, while enjoying the rest of his wine, he eventually rolls himself off his bed and organises a bath in his suite instead.*