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Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

Posted by DMFor group 0
DM
GM, 305 posts
Sat 28 May 2016
at 21:25
  • msg #1

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

About half a mile from Oleg's, a small stream opens up into a shallow pool, partially surrounded by bushes.
Pipre
player, 116 posts
Human Alchemist
AC 16; HP 19/19; 8/8 Bmbs
Tue 31 May 2016
at 00:42
  • msg #2

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

Pipre arrived, either by herself or with any persons that took up her offer, and got to work. She opened the tied up, white cloth slip and arranged its contents near the sheer wall of the pool. It was deep and had some sort of outlet into an underground stream or other watershed feature so it was more or less safe from sickness and it was clean and clear. A block of soap, a washing cloth, some oils and unguents for soft skin and sleek hair, and a razor that glittered out of its leather buffing pad and sheath. Then she disrobed, spending some time undoing the leather cuirass and bustier, and then the jacket that buttoned onto it before removing it all and stripping down to the small clothes there. A few more movements and that was piled at the water's edge as well, exposing her pale chest, tipped with pink and though not particularly large, well formed and youthfully taut. Then she had some trouble scrunching her bottoms down over the widest point of her hips and bottom, but soon she nakedly slid into the water with an involuntary giggle at the chill of the pool.

Her belt full of vials and explosives were kept close at hand, as well as the last portion of her supplies. Two bottles re-purposed to hold amber ale are double checked to insure the integrity of their cork seals before being lowered in to chill at the deepest, coldest point of the pool. When she came up, however, she had two more bottles in hand from the last visit and a big smile on her face, which had her dark hair sticking wetly to it. A wide enough smile to show her missing eye-tooth on the right side of her mouth, which she usually kept pretty well hidden behind the cushions of plump, red lips. The cork popped as she opened one of the chilled bottles and she drank deeply, giving a loud sigh. "I'm going to build a house here," she said to herself, to anyone who came with her, or perhaps to the sky.
Viktoria d'Lodovka
player, 83 posts
Tue 31 May 2016
at 01:18
  • msg #3

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

In reply to Pipre (msg # 2):

Viktoria came through the bushes behind Pipre, carrying a simple bar of soap and some oil with a rag from her pack, her swords hanging from her belt like always, her axes left with Lolli to sharpen.

Her hair was matted with sweat, and she unbelted her armoured coat, and removed the underclothes she had worn to the pool, slidding into the water.

"It certainly is serene, though you'd so well to root out any dwellers in the wood or ground."

Vik was all work, running the soap across her body and massaging her muscles with oil, a symphony of cracks and pops as she stretched out her limbs.

"I must say, it is nice to bathe with someone who can hold a conversation. The last time I had another woman to talk to was . . . four years ago I'd think. Back home."
Pipre
player, 118 posts
Human Alchemist
AC 16; HP 19/19; 8/8 Bmbs
Tue 31 May 2016
at 01:33
  • msg #4

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

"Little dwellers, huh? I think I remember a few concoctions for vermin bane, might be good to spread around," Pipre says thoughtfully. The business of washing and the actual act of bathing prompted her into action as well. Soaking is better done once clean, after all. She scrubbed and washed and applied creams and oils, but also pulled the razor across her skin on many places, more than the usual amount of places. She also had an oil to soothe the caress of the razor.

"That long, huh? I had a pretty lonely upbringing myself, to a point, and then again after that."
This message was last edited by the player at 06:17, Tue 31 May 2016.
Viktoria d'Lodovka
player, 84 posts
Tue 31 May 2016
at 02:02
  • msg #5

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

In reply to Pipre (msg # 4):

"If I might ask, where do you come from?"

Vik leaned forward, intrigued by a chance to learn about her ally
Pipre
player, 119 posts
Human Alchemist
AC 16; HP 19/19; 8/8 Bmbs
Tue 31 May 2016
at 03:51
  • msg #6

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

"Ah, down south. Raised by my mother, she is a..." Pipre pauses, searching for an appropriate descriptor, "Hermit. I learned a lot from her but my friends and tutors were books. How about you?"

Pipre piled her wet hair messily atop her head and drank of the chilled ale. She offered the bottle over to Vik. "Don't mind sharing, I'm clean as a sparkle. Much of my alchemical pursuits have been, ah, health and beauty related. Are they working?" She asks, batting long, feathery, and black eyelashes.
Viktoria d'Lodovka
player, 85 posts
Tue 31 May 2016
at 11:26
  • msg #7

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

In reply to Pipre (msg # 6):

"I lived up north. My family fished and sailed on the lake of mist and veils. When I got to a certain age, it was decided due to . . . temperament, that I'd take on work on a ship. That's where I learned to fight, with axe and blade."

Vik took a drink of the ale, savouring the taste

"Better than anything else we've drank on the road so far, I approve."

At the question, Vik took a cursory look over Pipre and sank back slightly into the pool's water

"Yes, you've certainly maintained a very lady-like appearance."
Pipre
player, 120 posts
Human Alchemist
AC 16; HP 19/19; 8/8 Bmbs
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 02:22
  • msg #8

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

Pipre laughed in good nature, not really having expected an answer and she takes the compliment to the ale in stride, taking another drink. "Temperament, huh? I think I know what you mean. I feel like you have possibly found a group of people that share traces and hints of that same temperament. It isn't too uncommon to volunteer to become a settler in one of these reclaimed lands but it takes a certain.. temperament, to volunteer to help do the reclaiming, especially if it isn't an army doing the reclamation."

She jumps slightly, not having been paying the closest attention as she shaves any trace of hair from her legs. Barely a drop of blood runs down her raised shin before the small slice seals back up as though it had never happened. Pipre winks at Victoria, "A little alchemist trick, that. My body is a reservoir of reagents that combine during the initial stages of clotting to work at an increased effectiveness. I'm still working on a theorem that would allow me to heal other's wounds with it, as well."
Bai Kao
Player, 76 posts
Quiet and lost in thought
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 14:55
  • msg #9

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

>Graveyard via Watchtower

Bai made her way to the watchtower that she had quarters in and gathered up a bit so that she'd have what she needed to take a bath and generally clean herself up. Then content with that she made her way to the small pond a short walk from the outpost that she'd heard some people mention. As she got closer she heard a few voices and took some time to disrobe, stepping out of the bushes and quickly getting into the water with her clothes with her. She began washing as she looked at the other two women. "I hope I'm not intruding too much, I just was in dire need of some semblance of cleanliness." She decided to keep to herself in the event that the women didn't appreciate her intrusion and instead just focused on cleaning herself and her clothing.
Pipre
player, 122 posts
Human Alchemist
AC 16; HP 19/19; 8/8 Bmbs
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 18:10
  • msg #10

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

By the time Bai slips into the water Pipre has shaven herself clean from the nape of the neck down and rubbed in enough creams and unguents to make herself shiny. "Oh, by all means. You aren't intruding." She leans back, taking a long pull at the chilled ale, her head and shoulders, as well as a knee, shin, and most of her pale foot poking out of the darkening water. "Seems you've been busy whispering in ears and putting plans in motion. Anything you could use some help with?" she asks while leaning up out of the water and cutting a slice of mustard glazed smoked sausage she brought from her rations.
Bai Kao
Player, 77 posts
Quiet and lost in thought
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 19:21
  • msg #11

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

Bai smiles as Pipre lets her know she isn't intruding though that shifts to a confused look as the woman continues. "Whispering in ears?" Bai looks at nothing in particular as her eyes shift, almost as if she was making an inventory of the last few days, "I... I don't think I've been hiding anything... What do you mean?"
Pipre
player, 124 posts
Human Alchemist
AC 16; HP 19/19; 8/8 Bmbs
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 19:25
  • msg #12

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

Pipre looked at Bai, wondering if she was being intentionally oblique or not. "Rook and Henry, just today."
Bai Kao
Player, 78 posts
Quiet and lost in thought
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 19:54
  • msg #13

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

Bai let out a small laugh, "The brief aside with Master Sanderson was just explaining what had happened, but doing so out of earshot of the bandits, no I suppose that's not right. We really will have to come up with a way of referring to them as something more than bandits or ex-bandits... But no, there wasn't anything secretive there." He mirthful laughter died off as she started soaping her upper body. "As for de la Maistre, it was a personal concern, just something that is a bit embarrassing, that's more an issue of modesty than secrecy." Rinsing off her body, Bai sets to cleaning her clothes, the water quickly clouding with the dust of a few days travel. "I haven't really made any plans yet, I need a better picture of the area before I can really do that. You seem to have your plans set though, don't you? A casino was it?"
Pipre
player, 125 posts
Human Alchemist
AC 16; HP 19/19; 8/8 Bmbs
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 19:59
  • msg #14

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

Pipre nods along, losing interest as the matters seem fairly mundane and not at all juicy. "Ah, well. I can help more with the area later, I'd rather draw it down than explaining it all over again. And yeah, perhaps a casino. But that won't be for a while, will it? Doesn't make much sense to have a gambling hall and no one to go to it. We need an infrastructure first but the Hall and everything is just something to look forward to."
Bai Kao
Player, 79 posts
Quiet and lost in thought
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 20:18
  • msg #15

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

"I suppose it's all a matter of where you hope to set up shop. What of you Viktoria, have you some great plans out here, or are you here to start over like a few of us seem to be?" Bai tossed her clothes into the air and the seemed to settle on a branch a distance away, unusually gently. Her soap, however, seemed to go skittering in the other direction as if she'd thrown it. With a sigh the woman swam off towards the middle of the pond, retrieving the soap.
Viktoria d'Lodovka
player, 86 posts
Wed 1 Jun 2016
at 21:21
  • msg #16

Location:  Pipre's Bathing Pool.

In reply to Bai Kao (msg # 15):

"No great plans, just making gold faster than I would previously. A ship on the coast might be my lot, but for now I'm content to spend a little time hacking and hunting, and build up a lodge or two along the lakes of the region."
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