The weather finally turning cold and rainy was absolutely no reason no to spend a good chunk of the day outside on AirTrek rides. At least if you were Ringo. So that's what she had done ( Read more... )

After Ringo's sparring match with Dante on Friday, Ringo had spent most of Saturday resting, which meant she was feeling a lot better by Sunday. But that wasn't the same thing as feeling a hundred percent. It had been, well, a long time since she'd fully mounted the Thorn Road, and her body had forgotten the joint pain that it left her with ( Read more... )

It seemed like the bulk of people had cleared off the island. Walking through town, the streets seemed emptier and a little less suffocating than before. It eased Jasper's tension slightly, made it a little easier to go outside without his eyes settling on potential prospects at every turn.

People are real. People matter.That mantra had been ( Read more... )

It had been a day or so and Kathy's shoulder still hurt from her tussle on Saturday to make her bail on patrolling. She really didn't want to have to miss a night of patrolling because she was hurt, so she figured that a bit of a soak in the onsen's hottest pools might help forcibly relax bruised muscles and give her a little more freedom of ( Read more... )

Yeah, Sparkle hadn't even known that the onsen was a thing until just today, when he'd been out walking, skipping out on his Demon Marcus shift because, meh, he just hadn't felt like it. He'd stumbled across the place, and had finally gone inside to investigate, pausing with one foot in the door before turning right around to get a towel ( Read more... )

After class, Nathan was left dealing with a pretty nasty headache. It was expected and he'd definitely dealt with worse but still. Being inside was the last thing he wanted to do when he was feeling like he was so he headed to the preserve to at least be outside where he knew he'd eventually calm down and feel better. The healing would kick in ( Read more... )

Cara knew that most people on this island did not get the idea of proper baths, she was willing to concede a certain impracticality to constructing them, and even agreed that showers had their uses ( Read more... )

K was not a happy man ( Read more... )

Between the handwavy emails that had gone out and signs that had been posted, the leaders of the Magic Reserves felt pretty confident that their members would be able to find their way to the meeting today, even if it wasn't in their usual spot. But between last week and finals and the upcoming holidays, who could blame them for thinking the group ( Read more... )

Ino had studied her schedule, idly contemplated who she hadn’t talked to in a while, wondered about places she could go that would be fun, and wound up making a decision ( Read more... )