Day 44: Women's Showers (2nd Shift)

[hajike_tobiume]

The sting of the water on Momo's wounds reminded her exactly where each and every burn was. Between that and the clear plastic wrapping the nurse placed around the long cut up her arm to her shoulder, she decided as little time in the actual spray would be wise. Sitting on a stool out of the direct stream, she went about scrubbing the grit and

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[per_ardua]

Let's see if I can handle standing in running water this time... Raine sighed to herself as she got undressed. She should be able to, but then again, she hadn't thought it would be too much for her last time either.

She barely even got near the showerhead she'd picked until the water was running hot, but when she did, after a few moments her nerves calmed. She didn't plan on keeping her head under the spray longer than she had to, but the hot water still felt nice instead of nerve-wracking.

[[For Sheena.]]

[mizuhomaiden]

Sheena almost considered an attempt to talk her nurse into letting her skip showers if only because she just knew Yukari would find her. And while she wasn't against seeing the youkai naked (and let her thoughts wander to things she'd felt last night), she was against being molested in the shower. She was afraid that Yukari would assume that since last night had happened, she'd have permission to be clingish and touchy and all that even more than normal in public. The ninja was not comfortable enough for anything close to that. Even if Sheena was supposedly Yukari's ninja. Or whatever the youkai had really meant by that.

Still, Sheena wanted to be clean. Not only would it clean her body, but maybe the ritual of bathing would help wash the feel of the youkai's touch off her skin so she could maybe think normal and stay focused on the here and now instead of the previous night. But how to keep the youkai from pouncing her...

Raine. Oh, thank Martel she's here and doesn't look like she's going to be bolting from the water

[per_ardua]

"Hello." Raine glanced at Sheena, predictably checking the state of the ninja's various injuries. She didn't see anything new, so she got back to just letting the water run over her... though still trying to keep her hair dry. It was a lost cause, so she finally gave up and ducked under the spray, as briefly as she could, to get it wet enough to lather. At least she didn't have cause to be paranoid about her ears showing, even though she still didn't like it.

She saw the bell around Sheena's neck, but didn't bring it up. Talking about Corinne would likely still be too hard.

"Did your friend go to see you last night?" She would be rather surprised if the answer was no.

[mizuhomaiden]

Sheena carefully looked away from Raine to the soap dispensers when that question was asked. "Yeah."

She then switched to something a bit more normal for the ninja. "You know, I had been trying to keep my room number a secret from her. She's so damn annoying at times. I liked having a place of privacy from her."

All truths, even if they were only layered over other truths.

"You didn't have to tell her," she said with a bit of a scowl.

[quickdrawbkiddo]

There were few things in the world that relieved tension better than a really hot shower.

Standing under the spray, so hot it would eventually turn her skin a bit pink, Beatrix closed her eyes. Silently, she imagined all the tension in her back sloughing off her skin to run down her body and into the drain on the floor. She needed to have a clear mind for her upcoming meeting.

She loved showers.

[for Celes]

[tostepforward]

The chance to finally clean up was welcome, naturally, but Ayumu had far too much to do and to watch today to spend a lot of time in this room. There was also the fact that, as much as it would have been nice to enjoy the hot water -- water that she didn't have to heat herself for bathing -- she'd already indulged herself far too much lately. If she only did things that she wanted to, then there'd be more repeats of the night before, and that simply couldn't be allowed to happen.

She washed as quickly as she could, avoiding the eyes of anyone else in the room as though simply shy (and most especially avoiding her roommate in the process) and then redressed. Best to spend as much time as possible in the Sun Room, especially with the goings-on today. She didn't want to miss anything.

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[demon_beast]

Showers again. Argilla stepped into the water with some distaste, closing her eyes so that she at least couldn't see it, letting it clean away the grime of the nights even if she seemed to be cleaned every morning. there was never any sign of blood beneath her nails even after she'd been feeding. She cleaned herself quickly, efficiently and then went to get dried before slipping on her clothing and walking out of the showers.

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[demon_beast]

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[she_is_ruin]

Yomi had no choice to be on her feet, behaving for the staff. No choice…

She was like a leaf being blown about in a storm, caught by too many competing forces to be able to slow herself, or decide in what direction she would be taken. The sesshouseki, the hospital, Kagura… Kagura, the hospital, the sesshouseki… Her bloodstained hands, her loss of future, her hateBut she had thrown herself headlong into this storm before Landel’s Institute had ever gotten its hands on her, and being susceptible to its sudden and inexplicable night time blackouts was no great difference from being at the mercy of the sesshouseki’s ponderous influence. The real question was, how long could she hold on to her consciousness? How long would she be aware she was trying to fight the storm, and wasn’t a part of it by nature

[she_is_ruin]

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