Post by Requiem on Sept 25, 2011 10:22:47 GMT -5
It all began with Eveyth and curiosity. That was, truly, how it always began. X'rx had, after all, a perfectly good bathing room in which he could spend inordinate amounts of time primping if he so chose, and though he had nothing in particular against public nudity or public bathing, the greenrider had been more than glad to take advantage of what to a drudge was considered a rare luxury: his own personal bathing room. Yet it wasn't just curiosity. Eveyth well-knew that even X'rx's current depressed mood would not hold up against a trip to the hot springs. He may be willing to go about looking a bit filthy and disheveled and not himself, but to undress and bathe that way in front of other people? No, that simply wouldn't do. A depressed X'rx didn't lack all pride whatsoever.
And a clean, well-groomed X'rx would have trouble being quite so depressed. Such was the evil plan of the young, freckled saber-tooth green.
The evil plan was working, at least in the sense that X'rx had spent the last candlemark thoroughly cleaning away dirt and dust that had been missed in his perfunctory washes, his hair thoroughly cleaned for once. He even took the time to pin overlarge clothes that he'd had to borrow from the stores here. Vanity was an amazing motivator. (It was also encouraging to Eveyth to see that the vanity wasn't completely gone. It had been worrying to her that he seemed to care so little about his own appearance when he'd always put so much emphasis on it in the past.) He stood in front of the looking glass, running hands through drying curls. The face that looked back at him was so...thin. "I'm not going. Everyone will be at the hot springs."
Eveyth's eyes narrowed as she sent a reassuring pulse his way. Hers was beautiful as ever; just because his internal struggles were obvious to him in the nature of his thin body didn't mean it was obvious to others. Wouldn't a trip to the hot springs be relaxing? And he'd spent so much time preparing..."Enough," he murmured. He didn't bother with the feathers and shells in his hair, instead moving to mount his Eveyth. His all too shiny Eveyth that he was certain was just beginning to develop a subtle glow. She rose swiftly on strong wings, circling above the hot springs high in the mountains. They'd actually chosen a pretty good time and the others here were few.
In a rare moment of modesty, X'rx took to one of the pools that was more or less empty, slipping out of his clothing and into the water. The warmth...really was rather relaxing. X'rx closed his eyes and sunk lower in the water.
And a clean, well-groomed X'rx would have trouble being quite so depressed. Such was the evil plan of the young, freckled saber-tooth green.
The evil plan was working, at least in the sense that X'rx had spent the last candlemark thoroughly cleaning away dirt and dust that had been missed in his perfunctory washes, his hair thoroughly cleaned for once. He even took the time to pin overlarge clothes that he'd had to borrow from the stores here. Vanity was an amazing motivator. (It was also encouraging to Eveyth to see that the vanity wasn't completely gone. It had been worrying to her that he seemed to care so little about his own appearance when he'd always put so much emphasis on it in the past.) He stood in front of the looking glass, running hands through drying curls. The face that looked back at him was so...thin. "I'm not going. Everyone will be at the hot springs."
Eveyth's eyes narrowed as she sent a reassuring pulse his way. Hers was beautiful as ever; just because his internal struggles were obvious to him in the nature of his thin body didn't mean it was obvious to others. Wouldn't a trip to the hot springs be relaxing? And he'd spent so much time preparing..."Enough," he murmured. He didn't bother with the feathers and shells in his hair, instead moving to mount his Eveyth. His all too shiny Eveyth that he was certain was just beginning to develop a subtle glow. She rose swiftly on strong wings, circling above the hot springs high in the mountains. They'd actually chosen a pretty good time and the others here were few.
In a rare moment of modesty, X'rx took to one of the pools that was more or less empty, slipping out of his clothing and into the water. The warmth...really was rather relaxing. X'rx closed his eyes and sunk lower in the water.
