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[decrypts]

[801 has been exploring. he's met .. some very interesting people - to say the very least - heard some really weird shit and is pretty much done with trying to figure things out.

for now. he'll pick it back up eventually, but right this very second .. he's in a bathhouse, right? might as well check out some of these baths at his immediate disposal. and since the floor immediately beneath the one he'd woken up on has them ..

really, why the hell not? plus .. how is he supposed to go around trying to figure things out if he's all stressed out and tight in his shoulders and -

okay. so maybe he's just looking for an excuse to utilize these baths. take it easy. relax.

yep. this is totally happening.]

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[inhumanity]

[Hey, 801. Here is a face that doesn't remember stabbing your eyes. 1008 politely asks before entering,] Would you mind?

[decrypts]

[who're you again? CAUSE HE SURE DOESN'T REMEMBER YOU STABBING HIM IN THE EYES AND KILLING HIM.

so he just smiles right back and waves a hand.] Nah, not at all. The more, the merrier.

[ahahaha.]

[inhumanity]

[With the sort of innocent curiosity of someone who has never been in a hot springs before, 1008 sinks in.] This is nice. [Steaming water did not seem like it would be nice. It seemed like it would be scalding.]

[decrypts]

[see, 801 is pretty sure he's never been in anything like this before - at least he thinks he hasn't - but it feels nice, just the same. he settles himself a little further, sighing softly in contentment.] It is, isn't it? Kinda takes your mind off of all the shit that's going on here.

[which basically just means he has no idea what's going on, anyway. and that's fine.]

[inhumanity]

[He smiles, and it's not an unpleasant smile (..well, teeth) but it is distinctly off.] That is probably for the best.

[decrypts]

[whoa that .. smile is a little disconcerting, but .. it's a smile, right? he doesn't see any reason to be put off by that.

still. um. yeah! okay. just smiling back.] I think so, yeah.

[inhumanity]

[And Christopher smiles and sinks right under the water, right up to his nose. ...Yes he's doing the blowing-bubbles thing. HE IS A MATURE ADULT SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH]

[decrypts]

[okay now he's just amused at the fact that he sinks in right up to his nose. and –

are you seriously blowing bubbles with your nose. are you seriously doing that.

yep. 801 is laughing. 801 is laughing his damn fool head off and he can't stop to save his life.

YOU CAN'T TELL HIM WHAT TO DO YOU'RE NOT HIS REAL DAD. YOU SHUT UP.]

[inhumanity]

[1008 looks up at him with such doe-eyed innocence that it is pretty much impossible to believe that he is capable of doing anyone harm. It's as if he can't understand why anyone wouldn't blow bubbles in the bath. He pops ups his head up for a moment.] You might try it.

[decrypts]

[all he gives is an eyebrow raise -

before he's sinking a little lower into the water, enough to submerge his nose, and ..

he lets out a puff of air, and watches the bubbles that filter to the surface with such fascination that he's momentarily speechless.

y e p.

mystified.]

[inhumanity]

[yes they have done the greatest things ever with their lives]

[he likes this enough to keep doing it for a while]

[decrypts]

[801, on the other hand, stops after a second. because it makes his nose feel funny and he's pretty sure if he keeps it up he's going to end up getting some water up there.

and that's gonna burn.

still. interesting feeling.] So .. do you blow nose-bubbles often?

[inhumanity]

[popping up enough so his mouth is out of the water.] I don't know.

[decrypts]

[he's just gonna blow another couple of bubbles before he answers.

shut up.] Hm .. [and a couple more bubbles.

this really is more entertaining than it should be.]

[inhumanity]

Fun. [And back under water for bubbles.]

[decrypts]

[he's just. going to stare at him again for a second.

.. and then blow a few more bubbles.

yeah .. this is pretty fun.]

[inhumanity]

[What is this mature pair of killers.]

[decrypts]

[this mature pair of killers is too busy blowing goddamn bubbles with their noses to worry about anything else.

because seriously. there is nothing better in life right now.]

[inhumanity]

[oh god Christopher just... laughed really happily which means more bubbles]

[THIS IS PARADISE, EUTOPIA, THE GARDEN OF EDEN??]

[decrypts]

[that laughter has him pausing, surfacing just enough to ask:] S'funny?

[as if there isn't already enough hilarity going on here. he has to know.

oh my god christopher you're weird.]

[inhumanity]

I'm happy.

[no you are weird because you are not laughing about bubbles!!!]

[decrypts]

[BUT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SO HAPPY ABOUT BUBBLES.

.. but that doesn't mean he isn't going to go back to it.] Well .. that's something.

[he's got nothin'. man.]

[betrayedtwin]

[207 has also been exploring again, but this time...he's been exploring the grounds outside the bathhouse. He can't quite put a finger on it, but for some reason, the rest of the starry area is giving him the creeps. It doesn't feel right and yet, he's okay with stars on the ground.

So, to clear his head a bit before he tries venturing out again, he's made his way to one of the many baths for some quiet meditation--and stops when he spots someone else who had the same idea. He smiles slightly, a towel around his waist, and waves at the other man. Sadly, there's not a single note of recognition in his mind when he does see him.]

Hey. How's the water?

[decrypts]

[he hasn't exactly been wandering around too much - but the baths are a nice place to stop for now, he thinks, and when he realizes he isn't alone, he simply smiles back and gives a small shrug. there's no recognition whatsoever on his end, either. this man is a stranger to him.] Not too bad .. I figure it's a good place to just kind of mellow out, you know? Since nobody seems to know where the hell we are in the first place ..

[that's putting it lightly, 801. good job, kid.]

[betrayedtwin]

[Softly] Yeah... [Back to normal volume] It's just kind of weird, all of us having no idea where we are or who we are.

[The thought's been in the back of 207's mind for days, but he hasn't really voiced it, not until now. He puts his smile back on, waving off that thought as he lowers himself into the water, depositing the towel within arm's reach of the hot spring's edge.] Kind of weird, though, to be in a place that has so many of these on almost every floor. [Granted, that's the tip of the weird iceberg that is this place with its starry but metallic ground and no one else around who can remember their name...]