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[b][u]Cuttersbury: Drych Lake Spa: Hot Springs[/u][/b]

Another large column of water rose up into the air from the male portion of the hot springs, this time originating from Quentin’s body crashing into it after Aria’s thrown loofah splattered him right in the center of his face and disrupted his concentration. Tobias pointed and laughed in merriment at Quentin’s misfortune, and then went back to swimming laps about the hot spring. 

“Ah, Estelle, Aria, is everything okay over there?” Marcus asked, walking towards the wooden fence partition and hoping that everything for the two girls was fine. Unlike Quentin, however, he was willing to show diligence and respect towards the two girls in respecting their privacy. 

“Ah, um, yeah, we’re okay!” Estelle blusteringly blubbered back. “W-w-we just ran into an employee who was still cleaning. N-n-nothing major, seriously. We’re okay! Although… hey! Quentin! What are you doing peeping on us too?!” 

Marcus laughed, glad to see that at the least Estelle seemed alright. Aria too, from her comment to Estelle asking her to wash her back so that they could get into the springs. Nothing much really seemed to faze her. Marcus turned and walked into the spring, slowly meandering towards Quentin to check that he was okay. “Q.T? You alive?” He asked. 

“Oh, Lulu~” Tobias’ voice lilted towards the virtuoso as he practiced his backstroke. By sheer coincidence he had managed to appropriate the same nickname for Lute that Aria used. “Are you just gonna stand out there all day or what? Get in! This spring is awesome!”

“I… ah… haaaaaaaaaaaaa…” Estelle’s entire body sagged, her shoulders dropping far down below the waters’ edge as she and Aria, after completing the wash of each other’s backs, finally settled in to the steamy hot spring. The water’s soothing warmth was unlike anything Estelle could have expected, and it felt like her body could just melt. The thought of seeing that young man and his dog, and how he had seen them, completely washed away. This was something else. This was just divine. “This… this is awesomeeeeeeee…”

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[b][u]Cuttersbury: Drych Lake Spa: Docks[/u][/b]

Gramps scratched the back of his neck as he began to assess what it was that he should do with his guests, after Nani’s question and the pointing scream coming out from the Hot Springs. He was pretty pleased to hear Nani relent into accepting a massage from Gramps, something he would love very, very much, even if it did come at the expense of giving the strange lake jumping man a massage as well. He’d be all too happy and eager to lead them the way to his massage room, but there was a particular duty that called when it came to someone screaming like that. Even if Gramps knew precisely why such a scream occurred, he still had a responsibility to investigate it on behalf of the Spa… and such an investigation, he knew, brought rewards of its own. 

“That sounded like it came from the Hot Springs. The Springs aren’t too far away from where my massage room’s located, so, we could always investigate that scream first, make sure whoever did it is okay, and then we can proceed with the massages, hmm?” Gramps smiled. What a suave guy. 

“C’mon, young fellas!” He said, moving forward with a surprising spring in his step. “Let’s go check it out!”