She's going to be very upset about this later, but Eclair Espoir the Violet Flash has fallen asleep inside of a bath. 

She is not in any danger! Just to be completely clear about that! But this is why she was insisting on standing to begin with, don't you see? She could force herself to march on, probably break herself to save the world, sheer willpower could have held her together long enough the shatter Timtam's new cult and clear the board of any other villains who tried to take advantage of the chaos. I'm pretty sure she had it in her. But only if she never stopped. 

And it had been insisted that she stop. And she did not know how to insist back that she not. So she peeled off her remaining clothes, draped a towel across her front for modest, and waded into the waters so she could lean against the rocks where she might be served tea and have her back tended to. 

And the tea was - ok, well. It's not [i]really[/i] tea if we're being real about it. This is what you'd refer to in the Manor (or in any good shop if we're being [i]the realest[/i]) as an "herbal infusion". But anyway. It is mint and catnip and those both already tend to make her very sleepy, and there is honey in there to disguise the taste of medicine, so into the midst of the warmth and the wet you introduce sweet steam and healing admixtures which themselves have known sedative properties and, well. Yeah. 

She was polite enough, well. Let's say strong en-- actually no no no wait. Stubborn! That's the one, yeah. Eclair is [i]stubborn[/i] enough to drain her cup (polite and proper sips only!) before she admitted that her neck was too heavy to keep it up and let it slowly sink into the crook of her elbow. She admitted nothing about the heaviness of her eyelids, but those fluttered shut before she had time to complain in any case. 

And now she is snoozing. And not, I wish to be clear on this point a second time, in danger of drowning. Her stance is very strong, and even in sleep she won't toss or loosen enough that she might float out into the lake and be lost to Heron's treasury. She is a hero, which means she's strong enough to fall asleep wherever and the only result assuming it sticks is that she's rested by the end of it. She is also (whatever she insists) a Maid, and [i]that[/i] means that even asleep she cannot impose upon her guests by becoming a liability.

So no. She's just asleep. In a pool of very warm and pleasant water. Wearing no clothes. You all could, were anyone so inclined, do anything you wanted to her. Win any argument, draw whatever on her face, even tend to her wounds properly if that's your thing. The world has need of a hero, just as soon as it starts moving again. And Eclair has a need to become one, just as soon as [i]she[/i] starts moving again. This is the chance to figure out what that looks like on her behalf.

But. Uh. Yeah. She is asleep. With all that this entails. And normally? In a steamy, fun kind of story? This is where her lowered inhibitions would tease secrets from her lips and embarrass someone close to her. Sort of a... what'd they call that? A Sleep Cute? Or something like that. But she is down too deep for even mumbled words. And. Like. Besides? I think we already know what she would have said in her sleepy mumble voice. Sorry. Just imagine it if you need that, kay?

She'll be mad about this when she wakes up. No matter what anyone does. No matter how good she feels. She could not afford this indulgence, do you understand? But she is here. She is vulnerable. At the mercy of varyingly broken people who will not stop gathering around her.

And she is... snoring.