Bath Time the Previous Night,
with Trinity and the Karns
Trinity smiled warmly at the kitten on her bed, though she stopped briefly when he mentioned 'Eddy's opinion. It was hard to remember that there were actually two of them in there. She was tempted to cover herself, but decided not to treat Karn any differently in the end. She took a step back as Karn sat up for a transformation, observing the rule he stated in action, though she raised an eyebrow for scrutiny.
"So you can only change into states of dress you've seen, but you can still undress..."That was quite a sight. A metal torso, with a pulsing red light for a heart.
"What..."Karn chuckled in amusement and shook 'his' head a little.
"Kinda. I can only remove these clothes because I know what Eddy looked like underneath her clothes." he answered as he fully removed the jacket. Revealing a imprinted metallic outlining that shaped to be like a outter skeleton. Imbedding itself into the flesh in every part where skeleton bone should be. Wherever there was flesh, there were scars. Burns, cuts, blades, whips... it seemed there were all sorts. It wasn't particularly pretty either. A number was carved deeply into the back of the neck. XVII. Karn himself didn't seem to really notice any of these meanings, as Edo-Karn had been blocking some memories from him.
For a moment, the young lady felt guilt (she was also disappointed for just a second). If she had seen
this, would she have remained silent? Her held tongue had nearly cost Karn, and may cost him yet. She failed to protect him, simply. Was this a mirror of that?
She could only help in a new solution.
But, she should be cheerier. She just won her match, and was about to wash all that sweat off. Demon Slayer flames are no joke.
"... is it? Does it pump your blood or are you completely..." Trinity found her eyes wandering, and a new blush settled her cheek.
"Well, one thing at a time." She gazed ponderously at the torso, tracing its outline absentmindedly.
Emerald gaze flashing, the left eye glowed the ethereal color as the two Karn's shared control, while the right remained its regular color.
"There was barely any human left in this body. Only way to stay alive however. Didn't particularly have access to 'magic' or even well practiced doctors in Edolas. This machine basically acted as a heart, pumping blood and circulation." Edo-Karn answered, her expression neutral. Briefly switching to that of awe as Karn 'oooo' in interest before returning to the monotone. Karn kept the magic going, while his counterpart moved her left hand to the back of neck then looked over her arms in examination.
"So little left? But how?" Trinity ran her fingers lightly over the metalic torso absentmindedly.
Edo-Karn watched as Trinity ran her fingers across the broken body. Either made out of metal or destroyed flesh.
"War." she answered before grinning.
"Hey, I don't particularly mind, but usually you ask someone out for dinner before hitting second base." she teased, though that only caused the girl to withdraw her hand. Trinity remained somber.
Turning their gaze to her, they smiled.
"Hey, don't look so down. Don't I have a rugged charm?" Edo-Karn teased, though it was soft and not quite as bright.
"Not many of my own Guildmates seen this anyway. Was going to tell them after the war was done. Guess I won't have to now." she hummed slightly.
The minstrel lifted her gaze and nodded, forcing a smile. It was strange for her to see such wonderful machinery and be pained. She turned back to the torso and gave it a tap. Metal response. Definitely not just an imitation, from the sound of it.
"I guess this means you can transform into metallic creatures, too, Karn?"Her expression shifted into cheery as Karn took over to answer Trinity's question on metal beasts.
"Well it depends if they were a natural born creature. Like a metal dragon. Can't change into anything unnatural or alive. My magic is mostly based on nature and living things." he chirped.
"Interesting..." Trinity tapped at her chin before turning and striding toward the bath, tossing her underthings off as she went.
"Karn, come along. We're taking a bath."Trembling in utter fear, Karn started scooting away.
"NOOOAOAAA----""Oh, right, you don't do water." Trinity stepped back out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel as she looked over at him.
".....Alright. Don't be a baby kid. I ain't passing up the chance of bathing with a beautiful maiden. Just keep your magic up. I can't control it and pretty sure both of us would before the broken body over a male one. Unless you want to change into like Penny or Sasha. That be fun. Can play with boobs and call it self pleasure." The two Karn's spoke before Edo-Karn took control. Ethereal green eye glowing as she stood up and followed Trinity back into the bathroom, smirking a little.
The water started, and Trinity added some bubbles 'cause she could. She wanted to take a look at this foreign machinery, though she probably shouldn't
touch anything. Who knows how that would affect Karn. Speaking of, she had to wonder who, exactly, she had just invited into her bath with her? A huge pervert, from the sounds of it. The thought occurred to her that Karn could now take her naked form.
While the metal chest piece was distracting, it was covered by a towel. The figure Eddy cut in her towel caused Trinity to stare for a moment, her cheeks flushing deeper before she looked away. Hmph! She had to focus! There were mechanical marvels hidden in that chest.
The bathroom she was privy to was rather luxurious. The tub sunk into the floor and was square in shape, offering a little space to stretch crosswise. Trinity eyed the other woman as Eddy stared into the bubbles, each their own thoughts. After a moment, however, Trinity began to wash, wanting to finally feel clean. Her arms lifted first, a sponge rubbing back and forth, and she spoke,
"Jewel for your thoughts?" She took a breath and slunk down in the bath water, lifting her legs next to wash, one by one.
The Ethereal green eye flicked up from the bubbles to glance at the Earthland version of her Guildmate. Giving a slight smirk with her response,
"Oh, just the enchanting display in front of me." She chuckled, amused, before looking at the bubbles again, ignoring the internal screaming from her Earthland counterpart. Trinity dropped her leg back below the water for the rest of its wash, a blush dashing her cheeks.
"Just that I've never experienced a bubble bath before. Gives me a bubbly feeling." The blonde answered before letting the bubbly suds float away in the water, raising her arms as she scrubbed the body. Despite his childish behavior, her counterpart's magic was pretty impressive. This wasn't really her body, but he managed to capture how it felt, and what it looked like. She even unconciously was cautious of the metal skeletal wiring as she scrubbed her arms. Made her wonder if she could open herself up like this. See the mechanics. Or if Karn would just change back?
"First bubble bath? I wasn't someone that went to Edolas, so I only really know what the others tell me... If your body is any indication, there's plenty of tech." Speaking of which, Trinity had been watching Eddy's arm as she washed it and she swam over to look closer.
"We did, just didn't particularly have much time for it. Most of our resources went into more required things. The more rich folks I'm sure had bubble baths. Spas and brothels too." the Edolian mused as she continued to carefully wash the mauled body before flicking her eyes up again at Trinity, noticing the sudden minor little freak out at the 'casual' comment of womanly assets. This was definitely not her Trinity. But it was still amusing to tease such a prude.
Flicking her gaze to Trinity, Edo-Karn stared for just a moment before blurting something out.
"Mhm looks like the same size as Highlights. Guess some counterparts don't outrageously change." she mused.
"Maybe comparing breasts is something you do with your deviant friends, but I dunno about here." Trinity's face lit red and she sunk into the water, drawing an arm across her chest. She glared at Eddy as she blushed, "damn pervert! I need another word for you, 'pervert' is getting repetitive."
Edo-Karn merely smirked and shrugged her shoulders while winking the non-ethereal eye.
"Mhmm maybe a spell was cast on me. Or you're just near impossible not to flirt with." she answered cooly, running her fingers through the blonde hair. She didn't particularly understand how her counterpart could hate baths. Well she could but still there was too many upsides to them. Nice a clean, smell nice, avoid possible diseases from said filth, and get a good look at naked people. All a plus. She advanced on Trinity, to get a better look at one such person.
"Degenerate, deviant, perv, sicko, peeping tom.... could go on." The blonde snickered slightly and shook her head, giving a teasing hum.
Desperate to distract the other, Trinity let curiosty ask, "So, your body must have needed tune ups 'n such, right?"
"Yeah, all the time. Specially when growing up. Had to redo the size as my body grew up. One good thing of being short I guess. None of the others were really techs. Probably would just spring a gear and make my chest collapse if they tried." Edo-Karn answered as she watched Trinity, a sly smirk on her face at the attempted diversion. Like a cat that just caught a canary. With a hum, the blonde leaned closer, up to Trinty's ear.
"You sure are interested in my body. Didn't realize I had spellbinding powers as well." Edo-Karn teased with a soft hum.
"Yes, I am interested in your body." Though red touched her cheeks, she put her hand against Eddy's chest, gently pushing her back.
"How it works." Trinity sat up a little, straightening her posture for confidence.
If she had any, Trinity realized she would have been groping Eddy. Her face flushed again and she quickly diverted her mind.
"S-so, uh, no one else knew how to keep your body? Only you?" Trinity searched Eddy's face and then looked over her metal torso, or what she could see of it for the towel.
"I'd love to take a look and learn how it works. My Energy Make can become any tool I'd need."The question made the ethereal gaze flicker, despite Karn's face remaining calm, slipping back to the neutral monotone.
"None. No one alive at least. Luckily, the original creator of this died when I was mostly fully grown. So didn't have to replace my entire torso too much." The blonde answered before smirking as she raised her hands.
"Besides, I'm not sure we're intimate enough for me to let something a part of you inside me."Trinity frowned and scolded herself, inwardly. She should have known. Eddy even mentioned war. She didn't realize it had happened to her when she was so young, though. There went her other question, then. She was just about to welcome the change of subject,
"Only as a wind-" when she felt hands upon her chest, with the audacity to squeeze. Her face flushed with red and she shot a glare at Eddy, but she humored her.
"We're intimate enough for you to feel me up at will, apparently."Emerald eyes rolled as Trinity missed the little joke.
"Ya know, you being so awkward about it just makes it more awkward. We're both females.""I'm awkward? Do women in your world often go around groping each other? Is this some sort of foreign culture thing that I just need to get used to from you?"Hands released and moved down to tickle fingers against the woman's ribcage.
"Such a cutie."Trinity flinched away and blushed, putting her arms over her sides protectively.
A moment passed, while Karn was introducing Trinity to a new friend. Or something like that, anyway.
"So, what, you Earthlanders don't compare rack size here? Or are you just innocent?" Edo-Karn hummed teasingly.
"What is with you and breasts?" She had to admit, at least to herself, it might have been innocence?
"Oh come on. It's a bonding experience. Plus look at me. I literally don't have any. Admiring others makes me feel so much better." she cooed before smirking as she lightly smacked her hands against her chest. A little thumping clank emitted as she did.
Trinity gave pause as Eddy mentioned her body, and her voice was softer than her words,
"Bonding experience? So, what, I suppose groping me makes us closer, too? And I think we both know you're just ogling me."Edo-Karn smirked a bit, tapping this body's chin thoughtfully.
"Well, it's harder to get closer then touching you, besides going inside you and I don't think you're ready for a intimate relationship." she remarked with a sly grin.
"Besides, your Edolas self sort of made it a tradition in the Phoenix Wing guild. Especially toward newbie girls. So I suppose you could say she founded that culture. I'm quite tame in comparison." she laughed a little.
The young lady blushed just a bit at the woman's innuendo. And then further at this revelation about her other self.
"You're joking." That was too different! Her counterpart was worse than this woman?!
"Worse than you? There's no way. Oh, Gods, I don't even want to ask you for an example." She shuddered, trying not to think of what this other version of herself might do.
"Aaah, don't tell me. I'm probably better off not knowing."Edo-Karn simply snickered and winked a little.
"Yup. I'm actually one of the more tame ones compared to the other girls. Besides Liana but not counting her as much." she smirked as she watched Trinity's reaction, eyes glinting mischievously.
"Oh come on! You're otherworld self had quite a few habits. Always up for a nice bit of action. With all of us at the same time if she could. Tons of hugging, kissing, flirting, and if you couldn't pull her off fast enough, touching." she snickered, giving soft sigh at the memories.
She couldn't help but wonder what her Trinity was up to now. Or anyone. Still, she hoped they were having a more peaceful time. Of course there were going to still be hardship, but it be nice if they could breathe a bit more.
Desperate for a change of subject, Trinity moved the conversation along. "Y'know, there's a downed airship in the middle of one of the city's parks. We could check it out?"
The blond smirked.
"Mhmm yeah, I'd like that. But it's about curfew time. Probably shouldn't go checking it out... if you want to follow the rules at least." Edo-Karn said as she stretched out, running her fingers through the blonde hair to wash it out.
"Probably should head to bed otherwise.""Alright, cool. Thanks. If the deed is onboard, we'll be in luck. I can claim it and fix it up, then." Trinity nodded and approached the shower head at Eddy's suggestion of bed.
"Yeah, bed's probably a good idea." She flipped the drain and started the water, pulling the throttle on the faucet and letting the hot water wash the suds and bath water from her as the tub drained. Once she was sud-free, she rinsed each foot as she stepped out, careful not to slip and fall on the tile. After toweling her arms and legs, she wrapped her body in her towel and gathered her hair over her head. Using a mirror to see, Trinity formed an Energy Make barrier at her scalp. Carefully, she lifts the barrier up, through her hair, and then wraps it into a ball as it comes free. Her hair was dry, with the water trapped in the sphere. A short chucking motion and the ball plops itself into the tub and pops.
Getting out of the tub, the blonde casually rubbed a towel over herself, drying herself off without much care if she was exposed or not. Glancing to the wizard who used magic, the green eyed individual couldn't help but roll her eyes as she ruffled the blonde hair with a towel, drying it the old fashion way.
Trinity stepped out and crossed the bedroom to her dresser.
"Do you want something to wear? I probably have something to fit you." She dressed herself modestly, with polka dot under things and cat-pattern pajamas.
"Just a pair of underwear and pants is fine. Just in case your Karn transforms back when we're napping." she answered, walking out as she looked at Trinity and grinned.
"Cute." Edo-Karn said before flopping down on the bed and stretching out.
"Wh- hey! Who said you could stay in my bed, huh?" Trinity frowned sternly at the woman, though sighed and shook her head.
"Whatever, move over. And don't try anything, buster." Trinity gave the woman a light shove to roll her over as encouragement, before climbing in herself.
"At least you're the tame one... apparently."She didn't really even want to think about her other self in this situation.
"G'night." She looked at the blond next to her, taking just a moment to look her over before turning over on her side and the two... three?... guild wizards went to sleep peacefully.
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