@Restalaan@PaulHaynek@13orgEveryone reminded him of the towel. He was wearing it but it still made him uncomfortable.
"That's- that's not the point!" Haley had a point but Ozzy just kept his eyes averted. He tapped his fingers together.
"Bathing together is just so... intimate. We didn't have anything like this back home, and I know its like a cultural thing but- EEEEeeeh" Ditzy suddenly flushing him with water broke him out of his instinctual chatter box reflex. It was cozy and warm but there's always that initial shock. It made his feathers rise and he looked back, the hobgoblin doing his job for Ozzy.
"I can do that myself!" He squawked, as everyone else settled in. He felt like such a kid sometimes, but he couldn't help it. He wore his heart on his sleeve. It was so embarassing, his talons gripped the tiles.
"I'll be fine... Just gotta get used to it..." He still kind of kept his eyes closed as he relaxed a bit.
"Thanks Ditzy. Sorry I'm being such a chicken... get it?" He needed to talk, say anything. It helped him self validate.
Ditzy settled himself behind Ozzy which provided the harpy a modicrum of privacy. He watched Ada go about her buisness, sniffing here, feeling there. Just watching her react to things was always kind of hypnotic. There was a rush whenever you see her learn something new. It struck him a little, made the heart of a teacher in him flutter. Then Yang started bathing her, and for a moment he thought he was staring, so he turned away, grumbling under his breath.
Yang suggested dinner.
"Can't wait, we were starving out there." He turned in Yang's direction, seeing her draped in a towel and that was enough for him to blush and his feathers to russel. Then Haley proposed just kicking back, talk about something silly. Well, maybe not silly. Ozzy did manage to catch Haley, she was lounging in the giant pool... the beads of water dropping off her feathers and hair and he fidgeted again.
"Well I-"His companions answered first, which was enough to get him to start noticing their minds rather than their bodies. Yang's type was of course predictable.
"Strong. Nice. So just like you then?" He grinned a little despite himself as he turned his body, covering himself up but saddling over to the pool to be involved. He never could resist a good bit of research. Ditzy answer was a little simpler. It made him chuckle.
"Its true. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder right?" He could already tell Haley was after something... a little juicier.
"To be honest, if I had to go on looks alone-" The words kind of caught in his throat. He looked into the water, his fingers starting to play with each other.
"Well Haley... I do like the way your wings sheen, and your smile... and-" He suddenly caught himself holding up a hand.
"That's not like a confession or anything!" he admitted with a nervous chuckle, trying to make sure he wasn't going to lead anyone on.
"There's more then that to be into someone right? Hehe. Like, you have an idea of that special someone. I mean, I'd always imagine I'd be with someone, that I could learn things with. Someone I could teach. Someone who I could keep discovering new things with. See that sparkle in her eyes." He was looking into the water, his talon stirring the water as if lost in thought.
"Share that sense of wonder. It's the most well, beautiful feeling you know?" He asked the room.
Then he was splashed by a dropped bucket of water by Ditzy who broke him out of his dream, and actually knocked him over, as a bird leg went into the pool. When he tried to catch himself, his hand slipped, and he ended up falling into the pool. He emergered slowly, feathers and hair matted, spitting the water out of his mouth. He looked back to Ditzy, and with a smirk splashed him with a wing.
