Perscribed Recreation

[fleurdesel]

Who: Everyone!
What: Laid back party at the Hot Springs
When: March 6th
Where: The Hot Springs
Summary: Relaxation, thawing, and socializing.
Rating: PG – PG 13

”This winter seems to be dragging on quite a bit, yes? I propose, well. Less propose and more invite, any who are of a mind to the Hot Springs to thaw, relax, and enjoy the curative properties they provide. Beverages and snacks will be provided.”

That announcement goes out early in the morning, and by the afternoon the party is at least set up, snacks, beverages, extra towels, etc, are provided for enjoyment and use for any that come. Villagers are welcome to soak in the springs, wash up in the bath house, or just sit on the side and enjoy all the healthy steam. Come up and thaw out after the ice storm and stave off the sudden cold weather!

Comments

[daisy023]

She hears the greeting, although a little hazily by her standards. Even as her head rises a little along with the blond hair floating over the water, she retains that drunk look.

"Lupin... Sir."

Fortunately for Lupin, the Spartan's unisex military background was a little more permissive towards this sort of thing, and she has enough common sense to go to a public spring party in a red bathing suit.

[redjacketthief]

"No 'sir', please."

He sits down on the grounds next to her, dipping his feet in the water. The heat of everything had made him light headed, so he was taking a little break from the pools to cool off. It was...interesting, seeing her this relaxed. He smiles. "You look like you're having a good time."

[daisy023]

"I've been adapting for days back to winter after returning from my Op. This is what heaven feels like."

She still sounds drunk. Mind you, Spartans do not drink (dictated by military law), and there are no bottles of alcohol anywhere. But judging by how her head and hair lowers back into the water and doesn't even seem to mind that Lupin's dipping his feet into the water, somehow, Daisy found a way to reach that state of mind.

[redjacketthief]

"There is something to that. Adele's timing on this couldn't have been better."

He wouldn't have minded even if she was literally drunk--it was far better than getting kicked, and it gives him a chance to make nice with his upstairs neighbor. Though she's quiet, she has him deeply intrigued--intrigued enough to play nice, take things slow.

"How did your mission in the desert go, anyway?" It's an attempt at small talk, but he is genuinely curious.

[daisy023]

Her eyes move up with the question. Seems more people want to know what became of her mission than she thought.

"Our team returned well. We completed our objectives." When it concerns the Malnosso. "I expected a harder mission."

For her, however, it was much more. If only they got a chance to apply what she learned from that abandoned facility.

[redjacketthief]

It was an attempt at small talk--aside from the incident with the fire and her showing off her skills with filial magic, they didn't know much about each other. He was curious. "So it went well, then? That's good.

...You've gotta wonder sometimes why they have us do these missions at all, though. They have enough people to mess with our lives. Don't they have enough to do their own work?"

[daisy023]

"You don't use your own resources if it's fearsible." She simply says. "In war you capture the gear the enemy might have to use it against him, and you would use spies that are already willing to sell over their own side."

"Besides... I don't think they would've been as smart to survive out there."

Especially so judging by the critical missions. The Malnosso overestimated their knowledge of shifting, Daisy just learned.

[redjacketthief]

"Never thought of it like that....I'm a thief, not a tactician, but that all makes sense."

[daisy023]

"Thievery is a tactic."

Some say warfare is the legal act of stealing, and strategy often involves stealing from the enemy.

"I only steal during Ops against an enemy, but..."

Daisy once again falls into her warm ecstasy. In spite of that cloudness of her mind, at she gets to use some of it.

"You were a criminal."

She only states, but not accusingly. Matter-of-factly or that's-cool-I-don't-mind. Some friends here are pirates.

[redjacketthief]

"I am a criminal, Daisy. Not past tense." Especially not when he's still plotting a large criminal act within the confines of Luceti, especially against the unspoken rules of the Malnosso.

The lack of judgement is greatly appreciated. He's taken to lying about his profession half of the time because some of the lawful citizens take it upon themselves to give him a lecture--as if he were just a petty thief. They had no idea that he was so much more than a back alley thug. "I use different tactics when I'm on a job, usually involving stealth or distraction. Warfare is a completely different set--at least I've read Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'.

That still doesn't leave me with much, though."

[daisy023]

Daisy's reasons not to go against pirates is that they aren't pirates operating against her factions, and therefore do not qualify as criminals within the UNSC. That, and military is forbidden from taking law enforcement duties. Unless it is Insurrection.

"It's a bible not only for military..." She remembers being told that even businessmen were taught to memorize it word by word. Spartans abide by it. "It's a lot of help in a lot of kinds of work..."

And competences.

[redjacketthief]

"Well, the Ancient Chinese knew what they were doing." And then some--history was a fun topic to study, even if he did it for the wrong reasons. Though not one to get into politics, he can't help but give some commentary. "Sometimes? It might be smarter if various organizations used Tzu's methods. Wars would be a lot quicker and cleaner in the long run."

[daisy023]

"Hmmmhm..."

Her mutter of approval. Oh, how many wars in human history had been extended.

"You're far from both the men's springs..."

Given he's in Daisy's particular one. Again, too steam-drunk to care.

[redjacketthief]

"Actually? None of us could find signs that made any sense!" It was the truth, pretty much. They all had been doing as they saw fit.

"No one's really complained so far."

[daisy023]

She opens her eyes. What.

"How is that going?"

Did someone get smacked across the face?

[redjacketthief]

"Pretty well, actually."

He smiles at her. "The only one who looks like he might have a complaint is the one doctor, but he's not going to do anything about them. Everyone else is just here to relax no matter who they're sitting next to."

[daisy023]

"We have a wide medical crew in Luceti... Which Doctor? Who?"

If it's a man, she doesn't quite expect something to end well.

[redjacketthief]

"The doctor's a man, but not Law. I don't know his name, honestly."

They hadn't spoken, and he was innocuous enough to pass over Lupin's attention. Though, after today, he was curious enough about how a man could be so old fashioned...

[daisy023]

"If not even he will do anything about it..."

She eases back in.

"And you? Haven't you gotten in a spring?"