Reim Empire

'She's told her before?' Fudo thought. 'Interesting...' A long train of thought passed through the young man's mind, but he decided to store it away for later. For now, he listened to this Uzma's explanation of 'falling into depravity,' as she called it. At the end, he became able to understand things much more clearly. "There is no saving the Fallen," he said aloud, quoting the moment from his past in which he'd heard the term 'Fallen.' "Are you implying that we'll need to kill someone who's Fallen?"

The explanation the small old woman gave did seem kind of familiar to the pink haired girl. When she thought about it hard, this old woman kind of seemed familiar, but she couldn't quite place it, but this was a feeling that Yasmin often experienced and as such didn't really know what to say about it. So, she pushed it away in her head for later exploration. When Fudo stated what he apparently knew on the subject and asked a question, the woman nodded her head. "There are many who fall, who aren't strong enough to accept the things they cannot change and move forward. You are here, and have no doubt agreed to help Malik in his quest... the one he aims to displace, Sorio the Wizard, is one such person. His tainted Rukh call for malice and vengeance. There is no salvation for one such as him." the old woman stated.

"Just because you need to do things like this, doesn't change your outlook nor the fact that you tried. But if you spare people that go on to kill you anyways. Which is what the fallen will do, you brats will die martyrs for your causes. And then you won't be able to do any good for anyone that you leave behind." The woman said rather shrewdly. Though she did have a point, the dead do nothing to affect the world physically. Their deaths only haunt those who survive thereafter one such example of this were the former Emperor and Empress.

The more he thought about it, the more this woman's words made sense to Fudo. If what she said was true, the Fallen were a danger to the state of the world itself, as well as themselves. If, once one fell, they were in such a state forever, it would be a kindness unto them. Of course, Fudo would still be trying his best to do otherwise, but if it came down to the cut and dry of kill or lose others, Fudo could potentially be resolved to do what was necessary. Rising from the floor, Fudo chose to step outside for a moment. In doing so, he looked at his Metal Vessel and called upon Amon's flames once more. 'Politeness and Austerity, hm?' he thought before using the flames to burn up his own body again.

"Spirit of Politeness and Austerity. In the name of my Magoi, and my will to grant me a greater power, I order you and your members! Come Forth, Amon!" In a massive burst of flames, Fudo underwent the changes of his full Djinn Equip. The flames receded to be merely a small inferno after a few moments, revealing the prince of Sindria wearing Amon's white robes with longer, blonde hair tied off in two ponytails, flame-like protruding armor on his arms and legs, a naval piercing much like Amon's own, and the trademark third eye of a Djinn on his forehead. There also seemed to be a permanent ring of fire at his backside, and flames spewing from the armor on his legs. His weapon, of course, became the Amol Saiqa broadsword, which he suddenly felt more comfortable with for one reason or another. 'Hmm...'

Soon enough Fudo seemed to accept that which he had been told and excused himself. As this happened, Uzma seemed to smirk as she knew exactly what one such as this young man would go and do, and soon enough she had the confirmation of the Rukh and the raging flames outside as proof that this young man had at least managed his Djinn transformation. "There's one. Now then, what about you?" she asked of Yasmin who had been quiet for a great deal of time.

The pink haired girl thought about it for a few more moments and decided that she'd rather do what was necessary than to lose another friend to her inaction. Of course, she'd probably been leaning towards such a decision for quite a while and decided about it based on the events surrounding Bakura in Parthevia. As she walked a bit off from the rest of the group she put in a great deal of thought into what she'd say. "The Spirit of Maniacal Love and Chaos, I order thine ancestors, To use my Magoi to give me power, Come Out, Paimon!" she mentioned while holding her flabellum and channelling her magoi this would lead to a small tornado surrounding the girl which would close in on her person before dissipating to reveal a change in her form. White robes with gold extensions and accessories much in the style of Paimon's piercings and chains. Her appendages slightly feathered including the bits right around her face which was crowned by another gold piece which centered around a third eye in the middle of her forehead. Her hair also seemed to have lightened a great deal and such would complete the girl's ability to use her Djinn transformation.

This sight was a new one for the old woman who seemed satisfied at least that the girl was capable of it. And for Erza who was still posted against a wall but capable of seeing the transformations of both individuals who seemed to be having problems with it. Now that it had been handled in such a way, Uzma scoffed and headed off. "Now I can sleep in peace." she mentioned as her parting words heading for the same door which Fudo had left.

As his transformation stabilized, Fudo was passed by the very same elderly woman who'd given Yasmin and himself the advice that allowed their development. As she passed, he called out to her. "Did you leave the palace of your own accord, or did Sorio drive you out?" he asked, having come to the conclusion that this woman had to be of high standing in the palace prior to her stay with the Yambala Gladiators.

Meanwhile, Caelus decided to take his leave of this building, finding in seeing these two that their training for the day had come to its end. "We're done here. I'm going to do some real training."

As Uzma was leaving she was called out to by Fudo. The young man's question gave her a bit of pause, one because she didn't expect anyone to be insightful enough to have realized such a thing based upon what she'd said today and two because it'd been quite a while since she'd discussed her life as part of the palace. "I told the Emperor and Empress that Sorio was tainted. They believed me but thought he could be changed. That it was simply the war and that with time he'd become his normal self again. Then the princess went missing, and though I was able to tell them that she lived I could provide them no other comforts. I tried to save them but Sorio had them assassinated, and so I sought refuge here, until such a time as the flow of the Rukh could be returned to normal. I am glad she's alright and that's she found friends."

Meanwhile, Caelus mentioned to Yasmin that their training for the day was finished and this caused the girl to smile and bow. "Thank you." she said as her Djinn Equip fell away and she returned her flabellum to the place it'd previously been connected to her outfit. Such a thing made Erza smile just a little but soon her face was as stoic as ever as she stood from her spot on the wall and headed out the same was as Caelus. "Oi, wait up. I'm coming, too." she said as she aimed to leave with him to do whatever extra training they wanted to do for the day. All alone Yasmin decided to join Fudo to see what had come of his transformation and stood in the doorway having a look at the young man's changed appearance a bit out of earshot from his conversation with the old woman.

Uzma's story confirmed his suspicions that she had been within the palace prior to Sorio's takeover. This also further resolved him to do something about the problem with the aforementioned man, as Fudo now had more insight on the kind of person he'd become. "Don't worry. We'll make things right while we're here," he said with a respectful bow to the departing woman of age. Once this brief interaction had given Fudo the information he sought, he turned around with the intention of locating Yasmin. A few steps ahead, and he encountered her at the entrance to the building they had previously been inside. When he saw the young woman, his eyes widened and one brow rose. He obviously never saw the outfit that came with either form of Paimon's Djinn Equip when he used it earlier, but now that he could see it, he found it... interesting, to say the least. With a grin, he chose to comment on the garb. "Hmph. I was right. It definitely suits you more than it would me."

The aged woman, seemed to look at this boy as he bowed, and after his statement her eyes widened but she soon continued on her path. As she walked away a small smile appeared on her face, as she was quite certain this boy and the Princess were more than capable of doing exactly that. If only for a bit of time.

After this Yasmin was soon confronted by Fudo who chose to comment on the look of her Djinn Equip which she supposed she hadn't seen herself except on him. A small blush appeared on the girl's face as she thought about what this particular form of armor had to look like on her compared to him. "Hm? You think so?" she asked a smile appearing on her slightly blushed face. "I always wondered what yours would be like too... definitely more you than me." the girl finished up finally cancelling her transformation and allowing her item to fall back into place her clothing returning to normal. "Also our teachers seemed to run off saying we were done for the day. So, I guess we are free to do what we want for a while."

"Of course I do. I dare say it accents your features very well. I'd definitely recommend it over the rags," he replied nonchalantly before hazarding a glance at his own getup, finding it refreshingly less feminine than what he'd gotten out of Paimon's Djinn Equip. When Yasmin commented on it, he took hold of his top, which consisted solely of a strip of cloth from his right hip, which stretched around him and draped over his left shoulder. "Heh! Are you sure? Surely you'd have your own appeal in something like this. Feel free to try it on for yourself whenever you like." With that said, Fudo did away with his own Djinn Equip as well, stashing away his sword thereafter. It seemed they were free to do as they pleased now, as per the words of their mentors. However, Fudo had no clue what options this opened for the group.

"Ah, well if you really think so, then I'll just have to keep it." said the still blushing girl. As she commented on his own equip he went on to say that basically she would probably look nice in it as well. This caused the girl to scoff, playfully and shrug. "Probably will try it on some time, looks amazing." she finished thinking about their apparent free time and activities they could do together as a group. She was immediately brought back to her present state of attire and her general hopes that she would eventually change clothes. In fact, she'd gathered clothing from her dungeon to change into, though now that she'd properly seen Paimon's idea of clothing she was a bit wary, but at the very least a nice bath sounded like something they could all do together and relax. "I think... I am going to ask the rest of the girls if they want to go to the bath with me." Yasmin said with a nod. "It's one of the activities this place is known for and most likely to appeal to all of us." she said having read that bit in a book previously provided by Shadiya.

"Be my guest. I'm sure Paimon would approve as well." When Yasmin mentioned the bath, Fudo remembered an earlier mention of nearby public baths, one of Reim's greatest tourist attractions. Now that he thought about it, he could use a bit of cleansing and relaxing as well; especially after this recent bout of training. "You know, that actually sounds like a great idea. We should tell everyone," he said, gesturing toward the area which presumably still housed the others. "After you."

"I bet she would." Yasmin said of Paimon's approval. That Djinn was likely one of the oddest people that Yasmin had ever encountered in her life. Even so, it seemed that Fudo agreed with the idea of a bath and thus she'd lead the charge to their other friends. With that she headed off in the direction of the group and upon arriving she'd find, Nasira and surprisingly Shula and anyone else still with them and announce her intentions. "The Gladiators said we were done for the day so I was thinking of catching a bath, anyone else want to come with?" she asked. Nasira looked up and nodded.

"Sounds like a great idea." she mentioned getting up to begin gathering her things. Shula looked at the group pouting. "Can I go?"

Bakura had been recently caught up on events that occurred during his sleep. Soon after receiving this mass of information, he saw the approach of Yasmin, followed by Fudo, only to immediately hear the former offer a trip to the public bath of Reim. A simple nod came from the white-haired boy, who was then bumped into by Malik as the pink-haired male threw an arm around him. "Hell yeah! The baths here are awesome! You guys would love it!"

It was Fudo to first address the apparently pouting Magi in red, finding it strange that she didn't immediately feel included in Yasmin's offer. "Of course. We'll all go; it'll be fun."

Yasmin was very happy to find the females of their group agreeing to this bath she'd offered. Moreover she was quite surprised to find that in her absence Bakura had woken up and was more than a bit excited to see him. In fact she lunged at him in a very excited manner wrapping her arms around the young boy. "Baki!~ You're awake~ I'm so happy." she said this statement seemingly true. Such a manuever caused Nasira to smile as she knew the pink haired girl was quite fond of her companion and she didn't even question whether or not Malik was coming along or not.

The only thing slightly odd was Shula didn't immediately feel included. Fudo addressed this and the Magi dressed in red seemed to light up. "Really? No one ever lets me do stuff. Yay~ bathtime! Bath-tiiiime!~" she chimed excitedly which while it was odd, one could only suspect that the younger of the Magi they'd come across didn't often get to do whatever she pleased, though this group on the whole would more than welcome her. "Sure, of course the offer included you as well." Yasmin chimed as she hugged Bakura. "Well, I couldn't be sure, Sami took off after Ali and said I couldn't come." she said puffing her cheeks out a bit which led several in the group to believe that she simply felt left out of whatever her Magi counterparts were doing right now. Nasira returned with her own times and ones for the rest of the group including the little bundle of cloth and jewelry that Yasmin had collected from her own dungeon. "I'm sure we will enjoy it." Nasira said to Malik handing out fresh clothes and the like to the group so they could journey to this bath house and experience what they were like first hand.

"Mornin' Yas!" Bakura exclaimed with a smile as Yasmin approached him. His arms were open in preparation for the charging hug he anticipated, and of course, it came just as expected. "Sorry; didn't mean to worry ya'." When it was agreed that all parties would be participating in the journey to the bathhouse, he released his hold on the pink-haired young woman.

Malik hopped off his place on the carriage, where he'd been waiting for the return of Yasmin and Fudo. As the others were all guests, he figured it would be easiest if he gave a bit of guidance. "I'll lead you guys to the nearest spot. Follow me!" he said as he wandered off in the direction to the nearby bathhouse. The group, should they follow, would arrive at the desired location in a matter of mere minutes.

Bakura's greeting and general well-being made Yasmin a lot happier than she'd been previously. His apology came with an odd look from Yasmin as she pulled her face away from him to look at the boy strangely only to hug him again and speak to him. "Well, I was really worried, but... I also appreciate what you did." she said pausing only for a moment. "Though, I'd rather you not sacrifice yourself." she said with a nod. Only to squeeze the boy once more before letting go of them as everyone had agreed upon their afternoon activity and Malik had even offered to lead. "Will do." Yasmin said as she finally released the boy who was her companion for so long. And followed Malik as he began to walk towards the nearest bathhouse.

Nasira and Shula also followed the latter flying a bit off the ground seemingly happy and buzzing about the group seeming to have a good look at the Rukh around it and finding them to be amazing. She was having a rather good time following to the bath and enjoying the chance to be properly social with a group of girls, which is something she'd been missing while being solely in Malik's company.

Soon enough, Malik would stop at the head of the group, opening his arms to gesture toward the facility in front of them. "Here we are! Welcome to one of many bathhouses Reim has to offer! This one's a bit out of the way from everything else, so it's usually pretty empty. We'll probably have the place to ourselves. So, have at it guys!" With the conclusion of his announcement, Malik himself entered the bathhouse and proceeded to one of numerous closet-like spaces filled with towels and the like.

The bath house was rather elaborate. The closet like spaces lined the entry wall but were rather obviously denoted male and female. The girls of this group having figured this out, moved to the right side and slipped into the spaces in which the stripped and wrapped themselves in towels. Once they were properly attired they moved straight through this area and into the next one where there would be small spaces for them to put their things within eye sight but it would also be separated men from when by a large wall after which there was a general pool and the like in the center of a wide atrium. "Wow... this place is kind of huge." Yasmin said as she stepped out naked and wrapped in a towel eyeing the water her things including her metal vessel in the bundle balanced on her head. A habit and skill she'd picked up from her time transporting things across Parthevia. Nasira also stepped out wrapped in a towel, her things wrapped up tightly and held to her side. "Indeed. Though I didn't expect it to be separated by gender. Oh well. At least we can still have fun." she managed as Shula stepped out stark naked just holding her towel and things which she would immediately drop before just hopping into the warm waters of the women's bath. "BATH TIME~" she chirped as she hopped in submerging herself only to come back up a few seconds after. "Come on, the water is fine." she said which caused both the girls to laugh as they headed over to the side to actually get clean before they returned to dip themselves in the waters of the bath.

Meanwhile bubbles would appear from the bottom of the pool and then out of it would pop a certain familiar purple haired girl. Her eyes widening as she looked at the group. "Oh hi, I didn't know you were done yet." said the girl known as Shadiya.

As the group entered the bathhouse, Bakura followed Malik, keeping in mind that the pink-haired male would know his way around. Fudo, upon stepping inside, was bumped into by a blue-haired man whose face he did not get a chance to see. When Fudo looked back, the man was still walking out of the bathhouse, with only one thing to say in passing. "Sorry," he said. "It's fine. I wasn't paying attention," Fudo replied. By the time he turned around to continue toward the baths, everyone else was gone from sight. But, feeling as if he could find his own way around, he continued onward regardless. The prince of Sindria succeeded in finding a single towel, and a place to rinse his hair before he would actually enter the baths.

Meanwhile, Malik and Bakura were entering the men's bath after donning their towels. The first thing Malik did, instead of relaxing, was check the wall which separated the men's and women's baths. "What are you doing?" Bakura asked of the older male as he, himself, descended into the water. "I know a guy who's been going to all the bathhouses and stabbing peep holes in the separators. Maybe we can get an eyeful of something~"

Nasira and Yasmin both got clean and then descended into the warm pools greeting Shadiya and Shula. "Shadi, I didn't know you were done. I definitely invited everyone." said Yasmin. Which caused the purple haired girl to laugh. "I finished awhile back but I was sore, so I came here. It's nice seeing everyone." she said. "I've been in here all alone for a while." she said with a nod. It was quite fortuitous for them to be pretty much alone in the Bath House. It almost made it much more personal. As Yasmin discarded her towel she'd sink into the water covering her chest and feel utterly relaxed within the warmness of the bath. "Ah, I see. Well everything is good now, even Baki is awake~" mentioned Yasmin as Nasira scooted into the water beside her. "Indeed. I wonder what the boys are doing." mentioned the black haired girl which caused Yasmin to shrug. "Bakura is awake now. That's good. I haven't gotten the chance to properly meet him." Shadiya said. Since she joined the group the ashen haired lad had been near death and then unconscious. Shula had all but disappeared but soon enough reappeared emerging from the water directly in front of Yasmin, squeezing the pink haired girl's chest much to her surprise while affectionately hugging her. "Wow! Your boobs are huge. I'm almost jealous. You have such a great figure." mentioned the rather handsy Magi. Yasmin found herself giggling while trying to push the girl off. "Shula~ Cut it out~" she said apparently extremely ticklish, not that she was generally given such an easy reason to laugh. While Nasira moved to Shadiya and frowned apparently taking a moment to figure out how she measured up to the pink haired girl and the Magi and finding herself lacking in the chest department. Shadiya was doing the same and they were having a shared moment of brooding while the pink haired girl tried to flee her molester.

"Are you sure that's a good idea? I've done a lot of shady things, but that's kind of..." Bakura said, only to be shushed mid-sentence by Malik. "Hear that? Girls go crazy when they're in baths together, and the good stuff's already happening!"

As the girls were at play, and the boys were apparently trying to find a peephole, Fudo squeezed water out of his hair and draped his singular towel over his head to ready himself for entry. His eyes were closed as he walked into the bath, clad only in his birthday suit and the towel on his head. Little did Fudo know, he'd gone in the wrong direction when entering, and he'd stepped out into the women's bath. "This place seems alright, but I don't think it compares to what I'm adjusted to," he said ever so nonchalantly.

The girls were pretty much still happily playing in the water, with Shula finally diverting her attention from Yasmin to Shadiya and have a grope of her as well. "Oh, don't look so down Shadi and Nasira, we're all young... they'll get bigger eventually." she said taking a moment to compare. "Shadi's already bigger than the last time I saw her." she said much to the girl's surprise it was now her turn to try and escape the young magi's molestation. While this happened, Nasira seemed to brood even more than she had been before. 'I'm 20, mine aren't going to get any bigger.' the girl thought as she sank even further into the water. Still this was all fun and games and she did enjoy the company of the other girls and it was something she was quite unused to, given her companion of her lifetime was Fudo.

Speaking of that particular young man he soon spoke into the bath which caused all the odd merrymaking to stop as everyone who recognized this man's voice. Shula stared for a few seconds blinking about three times and having a look at the boy from head to toe. "He's naked." she mentioned seemingly stunned by his presence. Shadiya who had been fleeing was also paused and now she saw Fudo completely naked and blushed intensely disappearing into the water. Yasmin who had just settled back on the side of the heated bath got a full bottom to top view of Fudo and soon found herself forcing her gaze upwards. "Of course he's naked, it's a bath... though I really didn't expect to see this, now." she said her gaze shifting around the room and trying not to focus on this very naked man. Meanwhile Nasira smirked. Knowing that if anyone could or would accidentally find themselves in the wrong bath and not immediately realize something was wrong it would be Fudo. Though she was apparently unbothered by Fudo's nudity, given this wouldn't have been the first bath they had together. "Well, of course it doesn't compare, but more than that...." she paused chuckling at all the varied reactions of their other female companions. "You're in the wrong bath. These are separated men and women's baths right now you should be enjoying your bath with Bakura and Malik." she finished in a matter of fact way while the other women bar Yasmin covered their eyes visibly.

"... Eh?" Upon hearing the voices of women in the immediate vicinity, Fudo opened those dual-colored eyes of his to witness every lass he'd come to know over the past couple of weeks in the bath, with none of the males present. All of them, bar Nasira for obvious reasons, seemed surprised by his presence and/or state of undress. "Wrong bath?" he asked of Nasira. "What's the point of us being separated in a group activity?" Fudo asked this of all the women present, as he rubbed the towel across his head to deal with the dripping from his hair. Afterwards, he wrapped the towel around his waist, since some seemed to take issue with his present nudity.

"Yep, wrong bath." she said knowing that an argument of some sort was likely coming. Still Fudo asked a very valid question and all the young women seemed to pause and think about their answers to it. This was supposed to be a group activity, and bath houses were among the best of them. Maybe this simply implied that the Empire didn't believe women and men to be friends. "Well, I guess there isn't much point in a split group activity." Shadiya said finally emerging from the water since Fudo was no longer visibly naked. With towel now in place, Shula took a moment to look at the young man floating up and out of the water and flying around him. "Actually without knowing he's not a girl, he's got a girly kind of face. " she said looking at his dual colored eyes and nodding. If the other girls agreed they didn't say anything. Yasmin on the other hand simply shrugged. "I can't say I care. Group activities are supposed to be for the group and all, join us. The more the merrier." Yasmin mentioned motioning for Fudo to join them in the bath. Shadiya looked surprised but also agreed and Shula had already started playing in Fudo's hair. "Your hair is so soft. Not boobs but not bad." And just like that bath time would continue.

Though Fudo had accidentally stumbled into the wrong bath without even knowing there was segregation among the genders in such places, he had apparently been given the go-ahead, as it were, to remain on this side of the bathhouse. As such, he aimed to take a step forward to enter the bath, though he stopped in his tracks as Shula began fiddling with his hair. "Is it?" he asked in response to the statement about his hair, reaching up to grab a few locks for himself. "I guess I've never compared it to any other. Must be the shampoos," he said.

Meanwhile, Malik had finally found the peep hole he'd been looking for. He tucked away the thought that he'd have to get in touch with his accomplice about the placement of these holes, but looked through it nonetheless. When he did so, his eyes widened immediately. He could see a couple of the girls through the steam, including the forever free Magi, Shula, but he also saw a male physique in the mist... one obviously belonging to Fudo, judging by the hair. "The hell... How did that guy get over there!?"

Shula nodded. "Shampoo huh?" she thought about it for a while, and would make a note to ask about this again later, but just like all the free Magi's interests she within a few moments completely lost his and headed back to the water to further harass the other females present. And in doing so freed Fudo to join all of them in the water. Yasmin simply giggled as she watched Shula's behavior. She supposed the young Magi simply didn't possess normal boundaries. But her cheerful disposition and explorative nature were kind of fun to have around. A smile would appear on the pink haired girl's face she was rather content in this moment realizing what it was actually like to have multiple and different friends.

"Who's over there?" Bakura asked of the other lad. "Fudo. He's over there, and they all seem completely fine with it. Damn... playboy womanizer sex machine!" Malik ranted in response. This minor bout of fury prompted laughter from Bakura, who figured he understood how such a thing came about, but had no interest in making the journey himself.

Once freed, Fudo went about his business, stepping forward until he was able to sink into the waters of the bath. He supported himself at the edge by draping his arms over the end of the pool-like tub, and simply allowed his muscles to relax from there.

While the other boys were bonding over their separate but equal bath. Shula had changed her focus of interest to Nasira. Presently speaking the younger girl was poking at the dark haired girl and flicking her hands about the Rukh around her. "Ooh, you're interesting too." she said giving the other girl a hug, which while generally unexpected didn't seem to upset Nasira in the slightest. A second thereafter she had moved on telling all the girls a pivotal bit of information. "Someone else besides me has to touch his hair and agree that it's super soft." the Magi said which made the brows of the other young women shift a bit Nasira shrugged. "If it will make you happy and keep you from molesting people." she mentioned. Moving over to touch Fudo's hair which surprisingly she didn't ever remember doing. At the mention of molestation Yasmin also moved. "I second that... as I am apparently the second most likely target." she said giggling just a bit. Shadiya also moved a bit closer and soon enough all four of these young women were touching Fudo's hair and surprisingly conversing about the goodness of its texture.

"You're right, Shula, it really is soft." said Shadiya. "I think now might be the time that I am jealous." Yasmin mentioned playing with Shula's earlier speech. Nasira also agreed. "Yep, definitely soft, definitely jealous. One more thing to add to the list." she said having already taken up jealousy about the figures of the other young women. "Told ya' so~" sang Shula apparently happy at her discovery.

Within a matter of moments, Fudo found himself surrounded by a trio of women who were content to reach into his dampened hair. He didn't exactly know what to say in this situation, but when he looked around him, he couldn't quite complain either. "What the hell? They're all over him now! I can't even find some good eye candy for my Household..." Malik griped while observing this. Fudo, on the other hand, maintained a gentle grin on his face. "So is this what people do in public baths? Fool around with one another?"

Upon hearing Fudo's question two young women stopped to look at him and finished molesting what was obviously really soft hair. "Hm, I suppose this is kind of always what it's like. Groups of girls are usually really nice to each other in situations like this, everything's much less tense." mentioned Shadiya who was by far the most used to these kind of random social interactions. Shula nodded her agreement. "Whenever I come here, people are always doing such things. It's all in good fun..." the young Magi said. Still she was looking at this group with all her senses active and knew of the progress made by both Fudo and Yasmin this day. She was rather proud of them in this moment even though she hadn't been the one to choose them herself. Yasmin gave a final pet to Fudo's locks, her slim fingers entwining in teal strands, before returning herself to leaning against one end of the bath immediately to Fudo's left. "Groups of people are always like this when they let their guards down. Probably something about being exposed that lets people be themselves..." Yasmin said her own eyes closing as she relaxed in this water. She couldn't remember the last time she'd had a calm and warm bath, but this immediately jumped really high up her list in activities.

"Ah... I see," Fudo said upon gaining understanding that this was a regular occurrence. It was strange how people decided to bond with one another, but there would be no complaints whatsoever from Fudo. As his eyes traveled from one of these girls to another, he could indeed see the individual, and personal values of each one, and then a great deal extra when Shula was concerned. "Wait... did anyone question her being naked as well?" he muttered under his breath, only to then discard the thought and shake his head lightly.

Yasmin nodded her head leaned back and her eyes still closed. Though since she maintained close proximity to Fudo she heard the statement he muttered after realizing how the women were currently attired and she chuckled just a little. She took a moment to speak to him directly while the rest of the girls floated around the pool in their varied states of toweledness or nudity. "No one questioned it, because we all knew. That if anyone else was going to be naked it was going to be her." she whispered of Shula. Though Yasmin herself also didn't realize that Fudo didn't know she was also naked in the water. After enough time for a long soak had passed, Shadiya extricated herself from the pool extending her hand to Nasira apparently an agreement they'd already come to. "Getting too hot, headed to the cool room." she said as she pulled Nasira out of the water both of them still clad in soaking wet towels as they grabbed their things and headed for the room with a colder pool within to finish up their bathing process.

Shula also left though a bit disappointed. "Aww, the cold room is my least favorite." she said apparently the Magi was fond of the warmer climates but that was about expected considering her personality. Yasmin finally opened her eyes and though she was comfortable in the warm waters, she wouldn't deny herself a full bathing process. "Oh, we're moving. Alright I'll come too." Yasmin said as she moved across the pool, but when she extricated herself from the neck depth she'd been at the entire time one would get a full view of the very naked pink haired girl as she picked up her towel and belongings. Apparently she was about as open as their new Magi friend when it came to bathing practices and once she had what she needed she'd follow the other girls to the cold room. "Hey, you coming too?" she asked of Fudo, if he was she'd wait for him. All this occurred while the other girls were dipping themselves into the frigid waters of the next pool room.

"You know... that makes perfect sense," Fudo replied while relaxing further. Mere moments later, the others were sauntering off to the 'cold room' as it were, and Yasmin was content to follow suit. When asked if he would be coming along as well, Fudo sighed to get one last bit of relaxation out of the hot water, before ultimately opening his eyes to see that which he'd not expected. When his gaze fell upon the pink-haired lass, there was an immediate widening of his eyes. 'Her too!?' was his first thought. Fudo's next immediate thoughts were none too savory, but he was able to quickly shut them out and lift his gaze. "Uh... yeah." With that, Fudo also removed himself from the hot bath, content to follow suit into the next room.

The cool room, also had an elaborate deep pool. Only unlike the previous room it wasn't heated. Instead it had crystal clear waters pumped in from an underground spring and thus was rather cool in temperature. Upon entering one could see both Nasira and Shadiya standing near the edge of the pool and then a rather mischievous looking Shula prepared to push them in. "THE HARDEST PART IS LETTING GO!" mentioned the girl as she ran forward aiming to take both girls with her into the cold water. Of course, Nasira seemed to see this coming and shifted just a tad so she could wave at the Magi as she and Shadiya went falling into the cold waters alone. "I have my own pace." mentioned Nasira with a cheeky smile. A bit of splashing and the like would ensue and this would be as Yasmin and Fudo entered this new place. Yasmin put this together rather quickly, and seemed to have missed Fudo's shock at her apparent nudity. And this was not really brought into question by any of the other girls either. Now Shadiya and Shula were splashing around in the water and Nasira was preparing to sit at the edge with just her legs in while her body adjusted to the temperature. Yasmin after sitting her things near the side of the pool simply stepped off the edge taking the big plunge that no one else had tried to make on their own. She was submerged for a few seconds but soon came up with a light shiver. "Oh, that's brisk." she said but soon enough was content with her own temperature and that of the water.

Fudo managed to regain full composure en route to the cold room, and upon entry, he simply walked into the pool. Just before his towel was to hit the water, he casually discarded it to the edge and continued to submerge himself. His thought was that he'd like to maintain the warmth of his towel when exiting the chilly waters of this room, and that he'd appreciate his own foreknowledge to do so later down the line.

Meanwhile, Malik had completely given up. He and Bakura were on their way out of the cold room of the men's bath, and in the process of retrieving their things.

The other girls seemed to not care too much either way about Fudo's presence here. Soon as they were all adjusted to the coolness of the water they were pulling each other out to finally get dressed and end the bathing process. Shadiya and Shula were the first completely in and thus the first to get out. Grabbing up their clothes they headed towards the opposite entrance of the dressing rooms they'd been in earlier. "Woo~ Baths are the best. We should totally do this together again." the magi mentioned. As Shadiya also grabbed up her clothes. "Yes. You guys are the best." she said as she headed to dress herself. Nasira had finally dipped her entire body in the water, and though the cold was rather shocking she could see the use of it. After a few seconds of this she was also pulling herself out feeling that she'd done enough. "Yeah, cold rooms aren't really my thing." she said. Heading off to get dressed too.

"Aww, everyone's always done before me." Yasmin mentioned as she got up finally as well. She'd been naked the entire time and thus her towel was dry which she'd definitely appreciate now as she wrapped herself up in it and grabbed her bundle of new clothes. "It was fun while it lasted though~" she commented also heading off to dress assuming Fudo would do the same in his own time. After all, there was still Malik and Bakura to consider and no one had any idea how long the two of them would hang out in the baths. As Yasmin tucked herself into a changing stall she picked through the strips of cloth which were found as part of Paimon's Dungeon Capture and sighed mentally. 'Please just don't leave me naked.' she thought as she began to pick through the pieces and dress herself. Soon enough she'd emerge dressed on the other side. A small linen top and bottoms which connected to it directly and covered her navel. This gave her an appearance similar to the Djinn herself, minus all the piercings and jewels, not that Yasmin cared to have those things anyways. Other than that she simply attached her flabellum to her person at her hip and continued about her day. The pink haired girl still didn't wear shoes for whatever reason, but she seemed at least comfortable and very clean now.

"Everyone but me, you mean," Fudo replied to Yasmin. It wasn't until after she was leaving the pool that he did the same, stretching once he'd exited the water. With that out of the way, he remembered his towel, which he then grabbed from the floor and slipped around his waist. Moving onward, he went about drying off and retrieving clothes of his own. His new attire consisted of floor-length gold and white robes, and pointed golden shoes. He also donned jewelry in the form of earrings and a necklace, completing his princely ensemble with these items and his Metal Vessel in a proper sheath, before ultimately heading out to meet the others again.

Yasmin now dressed like a baby Djinn exited in her clean white outfit. It had a teardrop shaped opening in the front showing the entirety of her torso and scoops around each of her hips also revealing the skin on the side of her body as well. The shorts attached to it were rather short and the single piece of cloth it was connected to across her chest seemed to fit her snuggly as if it was intended for her specifically to wear. Outside she found that the other girls were all already dressed and waiting in a common area in front of the place. Shula had gone back to her red robes which were wrapped strategically around her person but gave way to lots of tanned skin. She wore one very elegant piece holding what would have been considered the 'skirt' part of her outfit together as well as a single piece around her neck. "Oh, you changed Yasmin~" she said of the girls' attire. "Aww, I like it. I want some like that." she pouted in her casual way.

Nasira, was wearing an outfit very similar to the one she'd been wearing before. Only this time her outfit was lined in gold including her vest and the undershirt she wore beneath it. Her baggy pants held up by a golden belt which matched a golden head piece which kept her still wet black tresses in place. Her outfit was completed by her household vessel on her right arm, a double ringed gold choker around her neck, and some tiny flat black shoes. "I agree." she said of the girl's new attire. Shadiya had returned wearing her similar white linen pieces that covered her bottom pinned together by something which looked like a palm tree. Over her chest a deep purple hard covering with an odd piece down its center and her attire completed by the golden locket around her neck which was her metal vessel. She was relieved the other girl had changed as it was much more suited to her current personage. She also found the outfit itself a bit daring with all the skin it was showing. Yasmin's outfit seemed to simply cover what was important while showing the skin on the rest of her body, much like the outfit chosen by the Magi now that she thought about it. The main difference between the two was the very visible permanent brusing around Yasmin's wrist and ankles, though the pink haired girl didn't carry herself at all like she cared about that. "Aww, stop it you guys." she said seeming to blush and wave off the girl's attention as she found comfort in her new attire. Of course this level of comfort was soon ended as Fudo joined the group outside and all the girl's attention immediately diverted to him. "Nevermind~ Best outfit of the day goes to Fudo." Yasmin said a bit shocked to find him dressed in such a regal manner. Nasira was quite used to this and sighed. "Yeah, he always takes fashion way over the top." she said. The spritely Shula only circled the man and had a look at him. "Aww, guys we have to go back. We're all under dressed." she said pouting and crossing her arms over her chest.

When Fudo approached the group, it seemed he was stepping into a discussion of attire among them. This was soon redirected to him and what he chose to wear, which he had only avoided wearing as to not draw attention to himself in Qishan. One particular comment made by Nasira warranted a mock scoff from Sindria's prince, as he considered her to be quite the hypocrite in this moment. "Me over the top? You dress no differently, Nasira. More importantly," he said, shifting his gaze toward Yasmin with a hand against his chin. "I disagree. This has a very interesting level of appeal to it."

Next came Nasira's turn to scoff. She had chosen her previous outfit based on their need to blend in. Changing it only required minor alterations and leaving the jewelry behind. She could also clearly state she only had such things because of Fudo in the first place. "Yes you. I am merely accenting... you are making a statement." she said sticking her tongue out at the princely lad. This exchange caused Yasmin to laugh a bit, but as she noticed attention was once again turned to her she simply shrugged not really knowing what to say about it. "If you say so." she said a bit of a grin coming to her face as she accepted the compliment with only a slight blush. "To be honest, I am just happy it includes all major pieces. After meeting Paimon I was a bit worried about how she'd choose to dress me~" she said of the clothing pilfered from her Dungeon. "Where's Baki and Malik?" she questioned wondering why those two hadn't been seen yet.