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Then, from within the changing rooms, came a young woman who was...seemingly unseen at first. Her movements into the hot springs co-eh area were rather quiet though, so it couldn't be much of a surprise that she would enter unnoticed. By the looks of it, she had not even reached the age of twenty, and was probably between the ages of sixteen and nineteen. Soft, subtle strands of a pink hued hair fell along her shoulders and the sides of her head, with a few strands moving down the front of her face on the right side. Her swim suit was also did little to hide her shapely and toned physique from those nearby. She wore a single piece, black suit with an intricate series of wavy, blood red lines that curved up toward her chest, as well as a series of lines that formed a pair of wing like, blood red designs over the back. Over her shoulders was a white towel she had brought with her, draped along it to rest idly. In her hands though...was probably what might cause alarm. She held a long, black scabbard. It was most definitely a scabbard, holding a katana no doubt.

She held it close to herself, hands tightly wrapped over it, the side of it lightly pressed against her cheek as she seemed to embrace the blade's sheath. As lightly as she entered, she also lightly dipped into the warm water, slowly slipping herself into it with a sigh. Still, she held the blade, which went in with her. She sat down on a slightly protruding rock, keeping the water at about her chest level, then removing the towel and slowly lowering in further. Still, the sword was held against her, her head moving just slightly to nuzzle her cheek against the sheath. The girl didn't seem to bother with the others inside, not really paying much mind to them at all. But if they decided to make her acquaintance, that was entirely up to them.

(Raine doth hath returnedeth x3)

"Hello"

Kaida alwasy had a bad time with making friends; her reflexes and bitchy attitude always got in the way. She also had a hard time relieving herself of alwasy being on gaurd. The dragoness never relaxed; she alwasy felt someone was awaiting her so they could strike when she was not paying attention. Kaida never stopped being vigulent.

She was unusually jumpy due to Joy accidently sending her flying beneath the one element she could barely stand. Now, a young male was obviously hitting on her, and it was annoying her. With impressive skill and agility, a cigarette lit itself and appeared within the crrner of her burgundy lips. Kaida exhaled, and watched as a large firey tunnel emerged from the embers and went flying towards the young male who insisted on speaking with her.

However, a large amount of water hit against her tower causing it to disipate along with the liquid. It had gotten five feet away from turning the man into charcoal. "Oh goddamnit!" Kaida muttered angriliy to herself, shifting her position sharply to see whom had splashed; her arms were wrapped gently around Joy to keep the infant steady.

"Do you mind?!" Kaida snapped, staring at the young lady with the katana clutched to her body. She wasn't in the best of moods right now, especially now that the memories of the b***h of her mother now swimming within her mind. Right now was not the time to get the dragoness angry. Her crimson optics glimmered with the rage of a dragon's, and her scaley tail slapped against the heated surface waringly.

Verin sat back against the rim of the hot springs, wings tucked in, and his arms on the lip of the spring on either side of him. He looked up into the waning twilight sky as the sun's last rays disappeared beneath the horizon, the moon's splendor taking its place. It really was a beautiful night, and the racket of the other people in the spring provided a lively atmosphere. It had been quite a day...his skirmish with Hatsu, taking her to the hospital, seeing a new face, although that was rather easy at Ria; he had only been here two days, every face was a new face.

As Verin opened his eyes, he saw something that caught his attention. He saw almost nothing. Apparently, the hot springs weren't lit in the dark and the moon's celestial light wasn't enough to light the area. He snatched up a stone from his immediate reach and held it out in his palm. This spell required a catalyst, and the little rock would work fine. "Ssussun." He spoke an incantation over the stone and it began to quiver. It shook for a bit, then stopped. Verin threw it into the air above the spring and the rock shone brilliantly, painting the hot springs with dancing shadows from all the plants and people around. It made the water glisten in the night as the brightness of the moon's reflection was doubled. Well, he could see now. Perhaps he had gone a bit too overboard...whatever, he wasn't complaining, and neither was anyone else. "Much better."

((I didn't think it would be that bright. ._.; ))

Hearing the frantic, panicky voice of one of the people, he began to think that maybe it was a tad bit bright. Even though the comment about someone being turned into toast would be well worth watching. He willed the stone back to his hand and spoke, "Olath." The light was extinguished, enveloping the springs in darkness once more. "Stupid light spells..." He muttered, "Gotta work on those." He looked over the stone again and focused on it. "Tiu." The stone quivered and began hovering above his palm. Neat little trick. Verin couldn't help but crack a smile. He had never thought of doing that before. He left the stone floating above the water nearby him, and tried another light spell on it; this time, he added a word. "Ugul ssussun." The rock emanated light again, but this was much dimmer than the accidental miniature sun he had inadvertently created. It was about the same strength as...oh, say, a desk lamp. He could see, and no one's eyes were melting. It was a win-win situation.

Sakura gazed around the room, the light was dimmer than before, which she was grateful for. The warm water was very soothing against her skin, and very relaxing. Looking around she only noticed a skattering of people around the water. One young man sitting nearby looked to be practicing his magic, even though he was relaxing. Part of her wished she could do the same in public, however the only skills she had that she was able to do out in the open were her shapeshifting and her singing. She realized she was not about to start singing, lest it make her seem odd to the rest of them. The only time she had summoned spirits, besides during fights and training, was during Halloween when she would make an offering to the spirits and in return they would stay around giving her home the perfect eerie feel.

Relaxing Sakura kept watching the young man as he tried different things with his talents. She was pleasantly surprised with the different things he was able to do with them. Decideding to sit on a lower piece of rock, she put her arms behind her head, giving her a little bit of cushioning so that she could put her head back against the rock. Looking towards the ceiling she saw the first starts popping out into the night sky, the cool air that did come through the room at random intervals was refresing against her now warm skin.