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Well she seemed alright, if not a bit drowzy. "Me?" Penelope blinked. "I was... was... enjoying the scenery." She wiped a hand across her eyes, hoping they weren't red. "A-anyways, I could ask the same about you. What are you doing sleeping in the woods? And... and why are you soaked?That's a good way to get sick you know, wearing sopping wet clothes, and, and sleeping... at the same time." She frowned, unsure if that had even made sense. "Maybe... do you wanna head back to the apartments and change? I'll go with you- I mean, not into the apartment or anything cause- Well, not that that would be weird becau- I mean, it wouldn't mainly due to-... I just mean we can head back to the hot springs place... together... if you want. You should definitely, er, probably get changed, and I'm pretty much done ah... enjoying, so... so yeah." She sighed. Obviously, having a british accent didn't actually mean you had any sort of mastery of the english language. It was always like this with new people.

There was a point in time where someone telling her that sort of thing would have caused her undue stress, but after having several different people recount similar stories to her, Penelope had sort of realized that there really wasn't any point to getting worked up about anything, after all, they weren't. "Yeah well, you know how immortals get about their books." She shrugged. "You're okay though right? I mean, you're the second person I've met who almost drowned today, though she..." She trailed off, blushing slightly. "Ah... well, that's not important. Drowning sucks doesn't it? Yeah."

She stood, rocking back on her heels and brushing herself off. "Well we- er, yes I, I know." She shoved her hands in her pockets. "I don't have any problems going into the apartments, I just thought... that you might." She looked at her shoes. "I-I don't really care where we go. I mean, you're obviously dressed for the hot springs, but... Well, I'd have to grab my er... swimwear, from my room for that, but that's... well, in the men's apartments. She fidgeted slightly. "And well, you can see the problem with that... I mean, I'm still down to do... to do whatever. We can go wherever you want really. I don't mind."

Penelope smiled, Terra seemed like a pretty laid back person, which was nice. Laid back people were always the best, as they didn't tend to overreact as much. She provided more than enough overreaction for any group she was with. "Ah, it really doesn't work that way." She said uncomfortably. "I... They have to see me er, "Change"... literally. When I swap se.... well, my "condition" kicks in whenever I look someone of the opposite gender in the eye... that's why... why I switched when you walked up in the Zen Gardens. I really should've been being more careful, but I was caught off guard. I-it's fine though. I really don't mind being either a boy, o-or a girl. I mean, when I actually change it's sort of... not fun... I just have a lot more experience being a boy, well at least till I started going to rosentale. There's been a lot of me being a girl at that school..." She shifted her weight uncomfortably from foot to foot. Whenever she got going about her condition, she had a hard time stopping. "Er... if you want to go to the hotsprings, I could always go find someone to help me switch so I can get my... my stuff, and then I can meet you there. It's really no big deal. I mean, that way, you don't have to be waiting on me to... Or if you're not set on hotsprings we could do something else... if you want."

Penelope shrugged. "Er... I've just gotten used to it I guess, but I don't mind... I mean, if you're not set on the hot springs it would certainly... well, make things easier. For me I mean. I'll have to ah, to change back eventually, but I'm fine with... whatever you want to do. Really." She shifted her weight onto her other foot and gestured off in the same direction Terra had. "Ah, though if we go into the town... Well, you should probably get some clothes or... or something, for that. Not that you necessarily need them, but you might end up being a little more comfortable's all..."

She stuffed her hand into her pocket. Well, unless one of them picked something, they were gonna be stuck standing around talking about where they wanted to go forever. It reminded her of when she went to visit her extended family, who spent more time attempting to figure out where they wanted to go eat than actually going and eating. "You know what? Why don't we go ah... get you at least like, a towel or something, and then we can figure out if or... or where we're going after that. Never want to go anywhere without a wonderfully spectacular towel right?"

Penelope blinked. "Er... The river... I was just there... I think it's thataway yes?" She started walking. "You... just left your clothes there? The ah... the immortal guy must've really ah, really gotten to you huh? Well, I suppose if he... o-or she, had tried to drown me for some reason like getting a book wet... though it might depend on the book actually." She shook her head. "If it was say, a first edition of the hobbit or something... No, that's really beside the point. I can see why you left them there, sorry. I actually took a swim a... a little earlier, though I was fully clothed unfortunately. Had to go and change after that, and then of course I thought: stressful situation, might as well go to the zen gardens to relax, but that's where I met you so that didn't really work out... work out too well." She smirked. "ahem... so yeah! I think the river is this way."

[exit to river]