The Onsen - Tuesday afternoon.

[spectre_alenko]

After a morning practicing sword forms, Kaidan headed to the Onsen for some relaxing in the hot water. He was not prepared for the chickens.

There were chickens of all shapes and sizes, some very tiny and some the size of large dogs. Strutting around or sitting on the warm rocks, they were on every surface except the water itself.

Kaidan blinked and laughed a little. "Ok, well. Sure. Sharing the hot spring with some birds. Why not." He stepped carefully through the poultry until he could sink into the water. One of the chickens, a fluffy little Silkie, came bobbing over while making little churbling noises. It clearly wanted attention. Or it was worried he was going to drown, one of those. Kaidan tentatively held a dry hand out and the chicken scooted under it immediately. He offered very gentle petting/scritches and the chicken made some contented little noises. Stepping from side to side, it eventually sank down and fluffed out, eyes half-closed with happiness and tilting its head to get the scritches exactly where it wanted them.

There were worse ways to spend his time. It was oddly relaxing, the almost purring noises the chicken was making.

[Open! Happy National Poultry Day!]

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[somethingwithturquoise]

Sure, it wasn't Wednesday (and that hadn't even been A Thing for a while now, anyway), but Summer was thinking maybe it was a good day to just sort of relax at the Onsen, especially since she really wasn't doing much, anyway.

Once she got there, though, she sort of stopped and took a moment to take note of Kaidan. Take note of the chickens. Take note of the hot water.

"...I really hope this isn't some attempt to make chicken soup," she noted.

Mostly joking.

...she'd seen some weird stuff in her short lifetime, man.

[spectre_alenko]

"Doesn't seem to be," Kaidan said, "They seem to be avoiding the actual water. Hey, Summer. How've you been?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer regarded the chickens again with a narrowed-eyed gaze that she hoped worked for a warning that they didn't decide to go turn Kaidan into a liar before shedding her towel and stepping into the water. And nearly instantly melted into it and against the wall with a content with sigh and a moment to enjoy it before she answered.

"Better now," she said, "although pretty good overall. Been keeping busy, which is probably a good thing for everyone. How about you? We haven't had much of a chance to run into each other for a while, it seems."

[built_fjord_tough]

"Summer," Fjord greeted, once he'd settled into the water a little now that the mun can actually ping around, "been a while, there. How goes things?"

Please, enjoy the large green man smiling a (slightly tusky) smile in your direction, Summer. Happy Tuesday!

[somethingwithturquoise]

Tuesdays were the new Wednesdays!

"Fjord!" Summer smiled brightly back. "It has been a while, hasn't it? Things've been going good. Really good, actually. Keeping myself busy, all that good stuff."

Too busy, apparently.

"How about with you?"

Did he...had he always been a little tusky like that? She thought she would have remembered him being a little tusky. But, apparently, she couldn't remember if he'd been a little tusky before...

[what_the_shock]

Miguel decided on some soaking, took one step in, and stopped dead.

"Why are there chickens?"

[spectre_alenko]

"You've lived here longer than I have, man, you tell me," Kaidan grinned back at him. "They're not in the water, just sort of hanging out in here. They seem friendly enough."

[what_the_shock]

"They're chickens," Miguel said, eyeing them warily. "Besides, if they don't want the water, what are they even doing here?"

He made a halfhearted effort to shoo a few out of his way as he made his way to the water himself.

[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord hadn't been to the onsen in entirely too long, but hell, after class today he figured he deserved it. Soaking in a hot bath was the next best thing to actually shipping off to sea, after all, and class had very much put him in a mood to ship off, not for the first time.

The... the chickens were an unexpected addition to the onsen today, though.

"... The hell?"

Okay, an afternoon with Kaidan, Summer, and some wet birds. Still relaxing, probably.

[spectre_alenko]

"Chickens," Kaidan shrugged, "Your guess is as good as mine. Just another day on this island. How've you been, Fjord?"

[built_fjord_tough]

Well... at least it wasn't cats. Fjord shrugged, and then stepped into the water.

"Same as usual, I suppose," he replied. "Still doing plenty of work at the forge for Amaya. Still pouring drinks at the bar on Fridays. Seem to have a few regulars there now, which is... kinda nice, actually."

A bunch of people who were there just as much for his company as for their ale? It was... kind of novel, really.

"And you?"

[what_the_shock]

"Hey, Fjord." Miguel waved from the point in the water he'd shooed the chickens away from.

Mostly. A couple kept edging back his way from time to time and giving him Looks.

[built_fjord_tough]

"Miguel," Fjord greeted with a nod, smirking faintly as he watched the chickens crowd right back on in. "I see you've got some fans, there."

[hernando_fuentes]

Hernando nodded politely at Fjord. "Fjord. How are you doing?"

[built_fjord_tough]

"Hernando," Fjord replied, nodding back. "Can't complain. My class has been doing pretty decently, the island's been... more or less behaving."

He had more cereal than he'd be able to eat in his life.

"And yourself?"

[biotic_psychotic]

Jack grinned and, when Fjord entered the water, threw a small wave of a splash right at him. No reason, just because she was in a splashy mood today.

[built_fjord_tough]

And... that was Fjord, blinking as warm water ran down his chest. And then smirking faintly and sending a little splash right back.

"Jack," he greeted. "Hey, how the hell are you?"

[hernando_fuentes]

After his morning, Hernando decided he needed to do something relaxing. Sparkle was off with Leto so Hernando got his suit and went to the onsen.

He was a little surprised to see how busy it was. Sidestepping the poultry with the practiced ease of someone who'd grown up in a city where random chickens were a common sidewalk hazard, he slipped into the water next to Kaidan. Bumped shoulders with him and asked, "Kaidan, how are you?"

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan smiled and shoulder-bumped him right back. "'Nando. I'm well, how are you doing?"

[hernando_fuentes]

"I am doing alright," Hernando assured him with a smile, "Sparkle and I went shopping for fish yesterday. For pets, not for food. It seemed appropriate that I climb in some water today with the rest of me since my arms got so wet setting up plants in the tank yesterday."

[what_the_shock]

"Hey, Hernando." Miguel smiled and waved, shooing another chicken away.

[biotic_psychotic]

Jack had enjoyed the onsen the last time she'd been and it was Tuesday and she was bored. There was a hot minute of thought about going to the bar and harassing Kanan but she figured he probably needed at least one Jack-free day this week and so off to the onsen she went.

It was busy, that wasn't news. Kaidan was actually relaxing and that was news. Hernando was all but cuddled up against one of Kaidan's meaty shoulders so Jack appropriated Kaidan's other side, carefully stepping over the chicken he was petting. She made sure to splash Hernando right in the face when she got in the water.

"Look at you," she cooed mockingly at Kaidan, "Taking some actual time for some actual self-care! Who even are you? Do I need to start searching for a brick-shithouse-shaped pod somewhere in your building? Or maybe just burn the whole damn thing down just to be sure?"

Hi. She loved you, really.

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan slapped water right up into her face with a grin and then answered. "You better damn well not! I've had one fire in there already, that's enough. Seemed like a good day for some hot water. Came with bonus chickens, can't complain. Have you actually managed to stay out of trouble for a whole day?"

[what_the_shock]

"Hey, Jack." Miguel waved as she came towards the water. "Mind the poultry."

Another one tried to get closer to him and he held out a warning finger, talon out.

It side-eyed him, then nibbled his fingertip.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Okay. So Summer was feeling officially not even remotely attractive enough to be in this onsen right now (where was Seivarden to ugly this place up a little when you needed her??) but there was someone here she'd been meaning to introduce herself to. Why not when surrounded by insanely hot people with barely little clothes on, right?

"Heeeeeeyyyyy," she said, "you're Jack, right?"