11th Inversion [Vine/Action]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[It's a bright, beautiful day in the Gardens. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, yet the Vine shows one very soaked Akiha Tohno. In fact, it seems to be raining on Akiha, plastering her white blouse to her torso (sadly she's flat as a board so it's not like it shows anything other than the lines of her camisole) and water drips off her hair. She's also, surprise, glaring at the mirror.]

If anyone needs me, I'll be out about the Gardens today and not at the mansion.


[For anyone looking for Akiha or just crossing paths with her, she's fairy easy to spot with the little black raincloud hanging over her everywhere she goes, constantly showering her with rain.]

Comments

[ritsu_kouyou]

I don't think I'd like you that way.

[grandtheftmecha]

I wouldn't like me that way, and I wouldn't like you not liking me that way, so I think we're safe.

[ritsu_kouyou]

You are not allowed to repeat this ever, but your coarseness is so... aggravating, I just... love it.

[grandtheftmecha]

Oh, like that's not anything I didn't know. It's our little secret though.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Katina gets a sharp glare and then Akiha jerks on her arm, picking up the pace.]

I've never said it before. Don't treat it lightly.

[grandtheftmecha]

Ah, sorry, sorry.

[ Katina uses that tug to step up beside Akiha and... hold hands with her, if she'll accept it. ]

Do I have to say what I like about you? About how fun it is that you're so refined and restrained because I can poke holes in all of that?

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha accepts Katina's hand.]

You don't have to say any of that.

[grandtheftmecha]

I just did though.

[ And it feels incomplete. At least they can hold hands to make up for it. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

I have a feeling you would've continued if I'd said you had to.

[Akiha keeps her gaze cast toward the ground, trying not to blush. At least the mansion was close.]

[grandtheftmecha]

I could go on, yes. I'd probably run out of ways to put it into words without sounding stupid though.

[ It's cute when Akiha's shy like this, and Katina almost wants to point it out. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Sometimes the dere side comes out!]

Words are not your strength.

[grandtheftmecha]

Nope!

[ Unless she's threatening someone. That's a different kind of talent, though. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

Then you would've sounded stupid sooner rather than later.

[There's the mansion. Akiha takes them to the back entrance. The servant's entrance.]

[grandtheftmecha]

I guess you'll have to wait for something to make fun of.

[ Oh no, going in through the back door. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[The laundry room where the TOWELS are is right off the hallway that way. Stop making it all scandalous. :| ]

I don't expect it to take long.

[She has a small smile on her face as she says that and grabs them some towels from the laundry room to dry off with. Gotta de-shoe and wring her skirt out and then her hair again...]

[grandtheftmecha]

[ Everything is scandalous here. ]

You always find something. It's one of your finer talents.

[ Katina of course watches as she rubs a towel roughly through her own hair. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

That's because there always is something.

[Akiha runs the towel over her now that she's wrung out the worst of it so she's not dripping. She does pause a second with a raised eyebrow when Katina is done with her own hair.]

[grandtheftmecha]

True, true.

[ She can't deny it, not when Akiha's standards are what they are.

Katina's hair is a bit... uh. Messy. Frizzly. Almost silly looking. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha snickers a little at Katina's hair and then tosses the towel she has at her.]

Nice look.

[And she's heading into the main part of the mansion now. Better catch up before she gets to the main stairs.]

[grandtheftmecha]

Huh?

[ She runs a hand through her hair. Oh, that's got to look attractive alright. ]

I'll get it done right in the shower!

[ Following behind like a puppy. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

I know you will.

[Akiha does cast a brief look around as she heads upstairs to make sure Lambda or Kris isn't around. Good. Neither in sight.]

Grab a couple towels and a spare robe out of the linen closet. Then join me in the bathroom.

[Since Akiha needed to grab her own robe and her special soap from her room. She knows better than the leave her lavender rosemary soap where Kris can use it whenever she wants.]

[grandtheftmecha]

Gotcha.

[ Right, linen closet, she remembers where that is. Grabbing some towels, a robe... do any of these fit her? Akiha and Kris are shorter and thinner... ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[There are a few. They were made by Hisui when the mansion was first created. The maid was thorough to make sure they could accommodate most guests.

Akiha gets her things, heads into the bathroom. Once Katina gathers everything and finds the right robe, she'll find the door cracked open, the shower running with a LOT of steam already. And one pale girl stepping into it with an audible sigh of relief.

HEAT.]

[grandtheftmecha]

[ Katina's happy to find a robe that'll fit her, though wearing one that's Akiha sized would've been funny, if only for the reaction.

Whistling, Katina steps into the bathroom, closing the door behind her, hanging her things, and watching Akiha as she starts to undress. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Katina can enjoy vague outlines of Akiha's body through the combination of steam and the shower's frosted glass door as the half-demon lets the hot water filter through her hair.]

Please make sure that door is locked.