Soak away your troubles

Rivers That Run Deep

Forests That Shade Beauty

That Is Where I Will Spend My Days

@Alisa
Word Count : 516
Sinese #336666 | Fiore #ff3333

 
Tiên needed a place to relax, he had once again been in the forest tending to the wildlife and checking to see if there was any damaged plants. He really cared for the wilderness, and in all honesty he found it fun an entertaining just watching the wildlife interact with each other. If he could live in the forest, Tiên thinks he really would do it.
But alas, he was still a reasonable human, and still needed to tend to the basic human necessitates. That meant eating, drinking and hygiene. So after having a small dinner, and a drink to go with it, Tiên decided he would try out this place that he had heard people talking about. The Magnolia Bath. It seemed reasonable, and relaxing. So tying his hair back int a bun, and placing on his other favourite outfit, Tiên headed towards the bath.

The moon shone over the town, as the clouds dissipated into nothing, leaving the sky clear and looking like a mass of dark blue sea, with a few specs of silver for the stars as the glowed. He liked the look of it, but he would prefer looking at it in the soft grass of a plain surrounded by trees and nocturnal wildlife that would not attack him as he relaxed.

Arriving at the baths, the young male stepped inside and instantly flushed at the women who was behind the desk. It was his first time here, and he had no idea what he was doing.

"Hello Miss, may I help you?"

"I... U-uh... Would like to try the baths... It's my first time?"

"Sure, I'll just get you a towel, and then you can just head to the baths."

Tiên nodded as the women left before thinking to himself. "Did she call me female? Clearly I am male right?" Shrugging, he soon looked at the women as she handed him the towel, before he headed towards the male baths just to be stopped by the women gasping.

"W-wait. That's the male section!"

"I... Know?"

"Miss, you are meant to go the other bath."

"B-but... I'm not a girl... I am male."

She shook her head before directing the boy towards the female baths, and Tiên instantly flared up in embarrassment before allowing the girl to just direct him towards the bath. When the reached the changing rooms, Tiên just slipped out his clothes and wrapped the towel around him, before stepping into the baths.
It was so steamy that he couldn't see anything hardly. Taking a deep breath, he soon stepped towards the baths and began to step into the warm-ish water, his breath hitching a little, but soon flinched and almost slipped into bath, but grabbed the edge. Looking towards the area where he had heard the sigh come from, Tiên flared up even more seeing the female not too far away from him.

He really wished he was in the male baths right now, but the lady at the desk insisted he came to these ones, and wouldn't believe him when he kept saying he was male.

Soak away your troubles

Rivers That Run Deep

Forests That Shade Beauty

That Is Where I Will Spend My Days

@Alisa
Word Count : 340
Sinese #336666 | Fiore #ff3333

 
Tiên when the women continued to stare at him, he instantly dunked himself into the water till it reached his shoulders. As relaxing as the water, was and how it caused the tension in his shoulders to fade, he was still nervous, and for a good reason too. He was a young male, in the female baths. Maybe he should cut his hair, that may help. Messing with the strands of pink flowing in the water.

"I-I'm... Not shy." Mumbling to himself as the women continued to speak softly. "And I was planning on doing that anyway."

Why did everyone see him as a girl. He just didn't understand, why was this country weird, almost everyone had a similar type of figure to himself around his town in Sin, well the kids anyway. So why was he constantly being mistake for a women in this country. Have any of these people ever been to Sin? Not that he would want any of these people going to that country. He looked at the women again before really taking in her appearance. She was pretty, and Tiên has only met one other girl, so yes, she was pretty. Though he still didn't like that he was being treated as a girl.

"O-Oh... U-Uh, w-what happened... I figured... Something did right?"

Gripping the towel tighter, as he still stayed in the water, he knew that getting out was going to be a heck of a situation, because wet material would always cling to your figure, and well Tiên was awkwardly embarrassed enough already, to the point that he didn't need another moment to double his embarrassment. Blinking at the women, his red eyes shone with curiosity about her statement on the towels, and he would be slightly disappointed if she did not finish explaining. He may not know how to interact with people, and he may get shy and awkward, and he may not like speaking his mind, but he was curious. That has to be allowed to sometimes overstep certain things right,

Soak away your troubles

Rivers That Run Deep

Forests That Shade Beauty

That Is Where I Will Spend My Days

@Alisa
Word Count : 528
Sinese #336666 | Fiore #ff3333

 
Tiên leaned against the edge of the bath, but still kept his knees close to his chest, and his shoulders below water, just to be on the safe side. He stayed quiet as the women explained what had happened, and he was happy that she wasn't going to leave him hanging. Humming, quietly to himself when she explained that there was a peeping tom not to long ago, had Tiên a little confused, because well, they didn't really have this where he was from, so it had confused him a little. Though the lady soon explained what person was doing, and it definitely cleared a lot up.

Though Tiên also found himself flinching as the women explained, due to seeing her get what seemed to be worked up about it, and he got where she was coming from, he definitely did, but it made him feel very nervous, due to the fact that he was male, and currently in the female baths, and god knows what this women might due to him if she found out.
Sighing softly though, Tiên just frowned. How can people do things like that, like privacy is important for a human, especially girls as far as he knows. He isn't too sure, due to being a guy and all, plus not really interacting with the girls in Sin.

"T-That's uhm... W-wrong..." He shook his head, the small braid in his fringe, with his bangs, getting rid of the few droplets of water that had appeared from the steam settling within the strands. "People shouldn't be like that in general, no matter the gender... right?"

Gulping a little Tiên looked at the lady before stumbling over coherent letters trying to form words, and make a sentence. He never really spoke his thoughts, so he was nervous that he was going to upset this beautiful lady, and embarrassed that he had spoken his mind.
Lowering his gaze to the water Tiên bit the inside of his lip and twiddled his fingers, it was a nervous habit he sometimes did, when he made himself feel awkward. And that was what he felt at this moment in time. Awkwardly shy. So when she winked, and then slightly moved a little closer, he panicked deep inside, because what the heck was he meant to do now.

Though as soon as the women outstretched her hand towards him, Tiên knew what it meant. This women wanted to try and be friends with him, just like Rishi. He was down for being friends, but he just really hoped she wouldn't beat him up for being in the female baths, and being male. So taking a deep breath, Tiên soon reached out and shook the lady's hand, smiling softly.

"U-Uhm... Nice to meet y-you, Alisa." Pulling his hand back, he soon wrapped his arms around his legs once more, before resting his cheek against his knees, looking towards her still. "I-I'm Tiên Linh..." Yet, realising that it maybe difficult to pronounce his name, as he is not from this country, Tiên gave a soft smile, and nervously stuttered out, "Y-You uhm... Can call me, Tiên, Ling or Le... I-If you want..."

Soak away your troubles

Rivers That Run Deep

Forests That Shade Beauty

That Is Where I Will Spend My Days

@Alisa
Word Count : 441
Sinese #336666 | Fiore #ff3333

 
Quietly listening to the other speak, keeping his thoughts to himself for now, he didn't like to speak if a question wasn't directed at him, and he did not want to speak in Sinese. He had already figured from when he accidentally slipped up earlier on before the small starter up of their conversation, that this women, Alisa did not understand Sinese. So whilst he was safe to speak his mind in his own language, he also did not want to be rude to the kind women and speak in a language she couldn't understand. Especially since they are in fact the only two people in the bath, and can only keep each other company.

Tiên nodded slowly every few sentences the women said about the two genders peeping on each other, and although it was an amusing topic, it still made Tiên nervous about being in the baths. Eventually though, the women moved on, and shook his hand back, he noticed that her skin was smooth, yet still rough in some small areas, and that must've been because of what the lady had mentioned earlier about doing odd jobs, and some involving violence.

Instantly he flared up in embarrassment and tugged his hand back, probably quick enough to alert Alisa, though he didn't want to make her feel like she had upset him or nothing, and quietly muttered a small, "I'm s-sorry." Smiling again, and releasing a nervous chuckle as he relaxed a bit.
Opting to maybe explain his sudden actions just a little. "I-I'm not used to people touching me s-so much... B-But, uhm... T-thank you," nodding a little and lifted his hand slightly. "A-about my skin... I-I uhm... Think."

Though Tiên soon frowned a lowered his head at the lady's next question. He understood that people would be curious about it, but he really didn't like speaking about Sin, and yet Tiên still found himself answering the question as if he had been put on auto-response, to the damned question.

"I-I'm from, Sin..." Biting his lip a little, he swirled his fingers in the water, before sighing. "What I spoke was the language, Sinese... And it's from a small country to the east of here..." Raising his head, he smiled bitterly. "I'm surprised you can say my name... N-not many can." He was debating to whether tell her that he was in fact male or not, but opted not to for now.Maybe when they left the baths. Whenever that was, that is. For now Tiên was just going to relax with this lady, and maybe - hopefully - avoid bring up bad memories as he spoke about Sin.

Soak away your troubles

Rivers That Run Deep

Forests That Shade Beauty

That Is Where I Will Spend My Days

@Alisa
Word Count : 490
Sinese #336666 | Fiore #ff3333

 
Tiên shook his head, before softly smiling at the lady. Sighing softly to himself, before letting out another relaxed soft chuckle. The heat really was nice, but he will always be nervous being here, shifting a little in the spot where he sat, before he blinked at Alisa. He didn't use lotions, instead he just used herbs in the forests. That's how he grew up after all. His only contribution to his little town, although he didn't really share his remedies as his mother would call them.

"N-No... It's fine, and... I don't use lotions..." Softly he spoke, licking his lips wondering if he should elaborate on that. Deciding he should, Tiên continued his sentence, "I actually spent... M-My childhood in the w-woodlands... S-so I used plants a-and herbs..."

He trailed off quietly near the end of his explanation, before looking at Alisa, his cheeks heating up a little more, from the heat and his embarrassment at how he spent his childhood. Shaking his head a little to get rid of his thoughts, before lifting his head again, and lightly scoffed at himself for being silly, Rishi had told him not to worry, to treat people like he would the animals, but he really just couldn't do that. He still will always have issues talking about Sin, his parents, his childhood and all that happened.

Raising his head a little again, he smiled and nodded. So she was slightly mixed, that was cool, at least he figured it was, but he was completely sure, as he never really met anyone who wasn't from Sin until he came to Fiore. "That's... P-Pretty cool." Nodding a little he rested his chin on his knees again. "I j-just picked up words after I arrived here... So i-i'm still tying to get used to the languages here..."

Tiên sort of wished that he had different backgrounds, but as far as he knew all past family members all came from Sin, so it was rather disappointing. His parents always spoke highly of past family members, and Tiên still didn't know how his mother and father met, well he didn't care either way, but it may have been nice to know, but alas it was probably his own fault for not spending time with them and their silly and cruel religion.

Snapping out of his thoughts, Tiên looked at the women, and nervously chuckled and hummed. "It's... Much better than Sin, I can say that... T-Though other's may beg to differ." He looked around the bath house, before turning back towards Alisa. "The language is a little difficult, and lots of people. P-Plus I've only been to two towns... T-though other than that... I-I like it here." finishing in a wistful tone, he sighed and nodded.

He really did liked what he had seen of Fiore more, and he wished Sin could be a little more like it, but alas it was not up to him.

Soak away your troubles

Rivers That Run Deep

Forests That Shade Beauty

That Is Where I Will Spend My Days

@Alisa
Word Count : 510
Sinese #336666 | Fiore #ff3333

As time passed, Tiên had gradually laid his legs out under the water, just to set his hands on his lap stretching, before relaxing back against the stones, still leaving his hands in his lap, the towel secured under his armpits. Turning back towards the lady, he quietly gulped, his cheeks flustering, but he just hoped that it would be mistake for the heat surrounding them, as he hummed softly.

"Maybe... I may show you." Chuckling softly, the boy closed his eyes a little. "Stuff made through herbal extracts are my favourite, though I prefer making them myself, as someone who spent their time surrounded by nature."

Tiên felt himself calm down, his nerves simmered to a low, as he had also notice he wasn't stuttering so much, maybe it was the calm and kind feeling that was radiating from the women beside him. Though he was still frightened no doubt, he couldn't deny that at all. He paused to think rationally about his next lot of decisions with the women, and were their conversation will head if he did tell her the truth. He had honestly already gathered that she didn't realise because she was possible too relaxed from the heat of the bath.

Once again though, he was torn from his thoughts, not that he minded at all, to the lady talking about his ability of speaking Fioran, and that her being multicultural wasn't a big deal and whilst that could be true, for Tiên it kinda was.

"Honestly. You being multicultural is very fascinating..." He softly sighed, it was tiring learning new things, and he knows that from when he was always learning new things about the woodlands in his home town, and then coming to Fiore just to learn even more new stuff and find all new kinds of plants and animals. "A-and thank you... T-there is still much I need to learn though."

"I guess that is true. Where there is good, there is going to be evil." Nodding, before turning back to staring at the water. "It's the only way of keeping balance, if there is too much of one, things will get extremely unbalanced..." He pouted slightly before, muttering childishly his next lot of sentences. "B-But I do like it here. I d-don't think I would go back to Sin, if it meant leaving here."

Tiên perked up at the name of the town he was familiar and licked his lips before nodding. "That would be nice. I had landed in the port town not far from here... I believe t-that is Hargeon?" Tilting his head, before shrugging a little and continuing. "T-though I didn't look around m-much, because I-I saw a flyer about a guild in this town that was like a giant family and was intrigued... The only other one I can reasonably call family is Ningjia my companion. She followed me over from Sin, even though I said not to her." He chuckled softly, before smiling sentimentally at the thought of the little ball of fluff that was his companion.

[Exit]

Soak away your troubles