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[maskormods]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: An hour outside De Chima
WHEN: January 10-12
WHAT: imPorts are treated to a Swear-In that’s nothing but a weekend of relaxation at a brand new resort and spa!
WARNINGS: Possible mild nudity

It’s been a long few months, hasn’t it imPorts? Between the invading monsters (yikes!), evading the apocalypse (double yikes!) and then some fear toxin on behalf of your good pal Joker (triple yikes!), imPorts are overdue for a vacation. And wouldn’t you know it? One is coming right up.

Oh, yeah. It’s a Hot Springs Episode.

Welcome to Elysium Resort and Spa! When you come in, you’ll get a brochure with all of their offerings. They’re a little confused, perhaps, espousing relaxation ideals of every culture, clearly having just thrown all of their relaxation spaghetti at the wall to see if it sticks, but they’ve got the spirit! The smell of eucalyptus fills the air as you toe off your shoes and change into the slippers and robes that they have available for you as they usher you into what must be, for some, absolute paradise.

You can find rooms for all persuasions here, all purporting various health benefits. They have your typical fare - salt rooms, saunas, steam rooms, buckets of water with ladles resting in them to pour over the heaters to allow them to sizzle - but be warned! Some of these rooms climb up to ridiculous temperatures, leaving the bottoms of your feet red and toasty as you jump in (they suggest sandals, but who reads instructions anyway?), and other rooms are filled with ice as you’re plunged into what may as well be a walk-in freezer. Sometimes the doors are a little fiddly, though. Don’t worry - you won’t get trapped in here long enough for any real harm to come to you. But you might get a little uncomfortable as you rattle at the door, one of the employees eventually hurrying to let you out and offering their sincerest apologies, and won’t you have a gift certificate?

If those rooms aren’t enough for you, you can check out the baths. Salt baths, chilled baths, and hot tubs galore are here for imPorts, but that’s not all. Ever wanted to bathe in tea? In wine? Would you like to sink into a bath filled entirely with clay? How about getting all your dead skin chomped off by fish? It’s all here for you! Just try not to drink the bathwater - or, heavens, eat the fish. Those aren’t for you!

As imPorts stroll outside, they’ll see a beautiful vista overlooking the mountains, attached to a spacious hot springs (it’s natural, they claim, but who’s checking?) where imPorts can simply relax and enjoy the scenery. After that, why not pop inside to where some of the technicians will absolutely insist that you get a massage. Or a mani-pedi - yes, even you, big guy. Or, really, anything that your heart desires.

Once you’ve been poked and prodded and primped to your heart’s content (or discontent, as it may be), the spa open until the wee hours of the morning, it’s time to go and dine on some of the local cuisine, prepared fresh by the resort’s resident chef with a distinct eye to fresh, clean flavors and a truly ridiculous amount of salad. They want to make sure that you’re healthy inside and out, after all!

Before arriving at the spa, everyone was able to choose who they wanted to room with. But it seems that their systems got a bit scrambled during their grand opening, so you may find yourself bunking with a stranger instead. They’re deeply apologetic, of course, but it really would be easier for them if you’d just be nice for an evening and give it a shot. It’s only one evening, right? It’s not like you’ll be roomed with a serial killer. Probably. Given the imPort population there’s, what, a five percent chance?

The hotel rooms themselves are beautiful and spacious, each with a window looking out over the lovely view of the scenery below. It’s the perfect way to end your night… until 3 AM when an alarm begins to blare and all of the guests are ushered outside in the chilly winter air while firefighters come to check the place out. It’s a false alarm (some brat must have pulled it, the manager says apologetically, ready with more gift certificates), but hey, maybe this is a good chance to get to know your neighbors!

The next day, guests are free to take advantage of the resort’s facilities once more, or they can go hiking in the mountainous trails available to them, complete with regular rest stops with firepits, with the staff more than happy to pack lunchboxes and fixings for s’mores.

After they come back and have a thankfully uneventful night’s rest, buses will be ready to take them back to civilization, along with goodie bags filled with luxury goods and an earnest invitation to come back anytime! But maybe next time, wait a couple of months so they can iron out the kinks in their system.

Comments

[drivesadesk]

"Good point," he says, wrapping a towel around his own waist. "Do you think they'd care if we keep the towels on in the steam room?"

[fireandhoney]

"Probably not. Not like we're going to be hanging out in the hallway with them off," Leaning up to kiss Jonathan's cheek, Finn slips out of the hallway and it's just a short walk to the steam room.

Said steam room is otherwise empty, meaning that he and Jonathan have it all to themselves.

CW: NSFW, fake nudity and some possible real nudity

[drivesadesk]

Jonathan heads over to the steam room, still grinning from Finn's kiss. Once he settles onto the bench, he leans back, letting the towel fall open, and enjoying being...fake naked, because he is technically wearing a body suit still. He breathes in deep, enjoying the feel of the humidity entering his lungs.

[fireandhoney]

Sitting down next to Jonathan, Finn does likewise, letting it all hang out. The steam and humidity feels amazing on his skin, and he leans back, letting himself just relax. Wandering eyes can't help but look over at Jonathan, trailing up and down his faux-nude form.

"So, feels good with the skin suit on?"

[drivesadesk]

Jonathan takes a moment to admire Finn's nude form before answering the question.

"Yeah, I can still feel the steam and the warm," he says. "I mean, I'd feel it even better without the skin suit, but I can feel it."

[fireandhoney]

"Must be a nice change from the winter air," Finn still remembers how cold and sluggish he felt when he briefly took off the mask while in Jonathan's body. "You know, this is probably the first time I've seen your full skin suit without clothes on."

[drivesadesk]

"Oh, definitely." He's extremely glad to be out of that.

He looks down at his skin suit covered body. It's remarkably detailed. Even parts that would usually be covered were carefully crafted, because no one wants an invasion spoiled just because someone took a peak in a locker room, or noticed the lack of a bulge where a bulge should be.

"Huh, I guess it is, isn't it? What do you think?"

[fireandhoney]

"You have to admire the attention to detail," Finn strokes Jonathan's arm, the suit and Finn's fingers covered in condensation and making the touch smoother than normal. "If I didn't know there's a lizard man under there, I'd be completely fooled."

[drivesadesk]

"Yeah, pretty impressive, isn't it?" he asks, leaning in close. "But, you know, it would be the dumbest reason in the world for an invasion to fail if they didn't get it right. I mean, imagine if your cover is exposed because someone notices your dick isn't right?"

[fireandhoney]

Finn laughs. "That would be the most embarrassing way to get your cover blown. Imagine if the people who made your skin suit didn't bother to do enough research and failed to realize that humans only tend to have one dick."

His hair is starting to stick to his back and shoulders by now, so Finn tucks it all behind his head.

[drivesadesk]

"That would be awkward, wouldn't it?" He grins, but quickly advises Finn, "There wasn't any chance of that happening, though. The people who make our skin suits get to examine sedated humans to get an idea of what kind of look they should be going for."

[fireandhoney]

"I suppose if nothing else, they're thorough about it," For alien invaders Oblivion bent on taking over another planet. "I tried to go undercover as a Thalmor mage once, by knocking one out and stealing his outfit. Even then I still had to be careful because all Thalmor are Altmer, and Altmer all have yellow skin, in addition to being super tall."

[drivesadesk]

"See? It would have made all the difference if you were able to get a skin suit. And stilts to help with the whole 'you being short' thing."

Yes, Jonathan knows Finn isn't short. He's just tall, and not even that much taller than Finn.

[fireandhoney]

"Maybe I should have rubbed dandelions on my face. Wouldn't have helped with the eyes, though. Believe me, I tried to do the eye thing when we swapped back to normal, but no luck."

[drivesadesk]

"Somehow, I don't think dandelions would be enough to turn you yellow." They'd just end up wondering why there was a dunmer with dandelion stains on his face. "Yeah, you need Reptilian tech to do the eye thing. I can't even do it without the mask completely on my face. There are little holograms in the eyes."

[fireandhoney]

"You and your logic," Finn teases. No, dandelions probably wouldn't work as impromptu makeup, he has to admit. "You do have very pretty eyes. I mean, your natural eyes and human eyes are both pretty."

[drivesadesk]

"Aww, thanks! That's always nice to hear."

Especially about his real eyes, because while he thought so, on a planet with mostly humans, it's more common for them to be interested in his human like eyes. Although there were exceptions, and there were plenty of imPort fans who were drawn to the more inhuman traits in imPorts.

[fireandhoney]

"Looking at them is like looking at refined gold." When Finn first got to Earth, he had people asking him if he had an eye condition, before the general population finally understood that his species just has naturally red eyes.

[drivesadesk]

"Aww, thanks! That's really sweet!" He lets his eyes revert to their natural state, between leaning up close to Finn. "Yours are really nice, too."

His mind scrambles to think of an equally romantic comparison, but the first thing that pops into his mind is cherries, and comparing someone's eyes to cherries just creates some horrifying mental imagery, so he leaves it at that.

[fireandhoney]

Finn loves Jonathan's natural eyes, and he lets himself look at them for a bit. Jonathan doesn't need to use flowery imagry, because Finn knows Jonathan finds him handsome. He rests his hand on Jonathan's cheek and rubs his thumb just below the eye.

"You're really sweet."

[drivesadesk]

"You're sweeter," he says, before leaning in to kiss Finn.

[fireandhoney]

Finn kisses back, not minding the taste of condensation on both their lips. Having kissed Jonathan while wearing that skin suit, at least he knows his boyfriend can still feel it when they lock lips.

[drivesadesk]

Jonathan holds on to the kiss for a few seconds more before pulling back.

"You're making me want to take this skin suit off," he says, grinning.

Sure, he can feel Finn's lips even with it on, but he can feel more with it off.

[fireandhoney]

"Allow me," Finn reaches over and pinches the skin at Jonathan's neck, slowly peeling off the mask, and then slips off the false hair.

[drivesadesk]

"Much better," Jonathan says, although at the moment he probably would look horrifying to an outsider if they were to stumble in, with a lizard head and a human body. He leans in, kissing Finn again so he can feel it with full sensation.