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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.

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[Shiro blinks and stares at him.] You want to spar while I’m like this?

[A spar wouldn’t be bad but he always prefers to his human body for that. He stretches his wings and paddles a little harder to stay afloat.] I’m not opposed just, might be a good idea to set some rules.

Not just me. You'd kill me!

[he nods to sharpedo, who splashes excitedly.]

Reckon me an' Sharpedo could give ya a run for your money.

[He shifts from side to side in the water and studies Sharpedo. His lightning breath would be too dangerous for a spar.] Okay.

But we’re in a lake. I won’t use my lightning breath.

[He spreads his wings and the light grey feathers catch the light. On any agreement he flaps his wings and climbs into the air to hover above them, disturbing the water with every flap of his great grey wings.]

Wouldn't be the first or last time we've been electrocuted...

[he watches shiro spread his wings, eyebrows shooting up despite himself. he's never been a huge fan of dragon-types in the way lance was, but he can admit when something's impressive. hell, even zinnia's terrifying salamence was majestic and beautiful in the way it almost killed him.]

Right! You want any rules from my end? I'll try not to beat your ass too thoroughly!

We'll see what happens. As for rules...use your best judgement on those. This should be like fighting as a panther, I guess? [He can't hover like this but that's fine. He needs combat experience as a dragon.]

Call out a start when you're ready.

Kick the shit outta ya with no mercy, got it! Let's go, Sharpedo! Mega-evolve and Aqua Jet him in the face!

[archie doesn't wear his big anchor necklace with the keystone in it anymore-- at least, not when he's not in his wetsuit. other times, he pops the keystone out to keep it with him. he's long since learned that he needs to have it with him at all times and carrying around a heavy ass anchor isn't always the best way to do that.

the mega evolution goes as it always does, sharpedo gets encased in a ball of energy that seems to erupt from the stone archie's pulled out his pocket, then explodes out with a roar, form significantly changed. following the command, it uses its aqua jet by the time it's done evolving, moving so fast it practically disappears in the water until shiro gets a big-ass sharp shark slamming into him.]

[Archie gave him a warning whether he meant to or not. He surges upwards in the sky and circles, as the light encases his opponent. By saying he won’t use his breath he deprived himself of a weapon.

But he could damage the wildlife and whoever else is near the lake. He won’t permit himself to do that. Sharpedo explodes out of the light like a torpedo and Shiro lets himself relax. He can’t dodge this hit.

But he can lessen the impact. He did it all the time in the arena. Take a hit to get a shot at his opponent. Sharpedo hits him and he tucks his wings in, claws out and seeking to grab at it.

As they hit the water he tries to surge up for the sky. He needs to get airborne where he is better suited. But he isn’t a fool. He is ready to swipe his tail through the water to give himself time to get to the air.]

[fortuntaly, these are the kinds of tactics that archie and sharpedo are used to. fighting dragon types in a water arena, it happens. sharpedo goes down with shiro, naturally. it can't fly, even if it can fling itself through the air with wild abandon.]

Crunch! But don't kill him! [he calls out right before they slam into the water. sharpedo follows the command; it opens its jaws wide and... is clearly holding back when it chomps down on shiro's scales. as archie said, he doesn't want to kill the poor guy! a couple puncture wounds, though? that's fine. he can heal those.]

[Archie calling orders is throwing him off. He jerks back just enough the teeth puncture through his scales in a shallower bite than Sharkpedo had been going for. He is at a sore disadvantage with his three limbs.

Darin has said he would work on a prosthetic but he can’t get one right now.

Wait.

He does something undraconic and brings his back feet up to hammer them into his opponent to drive them back. He holds back too, going for the force to knock them back instead of doing damage.

As the glimmer of an idea forms in his mind. If he can get free of the shark he bursts out of the water in a desperate surge for the sky. If he doesn’t he slashed at him with smooth trained strike of a year in the Galra area. His eyes closed as he casts his awareness out. To the bayard tucked away in his clothes on the cliff.]

[fortunately, it works. sharpedo gets knocked off and splashes back into the water. as shiro focuses elsewhere, he might hear archie calling for the shark pokémon to dive down to regroup, as they wait to see shiro's next move...]

[Water drips from him as he keeps himself steady in the sky. He wills the bayard to come to him. The energy of the device is simple to picture. He's used it before. Stolen it from Zarkon's hand.

There's a low hum and a purple flash as the weapon ends up in his left front claws. He lets instinct guide him and jams it against the remains of his old prosthetic. The bayard replaces itself in the same violet light, part of it connecting into the remains of the Galra tech. The rest wraps around it, forming the shoulder guard and extending down into a robotic match of his other front limb colored up like his usual paladin armor.

Blue lights at the joints and shoulder wink on as the weapon arm settles, connected solidly in place. Shiro grins as he opens his eyes and tests it. He pulls the claws back into his foot and his grey eyes spark.] Now everyone has a fair number limbs.

Let's get back to it!

Edited 2020-02-14 23:27 (UTC)

[no idea what shiro was expecting, but when archie sees this both he and sharpedo go absolutely wild. sharpedo jets around at sonic speeds in the water with a delighted expression and archie yells indistinctly.

might as well make this more fun. he throws crobat's ball out again.]

Brave Bird! [crobat is darting towards shiro to full on tackle him with all 75kg of its mass. not much, but enough.]

[Still riding his adrenaline high of calling the Bayard to him, Shiro flaps hard and shoots upwards. Crobat barely misses him and he bats at the bat in passing. A growl rolls out of him as he sweeps about to face the direction his opponent went.

Keith might give him that flat look he gets when he isn’t approving of the situation. But only about getting hurt. He’ll get it when he explains it and that will be that.]

[crobat keeps going at the unbelievable speed brave bird pushes it into, getting about a mile above shiro before it manages to slow down enough. if archie calls another command, it's too hard to hear this high in the sky, wind whipping about.

crobat doesn't hesitate to dive back towards shiro, a massive glowing X of poison starting to form before it in a cross poison attack.

...at least it's pretty obvious what part of this shiro should avoid.]

[He keeps himself steady until Crobat hits the point they can’t adjust their course and shoots forward, flying fast across the lake.

He can’t risk some of his fancier flying techniques. A flesh body has limitations that a craft wouldn’t. And Sharkpedo is below. He comes about, following the invisible edge of the arena. He tucks his legs close to his body as he bears down on his smaller flying opponent.

His intent is to do a high speed flight right on past to disorient Crobat.]

[it's a good choice; crobat can see what shiro plans, but it can't react fast enough with such a new and foreign opponent. crobat thinks shiro will be more like a salamence; fast creatures in straight lines, but slow with acrobatics. so when it sees shiro coming towards it, crobat assumes he's going to try and ram into him.

it pulls back far too violently, swerving way off course and disappearing into the trees somewhere. bye, crobat.]

[He takes a second to look smug then dives down. Sharkpedo is fast in the water and can burst up out of it. Shiro pulls up out of his dive in a steep arc and heads for the open sky to circle over head.

If he can figure out how to dodge a midair leap, he could slap him out of the sky. But he has to bait the charge. That Archie might see coming and advise against. Or, he puts himself back into a dive and roars thunderous challenge.]

[archie is worried about crobat, of course, but he trusts the bat to be able to look after himself. figures it'll bolt out and attack shiro while he's distracted with sharpedo, or something.

he doesn't call out a command this time-- he can see what sharpedo is charing up under the water. it leaps up out the water as shiro predicts, though it's aming to use poison fang.

if it can't bite him and poison him itself, being smacked in the face will result in a huge spray of the poison from its mouth. ouchies.]

[Gravity is pulling at him in that familiar way he knows like the back of his hand. Not yet.

Sharpedo bursts out of the water and the world feels like it slows down. He reacts on instinct, twisting out of the way as his right arm comes up. He passes so close to his opponent that droplets of water land on his back.

But the angle isn’t right to knock him out of the sky. He pulls up before he would have hit the surface. He glides over the water so close to it he could skim his claws through the surface tension. A plan forms in his head. By now if it were him he would spot his opponent is attempting to bait him.

He has to act as if Archie and by extension Sharpedo know that. He pulls up, sacrificing some speed to be a little further up. ]

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