Pool Witch

[misery_hates_company]

Who: Misery. Open, natch.
Where: Libra, 4th Floor Poolside
Summary: Beating the Heat. Which shouldn't be there in the first place.
Warnings: As usual, Misery is a warning in and of herself.
Notes: Takes place on 12/09/2012

Being an indoor pool meant that not even the change of seasons closed it down. In these bizarre weather circumstances, this is certainly a good thing -- for anybody who remembered, anyway.

Misery isn't swimming, mind. Not currently, anyway. No, she's sitting on a seat by the poolside, a glass of iced tea by her side, in a single piece swimsuit reading a book as casually as if it hadn't just previously been snowing a blizzard the day before. A little sand and sun and it'd be something right out of a beach photo, anyway -- aside from Misery's standard pasty white countenance, anyway.

Splash her at your own risk.

Comments

[otakuro]

"Ah-choo!"

There is a sneeze from behind Misery and a small groan.

"Man, I think all this crazy weather is gonna make my sinuses explode. It's like something's trying to fight off the coming of winter."

That may have been a more perceptive observation than Atsuro meant it to be.

[misery_hates_company]

"Hmm, yes. 'Seems like.'"

She doesn't even look back when she says this, instead turning the page on her book. Way to be concerned about the implications of your own statement, Misery.

[otakuro]

"I guess Capricorn's not associated with random heat waves or anything or I'd be a little more concerned."

Atsuro is not in a bathing suit, but he removes his shoes as he approaches the swimming pool so he doesn't track dirt all over the edges.

"What're you doing here? Just... taking some time off?"

[misery_hates_company]

"Who, me? Never. I am ALWAYS the epitome of a hard worker, you know," she replies, before casually reaching over and sipping from her iced tea. "I must say, though, this weather IS a little pesky at times, though. Brings out the summer weather tendencies in one, don't you think?"

[otakuro]

"I see you're working hard fueling the sugary beverage industry. Good on you for taking one for the team."

Since his shoes are off anyway, Atsuro rolls up his pants legs and gingerly pokes at the pool.

"I guess I could pretend I was down in Australia. It's normal for this time of year, right?" ... "Hey what if this city is teleporting between the northern and southern hemispheres every day or something?"

Clearly this is the hypothesis that makes the most sense.

[misery_hates_company]

"A dreadful burden, to be certain."

She pauses, looking over at him and raising an eyebrow. "Truly? All the possibilities and THAT'S the best you could come up with? Honestly, could you even imagine the sort of power that would take? Even *I* couldn't transfer an entire city over and over every night." She turns back to her book. "I think, perhaps, you might want to consider something a little more... local."

[otakuro]

"It's pretty extreme, isn't it? Something this extravagant has to have a pretty extravagant cause..." Atsuro shrugs slightly, not deterred by Misery's dismissal of his explanation. "No one seems to be paying it much mind - I guess we're all hoping it's natural weather fluctuation or something."

[misery_hates_company]

"It's clearly NOT natural. I just can't really be bothered to investigate." She yawns. "I'll just leave that to the hero types this time, hmm? As it stands, the only inconvenience I'm having is changing my thermostat nightly." She waves a hand dismissively.

[otakuro]

"Hey, c'mon. What if we end up with another giant breast monster?" That's scorpion monster, Atsuro. "Isn't it better to nip that kind of thing in the bud before it progresses?"

[misery_hates_company]

"And I'm sure you all will handle it QUITE nicely. Be sure to stock up with me before you do! I'm sure my goods will come in handy. Oh ho ho ho." Yeah, heroics do not come naturally to this woman.

[otakuro]

"I'd like one Phial of Spontaneous Feelings of Heroism, please. One serving is fine."

Atsuro grumbles slightly as he kicks his feet around in the water. "...Oh, hey. That actually reminds me - I was talking to someone with experience fighting demons the other day, and they told me to be on the lookout for item drops." A slight pause. "...Not in those terms, but that's what it boils down to. Apparently, the things here do leave... body parts and other bits lying around after they die."

[misery_hates_company]

"Fresh out, I'm afraid. Ho ho."

She perks up at this. "Is that so? Well, that sounds intensely useful. I may have to start documenting some of these. Product research and all." She smiles slyly. "Hmm... perhaps I should start putting out some mild bounties while I'm at it."

[otakuro]

Atsuro shrugs.

"Thought you might be interested. They fought Shadows - the loot didn't stick around all the time, but sometimes, when the... shadow goo melted away, they left some paraphernalia behind."

[misery_hates_company]

"Oh ho ho ho! My, you really do know me well, don't you?" On some level, she's a little disturbed by that, but the recent discovery is too excellent to swell on that discomfort right now.

[otakuro]

"I'm just saying. Next time you want essence of incubus, you don't need to search so hard through the corpse. Whatever it's gonna drop, it'll probably pop right off."

......That brought a rather unpleasant image to mind.

((Sorry for the wait! This weekend was super hectic.))