Send “Deep Azure” to find My Muse in a Hot Spring.. For Ren -A.S.
"Cookie?!"
Oh crap.
Roka knew that voice. Even with her eyes closed, head tipped back and resting on the stones that rimmed the little spring and halfway asleep, she knew it. A sluggish ear twitched to Ren's voice, and Roka pried her eyes open a crack. She could try and flee, but... The water was warm and the air was cold, and ultimately? It was Ren. The most she had to fear from the sharp was him gently asking what was up with her.
The poor Elezen looked like he wanted to soak, and she was sure he could use it for all those stiff joints and aching muscles she knew he sported. Bless him though, for not wanting to do something that would send her running into the cold.
Eyes fell closed again and the little catte offered a muted hum.
"You are going to freeze if you stand around in the winter air like that, and then Ilan will be furious with me for letting you. There is a bottle of bourbon by my towel though if you would grab it?"
She paused, waited while she listened for any hint of movement.
"If you are quick about it I will even rub your shoulders for you."
She hoped the hot waters would suffice to hide the chill of her skin, and if not? Well... It was just the air, obviously. Nothing unusual. Please ignore the lack of metal limb sitting on the side of the spring anywhere, Ren. She's glamoured it in place, but you can't remove a limb that way, it just doesn't work. See? There it is in the water! Perfectly normal here.
With her tail pointedly curled into her lap and over her legs beneath the surface, she lifted her hands, giving her claws a friendly wiggle in the promise of massage and, maybe, playing with his hair while he soaked.