Steamy relaxation [CASSIUS]

[Oleg Kirrlov]

Oleg let out a satisfied sigh as he exited the hot spring, stretching himself. That was worth the damn climb up to the lava dorm. All traces of depression he had were destroyed, and his mind was at ease. He sat himself down at a nearby bench, letting his muscles (PSSSHH) relax, staring up to the dimly lit evening sky. He wiggled his toes, smiling satisfiedly as he looked around the place.

It was really a silent day, it seemed. He would have guessed that all lava dormers would use this heaven of a spot every day, but at the moment it seemed like only a few students were around, entering the springs. He simply shrugged.

[Cassius Yossarian]

Cassius let out a pleased sigh as she exited the doors of the Hot Spring. She was so very thankful for Enola, the Skarmory willing to fly her trainer up to the favored relaxation spot. With her lab coat billowing in the cool night and the screech of said Skarmory sounding out as she landed on some prey in the scrubby forest growing up the sides of the mountain. It was odd that there weren’t many people in the Springs tonight. But after the day she had today it was a necessity. Being that a student had managed to somehow lure a pack of Pinsir into the dorm. Which a whole lot of students took an exception to, and a whole lot more decided to freak out about. It had taken awhile But She and her team had eventually pushed out the uninvited guests, and the kid who did it had been sent to see Mr. Wright.

Regardless of that whole ordeal, Now seemingly nothing after a relaxing soak, the young Warden was about to set off when she spied a man sitting on the of the benches. With a shout and a wave the bespectacled woman would call out to the guy. “Hey! Hey dude! What’cha doin out here all by yaself? Waitin for someone?” She asked while walking over to his bench smoothing out her coat as she got nearer. The guy was average looking, kind on the big side but he wasn’t too bad ta look at, heck she had seen uglier during her time in Orre.

[Oleg Kirrlov]

Oleg blinked as the... After some squinting, guy, called out to him. He seemed to be on the sciencey side, what with that lab coat and the glasses. All around seemingly nice from first impressions. He scratched the back of his neck, yawning a bit as he then spoke. "Welp, I just came outta the hot springs to relax my muscles a bit before heading back to the bolt dorm."

He yawned once more, covering his mouth with his hand. "So, why're you here? Also here to take a quick dip to the water, or just to check up on the students here? I mean, you look old enough to be a warden, is what I meant."

[Cassius Yossarian]

“Ohhh…” She let out while looking at the guy, he must have been the Warden for Bolt Dorm or something. Of course when he asked why she was, and remarked how she looked old enough to be a Warden the girl would let out a small happy noise of success followed by a fist pump. Finally someone recognized her as a staff member instead of thinking she was a student, yeah little steps. Recomposing herself real quick and letting out an embarrassed cough she’d outstretch a hand to the guy for a hand shake. “Eh, I already had a soak, Cassius Yossarian, Nature Warden.” She introduced herself. “You’re the Warden for Bolt dorm right? It’ll be fun working together.” She told the man with a smile, taking a seat next to him and kicking her feet out, assuming a comfortable slouch. “So I’m about to head back, you got anything that flies or did ya actually walk all the way up here dude?” It seemed strange that an Alumni wouldn’t have a flying Pokémon to go to places like this, or the castle, but eh some people.

With a crack of her knuckles and neck, followed by a relaxed sigh she’d get more comfortable on the bench. “So I never saw ya when I was goin to school here, ya from an older class or something?” She asked, a bit curious as to the supposed Warden next to her.

[Oleg Kirrlov]

Oleg tilted his head at the mention of him being the bolt warden. Did he look that old? Well, no, wait, that's stupid considering the wardens would only be a few years older than he was, and the morning shade probably gave some impressions of being older. He took the hand, shaking it as he then moved to correct her mistake, only to be bombarded with a few more questions.

"Welp. I do have my Altaria, but I think I'll walk back to the dorms. Might as well do the minimal effort to keep in shape, eh?" He chuckled a bit, stroking his chin. "And about that... 'm not a warden. Just a first year newbie. Oleg Kirrlov, sixteen years of age, bolt dorm." It had to be the shade that made him look older. Not that he minded, it was good to look older than what you were!

[Cassius Yossarian]

She let out a strangled noise as he admitted to being sixteen. Sixteen, he was sixteen? A flush of embarrassment came over her face. “O-Oh, you’re a student, uh huh, well I er… Uh I-I bet your classes are going well?” She managed to stutter out, sweet Arceus above how did she just mess up that bad. Rubbing the back of her neck nervously Cassius would stay silent for a bit. “Mind if I walk back to the dorms with ya then? I mean I have Enola but I’m sure she’d appreciate the rest.” She asked while not meeting his eye, still a bit embarrassed about her blunder.

Recomposing herself she’d look over at Oleg, letting out a small sigh and hoping she didn’t inadvertently make any more blunders. “So Oleg, what’s ya story anyhow?” She would ask the boy, curious as to where he came from, heck it was her job to watch over the kids, so she might as well get to know them right? That makes sense, or at least, she was pretty sure it did. It didn’t help that she was new to this whole Warden thing. But it would get easier in time right? Hopefully it did.

[Oleg Kirrlov]

Oleg let out a mighty guffaw as the warden bumbled about a bit. "I won't mind. And eh, you're the first one to really say that I look older than what I am... Could be the potato nose, the hair, or just the shade. Or maybe all of the above?" He smirked a bit, punching the warden's shoulder as he then looked around a bit before walking along with the warden.

"Nothing much to babble about, honestly. 'M just a random nobody from Sootopolis city with some interest in getting better at raising pokemon. To be honest, I'm kinda glad the Academy did take me in." He scratched his nose for a moment, snorting a bit. "Life's been good up 'till now."

[Cassius Yossarian]

“H-Huh? Oh! N-No I wasn’t implying that it’s just uh, well yeah, I mean just… Heeeeey.” She tried to backpedal before letting out a small whine, rubbing her shoulder as he fell in next to her. Forgetting her own stupid incident the woman would instead listen to the… much taller student. Was this kid seriously only sixteen? He was like a foot taller than her and had a start on a beard? To be fair though most of this year’s crop of students kind of made her feel small, when most of your dorm was taller than you it didn’t help much.

Though when he mentioned he was from Sootopolis, she couldn’t help but have a beaming wide smile. “That’s like great dude! I’m from Hoenn myself, though I’ve never been to Sootopolis, I hear it’s really something, y’all live in a big ol’ crater right? What’s that even like?” She gushed to her fellow Hoenn dweller. It had been awhile since she had been to her home town, heck the last time she was there was before she had left for the academy. As they walked her thoughts would turn to a mischievous angle. Her bright smile widening and her eyes narrowing into a trickster’s grin. “So ya hook up with any cute girls yet? Ehh? Ehhhh?” She said while elbowing the guy in the ribs with a sidelong glance.

[Oleg Kirrlov]

"It wasn't that different." Oleg kept a straight face for the great length of five seconds before snickering and even laughing a bit. "Okay, it was actually kinda crazy. Y'know, living in solitude and stuff. Only ways to really get out were either diving or somehow getting a helicopter." He wiped his nose for a moment, thinking as he then rolled his shoulders.

Before he could shoot the question back to the warden, she instead shot out another one, this time something that hit him a BIT closer to home. He furrowed his brows a moment behind his glasses, sniffing a few times as he pushed his glasses up. "Not really." He responded in a monotone, hoping that the discussion would lead elsewhere.

[Cassius Yossarian]

She was a bit star struck as he described living in such a place. Sure she had seen crazy stuff in Orre, But still to be so cut off like that? It was just strange. “Wow, way different from Fortree.” She murmured in reply as they walked. Her mischievous grin right about fell off her face with Oleg’s dull answer though. It seemed that she had unconsciously made a blunder… again. “Uh, well that’s… Cool.” She said weakly while looking away, anywhere but at his face cause hoo boy she was two for two on self-embarrassment today.

From then she’d just stay silent. Waiting for him to ask something, and trying to surpass her natural curiosity at meeting someone new. Sure she wanted to ask the kid a mission questions, see what made him tick and all that. But that was just the Researcher in her talking. Plus she was stopping herself from digging the hole she was in any deeper. She’d put two fingers in her mouth and give a sharp whistle. Enola responding in time, taking to the air and following the pair from above as they walked down towards the Dorms. In her excitement she almost forgot to alert the Skarmory to their departure.

[Oleg Kirrlov]

Oleg wrinkled his nose for a moment as his eyes went up and down the warden for a while. He was still not sure on the gender of the person, so, it was just best to ask. "Ya know. I gotta ask, are you a dude or a dudette?" He smirked a bit as he asked this, hoping to get rid of the awkward pause they had before.

He stroked the back of his neck, deciding to fire off another question right away to feed the fire that was keeping the conversation alive. "And where form Hoenn are ya exactly form?"

[Cassius Yossarian]

Thankfully though it seemed Oleg wouldn’t stay grumpy for long, the boy soon sparking up the conversation again. Asking a question that she had gotten, rather a lot to be fair. Readjusting her glasses a bit the woman would put her hands in her lab coat pockets. “Uh Dudette I guess?” She told the boy. It still rubbed her weird to actually call herself a girl sometimes, but eh, it wasn’t so bad. When he asked where she actually grew up in Hoenn though, that brought back some bitter memories, even so she wouldn’t show them.

“Fortree, born and raised. Eh? Quite a bit different than your big ol’ hole in the ground huh?” She said with a wry grin. “Ya know it’s not much different from the Nature dorm actually, except you’re actually up in the trees instead of being on the ground.” She told him while they walked. “But man, I haven’t been there in years. You ever been? How is the place doing?” She would ask him, just a bit curious, and a bit of a hopeful edge seeping up through her regular chilled out tone. It had been a rather long time, and while she had no connections to that town anymore, it still held a place in her heart.

[Oleg Kirrlov]

"Fortree, eh. Not heard much about the place, to be honest. 'Twas on the news from time to time, but mostly only things like another "soon to be new champion of the region!" beating the local gym leader, only to be knocked down in the league or by the later gym leaders." He chuckled a bit. He admitted that he had not watched the official TV matches that much, as his father was the big fighting buff outta the family, but he had seen his fair share of them.

He rolled his shoulders again, gritting his teeth a bit as he looked to town. Some thoughts popped into his head... Only to shake his head to himself. No, he'd do that kind of stuff alone. He then scratched his chin for a moment. "So, since you were courteous enough to ask about my love life, I'll shoot back. Do YOU have any nice dude or dudette as a sweetheart?"

[Cassius Yossarian]

“Oh…” She mumbled to herself, deflating a bit as he had no news from her old home. She hadn’t been back there in years, and while she didn’t really want to go back and see what was waiting for her, she got homesick sometimes. She missed the quaint little city amongst the treetops. She even missed the weather institute, who knew, maybe her mother still worked there? Maybe she should try and call home? Someone might pick up right? She was torn out of her thoughts though when he asked if she had any sweetheart. If anything were to bring the Warden out of the tiny little slump she had gotten into, it was the thought of her love. A sweet woman surrounded by books day in and day out.

She had a brand new spring in her step, the woman’s shoulders rising and her back straitening as she took a rather proud pose. “Ayup, yup I do, I got the best girl on the whole dang world!” She crowed, a bright smile splashing against her face as they walked, just the thoughts of the librarian would brighten her day, Daphne’s sweet smile and soft voice worked wonders to lighten the woman’s step and but a bit of color in her cheeks. “You know Ms. Wright in the library ya?” She asked, her smile from ear to ear as she was practically skipping along, a rather radiant aura surrounding the young researcher.