trans_9 | Splish Splash, I was taking a bath (Bendy timed to just after the weddings)

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Splish Splash, I was taking a bath (Bendy timed to just after the weddings)

Not everybody wanted to go to the consummation huts straight off the bat. Which meant if they wanted to get cleaned up, they needed another spot to do so in.

Luckily, the city had just such a place: the great public baths. They were rather immense. And open, since the Moai didn't have much in the way of nudity taboos. There were private stalls around the edges, though, for those who weren't quite so open. Or just wanted to do a little 'private' bathing (wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more). It's traditional for the baths to take a while. After all, pretty much everybody here has just gotten married! Enjoy!

(Oh. And your clothes are going to disappear. Nothing personal, the Rapa Nui just want to make sure you have something clean and dry to change into when you've bathed. Isn't that nice?)

((Yep, there are public baths in the city. Have fun with it! And Jono's still outside the city. I just want to be able to get notifs after I ask for no notifications on the main post.))

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He nodded, "I think it's helped there's always been a team of us. Buffy didn't have to fight alone. It's the main reason she's outlived other Slayers. Before that they had to go on their own, with just their Watcher for support."

Xander nodded, "Yeah, yeah, Ahn was something else. But kind of weird talking about past relationships with uh sort of temporary spouse."

"Yeah. It's...mostly just me and Dean in our world. Bobby gives us backup a lot, even if it's to just yell at us." He grinned at that. Bobby was...Bobby. And Sam wouldn't have him any other way. "But 99 percent of the time, it's just me and Dean and the Impala."

Except for ten months when Dean had been dead, but Sam was ignoring that right now.

He snorted, leaning back against the side of the pool. "I don't know that it's so weird. I mean, it's more because...well, it's not a relationship as such. So there's not a lot of reason to discuss past relationships. Or maybe it just feels safer because there isn't?"

"Who's Bobby?"

Xander didn't look disappointed. He didn't. Ok, maybe a little, but he thinks he hid it ok.

"Right, right, just two friends, hanging out. ...Naked and married. Right. No awkward."

Sorry, Xander. Sam's just...clueless enough when it comes to girls liking him. Guys? It's going to take a while.

Possibly a long while. Best get comfortable.

"Bobby's this older Hunter that was friends with our dad. Well...they got in a fight and stopped talking. They didn't really talk again and then Dad died." Sam shook his head. "He was like another dad to us growing up. When he and Dad weren't arguing." And his smile is fond, because Sam really does love Bobby. "He's probably on the ship somewhere. Just waiting to come out and call just 'idjits'."

Sam glanced down at himself and put his hands in his lap again. "You know, I'd almost managed to forget the naked..."

You'd think Xander would be used to it, especially with years of pining after Buffy. Though granted he barely noticed Willow and Dawn's crushes on him for years, so he had his own moment of cluelessness.

"Sounds a little like Giles who I think is still awake around here. I haven't talked to him in forever though. Oh and I heard from Buff which was awesome."

He covered up with his own hands, "Yeah, sorry, my cletus the slack jawed yokel side was acting up again with his big mouth. We should probably get out anyway." And then do what? Huts? No, food right? Food is good, yummy distracting food. Especially when it's real and not ship slop.

"That's awesome. It's always good to know that you aren't alone on the ship." And it wasn't as easy for some as it was for him. Dean was Dean and never that far away.

"Don't worry about it," Sam advised, then reached up and rubbed one hand through his hair. "Right. Getting out. And dressed and...food, I'd suppose."

"Yeah right, lots of real food to stock up on. Hey, you don't think these guys would have heard of Twinkies or HoHos do you?"

Yes, Xander's eating habits are very similiar to Dean's, also with the number of times they're eager to eat as well.

He started to turn around to look for their clothes, and then...

"Uh Sam? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure we set clothes down around here? Or am I crazy?"

"I have no idea, actually. But I wouldn't make any bets on it." Sorry to say, Xander. Though that sounded very familiar and he hadn't managed to get 'married' to Dean's clone, had he?

Then the next question sank in and Sam turned to look. No, no. No. "Crap."

"Yeah, thinking these guys never heard of preservatives or processed food anyway. And I've been having a Cheetos craving for several months now." His shoulders slumped at that before becoming more panicked at the loss of clothing.

"Affirmative on the clothes, great, well they weren't funky enough to walk away and if they were, what the hell was in that freaky paint?"

"If they walked away, I'm really glad I didn't try to eat any of it." Okay, look, it smelled good and Sam's been craving fruit. He's the healthier brother, after all. At least, when it comes to food. "Maybe you could find something like Cheetos?"

Which was easier to think about than the lack of clothing. "Right. Okay. They couldn't have gone far, right? Maybe someone just...moved them. Aside."

"Nah, there's a special piquant quality to that cheesy dust they use, you can't get it just anywhere."

Xander frowned, as he climbed out, and promptly tried to cover up. He even flailed to grab a tree branch or a rock to do so.

"Or they stole them and they're holding them hostages unless we pay them. Because they're evil evil clothing thieves."

"Which makes no sense since we don't have anything on us that would allow us to pay them." Sam hauled himself out of the water as well, looking around. And keeping himself covered. It was not an easy balancing act.

"Evil clothes thieves don't use logic," Xander stated as he continued trying to look. He dropped the rock he'd been using and cursed as he had no choice but to bend over, essentially mooning the surroundings.

"They haven't struck me as very evil." Clothing thieves, possibly. But not evil. "Dude, calm down. We'll get it figured out. Panicking isn't going to help."

"I'm not panicking? Who said anything about panicking, it's just clothes, which cover you and keep you from feeling naked!"

"And we'll find them. Just...try not to think about it?" Which sounded stupid even to him and Sam grimaced to show it. "Uh...right. Still with the 'can't have gone far'. They have to be somewhere."

"I'd close my eye so I won't get reminded of it but then I remember I need to see them. Plus the whole walking part," Xander grumpily snarked, and continued trying to see what happened to them.

"Times where I really, really miss depth perception."

Sam snorted a soft laugh and nodded. "Yeah. Unfortunately, seeing is sort of necessary for this part." He kept looking around, absolutely not looking at Xander's butt. More than he had to, at least. Really.

Okay, he supposed it wasn't a bad butt. Not that he knew much about such things.

"I admit, I've never given it a lot of thought, but that's got to mess with your head. Even when you get used to it."

Just as well since it would be almost impossible for Xander to tell if he was. Though if he knew he would argue it is a very nice butt. A few thought so anyway.

"It does, and I'm not used to it. Happened only a year before Stacy woke me up, and still haven't for the years I've been awake on here. Adds a whole extra level of fun to the mazes. Keep thinking to go the full pirate route and get a hook and parrot to go with it. Maybe the shops around here got one."

Sam's sure that people do think so. It's just that Sam himself doesn't have much experience!

"I've only had to deal with the mazes once, surprisingly. Straight after Zokez. That was fun." Sardonically said. "And leave the hook, man. Hooks are never a good thing."

"Yeah, I guess parrot's enough. And I think I got grabbed some time after that too. Did we have a run in with the Ohm then?" Xander continued trudging around.

Sam nodded. "Yeah, that's the planet we ran into the Ohm on. Dean broke his ribs, but he was mostly fine before I got out."

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