Open, Bathhouse, 2 years younger

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

Cagalli in the bathhouse isn't an odd sight at all. It's pretty much her favorite place to relax alone, even if the 'alone' part ends up not working out for all that long, depending on the day.

If you don't really look closely, there's nothing out of the usual here, but beyond that... she's a bit smaller, her face just a little more youthful. She also looks like she's ready to slip into the water, just that little bit, and take a nice deep breath. Not that she's considering it, but she really wears her emotions out in the open.

"Father..."

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[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

While the towel didn't make any sense, Cagalli wasn't in any frame of mind to actually give a damn about it. Instead, she sort of just glanced at him as he made his way in, disinterestedly. It was a bit surprising that he could appreciate a good bathhouse, but here he was. "It's not like they're that difficult..."

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

Being the big insensitive lump that he is, Bowser had yet to notice ANY difference in Cagalli, either in appearance or personality. "Difficult? Hah! I was just worried that the ship couldn't be bothered to GIVE us a luxury like this!"

Bowser dropped himself in a good distance from Cagalli, the resulting splash sending large waves through the water, and heaved an uncharacteristic sigh of contentment. "Now THIS is more like it!"

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

She shot Bowser a dirty look at the waves, but wasn't up to actually chewing him out. With him here, she'd be leaving soon anyways. It was hard to think with a big boisterous idiot in the water. "It's up to us to make the luxuries ourselves."

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

The dirty look goes over Bowser's head, but the comment didn't. "What's with you? You sound like a fortune cookie or something."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"Just feeling extra crappy. It's... no big deal." She humphed and looked away, trying not to make a big deal of it.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"What, your giant robot start rusting or something?" Bowser shot back. He was bored enough to needle at Cagalli, that's for sure.

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"Tch. Nothing that fixable." People couldn't just be replaced the way you would with a machine.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Ate something bad? Got up on the wrong side of the bed?"

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"How about we call it the second one and leave it at that?" She wasn't terribly interested in discussing her personal issues with someone like Bowser.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Hah. Well, it's none of MY business if you mope around," Bowser drawled, settling back into the bath. "Just so long as your tears don't salt up the water."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"I'm not crying." Not in front of anyone else, anyways. Maybe if she found a nice dark corner to crawl into.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Fine. Moping. Is that better?"

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"Much." She sank down into the water a bit more.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Hmph." Bowser settled back, which was hard to do with a spiked shell like that, and seemed content to say nothing for a little while.

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

If he was gonna keep quiet, then so was she. Being friendly to Bowser wasn't a priority by any means.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

Bowser suddenly glared at Cagalli. "This is BORING! Say something, will you!?"

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

She jumped, splashing a bit, before shooting a dirty look back at Bowser. "Don't do that!"

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Gwahaha! Sorry, did my awe-inspiring voice scare you senseless?" Bowser replied, not looking at ALL sorry.

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"You just surprised me with your big fat mouth!" she yelled as she settled back into the water.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Hey, my mouth is neither big NOR fat!" Bowser shot back. "YOUR ears are just too sensitive!"

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"It's only as massive as the rest of you." She looked away, not wanting to seem as flustered as she was.

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Well, of course! I'm the biggest, baddest brute there ever was, so it only stands to reason that my voice would match!"

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

..."Just... go ahead and keep being proud of all that."

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"I think I will!" Bowser leaned back, crossing his arms behind his head. "Man, it's tiring being so awesome 24/7."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

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...

"I bet."

She's just gonna go to a different bath now, kthxbai.