RP: YSS Miharu Mission 2, Day 2

"The rest are showers, Kurohoshi-juni," was the computer's telepathic answer.

At which point the door to the changing room opened and that Kotori, clad only in her yukata and bearing her toiletries in a rolled up bathing towel. The Taisa moved on to a locker and started untying her sash, clearly intent on doing the same thing Masako had come to do.

Finally awake enough to trust herself to walk around without passing out, Miyoko opened the door to her room and strolled out, still wiping the sleep from her eyes. A bath could wait. Morning meant food. In no rush and dressed about as casually as possible, she meandered toward the serving area of the wardroom.

Yoroko rolled out of bed. It's morning already? she sleepily thought to herself as she put her yukata on and pulled together her towel and toiletries to head to the baths. I think there was a public bath somewhere on board this ship... Yoroko thought as she walked out of her room in a zombie-like state. "Miharu," Yoroko said while yawning "will you show me the way to the baths?" I wish I had gotten a better look at the layout of the ship while we were on our way here... Yoroko thought.

Sora blushed and pulled away from Serizawa for a moment. "Ichi-kun, we should head out and go to breakfast, other people might be here soon," she said very quietly as she kissed him again. She didn't want to really stop but she was starting to get concerned about someone walking in on them.

"You want me to slow you the way to the balls?" Miharu asked Yoroko after a moment of having tried to decipher the yamataian's yawn-altered speech.

Masako couldn't help but frown as the Miharu answered her. "It didn't have to be a bath...just a bathing area...showers are included in that category," she corrected before she noted the Taisa's entrance.

"Ah, good morning, Taisa," she said automatically before blinked and started waving her hands, dropping her own items in the process. "Wwwwwait," she stammered out quickly before silencing herself with a squeak.

"I...I think we should wait a moment before entering," she explained vaguely but so quickly it seemed like she didn't breath at all in between the greeting, her shout, and the explanation. But she couldn't find a voice to explain further as her cheeks felt hotter than a nova at that very moment.

Kotori appraised Masako a moment and finally said: "These are public baths, Masako. Yamataian culture sees no harm or embarrassment in being in the presence of other naked people in such a setting." The golden-eyed neko shrugged off her yukata before putting it in the locker, temporarily exposing her naked body before fishing her bathing towel our and wrapping it around her torso just beneath her armpits.

Not that it hadn't been evident when Kotori was uniform, but Masako quickly got a sense that she was far better endowed than Kotori when she briefly saw the Taisa's breasts.

"Thathathathat's not the problem exactly," Masako said as she scratched the tip of her ear. "A...a couple...among the crew...seems to need some..." she began as she avoided her superior's eyes. "Seems to need some 'alone time'," she mumbled the last bit.

"So...well..." Masako couldn't get any more out. If it hadn't been obvious before, it was obvious that at least one of the elder Nekos on the crew was not 'socially experienced'.

"If so, then the public baths were hardly a wise place to indulge in such." Kotori - smiling slightly and apparently not taken aback by the situation - moved to snatch a basket, dumped her things in them, closed her locker and walked to the door leading to the bathing area.

"Alright, alright," Serizawa relented reluctantly. "I suppose we'll have plenty of time after work. I'll leave you be for a bit to get shaved up. See you in a bit."

Washing himself rather expediently, the thin man took his hygene kit and left Sora in peace. Returning back to the dressing area, Serizawa dried himself and put his bathrobe back on. He found himself a sink with a mirror and lathered his cheek, jaw and upper lip with shaving cream. Once satisfied with the application of the cream, the scientist went about the meticulous act of removing the hair from his face.

The young warrant officer watched wide-eyed as her superior seemed to shrug such a thought off and continue with placing her things into a basket. She even opened her mouth to say something else, but then shut it as she muddled it in her head. It was true...such things weren't meant to be done in a public bath.

After a small sigh, the young Neko picked up her belongings and moved to another locker. Slipping out of her sleeping attire and placing both it and her uniform into the locker, she gathered her necessary toiletries into the basket and meekly followed Kotori into the bathing area.

Sora continued to blush as she watched Serizawa go. She resumed actually bathing herself and started lathering some cherry blossom and vanilla scented shampoo into her hair. I hope I'm not starting to turn into an exhibitionist! I didn't think being around Cherry effected me that much! Or am I still feeling shaken from that simulation yesterday? She wondered concernedly to herself.

She didn't want to make a habit of too much public displays of affection in public during work hours, it was unprofessional and she didn't want to give the new crew or her adopted Aunt Kotori the wrong impression about her ability to control her base impulses. She also didn't want Kotori to regret bringing a new couple aboard her vessel.

Kotori gave a nod to Ichi as she moved aside to let him pass and then went in the public baths. She took a small wooden stool on her way in, propped it under one of the showerheads close to the entrance. Kotori lowered herself and settled on top of the stool with artless grace, the process looked oddly ritualistic. Turning on the cold water had her momentarily stiffen and her pale skin became even paler as she snatched up a washing towel from her basket and silently started lathering it with soap before she began running it over her skin.

"Good morning, Taisa," Serizawa greeted Kotori when he saw her. He would have bowed but he didn't want any of the foam falling off of his face in the process.

It wasn't long before Serizawa had finished shaving. Each stroke taken was precise and followed an orderly pattern that had been developed over a number of years. One could capture the entire process and watch it every morning and, with the exception of environmental changes, it would be no different in watching him shave in person. The movements were practically instinctive and he could and has shaved with his eyes closed.

Not wanting to leave Sora behind but growing a little impatient with the fact that she had not finished bathing yet by the time he finished shaving, he called out to her, "Sora-chan, are you ready yet? We still have to get dressed."

Sora was pulled out of her thoughts by Serizawa calling her. "Be ready in a moment!" She replied back as she rinsed the shampoo out of her hair and decided to use the other type of conditioner instead. She made absolutely certain that the shampoo was out of her hair before she turned off the water and quickly wrapped the towel around herself.

She started walking out when she noticed Kotori and Masako on the way and paled slightly as if she felt ill. "G..good morning, Kotori-Taisa, Masako-Juni." She bowed to the both awkwardly and almost lost her towel.

She quickly stood back up and clutched the towel up against her breasts, making sure it was closed. The action made the color return quickly to her cheeks as she hurried into the dressing area to dry off and get dressed.

Kotori barely had the time to manage a wave as Sora escaped. The golden-eyed neko shrugged ever so lightly and continued cleaning herself.

Serizawa watched Sora carefully as she entered the dressing area. He quickly noticed the flustered look and lofted a brow at her.

"What's wrong, Sora-chan?" he inquired while he returned all the contents of his shower kit back it the back which normally held it.

Masako quietly bowed to both Serizawa and Sora as she entered the bathing area behind Kotori. Her blush had calmed to a pinkish tone by now as she grabbed a stool for herself and chose an open stall for herself. Her methods of set-up and cleaning, thought not ritualistic as Kotori's, was methodical as she set about turning the water up to near scalding temperatures and began to lather herself slowly. Steam would rise quickly enough to cast a haze around the young warrant officer as she pondered a few random bits and pieces in her head.

Her first thoughts revolved around Sora and Serizawa. Were they just about to...if they were, they had apparently changed their minds. Masako didn't know what was more surprising. The fact that people actually pondered about performing sexual activities in public place or the fact two of their medical personnel actually pondered doing such things here.

But soon her thoughts moved to a thought some would think was close to sexual acts. The Miharu had collected quite a group of various sized mammaries. Most Nekos Masako had met were her Captain's or XO's size, which always made Masako stand out. But Sora's...they seemed to defy Neko standards greatly. It also made her wonder if Sora was born with them...or if it was a modification with a body transfer. The young warrant officer could help but cup her own breasts at the thought.

"That'd be more difficult to handle," she mumbled absentmindedly.

Sora smiled a little awkwardly as she walked over to Serizawa. "Oh.. umm.. nothing, nothing at all. Almost slipped and lost my towel. You know how clumsy I get sometimes," she offered her lover a quick, bright smile as she adjusted her towel again and walked over to the sink with her other shower things and quickly brushed her teeth.

After rinsing the toothpaste from her mouth she walked over to the locker where she had her bathrobe and removed her towel again to dry herself. She quickly slipped back into her bathrobe before depositing it into a laundry bin and gathering another to wrap around and dry her hair. "I'll work on my speed showering technique again tomorrow.. I'm unsure of how to cut more time off without cutting my hair short."

Before too long, Kai had arrived at his destination, the wardroom, entering, and finding it to be practically empty. Well, That's interesting, Usually, there's hundreds of people waiting for breakfast... he thought absentmindedly, before remembering that he wasn't at Fort Ready anymore. Suddenly, the military seemed like a calm, relaxing place, as opposed to the mad rush of activities the Fort was.

Very confused by the difference in setup between here and the Mess hall on Nataria, kai remembered something... MEGAMI "Uhh..Miharu.. How do I get my food?" he asked the ship sheepishly, feeling like a moron for not knowing.