Return From The Library

Storm and Saige approach the Guild of Light and Storm orders the wards down and then back up as they enter the Common Room. She smiles at Claire at the front desk. "Hey, Miss Claire! If you happen to see the Guildmaster, let him know that Saige and I are back from the library and are in my room if he wants to catch up."

She takes Saige over to the members hall and lowers the ward. Once they cross, she raises the ward again and leads Saige down the hall to her room. Once they are inside, Storm drops off her weapons on her desk, leaning the glaive against the wall. She walks over and sits on the edge of the bed.

"Man, I'm pretty worn out after all that fighting. How are you doing?"

“I’m fine…” Saige retrieves her stash of clothes. “I could use a bath though. Blood is sticky. Does the guild have one? Or I could walk to the river I guess, but that would take a while.”

Storm hops up off the bed."Yeah! Here. I'll show you."

She leads Saige out of her room and down the hall a ways. When they reach their destination, Storm knocks gently on the door and when there is no reply, she opens the door for Saige.

"Here you are, my lady." Storm smiles and gestures her inside.

Inside the room is a small pool of steaming water with steps leading down into the water. At the center of the pool is a small golem that radiates heat keeping the water warm.

Right by the door is a bench with neatly folded white towels on one side. Above the bench is a shelf containing bottles of various thick liquids of different colors. Under the bench are wooden buckets with a small piece of cloth draped over the lip.

"I uh... I'll wait out here in case you need anything. The golem there just keeps the water nice and warm, I don't remember his actual name but I've been calling him Ember." Storm steps back to let Saige pass. "So yeah. I'll just... wait out here. Shout if you need anything."

“It’s… warm?” Saige’s brow furrows in confusion, but she just shrugs. “Alright. Thanks, Storm!”

She smiles and enters the room, setting her clothes on the bench before closing the door.

Half an hour later, Saige exits the room in fresh clothes, her long hair flowing free from the usual braids and charms. She grins when she sees Storm.

“That was fun! I wasn’t sure what the bottles were so I just mixed all of them together.”

Storm throws her head back and laughs. "Pretty sure they're just perfumed soap. I'm not a fan of the scent though so I don't use them but the next person to use them is gonna be in for a treat I'm sure." She looks Saige over and smiles. "I don't think I've ever seen your hair loose and free like this. It looks lovely." She blushes and clears her throat. "Well, I'll take you back to my room. I'll take a bath later. I'm honestly surprised Miquella hasn't shown up yet asking about the library. I'm sure he'd love to know what went on there."

She begins leading Saige back down the hall to her room.

Saige runs her hands through her hair.

“Thank you…” she looks at the floor. “I don’t usually wear it down, it gets in the way. Plus this one time Valerian glued seeds all in my hair so the birds would fly around my head, and it took forever to get it out!”

She follows Storm down the hall.

“Do you think he’s going to be mad that we went without him? He loves books so much. I’m also surprised he hasn’t torn the place down looking for us.”