[Normally Hijikata would probably have taken Rei up on the offer (and there's a 50% chance he'd also have turned it into a stupid competition of who can hold out in the heat the longest, despite this being a reconnaissance mission), but he shakes his head.]
No. They probably won't take any risks and will only strike if we're alone. Let's meet up here after each service we use, though, so we'll know where the other one went missing if that does happen.
[He grabs a small laminated overview of the various offers from the little side table and reads through his options.]
I guess I'll go for a deep tissue massage. I could actually use one.
[He's not a big fan of being vulnerable under a stranger's hands, but frankly, all the training and fighting of the last... damn, it's been over a year... has left his muscles in dire need of being loosened up a little. So in the best case he'll be able to accomplish both objectives in one go!
Little does he know that the employees would totally have been reckless enough to just kidnap him from the sauna once Rei would have left, and little do the employees know that their esteemed downstairs neighbour would probably raise a hefty complaint about Hijikata's taste if he ate him - he brings lean flesh to the table, but also he's a chain smoker.]
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No. They probably won't take any risks and will only strike if we're alone. Let's meet up here after each service we use, though, so we'll know where the other one went missing if that does happen.
[He grabs a small laminated overview of the various offers from the little side table and reads through his options.]
I guess I'll go for a deep tissue massage. I could actually use one.
[He's not a big fan of being vulnerable under a stranger's hands, but frankly, all the training and fighting of the last... damn, it's been over a year... has left his muscles in dire need of being loosened up a little. So in the best case he'll be able to accomplish both objectives in one go!
Little does he know that the employees would totally have been reckless enough to just kidnap him from the sauna once Rei would have left, and little do the employees know that their esteemed downstairs neighbour would probably raise a hefty complaint about Hijikata's taste if he ate him - he brings lean flesh to the table, but also he's a chain smoker.]