The Specialists IC

[Kurogane86]

Keita/Keika Assaragi

Keita was relaxing in the completely empty hot spring. He covered his face to try to help calming his nerves. As he was soaking he didn't even find it weird that he was alone in the huge bath, at this time, during this season. The steam rose from the water limiting view all around the bath.

Keita heared the sounds of someone entering the water. He decided to ignore them his problems wold only get worse if someone recognized him. He heared some one say "this feels great" Keita chuckled to himself, 'and I thought my voice was a little effeminate. This guy sounds kinda like a girl'.

Keita heared the splashing get closer and closer. 'Damn, he's gonna wanna talk. What a pain.' He thought to himself trying to keep quiet. The person spoke up, it finally hit Keita. He pulled the towel off his face and looked up to see Nanami. She was striking, that look of being covered but exposed struck Keita's heart as he sat and starred. Her figure was so beatiful it was if a goddess had decended from the heavens.

Keita's face got bright red as he was suddenly hit with the situation. He couldn't stop looking it was if he was frozen. He tried to speak but no words came to mind, he was embarrassed and smitten all at the same time.

 

[Makomin]

KIN OSHIRO

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The last time the pinkette had actually indulged herself in a hot spring was probably a year ago, despite the fact that she lives in a metropolitan area whereby there was an abundance of them. She shrugged before walking into the changing room as to change out of her clothes. She noted that the redhead from before walked in before her. She wondered whether they would be friends, or even work partners. Or if they would even interact with each other willingly. Either way, she didn't mind as there were other members.

In any case, she took off her clothes before wrapping the towel around her body, clearly ready to soak in the herbal essence the water from the hot spring would provide. She walked into the bath before noticing the redhead female and another male who seemed to be eyeing for the other female.

Kin wondered whether she could move to the female or even the all-male bath, considering it would be worse to be the third wheel in this situation. Regardless, she made her way into the bath before taking a seat in the farthest corner from them, not wanting to barge in or be able to hear anything, for that matter.

 

[Rauzi]

Shin Kazunari

With all of the hustle around me, napping was out of question for me. Why would i assume that it would be an option to begin with, with this group that is. I weigh my options for a quick while before getting up from the corner of the room and rummaging through my bag quickly. I pull a dark grey towel out of the bag. I start making my way towards the changing rooms, dragging the towel behind me. Maybe relaxation in hot spring is exactly what i need..

There wasn't anyone around in the changing room when i made it there. Is this place even in business for real? What keeps it afloat as there isn't any customers around on top of us? After getting changed i make my way to the springs. Not paying heed to the signs i reach a pool of hot water with a few figures to be seen a bit further away with a little bit of noise coming from their way. So.. of course i made it to the mixed bath then, making an educated guess i could think that the couple further away is Fox and that crazy guy. And the single person away from the two had to be that pink girl. I step in to the pool and find myself a lone corner to be in.

 

[ScarletNova]

Nanami Kudo
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Nanami stared at Keita for a few minutes as he stared at her. The time seemed to have stopped for a moment, and the two were just paused there together. He seemed pretty embarrassed about seeing her. Maybe he wasn't aware that this ended up being the co-ed bath?

He just stared at her and she just stared at him. Nothing else happened. He didn't speak. She didn't say anything back. They just continued to stare at each other for a moment as the others arrived into the bath and took a seat away from them, perhaps not wanting to disturb them.

A few seconds later, without paying attention to the moment that just happened between them that the others didn't want to interrupt, Nanami smiled at him and placed her hand onto his shoulder to tug him towards the middle of the pool instead.

"Come on you guys," she commented, looking over at Kin and now Shin since he just arrived. "What's with all being in separate corners. We're here to get to know each other in the first place, so let's all come together and enjoy our time here." She pulled on Keita's shoulder a bit hoping he would follow her and head into the middle of the bath and that perhaps if he moved as well, the others would.

She let go and took a seat towards the center so they could all be closer to each other if they came closer to her. "This feels great, doesn't it," she addressed all of them. "You know though, have any of you noticed that there doesn't seem to be any other customers but us here? Isn't that kind of strange for a place like this?"

 

[Kurogane86]

Keita Assaragi


Keita had become aware that he was starring. He turned away, his face bright red. He wasn't sure if it was due to the temperature of the bath or the current situation. Keita didn't even notice the other two, it was the pink haired girl and the jerk that has a problem with Keika. Keita heard Nanami ask them all to meet in the middle. He nodded and followed, completely out of character for Keita. He followed her and sat down besides her making sure to not stare that much this time. He was also sure to secure his towel, just in case.

As Keita Sat he noticed how Nanami didn't seem phased by the situation. Keita imagined a typical girl will yell out and slap him. He chuckled to himself as he got comfortable near his new companions. Nanami spoke up about the problem that Keita noticed earlier. "I um..." Keita spoke up " I noticed that too. This is prime outdoor bath season, not to mention the Inn is in a perfect location and the rooms are clean as is the rest of the Inn so i'm not sure why this place isn't packed."

A thought flew into Keita's mind. "do you think. You know the secret agent guy might have rented out the whole inn for us?" Keita looked at the other two. "i mean he did say this has to be a group outing to get to know eachother. Maybe he rented the whole thing to avoid obstacles to our bonding, you know other people." Keita sat back as he waited for the others to reply to the topic.

 

[Makomin]

KIN OSHIRO

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She noticed that another male, besides the one clinging onto the other female had joined the bath too. He seemed conflicted as she did before as to whether it was a good idea to join the two together, herself or at this point, be alone in a corner. The latter won and Kin couldn't blame him. Just as she was about to relax in her corner, the other female, Nanami, she assumed, shifted towards Kin Oshior and Shin, she assumed his name was.

"Oh hello, I didn't want to interrupt...anything that was going on," she commented before giving a small smile. The pinkette then folded her hands on her thighs before looking up at everyone else. "Considering the secret government agent described this as something important, I assume it is treated in thst manner." She continued.

 

[Rauzi]

Shin Kazunari

It was clear to me at this point that i wouldn't have any kind of peace and quiet during our time here or most likely ever when i was with this group. I let out a sigh. "Well, i found it strange first as well, but if you think about it, it's pretty clear that the whole place is rented out for us. There hasn't been a single person around since we've arrived and we're now working for government, i believe i'm not only one who finds it easy to connect the pieces" i comment but didn't even think about moving anywhere from my corner. If Fox wanted to be together then they had to come to me, even though i prefer that wouldn't be the case. Let's just keep it the way it is at the moment, at least i can have a little bit of peace being alone here.

 

[ScarletNova]

Nanami Kudo
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Keita and Kin came over to the center to all come together. However, Shin didn't but Nanami knew he better and kind of figured that it would take more time to get to him. At least he was talking with them and not ignoring everything they were doing. That was a start. A slow one, but still a start.

They all mentioned that they noticed that no one else was there, but they just figured it was because the agents rented out the whole place for them. "It's possible," Nanami replied as she thought about it. It was the obvious answer and made a lot of sense. However, something still seemed off about it.

Nanami relaxed her body and enjoyed the warmth of the water in the hot springs. She looked up at the stars. They were bright. "I guess they had to end up giving them a lot of money because it wouldn't seem all that smart to have only us here when I'm sure that they would get a lot of business from other patrons as well. Still, I kind of feel like we should keep an eye on things just a bit, though still enjoy this vacation."

She closed her eyes and let out a sigh. She was quiet for a few minutes, then reopened her eyes and looked at the others. "So, we're supposed to get to know each other to work together. Like they said, I'm Nanami and let's just say that I like to steal things sometimes."

 

[Kurogane86]

Keita Assaragi

Keita kept looking at everyone as they shared their thoughts on the situation. Keita then looked at Nanami as she started to share info about herself reminding him of the whole mission?

"Get to know each other huh?" Keika took in a deep breath and exhaled. He took on a somewhat serious face and spoke. "I'm Keita Assaragi and." Keita looked at Shin. "As you all know I have a personality disorder, I um." Keita started to get nervous. He closed his eyes and when they opened Keita had switched with Keika.

"Hi everyone!, OMG!!" Keika stood up and looked at Nanami. "I was so right you are such a beauty!, your hair your skin, your perfect." Keika than caught a glimpse of Kin. "Oh my goodness! Kin chan you are just adorable!!." Before Keika could go any further she stopped. "Sorry I was supposed to continue our intro." Keika cleared her throat. "I'm Keika, Keita calls me out when he's super nervous. Feel free to call us Kei, you know short for Keita or Keika. Anyways let me continue."

Keika closed her eyes and opened them changing her silly expression into a serious one. "As you all know Keita is a famous idol known for being able to play any role male or female. He's able to do so Cuz he specializes in understanding people he can fool a mother into thinking he's her child, he's that good." Kei looked around and smiled. "Well that's it, I'll let Keita come back."

Keita opened his eyes and was back. He sat back down next to Nanami, and got quiet. "Um, yeah just like Keika said pleased to meet you all, I'll look forward to working with you."

 

[Makomin]

KIN OSHIRO

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The pinkette was taken aback a bit when the male from whom was with Nanami suddenly had an almost outburst of a more feminine side. Kin Oshiro was not one to judge. She couldn't, in any case. She had a disorder of her own, as well. Just that she could control it better, for the most part. Kin had made the assumption earlier that the two, the redhead and the male, Keita...and Keika were together. But it just seems as though the latter were more comfortable with the former.

"Thank you, Kei," the female replied with a smile before using her right hand to scoop up more water onto her left arm and wiping along it. "My name is Kin. Kin Oshiro, if you will." She then faced her back towards the wall of the hot spring as to allow her to face all of them.

"The only thing I assume everyone would like to know is that I have connections. Very important and liable ones that allow me to have access to almost anything I require or need. I hope we can work well together." She ended.

 

[Rauzi]

Shin Kazunari


I listen to others introduce themselves. It was more than clear to me already that Fox was a pretty thief and the guy/girl/person, Kei or whatever the name was, has problems. But when the pink girl introduced herself, it was a little bit surprising. Get pretty much anything she wants? That definitely will come handy. I let out a sigh as it seemed that it was my turn. "Name's Shin Kazunari. I am not here to make friends, just keep that in mind. I could say i am master of infiltration. Just tell me where to go and what has to be done and i will get it done. Also, if you need to get someone to tell something special. I have my means to do that, behind closed doors with the lucky guy that is" i say before getting back to just listening on the conversation.

 

[ScarletNova]

Nanami Kudo
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Nanami listened to everyone's introduction carefully, trying to understand as much about them as she could from what they were giving her so far. It was best to know as much as possible about the people you were going to be around. It was confirmed that Keita had a personality disorder where he sometimes acted or turned into a female that seemed to be his sister. That meant that something had had to happen to cause that. But, it didn't matter if he had one. It was actually quite interesting.

"I'm flattered from the compliments Keika," Nanami stated with a friendly smile. "And don't worry Keita, you don't have to get nervous or be shy about your personality disorder. It's know big deal."

Then, Kin introduced herself. She was pretty adorable and cute like Keika mentioned. She seemed too sweet and innocent to be around a thief like Nanami but maybe she would honestly be a good influence on her...and her little...problem. "Great. Being able to get anything will be really helpful."

Then Shin talked, which Nanami already knew a bit about him and how he wasn't fond of her because of the time she stole from him. But there was a lot more to that then he realized though she didn't want to tell him the truth and that seemed like he was always going to hate her for it. Anyway, he was still going to be a good asset. "Cool," she commented towards him.

"Looks like we have some great people on this team, huh?" she stated. "I look forward to working with you all too. I bet it's going to be a blast and think of all the cool missions we might get to do. Maybe we'll be like secret spies or something. Wouldn't that be a lot of fun."

She gave them all another large grin and let out a little happy laugh. "I'm enjoying this warm water. I've barely ever been to a hot springs before, so this is actually pretty nice to be able to come to one. What about you guys? Have you been to any others before?"

 

[Kurogane86]

Keita smiled when she said he didn't have to worry about Keika, it was nice feeling accepted. He listened to the other introductions and smiled at Kin and rolled his Eyes at Shin 'I'm not here to make friends. What a dick.' He thought.

Nanami mentioned that she didn't get to visit hot springs often. Kei spoke up. "Well I kind of do, I mean." He cleared his throat. "I do photoshoots for onsens every now and again. They usually treat me pretty well."

 

[Makomin]

KIN OSHIRO

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"I come here when I want to kill," the pinkette replied before scooping some more of the warm water onto her hair and brushing her hand through it. "Kill time, of course." Kin laughed before remembering the times where her coach would treat herself and the other dancers whenever they have finished performing a difficult number. The location of the hot spring may vary, depending on the dancers.

She remembered coming here once faintly. It was a distant memory but never a foggy one. "I wonder what pur first task will be. I hope it's not something to simplistic. I'd hate to think that they assume we need to get used to the job." She said before leaning back onto the wall of the hot spring.

 

[Kurogane86]

A small girl was eating patatoe chips in a dark room in front of a laptop. She was watching a live feed from the spa as the other specialists introduced themselves. The hacker known as Neko-tan was getting ready to open another bag of chips when a message popped up on her laptop.

"Neko-tan or should we Say Tama Yameno. You accepted this assignment therefore we need you to socialize with your team. Refuse and we will cut the payments."

Tama rolled her eyes and typed furiously on the keyboard. A gif of a cat sticking it's tongue out took over the agents computer. Tama closed her laptop and got her clothes and a tablet. She walked to the spa and got undressed, she was hesitant to open the door but took in a deep breath and went into the bath.

Tama avoided eye contact and walked straight into the bath taking up a corner. She pressed a few buttons on her tablet and turned the screen to show everyone. An animated cat popped on the screen and started talking in a cute animated voice.

"Yo, it's me the magnificent Neko-tan. I'm the hacker of this so called group I'll handle all the computer wor etc." The animated cat started doing back flips and tumbles. "Well that's about it, nice to meet you all." The screen went blank and the quiet girl turned to face everyone she nodded and turned back to her tablet.

 

[ScarletNova]

Hitomi Honda
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Hitomi entered the hot springs after Tama did. A towel covered her body as she walked into the warm water and sat slightly off but still close enough to the others. It seemed that they were doing some introductions and explaining more about what they did. Well, she should most likely get involved with this. She was going to be giving them all orders if they chose to stay in this group.

"I'm Hitomi Honda," she then explained once everything else was done. She was calm and her voice was a bit quiet despite talking with them all. It seemed she preferred not to speak up very loudly right now. "I'm the strategist and apparently your leader as well." She looked at all of them, surveying their movements to get a better fell of them.

"I'll be planning out all of our missions. Make sure to listen to what I have to say during them and I am sure everything will go smoothly. Of course, you are free to mention some suggestions during missions as well, but be sure to do that before we actually our carrying out a plan. It will cause trouble."

 

[ScarletNova]

Nanami Kudo
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Nanami listetned to the others. "Aren't you cute," she commented to the girl who liked to talk more through her tablet than through her own voice. She must be shy. And, their leader spoke as well. She didn't seem too bad but she also didn't seem to know how to relax and chill out. She seemed a bit too uptight despite being in a hot springs.

After the introductions, Keita mentioned that he's been to hot springs before for his other job. So, he was some kind of model? Interesting. "Are those like advertisements or something?" she asked, considering she didn't see why they would want a model to do a photo shoot at a place like this.

"Well, their a government agency, right? I'm sure they don't really have a lot of time to get us used to the job," she said to Kin. "This is probably it. It's probably a pain that they even have to do this, but since we don't know each other, I suppose we gotta learn how to work together."

It would most likely be bad if they were on a mission and they didn't even know who each other was. Some more time went by as they chatted about some things. It was starting to get later. It seemed that it might be time to get out of the hot springs shortly, as it wasn't a good idea to stay in for a very long time because of the warm air around it. Plus, Nanami was getting hungry.

"Do you guys want to get some food after this?"

 

[Makomin]

KIN OSHIRO

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The arrival of their two other members made her raise her eyebrows. She wondered whether it was their tardiness or rather the fault of the government of not inviting them here sooner. Probably the latter, considering the second female, their strategist and leader looked way too formal and rigid to be the type to actually be late.

"Pleasure. My name is Kin Oshiro and I am the Dealer. It is nice to be of acquaintance, Miss Yameno and Miss Honda." Kin greeted them. It wasn't as though she was an incredibly friendly person who valued friendship more than anything in the world. If she needed support or anything of the like that required help, she needed to have good connections and especially reputation. With that, even if the opposite party disliked her, she is still able to ask for help and might even be able to exchange services for others.

"Yes, I'm hungry. I think there is a convenient store somewhere down the hallway. Does anyone want to follow me?" She asked as she looked towards the three other females and two males. How outnumbered the boys must feel.

 

[Kurogane86]

Kei felt an extremely powerful urge to go hug the quite little girl that hid behind her tablet. She was so little and cute she was like a little sister. Just as Keika was about to take over another person walked in. She was serious and looked official. She said she was the leader and proceeded to act like it.

Kei smiled nervously as Nanami asked if they were advertisements. "Yes, just short commercials or flyers." He spoke up when Nanami asked if they were hungry. "Yes, I'd like to eat after, if I recall this inn should have some great food."

He remembered 2 new faces showed up "oh I'm Keita Assaragi by the way I'm the. What did they call me? Oh yeah the chameleon. I can act like anyone male or female. I look forward to working with everyone."

 

[Kurogane86]

Tama was in the corner not really listening she was busy counting. "78,79,80. It's so hot in here, my tiny frame can't take it. 87, 88, 89." Her face was getting bright red. She stood up immediately and shouted. "98,99 100!!!" She jumped out of the bath and ran tword the changing room.

She closed the door behind her and sat down on a bench. "This bonding session, is more dangerous than that government lacky let on. I almost got cooked like ramen." She took her time changing all the while keeping an eye on her tablet, waiting to see what there next move was.