Another Fate | Rebirth | BxB [Hiatus]

8: Shower and Pain

I wanted to stay in the sauna longer but Lenix said too much is harmful. He brought me outside to the back end of the little building. There was a rounded stone wall from the sauna building to the perimeter wall of the estate. In front of us was a short wooden door. 

[This is the shower.] He walked in and turned a handle, suddenly a tiny rain shower filled the area. The sun was shining through and little rainbows scattered around. 

I looked from the scene of obviously controlled weather then back to him my hands up in a half shrug, a look of enough of your bullshit clearly stamped across my face. "So, how is this not magic?" 

[It's just tools, Imogen. Technology, and not particularly advanced at that. A hose from the well with a manual pump brings water into the tank. The dark color of the tank absorbs heat from the sun, heating the water in the tank. The heat from the sauna will add to it a bit but that won't be on all the time. It will only be as warm as it can get from the sun so morning showers won't be as pleasant, nor will it be on cloudy days.]

He tossed his towel aside and stepped into the shower of water motioning me to come over. I also tossed my towel and walked to the water, holding my hand under it tentatively. "It is warm!" Then I was face first staring up into it, letting it fall over me. It was so warm and soft, nothing like any natural rain shower I had ever experienced. 

With a little soap, all the sweat from the sauna was washed away. Again, Lenix had to make me leave. [You can have another shower tomorrow.] He was laughing, LAUGHING at me. I hit him, forgetting my lesson already. Damn, that hurts!

He handed me a fresh robe and was getting dressed, "Where are you getting these from?" I was scrutinizing the soft robe that was identical to the one left lying in front of the sauna. And to the one I had seen that kid that was sweeping the living room wear.

[My storage ring] Lenix nonchalantly held his hand near me indicating a shiny but plain silver ring on his finger.

"Your what now? I can see a ring but, storage? How? Where?"

[It's related to space magic. A manipulation of a section of space that is sealed to an item, in this case, a ring. This ring acts as an access conduit to store and remove items from the space.]

"Wow, that's just...wow." I was staring vacantly at the ring trying to process and understand what he said. I'm sure he simplified it for me but even so, it's so unlike anything I've ever known or seen. Then all at once, I had a million questions bursting through my head. 

"Is it related to your Arrive magic or completely separate? How much can you store? Can I go in? Can you store me? Is there food inside? Why do you have so many identical robes that would never fit you? Just how many robes do you have? What else do you have?" I was holding his hand near my face turning it while I curiously looked at the ring, afraid to touch it. What if it sucked me in?