[D2, LA, open] Cleanliness is next to readiness (for the ball)

[Akodo Kawauso]

The tall Lion woman with the long dark hair was hard to miss when she made her way to the castle's hot springs. Wrapped in towels intended for more typically-sized people, she ended up showing more skin on her way to the water than she really wanted to.

But just now, she was on a mission. There was a ball, her mask was ready, and she wanted the rest of her to look as good as that mask. And to calm the horde of butterflies in her stomach, that would be good too.

Kawauso kept her small pile of towels close to the water edge, so she wouldn't be far from cover when she needed to leave. But for now, with no one else around, she was able to enter the water with the kind of calm she wished to carry to the ball itself.