With the introductions out of the way, Charon pointed at her mouth and then looked enquiringly at the newcomers. "Um, I think she's offering us something to eat?" Jim asked his friends, "I hope?" Jim nodded vigorously, hoping that nodding means "yes" here. It seemed that Jim was in luck, as Charon beamed and exclaimed something that sounded like approval based on her intonation. She said something else as she left the room, turning back as she walked away and pointed two fingers down at the floor, as if to tell her guests to stay here.
"Food would be great," Rikki said, "But what I really want is a shower. I feel so scuzzy after the evil lab reality."
"Maybe they have one," alt-Sharon said.
"I can't exactly ask," Rikki replied. Rabyn and Zuzan looked on, curious as to what the conversation was about.
"Maybe try sign language?" Sharon suggested. "If holding a hand to your mouth is for eating, what's the shower gesture?"
"Um..." Rikki thought for a moment, but everything she came up with on quick notice seemed obscene. She turned to the two native girls and mimed water falling at a diagonal on to her face. "Shower?" she asked, like one would speak to a tourist from another country. "Water, soap, towels?" The girls looked confused, looking at each other as if hoping the other would figure it out. "Nothing?" Rabyn asked something and mimed a gesture of her own that involved spreading her legs slightly and holding her arms up straight toward the ceiling, then asked something that Rikki guessed was an attempt at a confirmation. "Uh, no I don't think... how about this?" she changed her gesture to mime washing herself, rubbing her open palms across her shoulders, over her chest, and down her legs as if rubbing a washcloth over herself. "God, it still feels pervy," she said, somehow feeling especially exposed.
"Looks hot though," Jim said, his visible erection stirring. Sharon and other-Sharon shot him a look that he completely missed.
Rabyn made a sound that seemed to indicate understanding. She mimed the washing gesture back at Rikki and nodded that she understood, then motioned with her arm for Rikki to follow her. "I hope she's taking me to the shower," Rikki said a little nervously as she followed. Rabyn led her down a hallway of many doors, some closed and some slightly ajar. Rikki wanted to peek in all of them but kept pace with her light blue-haired host who was chattering happily even though she knew that her guest didn't understand. Finally they arrived at the end of the hall at one more closed door. She opened it and invited Rikki to step inside. "Whoa!" she remarked as she took in the sight. She was expecting a bathroom with a shower or bathtub, but this was a large tiled room light entirely by many candles and torches, decorated with lots of healthy plants (some potted and a few growing in what looked to be an actual small strip of a garden that lined the room's perimeter), and all of it under not a regular ceiling, but a massive skylight that let in the moonlight outside. There were sinks and mirrors and the usual bathroom fixtures on one wall, but the clear feature of the room was the large walk-in circular pool of the most crystal clear water Rikki had ever seen. There were fresh towels and what Rikki presumed to be soaps, body washes, and shampoos on the side of the pool. "This is amazing," she said, and although Rabyn didn't understand the words, she could hear the awe in her voice.
Rabyn smiled slyly, clearly enjoying the chance to show off the room to a guest, and flipped a switch on the wall which caused the water to start bubbling and a waterfall to start flowing from the back wall of the room. "Is this how you bathe?" Rikki asked her, astounded at the overkill. "I just wanted a simple shower," she said, and of course Rabyn didn't understand the words, so she mimed the bathing gesture again. Rabyn's smile grew larger, she took Rikki by the hand, and led her into the water. The warmth felt heavenly on her tired, dusty skin. "Oh, I didn't mean that you had to... oh, you're picking up a washcloth, OK, you really don't have to bathe me, I didn't mean for... oh.... oh my....." she trailed off as Rabyn gently washed her back and continued working her way south. "That feels wonderful..." Rabyn scrubbed and massaged and Rikki felt herself just melt in the girl's arms, the sweet botanical scent of the soap working wonders on her stress levels.
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