The sauna is not empty, but that much should be obvious given the nature of this game.

From the wisps of steam, a delicate hand would reach out to pour more water on the rocks. It hisses and sizzles, intensifying the heat, clouding up and most likely obscuring FERNANDO SILPH's view even more.

Callie takes a breath, eyes closed, enjoying the heat of it.

Aside form being a mixed bath, this was one of the nude ones, and she sat there unashamed, a damp towel between her rump and the wood.

One side is what you would expect a woman to look like. The other a mangled mess of scars, pock marked skin, burns marks, and visible trauma. All the way down to her toes.

Pretty fucked up.

Callie isn't one to talk. But she's aware.

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THE SOUND OF EVAPORATING WATER REVEALS THAT HE’S NOT ALONE. His presumption unfold before him as his eyes pierce through the steam at the source. He can’t see anything but he has a general gist of where the other person is.

“Didn’t think anyone else would get barred from the main bath.”

He’s not one for small talk but it help kills the time. Little does he know who he’s talking to, much less what she looks like.

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Steam heat rises again, fanning her skin, and Callie sighs softly, pleased at the feeling.

"I prefer this one." Her words are low and gentle. Not to be mistaken for timid, as they're not.

She had, however, never been one for talking even before getting BBQ'd. Any television appearances had mostly been scripted, practiced, with impromptu questions more stilted and awkward.

"It's less crowded." Is tacked on, after a moment.

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“INDEED.”

Fernando echoes her sentiments. The public nature of the bath and saunas have been fraught with groups of four. He prefers the intimate nature of being alone, or the occasional guest if intentionally invited.

“But now that makes two of us.”

He slips a bit further in. Water washes over the film and it remains intact.

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"Company can be nice."

Is offered, quiet, and the corners of his lips twitch as if to smile. She closes her eye again and relaxes.

"I'm Calliope. It's nice to make your acquaintance, sauna buddy."

Time to RP like Noodles because Callie is just chilling and not really DOING anything. Dialogue, action, dialogue.

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HER NAME IS FAMILIAR. Rare, and the first of her kind, but it strikes a chord. He’s just not sure where. So, instead, he answers with his own.

“Silph. FERNANDO SILPH.”

The fact he can’t remember irks him moreso than it should. Enough to comment, enough to prod.

“Are you from around here, Calliope?”

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"Ah." The name itches at the back of her mind, too. FERNANDO SILPH. One of the myriad of children adopted? Callie had only ever been very familiar with MATIAS SILPH, who was one of her good friends. The others were more fleeting. Meetings with the blood- Silph son had been short at best, and they had been years ago.

"No, Kanto." It is not said pridefully but it is without remorse. She does not hide or choke on the word like she has heard some do. It is fact and that is all.

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“AH.”

Her answer is concise but it speaks volumes to him. It’s the last wrench in the riddle needed for him to slowly put together where he recognizes her from. For now, it eludes him, but the mention of his home region gets the gears turning.

“That makes two of us. How are you adjusting? To Hoenn, I mean.”

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"It's nice here. I like Mauville." Thanks to John Sullivan, it was now her home.

She mulled over some of her words before shrugging.

"Some of the people don't seem very bright." Which was her biggest criticism for the region as a whole.

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“HA HA.”

Fernando lets out an audible laugh at her assessment. For those abroad, the people of Hoenn seem not too bright. But the issue is more deep rooted than just nationality. Those who make up his shit list tend to be foreigners as well.

“The privileges of a land not under siege, I suppose.”

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"Agreed."

Callie also agreed that stupidity transcended things like borders, race, creed, and age. As a whole, people were just idiots. It was almost, but not quite, heartening to know that Hoenn was having the same problems that Kanto did.

Yet, it seemed like the time for a topic change, a less grim topic between strangers.

"Have you been enjoying the sauna?"

If FERNANDO SILPH didn't want to talk, though, she would happily let it quiet down.

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HAD HE? It’s an innocent question that he mulls over longer than he should. Yes or no—simple enough.

“More so than I thought I would,” he answers honestly. At least until his arm reclines and he notices the film. It remains intact but reminds him that he’s been sectioned off, away from the other guests.

“All things considered. And yourself?”

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