Everlong

The City of the Dead

Olly woke up tangled in the bedding of their room at the Boar's Smile Inn. The sun was hot coming in through the solitary window against the wood paneled wall, and Olly could feel the familiar sweat from sleeping through the day plastered on her body. She knew she needed to get up and bathe, if only to get the blood and dirt off her body from battling in Xanathar's lair all night. 

The room though was silent, Ed's footsteps that were growing to be more familiar were not heard, or the gentle snore that was absent, noting he hadn't fallen asleep himself.  Olly's eyes opened finally as she stretched and looked around the empty room, the dust in the air wafting through the sunlight coming through the window. Grogily she stood up and peeled off her armor and clothes to walk into the bathroom. Her footsteps patted against the wood as she pushed open the lavatory door.

"HEY!" a panicked cry sounded out as Olly yelled out at the same time, not ready to see the Cleric sitting in the tub himself. She nearly hit the wall as she whipped around, Ed's splashing the water as he reached for any piece of cloth to cover himself. 

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Olly yelled out as she ran out of the room, her face immediately growing hot as once again Ed had got a glace at her nude body without meaning to. 

"We gotta establish a knocking system" she heard him joke from behind the door as she darted to her own clothes to throw them back on in record time. By the time though she got her peasant shirt over her torso she heard the door open and Ed step out with a sheepish grin on his face. 

"Apologies" he said "I was just relaxing in there myself and must have dozed off. I didn't hear you wake up."

"No I'm sorry!" Olly said as her eyes bore down at the ground in front of her, happy to be dressed fully "I didn't hear you or see you and I was just- I didn't mean, or I mean I wasn't trying..."

"No harm done" Ed laughed "But I think the score is now off. I've seen you naked twice and you've only seen me once. Seems unfair to me."

"I didn't ask to see you naked!" Olly gaffed "It was a mistake! One that will not happen again!"

"From our track record, I doubt that" Ed shook his head "But if you were wanting to bathe, the water is still fairly warm. I could bless it real quick to get all the grim out of it if you want."

"Fine" Olly huffed, embarrassed once again in front of the Cleric. She wasn't used to this kind of feeling, but Ed merely shook off any taboo's and went back into the bathroom, his low chanting and a flash of light making the bath water clean as spring water once again.

"There" Ed said with a smile "All better."

"Thank you" Olly said darting past him "I'll only be a moment."

"Would you like me to go and collect Dax and Lady Juliette while you bathe?" Ed offered, if only to give his friend some desperately needed space.

"Please" Olly said stripping once again, eyeballing the warm steaming water with a deep hunger to be clean. She could already see the bruises forming on her skin, something she was used to after a large fight like last night. Atticus used to joke she bruised too easily, and looked like a painting by the time they were done training. 

She heard Ed fumble around the room before he called out his exit, leaving her alone in peace once again so that she could properly take care of herself. Closing her eyes, Olly let her body heal itself with the divine light inside of her, her cuts and scrapes healing into tiny scars until there was nothing but a glistening sheen to her skin. The cracked ribs and the few toes she knew she had broken snapped back into place, Olly's deep breathing letting the pain out with each intake.