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Welcome to the Literate Yuri and Shoujo-ai guild’s official chat and hangout thread.
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This is not a roleplay. It is a chat thread and hangout for members of the guild.
The setting for the chat was selected by guild members to be an onsen setting, and it is allowed and encouraged for members to take advantage of this setting by roleplaying actions appropriate to the venue. However, it is not a roleplay, so you are not supposed to create a character and play out a storyline. You are supposed to be yourself and chat with and enjoy the company of your fellow guild members, while pretending you are in the onsen setting described below with them.
The setting for the chat was selected by guild members to be an onsen setting, and it is allowed and encouraged for members to take advantage of this setting by roleplaying actions appropriate to the venue. However, it is not a roleplay, so you are not supposed to create a character and play out a storyline. You are supposed to be yourself and chat with and enjoy the company of your fellow guild members, while pretending you are in the onsen setting described below with them.
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The Literate Yuri and Shoujo-ai Guild’s onsen is not located anywhere on Earth in the traditional sense. You cannot get to it by travelling through conventional means, and even if every square millimetre of the planet was mapped you would not be able to locate our onsen on that map.
No matter where you are in the world, our onsen is only five steps away. You just close your eyes, wish to be here, step forward, and here you are.
It is on a mountainous island surrounded by ocean. The island is covered in lush, unspoilt greenery in combinations unlike any you would find anywhere on Earth: deciduous and evergreen trees from temperate climates stand side-by-side with tropical flowers and desert cacti. There is very little wildlife visible – some birds are seen, and fireflies come out at night, but otherwise the only signs of life are the songs of the crickets and cicadas and other forest life coming from the trees.
The climate is temperate, ranging from warm summers to cool winters, but never getting too hot or too cold, and even when there is snow on the rocks, the onsen’s waters are still kept warm enough by the underground sources to lounge in. The sky can be cloudless or heavily overcast, but even when it rains or snows, it is never more than a light drizzle.
The onsen is set in the side of one of the mountains, looking out onto the ocean. Hot, mineralized water bubbles up through the rocks into the pools of the onsen, and more water that has bubbled up to the mountain top rains down in gentle waterfalls.
No matter where you are in the world, our onsen is only five steps away. You just close your eyes, wish to be here, step forward, and here you are.
It is on a mountainous island surrounded by ocean. The island is covered in lush, unspoilt greenery in combinations unlike any you would find anywhere on Earth: deciduous and evergreen trees from temperate climates stand side-by-side with tropical flowers and desert cacti. There is very little wildlife visible – some birds are seen, and fireflies come out at night, but otherwise the only signs of life are the songs of the crickets and cicadas and other forest life coming from the trees.
The climate is temperate, ranging from warm summers to cool winters, but never getting too hot or too cold, and even when there is snow on the rocks, the onsen’s waters are still kept warm enough by the underground sources to lounge in. The sky can be cloudless or heavily overcast, but even when it rains or snows, it is never more than a light drizzle.
The onsen is set in the side of one of the mountains, looking out onto the ocean. Hot, mineralized water bubbles up through the rocks into the pools of the onsen, and more water that has bubbled up to the mountain top rains down in gentle waterfalls.
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After you pass through the gates of the onsen, you can choose one of three paths. One leads to the women-only baths, one leads to the men-only baths, and one leads to the mixed baths, but otherwise the three paths are all the same. Each takes you to a change room, a cleaning area to wash off, and then the hot spring proper. The three areas are separated by bamboo fences tall enough that you cannot see over them, yet you can hear through them easily to allow for conversations between the sections.
Each section has a large hot spring pool with a waterfall on one side, and is lined with smoothed over rocks designed to be sat on or reclined against. You may sit in the pool and soak, or on the rocks and enjoy the steam and aromas, or you may go under the waterfall and get a natural mineral massage.
The water is slightly milky white due to the minerals, which are very good for the skin. The temperature of the water is around 41 ℃ year round, even when it is snowing.
Hidden speakers around the onsen link to a high-fidelity sound system that can play any song desired from its massive database simply by making a verbal request. The bar also responds to verbal requests – you simply order your drink by speaking for it aloud, and a moment later one of the rocks opens and your drink slides out, or it comes floating toward you on a little boat.
Each section has a large hot spring pool with a waterfall on one side, and is lined with smoothed over rocks designed to be sat on or reclined against. You may sit in the pool and soak, or on the rocks and enjoy the steam and aromas, or you may go under the waterfall and get a natural mineral massage.
The water is slightly milky white due to the minerals, which are very good for the skin. The temperature of the water is around 41 ℃ year round, even when it is snowing.
Hidden speakers around the onsen link to a high-fidelity sound system that can play any song desired from its massive database simply by making a verbal request. The bar also responds to verbal requests – you simply order your drink by speaking for it aloud, and a moment later one of the rocks opens and your drink slides out, or it comes floating toward you on a little boat.
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