sirenspull_logs | Splish splish, I was takin' a bath

Who: The Walken family
When: Now
Where: Sector 4 Boarding House
Summary: Claire got the green light to move in to the boarding house. Unfortunately he's not familiar with certain aspects of the living arrangements yet, such as the residents' bathing schedules.
Warnings: Nudity? :|

So it turned out he didn't have to take all Firo's stuff over to his apartment for storage after all. It wasn't going to be his apartment much longer.

Claire had gone home and started packing almost as soon as Chane had gently implied that he was permitted to. Two days later and the final box was unpacked. Time for a shower to get rid of some of the dust and cobwebs that had accumulated on him in the process of moving into Firo's old room.

The shared bathroom on the first floor landing has some wisps of steam emanating from under the door, and the smell of girly shampoo is in the air. It's silent as the grave inside, though. Claire raps his knuckles on the door gently, twice. Someone was probably in just now and already stole most of the hot water... Living with other people was going to take some getting used to. He'll have to be quick. Claire opens the door and ducks inside before the hot air can escape into the hallway.

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[Claudia lays flat on her stomach in the bathtub, face completely submerged in the water, limbs limp and seemingly lifeless. Bubbles frame her body, strategically and ironically cloaking her intimate parts.]

[ Claire knows exactly how a dead body floats and that ingrained mental image fits over this one so perfectly that it's pure instinct that moves him to the bathtub. He can stave off death but it's always been to draw out pain, never to save someone who's already stopped breathing. The principles are the same, though. Have to clear her lungs out. Have to keep her heart pumping.

Barely a second passes before he wraps an arm under her stomach and another at her neck, dragging her out and turning her face-up, trying to get her out onto the floor. The motion is still down to pure instinct. He can't consciously think of much at all apart from the sudden freezing grip that's squeezing his brain and stomach and which would be saying this can't be happening if it could form coherent sentences at all. ]

Claudia? Claudia?

[Claudia had heard the door open, but had assumed it was Chane ... since only Chane would walk in on her bath time! Though as she's pulled out of the water, it doesn't take her very long to realize that the person who had just walked in wasn't Chane. The strong hands around her stomach registers in her mind as a man's and that could only mean - oh no. With her hair plastered against her face, Claudia opens her mouth to scream, but a lock of red, wet hair dips into the crevice of her mouth, making her sputter.]

[She thrashes both her legs and arms wildly, trying to find Claire's face and push at it with the tiny palm of her hand.]

[ He was so sure that she was a goner that the spluttering registers to his panicked brain as her lungs frantically working to get rid of water and he makes an extra effort to pull her out, flooded with relief that she's regaining consciousness -

- actually she seems to be regaining a little too much consciousness. He goes to call her name again but as soon as he opens his mouth her flailing hand smacks him in it. ] Claughgnk --- [ - she's really lodged it in there in her frenzy to get him off. He slips a little in the water that's been splashed into the floor and almost drops her back into the tub. ]

Splish splish, I was takin' a bath

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