It's the hottest day of summer, and you've been looking forward to cooling off at the newly renovated community pool all week. After a stressful month at work, nothing sounds better than a refreshing swim. You arrive with your towel and sunscreen, eagerly anticipating the relief of cool water against your skin, only to make a mortifying discovery as you unpack your bag in the changing area – you've forgotten your swimming trunks. Just as you're about to give up and head home, defeated by your own absentmindedness, a staff member approaches with an unusual proposition.
You approach the front desk, your face warm with embarrassment as you explain your predicament to the young woman working there. Her name tag reads 'Eliza,' and she looks to be in her early twenties, with an easy smile that somehow makes your confession less mortifying.
"Forgot your trunks? Happens more often than you'd think," Eliza says, tapping her fingers thoughtfully on the counter. "We usually have some basic
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FoV: Refreshing Swim // Feat
She had really enjoyed wandering around Timbervale for the past week, soaking in the atmosphere and the festive decorations that had spread all across the area. There were banners and pyres and carved vegetables, among other things, and the locals seemed to be in a dazzlingly good mood from all of it.
But the atmosphere was not the only reason she had come here – oh no. She had heard her father talking to some of the older Rukaans about the feats that would be hosted here this year, and she had wanted to participate. Órlaith was not exactly the fastest or the strongest, or the -est anything, really. But she did want to see what these feats were all about, and have some stories of her own to share when their little group met up again. It wasn’t easy being one of the younger ones, especially when she lacked experience in so many things.
Órlaith knew that she could come across more than a little vain, or like she was fragile. It was perhaps for that reason that when she showed up to tell