Practical magic means never having to worry about freezing even in the worst of Kirkwall's winter weather.
While the smaller screened-off tubs around the communal baths aren't quite big enough to accommodate someone of Simon's prodigious bulk, they are exactly the right size for an elf to soak comfortably. It's much to Myr's chagrin no one had mentioned them sooner; else, he could've entirely avoided several cold baths at off hours and awkward encounters during the hot-water rush. Heating an entire bathing pool with magic would be a profligate waste of mana and ruin him for anything else for the rest of the day, but a single tub is completely manageable (even if getting it filled in the first place by himself took some sloppy fumbling).
The one small problem with using glyphs to warm up one's bathwater is they stick around. And should the casting mage happen to drift off from weariness in the midst of relaxing, there'd be no gradual discomfort of cooling water to wake him in reasonable time...
But some noise Simon makes while disrobing manages to do it. Myr jerks awake with a full-body start violent enough to send water everywhere--and bang his head off the back of the tub.
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While the smaller screened-off tubs around the communal baths aren't quite big enough to accommodate someone of Simon's prodigious bulk, they are exactly the right size for an elf to soak comfortably. It's much to Myr's chagrin no one had mentioned them sooner; else, he could've entirely avoided several cold baths at off hours and awkward encounters during the hot-water rush. Heating an entire bathing pool with magic would be a profligate waste of mana and ruin him for anything else for the rest of the day, but a single tub is completely manageable (even if getting it filled in the first place by himself took some sloppy fumbling).
The one small problem with using glyphs to warm up one's bathwater is they stick around. And should the casting mage happen to drift off from weariness in the midst of relaxing, there'd be no gradual discomfort of cooling water to wake him in reasonable time...
But some noise Simon makes while disrobing manages to do it. Myr jerks awake with a full-body start violent enough to send water everywhere--and bang his head off the back of the tub.
"Fuck! Ow, ow, ow--"
What a way to wake up.