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Minako is seriously cursing her luck right about now. She'd thought just one mission with the police in Transylvania would be all right. They'd caught a suspect, saved the children, and even battled some vampires. She was still a full-blooded human, thankfully, but that last ambush had left her a little worse for the wear. Even as Sailor Venus, her magic couldn't fend off the pain forever.

So in her weakened state, jt's far too easy for that pack of possessed wolves to jump her. She yelps, swinging her good leg and the heaviest branch in the forest with all her might, but those fangs snap angrily. She doesn't have much time to run, but she must, gritting her teeth through the pain. The branches tear at her and slow her down, but she's managed to stop all but three, escaping from the forest into the open meadow.

Now, though...there are three closing in on her. She faces them down, chain whip in hand, but it doesn't comfort her much. Even worse, there's an ominous thump behind her in the grass.

What could that giant shadow be?

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He gives her a soft, grateful smile, but doesn't move. The heat felt really good and he was still pretty tired.

"Actually, let me know when you're close to wanting to get out... I could stay here and soak for weeks if I could get away with it." He couldn't do it now of course, not with Minako and so many animals staying over... but he really had done it before. "The ear scrub can wait till later..."

Skyfire would rather they got her bandaged up after the soak and go to nap 'outside' in the glen where the animals were. Quite frankly, he was still exhausted. That feeling of corruption in the air was starting to dissipate, so that meant that he could finally get some real rest again.

"You won't get all pruny, but I will!" she teases him, but she's rather slow to get out herself. She just wants to let the grime burn away...and mostly it does! She feels soothed enough---but unfortunately she has to leave this sanctuary sometime.

So after a while, she calls to him softly. "I'm ready whenever you are."

He sighs a bit, and then slips into the other deep pool of cooler water... making a huge rush of steam as his body cools off to a safe temperature.

"Lets get those wounds cleaned up and go see about getting some relaxation in..."

Skyfire will go to a cupboard and start to get fresh bandages for Minako's wounds, and will do his best to carefully tend to them.

"Whoa! You weren't kidding about that heat."

Minako closes her eyes and takes it in as he cools off, then reaches over to work on this bandage business. It's a little unavoidably awkward, but they soldier through it. Thank goodness he's so gentle through it all.

Once she's dry and decent, she shuffles forward to offer him a hug. "Thanks. For everything, you know?"

"Yes... The water is above the boiling point due to the minerals. It really is far from safe for most." He's all nice and warm from the heat that soaked into him as he chuckles and gathers her up gently into his arms after tending to her wounds.

"You're welcome... Thank you for giving me a chance." Skyfire gives her a gentle hug and starts carrying her to another room, one filled with a lot of stuff, on their way to go outside, picking up a nice warm blanket along the way. After being in the hot springs for so long, going out without a blanket to the grove would have her catch a chill.

Minako giggles and wraps herself up, prodding playfully at him. "You're so fussy, like a mother! I'll be good, I promise."

She's happy, though, and eagerly awaiting whatever comes next.

Skyfire just chuckles and shrugs as he carries her out through a few tunnels to the area that he's setup for the animals he's giving sanctuary to.

It's much deeper in the cave, but it looks like a huge swath of forest with a river running through it, the water coming from the springs they had just been soaking in. (Filtered of course.) It's nice and warm, and there is even a little breeze drifting through the cavern... a perfect spring day.

He picks out a nice spot and settles down, using his tail to provide Minako a soft place to curl up on.

"Get comfortable and relax for a while. The unicorns are around here somewhere... They'll come to you if they feel like visiting."

It's an absolutely lovely day. Minako pokes her head out to enjoy it...but he's right. It is a little chilly out here.

So she snuggles up against his tail, idly drumming her fingers against him.

"So you feed them when they're good and ready, huh?"

It's not so much chilly as the fact that they came from the nice hot springs, but it was a touch cool in the cavern. The cavern was on it's fall cycle, which meant an abundance of fruits and nuts on the trees and bushes.

He curls up a bit more, letting the fluffy end of his tail drape over her lap, like a combination of a careful hug and a blanket.

"No... I leave them plenty of food in a few safe spots and they choose when and how much to eat. They aren't pets. With the affects from that nasty energy fading, they'll probably head back out to the forest in a week or two. They are normally pretty shy, before that awful energy started flooding the area, I'd only ever caught a rare glimpse of one on occasion."

Minako sighs, hugging his tail lightly against her. "So I see. They're safe and undisturbed. I can definitely understand wanting to hide away!"

She would. She is, she thinks. "Do you usually come here? It's really pretty."

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