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Brynhild Ingouf (brynhild_ingouf) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2020-06-02 02:10:00

Entry tags:

brynhild, edward kenway, jacob frye

Who: Bryn, Jacob, and Edward
Where: Her unnamed club
What: Baths!
When: After this
Rating: There be naked people here!
Open: No.
Status: On going

Normally she would have simply come in a robe and nothing else at all, but she didn't want to seem improper. So she wore a bathing gown underneath it, so all bits and parts were well covered. She'd remove both when it came time to slip into the water, of course. The robe and bathing gown kept her mostly covered, but both were short, and so exposed the whole of her legs. Which might not be as modest as she'd hoped, but she wasn't going to go home and change.

Bryn had already ran the water in three tubs, and they brimmed with suds. She had wanted to put in salts and oils and all those grand things that were great for the skin. But she didn't know who would take which tub. So the salts and oils simply sat on platters with glasses, bottles of drink, and a box of cigars and the books she'd promised. Waiting. She'd let them do the choosing, because she didn't want to overplay her hand. And if she were honest, as bold as she seemed, her self esteem was rather low. And she didn't want to guess wrong.

While she waited her she sat leaned against one of the stools that lined the front of the bar. Fingers delicately weaving her hair up without a mirror. Drawing it up so that it wouldn't get wet. With an exception of a few strands that curled.

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captainkenway
2020-06-02 01:51 pm UTC (link)

Bryn's club wasn't that far away from where Jacob and Edward shared a flat. The Welshman had dressed down a bit, wearing a light long sleeved shirt and trousers, along with his usual boots. There wasn't much need to wear his more comfortable attire, especially since he was meeting with Bryn and Jacob to relax with them. And he needed it. After arriving on the station, finding out he had a daughter, losing his wife and then everything that had happened with Jacob recently? It was all a bit much. He needed some time to relax.

He walked into the club and smiled when he saw Bryn. "It is good to see you" he said as he walked in. "This looks relaxing indeed, far more than what experience life has afforded me thus far"

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derailedatrain
2020-06-02 03:16 pm UTC (link)

"I cannot tell if that was a call for sympathy or if our brave captain is being serious." Jacob commented as he came in not too far behind Edward. He'd sent Edward ahead as he started getting rid of his layers, promising to join them once he was ready and dressed similarly to the other assassin. Even without his greatcoat, he had quite a few layers to get through, and there was putting his weapons away. He may have been safe on the station but carrying so many was a habit at this point, the bracer stayed though, in general, he tried to keep that with him at all times. Then there was the book Bryn had left him, he'd had to grab that on his way out the door, but once he had he wasn't so far behind Kenway as to be considered late.

"I'm sorry," He said with a smile when his eyes fell on Bryn, "I should be silent and let him do the charming, it is his turn after all."

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-03 04:39 am UTC (link)

Their scents were what hit her first, which was the case with most people. But theirs brought a smile to her face, where not everyone's did. When Edward came to view first, her smile brightened. Her fingers worked the ends of her hair within the braid she had made, and she pushed away from the stool.

Bryn tried not to make it overly obvious that she still favored the Captain. No drooling this time. "It's good to see you too, Edward." She had been about to comment more, but Jacob's warm voice stopped her. "I can understand the sentiment, Jacob, I remember what it was like without indoor plumbing." It had been a majority of her life. And bathing in European nations had been a pain when she moved away from Norway. Her smile became more of a grin, when the slightly younger man showed his face.

"Please save any charming for after we're in the baths. That goes for both of you." She teased easily, as she pointed at one then the other. "Take your choice gentlemen, but don't get in yet. I've got things to add to the water to heighten the experience. Do either of you need a bathing gown?" Oh god she hoped not.

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captainkenway
2020-06-03 06:29 pm UTC (link)

Edward looked to Jacob and smiled, chuckling softly. He wasn't going to reply to that. There wasn't much fun and it was more amusing to stay silent.

"Why would we need bathing gowns?" asked Edward. "Am I perhaps missing something?" he added, looking for Bryn to Jacob.He had been oblivious to a few things. Not that he had missed Bryn flirting with him before, but he was a bit shocked by his arrival on the station that it had been difficult flirting back more openly. And flirting with Jacob had been a bad idea. Or was his mind playing tricks on him?

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derailedatrain
2020-06-03 07:45 pm UTC (link)

"Just a sense of modesty, mate." Jacob affectionately clapped his shoulder before moving past him, to inspect some of the salts. Evie was more knowledgable about soaps and the like, Jacob had largely just shoved whatever she shoved into his hands when she shouted at him to bathe. And while he never admitted it to her, he'd loved soaking with the more fragrant stuff and how soft his skin felt after. He couldn't keep himself from hoping for something just as nice.

"Neither of us are so prudish, Bryn. I wouldn't dream of trying to hide our tattoos from you, or anything else." He shot her a wink, as he sniffed at the salts. "Would the lady be too overwhelmed by the notion of being flanked?"

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-03 08:30 pm UTC (link)

"He is exactly right, and it was also fashion for a time of great modesty. Though I don't know why, they didn't hide too much once they were wet." She plucked at the fabric between the open collar of her robe. "So I think it was a false sense of modesty."

Bryn knew Jacob would not be able to resist the charming. And she was damned glad that she hadn't taken any of Thor's blood yet, because she could feel the warmth in her cheeks, but knew the blood wouldn't rise to the surface to let them know. "The lady will not be too overwhelmed by being flanked, but that still doesn't help me." The scents in the bottles were very different, the one closest to the rum smelled of the sea, and sandalwood, the one in the middle, the one she'd chosen for herself, was cucumber melon and rose, and the other was pomegranate and rose. She arched a brow at Jacob. Did she choose well?

"I will warn you, a few of my scars will be above the suds. Will they bother either of you?" Meaning she would keep her bathing gown on if they did.

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captainkenway
2020-06-03 10:35 pm UTC (link)

The Welshman offered Bryn a slightly more flirtatious smile. "Scars are hardly an issue" Edward said in reassuring tones, walking over to one of the bath tubs. He hadn't seen anything quite like it before. Bathing worked a little differently for him in his time, and people certainly didn't really relax in tubs like that either. They looked expensive and decadent.

"Do you need us to do anything in the mean time?" Edward asked, looking to Jacob.

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derailedatrain
2020-06-03 11:04 pm UTC (link)

Jacob reached his a hand up, tracing the scar that ran through one of his eyebrows. It was a good scar, a deep one with a strangely decent memory of his father attached. It made him wonder about the one on Edward's cheek, how it might feel under his fingertips or palm. "I would say we probably have more than you but I don't want to make assumptions."

He lightly tapped the one he'd been smelling, deciding he liked the floral pomegranate scent, before nodding toward the tub on the end that Edward hadn't claimed. "He means other than stripping, though we're happy to do that whenever you'd like." he tucked his book up under his arm and reached for a bottle. "Rum, Eddie?"

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-04 04:56 am UTC (link)

Bryn did take note of both of their visible scars. The one in Edward's cheek looked like it had been roughly stitched up. The one over his eye, like a blade had just missed taking it. Jacob tracing his drew her attention to it. If he didn't have any facial hair his would have been hard to discern, but the disruption in the dark hair made them stand out.

"You're probably right, but only because mine have faded, except group of them. I had seven children, my friend, I had the tiger stripes of a child rearing woman." She ran her hands over her robe, as she spoke to Jacob, along the sides of her stomach, any evidence had long faded. "And I wasn't always very good with a sword, I had a few where my eldest brother caught me while I was learning." But those were long gone too. And then there were the ones she'd caught in battle. Badges of honor they had been. All gone.

Bryn forced the memories away and smiled at Edward. "If you'd be so kind, fill my glass while I stir these in?" She tapped the trey that held the glass that she'd designated for herself. As she gathered the vials of oils and salt. She took them over to the bath's sides, and poured hers in as she poured Edward's, as all four baths were just close enough for it. Bending only slightly she used her hands to stir the water, before she gave Jacob's bath the same treatment. "Jacob, you're going to smell positively edible when you get out." She teased. She cursed the lack of a fireplace. She would have to talk to Finn at some point.

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captainkenway
2020-06-04 10:34 pm UTC (link)

Edward looked over to Jacob and grinned. "Did you have any doubts? Of course!" he exclaimed with cheer in his voice. He chuckled to himself and walked over to pick up Bryns glass.

"And what would you wish me to fill your glass with?" he asked, walking over to the bottles of drink she had already placed out for them. "Or I could simply choose something and hope for the best" he added with a smirk. There was a good variety, but he was only interested in the rum. He had developed quite the taste for it over the years. He picked up the bottle of whiskey and poured a healthy measure before bringing it back over for Bryn.

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derailedatrain
2020-06-04 10:52 pm UTC (link)

"Of course." He repeated with a smile, setting the bottle down closer to the other assassin. Rum was fine in his estimation, not his favorite but decent. He was grateful that Edward had a clear preference, it made it easy to make sure Jacob could get him something he liked if he was the one grabbing the bottles.

While Edward poured a drink for Bryn, Jacob glanced to her, shooting her a quick wink, "Oh love, like I don't already?" He wasn't sure what she expected of them when she'd told them to save their charm, it was a reflex for Jacob and Edward was just Edward. The surest way to get either man to do something was to tell them not to do it. Jacob grabbed the bottle Edward had poured from and poured a good measure of the whiskey into a glass for himself. "Maybe one of you will take that as an invitation and eat me up later."

He took a drink from his glass, glad for it and for the fact that he had his face turned away from them so they couldn't see the redness that had come to his cheeks at his own words.

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-05 05:57 am UTC (link)

Bryn simply shrugged when asked what she wanted. Really she didn't care. She knew everything in the place was good. And she smiled when Edward brought it over to her. Oh, she knew she probably shouldn't have told them 'no charming' it was like asking them to come without skin, an impossible task. She sat her hip against the lip of 'her' tub, and took a healthy swig of the drink. "Perfect choice, thank you." It was hard to keep her to keep her tone even. The man was very attractive.

The question drew her gaze to Jacob. The statement then cover up after though... Had her chuckling. "You know, among the strong sense of smell, vampires are very good at hearing the change in heartbeat and shift in blood flow?" She teased lightly. "I think you might like the backup book I brought you. It's different from the Cowboy outlaw by a landslide, it has a reverse harem premise." She called to him.

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captainkenway
2020-06-05 03:22 pm UTC (link)

Edward enjoyed how flirtatious Bryn seemed to be but it did catch him by surprise when Jacob seemed to be doing the same thing. While Edward couldn't remember a number of things from his drunken night flirting with Jacob, he did remember the feeling of rejection. But he didn't want to focus on that. He was there to enjoy himself.

He smirked at Bryn when she spoke to Jacob about the change in heartbeat, and noticed the slight red tint to the other mans ears.
"We are here to drink, tell tall tales and share in one anothers company!" Edward said cheerily, picking up the rum Jacob had left for him. He raised his rum before taking a drink. "To finding one another on this strange island in space!"

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derailedatrain
2020-06-05 04:32 pm UTC (link)

He'd been about to come up with some kind of rebuttal to Bryn's calling him out for blushing, but thankfully Edward spoke up and saved him from making it worse. He raised his own glass up and agreed with Edward's statement with a 'cheers' before taking another drink. After that was done he filled his glass again, picking it up with a cigar and what he would need in order to smoke it, and took it over to the tub that would be his.

"Reverse harem?" He asked, setting everything down before getting to work on his shirt buttons. "As in one woman and a group of men, or a man is treated like some sort of concubine and is shared among his wives?"

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-05 08:23 pm UTC (link)

"Hear, hear!" She said heartily to Edward's toast. She couldn't imagine a better one. In a very short time she'd found herself endeared by both men. And they had dragged her out of the depths of despair at least once. An act she would never forget. "One woman and a group of men, but this particular book centers around just two men and the woman." She said it in that specific manner for a reason. She knew Jacob was quick, she only hoped he would pick up on what she was saying.

And since he was getting undressed she rose up from her seat on the tub, and placed her glass down on the table at the side of it. The other baring a rack with a couple of towels ready for use. Their tub area was the same. There were screens of course, but it looked as if they might not be needed. Bryn crossed over to the bar and collected the decanters she'd gotten for her and Jacob, the books she'd collected, the cigars and the bottle of rum on one platter. Stopping by Edward's side to hand him the book she'd gotten for him. "Are you going to join us Captain? Or watch?" She couldn't hide the little lusty purr as she glanced back at Jacob undressing.

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captainkenway
2020-06-06 01:33 am UTC (link)

Edward smiled at Bryn and chuckled, taking a swig of rum. He tried to sneakily look over at Jacob as he undressed but it wasn't like he hadn't seen the man shirtless before.
"I had indeed planned on joining you both" he said with that same smile, setting the bottle to the side so he could start to undress.

His clothing was a bit easier to take off. He started off with his boots. Next he pulled his shirt up and over his head, revealing his well toned and tattooed body. There were a few scars here and there too. He took off his trousers next, before climbing into the bath that had been prepared for him. He picked up the bottle of rum as he sat down. It was a pleasant but unusual sensation. There certainly weren't any bath tubs like it in his time.

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derailedatrain
2020-06-06 02:14 am UTC (link)

Jacob raised an eyebrow at Edward when he got into the tub so quickly but said nothing. It didn't surprise him really. He was half-dressed often enough around their flat that complete nudity didn't register on the shame scale. Jacob himself took a little more time, but that had more to do with taking off his bracer before taking his shirt all the way off.

"Should we fetch you something stronger to drink, Bryn, or are you able to continue?" He gently teased, setting the bracer down and folding his shirt in half so it could join it out of the way. While Edward was on the leaner side Jacob was broader and more heavily muscled, especially through his arms and shoulders. The hair on his chest and arms were certainly darker and looked all the more so as it was clear Jacob hadn't spent much time undressed in the sun. Then there were the tattoos and scars, Jacob only had the two tattoos, the falcon on his left breast and the cross surrounded by diamonds on his left upper arm, but he had a great many more scars, only a few of which were really visible without getting in closer.

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-06 04:48 am UTC (link)

Well, that was positively glorious. Bryn didn't realize her mouth had been hanging open, and she hadn't blinked, until Jacob had said something. "Oh, no, I don't need anything stronger. I may need to take my bath water down to the subzero temperatures, but my drink is good." Her voice was just a tad bit higher pitched than it had been when she'd teased Edward.

She made a decision right then. If they needed anything after she shed her clothes and got into the bath, then she'd take the Captain's approach, she'd simply get out in her all together and get it. Snagging her book, the bottle of scotch, a cigar and a butane lighter she moved to her bath. Setting all the things she'd gathered on the table with her glass, she unbelted her robe once her hands were empty and draped it over one of the privacy screens, that was folded up and set out of the way. Curling her fingers under the hem of the bathing gown she pealed it up over her head, not too fast to seem over eager, but not slow enough to seem a show off. She wore nothing beneath. The gown was hung with her robe, and she stepped into the tub and sank into the now overwarm water.

A glance at Jacob with a devilish grin. She could not be more modest than a pirate.

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captainkenway
2020-06-06 04:19 pm UTC (link)

Edward couldn't help but watch the two of them while he drank his rum. They were the only three people in the bar, so it wasn't like he had a lot of other places to look, but the show was pleasant enough. Both of them were attractive. So much so that he wouldn't have minded flirting with both of them. And if they turned him down? He could shrug it off and continue as normal. That was typically how he handled rejection. When he wasn't drunk that was.

"Would anyone like to read aloud? Or share an interesting tale of their own?" the Captain asked curiously.

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derailedatrain
2020-06-06 06:32 pm UTC (link)

Kenway had said something and Jacob had barely heard it, momentarily distracted by soft curves and pale skin. He knew Bryn was beautiful dressed, it only followed that she was the same undressed. He knew better than to stare though, he could be polite at least, and hope that his resistance to staring would encourage them not to stare as he was the last to fully undress.

He was a little quicker with his boots and trousers than Edward had been but was in the water soon enough so it made no difference. He made a happy sound as he settled in. "I could tell you about how I came to run London, but you might find it distressing in parts, Captain. And you didn't seem to appreciate the voices I did when I was reading aloud from the book, so I'll leave stories or reading aloud to either of you." He said, reaching to get the cigar he'd grabbed earlier.

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-06 11:00 pm UTC (link)

Bryn was not the type of woman to protest against being stared at, but she did notice when Jacob had picked up pace when undressing and did not stare. She did let her peripheral vision tell her that he was just as impressive as Edward. Though deliciously differently proportioned.

"I'm in a part of my book that would be inappropriate to share with polite company." She rose up out of the water enough to refill her glass and snag it from the table, before she settled back down. "I recall a certain Captain promising stories of Anne Bonnie."

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captainkenway
2020-06-07 07:25 pm UTC (link)

Edward smirked to himself at Jacobs comment. He was right. Edward had thrown pillows at his head when he insisted on doing the worst accents while reading aloud. At least he had just thrown pillows. It could have been much worse.

"So it is to be my turn first?" Edward asked. "All right then. I suppose I did say I would give you a few stories about Anne Bonny" he added, taking a swig of rum. "All right then... Anne Bonny served as my quartermaster for some time. Of course, not all of the men took to her right away. Some of them were wary, claiming that her presence on board would bring us nothing but ill fortune. She carried on with her duties and ignored those men until one day one of them dared to challenge her. Anne Bonny was a fierce and beautiful red haired woman, much like yourself, Bryn" he said, glancing in her direction.
"She stood up against the scoundrel and accepted his challenge. The poor man had very little experience fighting toe to toe with a sword and when she named the challenge as a simple sword fighting duel, he firmly believed he would win purely because he had been born a man. How wrong he was. She took him off balance as the duel started and the fool stumbled to the ground with her blade at his neck. The crew never once questioned her again"

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derailedatrain
2020-06-07 07:54 pm UTC (link)

Jacob was silent as he listened to Edward talk, taking the time to cut and light the cigar. By the time Edward finished he was leaning his head back against the tub, taking the occasional lazy drag and letting the smoke out slow. "So, please correct me if I'm wrong about this, Eddie," he started, speaking around the cigar in his mouth. "It was bad luck to have a woman aboard because they would anger the sea gods, but if you had a naked woman aboard it would make the seas remain calm. Also if you wanted a good navigator you should find yourself a woman. Makes no sense to me."

He glanced to Bryn, "Gingers are supposed to be bad luck too, you know? Before my voyage to India a few of the sailors went around trying to talk to every ginger on the docks because apparently they aren't bad luck if you speak to them before they can speak to you."

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brynhild_ingouf
2020-06-08 03:44 am UTC (link)

As he told his tale Bryn had leaned onto the curled lip of her tub. Her scotch glass dangling from her fingers. He couldn't have known she had favored Anne Bonny for the stories alone, back in the time. And when he paid her the complement, well, she would have blushed if she could have. She did look down, with a little smile on her face, until his tale ended. Picturing the story as if she was there. Oh, how she would have loved to be there.

When Jacob spoke up she leaned back against the high back of the tub. She chuckled at the revelation of Gingers being bad luck if they spoke first. "Aye, I remember. Did you know that if a woman could do math it was thought that she was magic, and would bring good fortune to your home if you wed one that was so skilled? In my living time of course." It was a shame that hadn't been true, but she didn't let onto that sorrow filled thought. "My mother insured that my sisters and I could read, write, and do math, and I did the same for my children, not just my daughters."

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captainkenway
2020-06-08 07:39 pm UTC (link)

Edward chuckled and nodded. He could understand Jacobs confusion. A lot of it didn't make much sense but the superstitions were there, some with reason and others not so much. He also understood what Bryn was saying. Perhaps he had gotten used to how things were in the assassins or even to some extent with the pirates where things were slowly changing. Where women fought alongside the men, and were not treated like witches for having 'forbidden knowledge'.

"I do believe it is your turn" he said smirking as he looked over to Jacob. "Regale us with a tale, will you?" he asked, winking at the other man.