Greece

Aurora stood up. "As a matter of fact, a simple sauna would do me some good. Have one of those?" she asked.

*I'll forgive you Drake from going from speaking to my character to suddenly arriving in Adastros's court, only if you say that Orion accepted to buy a couple of horses from Cyniska, and she rode with him as far as Corinthia seeing they were going the same way.*

(Sure thing, though she'd be with the larger army now, and can easily intereact with them now. )

"We do in Sparta, and there are hot springs near here I can show you to." Orion said standing up. "Don't want to leave the army for too long."

"You could probably use some relaxation as well." Aurora said.

"I could, haven't been able to relax since...shit ever." Orion chuckled getting up.

"To the springs then." Aurora said.

Orion nodded and walked out of his tent with her.

Aurora followed close behind, feeling like Orion and her making connections as friends.

Orion nodded and shook hands with some Spartans as he walked with her to the hot springs. "And here we are." He said coming to the isolated hot springs.

Aurora shyly stripped down and dipped her feet into the steaming water. "Thats so nice."

"Still embarrassed I see." Orion chuckled stripping down.

"Still not, I see." Aurora said slipping into the water.

"Should I be?" Orion said getting in. "Not like I have a shot anyways." He joked.

"Is that what yu tricked me to come to Sparta about?" Aurora asked, wetting her hair.

"Tricked you?" Orion said. "Didn't trick you and no it's not why I offered you my home."

"It was a joke, dear brother." Aurora said.

"You have a very, dry sense of humor then." Orion chuckled sitting back.

"I find that term of dry humor odd." Aurora said. "What is wet humor, after all?"

Orion shrugged. "You're right." He said nodding.

Aurora lay in the steaming water against the warm stone benches carved underwater. She let out a sigh of pleasure. "I feel anew."

Orion smiled a bit. "Glad to hear it."

Aurora looked at Orion, strong, cut, masculine. She looked into the blue water.

Orion stretched a bit and leaned his head back relaxing, letting the hot water sooth his body.

"You know, if you did more riding and less talking you might start winning some races," Cyniska said to her eldest brother.
"And you still seem to think you can sneak into the games in a disguise..." he replied taking her arm roughly and whispering.
"I..."
"Do you know what they would do upon finding out?"
"Of course, but then I would be dying knowing I had competed in it, been the first woman!"
"Foolish."
"No, you're foolish... there, that big stock bloke is having quite a few glances over Old Red... see if you can manage out a good price. He's a wonderful carriage horse."

"I didn't reject you because you weren't beautiful. You are." Aurora reassured him.