Getting steamy up in here

With his adolescence came freedoms, and with freedoms came all the opportunities for a young brute nearing adulthood to go roaming and looking for all sorts of trouble to get into. Rogue had been coasting around Boreas for a while, rambling about the countrysides of the warm spring continent just to see what he could see and meet whoever he could meet. So far, that had turned into the brute mostly looking for pretty faes to enjoy looking at and flirting with, putting his newfound skills in romance to the test. A regular Casanova, just like his sire. In truth, he was also half looking for Karaka again, memories of the time he'd spent with the girl still fresh in his mind. She had been a delight, and she had introduced him to some things and a side of himself he hadn't known existed before.

Rogue's wandering paws had brought him to the eastern side of Boreas today, taking in the pleasant spring afternoon as it sank towards early evening. Sauntering through the woods on his own, the brute's amethyst eyes scanned to and fro through the trees, seeking something. A group of wolves he'd passed earlier on had pointed him in the direction of some hot springs around here and Rogue was eager to check them out. A soak in the natural hot tubs sounded heavenly for his weary muscles right about now. Eventually the faint smell of steam and sulfur in the air told him he was headed in the right direction, so onward Rogue went. It didn't take long for the night-furred brute to emerge through some brush to find the pools of steaming hot water laying amidst a rocky clearing in the forest, just waiting for someone to come take a soak in them.

With a grin on his face, Rogue approached the edge of the closest pool, one of the smaller ones, and dipped his toes in the water. It was red hot to the touch; not scalding or painful, but just the right temperature to be tempting and therapeutic. Rogue wasted no time dropping one paw into the steamy water, feeling around for a flat ledge to lower himself down into, then slid smoothly down into the water with a gentle splash. He had reached his full dire height some months ago, so standing on the bottom of the hot spring kept a good portion of his upper chest and head above the water. The brute breathed a sigh of contentment and reclined back on the ledge to lean his back against the rocky side of the pool, letting the water gently lift his body until it almost felt weightless, the heat sinking wonderfully through his muscles on all sides. Surely this place must be heaven...

"Rogue Klein"