Nalia followed suit behind him, but then quickly bumped into his back as he stopped moving, standing there in the middle of the hallway, butt naked. “Dude, when I said “make a break for it,” I thought it was clear that I mean, ya know, hustle? We don’t want anybody seeing-....oh.” As Nalia walked around his side to get ready to book it, she also stopped to see Lydia standing there.<br/><br/>At first her shocked expression was due to what had just transpired between her and John, but it didn’t even change when Lydia turned her head to spot her sister and the older gentleman exiting an anger room....completely nude. She couldn’t even say anything, all she could do was stare, absolutely dumbfounded. Go figure. Held at knife-point and she can try to talk the guy holding her hostage down. See two naked people, one of whom her sister, and she’s rendered speechless.<br/><br/>“uh...heh.” Nalia started, but could only chuckle, unsure of how to get out of this one. Then she heard something behind her, and there she saw the mage standing there to witness the scene. Her entire face now redder than a tomato, she quickly hid behind Axle, though now her nude form was completely in view of her sister, but that was preferable.<br/><br/>“Surrounded...” she whispered to Axle, “can we just go? Let’s go.” Nalia reached over to grab Axle’s hand that was holding his clothes, and forced him to cover his crotch with them. She proceeded to do the same with her crotch as well as her chest with her own bundle of clothes. Then, grabbing at his arm, she pulled him down the hallway, rushing to pass Lydia towards the emergency stairs. The lobby was a bad idea in her mind, in case more guests would arrive and see them. So, as they passed her sister, Nalia just gave her a rushed, “hi, sis! Bye sis!” And then disappeared behind the door leading downstairs.<br/><br/>Lydia didn’t even respond. Her eyes didn’t even follow them. They just stared blankly ahead, mouth agape, not even registering the fact that they’ve gone and all that was left in her line of sight now was Galen backing away.<br/><br/>When Nalia and Axle reached the basement floor, they had to walk through a storage room filled with towels, the heater, and various chemicals, soaps, and tools used for cleaning and maintaining the pool and jacuzzi. Once out of the storage room and into the pool area, Nalia dropped her clothes to the floor, still holding onto Axle. “Finally free.” She laughed, breathing a sigh of relief. “Shall we?” With that, she let go of him before he could answer and took a few steps backwards, still facing him and then jumping once she felt the pool’s edge at her heel. Holding her nose and closing her eyes, she was completely submerged.<br/><br/>The water was heated, so it was a comfortable temperature. Not hot like the jacuzzi, but not freezing cold either. It almost felt like nothing, just floating once inside. Nalia rose back to the surface and gave him a smile, wading in place.