<div style="text-align: right;"><strong>Paul Raike</strong> (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=84632.msg3727041#msg3727041) - <strong>Locker Rooms</strong> - <em>Taking a shower</em></div><br/>Paul nodded as she pronounced her name, trying very hard to ignore the blush coloring her cheeks.<em>It's just a normal exchange at the office, right?</em>he thought to himself ironically.<em>Happens all the time. I'm guessing there's not usually quite as much of a breeze.</em>She thrust the towel at him, and he jumped back to avoid getting punched in the gut; however, his towel was back, and he was thankful for something less transparent to cover himself. She darted around him, down the hallway, and vanished into the room at the far end. Paul blinked as he wrapped the towel back around his waist, staring towards where she'd vanished.<em>Female ninja indeed.</em>"Sorry for... err, sorry," he called after her, but he was pretty sure the door was closed by the time he'd said it. Unsure of what else to do, he turned and headed towards the locker room.<br/><br/>This time he carefully peered around each corner before stepping out, and only relaxed once he was in the stall of the shower. The warm water cascading over skin and muscle helped, and he suddenly realized how tense he'd been all day long. He thought over the day backwards, starting from his run in with Kunoichi, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that it hadn't strictly been his fault. Perhaps that's why she'd seemed even more embarrassed than he'd been, if such a thing was possible; he hoped she'd just forget the entire encounter, as he tried to do the same. Perhaps he'd get a chance to make a better impression later... or perhaps he'd never see her again, and be spared the indignity of trying to replace the groin level view she'd gotten of him when she'd fallen on her ass.<em>Snowball, welcome to Hell. Enjoy your stay!</em>He sighed, and worked the shampoo through his hair, working it into a lather.<em>Nothing you can do about it, so don't waste the worry.</em>