Bree's Bathhouse Adventure

It was past Midday before Bree's home came into view. Bertram and Vivian's followers stopped while their two commanders followed Bree, along with the horse that had kneeled before Bree. They approached the ground, and Bree's three new followers stopped outside the property line. 

They looked at the large mansion, the little shack with a janky tower and a windmill turbine stuck to it, and the farm with two odd-looking scarecrows. Bertram and Vi both nearly jumped out of their skins when one of the scarecrow heads turned all the way around and stared at them with glowing yellow eyes.

A figure cloaked in blue and wearing a terrifying mask stood by the mansion's front entrance. It was the first to verbally notice them.

"Mistress Bree has returned," it looked to her companions for a moment before also screaming out, "And she has a Pony!" it moved forward, and the scarecrow that had been staring at them revealed it could move as it ran towards Bree with glee. Before either of them could make it to Bree, a Giant fuzzy creature the likes of which Bertram and Vivian had never seen slid out of seemingly nowhere and pulled Bree into a Hug before fully coming to a stop.

"Mistress Bree, Orion is overjoyed at your return,"

"Thank you, Orion; I missed you all as well," Bree assured him as she tried not to drown in his fur while the rest of her NPCs arrived. Winnie landed behind Bree and looked at Bertram and Vivian with interest.

"What interesting creatures!" she said, readjusting her glasses as she spoke. I've never seen anything quite like these before." She gave the horse a half hearted once-over, her eyes lacking the slightest of interest before turning back to Bree, welcoming her home with gusto.

 Bertram and Vivian watched in shock and awe as Bree's attendance all gathered around to welcome her. Bertram particularly took notice that among her servants, he was far from the most impressive among them, a Large Oger dressed as a Maid, Orion the Cat, a Minotaur and Satyr in Overalls, and so many more fascinating creatures. He also quickly noticed that Bree herself was the shortest, save a tiny orange blob.

"Mistress?" Sheepy asked when she saw the trio standing just outside the invisible protective barrier. "Are they with you?"

"Oh yes," Bree said, turning to them somewhat nervously. My dear friends and attendants, this is Bertram and Vivian, evolved Axol-lights whose new species I've yet to come up with a name for, and an unnamed horse I plan to try and turn into a Centaur. They have all sworn their Loyalty to me on their souls, so do be nice to them, won't you?"

Bree waited, worried her followers wouldn't take too kindly to new faces. Orion, the NPC, provided the stance on newcomers when he walked up and declared loudly.

"Orion Hugs best of all!" His proclamation made, he proceeded to sweep Bertram and the Horse up in his arms and Vivian with his tail before turning around and proudly walking towards the farm with them. "Orion now gives house tour," Leafolio and Silver ran after them, determined to meet and greet the newcomers that Orion had stolen away.

"I welcome all who serve you," Bella said as she bowed, her fellow maids mimicking her.

"I agree," Winnie added. Any creature wise enough to bow and swear loyalty before you are wise enough to consider at least becoming a friend of mine." Winnie once again readjusted her spectacles, and Bree began pondering whether they were loose or if the habit had been in Winnie's Bio and she had forgotten about it.

"What more," Wininnie continued, "we have plenty of room for them, seeing how the third floor has nearly forty rooms, and since most all of us either bunk up or have private quarters elsewhere, we could easily fit well over forty servants, and even then, we would simply add to the mansion should you have more than that join us,"

"Well, Bertram and Vivian have a fair number of servants and a few extra horses, but they're going to be setting up a town nearby and providing us with simple labors, like acquiring the food for Manfred and Boris and other such things,"

"How very wise of you, my lady," Winnie said with a smile, "Manfred, you and Boris greet and then help the new attendance clear out some forest area. I will make sure Orion put young Inky in his crib and didn't just leave him lying around,"

"Thank you," Minerva and Sheepy said as Winning flew off to do her task.

"Come on, Minnie," Sheepy said, tugging on her wife's hand, "We should harvest the farm now that our guard duties are done,"

"You three continue your patrols," Bree said simply to her maids. "Once it gets dark, trade-off with Silver and Orion; tell them they're on night shift and the next day shift since neither of them needs sleep,"

"Of course my lady," Bella, Zoey, and Annie said before moving out, Annie taking the front door position while Bella and Zoey continued patrolling the garden. 

With all of her attendance now distracted, Bree made her way inside and looked around her home. Instead of going up the stairs, she looked around the lower levels, ignoring the statue of herself that greeted her upon entry.

After a moment, she found what she was after, a large bathing area on the farthest left side of the lower floor. Having been a place to send NPCs when they were defeated in raids, it hadn't seen use for a long while, but now it should have simply been a place to enjoy a nice bath.

Bree turned the ring back into a staff before tapping it against the ground; her clothing turned into light, her staff was put in her inventory, and her clothing was sucked in along with it. She looked down at herself and found the steam from the bath had instantaneously wrapped around her body and covered her in a dress made our of steam. 

"Oh, wasn't expecting this to be here still" She muttered, the game having not allowed adult themes, the bathhouse had been censored by having the NPCs equip bathing suits, they had all been bland and had no customization options, so she had bought a home upgrade pack that, among a fair number of other things like letting her shove a tower on top of a shack, allowed her to changed the swimsuits out for censorship steam that took the shape of different outfits at random. 

Not particularly caring about being censored, she got in and found herself waist-deep in the shallow end of the hot spring bath. She moved to the further side before leaning back and sighing as she sank down to shoulder depth. The magical water was set to the perfect temperature, sometimes getting a little hotter and sometimes cooling down, depending on her desire at the moment.

Bree looked up at the bathhouse's roof, enchanted to look like a beautiful night with the full moon in full view. She could change the night sky with clouds or different star patterns or by changing the moon out with a few other options.

With no way to tell time, Bree didn't know how long she spent in the bath until the door opened and her three maids walked in.

"How does Silver do that all day?" Annie demanded as her clothing turned pink and disappeared, showing off her lack of anything to hide as she got into the water. Zoey's clothing turned purple as she spoke.

"Why are you complaining? You have pain nullification. I know your feet don't hurt," Zoey was censored as she got in, and Annie pouted.

"I was just so bored," She complained.

Bella's clothing turned orange and dissipated. Bree did her best not to freak out over what she was seeing while her maids got into the bath. Even though she had been there first, and they were all magically censored, she still felt like she was peaking.

"You should be honored. Mistress Bree asked us to guard the grounds," she said with pride as she entered the bath, barely sinking low enough to cover half her stomach. "Speaking of the Mistress, where do you think she went?" Bella wondered. "I was sure she would be in her throne room." Feeling the opportunity was perfect, Bree spoke up.

"Oh I'm right here," She said, all three of her maids turned bright red and slowly turned to her. She smiled back from the far side of the bath, her half-open eyes giving her a peaceful look, "Sorry to hear the day was boring,"

"Mistress Bree!" Annie said, covering her eyes, proving that even thought Bree was neck deep in the water, that was coated in a layer of censorship steam, resulting in nothing being revealable to anyone, she also shared Bree's feelings on the situation feeling like peaping "I am so sorry,"

"Please forgive us!" Zoey added as she covered her face in shame as well.

"We had no idea you were here, my Lady!" Belle added as she hid her own face, her size leaving her upper body completely visible to Bree, who avoided staring even with the censorship. "I can't apologize enough for disturbing you in such an unacceptably inappropriate manner,"

"What do you mean?" Bree asked, trying with all her might not to make this awkward. "This is the bathhouse. If nothing else, I'm the one who didn't lock the door." Bree waited for a moment before she herself began to feel like she was intruding on their private time.

"Bella," she said, getting her attendant's attention, "I hate to say this to you, but you've only halfway in the water." Bella instantly covered her already censored area with her arms and lowered herself as low as she could go, moving Father into the deeper parts of the bath.

"I am so sorry, my lady," She cried out, "Please forgive me,"

"It's quite alright," Bree said before making her final mistake of standing up to leave; just as all of the maids turned to apologize to her, they stared at her with wide eyes, although even standing on the underwater sitting area that surrounded the edge of the bath, her neck barely broke the water's surface. Doing her best to ignore their ogling her censored form she continued speaking, "This is a bathhouse. Mixed bathing was in mind when it was built, but I can show myself out,"

"Not at all, My lady," The tone of all three changed in an instant. "We would love nothing more than to bathe with you," Before she could react, her three Maids surrounded her.

"Please allow us to wash you, my lady," They all looked at her with a sparkle in their eyes.

"Oh dear," Bree realized as they closed in. "This escalated quite rapidly,"