"I don't notice anything interesting about it," Guilhelm says, "But then I don't notice anything strange about the spring at the covenant, you're the one who has a feel for the vis and everything, I can just seen through Alienor's illusions sometimes."
«I don't feel anything either. What's the fuss about it?»
Alienor overhearing the children's questions says gently, "It may just be a story they tell to attract customers. This sort of thing happens all the time with relics and other things that most people have no understanding about. But this does not mean there isn't any truth to the rumors, just that perhaps they are getting the 'healing waters' somewhere else and this inn is merely making money on people's foolishness."
Jaufres listens to the first half of Alienor's answers, before he nudges Guilhelm. «Last one in is a fat chicken!» And he jumps with a big splash.
Guilhelm, a little slow on the up take, jumps in after Jaufres.
Gerard gets in more sedately, then lays back and enjoys the immersion.
The warm water is quite relaxing, but there is still no supernatural effects. You manage a leisurely bath, and are joined by a group of merchants who appear to be upset at Aleinor's presence (many places men and women did not bathe together)
Alienor attempts to ignore the merchants hoping that if she stays relatively quiet and as inconspicuous as possible she will not invite a scene... of course her strangely colored hair does not help her avoid notice.
Jaufres whispers to Guilhelm, practicing their Latin, «have they never seen a woman before?»
Guihelm laughs. He responds in Latin, "Probably not." Alienor bathing in the spring at the covenant is a frequent enough sight that children who grew up with it do not get that most of the world behaves differently.
One of the men says to Gerard "Your mistress should really stay indoors, not be flaunted at the bath."
Gerard scoffs. "If you are offended, wait until we are done to use the bath. Otherwise, remain silent and tend to your own affairs."
Alienor doesn’t quite stifle her laugh at the mention of the word mistress but otherwise remains silent.
The men storm off in a huff, and are headed in the direction of the front office.
Once they are gone Alienor’s mostly stifled laugh bursts forth. “Bu... ha... perhaps it is time to leave? This does not seem to be what we came for anyway. Perhaps the source?”
Gerard nods. "Bed, boys." To Alienor: "We should go to the lake in the morning. For the source of this... surely it's deep underground? Not my area of expertise to see such a thing. But if the water is ordinary the source likely is too." He will lead the way up to the rooms, but once the kids are settled in he heads down to check in with the front office, along with his coinpurse, to see if there's any trouble.
The man at the front desk inhales when Gerard approaches and lets it out slowly. "I assume you have come to discuss the incident at the bathing pool. We did of course receive a complaint, and by the time we escorted our other guests out there to discuss the issue you had already departed the waters. This is an issue which has not come up before, we should have had a policy in place regarding gender bathing times, and we did not, is this going to be any sort of issue for the remained of your stay with us?"
Gerard shakes his head. "No, it won't be. To be clear, nothing... unchaste was happening, except in the minds of your other guests. But I do think set times would be beneficial. Please let us know what you decide."
"I will have a schedule decided by morning."
In the morning you are informed that the hours (in modern terms, I'm not translating to the medieval clock) that are set aside form women bathers, when such are present at the inn, are between 1 and 3 in the afternoon. A red banner will be hung from the door to the baths when there are women in the inn.
Gerard will lead the way out to the lake. Is there a high point where you can see a lot of the lake at once?