The Hideaway: Enchanted Renewal Spa

After a long mission, there is nothing better than to return to Tifwado City and make an appointment at the Hideway. This Enchanted Renewal Spa does more than just heal any lingering injuries, it renews your mind and spirit.   The Hideaway is run by spell casters who specialize in medicine, often called Magical Medical (MM) Practitioners. Like other healing centers, they have space to heal physical injuries. However, it is their energy work that sets The Hideaway apart. The Hideaway is great for unwinding after a particularly strenuous mission. It is even better to visit before you leave.   Inside its doors, The Hideaway has MM Practitioners who specialize in magical energy manipulation, relaxing pools which provide temporary ability increases, and even talk therapy to help adventurers through any traumatizing bits of a mission.    
Cure Magical Illnesses through Energy Manipulation
  If you return from a mission suffering the effects of a magical spell or serum, The Hideaway has MM Practitioners who can help remove the curse or illness. Walk into one of the darkened rooms and let the ringing of bells transport you. The autonomous bells help calibrate magical vibrations while the MM Practitioners ply their gift. These practitioners work by guiding their hands over your body and applying light or deep pressure touches in areas with twisted magical injuries. Through doing so, they are able to erase the effects of a magical curse. Most treatments take only one session. Though serious magical illnesses may require a few return visits.   If you want to ensure you are prepared for your next mission, MM Practitioners can also use their skills in magical energy manipulation to increase your resistance towards one type of magical effect. Although these effects aren't permanent (they typically last ten days), it will increase your mission's chance at success.  
Relaxing Pools
 
Step into the basement of The Hideaway and discover a forested oasis. Their colored hot springs will tranquilly bubble all around you. Relaxation, you are sure to find the moment you slide into the heated stone pools. What's more: each pool has added bonuses which last up to ten days. Step into the bright pink pool and feel your charisma grow. Try the swiftly swirling green pools and your dexterity will increase. Effects can't stack; the last pool you step into will be the temporary talent you walk out with. However, the owners of The Hideaway do have a sense of humor: some pools will make you speak only in rhymes or create an illusion where you appear to everybody as a sprite.
 
Talk Therapy
  Young adventurers come pre-packaged with developing minds. And along their adventures, they see some crazy things. The Hideway seeks to mitigate some of the traumatizing experiences that sneak into the missions.   MM Practitioners have the ability to extract memories from adventurers so that they can both review what happened and talk about the effects. They can also give advice and coping mechanisms for future missions. It is common for certain heroic adventurers leagues to require appointments with MM Practitioners when they feel adventurers are suffering from previous missions.  
Although memory extraction is limited to medical use by law and protected by doctor-patient privileges, some bounty hunter or investigator spell casters will attempt to use memory extraction to find their mark. Know that this is illegal and should be reported. Additionally, there has been a controversial practice, as of late, known as memory molding. This is where a MM practitioner will not only extract a memory, but also mold it into a happier memory. Know that this is a banned practice and has potential for great abuse. Report any MM Practitioner that suggests molding memory as a cure.
  The next time you're in Tifwado City, stop by The Hideaway: Enchanted Renewal Spa! The prices are steep, but the experience is unforgettable.


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Jul 6, 2021 15:03 by Dani

I definitely want to stop by! Spa day! Plus...it'd be fun to see what random ability I'd walk away with XD
(Also have I mentioned yet how much I LOVE your CSS and layouts?) :D


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Jul 9, 2021 02:09 by Cassandra Sojourn

Thanks! I’m glad you like the CSS. I added the randomness of the hot springs for that very reason. It would make for some fun role-playing.

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Jul 7, 2021 06:35 by A

I would want to stay but it feels like there is some mystery behind all of this... I mean, if there are MMs that make the molding suggestion in The Hideaway, I would be careful! Well writen and fun to read! Good work!

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Jul 9, 2021 02:10 by Cassandra Sojourn

Thanks! Yes, I added that bit of mystery because I think it would be good to have a villainous character whose changing people’s memories for their benefit.

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