(no subject)

One of the disadvantages of having a bound water spirit inhabiting the very-highly-priced flat is, apparently, not having access to your bathtub. In all fairness, I suppose it's better than the neighbor who has something hot and angry living in an old cast iron stove in his kitchen--wait, no, no it’s not. They just added a new range for him. Did they add a new bathtub for me? No. Not enough room. Instead, I get a shower stall and a feeling of no privacy every time I shower, whether the curtain is closed or not. I don't think the sprite is interested, really. They say she's one of the oldest in the building, maybe the oldest. They say she isn't at all resentful towards the occupants, since we didn't bind her. Not even the owners of the building bound her. Of course, they didn't unbind her either, not that it's all that simple. I was told that a group of activists did try ot unbind her, about twenty years ago, and all the standard cantrips failed and the nonstandard ones they tried rebounded something awful and ended up with all the activists in the ER choking on water pouring out of their lungs. She didn't react then, either. I guess she knew it wouldn't work. At least, I'm told she didn't react, and that it wasn't her work that killed one of them and left the others with permanent lung scarring. I hope not. Having a creepy water spirit in the bathroom is bad enough, without suspecting that she's a creepy, murdering water spirit.


Inspiration: http://www.flickr.com/photos/closetartist/10280672874/
Story potential: Medium
Notes: And then the water spirit does something.