[Perfectly aware that he's likely being watched, Peony turns his back to her and starts to shimmy some pants on. The towel gets tossed to the side after that, joining a pile of clothes and other linens on the ground. The emperor certainly isn't known for his neatness. He approaches Elise now that he's somewhat more decent, finger combing his hair and trying so very hard to not laugh at her for blushing so brightly. It's so cute, how can he possibly be expected to not tease her for it a little bit?]

If you want to thank someone, you should probably thank Jade. He usually doesn't let me have any fun...

[Though Peony suspects Jade's willingness to allow the guests in this case might be because he'd like to lock them up in his lab and find out how they got here to begin with. Not that Peony would allow that, of course.]

...are you feeling all right, Elise? You look a little faint.

[He just can't help it.]