Iris looked at his reflection in the water and saw that his face was covered in soot and ash. He scrubbed his face with water, trying to get the muck off, but it was no luck. No matter how hard he scrubbed the blackened soot remained stuck to his skin.
He grabbed an apple from the bowl on the table. "I'm going to go get a breath of fresh air." Iris climbed the tunnel and inhaled the crisp air from the ocean. He walked over to the ocean and used the water to flatten his hair, which he was sure looked like a porcupine.
(It's been 4 hours and no one has opposed this so I'm assuming everyone is ok with this.)
Iris awoke to the sound of voices. He saw Vivus and Cedar in the kitchen, conversing about something. Iris sat up and rubbed his eyes.