As usual, it was hot. It was one thing that Otami should have been really good at tolerating, but the humidity brought on by the trees and rivers was killing her. It wasn’t even really that hot, maybe a good 32c, but, The Wildling was a creature toughened by dry heat. Moisture was rare in the Wind’s Deserts, and never effected the heat until the rainy seasons; which were primarily near the sea their country bordered with in the South. In the Central and North where Otami had spent most her life, the most they got where lightning storms and the occasional night rain.
So escaping the wet heat became tantamount. Ironically, at least to her, the best way she found to do this was taking a nice cool dip into ponds. Pools were outright not even a choice due to the so-called “decency laws”. It made absolutely no sense to the Wildling, why people cooled off in pools of water with clothes on, and in fact was the one thing she felt secured in her intelligence when compared to other people. The other problem with her choice of not wearing swim-ware were the males. She could only assume, but in being used to seeing females in clothing while bathing, they became far more assertive in their motives when seeing Otami trying to cool off naked; which was more annoying than anything. There wasn’t a moment that had passed so far that the men didn’t pay for it in a way that often ran them off, but she still tired of them spying from the trees. So the local "hidden" swimming holes were also out.
Now the blond traveled far away from Konoha and the towns nearest the hidden village to search for a privacy that would allow her to actually cool down and relax. After a good week of searching, speaking to people in the area under the guise of nature reasearch, and narrowing down the ponds that weren’t infested with snakes; she finally found one. It was tucked way back, deep in the trees where most civvies couldn’t get through. An off-shoot of a local creek lead to a waterfall that dropped no further than four feet into a deep pond about 200 square meters in size and 6 meters at the deepest point which was right under the waterfall. A small beach surrounded part of the pond holding a number of animal tracks but not a single human one. The snakes, which were the biggest concern for Otami giving their deadliness in Wind, were nigh absent completely due to a lot of their natural predators making their home near this pond. It was, for the Wildling, a perfect retreat.
Standing atop the falls the blond packed her belongings into the backpack she brought with her and used an Earth Jutsu to persuade the ground to open up just enough to put it within; then convince it to cover back up. The grass regrew and her belongings were hidden. She gracefully padded up to the edge of the waterfall, the rushing upward air currant causing Otami’s long hair to fly around as she took a deep breath and simply hopped right off. A splash from below echoed moments later followed by a squeal that indicated how cold the water was. Soon after the sounds of leisurely swimming. The Wildling sighed happily as she floated around, doggy paddling from one end to the other casually, and just generally enjoying the escape from Konoha’s jungle heat.
So escaping the wet heat became tantamount. Ironically, at least to her, the best way she found to do this was taking a nice cool dip into ponds. Pools were outright not even a choice due to the so-called “decency laws”. It made absolutely no sense to the Wildling, why people cooled off in pools of water with clothes on, and in fact was the one thing she felt secured in her intelligence when compared to other people. The other problem with her choice of not wearing swim-ware were the males. She could only assume, but in being used to seeing females in clothing while bathing, they became far more assertive in their motives when seeing Otami trying to cool off naked; which was more annoying than anything. There wasn’t a moment that had passed so far that the men didn’t pay for it in a way that often ran them off, but she still tired of them spying from the trees. So the local "hidden" swimming holes were also out.
Now the blond traveled far away from Konoha and the towns nearest the hidden village to search for a privacy that would allow her to actually cool down and relax. After a good week of searching, speaking to people in the area under the guise of nature reasearch, and narrowing down the ponds that weren’t infested with snakes; she finally found one. It was tucked way back, deep in the trees where most civvies couldn’t get through. An off-shoot of a local creek lead to a waterfall that dropped no further than four feet into a deep pond about 200 square meters in size and 6 meters at the deepest point which was right under the waterfall. A small beach surrounded part of the pond holding a number of animal tracks but not a single human one. The snakes, which were the biggest concern for Otami giving their deadliness in Wind, were nigh absent completely due to a lot of their natural predators making their home near this pond. It was, for the Wildling, a perfect retreat.
Standing atop the falls the blond packed her belongings into the backpack she brought with her and used an Earth Jutsu to persuade the ground to open up just enough to put it within; then convince it to cover back up. The grass regrew and her belongings were hidden. She gracefully padded up to the edge of the waterfall, the rushing upward air currant causing Otami’s long hair to fly around as she took a deep breath and simply hopped right off. A splash from below echoed moments later followed by a squeal that indicated how cold the water was. Soon after the sounds of leisurely swimming. The Wildling sighed happily as she floated around, doggy paddling from one end to the other casually, and just generally enjoying the escape from Konoha’s jungle heat.
