Searching High & Low [Trav]

[Anna Banana]

//Enter Snow blanketed the landscape in a thick sheet, overlapping upon itself to hide even the trees from view. It was thick and impenetrable and cold. Everything looked the same and it was impossible to tell what was a tree, and what was not. Despite the sun was at its peak in the sky, the wind was enough to whip the skin and tug on clothing. Time was not of the essence at the moment for I believed that I had been travelling for far too long that I could no longer remember where the gates to the village were. Dressed in a pale green kimono with purple and pink flowers dotted all over it, I wrapped my small arms around my body in an attempt to save what heat my body was giving off. My ice blonde hair was billowing in the wind fiercely, slapping my frozen cheeks and forcing me to squint as I peered around for signs of life. My feet were frozen from the snow; considering I only wore traditional sandals. Suddenly, I felt stupid for walking around in this weather dressed for summer. My medical pack was strapped firmly to my back along with my waist pack. Each pack filled with various weapons. Inside the medical pack I had twenty kunai knives, a hammer and two hand axes, while the waist pack had another ten kunai. I held a medium sized umbrella loaded with one hundred and fifty darts in both my hands as I held it tightly to my chest. I even considered opening the umbrella to shield me from the wind, but feared that it would break with the force of it. I was supposed to be meeting my Aunt Sara soon, but I could not find her anywhere. //Attempting to locate gates to Takigakure no Sato

[Anna Banana]

While I was wandering aimlessly in the snow, something had occurred to me. I remembered what my aunt was saying when she was asking if I was interested in becoming a shinobi for the village. You know, if you become a Ninja of the village, you won’t have to constantly travel to the embassy for access to the village. You will be able to enter without hassle since you’ll be a Ninja. But I had no desire to become a Ninja. The thought of it just simply wasn’t interesting enough for me. But it was the embassy that was what merchants like myself needed to visit before getting into a hidden village. At this point I looked around once more, seeing nothing but snow and more snow. Hills and mountains scattered the landscape and a forest throughout the majority of the land. Which way was the embassy again? I raise the skirt of my kimono and stare down at my reddened feet. I surely needed to get to shelter soon otherwise I’ll be getting frostbite. Dropping the Kimono skirt and peering out into the landscape for a third time, I squinted and located the sign I was searching for and broke into a run toward it. The sign was a baseline for people who didn’t own a map. It displayed basic ways to embassies or other countries or towns. Seisui was just north west of this sign and since the sign pointed in a particular direction I knew that that was north west. So if I stuck to that pathway, I will find the building in no time. I have been there hundreds of times before so locating it should be fine. I hoped. //Move to Seisui please

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

Moved

[Anna Banana]

After a few minutes of brisk walking, the dark wood of the Embassy’s face came into view. Snow had caked the sides of the building so it looked like it was being embraced by the snow. The fence was almost fully covered by snow and smoke blew gently from the chimney suggesting that it was warm inside. That was enough to get me running toward the front building. I knew I was being monitored from the look outs, yet I was never able to find them. Quickly, I passed through the gates and ran along the pathway until I reached the stairs. //Exit - and thanks for the move.