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 Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:56 pm
Oasis stepped through the door following shortly behind Hatsuma. "Hm... wonder why, maybe my dad makes locks for your tribe neh?" she questions as she spun around in the main living quarters of the home. "Yea, its a wonderful smell, it reminds me of home, and my dads neat machinery." she states as she placed the bag of warm clothing down before trotting about the workshop a little bit, looking at some unfinished projects here and there, a few blue prints for some larger mechanisms as well. "Wonder where the bed is at?" she questions as she stepped away from the table and headed back into the main area, she looked around and found the minute hallway which lead to a pair of rooms which had rather plain doors on them. "Thas prolly he bedroom and the washroom." she states pointing at them. She let out a light yawn and stretched tall. "Okay so we will dig through the duds then go to bed" she states as she pulled the bag open. "Hey, Hatsuma, you like boots?" she questions as she looked at the items inside, Oasis really had a disliking for shoes of any kind.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:37 pm
“It is certainly a possibility since my tribe utilizes many different sources for their tools…” Hatsuma commented as Oasis returned to the main room once again. Oasis shortly started rummaging through the bag for proper clothing and Hatsuma opted to join her in looking through the things by taking the furs and thick clothing and laying them out for easier visuals. It turned out there were two pairs of heavy fur covered boots and one pair of flexible fur moccasins as well. “I think I will be fine with these articles…” Hatsuma stated grabbing up a large fur coat, a pair of the fur boots, and fur leg coverings. The clothing was made for people with one set of arms so Hatsuma grabbed the largest coat she could find it seemed to have a scarf attached at the neck of it and was gray in color with fur lining the joints and the hood in quite a fluffed out fashion. She would just cross her arms under the coat to compensate for the lack of additional arms. “Yes these will be fine… there is more clothing then we will need in here and I intend to wear my regular clothing under these so we shouldn’t have any need to carry more then what we are wearing aside from a blanket, our tools and some provisions if the weather turns out to be far to harsh for us to travel further…” She continued folding up the furs carefully and setting them beside the things she had brought along with her onto the sofa that was in the room. It was a rust colored orange and seemed to fit well against the dark woods of the floor and walls. “After you get your things we should bathe before going to bed… it might be the last opportunity for a few days at least… since wash rooms are small in homes I have no reservations about allowing you to use the wash room first.” Hatsuma commented before taking a seat beside her things on the sofa making sure not to be occupying more than the cushion that her things were on and succeeding quite nicely at the task. Quote: Total : 701 fire count(included in total): 181
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:55 pm
Oasis nodded energetically "Yea, that's pretty neat, to think my daddy built tools that your folks have probably used, its like we were destined to be team mates!" she chimed happily as she pulled the warm, and rather flexible looking moccasins from the bag and looked at them. Those would be the best option for her to wear, she liked to have the freedom of mobility for her feet and the flexible nature of these would allow for that. She stashed them beside her before returning to look for more. She found a coat, that while a little short in the torso was perfect, its internal fur lining along with the fur along the hems of the sleeves and the bottom and neck of the coat made it functional and cute at the same time. She gathered a fairly long skirt of similar design and placed them together, it was likely that they were a set both articles were a near rust red color, pretty close to the orange Oasis preferred to wear. "Yay these are perfect!" she chimed as she gathered the items together before turning to Hatsuma "Hn... Yea I'm gonna do that too, so we should find a good blankie in there and put the rest of this stuff back somewhere in here." she states motioning her hands about referencing the workshop as a whole. Oasis rocked to the side a little as Hatsuma delivered the option of using the washroom first. Her chosen items encircled her almost entirely as she sat on the ground amongst them. "Why take turns? we could use it at the same time if its big enough ya know, and you saw how big Kozou was right, so I bet his washroom is huge!" she cheers waving her arms about spastically. "an, sides, if it isn't big enough, you should use it first cause your more the guest here than I am, I've known Oji-san like all my life so his home is practically my home." she states with a big grin.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:27 pm
“It would be good to make sure we keep things tidy here…” Hatsuma stated calmly as Oasis explained that they should put the things they didn’t use someplace within the house. “You actually make a good point, taking a bath together would also save us time and allow more time for rest before the next day… we just need to make sure we can get provisions tomorrow before we head out that way we can be prepared for the trip…” Hatsuma explained finding a form of logic in Oasis’ idea about bathing at the same time. It was true the owner of the home was quite large, in fact this sofa was even slightly bigger then what Hatsuma had seen in homes. “I will go look for towels then while you gather your things together and put the extra things away…” Hatsuma stated getting to her feet once more before heading down the hallway towards what they supposed was the washroom and bedroom. Peeking in one door Hatsuma spotted a rather large bed that could easily fit five or six people of her size. Closing it she opened and looked through the other door sure enough Oasis had uncanny luck when it came to knowing the layout of this building. Hatsuma stepped in and quickly found a cupboard which held large hand towels and even larger body towels all sized to the owner of the home. As an unexpected turn of events this washroom had a large basin of a tub that resembled a public bath in size however there was no real washing station and the spigot that was there over hung the empty tub itself for filling and above that there was a shower head that couldn’t be moved about like the ones in the public bath houses rinsing stations… it was likely an eastern design since the western baths they had in wind country were miniature versions of the public baths having both a basin and a wash station separately. Hatsuma set the towels on a large bench by the bath and proceeded to run the water from the lower spigot being sure the drain was plugged to allow the warm water filling at a rather rapid pace. The steam quickly escaped into the washrooms atmosphere slowly causing the entire room to gain a foggy film on its surfaces. After the tub was full Hatsuma turned the water off and proceeded to look for some form of soap which soon made itself known in the form of a simple white bar, though it was large there was only one so they would likely need to share it. she set the bar on the edge of the tub and proceeded to strip down at a rather casual pace taking the time to fold her clothing neatly as usual, it would give the hasty Oasis time to finish up and make her way into the wash room with no trouble and she would likely be the first to get in. Quote: Total : 742 fire count(included in total): 222
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:51 pm
"HAI!" Oasis cheered as she hopped to her feet and proceeded to scoop the unnecessary items up and cram them back into the bag from whence they came. She raced about the main room looking for a good spot for the bag before finding a storage cabinet that seemed appropriate and stuffing it inside. She was about to race to the washroom when something in the primary work area caught her eye. Oasis walked over to the item, it was a large Chinese broad sword. Her father didn't often make weapons, neither did Kozou. Usually they only made them for special customers or special reasons. So why would he be making this one, was it a special occasion or customer? The sword was likely around one a half times the size of a normal weapon of that design. "Hn, maybe he's making it for himself..." she mused quietly as she touched the unfinished weapon lightly. "Kinda makes me miss my dad." she coos as she turned from there and made her way towards the washroom. She raced along until she hit the doorway an launched into the room "TAADAA!" she cheered out loudly, she closed the door behind her with the same level of haste as she entered. "Bath time!" she chimes with a catlike grin on her face before she grabbed the clasps on her belts and unlatched them allowing her primary article to drop to the ground. She stretched before removing the mesh top and supportive tubetop she wore instead of a bra. Her panties followed suit shortly and she left her clothing in a pile before going towards the bath with her usual vivacity. She launched into the water and picked up the soap "yay!" she cheers as she splashed at the water lightly. "I was so right about this washroom!" she cheers with a big smile. "Hurry hurry!" she adds as she worked the bar of soap in her hands to achieve and appropriate lather. "I will wash your back, kay!" she adds as she held her sudsy hands up in the air.
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:51 pm
Hatsuma had finished removing her clothing and set it aside safely from the water before making her way to the tub and carefully stepping into the warm water. Ducking her body into the water she turn her back to Oasis and moved her hair away from her back and let it drop down into the water in front of her before commenting finally.”I’ll wash your back next then…” she stated simply remaining silent for a moment before continuing once more, “this water feels different then our country’s… it’s strange for water to feel different I think…” she stated simply as she observed the feeling of the water on her skin. “We should be sure to be ready for whatever happens in frost country. Make sure your tools are in order before we head out tomorrow; unreadiness is the most dangerous thing a shinobi has to deal with.” She commented calmly and the opted to remain silent as Oasis proceeded to washing her back. She hadn’t had another person wash her back since Ishala had done when she was little, it was actually a bit relaxing in that regard and much easier then washing her own back. Quote: Total : 770 fire count(included in total): 250
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:35 pm
Oasis turned from side to side churning the water lightly. "Hnn... Yea that sounds nice." she muses as she moved behind Hatsuma and put her soapy hands to Hatsuma's back. "Yea, it does feel different, there are different minerals in it for certain. I'm not completely certain as to what else is in it however." she states with a shrug as she started to scrub the soap into her back. "You really have long pretty hair Hatsuma-tan." she adds with a warm little giggle that followed. She made fair work of washing Hatsuma's back, she used little pressure and wasn't rushing at all, to make sure she did it right. "Do you use special soaps back home?" she questions curiously. "cause, like for where you live an... stuff... your skin is really soft and smooth." Oasis comments as she rinsed Hatsuma's back off. "Darker than me too." she adds a bit offhandedly. "Hm. Yea, I think I know what I'm going to need, going to double check on those things tonight." she states lightly as she pondered for awhile at Hatsuma's four arms, she had four armpits didn't she. Oasis wondered if all four were ticklish, however she wasn't about to be rude enough to try and find out just yet, maybe some other day. Oasis patter Hatsuma in the center of the back before letting out a strange utterance mostly unintelligible followed by real words "MY TURN NOW!!" she cheered loudly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:05 am
“That’s a likely assumption… the minerals are certainly not the same here as they are in wind country…” Hatsuma stated agreeing about the minerals in the water Oasis spoke of. “My hair is this way from habit Ishala taught me when I was little, though I’m not certain why it’s important for the jobs that need done…” Hatsuma commented almost quizzically as she thought on why she was taught to care for her hair in such a manner. In truth it was more practical to have short hair like Oasis did. “My skin doesn’t wear the same as others I was told it was due to my lineage something to do with a microfilm on my body…” She stated bluntly not really thinking on the matter of her skin being soft feeling after all to her it was a natural occurrence to have this type of skin. Oasis suddenly came with the outburst of it being her turn and Hatsuma proceeded to turn about at the same time Oasis turn around. “Very well then…” She stated simply picking up the soap and lathered both sets of hands before proceeding with the process of cleaning Oasis’ back. “You certainly have tense back muscles; it’s strange since you seem happy so often…” Hatsuma commented as she moved her hands about washing very methodically, she could feel the tense muscles quite well it was a bit odd to her that was a certainty. Quote: Total : 795 fire count(included in total): 275
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:31 am
Oasis nodded her head, she was pleased to be most likely right on the water difference. "My hair is short, cause mom and dad didn't wanna deal with the stuff I might get caught in it while playing around outside." she states with a matter of fact sound to her voice. "Aw, unfair you have a bloodline that makes you have silky smooth skin all the time." Oasis whimpered as she squirmed a little bit with the back washing, something she just always did, it never occurred to her what she was doing. "Hm... well, dad used to say I am happy all the time because I 'bear a heavy burden'. Or somethin like that anyways." she muses imitating her fathers voice when she quoted him. "Or, maybe its just from how I jump around all the time!" she adds with a cheery little vocalization tacked on at the end.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:03 pm
“Short hair is certainly more efficient in what we do… but it’s a habit I was supposed to keep up with so I’ll manage…” Hatsuma commented as she proceeded to rinse the suds away from Oasis’ back being sure to leave no stray sud behind to later leave a sticky residue. Once finished she scooted back in the water to an edge to easier communicate with Oasis if she felt like talking a lot. “hm I suppose prolonged activity could tense the muscles… I’m not sure about what your father says though… it’s similar to what the elder might say in an explanation… I don’t honestly understand them all the time… but they are important to remember so you can understand them with time…” Hatsuma explained thinking back an all the odd-turned explanations that the elder had given her in her life and how few she came to understand in the passing of time. It was certainly interesting that both their cultures were so similar since even in wind country her tribe was considered to be outcast and odd in their ways. Quote: Total : 812 fire count(included in total): 292
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:17 pm
Oasis shivered lightly as Hatsuma rinsed her back. "The water is nice here, but it really does feel different from the water I'm used to back home... I wonder if the water is different everywhere?" she questions as she tipped her head to the side. Once Hatsuma moved away Oasis scooted back and seated herself in a similar manner. "Well, yea you should keep it cause its really nice hair. I don't think I would look good with long hair though, I'm a bit too rowdy it would look a bit... hn... crazy before long." she states with a big grin on her face. "Yea... Dad says things that confuse me often. Dunno its like he has some sort of strange arcane knowledge or somethin ya know... or maybe he jus likes being confusing." she states with a light giggle. Oasis closed her eyes and relaxed into the water some. "So... how cold is it gonna be there, in frost?" she states curiously. "Cause like... its already uncomfortably cold here." she mewled plaintively. Oasis grabbed up the bar of soap and worked a lather on her arms to carry on the cleansing. As Oasis washed her arms there was an interesting sound outside, a sort of rustling followed by a more prominent thump.
"Zell ya sure this is the place?" a man dressed in black questions another in likewise garb beside him.
"Yes Gald, this would be his place. That weapon, should be inside." a distinctly separate voice responded to him, it was obviously a smaller male. The two figures stopped outside the bathroom window, obviously not the most skilled of thieves seeing as their chosen point of entry.
Oasis quickly rinsed all the soap off as she heard the sounds outside intensifying. She slapped her hands against the surface of the water and then held her left hand up, making a few symbols with her hands, signs used in her home to signify things. She made the symbols to signify that there was two invaders outside, near the bathroom and highly likely to enter the building. She slid her right hand across the surface of the water and lifted her hand up creating a circular mirror like plane of water in front of her so she could see what was happening behind her without looking, so as to not tip off the potential enemies.
"Zell... there's two fine bodied girls in there too ya see it, maybe we can claim a little more than just a sword." Gald states with an obvious chuckle behind his voice.
"I saw that Gald... Why do you think I chose this point of entry, I am your tracker for a reason." Zell responds a wicked little grin on his face. Gald made a short set of hand signs and then put his hand against the window, and it cracked and popped wide open releasing a burst of heavy steam into the room for the two to enter and to try and distract the girls. As Zell entered he launched a handful of what was some kind of odd senbon needles at Hatsuma. Gald landed with a heavy thud and he wheeled about throwing a sort of sticky bomb or something in Oasis' direction.
Oasis slapped her hands against the water and spun around to face the intruders, they would regret this day for certain. They would see her in the nude, without fair reason so that was punishable by pain or even death. She clapped her hands together and the steam they created was now under her control as the stripes on her body began to glow. Oasis clapped her hands against the surface of the water and a whip of water came up from the surface and grabbed the bomb and threw it away at the wall. "This was a bad choice boys." she states in a tone Hatsuma had not heard from her yet, it was a dark and cruel sounding tone.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:19 pm
Something the shared in common after Oasis had given the signal about the intruders; she had an aura about her to be reckoned with. They both shared an extreme distaste concerning intrusions during private times. One of Hatsuma’s hands shot from the water while two others covered her exposed bits. The hand she raised from the water she waved about doing unique hand positions, almost instantly four little white triangle tags appeared in front of her thin threads of white quickly connected between the four tags creating a square in front of her to which the senbon bounced away harmlessly as a cyclone of wind created a barrier of sorts within the square. Hatsuma raised her other hand and small white particles from the atmosphere formed into another white triangle which quickly became emblazoned with some kind of kanji, it quickly vanished however and the triangle exploded into a fine powder and made it’s way through the air and through the nostrils of the one who threw the senbon. His irises quickly became the same color as Hatsuma’s, a light violet color, and he silently moved into action pulling a kunai from a pouch and going to strike the other intruder from behind. This gave Hatsuma time to get out of the water and at least grab up a towel. It was likely these people didn’t know they were here so they must have cased the place for some kind of robbery. “Oasis we need to protect anything valuable from them… it’s likely they aren’t the only ones here…” she stated bluntly now wrapped in a towel all within the same instant the partner who attacked her now had ‘ different’ motives thanks to Hatsuma’s technique. Quote: Total : 866 fire count(included in total): 346
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:58 pm
Oasis didn't hesitate, as the gum bomb hit the wall she moved her hands into a unique looking hand seal and all the water vapor in the air was suddenly pulled inward towards the area between the two men, she was surprised as the smaller of the two attackers moved towards the other, his eyes were a different color so, judging by what Hatsuma did and some of the things she sensed m she was pretty sure that Hatsuma had done something to him.
"What are you doing?!" Gald called out as his partner Zell launched an attack towards him. He moved into a defensive stance. He blocked the blade and only just noticed the coalescing sphere of water between him and Zell, and he went to move, however it was too late. Oasis eyes lit up a bright blue and she swung her hand forward the ball of water formed fully it was large enough that it was touching both intruders, and then it suddenly exploded into a splash of sharp ice. the two men were iced together and would not likely be moving anytime soon. If someone were to touch the ice it wasn't actually cold, it was a strange ice, it was more like she solidified the water itself.
"That was an unforgivable act." Oasis states as she swung her hands up and the water from the bath swirled up into the air. She pointed forward and the water rushed the two and smashed into them creating a column of similar water sticking them to the wall. She nodded to Hatsuma and shook her head the blue glow faded rather quickly. "Come on we gotta check the house right quick." Oasis states as she jumped out of the water and grabbed up a towel wrapping it around her person. It was all likely hood that the structure they were trapped in would be their tomb unless someone freed them or convinced Oasis to. She moved quickly along with Hatsuma into the house. She could hear rummaging about.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:32 pm
Hatsuma remained quiet as she formed a few more of the white triangles in her hands and scoped the area for the source of the rustling… it was certainly in the main room… it would be easier to deal with if she was actually dressed but for now she’d have to deal with subtle movements… Soon a scent reached her nose and it was rather pungent she soon spotted the front door was ajar and in disarray as it had been smashed open by something rather large. “Where are Gald an Zell… dey are supposed to elp me wit da traps… dey are slackers…” A boisterous and clearly dimwitted voice bellowed out complaining about the absence of his team mates. Peering around the corner Hatsuma sized him up to be of similar size to this homes actual owner and next to him stood a short and cloaked figure which remained silent. However it was clear what their target was… a rather unique looking blade set carefully on display. Hatsuma’s logical mind told her that these two might be to much, the large man was obviously physically stringe to be able to crush in the large door so easily and with no weapons to speak of, but the biggest warning signs came from the cloaked figure. ‘I need to get the weapon away from them… but I need to wait for the opportune moment…’ Hatsuma thought to her self dropping one of the tags to the ground which became a fine little mound of sand which began to trail along secretly to the base of the display for the blade as it made it’s way towards the base its color changed to match that of the dark woods around it causing it to blend in almost entirely. ‘There…’ she thought as she waited now for the intruders to do something. She would hold back Oasis if she came along after all these two might be something more troublesome then the others… that would be their escape route since they would be spotted going out the door. “I’m tired of waiting I just take it! the traps won hurt that bad!” The large man finally grunted out as he smashed the display with his massive bare fist sending glass to the ground. Hatsuma quickly made a solid hand seal and the chameleon sand sprung to life enveloping the blade entirely cleverly concealed as though it were a trap that was set off. Once it was enveloped the blade vanished from sight; the sands faded down into the display base and shortly along the floor. It quickly crawled up Hatsuma’s leg and reached her hand forming into a white triangle once more, however stored upon it was a very detailed symbol of the blade that the intruders had been after. Holding the tag she turned about and made her way back towards the wash room and quickly pulled Oasis along with her picking up the bag of furs that had been chosen by them earlier since it was set by the door to the room. “Those two aren’t safe to go up against ill prepared…” Hatsuma stated quietly as the reentered the wash room where Hatsuma gather her gear up and quickly made her way towards the window. She would have to put up with getting dressed outside; it was late so it was unlikely they would be spotted by anyone. “This way, let’s go…” Hatsuma stated jumping to the window sill looking back for a moment before hopping outside. She landed with a soft thud and hoped Oasis would soon follow, though she had dormant abilities it wasn’t wise to test the chance of their activation on powerful adversaries. Quote: Total : 909 fire count(included in total): 389
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:49 pm
Oasis wrapped the towel around herself, and followed with metered step and set jaw behind Hatsuma. Her hands twitched lightly as she smelled the intruders, she could hear them as well. The loud and stupid one set off a boiling inferno inside of her and she closed her hands together tightly as an aura slowly started to waft from her person, but before the enemy could sense it she suppressed it her hands balling into fists near tight enough to draw blood as she watched the ruffians rummaging about, she twitched slightly and looked to Hatsuma who was already working on something. When the vandals smashed the case to retrieve the sword her jaw was more than set on edge, a fury bubbled inside of her and her energy seethed. She almost acted her hand tightening further until Hatsuma pulled on her and she seemed to snap out of the mental zone she had entered and slowly she turned and followed Hatsuma. Once in the wash room she breathed slowly, a rising and falling motion following throughout her body as she practiced the 'warriors breath' technique to calm herself. "...I suppose your right." she states quietly though there was an uncanny edge to her voice as she gathered her things and followed Hatsuma, she only stopped as they neared the window. She tuned and faced the two who were essentially encased to the wall. She stared in through the glass like surface her eyes two spheres of shimmering ice hearted intent. She clenched her hand for a moment before planting her hand against the case and glaring darkly. "Take this into the afterlife with you..." she states as her aura pressed against the glass. "Do not mess with my family, do not interfere with my clan." she glowered before the insides of the case became like razor blades and their bodies were shredded their howls of pain and death muted within their blood soaked coffin. The blue glow then subsided from her as she climbed out the window behind Hatsuma. She quickly dressed herself on the outside a long exhale followed and a soft blue mist escaped with her breath before her aura returned to more or less normal. "...I think its time to look for travel, unless we still need somewhere to stay... I don't have problems traveling in the night." she states with a metered tone still shaking slightly from what had just happened. She wasn't shaking from any kind of fear, or apprehension, no she was shaking with rage that still hadn't left her body.
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