[005]

[dangerouswind]

[It's another normal(ish) day. Temari hates normal. Normal is boring. Sometime during the early afternoon, she addresses the population at large.]

[Voice | Unfiltered]

What do you people do to keep yourselves occupied around here?

[As for her attempt to find fun, she's making her way toward a fairly empty spot not too far outside of town (despite the cold) -- after a detour to the grocery store. She was going for lunch but she found such a buy there that she couldn't resist.

If anyone asks about her carrying a large bag of nothing but pineapples, they're for target practice.

And, no, she did not take great pleasure in affixing the damn things to those poles she found. And she might even deny making dummies with pineapples for heads for any particular reason. It just seemed right.

And that scary smile when she proceeds to decimate one of those pineapple-headed dummies is just coincidence.

She should do this more often.]

Comments

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

Seems noble enough. But how much can you prepare for, what? Every other month? Surely you have some downtime.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do. When experiments don't interfere with that, I train or read or swim...well, at least when the lakes aren't frozen over.

[Slight pout. Someone doesn't really care for winter.]

I also enjoy interacting with the local spirits.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

[Temari laughs a little, though it's not mean-spirited.] Winter kind of cuts into your activities, then, doesn't it?

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

It really does, but I try to find other things to do that aren't dependent on the weather. I think I might make it a point to pick up a new hobby every winter, just for something else to do.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

What are you doing this winter? [Yeah, sheer curiosity drives her.]

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Making jewelry. I learned how to make my own clothes before, so I thought to add a hobby that compliments that.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

Jewelry? [Consider her interest piqued.] What sort?

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Bracelets and earrings, mostly. I don't care for necklaces as much.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

Necklaces just get in the way.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

I agree. I don't have the same trouble with other jewelry when I'm in battle.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

Battle, huh?

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Right. I've been drafted twice and expect it to happen again.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

You mean by the Malnosso, don't you?

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's right. They draft people every few months. It doesn't matter if you want to go or not...or even if you can fight. If they chose you, that's it.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

So I've heard. They've taken noncombatants before, then, huh?

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

At least twice.

[And she sounds none too pleased, at that.]

You would think if they wanted to win their war, they wouldn't subject people to it who have never seen a battle. But that doesn't seem to matter to them, or the likelihood of said people getting hurt.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

It does seem counterproductive. There must be some reason for it.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

They tried to justify it by saying only certain people were suitable to be taken beyond the barrier, or something like that, but it wouldn't surprise me if that was one big lie, anyway.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. I can't imagine we're in much of a position to demand the truth.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Not yet. I keep looking for when that might change.

[Voice]

[dangerouswind.livejournal.com]

Given the circumstances, you might be waiting a very long time.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Possibly, but at this point there's little choice other than to be patient.