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[dangerouswind]

[At some point during the afternoon, as you walk across the town or through well-used paths in the fringes of the forest, you may feel as if you're being watched.

Yes. You.

A fleeting shadow, the feeling of eyes following your every move, the feeling that you can't shake a follower. You know the one. It makes the hair at the nape of your neck stand on end. Makes you paranoid and jumpy. Or maybe just amused. Annoyed. Whatever it does, it's there.

Temari's not trying too hard to stay unseen. It's less training and more something to do. You might turn around and see a ninja standing behind you. Maybe she's touching down next to you. Maybe you're attacking. (She won't like that much, to be honest, but maybe that's how you respond to being watched.)

There's a ninja stalking you. What do?]

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[dangerouswind]

[Admittedly, her curiosity is roused by someone moving through the trees that way. Temari is perched on a branch, leaning against the trunk of a large tree and grins a little when the woman starts looking around.

Good enough, Luceti. It seems not everyone is oblivious. Temari moves quickly, quietly, around behind the woman.]

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue flattens herself against the trunk as she looks in all directions, listening for sounds of any movement. Hearing and seeing nothing, she carefully climbs higher up the tree to find a new vantage point.]

[dangerouswind]

[Temari makes herself known after a few moments of quiet watching, landing on a tree branch a few trees over and lounging casually against the trunk.] Looking for me?

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue turns quickly, her hand gripping the branches. She blinks at the woman, honestly quite impressed at how silent she was too.]

You're very good at climbing and staying hidden.

[dangerouswind]

Born to it. I've not seen you around before.

[rutagraveolens]

I haven't seen you before either. Have you been here long?

[dangerouswind]

A good while, in point of fact.

[rutagraveolens]

I guess I've been here for a few months now. [She offers a small smile.] I'm Rue.

[dangerouswind]

Temari.

[rutagraveolens]

It's nice to meet you. Are there a lot of trees where you're from? I've never met anyone else who could move so quietly.

[dangerouswind]

Not my home. I worked at a liaison in a place full of them. [Also was trained to attack that particular village, but that's better left unsaid. It's so far in the past.]

[rutagraveolens]

What do you do? [Sorry, Temari, but she's a curious child.]

[dangerouswind]

I'm a bodyguard back home. [Well, ninja bodyguard.] Before that, I traveled between allied cities and helped to organize... meetings. [She wasn't sure she could explain the exams without having to explain just about everything about her home.]

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue nods, accepting it at face value.] That sounds like a very important job. It must be nice being able to travel around and see different places.

[dangerouswind]

It's certainly not static. I'd go crazy if it was.