Board Thread:Konoha Arc/@comment-24937485-20160519152204/@comment-24479578-20160527022023

Nali chuckled to herself as she walked away from the tent holding the old man and the child. “Yeah. He’s a spunky one alright.” She said to no one in particular while following her team mates with a cheshire cat grin on her face. Though most would have seen that as being disrespectful, it was rather funny to the black and white haired young woman. He’d probably find her to his liking up until he saw what she would eat than she’d be dismissed. Which was fine with her. She had come to call herself a ‘limited edition’ with her bestie. Because that’s what the odd ones were really. At least in their eyes. She looked to the pink haired girl that was with them and continued to smirk. *Yeah, she could be a limited edition as well.* She thought to herself while she continued to follow to the tent.

She’d follow into the tent and listen to what was said and took in the map. She had ignored the guards that had let them enter believing that if they continued to bow to the group of four, they poor men would end up with whiplash of some sort. Now with her eyes on the map completely, she’d take in every inch of it as if painting a picture of it with her mind. No marker would be left to take in while she listened to what it was the Kazekage had said.

However, she couldn’t help herself as she leaned aro und a bit and looked to the ones that didn’t trust them.



With a smile and wink, she’d move back to listen in about the rest of the instructions.

The scroll had intrigued her for a bit but knew that she would be best to not touch it. Knowing her, she’d ask some creature where the best place to find food was. That wouldn’t help them at all. However, the longer they stood in the area, the more images were coming to Nali from below her feet. It was beginning to become distracting. Very distracting. She was only too grateful for when they were able to move out once more. At least it would give her a bit of a break while they walked to the tent.

She’d walk inside and go to the pack that was to be hers. Taking her coffin backpack off, she’d place it on the table as she once more went through all the contents that were in it. Her fingers moved through all her medical supplies and placed more in there from the pack along with more food. She’d take a moment to make sure that all the supplies were ready for them to take in the morning. It was perhaps the one thing so far that she actually did to help the group.

Like a small nagging voice in the back of her mind, she’d almost hear the Hyuga woman tell her to take care of her team at all cost. Personally, Nali had thought the woman to be off her rocker or had a split personality until she found out about the daughter that had died here the year ago. She understood why she was pushed so hard by the woman afterward. Especially being a year older than the woman’s daughter. There was no item that she would over look. Everything was placed as it should be and ready to go.

With a sigh, she knew this was going to be a long night for her. The voices of the dead were all too talkative for her tonight. She’d look to the others that were with her and nodded her head a bit. This was the time that she was going to be able to have for one last bit of prep before they were going to be leaving. With the recipe committed to memory, Nali took out the ingredient she had packed away and began with her work for making ration pills. It was true that she had some, but the ones that she had would not be of any use to anyone if she had gotten separated from her team. Grinding together the ingredients, she made sure that her companions would never know of the protein rich insects that she placed in there. But they would thank her for them later. She’d take the time to craft and mold each of the pills into small balls while she looked to those that were sleeping around her. Each ball was crafted with care and urgency. This was no time to play around as one of these things could mean the life of one of her teammates. When she had finished, she’d place two in a plastic bag and tie it off. Then did that twice more and placed each bag into her teammates’ bags. She’d tell them about the pills in the morning.

But there was no rest for the girl that heard the stories from a year ago. Images came flashing through her mind as she walked out of the tent and sat on the ground looking up to the night sky. So many faces she had come to recognize with the flashing images. The story being told no longer entertained her as it now gave her information as to why they were there. Whoever came up with the saying ‘Dead men tell no tales.’ had obviously never listened to the dead speak. Because they talked more than most. Her silver hues caught the glimpse of a beetle crawling across the ground and she grinned. “Oh yeah. That’s what I’m talking about.” She said with a grin as she reached down and picked up the large sand beetle. She’d hold it for a few moments, looking over the color of it and the way it was different from the ones in the Leaf. “I love exotic food,” she said to herself as she popped the beetle into her mouth and began to chew thinking to herself about how it held a small hint of almond. Her eyes looked to the moon that watched over head and silently she said a soft prayer that their Priestess would be safe through the night as she had asked every night since she and her family left the Land of Demons. One day, she’d make the trip back to her home land. But that was some time from now.

With a sigh, she got up and walked back into the tent. Her eyes looked to her sleeping companions before she moved to take her own bed and roll it out. Slipping beneath the blankets, she’d close her eyes only to see the images more vividly and with greater detail with her head being that much closer to the ground. Story time was going to come if she wanted it or not. Her eyes opened once more as if to check on her team while the soft snores of Zango was heard. She’d listen to the heavy breathing of Seika and then would listen for Kin. With her focus being on those three things, she’d have to rely on the others to guard her. But with any luck, their sleeping sounds would allow her to drift off to sleep.