Board Thread:Konoha Arc/@comment-25687356-20161209152646/@comment-30269418-20161210051248

Rena, despite her burns, had once again escaped the hospital's grasp. Her restlessness disallowed her to stay trapped within the white walls for long. She breathed in the air deeply as if she had been underground for the longest time, whilist in reality she'd been feeling trapped in the first place. However, the hospital was more lively, better than her home. If she could call it that. Dog walked by her side. She'd gotten him through the window without much trouble, although her bandages were in disarray.

Something would catch her eye; what was that? She stepped closer and squinted to read, despite her burned side being hard to see through; a recruitment poster? Perhaps it was worth checking out. Today, she'd pretend to be normal. As if none of the things that'd happened had happened. For some reason, in being this way, she felt freer than she did when she was holding back her emotions. She knelt and Dog came to her, and she ruffled his fur. "Hey, boy, do you wanna go check it out? Might be something cool." Of course, being her, she only wanted to see what it was about out of curiousity. She didn't read the entire thing. With a bark as the response, she assumed it was a yes. Today, she wasn't a shinobi. She was a normal girl.

She'd follow the directions on the paper, brushing her hair over her left eye so it would cover the burns on her face. With that, she'd be standing at the gates. She'd look to see a girl and a boy, who she didn't remember in the slightest, leaning in to peek through the entrance, who'd seemingly arrived at the same time she did. There was some people waiting at the entrance, too, and she nervously pushed her hair to the side to cover the left side of her face. It seemed like an interesting event was going on. Now that she wasn't holding back anymore, curiousity was okay... right? It was something normal girls did, right? Dog would trot ahead, sniffing around the entrance of the gate. She'd follow him in, as curious as he was. The area looked very pretty, in her opinion. One man sitting in the chairs seemed to be pretty relaxed. She didn't approach.

Of course, another man was already there before her and was talking the men sitting in the chairs. These people all looked familiar... a knock resounded on the gate, which she hadn't bothered knocking on. Was that considered rude? She sighed. Maybe she should've stayed in the hospital rather than being up and about... her social skills were still lacking. She was still hanging around closer to the entrance than the people who were talking. Maybe she should leave... however, Dog seemed to trot right up to the people who were conversing, and she chased after him, reaching out for him with the arm that had exposed burns. "S-sorry, he won't listen to me..."

Another two seemed to enter the fray. There were so many people. All Rena did was cling to Dog, unsure of what to do next. She felt like she was too close to these people for comfort. More than wary, she tried to get away by getting up and walking away, but Dog would not follow her. He stayed rooted to the same spot no matter how hard she pulled on his collar. "Come on, we're bothering them!" Of all times he chose not to listen to her, he chose now?! She felt panicked. Already, her appearance was an issue. She felt self-concious, unable to focus on anything other than getting out of there.

Finally she gave up, sitting on the ground and sighing. It was clear Dog wanted her to stay. She fixed the bandages on her right forearm, trying to hide all of the burns that were unhealed unlike her burned left arm and side of her face. She was nervous, shaking. They'd probably pay no attention to her. Yeah, that was how this was gonna end. She felt like she was going to break into tears at any moment. The leader of a clan was here, too. Her face was red as she felt embarassed to even be in the presence of someone like that, especially in her current state.