Post by Yuki Kameko on May 16, 2015 16:40:19 GMT -5
It had been a week since Yuki started her recent patrol. This time she had decided upon taking a trip through Japan. The weather had at least been mostly favorable: warm on most days and so far it had only rained once. Only when it had rained had the skies been cloudy. She had traveled from village to village and so far she had saved three more Hollows. They were quite weak when compared to her so it wasn’t as though she had any difficulty with them.
Ah, finally! It seems like today will be a great day! Yuki had finally arrived at some place which was well suited towards resting: a hot springs resort! Her waraji clicked quietly as she made her way up a long set of old wooden stairs. She took in a deep breath, admiring the fresh woodland air and the cool breeze that swept through the great maze of trees surrounding her. It took a couple of minutes to reach the top of the hill where the old resort was located. She stopped outside of the front doors. Right. I’m not in my gigai.
After crouching down briefly Yuki leapt up onto the rooftop, landing softly. She made her way towards the back of the building and at this point she extended out her sensory range in order to detect the spiritual presence of those around her. Let’s see here. We’ve got two people at the front of the building. Humans. They are probably the owners. Wait. Is that..? Yuki stopped and looked ahead towards the direction of the hot springs themselves. It is a Hollow. It also feels off somewhat. So this is another one of those evolved Hollows. It feels so weak though! The owners are still alive so I doubt it has come here to feed.
The wolf Shinigami smiled cheerfully, tail swiping roughly through the air behind her. I might be able to hold a decent conversation today! And if I don’t I can probably dispatch of it pretty quickly. I doubt I would even need my zanpakuto. Now that is a little too risky. You would rather I bring you with? I’ll be naked. I’ve seen everything. Oh. Right. Um, what if something naughty happens? I doubt it. Besides, even if you didn’t bring the sword I am still technically here within you. I guess. Well it would be strange to bring a sword into the springs, wouldn’t it? Who cares. Would it be rude? Probably not. Oh. Well, fine then!
She carefully stepped to the back edge of the resort before dropping down. After entering the women’s changing area she promptly stripped away all but her eyepatch, carefully folding each piece of clothing into her normal bundle before setting the wrapped package of cloth away into one of the wooden lockers. Yuki moved over and took a seat upon one of the stools. Soap was applied to rub clean any dirt that was on her body and then she rinsed herself off with some water. Once she was finally cleaned up she grabbed a silk bathing robe, wrapping it around her body in order to cover herself up. It was only polite after all. Some people were prudes even in these casual settings.
Yuki grabbed her zanpakuto which was, at the moment, sheathed. Finally she ventured out into the springs area. They were shared between both genders and currently only she and the evolved Hollow were present. Steam rose up heavily, obscuring her vision enough so that she could not quite make out the Hollow from a distance. At the moment she was keeping her spiritual energy as low as she possibly could, as she didn’t wish to scare it off.
When she reached the edge of the water she carefully slid herself in, exhaling gently in relief as the hot liquid brushed across her form. This feels incredible! I really need to do this more often! It is like a massive bath! Anyways, I’ve got to focus now. First thing is first: I need to make certain that this Hollow isn’t going to just attack me. It would be foolish but you never know, it could be hiding its power.
As short as she was it was easy for Yuki to disappear completely underneath the water. She carefully swam over towards where she felt the Hollow was located. When she reached a couple meters distance from it she popped only her head out from out of the water. Greeting the Hollow was a crimson gaze in her right eye, an eyepatch covering her left, onyx black hair which now flowed out around her, and a pair of equally dark wolf ears. She wore a completely neutral expression spoke up in an equally calm neutral voice. “Hello. I am Yuki Kameko of the fifth division.”