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[dangerouswind]

[She has no idea how long she's been gone, but Temari is fairly certain that it had to be more than just a handful of days. Everything hurts, and she has a pretty good idea why. This is what she gets for losing her temper, maybe; the Malnosso don't seem to take kindly to such vehement displays of distaste for their methods, it seems. She's wearing

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[action?]

[forestpride]

[Even the thick underbrush doesn't hide you from everyone. Especially someone who's being especially watchful for new arrivals.

So soon, Temari will have a wolf (...a very human-looking one!) eyeing her though a gap in the brush]

[action!]

[dangerouswind]

[Hello, girl who started her out of her wits. Have a Temari staring right back at you. No weapon, no nothing, and this is just not good.]

Need something?

[She refuses to scurry backward or do a damned thing beside simply return that gaze with a level one of her own.]

[action!]

[forestpride]

I can take you to one of those human waiting houses.

[she's not big on small talk]

[action]

[dangerouswind]

[Like she's trusting someone she's never met with her injured self.]

I'm all right.

[Filtered]

[its_troublesome]

[Yes, consider that filter bumped to 100%, though it takes about thirty minutes in case someone wants to hack that after the post goes up, because he's not exactly glued to his journal.

The message itself now. He'd be lying if he said it isn't worrying. Not only is she asking for help, she's being completely straightforward about it. Very un-Temari of her.]

Tell me where.

[Filtered]

[dangerouswind]

[Oh, there you are, Shikamaru. She was about to get up and start trying to move on her own.

And, yes. She's asking for help. She's exhausted and, quite frankly, feels like shit.]

Southwest of the village, I think. [Even hurting like hell, she can still give directions. It was kind of a necessary talent.] North of a New Feather station.

[Filtered]

[its_troublesome]

[There are four New Feather stations - he's passed by all of them at some point - and of these, only one of them is actually in the forest. At least something is going right, then. That's closer to the village than it might have been.]

All right, I'm on my way. [He wonders if he should wait for Chouji to chime in over the journals... or contact her brother before he goes, maybe. First things first, though.] How bad off are you?

[Filtered]

[dangerouswind]

[How bad off is she? That's a good question -- and not one she really wants to answer. She can't not answer, though, and she does need the help.

... She's too tired for this.]

I asked for help, didn't I? [Pause. Like that gives him any information.] ... Bad enough. I'm exhausted, I'm cold, and I hurt.

[ all up in that filter ]

[savethelastchip]

Of course. [ Luckily Shikamaru is much more on the ball than he was today. Maybe they should set up a constant shinobi journal watch :|;; ]

[ all up in that filter ]

[dangerouswind]

Thanks. Shikamaru's on his way. [It's quiet. Tired. And Temari agrees with this idea. More than you know.]

[ all up in that filter ]

[savethelastchip]

Good.

How are you?

[ still filtered forever ]

[dangerouswind]

'm all right. Tired as hell. Nothing too bad.

[Yes, Chouji. She's sort of lying to you, but the last thing she wants to do is actually, you know, tell the truth about it all.]