A greenhouse wasn't exactly a popular attraction in Sunagakure. It didn't store many beautiful and gracious flowers. It was all medicinal stuff cared by medical-nins and some commoners. And a 16 year old girl had nothing of interest waiting her in the greenhouse. Sunagakure wasn't very fertile, thus young people didn't develop an interest in growing herbs and other plants which required delicate care, exactly like caring after a pet or a sibling.

Till now Sun had only heard about this place. Maybe she had noticed it with the corner of her eye while strolling in Suna's streets. She had never visited it though. Today it was about to change, as you could guess. She had planned to go to the greenhouse and meet someone there. It could be anyone, she just hoped that this person knew something about the medicinal plants since she didn't. It was a bit embarrassing because she was soon to be a medical-nin herself, but she had zero knowledge on healthy brews or plants that could be used in remedies or ointments. Sun could only use already prepared stuff like things found in first aid kit.

She was excited to meet someone new in the greenhouse. She was also wearing special clothes today. A white blouse and long blue skirt. She hoped that these clothes would be easier to notice once she was inside the greenhouse. Her pace was faster than usually. She was flying in her dreams and also flying on her way to her destination. Her impression was jumping on emotions when she saw the greenhouse only from outside. It was not green!!! There was nothing green about it! It was transparent but not really. You could see through the glass house (why wasn't it called glasshouse, it would be much more precise title for this building), but not really since all windows were dripping with water. Even the air outside was more humid than in other places in Sunagakure. You could distinguish some higher and lower plants in the house. You could see that there were flowers after all, there were bushes and other things. But it was time to enter and give it all a close inspection. When she touched the handle, she first instinctively took her hand off - she was surprised to find it wet too.

The door was light and opened up easy. Sun was hyped to peek in through the slightest gap when she opened the door. It was nothing like she had expected. In fact, she couldn't imagine what she hadn't seen before. The soil in Sunagakure was sand. It was infertile. The greenest space you could find was oasis which in fact grew near the waterfall point. But the green stuff inside was oasis cubed. Now it was clear why this place was called a greenhouse.

Sunagakure citizens couldn't see something like this all that often. Maybe in other villages they were able to grew stuff on the ground, but in Suna it was just sound. You can't really grow green vegetables from the ground. Best you can do are some shabby bushes, weeds and trees that take generations to grow. But greenhouse seemed something like a promised land. The humid air was to Sun's liking. It was hot just like outside, but the humid air was nice. It smelled fresh and that's what Sun felt tingling in her nostrils.

She was really afraid to go deeper inside the building alone. She had hoped there would people inside. Scientists, students, keepers that would offer her some instructions and guidance. But she couldn't notice any. There was a stone floor placed like pathway that people could follow without stepping in the soil and keeping their shoes clean. But the pathway soon split into two, and then again, revealing that it was actually a maze. What if the girl got lost here? Would she then be forced to survive grazing on plants? The closest plants she could identify were some flowers with orange, yellow and blue petals. Bushes with some red stuff in between the leaves. And in distance she could see a huge tree. It looked nothing like the trees that grew in the desert. This tree had greenish weird bark.

The tree looked like a nice spot to go closer to. But she still hadn't thought of a way to get back in case she was lost. She started wandering about, but never went too far from the entrance. So far her silly concerns dominated her and she was afraid to go much further.
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"Errands, errands, errands. Always with the damn errands. What am I, fuckin' slave? Don't even get paid for this shit..." Zaiaku would mutter to himself as he walked through the sand-laden streets of Sunagakure. Old, dirty sneakers adorned his feet while he wore a pair of raggedy, blue jeans. This was coupled with simple white tank-top. Upon his waist was his headband, functioning almost like a belt. His clawed hands were balled up into fists as he huffed about, searching for a certain building. "Oh please, I need it! Just this one time!" He would would say in a meek, mocking voice to himself. Most of the people who passed by him couldn't help but stare at the gray giant who was talking to himself. "frick you! Got two legs and two arms, go get it yourself."

Currently, Zaiaku is rather rustled due to a certain acquaintance having begged him to go to the Greenhouse to get some sort of plant. Apparently the specimen was a crucial ingredient for the new poison he was trying concoct and since he was so busy regulating everything, he called upon Zaiaku for help. "Piece of....motherfuckin'..." Who doesn't seem so happy about it, mainly because its his day-off and the fact it was particularly scorching today. Thus, the brassy behemoth was in a rather bad mood. "Where even is the damn building..." He would say through his fangs as he continuously (and rather aimlessly) searched. After a few turning of corners and almost tripping, he eventually laid his eyes on what he thought was the Greenhouse. Big place, made of glass, plants inside. With the simple thought of "Finally" going through his mind, he readily entered the structure only be left in mild awe.

He had never actually been in here before, not until now. Never saw the need too. Flowers of multiple different colors and shadings, vegetables that grew out of the ground, fruits he had never seen before. All was in this enclosed space. His anger slightly fading, he would quickly regain himself and with a spit at the ground, he would move onward. And by onward, I mean he took a few steps forward before seeing a short, blue skirted girl in-front of him. She seemed rather interested with a certain tree that was within the distance. Staring for only a few seconds, he would simply shrug. He doesn't know her and he doesn't want to get to know her. He was here to get something for some fool and get out. After all, whatever she was doing isn't any of his business. Following by that train of thought, Zaiaku would put his hands in his pockets, relax his posture, and simply begin walking past the girl, his eyes scanning for the plant his "friend" described.

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Sun was focused on inspecting different plants that grew around the place where she allowed herself to go. Ocassionally she still glanced her eyes to make sure the big tree was still visible. She seemed to be lost among all the flora around her. She just wanted to get know everything, she didn't even seem to remember her real objective here - to meet a new friend in the greenhouse.

Though the friend came even without Sun realizing it. A big guy was walking past her. And it was big, like Sun has never seen. He was at least a meter taller than the girl. And his skin color was unnaturally strange. Citizens in Suna do get tanned against their own will, but not burned. It seemed like the creature had rolled around in ash - so unnatural his skin was. Or maybe the girl had wandered into a zoo and just met some bipedal she had never seen before. Sun was definitely startled at what she just saw. She gasped and placed both her hands in front of her mouth to hide her voice. She was obviously scared:"Oh god, what is that thing!" she didn't try to raise her voice. But it was loud enough to attract any attention. Sun even tried to step back into a flower bed and hide behind a rose bush.

Of course she was scared and she still felt danger even though she had hidden behind the rose bush. She didn't risk looking up, but this thing was so big and tall, that it probably could see over the bush without even leaning over it. But it was no time to stress or attract unwanted attention, instead she made a creative approach. She picked her nose (this is not the creative part though) with a finger and immediately created a clone from her DNA - a snot. "Go confront him," the real Sun motivated her newly created clone. It quickly stepped back on the pathway and now was in the center of attention and it stood in front of the giant that had wandered into the greenhouse. Sun herself, meanwhile crawled back to take a better footing behind bigger ferns and bushes. She was now peeking through the leaves and carefully spying on her clone. Her clothes were easily noticeable through the leaves though. It was green background, but she has brown hair, white blouse and blue skirt - nothing of her blended in with the background. The big tree completely vanished from her mind, and she didn't even care to inspect the plants she had reached. They might be poisonous after all.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" the clone accusingly said and poked the creature with a finger. She could not poke very high, so she hit just above the stomach. Clone's finger didn't gain grey color however, so it was proven that it wasn't just ash on it's skin. This clone was a complete opposite of the real Sun. The clone was braver and could speak audibly enough to get attention from anyone who were closer than 20 meters. "Yeah, I'm talking to you, you..." even the clone struggled finding an appropriate adjective to describe the being in front of her and instead of finishing the sentence, she waited for this creature to introduce himself and to clarify the misunderstanding. If it was friendly, then it would be a huge mistake to make it mad. There was no telling what it could do when angered. Probably not just destroy the whole building, but much more.
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The creature didn't respond at all to what the clone was demanding. Another poke, this time hitting just the thigh. "Hey!" Clone insisted on gaining some attention. But this thing was just keeping it's pace and continuing to move on. It wasn't adoring any of the beautiful flowers or smelling rose bushes. It wasn't inspecting plants or looking for fruit trees. It's purpose here was unknown, but it looked like it knew what it was doing. Determined.

Confused, the clone was looking back at the real Sun to look for advice. Sun was just staring ahead and waiting for clone to gain creature's attention in some way. But everything was failing. Realizing that there was no more purpose left, the clone poofed into white smoke and disappeared. Sun now stood up and keeping her eyes on the creature, tried to get back on the pathway herself. Not looking at her feet she stomped some green patches and almost feel down three times by hitting roots with her feet.

After getting back on the pathway she was ready to look away from the creature and get away. Get out! Leave the greenhouse for good. Although this place made for a good maze, Sun didn't take any wrong turns and soon reached the glass doors that would lead her out. Again - no trace of ashes on the doorhandle. So it really wasn't just a big human who had rolled around in ashes.
Last time she looked back - to make sure the big thing wasn't getting ready to grab her by the neck. And to look at the scenery again. The big tree in the middle - she had completely forgotten about it. But this time it was the only thing she focused on. All the other flowers, trees, greenery and plants didn't stand out in the background as much as the huge tree did.

Sun opened the door and stepped out. The humid, cool air was replaced by the hot swelling sun and dry air. Her feet touched brown sand and not deeply black dirt. She saw nothing green in range her sight could reach. She felt sorry for she had to leave the greenhouse already.
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Total: 1755
Training:
Endurance from D-0 to D-3 1175/1175 + 150 ryo
Perception from D-1 to D-2 400/400 + 50 ryo
Leftovers: 180