1 Counting Sand (Invite only, No kill) Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:27 pm
Sili
D-rank
Sili sat in a corner of the sandy arena cross-legged, her robe's slack collected beneath her in a haphazard pile of cloth. She brushed her hand through sand on the ground in front of her, letting it sift through her fingers as she slowly formed trenches and piles. Where did all this sand come from? I can't believe how much of this stuff is here. I wonder how much there actually is? Sili took a handful of sand in her right hand and sat up straight, presenting it in front of her. She used her left hand to pick out individual grains and threw them behind her as she counted.
One, two, three, four, five, six... She counted several hundred grains before giving up. Hm, if that little bit had so many grains in it, then that means... She looked around her, taking in the vast quantity of sand that composed the arena. Wow. Sili dropped the sand and watched as it poured out her hand slowly, forming a granulated waterfall crashing to the ground below. She picked up some more sand and repeated this, smiling. She tried to measure how fast it took the sand to reach the ground, and after a few tries got it somewhat consistent. A third of a second. She was almost right, off by about five tenths and god knows how many smaller fractions. She continued playing in the sand, though often stopped to look around her. Thirsty, thirsty. No water was in sight, and the air of Sunagakure was discouragingly dry. She looked overhead and saw no clouds, only a brightly lit sun beating down on her as it had been. She winced as she tried to make out its details, but it was too much for her. She fell backwards onto the ground, then proceeded to move her arms and legs about to push the sand around her body. She laughed, remembering doing something similar in a land far up North, here the weather was much colder and the air not so dry.
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One, two, three, four, five, six... She counted several hundred grains before giving up. Hm, if that little bit had so many grains in it, then that means... She looked around her, taking in the vast quantity of sand that composed the arena. Wow. Sili dropped the sand and watched as it poured out her hand slowly, forming a granulated waterfall crashing to the ground below. She picked up some more sand and repeated this, smiling. She tried to measure how fast it took the sand to reach the ground, and after a few tries got it somewhat consistent. A third of a second. She was almost right, off by about five tenths and god knows how many smaller fractions. She continued playing in the sand, though often stopped to look around her. Thirsty, thirsty. No water was in sight, and the air of Sunagakure was discouragingly dry. She looked overhead and saw no clouds, only a brightly lit sun beating down on her as it had been. She winced as she tried to make out its details, but it was too much for her. She fell backwards onto the ground, then proceeded to move her arms and legs about to push the sand around her body. She laughed, remembering doing something similar in a land far up North, here the weather was much colder and the air not so dry.
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