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[Action: Where the rivers meet in the village]

[Sakura's arrival in Luceti comes with a short, bitten-off yell of surprise and a splash as she drops into the icy water. The white-clad figure vanishes underwater, then reappears, struggling, fighting to surface long enough to catch her breath. It's shockingly cold, iced over in places -- although thankfully not where she fell -- and even if she knows nothing else yet, she knows she must get out of the water.]

[Flailing, gasping, reeling in shock from the sudden cold, it's extremely difficult for her to get atop the water as a ninja would normally go -- but she's too cold to swim properly, she knows that all too well, and with the ice besides, she has no other choice.]

[She's proud of her own strength and control, and she makes herself display it now, pushing up out of the water and working her way until she is balanced by chakra on the surface.]

[Now, though, she's exposed to the bitter air, soaking wet, with nothing but a thin, backless white dress to cover her. And she's freezing.]

[She makes her way toward the shore, where there's a journal waiting for her. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a warm blanket or anything like one. Just the journal, with her name on it, and a biting chill to the air.]

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[Sakura's hair is is still damp when her face appears on the journals. She's managed to get dry and warmed up -- and much more warmly dressed than when she arrived -- but she looks disoriented, worried, and worn.]

I don't know what this place is, where it is, why it is. I'm not sure I even want to speculate. But if there's anyone... familiar out there, anyone who knows me -- I'm here.

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Head for community building 1 when you get done there.

It will be marked? [She hasn't had much time to look at the buildings - and hasn't wanted to stick her nose back outside until she's fully warmed up and dry.]

It will. Most of your compatriots have apartments in the building. It just turned out that way, so don't ask why.

I guess people like to stick close to the ones they know.

... How many of us are here? Konoha-nin, Suna-nin...?

Several of you. One of me.

Oh. I'm sorry to hear that you're alone, Temari...

[Even if it's a better thing that her brothers are still in their world where they belong.]

Don't worry about it. Just get yourself settled in.

Just settle in, like that?

For now.

And settle in. For there's nothing else I can do, particularly.

[Is it strange that of all of them, it's Temari's presence that tells her that?]

Not right now.

[Strange or not, Temari would be a little flattered.]

But later, perhaps?

[That implication has her attention.]

Perhaps. There are... variables. [Variables which do not need to be talked about over the journals.]

Variables?

... I see. [She's a smart cookie.]

I'll see you around, right? [Where they can talk privately.]

Building one.

Got it. See you soon, then.

[So Temari's there too, hm? Sakura smiles at that, and just closes the journal, looking forward to running into her in person.]

[And Temari closes her journal too - and goes to hanging around in the fourth floor kitchen. Walking the hallways. Generally being visible.]

[It isn't too terribly much longer before Sakura shows up; the building isn't much to explore, and she makes her way up through the floors until she catches sight of Temari.]

Temari? There you are!

[Temari's lucky - or observant, she'll go with observant - enough to catch movement (and a flash of pink) before Sakura speaks. She turns in time to see the greeting and raises a hand to return it, then jerks her thumb toward the kitchen.]

[It's something of a brusque response, but Sakura doesn't know Temari well enough to know whether it's unusual or not, so she nods and heads to the kitchen as indicated.]

I'm not sure if it's right to say I'm glad to see you or not. Familiar faces, but...

[Temari leans against the counter, watching Sakura carefully.]

But it means you're here. Don't worry about it. It's not that bad.

Isn't it?

[Sakura looks toward Temari, then shakes her head.]

Being kidnapped from home, having my body altered without my knowledge, being trapped here...

[Temari nods. Yeah, she knows. Her hand drifts to her neck, where she taps the back of it.] There's a barcode too. Right there.

[It's the cherry on the sundae, and Sakura fights the urge to slam a fist into whatever surface is closest. She doesn't need to be doing property damage just yet, as much as it would let out some of her feelings.]

Barcodes. Wings. Dumping me in a frozen river! What the hell is this place?

[Temari's hand drops and she shrugs.] Not everyone gets dumped in a river. [Though she did get dumped in a lake once.]

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