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Tori: EP = 109, PP = 83, Status = Fine
The waters of the fast-running stream were warmer than usual. Tori's makeup made her unusually sensitive to changes in temperature, and the slime could discern even slight changes in the purity and warmth of fluids that passed around her, and this was a stream that she had crossed many times before. It was a frequent place where the slime would see creatures drinking, but they often ran from her before she could get close. Today, however, she was seemingly in luck. The current would often sweep her along a bit as she crossed the running water, normally a small concern given her aimless wanderings, and this time it brought her along a path in which she would be able to hear voices well before their owners came into view.
"We haven't seen Master Fring for over four days.... Do you think he meant it when he said we had to stay out here for a whole month?" said one, the voice of a male but not of a fully grown man, though Tori might not know the difference. "Of course he meant it!" another voice replied, this one that of a girl but, like the other, not belonging to one who had fully reached maturity yet. "We've got to prove ourselves capable of surviving on our own, it's one of the most important parts of our training!" the female snapped, clearly annoyed with her counterpart. By then Tori had drifted far enough that she would be able to see them then, but the two humans were too busy to notice the dormant slime at the time. The male was crouched by the side of the river, cleaning out a small metal pan in the running water, but had turned his gaze from his task to glare sharply back at his female companion. He was dark of hair and of the average height of the locals, and was well evidently quite well muscled judging by what she could see of him. The girl was standing over him while hanging clothing over a string tied between two trees on the riverbank, and looked to be a head taller than the boy while similarly possessed of dark hair, though his was cut extremely short while hers was left long, albeit tied up so that it would hang down her back rather than block her vision.
Both wore the same outfit, a pair of light brown but loose trousers and a light blue vest that parted in the middle, with a red sash around their waist and the symbol of a red rose on their left breast. The girl's vest was a bit tighter than the boy's, causing her breasts to make the part of her vest lower, and while the displayed cleavage was certainly distracting given the slime's preference for them, they weren't quite big enough to captivate her completely. They didn't seem to be doing much for her male counterpart either, as he glared up at her and said; "There is no need to snap, Sako. I just thought that he would check up on us, and am starting to grow concerned that he had not. The road from here to the Monastery is dangerous to walk alone, even for one as skilled as Master Fring." The woman, Sako, turned from her task to frown at her male counterpart and said; "You have no need to worry over it Orin, Master Fring is quite capable of defending himself. And I wouldn't snap if you did a little bit less complaining and a little bit more helping!"
The two stood the glaring at one another as Tori floated closer, and the slime could easily float over towards the bank where they were standing if she wished. She could even reach the bushes directly beside them if she hurried and pushed against the current, but it would take a great deal of effort. She could simply go straight toward them instead, but they would likely notice that. The bank downstream from them was relatively clear as well, offering little cover for her to hide in. Of course, the floating slime could just as easily keep floating along, minding her own business.
