Zone D -- The Foam

[The Future Warrior]

For a while, her raincoat did its job and kept her safe and (mostly) dry, warding off the worst of the rain. The wind? Not so much. Not at all, really. It kept blowing into her face and the occasional leaf or bit of other jungle-esque detritus would catch her. It was incredibly irritating. But she was too focused, too laser-guided and bent on her task, to let it bother her. She just had to keep her mind zeroed in on where she was going and why she was going there, to avoid dwelling on the fact that she was headed back out into the water. That was probably even rougher by now. And probably over her head out where she was headed to. It wasn't going to be pleasant at all, but there was going to be an item dropping out there, and she was going to get it!

Of course, her excitement and focus was all well and good, but it didn't do much to keep her dry. This time, at least, she was starting to wise up. Her clothes, made more or less out of the same stuff as her body was, still eld onto water irritatingly well. Especially her scarf. And her gloves and boots had a tendency to get full of water and slosh around, getting soggy and unpleasant quite quickly. To say nothing of her pants and vest. To such an end, as she neared the water, she stopped when it was scarcely ankle deep, and let out a deep breath. Retreating back under the (relative) cover of the jungle growth, she started to remove it all, piece by piece. Gloves first. Scarf next. Boots followed. Her vest went next. Belt was unbuckled, and pants came off. All of it was wrung out, as much water as possible removed, and then folded up and stored in the backpack she'd been using. And then it, too, went the way of her tablet. Pressed against her torso, which spread out to just seemingly absorb it, storing it...well, inside of her, well away from any water. It would be good and dry, whatever happened to her.

That sorted, she gave a quick stretch, finding it...a little strange to be not wearing anything at all, but dismissing it. It would be convenient, if she was going out in the water again. Besides, not like anyone was around. With only brief moment to fetch and re-check her syntech tablet to confirm her direction, she stored it away again and was off, bounding out from the trees and into the water, heading out into the deeper flooded area. No sense being slow about it.

Graowr moving from D7 to D11