#rain village

[thetombraidersguild]

2025 Lunar New Year Exchange

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[bladedweaponsandswishycoats]

Sunbathing and fishing! I'm not saying he's basically just described retirement in Rain Village in DMBJ, but I'm not not saying that.

I bet they'd love foot baths too.

[vxmpire-vxlle]

Amegakure.

[sharkbeneaththelotus]

Xiaoge returns from the mountain, with a basket of foraged goods, fresh and unusual and most of them only familiar from previous years, when he would do the same at camp, and hand them silently over to Pangzi, by the fire. But this time they are home, and they have weekly deliveries to Xilaiman, and no one is at risk of ever being hungry.

But they're delicious, delicate herbs that no one has learned to cultivate, vegetables that bruise and wilt and cannot be transported by truck, but can be carried down the mountain, wrapped in rush leaves to cushion them from each other. Unique flavors and textures and aromas, and the air of quiet satisfaction around their friend.

Pangzi washes them in the cold of the spring, doesn't let treated water touch them, and cooks the most delicious, fragrant broths, marinades chickens with the herbs, roasts the roots to eat with their skins still covered in ash, dipped in salt and still steaming.

Xiaoge never takes a basket out with him, too bulky, perhaps, for the way he likes to fly through the forest and over the rocks, but he always returns with one. Sometimes woven from the rushes that grow anywhere water pools, sometimes from the palm shaped fronds of a tree fern. Sewn, sometimes, with cord made from the twined vines of climbing plants. Always strong, and neat and beautiful, subtle decorations woven in, chevron and plait and braid.

Wu Xie hangs them to dry on the north wall of the courtyard, their green leaves turning golden in the sunshine, and they use them for harvesting the garden, for collecting the eggs, as fish baskets and crab traps and just because they're beautiful doesn't mean they're not useful, so they use them until they break apart. Because after all, Xiaoge is always making more.

[lunarriviera]

the subtle fire (5620 words) by lunarriviera fandom: 盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei, 终极笔记 | Ultimate Note (TV), 沙海 | Tomb of the Sea (TV) rating: E warnings: no archive warnings apply relationships: Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling characters: Wang Pangzi, Huo Xiangu, Hei Xiazi, Xie Yuchen, Su Wan tags: Rain Village, Retirement, Domestic Bliss, The Iron Triangle, original feline character, Cooking, POV Zhang Qiling, Peace series: Part 8 of untitled pingxie project summary:

Wu Xie came up behind them and draped himself on Xiaoge’s shoulders, obstructing his movement efficiently. “Come outside with me,” he said into Xiaoge’s ear. “Pangzi can dry.” “Yes, Pangzi can dry,” said Pangzi. He sighed loudly, dramatically. “By all means! Go outside, look at the moon, look at the stars.” “Okay,” said Xiaoge. He folded the dish towel.

[solemg]

Amegakure

Well, I finally understand Krita

[jwldreamer]

The rain village

[sovietpostcards]

"Spring Rain. The Beginning of May" by Eduard Vyrzhikovsky (1958)

[n64retro]

どうぶつの森  Dōbutsu no Mori  Animal Forest / Animal Crossing Nintendo EAD Nintendo 64, Gamecube 2001, 2002

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: acalmwalk

[peachdelta]

i got three drunk men heart events in a row in the same night for some reason

[margocooper]

Надвигающийся на горы и поселок шторм. Сентябрь 24. A storm is approaching the mountains and the village. September 24.

[useless-catalanfacts]

A stormy afternoon over the village of Fórnols (High Pyrenees, Catalonia).

Video by the photographer Marc Santaeulàlia Joval on his Instagram landscape_the_world.

[enigmatic-rain]

I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Maggie Robertson today! She was SO sweet and I’m so glad I was able to finish the crochet Lady D I was working on in time to give it to her! (She gave me a bracelet in return which I’m still not over :,)

[lunarriviera]

a world of water and crystal by lunarriviera [ao3]

relationship: Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling words: 3837 fandom: 盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei, 怒海潜沙&秦岭神树 | Explore with the Note & The Lost Tomb (TV), 盗墓笔记重启 | The Lost Tomb Reboot (TV), 终极笔记 | Ultimate Note (TV) rating: mature warnings: no archive warnings apply characters: Wang Pangzi, A-Tou, Bai Haotian tags: Rain Village, Yucun, retirement, established relationship, domestic fluff, aging, memory loss, amnesia, mortality series: part 6 of untitled pingxie project

If that had been all, maybe Wu Xie wouldn’t have ever noticed, or said anything. Xiaoge’s voice was a little rougher, maybe; a little deeper. The crinkles at the corners of his eyes lasted a little longer, when he smiled. But that winter the rains turned chill and savage, and often pelted the unwary with tiny pellets of ice. And it was that winter that Xiaoge got sick for the first time.

[solemg]

So, a little explanation as to why Nagato chose to "believe" Naruto.

To begin with, let's outline Nagato's past after the death of Yahiko (yes, this is important!)

1) at the age of 16-17 he becomes the ruler of the country of Rain.

2) Many times they try to kill him.

3) Throughout this time, he has to endure Konan, his disability and also be the leader of Akatsuki.

Regarding the latter, it can be said with confidence that the whole strategy and tactics of both development and combat lay on him. Well, do you remember how mediocre Obito is in this?

4) Along with this, he needs to carefully hide his person and interact with other countries and villages, including with the Fog, in which Obito was for some time

So, now we consider a different situation - Jiraiya comes to Rain. Yes, as a spy. Yes, he most likely killed several people. Yes, he kidnapped one person.

But - in the world of Naruto everything is decided by strength, which Nagato understands perfectly well. Therefore, Rain itself is endangered by at least Konoha. This is one of the reasons Konoha was destroyed.

But then Naruto appears.

Naruto, who conditionally alone (well, before that Nagato fought with the targets of the village, then destroyed it) was able to win this fight.

Naruto is a strong shinobi, with huge support in the form of friends from strong and influential clans (Ningendo on Shizune easily allowed him to find out this information), and a Hyuga girl who is in love with Naruto himself.

Naruto wants to become Hokage and is very likely to become one, as there is a clear pattern: the title of Hokage is inherited by students of strong shinobi.

Naruto listens to Nagato, easily accepts and absorbs everything he says, and then Nagato himself becomes an authority for Naruto.

And the country of Rain, in which so much has been invested, is still in danger.

Nagato himself is exhausted, Konan is a worthless piece of paper in such an environment. And in the Rain, "Madara" is waiting, who knows absolutely nothing about either tactics or strategy. And in general - the war.

Meanwhile, Nagato is the only antagonist who has shown that he has a clear understanding of how the world around him works and what exactly the problem is. And, alas, this problem is fundamentally unsolvable. Allows him to see this, of course, the experience of ruling in the Rain, his knowledge of history and his own intelligence (the dude controls a bunch of corpses at the same time, analyzing all the information received, coordinating their actions. For this, he should have something like a quantum computer instead of a brain XD)

The most logical option is to surrender to Naruto. For his own military support - to resurrect the dead.