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One thing that was becoming a major issue, it was slow but it was sure. The temperature of the shed was increasing, this place was just meant to house tools, not be a comfortable living space. So as Meril began shifting boxes aside, she really began to feel the heat. Her body was coated with sweat from both the work and the late noon sun beating down overhead. She at least found what she was looking for, a couple of hammers, including a claw hammer, and a decent bag of screwdrivers.

All those tools were useless though unless she intended on breaking her way out, and she wasn't that ****, not yet. As she continued shifting boxes aside though she came across something interesting, a small trap door in the floor of the shed. It seemed like it was intended to be hidden, but between her searching and the ravages of time, it had become more obvious where the door was hidden.

"Well...finally my lucky day..." Meril said, grinning from ear to ear as she tested the door. And it was not locked, even luckier now. Eager to escape, the dirty sweaty nude girl pulled the trap door wide open and headed down. In the chamber there was barely enough room to crouch, and worse still, the only passage was a crawlspace tunnel "Now I regret not watching all of The Great Escape..." She muttered to herself, seeing no other option she headed in.

The crawlspace wasn't terrible, sure it had a floor of dirt, the ceiling too, but the structure was sturdy. Sure it was dark and stuffy, but she had a flashlight, the stuffiness however was a pretty big con. While the sun's heat didn't touch down here, the atmosphere was thick and stank...mostly of Meril herself "Ugh, I need a shower after..." She panted, crawling along with little idea how far she'd gone or how far she had left to go.

Rather suddenly the tunnel gave way to a larger space, Meril tumbling head first out of her escape tunnel out into. Getting to her feet and checking for injuries, she shone the flashlight around to investigate her new surroundings. As the picture of her environment grew clearer she realised she was inside a horizontal concrete tube, an old drainage pipe. The walls seemed dry enough that she was confident with it being old, though there was still a faint flow of water. Meril was not too eager to stick her toe into it, or to give it an experimental smell, so she simply followed the water flow.

"These pipes flow downhill to an exit right?" Meril asked out loud, before letting out a sigh at herself "Yeah, thanks voice in my head, you're a real help" The nude girl grumbled, feeling dirt and sweat slowly trickle down her naked form, yeah, she needed a shower after this.

Meril did not need to walk far for her persistence to be rewarded, as she rounded a corner she came face to face with daylight. Filled with relief she scrambled to the exit, stopping just short of it when she realised that there was a short drop down into a very shallow section of river. Instead she opted to head to the side, hopping onto a small outcropping from where she could walk up onto the river shoreline.

Happy with having survived her shed, living to tell about it and coming out with prizes, Meril just slumped back onto the grass and sat down to take a breath. Giving herself a short look over she confirmed that she looked worse than she felt. Her skin was caked in dirt and dust, the spots that weren't were heavy in sweat. Her feet were just black, up to her ankles in dirt and whatever else she's been stepping in.

"Fuck I knew life in the country was a bit dirty but this is insane..." The nude girl slumped back even further, unsure even where she was. She couldn't just lay down here, sitting back up she looked around and noticed something that caught her eye. Grabbing her tools Meril headed up river, being careful not to slip in. She eventually found herself at a decently sized waterfall.

Dropping her tools onto the grass, Meril went in. She headed for a spot that had flat ground but also was under the water flow, the water made her gasp loudly, she wasn't expecting it to be so cold, but did what she could with what she had. Running her hands over her nude body, Meril worked the dirt loose, washing sweat away, getting rid of any impurities. She had to admit, washing herself under a waterfall like this, in such a natural environment was incredibly freeing, she was feeling at one with the world around her and genuinely felt at peace.