Traditions Part 5

After enjoying just laying in the warm bath for a few minutes Pia turns off the still running water with her foot before sitting up, grabbing a nearby bottle of body wash and then begins rubbing it into her skin starting with her bare back and shoulders.

After thoroughly lathering her back and shoulders Pia squirts another few drops into her hands and begins to rub some onto her bare breasts and then her bare stomach.

As Pia continues to lather her body up with her cleansing body wash she can't help but notice how good it feels to be sitting naked in the bathtub filled with warm water and upon having that epiphany she realizes that despite how intense her older sisters and mom have told her the old family tradition she's going to be honoring starting at midnight in a few hours and lasting for the entire year between her 21st birthday tomorrow and her 22nd birthday which is one year and one day away is due to it involving her staying with the people of her island who keep to the old ways Pia realizes that she's actually pretty excited.

Though she's still pretty nervous about the fact that she is not going to be wearing any clothes until her twenty-second birthday which is a year from tomorrow Pia nevertheless realizes that she's looking forward to leaving her house before midnight in a few hours and making her way across the hopefully deserted city streets wearing nothing but her birthday suit to the rendezvous point with the ancestral tribe at the edge of the jungle.

Upon meeting up with the ancestral tribe Pia will then leave all elements of the outside world behind and enter the jungle naked and barefoot with whichever members of the ancestral tribe are sent to meet her and to guide her through the initiation rituals before also guiding her through the relatively untamed jungle to the ancestral tribe’s secret and sacred village that according to her mom and older sisters is located deep within The Heart Of The Jungle.

Furthermore, from what Pia has been told she won't be taken straight there as part of the initiation ritual involves her having to earn that privilege by spending at least a week alone in the jungle without any help from her guides.

As such, that means that she will have to spend at least a week in the jungle completely naked, barefoot and on her own, before she's even allowed to join the ancestral tribe in their sacred and secret village deep within The Heart Of The Jungle.

Furthermore, as Pia realizes that this will be the last time that she's able to bathe inside in a bathtub for an entire year as once she enters the jungle at midnight tonight to begin honoring her heritage as a descendant of the rain forest for an entire year between her 21st birthday tomorrow and her 22nd birthday which is one year and one day away she will be bathing in rivers, streams, and lagoons and not only that she will be doing so with other members of the ancestral tribe which means that this is also the last time she will be bathing alone as opposed to with a group.

Upon having had that slightly disconcerting realization Pia does her best to enjoy the privacy of what will be her last bath in the luxury of a bathtub in the privacy of her own bathroom before quickly washing her long blonde hair, stepping out of the bathtub naked, barefoot and soaking wet.

Upon stepping out of the bathtub naked, barefoot and dripping wet Pia immediately grabs her nearby towel off the towel rack, drys off and then ties the towel around her bare naked body.

Quickly wrapping her still damp hair in a smaller towel Pia steps out of the bathroom and walks towards her bedroom wearing just one towel tied around her body, one around her hair and barefoot.

However, before she can get back to her room Pia hears her mother say from behind her :