Today I want to talk about Shigure and her hair. Shigure has shoulder-length curly hair that appears to be a honeydew, though it could also be seen as a bluish color instead. Her stoat traits have brown ends to them in the case of the tail, though that might be a case of the light hitting said end, seeing how her ears are in a range that could be either black or brown. It might look like her ear is pierced, but that's just on her hat to allow her to keep the flaps up. She does have two red hairpins on her left side, though, which stand out as a red alert along the wintry blend of her hair.
Shigure's hot spring outfit has her hair tied up behind her in a twintail fashion with dark red hairbands. It might be because they're angled differently, but Shigure's left ear in particular seems fluffier than before, while her tail looks as though she recently dried it off.
Shigure's outfit is much lighter compared to Nodoka's, its main source of warmth coming from the capelet attached to said outfit, warming her from the back. The outfit goes down enough to also cover her lower half, going by how there's nothing else worn by her that does this job. Her legs are protected from the cold with blie and white tights that appear to be in a camoflage pattern. Right above where her boots begins are black metal kneeguards that almost seem to constrict her legs with how her thighs pop oute. The boots are slim white heels, with a massive Spec-ops 227 gray fuzz at the top of it. On her left thigh is a blue and white bag, and in front on her lower torse is black-and-white pouches. Knowing Shigure, these could contain either munitions or ingredients for a drink she intends to make.
Shigure's hot spring outfit has a dark blue coat that's simple at first glance, but the design of it is reminiscent of a night sky. The inside of it is a purple not otoo different from her eyes. The yukata she wears is a simple silver and gray piece, with V-shaped symbols that are pretty close to the wakaba mark in shape, even having a stripe that cuts it in two vertically. The fabric binding her yukata together is a simple turqoise. She wears an anklet on her left side, being a lanyard that has shades of blue and white incorporated into it. Her nails are painted a lilac, further adding to her cool appearance. She carries a bucket with (hopefully) fruit milk and towels in it, and a red basket that likely carries her personal effects, going by how it has a plush bear that looks like it's also enjoying the hotsprings.
Shigure's color scheme as a whole is fascinating, and I would equate it to an ice sculpture with how subtly close the colors are while remaining different. Her halo in her normal design shows this off very well. Why did her halo become more of a vibrant blue in her hotspring outfit, anyways?
Shigure's hair is odd. It's grouped up in a way that suggests it's not washed frequently enough, but she is a student who wouldn't have smelly hair, either. I actually had to check if alcohol would be a good idea to put in hair or not, and the answer seems to be "only certain types", so nothing that Shigure makes could be healthy for her hair. Either way, she could certainly use a shower now and again, so I'd let her and Nodoka use the showers when they're able to.
>too much of a journey for that
If they can't come to the showers, then the showers will come to them. I could see making some mechanism that snow is fed into to create water used for bathing, though a heating element would be the tricky part, assuming the building the pair resides in doesn't have anything that could be retrofitted to do such a thing.
Link to previous entries (assuming I don't forget):
https://rentry.org/hair_archive