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[INDENT][sup][COLOR=gray][b]TIME:[/b] [i]7 days ago[/i] | [b]LOCATION:[/b] [i]Academy Courtyard > Saito no Kareraisu[/i] | [b]INTERACTION:[/b][@Vexxed Vex], [@Vox][/COLOR][/sup][/INDENT] 

Sadako stared at Kyosuke as he spoke, knowing what he was talking about full well without really wanting to acknowledge it. Rather than huff and puff at his sudden dismissal, she only gave him a firm nod. She knew what he was going to do -- and she was doing the same in her own way. [color=gray]“Hm! I understand,”[/color] she told him as he hurried off, before she was forced to turn back to Hikari, who was blabbering on about having saved up. The truth was, Sadako really didn't have any money since the orphans didn't exactly receive an allowance, and being an academy student didn't pay. 

But she wasn't going to make a point of that to Hikari. For all her virtues, she didn't exactly seem to understand the life of an orphan in Amegakure. And educating her on the matter wasn't something Sadako was going to do -- the hardships of the orphans were better left to themselves to process. Or at least, most orphans seemed to believe so, since all of them were adverse to the otherwise friendly showings of empathy that 'normal' people seemed to give them. It was then that Masae arrived on the scene, politely confirming Sadako's name, to which Sadako once again nodded to indeed confirm that that was her name.

[color=gray]“I see,”[/color] Sadako replied to her patting her pouch, smiling at the girl with a glimmer in her eye, [color=gray]“I won't say no to a free meal!”[/color] [i]A-ah.. was that too callous? Was that rude of me to say?[/i] She played it off with a smile while her eyes trailed off into the distance as Hikari continued her little rant on Kyosuke. [i]She really doesn't understand.. does she?[/i] Sadako pondered to herself, but she gave Hikari an empathetic smile regardless, understanding that Hikari didn't particularly [i]dislike[/i] Kyosuke either. She was just ranting off about something, making small talk, something like that. A skill that Sadako had never seemed to master, or at least so she thought. 

The inquiry towards Sadako's plans was unexpected, and surprised Sadako a little bit. Someone wanted to know about her? And her plans? [color=gray]“Uuh.. well, like Kyosuke said, it's graduation day.. so..”[/color] she slowly said, considering that maybe it was better to do the same as Kyosuke and just run away, hide in a corner and wait until the genin-auction was over. [color=gray]“So... I guess being an orphan means I have all the time in the world to celebrate with you, since I don't exactly have.. uhh.. parents.. to come home to. You know?”[/color] She said it like a joke, but it wasn't exactly funny. In order to mask her own idiocy, she laughed at her own joke like a madman, as if she thought it was the funniest thing in the world, before simmering down a little bit. [color=gray]“I mean.. I mean to say I'll come with you!”[/color]

Better to hide with a free meal than in a rainy corner somewhere doing nothing, right?

Talking about the teams made Sadako both nervous and excited. To be honest, being in a team with Hikari and Masae would be awesome -- the both of them seemed really nice from their short little interaction just now, although Sadako had tried to befriend them both a few times before, before isolating herself once again. Hopefully they hadn't held that against her, although it seemed like they didn't. Masae barely remembered her name. The compliments on her black rod release made her blush a little, raising a hand to wave the comment away while smiling at Hikari. [color=gray]“I-it's nothing, I wish I could use water like you do, that's way more versatile and cool! Besides, you look like a dancer when you use it! I just look like a weird girl with black poles coming out of her hands.”[/color]

The bell rinkled as they entered Saito no Kareraisu, a restaurant owned by the family of one of their peers. [color=gray][b]“HELLO!”[/b][/color] Sadako blurted out, before realizing that that was totally uncalled for, and she rushed to cover her mouth in embarrassment with her one free hand. The other was still trapped in the confines of Hikari's potent elbow lock jutsu. [color=gray]“Ahh.. Hikari, why don't you.. take the word?”[/color]


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[indent][sup][color=black][b]Location: Uragiri Clan Compound [Koi Breeding Pond] | Time: 9AM [9:12] | Post Theme: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4itRDAjN1q0]GRILLABEATS - Kanji[/url] 
Interaction: Unmei -- [@Ephemeral][/b][/color][/sup][/indent]

[b][color=black]“Trespassing is illegal, and punishable by death, don't you know?”[/color][/b] The voice came from behind, on one of the walls that surrounded the compound of the Uragiri clan, which was established in one of the middle class areas of the village. If Unmei were to look back, she'd see the same figure standing there in the shade of one of the nearby trees, rain falling down on him as if he were unbothered by it. Luckily for her, the area around the koi pond was covered by some roofing, with a gap where the pond was. The pond was massive, as there were easily a thousand or more koi in it. The pride of the Uragiri clan.. well, the pride besides Sakana, that was. 

The young chunin set himself off from the wall, and landed behind Unmei, taking a few more steps forwards so that he stood besides her. [b][color=black]“Although I suppose you come here so often you might as well bear the name of the clan. Unmei Uragiri,”[/color][/b] he said, referencing the fact that he'd seen her sitting here more than a few times by now, although this would be the first time he'd said something about it. Had he been spying on her, or was he just very attentive?

He glanced over her shoulder at the paper folders in her lap, immediately making the connection. [b][color=black]“Sakamachi Sadako, Shoma Kyosuke, and Ueda Tadasu,”[/color][/b] he said to himself, slightly hushed. His dark, black eyes focused on the koi pond ahead, seeking for the characteristic prize koi that were in there -- the yin-yang koi. 

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He sat down on the edge of the pond, putting his hand into the water and swirling it around, instantly attracting several of the large koi. Strangely enough, any strangers that tried doing this always failed, as if the koi were only attracted to those of the Uragiri clan. [b][color=black]“Interesting team,”[/color][/b] he said to Unmei, [b][color=black]“I've seen them around the academy. They look dirty.”[/color][/b] How much did Sakana even [i]know[/i] about random people? It was almost creepy, the way he managed to conjure up information so randomly. 

[b][color=black]“I suppose that's to be expected from orphans. They look average, and disgusting half the time. But the training they receive is pretty good. As for the Ueda, he's a nobody. Hmph. I suppose we'll see what comes of them,”[/color][/b] he informed her, before standing up and shaking his hand to get rid of the water on it, shaking a few of the drops of muddy water in Unmei's direction. He turned around and jumped off towards the wall again, landing on it nonchalantly. [b][color=black]“Tell them Uragiri Sakana says hi. Let's hope they survive their first mission.”[/color][/b] 

He jumped off in a random direction, before uttering his catchphrase to himself. [b][color=black]“If the sage wills it.”[/color][/b]