Out of the frying pan of the bullshit festival and into the fire of the meeting after. Kankurou had never been the type to like meetings, especially ones at the scale of this one, so he sat at the end of the table designated for himself and his siblings and generally tried not to meet anyone's direct gaze. The purpose of this meeting, in the ( Read more... )

((OOC: September 28th))Cat wove through the trees on the edge of Fire Country, the breeze teasing his damp hair and plucking at the loose straps of his uniform. Pausing to catch his breath, the sweat making the inside of his mask feel slippery and claustrophobic, but he steadied himself, whipping out a scroll as he settled into a crouch on a hidden ( Read more... )

It had been a very quiet trip so far but she couldn't say she minded much. The days had been spent traversing dangerous territory, whatever was left of Kiri was spilling out of its borders and corrupting the land around it. Anyone who had survived would be desperate and terrified and those were not the sort of people you wanted to run into under ( Read more... )

( When he showed up at her front door for their second date, he was armed only with himself and his satchel holding his sketchpads )

( Really, he didn't care if he snuck up on Sai or not---he was going to clock the little gigglefuck regardless, and clock him soundly at that )

( Getting out of a office, especially one close to the center of the earth, was a nice thing, especially when the sun was out, the sky was blue, and there were ridiculously good looking men wandering about the village )

[zomg look it's a thread XD ]A month of priority healing meant that all of the surviving ANBU who could return to duty, did, swelling the ranks from a baker's dozen to twenty-seven. Schedules were lightened as a result, giving everyone more time to take care of mundane concerns. For some that included finding a new place to live, socializing, or ( Read more... )