MAY DAY PARADE --OPEN TO ALL

[df_official]

WHO: Gate Walkers and Civillians alike
WHEN: May 1st, 1952
WHERE: GOVERNMENT SECTOR, RESIDENTIAL QUARTER
FILTER: Come one, come all!
WHAT: May day Parade with an added twist! Maes is holding a covert operations with it to map out this part of the government sector no Gate Walker has been allowed to see. There will be a thread for the secret

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[soulofthestorm]

Sasuke wasn't sure how he'd been roped into parade duty. At least he wasn't dressed up and forced to march like a trained duck. No, instead, he was following Maes around with a clipboard, checking things off, wondering why he wasn't on the walls where it was quite and at least he only had to deal with zombies, and glaring death at anyone who tried to talk to him.

This was not his idea of fun and frivolity. It was noisy, chaotic, and people were asking really stupidly inane questions. The only upside to the whole ordeal was a current lack of Itachi.

Sasuke took a deep breath and trotted to catch up to Maes, checking off another item on the lists as he fell in step with his superior officer. "Everything seems in order so far." No, he wasn't going to address Maes as 'sir' even if he should. Rebellious little git refused to follow the rules as strictly as he should, and it was a wonder he even made it in military life with his attitude.

[graficmemory]

"It's time to start!" He commanded the drum corp to start so that the parade to get underway.

"Sasuke, do you know how to draw? We should have really pretty sketches of this place for the paper, you know?"

[soulofthestorm]

Sasuke picked at the pen still tucked behind his ear, doing his best to put the disconcerting meeting with his brother out of his mind.

"Good enough for your pretty pictures." The ninja replied honestly. If Maes wanted the Birth of Venus he'd be disappointed, but Sasuke was practiced enough at mapping and layout sketches to be exceedingly accurate.

He contemplated using the sharingan, it would improve his drawing and detail, but it would also drain him considerably. And red eyes weren't exactly inconspicuous. For the time being Sasuke just flipped the page and looked around, ready to start. Anyone watching from a distance would just see him making notes continuously as Maes chattered his ear off, after all.

[graficmemory]

Smart boy. Maes chattered incessently and make many large hand motions as the parade finally went underway. Fortunately for Maes, he avoided the dogs. Unfortunately for Maes, he nearly got run over by one of the floats. But that wasn't the point! The point was to map out the government sector and get this parade done and over with.

After ward, he needed to pay a visit at the jail and bail out the girl who was supposed to be drawing out the map. He honestly hoped she was doing okay.

[soulofthestorm]

Sasuke had to duck one or two of the more exuberant gestures. He tuned Hughes out easily, concentrating on recording as many details as accurately as he could, and keeping it both readable and organized, with the occasional written note next to anything of interest. He switched between sheets of paper frequently, mapping and also sketching landmarks, making notes and try to form some organization out of it.

After the parade he could make a neater set of copies. He nearly walked into one float while he was distracted and following Maes, and after that kept his attention divided between what he was doing and where he was going, because following Maes too closely was apparently not the brightest idea.

[graficmemory]

Maes never bothered looking at Sasuke as he orchestrated the parade down the planned route. Actually, he did walk over into Sasuke's personal space to jab at the paper as be babbled, hoping that the kid would know enough to sketch out things he felt was important. They'd go over it later.

So far, so good! The parade was moving along just as he planned.

[soulofthestorm]

Sasuke had a good grasp of what details were important, tactically, but he was being as thorough as he could on the move.

He rubbed his temples and kept drawing. He didn't bother to ask about how they'd exchange information, Maes lived next door, after all, and talking in the open wasn't a bright idea.

"How's your hand?" he asked instead, absently, as he sketched out a twist of the street.

[graficmemory]

"It's fine." He didn't think that anyone saw the nip that German Shepherd dog gave him but maybe he was wrong. Maes was fairly certain he didn't react to it as if he had been bitten. He slid his gaze over to Sasuke while they were almost finished with the parade. This guy definitely had some potential.

Once he was done with some other errands, he would check out Sasuke some more.

[soulofthestorm]

"Hmm." Sasuke's response was a skeptical snort as the parade wound to a close. He finished marking in a detail here and there, then flipped the pages back to the checklist on top and settled the clipboard casually under his arm as he looked around at the milling chaos.

The time to escape was now. Or he'd get roped into helping with clean up.

"Well, I better go finish up the paperwork." Sasuke commented, almost sadistically. "I'll just let you take care of the rest." He started to turn to leave, with every intention of leaving Maes to deal with the aftermath of the parade while he found a nice quite nook to re-copy the map in.