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[kyorakutaichou]

 Who: Kyoraku and whoever wants to hop in
Where: Near the staircase
When Late afternoon
What: Coming off the evil staircase of doom
Rating: PG-13

Stairs.. Endless amounts of stairs. Even doing shunpo didn't seem to get Kyoraku any closer to the top of the staircase. The brunette let out a frustrated sigh and turned to look down the stairs.

"Fine

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[sunshine_spiral]

"U-uhm, excuse me?" A pair of pale eyes stared down worriedly at the man who had settled on the bottom of the stairway. "A-are you quite alright?" Hinata asked quietly, concern clouding her expression as she peered at the strange man in the pink haori.

Sure, Neji-nii-san may have warned her not to talk to seemingly odd people, or venture out on her own at all, but this man seemed to have come off the staircase. Perhaps he was a new arrival like she'd been earlier that week? And maybe he was just as confused and scared as she'd been?

"Um, sir, are you okay?" She repeated again, reaching out to shake him with one hesitant hand when the man didn't look up.

[kyorakutaichou]

Kyoraku opened one eye as the girl approached and opened the other when he was gently shook. "Saa saa, I'm awake I'm awake." He smiled lazily at the strange eyed girl. He tipped his kasa up slightly to get a better look at her. "Hello young lady. I'm afraid I'm a bit lost. This is clearly not where I wanted to go."

[sunshine_spiral]

"A-ah." Hinata bit her lip, a nervous habit she'd picked up after she had gotten rid of her fiddling with her hands. This must be where the hard part came in when meeting a new arrival. You had to tell them where they were and that they weren't getting out anytime soon.

"Anou, you're in the city. I-it's at the bottom of the staircase," she gestured upwards, where the sky would be, at the spiral staircase that went on. "I-I don't think you'll be getting to where ever you were going."

[kyorakutaichou]

The older man scratched at his five o' clock shadow. Kyoraku didn't seem too overly upset by the news. But then again he was always pretty laid back about things. This was just another thing to deal with. And he would deal with it... Eventually. He looked to the staircase and shook his head.

"Oh well. I suppose I should look into finding a place to stay for the night."

Kyoraku looked back to the girl as he stood and smile. "Think you could help me out? My names' Kyoraku Shunsei by the way. Pleasure to meet a lovely lady such as yourself here."

[sunshine_spiral]

A blood rushing to her face at the compliment, Hinata bent her head in acknowledgement of his introduction. She was slightly surprised of his lack of reaction to the news that he wasn't going to be leaving the city. Still, no amount of surprise would let a Hyuuga forget proper etiquette.

"Nice to meet you, Kyoraku-san," Hinata replied, allowing a small smile to form on her lips. "My name is Hinata. Hyuuga Hinata, from Konoha."

"Anou.." She glanced around. Neji wouldn't mind if she was out a little bit longer, right? "I wouldn't mind showing you around. There are tenements that way, and quite a few people stay there. Farther down there's a.. neighbourhood of sorts, but the houses are empty. We can see both if you'd like." She turned back to him, eager to be of help.