Test Drive!

[sunshinemods]

Sunshineverse

Okay everyone, it's time to test some people out! The rules of the game are simple. You have a character you would like to try out as a native to the setting of this game. You want to see if this is the right setting to play said character in, right? Well, then all you have to do is drop them into this post as a top level comment with this as the header: Character name | Series (OC's just put Original here) | Planned Village Affiliation Then you comment around and play with everyone else! If you need some ideas on how to get started, you can drop your character in during the middle of a mission, have them at an eatery around their village, or maybe even just doing weapons practice. It's up to you how you want to set out, so feel free to put your characters in this version of the Naruto universe however it most seems appropriate. Just be sure to say where you put them somewhere in your post though, otherwise two people might not even be threading in the same country. One last thing! Remember that your character was born in this universe, so whatever else you decide, your character is a world native, even if they might be a tourist in the village you decided to test them out on. And that's it. Just be good to each other and have fun! Threads you do here can count toward future activity checks, so long as the person you're threading with gets in too. These threads can also be used for samples on your application. Communities♦ Main Community ♦ Missive Network ♦ OOC Community General Info♦ Premise ♦ Rules ♦ F.A.Q. World♦ Country Information ♦ Maps ♦ Sunshine Timeline ♦ Character Histories Applicants♦ Applications ♦ Character History FAQ ♦ Nationality Guide ♦ Taken

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Shino Aburame | Naruto | Konohagakure

[kikaichuu]

Academy age:

It was warm and the fields around the Aburame holdings were alive with activity. Spring had filtered through during the past week, banishing the chill of winter during the day lit hours and it felt as if the entire natural world was making up for lost time.

Shino sat among the tall grass, back pressed against one of a number of standing stones that dotted the field, studying intently the path of a nearby ant colony he'd happened across. A small hand reached out to clear the way, carefully plucking stones and debris away from the intrepid line of worker ants; they had, between them, many heavy burdens and it just didn't seem right that they had to climb such mountains at the same time.

Chuunin age:

Winter was..inconvenient. The world slowed to a stand still and it felt to Shino that the kikaichuu did also, made sluggish by the temperature and his own troubled mood.
He wore several more layers than usual to compensate and found himself particularly fond of the overly long scarf looped around his neck; Hinata's handy work at least made the season a little more palatable and happened to be one of the few things he looked forward to when the days grew short.

Given the icey conditions, Shino's gait was as measured as ever but he stuck to the lower levels of the village, wary of the rooftops after the barrage of snow, and wound his way towards Market Street; hopeful of a warm refuge and a meal that didn't involve field rations or Kiba's dubious cooking attempts.

Assuming Shino is 9 for this or it doesn't work, Academy age!

[abileunaspada]

She was still getting used to Konoha, and by about then she was incredibly lost. It had only been about a month since she arrived there with her uncle, and she was still new to academy, to Konoha... To everything. Uncle had told her to try and find her way home today, but she just ended up out by the training fields. This wasn't near the central village at all...

That was when she noticed the black-haired boy in the field, and she instinctively hid herself behind a nearby tree - standing behind the trunk, and occasionally peeking out to see what he was doing. It seemed like he was picking up stones, but why? She couldn't tell... He was by himself though. But he didn't look lost...

Yup! anywhere between like 6 and 12 is fiiine *u*

[kikaichuu]

The flash of red caught his eye almost immediately, but he showed no outward sign of noticing anything out of the ordinary, as papa said that to do so was dangerous; a shinobi stayed vigilant until the last possible moment and acted without haste, he wasn't about to argue.

Shino continued to aid his new ant friends in their endeavors, setting up a small leaf walk way over a rather deep trench in the dirt and kept himself occupied until the kikaichuu sentry he'd sent out to investigate could report back on exactly who or what, was observing him from the tree line.

Bittties first

[gentledheart]

She'd walked this way a few times before, usually with Shino showing her the way so she didn't step anywhere she shouldn't. But when she stopped by after class let out for the day, Shino wasn't home. His father had said he was out in the fields, and it only took a few moments for Hinata to find him with her byakugan. Her small bag slung over her shoulder as she followed the winding path with careful steps.

"Shino-kun?" she murmurs as she edges closer head tilted in curiosity at what he's looking at this time. Unlike their classmates, she was generally unperturbed by his interest in anything with six legs. It was interesting to hear him explain what he already knew about the insect species in question.

yesss

[kikaichuu]

At the sound of her voice, Shino looked up from his quiet contemplation, careful not to crush the line of ants just past where he knelt with the shift.

"Hinata-chan."

The previous night had been a restless one for Torune and he'd been allowed to skip class to keep him company; ushered out to play once his cousin had found sleep sometime earlier that afternoon, so it was good to see his friend now, after missing her during the day.

"Did I miss anything interesting, today?"
The question was accompanied by a questioning tilt of his head, before he dropped his chin to again regard the marching creatures before him.

/slowly...late...tags

[notveryspecial]

She preferred the cold to the hot. Konoha summers were almost impossible to train in: at least when it was cold she was free to move about and warm herself up, either with her newly practiced fire jutsu or with physical movement. There wasn't really anything to be done but sleep and hope for it to be over when it got too hot in Konoha.

Or escape to somewhere cooler like Water country...but that hadn't gone all that well either.

Walking on the snow was smarter than going across the rooftops, true, but it was twice as difficult to maneuver through what people were out and about in the snow without harming anyone if she traveled the streets. She considered it an extra bit of vigilance required to cross the rooftops instead.

And, as an advantage to living dangerously, it allowed her to spot her teammate from a distance she might not have otherwise. Really, after the thing with the giant lizard, and in the face of spending more than a month in Ame soon...spending time around her teammates seemed like a nice prospect.

Thus, some time before he actually made it to Market Street, she dropped from a nearby rooftop to the ground nearby him. She had a scarf, at least, but her activity meant that she didn't feel the need to be nearly as bound up as he was. "Ah...it's cold to be walking somewhere, isn't it?"

[kikaichuu]

he sensed Saukra's presence before he heard her voice, head tilting in greeting as she landed. It had been a while since he had last seen her, but his teammate looked in as good health as ever and Shino stopped at her side.

"I had not planned to stay out in it long. Would you care to join me? It's nearing midday.."

It was as close to an invitation to share a meal as he was prone to give, but there was a small smile behind words, pleased at the chance to spend some time with her.

Konayuki Itezora | Katanagatari | ????? kakashi's village ???? wherever that is???????

[snowchild]

[ ??????????????????????

No but seriously she had no idea the Land of Fire was so large. Fortunately, she remains undaunted, pushes her backpack further up her shoulder, and patters over to the nearest person with metal on their face.

Hitai-ate. That's the word. She thinks. ]

Um! Excuse me! Might you be able to tell me where Uncle Kakashi lives?

[thebestuchiha]

He turned slightly at the question and stared down at the little girl for a long moment, taking in her hair and skin tone, then her attire. Giving one long, slow, blink, he pivoted to look at her straight on and crouched. "Uncle huh? And where are you from kiddo?"

[snowchild]

"That mountain," she responded, promptly. And pointed behind her, to where there were, presumably and eventually, mountains. Several countries away, anyway. She bounced forward on the balls of her feet, eager. "Do you know uncle?"

/pinches those cute cheeks

[tenten_san]

Hm?

[ Oh my goodness, what a cutie. A strange looking little cutie. So much so that she just has to take a moment's pause. Cuz believe you/me, Tenten knows strange. ]

Oh... hello.

[ Granted, Konoha was a big place as far as villages went. But still, Tenten can't for the life of her remember ever seeing this little one running around. Where are your parents? D: ]

Who were you looking for?

[snowchild]

Uncle Kakashi! He has a plate like that- [ Headband POINT ] -and hair like this. [ Little explosion gesture. ]

[noboatbigenough]

Kisame looked at the mission scroll for the third time in as many minutes. Someone was going to die. Painfully. Hatake Kakashi had just moved to the top of the candidate list.

To foster a closer relationship between Kiri and Konoha, right. It sounded to him like Konoha wanted to be rid of the brat, otherwise why send her to him? In what world would sending a kid to Kiri's Monster seem like a good choice for the kid's welfare?

The scroll said his new... charge was resilient and had a water nature, and had picked up a very impressive sword from somewhere, but there were plenty of better choices for preliminary training. Resilience was one thing, but this kid wasn't a Hoshigaki, and didn't Hatake know their clan lived under the lake?

But Kisame didn't shirk from duty. If this turned out poorly it wouldn't be because he'd failed. He'd pen a strongly worded protest back to Konoha at the first opportunity.

With a sigh, Kisame stepped out through Kiri's gates to meet his new shadow for... however long. This was going to be a stressful mission.

"You the kid I'm supposed to train?" Babysit was probably the more accurate term.

[snowchild]

He'd be excused for thinking that the girl waiting by the checkpoint was an academy kid on a fieldtrip, standing only just past three foot and carrying a backpack larger than her own torso. The only discrepancy in the image was the wrapped weapon strapped to her back, the tip's bandaging scraped off from being dragged on the ground... and the deep groove trailing back along the road, from aforementioned swordpoint. Still, the smile and eager bow he received were right back up there with the first comparison, so the image might be harder to shake. "I'm Konayuki of the Itezora. Might you be Hoshigaki Kisame-san?"

does the thing......

[mokutonno]

Yamato almost didn't catch the question, laden down with groceries as he was and almost ran right into the small figure that had swerved out of the crowed to meet him.
Kakashi's name caught his attention though and he peered down at the child, blinking at the sheer amount of fluff they seemed to be made of and eyed what seemed to be an alarmingly heavy pack for such a small figure.

"Uncle- Wha? I uh, how do you know of Kakashi, if you don't mind me asking?"

He wasn't about to give away a location until he knew more about the child, but that didn't mean he had to be rude, as they seemed peaceful enough.

[snowchild]

And with what was fast becoming the ease of long practice, Konayuki responded with a bright, "I found him in the snow." Unlike the last few times she'd answered with that, she felt compelled to add, "I'm going to live in his village."

Sora Himoto (Uzumaki) | Shitsurakuen | Uzushiogakure

[allurprincess]

[ 1. OPEN, pick your own scenario via plurk or subject line and we'll run with it. ]

[ 2. Team-building. ]

In theory, the decision to build trust and communication between a relatively new cell of genin via extra training was a good one. Blindfold the two who usually led, set them at the start of a hellish assault course, and place the fate of their shins and their prides in the hands of the quieter third... it had the makings of an excellent exercise. In practice, however, Sora had already stumbled into two trees, Karin, and their jounin sensei, and they hadn't even started yet.

She now stood nursing her forehead - having forgotten it was unprotected now that her headband had been re-tied over her eyes. Unerringly, she turned to look at Koharu. Give her sympathy......

"This is a lot harder than it looked..!"

2

[willbeurprincess]

If it was hellish on them, it was just as much so on her. Guiding Sora the ten steps to the start had been a trial, let alone what she got up to when Koharu was trying to take in the directions. Facing the Uzumakis, she took a deep breath. Focus.

"Well we just have to take it one step at a time, right? Are you alright, Karin?"

Experience had taught her that Sora tended to hit things with more force than her body should have. Like a tiny brick that knocked you right over. She smiled at them both, attemping reassurance until she remembered neither could see her. At least they wouldn't be able to see her when she faltered or winced. Getting them through this obstacle course would be a little difficult normally, let alone blindfolded and and dependent on her.

Mae | OC | Undecided village affiliation

[deadmae]

The proper solution to this problem, Mae decided as he stared at the building, was arson. He hated missions like this--sneaky missions with no real purpose where he was supposed to soft foot around the problem and pretend he wasn't a killer who had literally no qualms about murdering people in their sleep.

Anyway, if this local political leader was so worried about assassins and conspiracies against him, Mae razing part of a town where the conspirators hideout was would totally take care of the problem, and it would stop wasting Mae's time. Anyway, if he burned down part of the town, then he wouldn't get assigned these missions anymore. Probably punished too, but maybe it would be something fun like working in T&I. They wouldn't mke him watch over Academy brat again after what he'd done last time....so it wouldn't be that bad.

And in deference to civilian life, he was going to set his fire in the early morning with some very nasty accelerate, so innocents could run screaming while the nefarious plotters who had been up gambling all night would be caught in their beds and probably choke on the noxious smoke.

Really, Mae was just bored enough he didn't care about proper planning and set up. He was just going to light the damn place up and let it burn.

Pengin Maniwa ll Katanagatari ll Traveling through Fire Country

[fateruination]

Pengin wasn't exactly certain just why he was the one who was sent to pick up, well, whatever item it was that Umigami needed and didn't trust anyone else to get. His leader was really odd sometimes when it came to such things, but it was nice that he actually felt he could trust him to go out and do such and not coddle him like some of the other Maniwa like to do.

Though, he did wish he had been given more information then somewhere in Fire Country, and think of it as a good intelligence gathering exercise. This country was really big and well there was only so far his feet could take him for a certain length of time. Which was why it was becoming a bit regular to see a small child dressed like a penguin sitting on a rock or tree stump now and again to rest and figure out which way to go next. Sometimes he even had a scroll or several sheets of paper out to read and check off items as he went.

travelling through fire country buddies u say

[snowchild]

With just as hazy a goal - that being, find one particular person whose last known address was 'the Country of Fire' with only a name and a description to go by - Konayuki's travels were roughly as circuitous as Pengins.

Which made their eventual meeting almost fated. Perhaps, in a way, Konayuki herself counted as some kind of reverse missile, as she bounded up to the other child sat on the stump. What was he doing? Some kind of diary, it looked like.

"Hello!"

Clearly the adults in their lives are the best adults

[fateruination]

The flail and slight jump/skip/hop thing that just happened was likely hilarious to look at. Though Pengin was more focused on the fact his heart attempted to escape just then.

"U-uhm, Hel...Hello?"

Maybe it's not too late to go hide in a tree.

Kazue Uzumaki | Original | Sunagakure

[wind_and_whirl]

[1. Land of Wind -- Returning to Suna With Potential Delays.]

The trek back to the village following a rigorous training session was usually uneventful, but that didn't mean Kazue was wholly relaxed as she made her way across the sand toward the road leading to the village. Her favored training area was one that saw highly poisonous scorpions on occasion, not to mention inconsistent patches of quick sand that tended to make the possibility of interruption by foreigners extremely unlikely. That shinobi who had no business with her were not particularly inclined to wander into the area for its dangers made the location a decent one for practical experience and privacy, the latter being something she favored when attempting certain combinations in practice. It also meant she had reason to remain alert despite any weariness and alert she was, a thin layer of chakra consistently, effortlessly applied to her footwear as she walked with keen eyes in support.

The tanuki perched atop her shoulder swayed back and forth as his puppeteer continued her trek across the sand, bracing only when she leaped the occasional pit of quicksand. To say there was a lot on the kunoichi's mind would have been an understatement. The session had left her with a lot to think about, particularly with regards to the application of fuuinjutsu to her puppetry. One of the scrolls at her back was given an instinctive, affectionate pat for her turning thoughts regarding the performance. She had learned a lot today, enough to take another step in acquiring the strength she desired, and that was something to be proud of, but never content about. Contentment bred idleness, didn't it?

That was right, wasn't it?

She came to an abrupt halt not for that question, but for the familiar, red tipped stinger protruding from the sand just before the road, a hand moving smoothly, swiftly for a sealing scroll. She was going to be there for a while.

[2. Delayed Courier, Also Known As Stranded in the Middle Of You Pick!]

"Troublesome."

That was the verdict Kazue announced to no one in particular as she reached to tuck a few stray strands of red behind her ear. The tanuki puppet on her opposite shoulder leaned slowly, almost comically forward to look her in the face as she continued to stare down the village in front of her with a look that spoke of her irritation. The village wasn't to blame, of course. She knew very well that courier missions with out-of-town recipients tended to be given to her at the behest of a sensei she had every intention of punishing for his continued interference. He was trying to slow her down, to hinder her in her goals, and her tolerance for it had dried with this final offense.

It was the puppet that drew her somewhat out of concocting her own plans for her troublesome teacher for the paw that found her cheek and gave it a good, solid poke, followed by a slow rub. Turning deep blue eyes to him, she regarded him for a moment, then raised a hand to give him a slow, benign poke to tip him upright onto her shoulder. With that, the red-head will be moving soundlessly to report to the authorities in the village regarding her temporary stay for the sake of the mission, then to investigate the village's diners and any potential sweet shops.

That that was becoming routine was even more troublesome.

[3. Sweet Shop, Any Village!]

There was no going back. Once Kazue had crossed the threshold of the sweet shop, she had known the fate of her ryo and accepted it with all the grace of a teenaged girl ruled on some level by a powerful sweet tooth. The strength of said rule saw her usually harnessed energy visibly bubbling over through her every movement to the point that she nearly bounded over to the display case and, rather than stand and make her selection like a proper adult, saw her rock on the balls of her feet, hands locked behind her back as she leered at the display case with great interest and a definite smile.

Where Kazue fell just short of acting like a child, Takkun picked up the slack and scampered around the back of her neck from shoulder to shoulder. This one, that one -- he pointed, shook, leered at the kunoichi when her eyes wandered toward certain items. He even pouted, seemingly espousing nonverbal disagreement and some argument as Kazue paced the display cases and debated her choice.

Er, choices.

There wasn't a snowball's chance in Wind of her leaving without a well-sized bag and it would be some time before she left. Picking was a quarter of the fun and she always wound up questions to put to the shopkeep. Sweets were a wonderful, serious business, after all, and she had time to browse before purchasing.

She just wasn't all that reserved about it.

[4. Backstory. Tell me what!]

[5. Choose Another Adventure! Just remember to include the where!]

1.

[ninjasloveme]

"You're late," came the warning, as a layer of sand suddenly rippled beneath her feet and lifted her, her pack and Takkun away from the enterprising strike from the female of the scorpion pair. He had been returning himself, but the route from the Demon Desert was less a route and more an acrobatics routine between scorpion nests, dry subterranean canyons, and oases. He was drained of chakra, tired, and then the guards had reported that Kazue hadn't passed through the last checkpoint.

He didn't need to double back, but then he was off-duty. He could do what he liked. And that was, currently, watching Kazue deal with desert creatures whilst acting as the most bare of supports.

[wind_and_whirl]

The words drew Kazue's eyes from her target for a split second, but just that for her recognition of the voice. It was more than ample preparation for that supportive movement and, rather than inspire a degree of caution for a lack of familiarity, bolstered her focus on the task at hand. Sealing scorpions wasn't a task she was unfamiliar and unpracticed in, but it was one of many tasks treated with respect to the target.

Still, she could afford to speak and the fact of the matter was that she wanted to if the smile that graced her was any indication. Enacting a close range tactic unnecessarily wasn't in her immediate plans, though, and a simple shift of her hand saw Takkun swiftly take his leave from her shoulder to skitter across the sand at breakneck speed. He was equally swift in skidding to a stop, sand made to intentionally fly at the agitated female scorpion. The taunting he would begin would increase that agitation and he was ridiculously speedy in jumping back not once, but twice when she moved in to strike.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

"I may have gotten a little enthusiastic while training," Kazue admitted, glad to see the scorpions had shifted their focus to the tanuki.

With the female scorpion far enough removed from her partner, Kazue used Takkun's last taunt as an opportunity to move in, flip, and seal her whilst directing Takkun to bar the male access with what amounted to a run-by redraw of focus. Of course, it was then that a certain realization dawned on her.

"Did you come because of that?"

Because of her lateness, that is, the possibility earning a measure of surprise. Gaara may very well have eyes shifting between him and the rather humorous display playing out between Takkun and the male scorpion, the latter's attempts to flee consistently thwarted by the tanuki's antics.