Test Drive!

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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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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?"

[thebestuchiha]

"That mountain... and no one is expecting you back at said mountain?" He peered behind her, then back to her. She'd just pointed at most of the continent, after all.

[snowchild]

"Nope! Everyone died. That's why I'm going to find Uncle." She looked around, then behind him, as if Kakashi would magically appear in his shadow. "Fire Country is really big, isn't it? I was really surprised!"

[thebestuchiha]

"It really really is." He hesitated a moment, then held out his hands to her. "So, how do you know Kakashi?"

[snowchild]

"I found him in the snow," she said, placing her own tiny hands within his without a moment's hesitation. No expectations of why, just a reaction to them being offered.

[thebestuchiha]

He smiled at the girl, nodding a little as he held her hands once he had them. "Decided to take care of him huh? Was this a long time ago?"

/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. ]

[tenten_san]

That's what I thought you said.

[ And. Well.

That is definitely an accurate description of his hair, if it's the guy she's thinking of. But really. There's only one Kakashi she knows of. And he definitely had a 'plate like that' and 'hair like this.'

She can't help but smile at it, doing her best to stifle a chuckle, kneeling down to be somewhat eye level with this precious snow baby. ]

And how do you know Kakashi-san?

[snowchild]

[ As the pretty lady kneels, Konayuki spends most of the movement being amazed at her hair. It looks like a bear! She didn't know ground-dwellers' hair could do that. ] I found him in the snow. [ This is her absolute story and she will always tell it like that. ] He said he'd come and fetch me, but that was four days ago... so I came to find him instead, as a surprise! But the land down the mountain is much bigger than I imagined. [ Whoops. ]

[tenten_san]

In the snow, huh?

[ Must've been some recent mission, if it was four days ago. Up north, likely, if snow was involved. And mountains. ]

I bet he was thankful that you found him. [ Frowns, just the smallest bit, more in sympathy to this little cutie than anything else. ] But that wasn't very nice of him to leave you all alone for so long.

[ And yes, well. The shinobi nations were kinda big. How this girl managed to make the travel on her own... Impressive indeed. ]

I bet you had to walk for a long time to get here. Are you hungry? Tired?

[snowchild]

[ She shakes her head, eager to impress. ] I brought plenty of jerky with me, and the animals here are suuuper easy to catch. [ Meat all day erry day. ]

He had to get, um, documents? Because I come from the mountain. [ MORE IMPORTANTLY. ] What might your name be?

[tenten_san]

Oh... [ Huh. Well, Tenten couldn't really vouch for the hunting around these parts. But then, she'd never actually had to hunt near the Konoha area. ] ...Good to know - about the animals being easy to catch.

[ Not about the mountains bit. But it was good to have her suspicions confirmed, somewhat, either way. And it was nice to know that Kakashi had not purposely left the poor thing out in the cold mountains all by herself without a reason. Paperwork tended to take a while to fill out and properly signed by the right people.

And this little ball of cute did not quite seem like the all too patient sort. All the same, that'll definitely earn the little snow baby a bright smile from the Panda-chan~ ]

But forgive me, where are my manners? [ Shifts to sit on her knees and give a proper bow in greeting, mindful to keep their eyes relatively leveled at about the same height. ] My name is Tenten. And what would yours be?

[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?"

[noboatbigenough]

Well that sight got an eyebrow. "Resilient" huh? Well, that raised his estimation of the kid surviving the training, physically at least. Leaving that kind of gouge in the road was fairly impressive.

The kid herself, on the other hand, seemed just the kind of innocent Kisame had brutally assassinated time and again. He was seriously questioning the sanity of the people who'd signed off on this. But there would be time for that later. He shook the thought away and plastered a ...less than intimidating smile on. He hoped. It'd been so long since he'd tried not to frighten any and all comers.

"I am. Come on Konayuki-kun; you're to be settled in first, and then we'll see where you are, skill-wise."

He didn't wait for a response, obviously expecting the girl to follow--and he wasn't going to take the "offer" of her staying in the guest quarters. That was poor hospitality, and Kisame didn't want the extra headaches of the clan's disapproval on top of whatever ones he got from just taking care of the kid.

[snowchild]

Ground-dwellers were so varied and so other from her clan that Konayuki wouldn't have been able to distinguish between a threatening and non-threatening smile unless he'd been swinging a sword at her during the former. Given that her current guardian wore a mask at all times, it was probably for the best that she wasn't particularly reliant on emotional nuance for reassurance. So as far as Kisame would be able to tell, his smile worked perfectly. She was soon following along at his heels, drinking in the sights of Kiri, and pestering this obviously friendly shinobi with questions despite every instruction to the contrary.

"Is it always this foggy? What sorts of animals do you hunt?" And as they moved through into a larger portion of the village, "Ah, Kisame-oniisan, would you know how many people live here? I thought most of the ground-dwellers lived in Fire, but there are just as many here!"

[noboatbigenough]

So many questions. Part of Kisame grumbled suspiciously about information gathering, but he kept that part contained. Still, he wasn't going to give her anything that wasn't well known, just in case. She'd prove herself innocent of spying or not in time.

"Yes, and it's fishing more than hunting here. And for how many people, eh, hundreds? I'm not involved in census-taking."

Kisame knew the exact answer, but that wasn't information readily shared with the public, so quiet on that part he remained. They were walking through a street that had water flowing down the center, and a few restaurants here and there. Which, well, Kisame remembered being small and hungry all the time.

"We can stop for something quick to eat if you're hungry."

[snowchild]

'Hundreds' was an impressive enough answer that she didn't even register the hedging. After all, she didn't remember how many people had been in her clan - the answer to that would always have just been 'all of them'. She kept up fairly well, occasionally surging sideways or forward to investigate something but always returning to heel. The canal was particularly fascinating, given the scarcity of running water in her homeland; the only fish she'd seen had been in the northern ocean during the summer hunts.

Food got her attention again, predictably. He was good at this.

"Really? Is that okay?"

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."

[mokutonno]

Yamato's confusion intensified at her response and it only cleared with the vague memory of Kakashi's last mission and the Jounin's quiet complaints about the cold..
Well that explained where this little one would know him, but living in the village? That was news.

He shifted the weight of the paper bags in his arms and looked at the girl properly as he answered "Is he expecting you?"

[snowchild]

"Nope!" The reply was so fast and so cheerful that its sincerity couldn't be doubted. But then, neither could the fact that she clearly didn't realise that this could possibly be a problem.

"I'm going to surprise him. Ah, you're carrying a lot. Might I help?"