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Test Drive Post!

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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.

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"You sound like someone I know," The words were spoken with annoyance, though there was some affection hidden deep beneath it as she ate. Jeez, she didn't know the guy would be so openly picky in front of the chef, talk about rude...

"But it's too late now, unless you want to put the chef's effort to waste."

"Well...I do prefer to give everyone one chance. It's only fair, wouldn't you say?" She should be flattered that he offered her more than one chance, given that she failed her first test. Well, it was only because he needed to figure out what it was about her that caught his memory and attention.

He gave a small nod. "If I make my preferences known ahead of time, the cook knows to put all of his effort into it."

"I guess so. It's kinder than most to even give someone a chance in the first place," Yeah, she still felt kind of bitter over her time in Iwa - as well as her return trip to the village. She still had to wonder who it was that really committed that crime, a murderer with red hair huh...

"But once people have a strong impression it's hard to change it, even if there are facts stating the opposite."

"Failing to give someone their first chance is the quickest way to miss out on potential hidden under the surface. Only a fool dismisses someone so quickly. And only a fool is unable to adapt to new information."

He said it almost as if posing a question, mulling over something philosophical and immaterial, rather than making judgments about those around him.

"Well, maybe I'll meet more people with that way of thinking here. Why sit here with me, anyway?"

Time to call him out. She set her chopsticks aside for the moment, though she clearly wasn't done with her bowl -- it was still hot and tasty, but his presence was starting to bother her too much. The looks the other day, and now purposely sitting here. Even if it was her that initiated conversation, she was sick of beating around the bush and wanted to know why he was there.

"Well..." He frowned slightly, as if distressed or suspicious, and leaned in toward her slightly, pitching his voice low enough that she would be the only one to hear. "Doesn't the town seem a bit cold to outsiders...? I had the feeling if I sat anywhere else but here I would be unwelcome. It seemed normal when I passed through here earlier, but now everyone is being so cold."

At least, that was how he presumed they were treating her, given the rumors spreading through the town about the murder.

"I don't know why they would treat you that way," Her frown was still there, but her suspicion lessened just slightly at the question. Then again, it could be that they were suspicious of all travellers, but with the whispers of red hair found near the corpse...

Hm. She had to wonder.

"Call me curious, but you don't know any red heads do you?"

"Red heads?" He paused, considering her a moment as if uncertain of what she wanted from him. "One or two, I suppose. But not particularly well."

Most of the ones he knew, after all, were from the other side of the world. They were significantly different enough from this one that he had already discarded them as candidates for where he found this girl familiar from.

"Is there a reason for such a question?"

"Sort of, regarding rumors around town. Though, it's surprising to think you already haven't heard... Or is it that you're too fond of playing dumb to talk about it?"

He smiled, a touch of the knowing expression he'd held in their last encounter creeping into it this time as well. "Isn't there a difference between hearing of the rumor and having a connection to the source of it? Just because you asked if I knew anyone with red hair didn't mean you were accusing me of knowing the person, correct?"

"Then the only conclusion I can come to is that, at the least, you know something about it," Her voice was hushed when she spoke it, careful to avoid the chef overhearing her as she returned her gaze to the bowl. It felt tense suddenly, at least for her - she was risking a lot by speaking how she was, but now she was really suspicious of him since he chose then to wear that expression again. It got her imagination going, but maybe it wasn't her imagination - maybe it was her piecing everything together.

"After all, why else would you so casually sit next to me, knowing what you do."

Well, at least she wasn't completely dense. If she was beginning to realize the situation, it explained why she'd survived as long as she had without a visible guardian over her shoulder at all times.

Still, that didn't mean he wouldn't at least make an attempt to misdirect her. What good shinobi wouldn't? "I know that you're the one these people suspect...and I know that you were here earlier as well." He spoke in the same volume as her, voice reasonable, as if attempting to reason with her. "But what sort of a person does what's being said about you, and then remains where they've committed a crime once they know they're under suspicion? Didn't I tell you? I don't like to make assumptions about people without giving them the chance to prove me wrong first."

A simple shrug, though she still eyed him with suspicion, and Adela took a few moments to think over her response before answering him, "I don't have anything about my schedule to hide from these people, so they're free to ask all they like. Whether they think the answer is honest or not is up to them."

A beat, however, and she added, "Besides, it's not like there is a way for me to prove your suspicions wrong save for busting whoever really did it, and it's not like I have time to investigate thoroughly."

"I never said that I suspected you. Simply that I am aware they do." He lifted a wide shoulder slightly. "Considering I am unwelcome and you are unfairly suspected, it only seemed reasonable to sit together and eat ramen at one of the few places that will take any offered money."

And it was far more amusing to see how she dealt with the situation now that she failed to avoid it than to simply wander off and leave her be.

"You didn't have to. I have to assume that of everyone in town now, for my own safety - the less hostile I am about it, the more likely I am to find someone who will at least take service, like this gentleman here," With her words she waved to the chef, finally going back to her bowl and finishing her meal. Well, at least trying to finish her meal - she was tired, irritable, and really no longer in the mood to talk. Not to mention that, despite everything, she still felt uncomfortable around this guy.

It was almost like she was being analyzed, prey or something of the like...

Analyzing was too dedicated a word. Examined was, perhaps, more appropriate. Toyed with would be even more so, as until he was sure what caught his attention about her, he simply took amusement from her as he could in an effort not to kill her instead.

He finally turned to his own food, and shook his head. "I'm disappointed that you would assume I am as quick to judge as the rest of the town. I suppose that means you consider me a fool." He sighed, as if disappointed, or perhaps resigned.

That really was insulting of her. "Do you think it will be safe for you to sleep here while the entire town believes you murdered someone?"

"Just the opposite. I'd consider you an idiot if you didn't see anything at all in the rumors, again unless you knew better for certain - if only for your own safety, whether you're a simple traveller or not."

And she already knew he wasn't. As for his second question, she merely shook her head at him and rested her chopsticks across the half-finished bowl, signifying that she was done, "And sleeping here's still safer than sleeping in the woods or on the road. It'd only be more dangerous if I was here alone."

"I prefer not to assume innocence or guilt without my investigation. Small towns can be notoriously quick to leap to either assumption, I've found. In my travels." If she didn't come out and say he wasn't a simple traveler, there wasn't any reason for him to acknowledge he wasn't.

But anyone who was allowed to go wandering on their own outside of a village even for a little bit ought to be able to recognize another ninja when they saw one. Especially one like him. If she didn't, anything unfortunate that came to her as a result would be her own fault.

"I've never known an angry town to be less dangerous than an angry bear." He glanced over at her briefly. "Have you?"

Once more she shook her head, at last rising to her feet and laying down some money (plus a rather generous tip) for the chef as she looked to Nakago once more.

"You should know better than that. Avoiding that kind of trouble is simple for us, or we'd be out of work or dead real fast."

That was when she walked away, showing her back - or rather, simply walking but still guarded enough to react to an unseen threat. Though she didn't think the town was in danger of mobbing, she'd take her partner's opinion into account when they officially reunited. It'd be easier to think straight without this weird ninja around, anyway.

And he...made no move to follow her at all. He simply sat at the table and began to eat. There was no reason to follow her at that point unless he was going to escalate things, and there simply wasn't a reason. After all, she now filled the purpose of being a scapegoat for the town, silly girl.

He did call out in a cheerful voice as she reached nearly out of earshot. "I hope that we'll meet again some day!"

Perhaps by then he'll have figured out where he remembered her from.

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