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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 0:54:30 GMT -5
Utsuro was at a loss for words. Just...what had happened there? What manner of family would behave like that? It didn't make sense to him. How could one not know one's family members? Or not want them around? "I...I am sorry...I do not....how could they..." It was hard to form a cohesive statement on the subject, and really, who was he to pry into this young girl's personal life. "Forgive me, it's...not my place to pry.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Aug 19, 2009 1:00:05 GMT -5
"It's nothing," Ayaka said with a shrug. Just how on earth was she supposed to tell a complete stranger why her own family didn't want her? And what would happen if she did? Would he judge her just like the others had? Best to wait. Maybe, if she came to know she could trust him... but not now. "I'm here now," she continued, "And they're not. So it's not really important anymore." She sat there for a moment, studying the boy across from her with gray eyes veiled by a curtain of fiery red-orange hair. "Tsutomegi, right?" she asked after a moment's silence. "It's your turn."
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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 1:16:59 GMT -5
Only nodding in response, he was glad for an opportunity to change the subject, even if it was just turning the focus to him. It was always a rough spot, speaking of himself, much more so than speaking in general, but clearly she no longer wished to discuss herself, and he could not fault her in that. "R-right...Tsutomegi..Utsuro.." He supposed it was only fair. She'd told him a decent bit of herself..it was only neighborly to return the favor. "..I..came to Konoha...to train..My home....was very far from here..I left seven years ago...and have been travelling since.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Aug 19, 2009 1:20:36 GMT -5
Ayaka listened to Tsutomegi's story - she had heard right, after all - with interest, even though he seemed to be giving out far fewer details than he had to the medic earlier. There was no mention of the nasty things he'd spoken of to her. Still, she supposed he might not want to talk about those things, just like how she didn't want to talk about her own past very much. "To train?" she asked him, picking what she hoped was a safe topic. "Are you a ninja? I thought those stayed in their home villages to train."
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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 1:33:22 GMT -5
"Y-yes...normally.." He responded, nodding softly. " I need to train...but...my village.." Pausing, he swallowed a little. It was never pleasant to recall, but became slightly easier over the years. "It..was destroyed...seven years ago...That's why I left..." Finishing the sentence, he shifted just slightly, gaze finding the ceiling of the tent above, and studying it intently for a moment. "I am....the only one left."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Aug 19, 2009 1:38:04 GMT -5
So much for safe topics. It seemed both she and Tsutomegi shared a talent for touching on raw subjects. "I'm... sorry," she said at last, her voice quiet but sincere. "I didn't know." Outside, thunder crashed, and rain began to fall.
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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 1:46:32 GMT -5
As the thunder rumbled above, Utsuro just shook his head."It is not your fault.....you could not have known...It is....something I have had time to come to terms with.." "It...has been good for me...in a way...My village...it was small....and isolated...I have...learned a lot in my travels...The world is so much bigger than I'd thought.." He added after a moment or two of thought, listening to the rain outside. It sounded good, at least. Positive. And it was the truth, at that.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Aug 19, 2009 1:54:24 GMT -5
Ayaka nodded. That, at least, was something she could understand. Discovering that there was a whole wide world out there beyond the borders of one's village could be... intimidating, to say the least. "You must have seen a lot of amazing things," she mused aloud as she thought of all the places this boy must have been since he left his home. She paused for a moment, listening to the rain as she tried to decide whether she wanted to say anything else. "Is it always this scary?" she asked at last, studying the wall of the tent as though wishing she could look out a window at the storm outside. "Going to a new place."
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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 2:01:07 GMT -5
He had indeed seen many amazing things since leaving Tengakure. Perhaps sometime he could tell her about them when he had more energy. As it was, the gentle droning of the rain was having quite the soothing effect on the young man. Glancing over at her as she looked away, he nodded slightly, more to himself he supposed. "At first, yes...Because...everything is new..faces...locations...and when you are all alone..it...makes it worse..but...it gets better over time...not everyone will welcome you with open arms...but...not everyone... wants to dissect you either..."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Aug 19, 2009 2:06:39 GMT -5
Ayaka blinked, shooting this Tsutomegi an odd look when he mentioned dissection. First the odd list of things he was afraid of, and now this? Just where had he been traveling, the Hidden Mad Scientist Village? Maybe it was some sort of strange idea of a joke. But then, he didn't seem like the joking type at all, and his words were spoken so seriously that Ayaka couldn't help but halfway believe him. "No wonder you didn't like that doctor woman," she said at last.
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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 2:17:32 GMT -5
Good job, genius. There's this thing called INTERNAL dialogue..you should try it sometime."A..ah....s-sorry..I had not meant..to..say that aloud...b-but...yes...I had....bad experiences with a d-doctor some years ago.." He stated sorrowfully. "Not everyone in the world.....is as nice as the people of Konoha, it seems.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Aug 19, 2009 2:27:15 GMT -5
Ayaka just nodded, wondering for the umpteenth time just what kind of person she was talking to. He wasn't like anyone she'd met, that was for sure. Still, what he was saying about Konoha was quite true, and not nearly so random as talking about being dissected. "I don't know about the others," she said simply, "but everyone here... they seem to really care about each other. Even people like us who just came here. It's... weird. But... I like it."
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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 2:36:54 GMT -5
"It...certainly seems....that way.." Agreeing, a faint smile turned his lips upward. "And it is....very nice..indeed..That kind of compassion for others....its....not seen often. Much less..in a whole village."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Aug 19, 2009 10:45:29 GMT -5
Well. It definitely wasn't the case with her entire home village, but as for the rest of them, she'd just have to take Tsutomegi's word for it. It wasn't like she had traveled at all before coming to Konoha, after all. Her entire world consisted of the geography between old home and new. It was hard, sitting here listening to the rain, to even believe that her new home was a tent with several other people in the middle of a ninja village that had just come out of a war. There was something surreal about it, even after being here for a few days. "So how'd you get all messed up, anyways?" she asked after yet another moment's thought. Not everyone who came in to the village needed one of those things in their arm, after all.
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Post by strangevisitor on Aug 19, 2009 17:37:18 GMT -5
"I...have...rather...bad luck.." Utsuro admitted ashamedly, slowly reaching to scratch his head nervously. " I had..gone..some time...without real food..or fresh water.." Actually, he couldn't remember the last time he had a real meal. "I would fish...and a bear would come along...berry bushes were either toxic...or infested...with unsavory insects..freshwater streams...meant hungry wolves..." He continued on, as if this sort of thing were common, everyday occurrences. "And I ran...out of solider pills...a week or two ago.."
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