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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 3, 2010 1:03:51 GMT -5
"I did." He admitted quietly, opening the envelope of paperwork and finally filling in that void. "When you go a very long time with no reason...nobody..to celebrate something..it tends to slip your memory." Another thick book, slightly better kept. This one contained information on other villages and their shinobi that had been collected over the years. The Hokage would definitely want to see that. And that....and... Utsuro sighed quietly and began replacing items into the bundle. It seemed he really WAS going to have to bring it all. Separating it would take too long. "I...have to take some things to the Hokage. I shall return as soon as I can." Binding the monstrosity up once again, he lifted it onto his back. It seemed...lighter somehow. Perhaps because he was not as exhausted as he had been upon arrival. "Good luck again, Ayaka-san." Utsuro wished for her, as he made his way towards the exit, and then onward to the Administration building again.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 3, 2010 1:13:00 GMT -5
"You too, Tsutomegi," Ayaka called out as her friend left. She attempted to go back to her paperwork then, but the pen stopped halfway to the page. When you go a long time with no reason... nobody to celebrate something...Well, Ayaka kind of understood that, though her own birthday had its own reasons for being unpleasant. Still, she had seen her family celebrating birthdays, so she knew what they were supposed to be like. And to see it like that... just didn't seem right. And so she spun around - careful not to disturb the papers on the cot - and slid off the cot, landing in a kneeling position in front of her bag. The calendar she had snatched was a couple years old, but at least it'd let her keep track of things like this. April fourth.... April fourth.... gotta write that down...
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 3, 2010 1:38:15 GMT -5
If there was one thing Utsuro's travels, and his penchant for gazing downward, had endowed him with, it was the ability to shrug off odd looks from those he passed in transit. Yes, he was an oddly-bedraggled young man with a massive bundle of objects on his back. He was aware of this, he was the one carrying it. There was no reason to stop him to ask about it. Once (miraculously) inside the administration building again, he wasted no time in approaching the desk and asking if the Hokage was still free. Thankfully being informed to the affirmative, he made his way back upstairs. He had not been gone that long, after all. Iiiii officially...hate....stairs....agreed.Pausing to catch his breath, he made his way back to her office.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 4, 2010 22:00:25 GMT -5
It was that time of day: time to get a cup of tea. With everything Akina and her mentor, Kaori-sama, did during the day, it was a wonder they hadn't consumed all the tea left in Konoha. But somehow the supply held out, and the two women continued to fuel themselves with it. And so, of course, someone needed to go get it. It would have been easy, of course, for Akina to send someone after the stuff in her place, but she enjoyed the chance to get out and move. And so she set off from the office down the stairs... only to meet up with a now familiar face about halfway down. "Ah, Tsutomegi-kun!" she observed, coming to a halt on the stairs. "Back already? ..... What on earth is all that?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 4, 2010 23:05:27 GMT -5
"A-ah...Tokoharu-sama...Yes...The Hokage said...she wanted to see the information I had...as soon as possible, and...to bring everything, so.." He shifted awkwardly, doing his best to keep the mass on his back. "This is everything. That I brought with me from Tengakure, that is...did..I come at a bad time?" Utsuro's face instantly adopted a concerned expression.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 4, 2010 23:08:02 GMT -5
"Not at all," Akina replied, thankfully managing to keep her face straight. "Hokage-sama has just been sorting through some reports. "Now then. You look like you're about to fall down the stairs. Let me carry that the rest of the way," she instructed, holding out her hand expectantly.
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 4, 2010 23:19:11 GMT -5
"I would not want to trouble you, Tokoharu-sama..It is a burden I have borne for a long time, and it is far heavier than it appears.." Utsuro replied quietly, honestly.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 4, 2010 23:40:56 GMT -5
If it were anyone but Tsutomegi-kun - who seemed to act this way towards anybody as far as Akina had seen - she would have taken offense at a comment like that. But, whatever. "Suit yourself," she said simply, giving a shrug. "The Hokage will see you when you make it upstairs. Just knock on the door."
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 5, 2010 0:01:48 GMT -5
"Thank you, ma'am. Sorry to have gotten in your way." Shifting to the side to let her pass, he waited until she was safely down the rest of the stairs before continuing onward to the office. **** Thankfully, the hall seemed to be empty, and Utsuro proceeded directly towards the large doors, knocking softly upon them and waiting for a response.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 5, 2010 0:07:58 GMT -5
There was a knock at the door, interrupting Kaori's reading. The fact that someone had knocked at all meant that whoever was out there in the hallway wasn't Akina, and so the reports Kaori had been reading were swiftly tucked away in a desk drawer before she spoke. "Come in."
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 5, 2010 0:21:41 GMT -5
" Come in." Nodding to himself resolutely, he pushed the door open softly, but firmly, and shuffled into the office for the second time that day. Thankfully, the overwhelmingly frightening woman was nowhere to be found this time around. Just the ridiculously frightening leader of the village. "I..brought what you asked me to, Hokage-dono.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 5, 2010 0:25:48 GMT -5
"Ah, yes. Come in, Tsutomegi.... kun..." Kaori paused, raising an eyebrow at the massive bundle the young man was carrying into her office. "Goodness, child," she observed. "What on earth is all of that? Don't tell me... when I said bring it all... Perhaps, did you think I meant for you to bring everything you own?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 5, 2010 0:44:45 GMT -5
"Ah...yes...I did..." The young man's shoulders slumped, the bundle softly hitting the floor..and creating a gentle tremor through it. "Y-you said...to bring 'everything I b-brought with me'...and this is it.." "I am sorry."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 5, 2010 1:20:11 GMT -5
"I meant for you to bring all the information you'd salvaged," Kaori corrected, suppressing a sigh. "I believe I remember clarifying that earlier in our conversation. "But, what's done is done. Perhaps the rest will reveal something as well. Shall we begin, then?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 5, 2010 1:39:52 GMT -5
I am such an idiot..Utsuro nodded silently, turning to the bundle and once more began the process of safely extracting items from within it. It was a tedious procedure, but the slightest movement out of order would have caused the whole thing to explode and create a rather spectacular mess of the Hokage's office. After some time and dedicated work, a stack of scrolls and tomes was growing on the floor, alongside another pile of more...eclectic items: An antique lacquered tea set, the sword-shaped bundle, the forehead protector of his village, and other curious and out-of-place things. "That..should be everything." He nodded, indicating the neat stack.
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