January Intro Mingle!

[asgardmods]

Who: Newbies and anyone who wishes to greet them!
What: Getting used to the city
When: Days 383 and forward
Where: Anywhere in town!
Rating: PG-13 tops! If it gets worse, move to a private log please.

[Please include your location and the IC day (ex. Day 383 - this can be found in the schedule) in your top-level comment or your subject line when starting a thread! It can be any welcome hall, major attraction, or just out an about in any district. For newbies making a top-level thread, you may include your character's name/canon/house in your subject line if you'd like, to make housemates easy to find! :) If a God is needed or wanted, please ping the mods and depending on availability we might be able to throw them in where asked.

Also, keep an eye on the event schedule for January! If you're ICly introing during an event, make sure you take that into account. Thank you!

Have fun!]

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Kin Tsuchi - All Around 385

[kage_senbon]

Option 1: Loki House

[She didn't stay long. Just long enough to take out one of the kunai she'd had on her person when she'd died, deface the name plate until it was illegible on her assigned room, walk in, pilfer it of a small pack and casual clothing that she could wear and blend in and leave after taking some non-perishable foodstuffs from the kitchen.

She wasn't staying in a dorm room full of strangers, damnit all, and they could fry as a collective unit if they thought she'd trust them anymore than she'd trusted her own teammates, much less that psycho Orochimaru. Screw this. She was finding an abandoned house, breaking in, squatting and finding creative ways to deal with the chill.

Maybe you're lucky and catch her while she's still getting situated... if you call that lucky.]

Option 2: The Streets of Asgard.

[She can't be seen on the streets of Asgard wearing her ninja headband prominently, her camouflage gear or flak jacket or even her bracelet. The latter's stowed carefully on her person and the rest is folded up and concealed. She's dressed in the basic hand-me-downs that everyone gets in the free housing. They're nothing special, but they come with a hood and just enough protection to keep from freezing to death. She's got a pack she's cobbled together and looks to be casing various houses around the city to see if they're abandoned.

When she's not hunting what can be graciously called 'housing,' she can be found lurking in dark corners, just out of sight. She's watching all of the people very carefully, trying to get a feel for the place.]

Option 3: The Roofs of Asgard.

[As soon as she can find a place to crash and begin ferrying items into it, Kin makes for the rooftops of the buildings. She's continuing to observe and generally ignoring the falling ash. Those of you with more of a rooftop sensibility can find her there.]

OPTION 2222222222

[kuramaless]

[Naruto had only ventured outside for one thing, and now that he had it, he was making his hasty way back to Freya house.

The best ramen always seems to be the kind that's furthest away, but it's definitely worth it. He couldn't wait whilst he walked - which is why there are a set of chopsticks in his hand. Kin doesn't really register on his radar. There are people everywhere, some he knows, some he's seen before, some that are obviously new, and loads he doesn't know.

Without the forehead protector, he just walks on by, shoveling another mouthful of ramen into himself.]

[kage_senbon]

[He might not have remembered her, but she remembered him. He was, arguably, the most annoying of the three of them, and the most incompetent. But, there was something wrong when she saw him. He was so much older than she expected. Had... had that much time passed since she'd died and been brought here?

That irritated her somehow. Electing to find out more, she started stalking after the rather obvious figure. She wanted answers, to know more about what was going on here. And, if there was anyone dumb enough to just hand them over, it had to be the great Uzumaki Naruto.]

[kuramaless]

[Naruto had spent a long time feeling inadequate when it came to Sasuke, not bothering to consider how he was compared to his other peers, but those days were long gone.

Although, he definitely didn't think too highly of himself either - he was much more aware of the balance of things, and his place in the chain of power.

What he didn't know, for quite a while was that someone was following him. If he had access to his abilities, he would have picked up on it at the first turn of a corner, (if he had the sense to make use of those abilities) but it takes him a few minutes to actually spin around on his heel, shoving his chopsticks out in front of him to where whoever was following him had to be right?]

Oi!

[kage_senbon]

[Shit. She'd been branched. Ok, he wasn't completely incompetent, ignoring the fact that she could have planted two or three senbon in his back before he'd noticed her. She kept her head down to try and keep out of his sight and scowled a little.]

Sorry... I thought you were someone I knew.

[Total bullshit, but it was time to see just how gullible he was these days.]

[kuramaless]

[Totally not incompetent at all. If only you knew...

His head tipped slightly as she moved hers, and eventually he made his way over, bending to be able to look right up into her face.]

Waitaminute--!

[Instantly, he stretches out again, pointing an accusatory finger at her.]

I know you!

[kage_senbon]

Did someone finally wake up and join the party?

[Ok, the jig was up. She was sneering at him, her lips curled into a nasty little grin as she did. Hands planted on hips, one near her thigh satchel with her senbon.]

You're as loud as ever, dumbass. You know that?

[kuramaless]

[Wait-- did he really know her?

The look on his face falls, and in a matter of seconds, confusion, frustration, surprise flick across his face.

He settles for frowning at her, crossing his arms across his chest.]

You're still weird!

[kage_senbon]

Weird? Is that the best you can come up with? I'm weird?

[She snorted and shook her head at him, sneering.]

Well, you're a loud-mouthed buffoon who thinks shouting and pointing your finger at someone's a good way to prove you're tough, and I don't care if you look older than I remember. That definitely hasn't changed.

[kuramaless]

Well you are ain't ya?

[He could bite the bait... but things have changed, and rather than react he just presses his lips into a pout, frowning right at her.

His head tips in thought, mostly because he's still trying to figure out who the hell she was in the first place.]

You're the one creepin' up on people.

[kage_senbon]

What would you expect from me? Milk and cookies? Meet up for ramen and talk about the good old days where we tried to kill each other in the woods?

[She spat to the side.]

Are you really that naive, Naruto Uzumaki?

[kuramaless]

[Kill each other in the woods...

Kill each other in the woods!

I REMEMBER WHO Y'ARE NOW!

Damn-- that was ages ago.

[kage_senbon]

Someone just got with the program, didn't they? Welcome to the here and now. Seriously, Naruto?

Why the hell is anyone ever afraid of you?

2 i guess

[sharingone]

[Sasuke is on his way somewhere, walking through the streets of Asgard. Passing some girl leaning against a wall, he glances at her for just a moment.

And then once more, because for a split second there is some vague sense of recognition about her. But no, a second look at her and his memory isn't offering anything. Must just be a trick of the mind and without a second thought he continues on his way.]

[kage_senbon]

[She kept from sighing with relief the moment he was continuing, but only just barely. He'd probably noticed her by the faint start at the sight of him. Seeing Sakura or the idiot was one thing. Seeing him, older, more confident, missing the mark.

It was hitting home, really hard. She was dead, and they'd continued on, for years by the look of it. It made her want to scream, to jab her needles into his eyes and demand to know why they were so special. She kept it back, for now, but she did start following.

Unlike with Naruto, though, she kept as much distance as she could. She expected him to notice, eventually, but she had a convenient lie stored up for when he did.]

[sharingone]

[It takes a bit, but he eventually picks up on the fact that someone is following him.

Not responding to it yet, he pretends to now have noticed it-- until he turns a corner, that is. When his stalker turns the corner the are going to find Sasuke right there, facing them and looking unimpressed.]

[kage_senbon]

[Of course he was better at this than Sakura was. You could tell when she ducked around a corner. Sasuke? He simply walked normally and whipped around to wait. It was a lot less obvious. She came to a pause, making a 'tch' sound as he stood there, but not pulling her hood off.

She wasn't a cowardly creature, but there was no point tipping her hand entirely just yet.]

What?

[sharingone]

[Still not recognizing her and therefore not knowing why she is following him, he gives her a judgmental stare, hand resting on top of his sheathed sword (as a warning, of course.)]

Shouldn't I be asking you that?

[kage_senbon]

[Her own hand rested on top of a satchel at her side. It was familiar, well known equipment. The sort of thing people kept Kunai or shuriken... or senbon in. She didn't open it. The warning was as much hers as it was his.]

Then why aren't you? You're supposed to be a smart boy, aren't you?

[sharingone]

[So it's someone that knows him, or knows of him. But he still doesn't recognise her.]

It was implied.

[kage_senbon]

[The fact that he wasn't reacting to her was irritating, irritating enough that her teeth ground and she glared at him from under the hood she was wearing.]

I saw a familiar face. I wanted to be absolutely sure if I was wrong or not.

[sharingone]

[He isn't really listening to her words, not properly. Instead he's looking, waiting for that spark of recognition.

Then it hits him, memories of long ago. The exams, the forest...]

Sound. You're a sound-nin, right?

[kage_senbon]

Tch.

[Fine. She pulled the hood back and glared at him defiantly, teeth bared in her sneer, hands planted on her hips.]

And what if I am, Sasuke? Is it really so hard for the great Sasuke Uchiha to remember the likes of me?

[sharingone]

[Still all confident and brash, huh? Maybe it would have intimidated him a bit back then (not that he would admit to it) but years have passed since then.

Years he spent training and even beating Orochimaru himself, one of his little underlings is not going to worry him.]

Why would I remember someone as insignificant as you?

[kage_senbon]

[She snarled back at him. He hadn't changed a bit, only he had. The bravado wasn't bravado anymore. It came from years of blood, sweat, tears and skill. However, to her, it was the same bravado from their respective youth.]

I see your cockiness has made you unobservant since we last met. Hmmmph, what little you remember will only serve to be your downfall in the end.