Yar Har Fiddle Dee Dee (Mission)

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The sullen, silent darkness of the Hyuuga clan house bore into Aryll, even in blissful sleep. She could never escape the dread she felt of coming home to this place each day, but she had very little choice in the matter. Living here alone was all she could hope for, and the wealth that she and her clan possessed was enough to tide her over until she got her bearings. That said, she’d finally put herself up to start doing missions again, something she hadn’t done since living in Tengakure. She knew she needed to start bringing money into the house again, if only to feed herself, but also because she had to show the clan that she was still strong. She hadn’t asked for her brother’s position, but it had been thrust upon her. Like it or not, she had to keep working. To that end, she had spent the majority of the night studying something called a mark seal, as well as the summoning technique, in hopes of finding a way to transport Thane effectively without having to lug him around everywhere. After all, as much as she loved him, Thane was a giant pain in the ass to move, and he wasn’t always needed for combat.

And so she rose from her bed, her silver hair a mess, as she began to go through what had become her daily routine. She lifted herself out of bed and down into her chair, her upper body -strengthened significantly due to her recent loss- doing all of the work as she slumped down into the chair. She pushed her chair towards the bathroom, where she deposited herself into the shower, hanging on the bars for support like an ape as she sat herself down and turned on the water, leaving her clothes neatly folded at the door. Aryll was quite unusual in that she read books while she was in the shower. Nobody had ever told her this was odd because frankly it’d be weird to tell her that, and she didn’t really care regardless. Today, she was reading a fuinjutsu book, and the chapter she was on was covering the mark seal technique. A most interesting seal, on its own it did practically nothing, but when used in tandem with other techniques, particularly the summoning technique she’d noticed, it had many useful applications. She tried to form the seal on herself, just as a test, and watched the chakra burn into her skin before fading away, not quite enough to stay. She continued to read for awhile, then put the book away to wash her hair.

She sat there, sighing as the warm water ran against her face, when a strange tapping sound echoed through the bathroom. She thought it might have been a broken pipe at first, but the tapping continued, and she was able to pinpoint it to the bathroom window. The glass was stained and layered so she could not see outside it, but a simple use of her byakugan revealed the perpetrator to be a small carrier pigeon, holding a message. Dutifully, Aryll pulled herself out of the shower, throwing a towel over her chair and wheeling herself over to the window, sliding it open just enough for the bird to enter. It landed on the counter, and Aryll quickly unhooked the letter from the creature’s leg, allowing it to fly out the window once again.

Ripping open the letter, Aryll studied the print. Apparently, one of the islands that made up Kirigakure is soon to be raided by a band of pirates, lead by the dastardly Zack Carrow. Aryll’s eyes widened as she learned that he and the Blue Gem would be nearing the island soon, apparently they’d learned a way to bypass the storm barrier, and she’d been tasked with stopping it, along with three other genin and someone designated to lead the squad.

”No fucking way.” Aryll muttered, setting down the letter. This must be a mistake. She was just a genin, and this was an S-Ranked mission. This was way out of her league. Even so, she wasn’t one to complain, and she certainly wasn’t about to deny an order from Kirigakure. Xyxer would know, after all, and she couldn’t bear to disappoint her friend any more. Sighing, she turned off the water from the shower, combing her hair drying herself off.

She pulled on her clothes, a pair of navy blue NINJA pants and some black NINJA shoes, a black tank top and a jacket, tossing her beret onto her head haphazardly. She picked up the fuinjutsu book in the hopes that she’d be able to do some light reading should they embark on a vessel or something to reach the Blue Gem, but stopped when she passed by Thane, who stood dutifully in the storage room. She glanced at him for a moment, before looking down at the book she’d been studying. Her face cracked into a grin as she rolled herself, bumping down the steps, towards Thane, placing a hand on his chassis. For a moment, nothing happened, but then a small seal appeared, emblazoned across her puppet, and she knew that she had succeeded. Smiling, Aryll decided to continue reading her book, confident that she could summon Thane to battle. Worst case, she’d make someone push her back here, or she’d improvise something. She’d be fine.

The designated meeting point was, conveniently, right across the street from where she lived, which made Aryll believe that this assignment was indeed intentional, though she had no proof. Shrugging, she pushed her chair out the front door, and down the makeshift ramp she’d built for herself, her chair thumping against the bricks of the street as the sidewalk ended. She dutifully wheeled herself across the street, spinning her chair so that she was in a comfortable spot, then looked down to study her book some more. Her headband was displayed prominently, so it would be easy to tell she was a part of this mission. She simply read from her book about the summoning technique, glancing up occasionally to look around.


(TWC: 1024/2500)

Jayce's life had been overly simplistic and a bit boring since he had graduated from the ninja academy. He had expected something much more than just the training drills he had been doing since then. Wasn't it typical for Genin to be assigned to certain missions for the village? Rhetorical question, of course it was normal to be tasked with missions. Still, it had been nearly two weeks since then and he hadn't been assigned to a team or tasked with even the smallest of missions to accomplish. He found it unbearably frustrating. So, in order to keep his intellect honed and not go insane from the extreme amounts of nothingness that was required of him, Jayce spent most of the last two weeks with his nose in every book on fuinjutsu that he could find. Now that he was an official full-fledged Kirigakure shinobi he was allowed access to all kinds of information which he found completely fascinating. 

This morning was no different. The young Uzumaki had woken up early and immediately returned to one such book containing information on varying fuinjutsu arrays and their properties. The book was still opened to the page on a specific paralysis seal from the night before. Jayce had spent most of the night immersed in his studies of fuinjutsu, becoming especially curious about this seal. He spent hours upon hours trying to understand the inner workings of the sealing array and recreate the seal so that he could use it later on, or break it if need be. Half-crumpled sheets of paper littered his bedroom floor, overflowing from the waste bin set next to his desk. The lamp was still on and there was a small puddle of drool on the pages from where he had fallen asleep in the middle of reading. If there was any one thing that Jayce loved, it was the intricacies of fuinjutsu. Now that he was awake, he rose from his chair and made his way into the bathroom to clean himself up and get dressed for the day. The hot water hitting his back helped him to think. He found the sensation extremely calming. It also helped to rouse him from his zombie-like state.

When the boy finally returned to his room after being fully clothed he heard a small tapping sound coming from the window. Upon closer inspection he found it to be from a carrier pigeon. In a matter of seconds the window had been opened, the letter removed from the feathered animal's leg, and the flapping of wings could be heard as it left having completed it's mission. Speaking of missions, that's exactly what was contained in this letter. Jayce had to read it over three or four times to be certain of the information in front of his eyes. No assignments at all since graduating from the academy and then suddenly he is put into a team of three Genin under the charge of a higher ranking ninja to complete an S rank mission. Kirigakure certainly was no joke. And it was something about stopping a pirate lord, too. Without wasting any time the boy gathered up what he needed and left his house, making his way toward the designated rendezvous point. When he got there he was shocked to see a young girl in a WHEELCHAIR wearing a ninja headband. It was obvious that she was to be part of this mission, but he just didn't understand how. At least not yet anyway.

"Uh, hi. I'm Jayce. I take it you're also part of the squad assigned with stopping this Jack Carrow guy?"

As the other boy arrived, another letter would be delivered to Aryll. Apparently, their mission assignment actually had been a mistake, and they were relieved of their duty. She would relay this information to him, shrug, and wheel herself back into the house.

(Exit, gonna treat this as a training since this mission will never be finished due to people dying IC)

(TWC: 1067)

+5 Stats
+450/450 words towards Mark Seal, cost lowered by 10% with the Grand Kirigakure Academy
+617/1800 Words for Summoning Technique, also lowered.

It was at about this point that Aryll would notice a guy in the middle of the road, staring at her with… He looked almost constipated, from the expression on his face. She was used to the sideways looks she often got from outsiders, but never something so blatant as this. Clearing her throat, the chunin stared down the boy, stopping about five meters from him in the chair as she spoke.


”What the hell are you staring at?” She challenged. ”Get out of my sight or I’ll toss you in the water.” Came the cocky, determined voice of Aryll Hyuuga. She had all of her mission equipment still, and while she did not have Thane, she had the means to summon him, should she require him. Still, the girl pondered if she even really needed her armor for this one.


(Sorry for taking so long, forgot about this topic)