Naruto D&D The Silent Tides #20: Stakeout

Team 18 spend their first night in the Leaf Village staking out the Silver Steep Parlor. The establishment seems without blemish...

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Angel playing Karai, you guessed.

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Greg playing Kai Segaiari.

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And Jess playing Percy Hoshigaki.

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You got the recap. Ooh, okay. It's been two weeks.

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I can't remember. Kind of giving her a heads up. Alright. Yeah.

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We hold you at a higher standard.

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Alright. So we officially fully walked into the Leaf Village now. Um, we've gotten some some minimal interaction with some Leaf Village people. Pariah got to meet, or not meet, but like got back into contact with cousin? Is that what it is? Just a just a childhood friend. Oh what? Oh the familial people of sorts and have already asked if you're here to stay. And you're like, who knows? From there we went to the uh Silversteep parlor and we perused around. I got a mug.

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That's right.

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Um with uh a small serving of their forever tea regeneration tea.

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Because it was so expensive to buy in both. Their special blend, yeah.

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Yes. We learned some a few things about it. Haraya learned that they're they're tatami mats, you couldn't see through them, which is very unusual for your Biacagon. Don't be suspicious.

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Don't be suspicious.

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From there, we were kind of given some free time before our stakeout, where Kaisei, in his normal nonchalant fashion, rolled a mat 20 again and fished out the Wheel of Fire Koi. Because why not? You know, we're trying to keep a down low profile.

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Three mythical fish out of the four currently I have written down.

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Where you then uh sold it, and now people are starting to recognize you as Kai say the fisherman, which could be an issue, but but we'll find that out. We'll find out in the next episode. Uh and I believe that's kind of where we left off. We were kind of in the marketplace and we were heading back to the hotel, I think is what Yes.

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Yeah.

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Um what have you called a hotel? The inn.

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Yeah, the sorts kind of Marriott. Yeah, I had the Are we using points? The first little sight inside the silver steep, and then you talked a little bit more. First, you talked with Kisari a little bit, yes. And Korokite.

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And uh and Maki.

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Yes. Well, Maki talked to you. Yeah. You weren't even trying to talk. I was like, okay. You Horaya had talked a little bit with Shisumi, and I think they had made plans, but never gave it time. I think we're gonna retcon that and say that they made plans because you wouldn't knowingly know that you're about to go to the hotel.

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Right.

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So probably plans for the next day.

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Okay.

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Just because that makes more sense.

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Got it. You wanna meet up in two hours? It'll be midnight. And what's the problem?

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I'm on a mission. Mission!

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I'm just wondering which one of us is gonna break undercover status first. The one as you can tell, I already forgot. My guess is on you, Kaisei.

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On me?

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Yeah, they already recognize you as Kaise the Fisherman.

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That has nothing to do with being on a mission.

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Are you gonna are you gonna join the fishing tournament?

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Yeah.

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It's in a few days. You might be able to wrap up.

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And everyone's gonna be like, wow, this really great fisherman came out of the wood we can. That's why.

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That's why. I was doing so good over in the hidden, in the rain, or in the midst. In the rain. Don't worry. But uh, I was doing so good, I had to come over here and try my luck, okay?

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But if you're from the hidden rain, you'd probably be an orphan. And I was like, oh wait.

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You are! Yeah.

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Yeah.

unknown 5:12

Okay.

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What is Team 18 doing? Are you all collectively going back to sleep for a little bit before the stakeout?

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I'll take a nap.

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I want to go fishing.

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No, you are not allowed to go.

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I'm gonna say no. You're not allowed to go fishing. Is there any other final talks?

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We're in the hotel room and Kaize starts to grab your fishing pole. We're all like, no! Sit down! Yeah, for real.

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Like him throws a Kuana and it just like cuts it in. Yeah, for real.

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That'd be a funny scene.

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Um do we still have time to like do some shopping? Shopping?

unknown 5:55

What time?

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For the for the mission?

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Well, I'd say around like four or five p.m. But y'all are aiming to get like, you know, a full, full long rest of like eight hours of sleep, so y'all are ready through the night.

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I'm ready, bro.

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But sleep-wise, because if you might be exhausted. Well, not on the first night. We're gonna be exhausted on the first night.

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The first how many nights are we staying in?

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See what y'all can find out. Get ready to roll the net 20s.

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Percy's gonna take a nap.

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Okay.

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Uh you wanted to go shopping? Yes. What in particular for? Um window shopping.

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Do you also want a mug?

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I haven't quite made a new uh shopping list, but if there's something you can think of that you think the leaf would have, it would make sense.

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Just like the the paper bombs and stuff, or maybe some more um weaponry. Yeah, some type of weaponry.

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Okay. Or like combat uh aid.

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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

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Yeah, these two pages, and these two pages. It'll be pretty much the same list that y'all found at the other one. But maybe the prices are slightly different. Some of the equipment looks a little bit different. I'll let you look through that.

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Is Haraya doing anything?

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Yes, I'm leaving and I'm not telling anyone where I'm going.

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Oh wow, okay. So I can just imagine it's like 4:30 or 5. You know, Sekuma is at the in. The two cats are uh sleeping on one of y'all's bed. Oh. Um, probably not willing to give those spots up when y'all get back. And Percy being there too. And Sekima is just kind of like, Percy, where are your teammates?

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Um uh I think Kaisei said he was gonna go shopping. I don't know what for it, but and then Haraya just walked away.

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They can do what they want, but if they start dozing off, there's gonna be some repercussions.

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Okay. That's why I'm getting my sleep now.

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Okay, we'll go to Haraya. And just cuddle back up with Sprout or Frenchie.

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Right. Haraya would not have told anyone this, but she's gonna go visit her mother's grave.

SPEAKER_04 8:24

Oh, okay. Wow, that is I didn't even think of that. Wow. We're over here like, what is she into?

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Ooh, sorry. Yeah, so it's you have that moment.

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Yeah, you you make your way towards the um, yeah, that like Willow Fire cemetery, the memorial stone, stuff like that. And it's just very interesting because y'all came here, y'all went like straight to the tea shop, and then you went back to the gate, and then now to the hotel, but now going out, you're like a bunch of memories are flooding back to you of like these streets and like walking along, and yeah, you find your way to the cemetery and um you weren't you probably weren't in the village long after she was buried. Um you might not actually have never even been, because you kinda got taken pretty quickly. But you are able to find your mother's and on it it says, because I have the name of Hiara Huga on one of the stones.

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Right, so I see my mother, Hiara Hugas teamstone.

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Yes.

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She's probably very close to her sister. Zasha Huga? Z-A-S-H-I-A. How long do you spend there?

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Until it's time for the stakeout.

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Oh, okay.

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You just gonna talk to her? Nope. Oh, okay. Just gonna sit there. Just Okay.

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Just scared it off. Back to Kaisei.

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I don't think right.

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Uh I was looking at the healing scroll. The healing scroll? The healing scroll. I can't remember it. Doesn't that that must do a lot more healing than the blood pills, right? Uh 4d4 plus 4 healing. Uh is that for you or for other people? Is that one of the jutsu scrolls?

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Yes. I would believe.

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Oh yeah, healing healing hand scroll. Okay.

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I also I wanted to ask. I saw Radio Link. Like team guys. Is that yeah, is that is that fine? Yeah, that's like a European. Does each one of us have to buy one?

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Or does it come as a set?

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Um, I wrote this six months ago.

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Uh it's only 50 Ryu.

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I think each of you would have to buy.

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I mean, it's not bad though, 50 Ryu.

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Yeah.

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If only we had a rich Yaa!

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Yes! This is why we're friends with the rich kid! I was just gonna say, if only we had a rich friend.

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Yeah. Oh wait! So uh Tell me exactly what you're buying.

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The four of the four Radio links and the healing scroll.

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Okay. You bring him up to the front counter, and there's a man there, and he looks at you and he goes, sorry, um what do you need these healing scrolls for?

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Oh you're gonna have to roll the section.

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Oh god. You just put them down to run. Oh god! Oh my goodness! You miss, and you're just like, what was that?

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He seems fine with selling you like the radio pieces, but he does seem a little bit.

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Uh I'm a fisherman, so sometimes it can be very uh hurt on the job. Yeah. I don't have any. Oh. I just need something that can help me in case I get hurt. Okay, well that's not me lying. That was very good with my word.

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Oh my god. Um back to when we asked who's gonna blow cover first.

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Yeah, give me a persuasion. Oh god.

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And we said Kaisei, and you were like, no, it's not!

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Please though. Oh my god. This is the equivalent of going to store my broken deck.

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Yes! It's like, what do you need this for? Don't worry about it. What is that?

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It's a 12.

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The 12? 12 minus 2. A 10? Uh he looks to give his sorry, the store policy. We don't sell jutsu scrolls to non-shinoki.

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Oh.

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Um I mean, we could maybe sell a few blood pills, but not gonna sell scrolls.

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Okay.

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So uh he'll bring in a little case of where are the blood pills?

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Hey, maybe, maybe maybe you just got yourself reported to the Ombu?

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No, no, no, no! I don't think it's that. I'm just saying, I'm just saying, maybe that makes me look even more authentic for not knowing.

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Oh. Sure. You're like killing me.

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I don't think, you know, an average fisherman on a Tuesday is like, you know what? I'm gonna go buy a juju screen.

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That's not just a fisherman, a fisher boy. Yay!

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The great fisher boy!

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Now that should be your announcement.

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Do you know who I am? He does pull.

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If you go all parent on him, he does offer a selection of blood pills, though.

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Well, I feel like I'll be uh uh a little sus if I don't take the blood pills. I'll take one blood pill. Okay.

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One singular.

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One crack rock, please.

SPEAKER_10 14:39

Oh my god. Like I get I get in this universe they they make sense because it just it just does. But the fact that they're offering just like pills.

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Yeah, I'm actually keeping track of that in the space of how many pills you'll be a at the end of the campaign pill popper achievement.

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This ominous pill from my pocket of an adult you've never met. Let me just give this to you real quick.

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Is all the uh all that you want to look for? Uh yes. Okay. Okay, so I'm guessing Kaisei makes his way back to the inn to um sleep.

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Yes, I'm gonna go sleep. Okay.

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Luckily enough, when you uh get back to the inn, there's just one available bed left, not being taken up by the shinobi cats. And you are able to sleep.

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That is very on theme with Sprout and Frenchie.

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Mm-hmm. And GG. So, you guys are awoken at around midnight.

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Okay.

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How does she do it? I just walk back in. Oh, is that what we're doing?

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Are you gonna meet at the door slams a little and like just walk back in the inn?

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Yeah.

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Okay. So yeah, y'all are.

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We're awoken by Sekima yelling at Hariah.

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She doesn't, I mean, I don't think she's waking Kaise or you very hardly up. She's just gonna give like a little nudge to get up. Yeah, she's gonna just bump back in. I'm sorry, no. For shake!

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The red pill that's bought is two. Two, yeah, she can mark it as two.

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Yeah, we'll just, you know, just averagely wake up Percy and Kaise. Um, but pretty like as she's waking them up, uh Rayah walks through the door. And well you probably have to knock.

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Right, okay.

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Segumo goes and opens the door to let you in.

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Seguma.

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Yeah, that is your name.

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We are on a very important mission tonight. And this there's a chance that this may drag on for a few days. And it's important that you get your sleep. Because I will not have one of my teammates fail me. I will send you back to the academy.

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Did you do that?

SPEAKER_04 17:20

Kakashi said he could do that.

SPEAKER_07 17:25

Okay, she said all that. How did she end that again?

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That she'll send you back to the academy if you fail tonight.

SPEAKER_07 17:31

Right. Oh, if I fail tonight.

SPEAKER_04 17:33

Well, if you fail during the mission, yeah. Like, in a way that regards to your actions not resting.

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I'm just gonna tell her I'm awake and ready.

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It's easy to say that now. Same day. We'll see you after our shift.

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This is where I have to slide into the conversation and be like well to help us. There's uphill not fail. I got this for you guys.

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Are you handing out the comms?

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Yes.

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Kaisei, yeah, hands out the radio piece.

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Sekima looks to Kaisei.

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Oh my gosh.

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Very good. This is a good idea. Just remember that to be cautious. If for any reason we're infiltrating, we're gonna want to keep comms as quiet as possible in case there's a patrol or something to make sure that we're not talking in the earpiece when there's people close by.

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Wait, what?

SPEAKER_04 18:35

Basically, be cautious. Cause it's very much okay, out of character. Very much like the situation where, like, you know, you're on the phone with someone in the middle of like an intense situation, they're like, hello? Can you hear me?

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Yeah, yeah.

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And they're trying to be quiet.

SPEAKER_07 18:51

Yeah, I see. Shut up! Okay, got it.

SPEAKER_04 18:56

She was basically just saying stay vigilant of the situation. And then if we send someone like inside or something, like it'll be like, hey, you there?

SPEAKER_10 19:04

Don't tell knock knock jokes. Got it.

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Alright, team 18, Frenchie, Sprout. Let's move out. Y'all are making your way towards the Silver Seat parlor. There's still people out outside in the later hours. Like, it's a big village, so it's not too suspicious that y'all are walking around.

SPEAKER_10 19:24

What time would it be in this?

SPEAKER_04 19:25

Uh midnight is when y'all were at the inn. So y'all probably take like 30 minutes or so to walk over there. Okay. So yeah, around 12:30. Um, but when y'all get closer, Sekuma begins to jump up into the trees that were close by, if you remember. There was the tea shop, and then right across there was like a little bench area with some trees. A little more foresty. So you guys are I'm not gonna try to balance all of you people. But y'all are kind of imagination. In the trees. Being stealthy-like.

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Being stealthy-like. I'm gonna turn to Percy while we're outside here and whisper. If I start dozing off, I need you to slap.

SPEAKER_10 20:08

I don't know if I can slap you, but I'll do slap me.

unknown 20:12

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 20:13

Well, you heard the whole thing about the academy. Yeah.

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But I'm like, I don't want to hurt her. I am okay.

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So yeah, y'all get up and in, and actually, like pretty quickly from y'all getting there, like y'all barely like get in position before you guys see the the younger lad. Uh I believe you saw the name tag was Kosho.

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I'm getting over.

unknown 20:41

Yes.

SPEAKER_07 20:41

Yes, it is. Kosho. Kosen is his name.

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He leaves the shop and um starts walking out. Oh, like walking away. Yeah. Sekim will kind of look at the situation. Go. I don't think we should follow yet. I think we should keep eyes on the shop.

SPEAKER_10 21:01

Maybe we could send one of the shinobi cats.

SPEAKER_04 21:05

Ryan. Let's start with your eyes. This is kind of the first time that second one's actually been like telling you what to do.

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Like use your weird eyes.

SPEAKER_04 21:20

Yeah, everyone has uh well, actually not everyone. You two are full rested. Um you use the Biakugan, and with the active, you can see just the older man Dorazo, the silver sieve owner, in there with the little white cat.

SPEAKER_07 21:41

Got it. Still can't see through the floor.

SPEAKER_04 21:43

Correct. Um, but he's just in there, kind of maybe looks stood behind a desk for a little bit. But some some time will pass. You guys spend uh unless is there anything that you guys want to do immediately? Sekima is kind of probably standing. On the side of just watching for right now.

SPEAKER_10 22:04

Is there no other like activity happening around like in the bench area or neighboring shops?

SPEAKER_04 22:10

Yeah, there was no one in the bench area when you guys got there, otherwise it might have been kind of awkward if you're like stumbling up the trees.

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So anyway.

SPEAKER_04 22:19

No, I mean every now and then there's a few passers by, but after after like the first 30, 45 minutes, it's like 1 a.m. It pretty much dies down.

SPEAKER_10 22:31

Okay. Are the lights on?

SPEAKER_04 22:34

Yeah, there's street lights on.

SPEAKER_10 22:36

No, the shop.

SPEAKER_04 22:37

The shop lights? Yes, there are. But there is like a closed sign on the door.

unknown 22:42

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 22:43

What were you gonna say about the shinobi cats?

SPEAKER_10 22:46

Uh to send one of them after uh Kosho. To observe. But yeah, just to just to kind of follow and see what he does. Yeah, that's good.

SPEAKER_04 22:54

Yeah, I'll rewind a little bit to allow that to happen. Sorry, I interrupted that.

SPEAKER_10 22:58

I'm about to say you're like Hariah. Sekuma said, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyways.

SPEAKER_04 23:04

We'll turn Seguma will turn to send Sprout, but Frenchie is already on it and dashes that way and follows Kosho. But again, you guys are waiting for the first 30, 45 minutes, an hour, hour and a half. You guys are there waiting. Um, if you guys remember, you guys aren't necessarily allowed to just like forcefully infiltrate unless you guys have like probable cause, you know. But around 130 or so. Yeah, maybe a little bit before that, Frenchie will return. No. No, Frenchie won't.

SPEAKER_00 23:47

I'm just kidding.

SPEAKER_04 23:48

You see um a man start to come across the street. It's the first one you've seen in a little bit of time. And he's walking with this very large dog. Correct. With an astute eye, Chris who recognizes the Inazuka guard from the gate earlier this morning. And the two walk by, just seem to be on patrol or guard. But he takes a stop in front of the shop. And he goes over and he slides, it looks like an envelope or mail into a little mail slot that is near the door. That is like connected to the building. He drops in a piece of mail, and then him and the dog keep moving.

SPEAKER_07 24:33

Oh my gosh, is he bad?

SPEAKER_04 24:35

Let me give. I do want to take a roll for the dog. On perception. Yeah. This dog is loafing it right now. This dog just does it. He has been working all day long. The dog actually like comes over to the mitcher and like uh peas. peas on the tree and then joins up with the man again and they they begin walking.

SPEAKER_08 25:03

Like Kai say is like up at the tree, just like the owl pooped in your book.

SPEAKER_04 25:14

This was within that hour because it was 1.30. Give me an advantage rule on perception. I'm guessing the whole time you've had your one!

SPEAKER_07 25:22

Well, it's advantageous. I know, I know. Nine. Plus one.

SPEAKER_04 25:29

The ten.

SPEAKER_07 25:31

What is it? Perception?

SPEAKER_04 25:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 25:33

Yeah, it's a ten.

SPEAKER_04 25:34

Yeah, you don't quite notice anything out of the ordinary. Can I roll to see if I notice anything?

SPEAKER_03 25:42

Or is it something that only those kinds of eyes can see?

SPEAKER_04 25:46

The specific thing I was going for, only those kinds of eyes could see. But someone can roll me an intelligence check. Not hariah. You just rolled.

SPEAKER_10 25:58

Not hariah.

SPEAKER_04 26:00

I know you've been itching to roll intelligence.

SPEAKER_10 26:03

Plus five idea for a roll. Where even is intelligence? Oh, there it is. I'm just one. How can you block that, bro?

SPEAKER_02 26:12

Block what?

SPEAKER_10 26:14

18 plus 2. No!

SPEAKER_02 26:16

Dirty 20!

unknown 26:19

820.

SPEAKER_04 26:22

You, Percy, does think it's kind of weird that a guard was delivering mail.

SPEAKER_02 26:26

I did think a guard was delightful.

SPEAKER_04 26:27

It's usually a post office person. Maybe it's personal mail.

SPEAKER_10 26:30

But it is kind of weird to Shinobi doubling as USPS? You know, the the Leaf Village goes through hard times sometimes, right? Oh yeah. Can I commit fully? Can I commit a uh what is it? Not fraud, but it's like when you open someone else's mail. What is that?

SPEAKER_03 26:53

A felony.

SPEAKER_10 26:54

Yeah. A felony? Can I commit what is that thing?

SPEAKER_04 26:58

A felony.

SPEAKER_10 27:00

That one. Uh go open the mail.

SPEAKER_04 27:04

Okay. You wanna go down there and open the mail?

SPEAKER_10 27:07

I won't open it, but I'll collect it and then come back.

unknown 27:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 27:12

Here you go, Sakimo, you commit the felony, not me.

SPEAKER_04 27:15

Percy, stealthily, roll me a very easy stealth check.

SPEAKER_09 27:19

Don't say it's very easy. Don't say that.

SPEAKER_04 27:24

It's very easy. Okay. 16 plus 2. Easily. Okay. Yeah.

unknown 27:28

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 27:29

Yeah. I was gonna say if you rolled like less than eight, like a branch snaps on the way down. No, you uh easily get your way down there. You are professional guinea after all. Yes. Uh with a record of three missions under your belt. Now one may be, you know.

SPEAKER_10 27:44

Hey, not a didn't finish. Uh still in process.

SPEAKER_04 27:48

Yes.

SPEAKER_10 27:49

Still in.

SPEAKER_04 27:50

But you make your way over to the mailbox and you open the little like drop letter thing, and you notice it goes straight down. Low. In fact, when you open it, that was a pretty high roll. I know that was stealth, but you had a high intelligence, didn't you? Um when you open it, you notice there's a little thing at the bottom that opens with it. And it doesn't just stop right there, like you couldn't reach.

SPEAKER_10 28:13

It looks like the letter's gone.

SPEAKER_04 28:15

It's pretty much. Yeah. Deeper.

SPEAKER_07 28:21

Basement. I knew there was something in there.

SPEAKER_03 28:23

Yeah, there's something weird going on. Okay. Alright, Sprout, you're gonna have to get in the mail. It is not possible.

SPEAKER_04 28:35

Alright. Fuck it! But Percy's the only one who sees us right now. Okay.

SPEAKER_10 28:41

Well then I'm gonna I'm gonna go back to Sekumon and relay the message of just Well, I tried to grab the letter, but when I reached in, it was gone. Like there's a a hidden like flap at the bottom of it. And it's it went down lower. Like a secret tunnel. Secret tunnel. Secret tunnel. Just like that.

unknown 29:06

No.

SPEAKER_04 29:08

Percy has ADHD.

SPEAKER_02 29:11

Secret tunnel.

SPEAKER_04 29:13

Sekuma goes. Interesting. Mariah, go down there and see if you can use your Beakon.

SPEAKER_10 29:22

Get in the mailbox.

SPEAKER_04 29:24

Inside the cabinet. Oh, like see if you can see down the the the open the mailbox and see if I can write it.

SPEAKER_10 29:33

Like I will not get down there.

SPEAKER_04 29:35

Are you feeling tired?

SPEAKER_07 29:36

No.

SPEAKER_10 29:37

Get in the mailbox.

SPEAKER_04 29:44

Give me a stealth check. Very easy. Raw. Very easy stealth check.

SPEAKER_10 29:52

You know, I really hate when you say easy stealth check. 10 plus three.

SPEAKER_04 29:56

Easy.

SPEAKER_03 29:57

Oh, you're on the fingers.

SPEAKER_10 29:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 30:00

It says easy, but if you got like a 12 or below you failed it.

SPEAKER_00 30:05

Ah, sorry. Yes, you failed.

SPEAKER_04 30:10

Five-star GTA level.

SPEAKER_00 30:12

Yeah, for real.

SPEAKER_04 30:13

Give me another perception check. As you open the mailbox and are using a Biakugan.

SPEAKER_07 30:18

14 plus one or 16 plus one. 16 plus one. 17. 17.

SPEAKER_04 30:25

You notice when you're looking at the mailbox, again, there's it's like blank. You can't look past the ground. When you open the mailbox and that little flap opens, you can see it spreads out. Probably 15 to 20 feet down, there's clearly some kind of room in there. And with a 17, you're seeing shelves, crates, stuff being stored.

SPEAKER_07 30:52

Okay. I can't tell what those things are.

SPEAKER_04 30:55

Um like what's in the crates. You can with the 17. This again, it's kind of a small slit because you're just looking, I mean, it kind of like expands outward, but you still have a very narrow, you know, point of view that's entering through the floor. Um, and in the one or two crates that you can see, um, yeah, you're seeing a lot of like looks like leaves, potentially tea leaves, stuff like that.

SPEAKER_05 31:17

It's marijuana. They're drug dealers.

SPEAKER_04 31:24

That's what you see.

SPEAKER_07 31:26

That's it. Okay, I'm gonna relay that exactly back to the team.

SPEAKER_04 31:33

Okay. Do you want to have any reaction? Otherwise, I'll say what Sekuma's reaction is.

SPEAKER_10 31:42

Expert note taker is taking notes, hold on. So you said you relay the information? Yeah. Like, well, you said you couldn't see under the tatama mats, right? So how come you can see in the mailbox?

SPEAKER_07 31:56

Probably because that tunnel goes under.

SPEAKER_04 31:59

It's only when you open the mechanism, and again, it's like attached. When you open this flap, there's a flap here that opens. So you're only able to see when you that flap is opening another flap beneath there.

SPEAKER_07 32:13

So I'm gonna tell them that I think it's that flap underneath that must be what keeps me from seeing underneath.

SPEAKER_10 32:22

But since the mailbox opens it, so hypothetically, if we hold the mailbox open, could you see under the floor?

SPEAKER_04 32:29

That's what she just did.

SPEAKER_10 32:30

Yeah. No, like in the shop.

SPEAKER_03 32:32

No, I still have a limited range. It's made out of the same material as the tatami mats. It doesn't just get rid of the.

SPEAKER_04 32:40

The flap is small, so it's just to allow like letters and stuff that go there to go down.

SPEAKER_10 32:46

Yeah. So you can't see like it automatically you can see through it.

SPEAKER_04 32:49

No, it's like a small little window that's trying to like see in.

unknown 32:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 32:55

I was trying to give a 3D model.

SPEAKER_10 32:58

3D model with animation, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 33:03

Sekuma will be look to her eye after you say this. Kind of pausing to think and go. They're definitely hiding something. It's highly suspicious that they have some kind of concealment on the flooring. And they're dropping letters that can't be accessed by a leaf guard, also. There's something going on, but we need a little bit more than that. We'll keep watching. Um, at some point, you do see, y'all are there, the old man comes outside of the door.

SPEAKER_02 33:42

That's natural. It's like Beatri!

SPEAKER_04 33:47

2:30 or 3 in the morning at this point, and he looks a little tired and he's kind of stumbling. Out with him walks the little white shop cat and just kind of goes around, goes up and like scratches the tree a little bit, takes a tinkle.

unknown 34:00

Takes a tinkle.

SPEAKER_04 34:01

If you will.

SPEAKER_02 34:03

What a lady. What a lady she is.

SPEAKER_04 34:05

They uh it seems like you guys didn't notice like a litter box inside because that would probably mess with the aromas. Right. Yeah, that would, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's only like two or three minutes before going back inside. And I'm not gonna do a roll for the cat because it's a kitten and it's not really.

SPEAKER_07 34:21

Why is this man awake at this time? He did seem kind of tired, but that is but 2 or 3 a.m. for the owner of a tea shop. Yeah. He's not in the in some sort of business where people are out late or he's packaging shop.

SPEAKER_03 34:35

There's nobody here right now, so the store's closed.

SPEAKER_04 34:38

Um, with your Biakugan, you did see there's like I think you had your Biakugan when you were looking at the Tommy Mats, but at some point you would have seen that there's like a bedroom attached to the shop. And like upstairs. Like it's a living quarter, yeah. He lives at the shop.

SPEAKER_07 34:58

2 or 3 a.m. for a man that aged me up, it's still really weird.

SPEAKER_04 35:03

Well, maybe he had to take uh the camera. Again, another Was he in PJ's?

SPEAKER_10 35:12

Yeah, he wasn't in he wasn't in probably in just like his button-down and like pants.

SPEAKER_04 35:17

Yeah, he was in like a still the same color green, like the royal green pajama set. Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 35:23

Nice. Yeah. With the hat. Sleepy.

SPEAKER_04 35:28

Maybe, yeah. Sweet chat. Holding a candle. Um but another 30 minutes or an hour go by. It's around like what was it? That was already 233, so 3.30, 3-4. Frenchie does return to you guys and looks to you guys and goes, followed him. He just went to bed and slept. Nothing to report.

SPEAKER_10 35:54

I always forget that like shinobi animals can speak in this universe. The fact that Frenchie just casually is like, yeah. Like, followed him.

SPEAKER_04 36:03

Yeah. But other than that, the rest of the night passes without incident. Uh, around first light, Sekuma will look to you guys and go, alright team, that's enough for tonight. I still think that stakeout is our best bet. But if it were in one night, it would be too easy. And I don't think it's too out of a question that they would hold off on illicit dealings the same day that a lot of new people come to town.

SPEAKER_08 36:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 36:42

I'm gonna do the same thing tomorrow night.

SPEAKER_10 36:47

Can we send one of the shinobi cats to follow that leaf guard around? Frenchie, I'm sorry, we just sent you on a dead end. Can you go with another one?

SPEAKER_07 36:55

Is that a little risky with the dog, though?

SPEAKER_04 36:57

Yeah, Sekima has a little strange face to that, and that may not be the best course of action.

SPEAKER_10 37:04

Even if they were disguised as a regular cat?

SPEAKER_04 37:08

Well, firstly, cats and dogs don't always get along. So even as it would still try to unwanted advantage. Yes. I'll think about it. Not quite yet. Anyone else have any comments?

SPEAKER_06 37:25

I'm gonna go take a nap. Not because I'm tired, just you know to make sure I don't get tired. There you go.

SPEAKER_04 37:33

Right, right, right. Okay. Yeah, team 18 is dismissed. Six or seven comes around, first light. What do you all up to? Or I just go to sleep. Are you taking a first rest? Are you taking a long rest?

SPEAKER_07 37:49

Uh what time did that put me to?

SPEAKER_04 37:52

So if you get back to the inn at like seven, it's gonna be like eight hours. So five is also like three p.m.

SPEAKER_10 38:01

Yeah, I'll do that.

SPEAKER_04 38:03

Okay. What are Kaisei and Percy up to?

SPEAKER_10 38:05

What's that can? What's her plan for today?

SPEAKER_04 38:09

That is interesting. Let's see what her plan is.

SPEAKER_07 38:12

You guys are gonna be like, let's have a let's have a fun day.

SPEAKER_02 38:15

Let's have a brunch!

SPEAKER_07 38:17

Yeah. Brunch with our teacher.

SPEAKER_10 38:22

He's paying.

SPEAKER_07 38:26

That's a great question.

SPEAKER_04 38:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 38:28

Um I often I often wonder what she's up to.

SPEAKER_04 38:31

She's just staring at a wall. I know I've had stuff that she's done in the background that you guys have never followed. She will start walking towards the Market Street, but she just would tell you guys, like, I'm hungry. Grab something to eat.

SPEAKER_07 38:47

Okay. She's so thrilling to be around.

SPEAKER_04 38:51

She's our She's in mission mode right now.

SPEAKER_10 38:54

She's a Joni in Tsunobi. She probably does really cool stuff. Cut to her eating like oatmeal. Is K4 still here?

SPEAKER_04 39:02

Uh yes. They're gonna be here for probably another day or two while they fully unload their the caravan. Because obviously not everything's gonna be sold in one day.

SPEAKER_02 39:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 39:11

But anything that doesn't get sold in 48 hours, 72 hours, we'll take back with them.

SPEAKER_07 39:16

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 39:17

I'm gonna go with to get some breakfast.

SPEAKER_03 39:21

That's a good idea. Oh I wanna go fishing, but you can.

SPEAKER_00 39:31

Fishing!

SPEAKER_04 39:32

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 39:34

Um the only thing that puts a smile on Kaisei's face. I thought Kaisei, are you tired? Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 39:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 39:40

You want some food? No, I think I'm gonna go to sleep. Oh, you're you're you have some time to go fishing. Fishing! I'm wide awake!

SPEAKER_03 39:49

Hey, depending on what I get, that might be my breakfast.

SPEAKER_04 39:52

We'll start with Kaisei. You are fishing along the Naka River. There's like a big kind of opening area, a little island there. In this kind of area of the village, uh, with the ceremony and the monument, and looks like a zoo, uh, is a lot more like foresty, natural, preserved. You go out early morning fishing. Along your way, you do see more flyer uh more flowers for the fishing tournament. Fly. And when is it? Uh at this point, it would be in two days from now is the first round.

SPEAKER_07 40:29

How many rounds are there?

SPEAKER_04 40:30

Just two.

SPEAKER_07 40:31

Oh, okay.

unknown 40:33

Alright.

SPEAKER_07 40:34

Two days from now?

SPEAKER_03 40:36

Yes. I think that's a nine.

SPEAKER_08 40:39

Plus one?

SPEAKER_03 40:41

Is that a six? That's a nine. That's a nine. Plus six thirty, plus one. Three, plus three.

SPEAKER_04 40:48

So twelve is exactly what you need to catch.

SPEAKER_08 40:53

Nice. Roll it again. I've been doing that a lot lately. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 40:58

What? Five singo. And I have found my breakfast.

SPEAKER_04 41:06

So you are fishing along the Naka River. And with a five, you cast your line. You feel a snag, not a very big snag, but a snag. And you pull it out, and it is a the largest, at least beta fish you've ever seen. It's like chunky and thick, and it's for a beta fish, it's huge. So yeah, you catch a bowl beta fish. Bull beta fish. Cook it. Okay. Alright. Um you can give me an easy sleight of hand check for cooking fish. As long as you don't roll like a five and under.

SPEAKER_03 41:47

Remember when he chopped it? Plus five. Yeah. Wow. No, what it was. Oh, you should see my saving throw for string.

SPEAKER_04 41:54

He was he was cooking, I forget what happened, but it wasn't going well, so he asked Percy to do it, and then Percy got a gnat one.

SPEAKER_10 41:59

Oh yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_08 42:01

It was on your watch. Yeah, your watch duty.

SPEAKER_04 42:05

But yeah, you were able to cook up this full beta fish. And it's nice. It's more of a freshwater fish. Um, a little less salty than the mist village fish.

SPEAKER_08 42:17

Pretty nice.

SPEAKER_04 42:19

Sekuma and Percy. Kind of a weird combo. Yeah. Just the two of you. I don't think it's ever been just the two of you.

SPEAKER_10 42:25

I would like to think that it's I'm like, oh yeah, Kaisi's probably gonna join. Kai, he's not here.

SPEAKER_08 42:34

Well, I can't leave now because I feel like that'd be rude.

SPEAKER_04 42:39

Just like um, I would say the shinobi cats are following it, you guys. Of course, like none of y'all had your have your handbands on.

SPEAKER_03 42:47

That's the real reason that I've saved up so much money is because I never buy food.

SPEAKER_07 42:53

Kaiser, you're just constantly starving. You bought jerky on our first mission in the back.

SPEAKER_04 43:01

I've never bought food since. Yeah. It's more like for flavor. But yeah, you guys walk up Market Street. Again, y'all are getting closer to the great stone faces, the large like red and orange Hokage's office. And along Market Street, it's it's early morning, so there's not too many places open. But there is a little place that does like some breakfast food. And uh psychology. Y'all get sat down and she just orders like black coffee.

SPEAKER_05 43:30

Um boring basic breakfast item.

SPEAKER_04 43:35

Yeah, and it's like uh like she gets like a scrambled eggs with bacon and sausage. And some toast. All meat. No toast. No toast. All meat and black coffee. Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 43:47

You don't need carbs here. I mean bother.

SPEAKER_04 43:50

What would Percy be getting?

SPEAKER_10 43:52

Uh probably like probably some oatmeal with some fruit over easy egg. Maybe eggs? Do you eat eggs? Yeah, because it's just meat.

SPEAKER_02 44:05

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 44:05

Meat Maba say meat is the only thing that he gets kind of like about. But yeah, like eggs and I don't know. Do they do like a tofu substitute type meat? Or I said I eat fish, right?

SPEAKER_04 44:21

Yeah, vegetarian, yeah.

SPEAKER_10 44:23

Did they have fish breakfast items?

SPEAKER_04 44:26

Uh I'll roll for it. We'll see. Um a trade caravan just came in. Yeah. Fish on ice.

SPEAKER_10 44:31

Very true, very true. One of our teammates that only sell big old fish.

SPEAKER_04 44:37

Special today. They have like uh a shrimp and grits or something.

SPEAKER_10 44:42

Okay, yeah, that. I'll take that and like a bowl of fruit. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 44:46

Yeah, you guys sit there.

SPEAKER_10 44:47

You had shrimp and grits.

SPEAKER_04 44:49

Oh, he mentioned it was like shrimp and grits with.

SPEAKER_07 44:53

Oh, with sneeze, last night's more good.

SPEAKER_04 44:56

My favorite thing to order. Yeah. So you guys are sat there. Psychuma's got the meat lovers breakfast with just a jet black coffee. And again, it's kind of awkward. Um, I think the cats would be like sat outside.

SPEAKER_07 45:11

What's the conversation like? Yeah, you only just have a city.

SPEAKER_04 45:15

But uh Psychima will take a sip of the coffee and look to you and go, Percy. Good eye on the mailbox.

SPEAKER_00 45:25

Percy just immediately breaks down.

SPEAKER_02 45:29

Thank you!

SPEAKER_05 45:31

Like Rocky crying. Yes! Thank you, guys.

SPEAKER_10 45:39

Just gonna like that was all a ch and he just swallows it and he's like, thank you.

SPEAKER_04 45:46

It's a good thing that you're fueling. I'm glad you also got rest last night. Keep an eye on Haraya.

SPEAKER_10 45:55

Yeah, I mean, I can understand why this might be hard harder for her.

SPEAKER_04 46:01

Yes, it's it's a first time back in the village, but the mission comes first. And we can have some time after, but we cannot blow our cover until the work is done.

SPEAKER_10 46:19

I think when we first came in, uh she recognized or got recognized by her friends or family of friends or some someone related to her. I think it was hard that she had to lie to them immediately out of the gate of why she was here.

SPEAKER_04 46:44

I don't know if she would really care that much she comes first. Because from her mind, she's like, well, you can just wait a few days. I mean, she's a little bit more like heartless and not thinking about the emotion.

SPEAKER_10 46:55

But I'll give her I would feel like at this point we because it's always like the heartless sensei, right? But then with the the youth around, she's like, oh, okay, fine. Like she kind of starts bending just a little bit.

SPEAKER_04 47:07

Let me give a roll. She just had a long, had a long, unsuccessful night. Um, well, I mean, not unsuccessful.

SPEAKER_10 47:15

I know we found some Percy found some stuff.

SPEAKER_04 47:19

She goes. I guess I can see where you're coming from. But I gotta be honest, I don't know. I'm wondering what she was doing last night. And it's irking me a little bit.

SPEAKER_10 47:33

I could probably ask her. See, see if she'll actually tell me what she was doing. Percy's becoming a spy. No!

SPEAKER_03 47:43

Double agent. Double agent.

SPEAKER_10 47:46

No, like always, Percy is the mediator. You're the teacher's pet, so you can't be saying anything. Uh-huh. Oh. Uh, and then I feel like they're gonna kinda eat a little bit, and then Percy is just gonna bring up the guard again and just I still just can't get over how a leaf guard was the one leaving the letter.

SPEAKER_04 48:12

It is strange.

SPEAKER_10 48:13

It I mean, it could be personal, but uh into a personal letter into a secret mailbox?

SPEAKER_04 48:21

Well, it wasn't a secret mailbox, it's like the It's a secretive, it goes to a weird. Yeah, secretive, but not a secret mailbox.

SPEAKER_10 48:28

Because even if he was delivering mail, regular mail into a regular mailbox, it's so weird that a guard was doing that.

SPEAKER_04 48:36

There may be something to that. We will keep an eye. We'll see if he returns. I'll try to keep an eye on him today, from a distance. And uh is there anything else you're saying? Otherwise the the bill will come around. And you should leave.

SPEAKER_10 48:55

Just like I gotta go to the restaurant. Um No, I guess my question will just be like, is there anything specific you think we should be doing today? I mean, we already went in the shop yesterday. It'd be kind of weird if we went in again.

SPEAKER_04 49:09

Yeah. No, just focus on rest. Don't make yourself too obvious.

SPEAKER_06 49:19

I mean tonight.

SPEAKER_04 49:20

Yes. Yes. Okay. Yeah, the the bill will come around and Sekima will pick up the entire bill. Oh?

SPEAKER_07 49:33

Percy's gonna read it.

SPEAKER_10 49:34

Did you even reach for it? No, uh Percy was probably gonna reach for his his little coin purse. But like a. No, like Percy was actually like he turned and was like, oh, okay, let me grab. It was like, how much is my portion?

SPEAKER_04 49:48

It's she's already like putting the money down for it, but it looks how much you think it's like at first you're like, oh, this is kind of nice of her, and then you realize the Mija Kaga gave her money for lodging and food. So you're like, it would actually be a really dick move to keep the money. Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 50:12

Percy's just gonna like awkwardly put it back in his pocket and be like, thank you. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 50:17

What are uh is there anything else Percy and Kaise want to do for the the morning into afternoon before Harah gets up?

SPEAKER_10 50:24

Uh I want to go see Team 4. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 50:28

Team 4.

SPEAKER_03 50:30

Yeah, we're gonna go back to Slate.

SPEAKER_04 50:33

Okay. Checks in with the uh checks back into the hotel passes out next to Hariah.

SPEAKER_08 50:40

No.

SPEAKER_03 50:42

I'm limited to two fishings a day.

SPEAKER_08 50:45

Uh-huh. At this point.

SPEAKER_04 50:48

Uh I'm curious, would Kaise take a f one of the flyers for the tournament?

SPEAKER_03 50:53

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 50:56

You'd probably get some information on there about how Yeah, it's a two-round tournament. Anywhereone is welcome to the first round. It kind of goes into information about how you're gonna do fishing in the Naka River on like the first day. And it's like a certain amount of hours. You catch as much fish as you can, you weigh them, and then the winners of that go to the second round, where it just says it will be held at the Valley of the End.

SPEAKER_10 51:22

Whoa. That's the one with the two shinobi like facing each other, right?

SPEAKER_04 51:29

It's two shinobi doing this.

SPEAKER_10 51:31

Like constantly moving. Um Sasuke had their big fight, right? Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_03 51:37

Still such a cool fight. The uh the first Okage and Hey now.

SPEAKER_07 51:43

Hey now, hey now This is where we stepped up.

SPEAKER_08 51:50

For real. That's the spoiler alert song.

unknown 51:54

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 51:55

Yeah. Okay, it's probably around 8 30 or 9. But yeah, you can find them in the market again.

SPEAKER_10 52:05

Just guarding the caravan.

SPEAKER_04 52:06

Yeah, just kind of chilling out. There's not much to do besides it's really all on Tetara, like refreshing this ice.

SPEAKER_10 52:14

Just doing this repeatedly. Kasari just like holds up Tatara's arm.

SPEAKER_04 52:20

I will say I think maybe Korokite and Maki might be doing some light sparring. Tatar's busy. Kisari. Sorry, just uh relaxing, just chilling.

SPEAKER_10 52:35

No, I'll walk up to uh Kasari first.

SPEAKER_04 52:38

Okay. Good morning. Hey, uh hey, good morning. Um how are things going with the mission?

SPEAKER_10 52:45

Uh so far so good. We did a successful-ish first stakeout night, so.

SPEAKER_04 52:52

Oh yeah, did you catch the guys?

SPEAKER_10 52:53

Uh no. I wish we did. We pretty much sat in a tree all night. Um, but no, we we found something weird about his mailbox.

SPEAKER_03 53:05

Wow. Yeah, don't give any information. This one has a weird mailbox.

SPEAKER_07 53:16

It's like, wow.

SPEAKER_02 53:18

He must do real good.

SPEAKER_10 53:22

Are we allowed to share details with I mean, they know that we're on a mission.

SPEAKER_04 53:28

Y'all were briefed in the same room.

SPEAKER_10 53:30

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 53:30

You know? They know that y'all are on this mission.

SPEAKER_10 53:33

Then I tell them like what the mailbox like what we've figured out about it. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 53:38

Like how it's it has a ghost secret flap and it goes to like a room that we can't really get to. This is interesting. I did not think you would tell Kisari this. He's also an intellectual.

SPEAKER_10 53:47

Oh, oh, okay.

SPEAKER_00 53:48

I was like, where is this going?

SPEAKER_10 53:50

Uh Kisari is secretly a rogue ninja?

SPEAKER_04 53:52

Sits there and starts to ponder. Ooh! 17 plus whatever his intelligence is, which I know is high. Um, yeah, he sits there and starts thinking and goes. Yeah, interesting. Um I mean, clearly there's gotta be some kind of basement or some kind of place down there, but if there's no entrance that you can see from the outside, there's there's gotta be something inside, something maybe you can move, something maybe you can Did you guys go inside?

SPEAKER_10 54:25

Yeah, we went in uh during the day, and we didn't really get too much information from it. It just looked like a normal tea shop. Uh we think that maybe one of the old the old guy lives there, so.

SPEAKER_04 54:37

I'm guessing you would have also mentioned the thing about the Biakugan, which would let him know that the it's the floor is covered. Maybe there's some way to to pull the mats, but I don't know how you're gonna do that in the shop.

SPEAKER_08 54:49

Yeah, it might be a little suspicious if we just start destroying this guy's shop.

SPEAKER_04 54:55

Things are often hidden. Was there anything big in there that looked like maybe you shouldn't move it?

SPEAKER_10 55:09

There was uh I made that dirty pot was there for me. Uh yeah, they had this like big cauldron. They they talked about how it's a three-generational tea. They've been brewing it like pretty much since day one, non-stop, just adding things to it. Her eyes said it looked dingy, they kind of look a little gross, but you know, it's tea, so it can't get that gross, right? But yeah, like a big cauldron, about like this big.

SPEAKER_04 55:36

So it's like, yeah, it can be that gross as he has like seaweed on him that's been draped on him for who knows how long.

SPEAKER_08 55:44

It smells like salt water.

SPEAKER_04 55:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 55:48

Um yeah, these have been brewing for who knows how many years now.

SPEAKER_04 55:54

He started like, I think that may be your best bet. I mean, maybe there's some way to move that.

SPEAKER_10 56:01

How would we really do that? I mean, it's like the tatami mats, like we can't exactly move a generational cauldron with, you know, a history of a historical team, you know. True.

SPEAKER_03 56:15

But we have to get them outside.

SPEAKER_02 56:18

Tip it over. Tip it over.

SPEAKER_04 56:21

If it's something that if there's an entrance, it has there has to be a way to do it easily and without much hassle. Otherwise it wouldn't be efficient to have that as an entrance.

SPEAKER_10 56:33

Yeah, I mean, I guess the the main guy is an older guy, so it makes sense that it'd be something easy to move. Alright, I'll talk to Sakuma and see what she says. Thank you, Bill.

SPEAKER_04 56:45

Sorry. Love to hear how it goes when it's over with.

SPEAKER_10 56:48

Okay. Uh, how are things going with the caravan?

SPEAKER_04 56:51

Uh, good, just slow. We just have to sit here. There was a fight yesterday, but Korokite stopped it pretty easily. A fight? Yeah, just two drunk guys. It's a market.

SPEAKER_10 57:05

Yeah, I guess so. So, does a leaf guard hang around y'all's cra caravan as well?

SPEAKER_04 57:11

Uh, I mean, there's patrols.

SPEAKER_10 57:16

Just between us, if you see what's their clan name? Inazuka.

SPEAKER_04 57:21

Inazuka. Well, I don't know if would Percy really know this. I only said it to describe it for the listeners.

SPEAKER_10 57:26

If you see a guy, he like I don't know, he has like these red triangles on his face. He has that that that big dog that follows him. Big dog. That big dog. Uh-huh. Um, if you if you see him around, you should you should be more aware of him, if that if that makes sense.

SPEAKER_04 57:48

Okay. Did you see something with him or he may may be involved, I think.

SPEAKER_10 57:54

But a leaf guard?

unknown 57:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 57:57

Right? I think it's crazy to this is Percy sound.

SPEAKER_04 58:01

Um sounds like conspiracy to me.

SPEAKER_10 58:04

Um, there's not a lot of information yet, but I just if you see him around, maybe just keep an extra eye out on him.

SPEAKER_04 58:14

Just just for me. Okay. Yeah, sure. If I'm still here and see him, I'll I'll try to let you know.

SPEAKER_10 58:20

Thanks.

unknown 58:21

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 58:22

Then I'll like I'll wave to like Korokite and then wave to Tetra and then I'll I'll walk away.

SPEAKER_04 58:27

Not to Maki.

SPEAKER_10 58:28

I mean Maki's next to Korokite, so yeah, you wave that way.

SPEAKER_04 58:32

Um Tetara will just do a little handout. And um he looks a little tired. Oh the same with Korokite, who does a little bit more of a wave. Maki gives a glare towards you and then like a grin.

SPEAKER_10 58:50

Well now I gotta wave. Just like, alright, I'll give I'll give a subtle like a nod to her. I'll do that.

SPEAKER_04 58:58

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 58:59

A wave to Korokite, but a nod to Maki.

SPEAKER_04 59:01

That doesn't change her reaction. It's just like a glare at you and then a grin.

SPEAKER_08 59:07

Okay. Okay. Hey.

SPEAKER_10 59:10

Well, we're gonna and then I'll I'll probably go back to the hotel at this point to also go to sleep.

SPEAKER_04 59:18

Alright, I'll go to sleep. Harah will probably be the first one awake. Unless are you all getting up at three at the same time? I think that's fine for y'all. I don't think y'all gonna have exhaustion.

SPEAKER_10 59:30

I didn't really I didn't really use chakra or anything, so yeah, I'll be fine.

SPEAKER_04 59:33

Yeah, I think that's fine. Yeah. Okay. Okay. You, Harah, and the rest of y'all get up around 3 p.m.

SPEAKER_07 59:41

I'm gonna go find four.

unknown 59:45

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 59:46

Um I was about to say I was gonna go with Haraya or she would have, but I was like, well.

SPEAKER_04 59:51

Yeah, you you go out where I'm gonna go.

SPEAKER_10 59:54

Oh, well, you just came back.

SPEAKER_09 59:55

Yeah, so you're gonna be a little silly.

SPEAKER_04 59:57

Well, no, they came back at like 9. He came out around like 8:30 or 10. Yeah, we came around 900. And fell asleep while you were sleeping there, and they got up maybe around the same time at 3 p.m.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:09

Okay. So I'm gonna tell you.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:12

They might get up for you getting in.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:14

Yeah. I'm gonna go uh I'm gonna go find Team 4. You uh you know where they're at?

SPEAKER_10 1:00:21

Uh yeah, they're at the caravan. Actually, speaking of Team 4, uh Kasari, I I bounced some ideas off with him, and he actually brought up something very like might be something that we can try. Uh, and then that's whenever I like I bring up how we can't really we saw the secret room, but there was no entrance to it, and that we possibly might need to move something big to un unlock something, and then talk about the cauldron might be our best bet.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:49

Huh. We knew it. That dirty pot just sat just sat wrong around the city.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:54

Just something up with the Nobody just has a pot of tea that they never clean.

SPEAKER_07 1:01:03

Well, I'm gonna I'm gonna go find team four. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:07

Are y'all coming with?

SPEAKER_07 1:01:08

Are you gonna go with? Where are you gonna go?

SPEAKER_04 1:01:12

If you say fishing.

SPEAKER_10 1:01:14

I'm going to lose the mine.

SPEAKER_07 1:01:17

You're gonna have to start buying bait at some point.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:19

No, for real. Probably for the tournament. There might be some bonuses if you use. You might have seen on the flyer there's uh no bait restrictions.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:30

Do we have a bait store? I'll go to a bait store.

SPEAKER_08 1:01:34

I mean, I want to go with with Haraya, but it'd just kind of be awkward just to be like, hey, I saw you earlier, seeing you again.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:40

Yeah. Haraya heads out. On your way out, you actually open the door, like the indoor to the hallway, and Sekuma is coming in at that time.

SPEAKER_06 1:01:49

Great.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:51

And she goes, Hariah, you have that card from earlier? The Titami Mat place?

SPEAKER_07 1:01:58

Yes, of course.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:00

Let me see that.

SPEAKER_10 1:02:03

It's all crumbled.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 1:02:06

It's a little sweaty. It's in yesterday's pants.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:10

Kuanaka. Kuwanaka Titami.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:14

Kuwanaka.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:15

Kuanaka.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:16

Kuanaka.

unknown 1:02:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:24

Thank you. I'm gonna take a look into this. What are you up to? Where are you going?

SPEAKER_07 1:02:29

I'm gonna go uh talk to I'm gonna go talk to Team Core and socialize.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:35

Are you gonna be ready for tonight?

SPEAKER_07 1:02:37

Of course. I just napped. I just woke up.

SPEAKER_08 1:02:41

I just woke up. I was sleeping, I promise.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:44

Okay. Carry on. And we'll head in to the room. Um, okay. Haria.

SPEAKER_10 1:02:55

I got some rowdy neighbors. You walk over to where the carrot is.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:01

And you don't immediately see Team 4. Give me a perception check. Nine. Okay, I mean this is not too much. You're in Market Street. It takes you a little bit of time, but after like 20 or 30 minutes of looking around, you do see Team 4 sat at a table, like having some having a late lunch. In like with eye within eyesight of the caravan. But they look like they're wrapping up.

SPEAKER_07 1:03:35

But it's kinda there's a lot of people nearby.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:39

Yeah, it's middle of the day. Like 3 30.

SPEAKER_07 1:03:43

Is there a good um quiet place nearby?

SPEAKER_04 1:03:48

I think probably but y'all are on Market Street, like we could alley.

SPEAKER_07 1:03:54

We could get to somewhere that isn't so busy. Trying to talk to someone specific or all four of them.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:02

There's places in the village that you could go to, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:06

I'm trying to start a fight with Maki. Oh.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:11

I'm so sure that she would be down. You just need to walk up and probably start the fight. Well, look for me.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:23

I have to keep my cover.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:27

So I can't really be sparring with her out in the open.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:31

I mean, she knows that information as well.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:35

Okay. I'm gonna walk up to me. Yeah, to the table.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:40

Yeah, you walk up to the table. Kisari spins around with a smile. Uh looks to you, Tetara just kind of like looks over, and Maki glares at you.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:54

Right. Right. What was Tetara's reaction?

SPEAKER_08 1:04:59

He just looked at you. Yeah, neutral levels. Oh, Haraya.

unknown 1:05:03

Oh.

SPEAKER_08 1:05:04

This one is called Haraya. This one has walked up to the table at a 45-degree angle.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:11

I'm gonna bend down and whisper Tamaki. My smile! I don't wanna know.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:18

This is awesome. What?

SPEAKER_07 1:05:19

We're gonna bend down and whisper. You're a poopy butt face. Just some like little kid insult. I'm gonna bend down and whisper Tamaki and say Chojor. It's about time I'm pitching your place.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:40

She like slams a hand on the table, gets up, like the chair that she was sitting in, like flies back and falls back down. She goes, Oh yeah? You wanna do this now?

SPEAKER_07 1:05:52

Over there. Over there. I don't know, the nearest, the nearest.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:58

Yeah, there's probably some little Let's see. And freezer is the first one to try and get us caught. For high, I'll I'm looking for a forest. Low, I'm looking for an alley. Not once. Yeah, there is a dirty, grimy. Oh, it's just to decide what you find. There is a very dingy alley. Market Street's very busy. There's probably an alley or two behind where all the trash from all of the large amount of people gathers out. Nice.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:29

But it's quiet and no feet traffic.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:32

More or less. More or less, yeah.

unknown 1:06:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_08 1:06:36

That's a good question.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:37

Um, okay, well, I'm trying to think. You would say over there, and Maki would be like, right, yeah, you can't reveal who you are, huh? And Koro Kita will just look over and go, Maki, don't ruin their mission. And the two of you, if you're going to do this, try not to injure each other too bad. Sounds like permission to me. He he says that and then he goes, ah, damn it. And he gets up and he goes, he like puts some money on the table uh with Kisari and Tetada, and he's like, oh, I gotta supervise this.

unknown 1:07:18

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:07:19

So after you're gonna do it.

SPEAKER_04 1:07:23

I can't just tell them. Yeah. I think my longest. Yeah, you're full of everything. So you'll find the dirty and dingy alley.

SPEAKER_07 1:07:34

Don't worry, guys, I'll take care of her quick.

SPEAKER_04 1:07:36

Maki and Haraya. Lock eyes. Korokite standing by, there's no one in the alley. It's like at least 40 or 50 feet between like a small gap, and if people just walk by, no one really looks in. As you guys lock eyes with each other, that is where we're gonna end for today.

SPEAKER_08 1:07:59

Okay. No pressure for how we start next time. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:08:28

At the same time back in the Hidden Mist Village, Makashi Hebi is in the drowned marshes once again. The other members of Team Thirteen have dubbed it her second home to the mist village itself. However, it is becoming increasingly unclear which is her first and which is her second. She is crouched in a murky pool of swamp water, her vibrant orange robes and pale skin concealed in the mud. She then performs a series of methodical hand signs. Upon completion, a veil of water released chakra coats her open hand. Water release, dripping jab. With the swiftness and silent ferocity of a cobra, she strikes at a poor, unknowing boar. And it would never know, as the dripping jab tore through the boar like a hot knife to butter, instantaneously. The animal collapsed upon itself, breathing its last breath before she had leapt out of the water. Nebida, you may have the remains. A large brown serpent emerges from the muck nearby and begins to quirl around the vanquished boar.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:37

Congratulations, Makashi! Your dripping jab has finally taken form.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:43

The snake mutters before unhinging its jaw and consuming the carcass. Yes, it has. Fujigetsu will surely be surprised. He doubted that I had the ability in the first place, yet it has only taken me 18 days and a few hours. With a large gulp, Nebuta the Serpent glides the boar further down its gullet. The two white banners hanging from either side of its head shift disturbingly in the process.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:11

You have always been a special child. If not, the white snake sage would have devoured you instead of taking you in at Ryuchi Cave.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:21

Yes, I am processing quite quickly. Makashi agrees. She glances back in the direction of the mist village proper. I wonder how long until I outgrow the village and will have to molt it. Just then, a drop of water falls from her brow. Makashi looks puzzled, feeling that she has used more chakra than anticipated. Am I perspiring? She questions herself. No one on Team 13, let alone the village, had seen her do so before. The other Academy students had teased her about it in the past. No, just the rain.

SPEAKER_09 1:11:04

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