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 Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:05 pm
Sypher slid out of his chair and immediately took off for the door "The ruins. We can train there." and he was gone, running through the crowds.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:53 pm
Sypher paused by a little shop that was selling all kinds of small collectibles, wondering briefly if this was what Nijiro was looking for. The whole shopping district seemed strangely empty today but that was fine by him Less people to worry about making a stink. To her comment about his earlier statement, he shrugged "Perhaps. I refuse to allow pain at things I've never had to cloud my life."
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:13 pm
Rainbow Reaper ❡ Nijiro Hatake  space Loyal ✖ Hatake Clan ✖ Mist ✖ Medic ✖ Lazy xxxxxx❧ Nijiro stood next to Sypher, grey eyes lazily looking down at the collectibles. Nijiro's name meant rainbow, and her aunt bought many things to match her name trying to keep the woman inside her alive, she once said. But Nijiro disliked rainbows. They were false things. An illusion.
❝Better to never have than to have lost.❞ Nijiro spoke, continuing on about what she was saying earlier. For her, she liked to keep it locked away, locked away tight and secure so no-one can find it. Her eyes were dark now, looking at Sypher instead of the trinkets. She turned and walked to another stall, ornamental weapons, like her own smoking pipe, on display.
❝To Protect the Innocent.❞xxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:23 pm
Sypher glanced at her as Nijiro spoke then followed her "I couldn't say. I've had, certainly. Foster families and what not. They're well and all but never last." he stopped to look at the ornamental weapons, his eyes drifting to what appeared to be a small tree "When I reached my 14th foster home, I created a black hole in my self image. Everything I felt, pain, joy, sadness, I shoved it all into this hole." he picked up the tree and tipped it over. The leaves slid out and became dozens of tiny knives that hung on slender silver chains "I had and still have no need for those emotions...I've been shoving things in that hole for years since then." Sypher smiled at the tree then dug in his pocket to pay the merchant, slipping the tree in his bag "I feel that when I have someone I can share all this with, it will ruin me. I will be forced to confront those feelings and they will destroy me." he turned to face Nijiro now, his green eyes an almost painful electric green "But I accept that. Because when that time comes, I will have what I never lost. And that will make it all worth while."
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:39 pm
Rainbow Reaper ❡ Nijiro Hatake space Loyal ✖ Hatake Clan ✖ Mist ✖ Medic ✖ Lazy xxxxxx❧ Nijiro grew more and more irritated by Sypher's words as he continued to talk. But instead of frowning, she just gave another smile, this one larger than any others she had given before, her lips having to part and show her teeth, due to the smoking pipe clamped in her mouth.
❝Surely something so painful in your life is completely obsolete now, seeing as how you speak of it so effortlessly.❞ With that, Nijiro swapped the smoking pipe to the other side of her mouth, her hand reaching out and picking up a smoke bomb that was reusable and decorated with red enamel. The man said it wasn't loaded, and she clicked the top of it, the bomb opening like a lotus. She wondered if her dad would like it, but was tempted to buy it for herself as well.
❝To Protect the Innocent.❞xxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:49 pm
Sypher laughed, sensing Nijiro's irritation by her overly large smile "Sticks and stones, Nijiro-san. Truly, I don't really care anymore and you are clearly jilted by my words. I didn't intend them to upset you." he said as he started towards a ladder, one hand gripping a rung "I'm sorry about this conversation. You're here to learn about Cloud and such, not to be bored to tears or angered. My apologies." he started climbing, his bag thrown over to his back "There are more shops on the upper floor if you haven't found what you're looking for down here." Sypher explained as he stepped onto the deck overshadowing the shop they'd just been at, peering down at her "I don't think you ever got a chance to tell me who you were shopping for..." his smile, fake as the man selling 'real silk' down the way, was back in place and he tilted his head at her, waiting for a reply.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:08 pm
Rainbow Reaper ❡ Nijiro Hatake space Loyal ✖ Hatake Clan ✖ Mist ✖ Medic ✖ Lazy xxxxxx❧ Nijiro, still holding the smoke bomb, did not look at Sypher as he spoke, pretending to inspect the engravings and the coating of the enamel. Her free hand dipped down into her obi and she pulled out the money to pay for it, giving a little bit extra. The man smiled and gave her a small metal ring, able to click open and allow her to deploy the smoke bomb. Nijiro clipped it onto her obi, on one of the open rings at the side.
❝My Father.❞ Nijiro spoke, giving a friendly wave to the merchant before following after Sypher. She was going to ignore the speech about getting on her nerves or aggravating or whatever it was he had said.
❝To Protect the Innocent.❞xxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:13 pm
Sypher's brow rose "You're father?" he tapped his chin as she joined him, turning to lean on the railing "Well...what does he like?" he asked, glancing over his shoulder to look at the people milling below him. The crowd was increasing and he turned his attention once more to Nijiro "If he enjoys weapons, there's a shop down to our left. If its nicknacks and such, the best place is a few more shops over. Other things...well you can also get personalized items. Those are more expensive but its nicer." he finished, fiddling with a piece of wood in his fingers. The wood was smooth and rounded at both ends, something he'd picked up from the deck just then "It really all depends on his tastes and how deep your pocket is."
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:24 pm
Rainbow Reaper ❡ Nijiro Hatake space Loyal ✖ Hatake Clan ✖ Mist ✖ Medic ✖ Lazy xxxxxx❧ Nijiro stood next to Sypher, also leaning on the railing, on both of her forearms, chest and head hanging over as she gazed out at nothing.
❝I don't know.❞ Nijiro spoke, the smoking pipe sagging in her mouth. ❝I've never done this before.❞ Nijiro spoke, feeling the weight of the ornamental smoke bomb pulling down on her obi. It was comforting, in a way. Nijiro just thought that, maybe it was a nice thing to do for her father, for taking her in, and letting her go off to become a kunoichi.
❝To Protect the Innocent.❞xxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:36 pm
Sypher took a deep breath and began frowning at the space above a window, his mind going through all the foster homes he'd ever been in. Surely one of them had merited a gift of some kind to his foster parent 14th...no...23rd? No...27th?....no....! 35th! he slapped one hand together and straightened "I gave 35th a present at one time. I was living in Mist with him, an old man... What did I give him...?" he muttered, turning in a slight circle as he thought. He stopped and looked at her, smiling "I gave him a picture. I made...something. And I stood by it and had someone take a picture." he went back to the railing and leaned on it backwards this time, his elbows resting on the wood "You could take a picture and find something to put it in. Most shinobi don't see their family often. With a picture, the family can always have something to remember." he suggested, glancing at the sky. It was something sentimental, a memory maker, and while he suspected Nijiro might feel that way Sypher wasn't sure this was what she was looking for.
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:00 pm
Rainbow Reaper ❡ Nijiro Hatake space Loyal ✖ Hatake Clan ✖ Mist ✖ Medic ✖ Lazy xxxxxx❧ Nijiro watched with a raised eyebrow as Sypher tried to think of a suitable present, almost finding it an amusing sight. Almost. But, a photo; living with her father and his slightly extended family earned her a couple of photos, when she was strong enough. But nothing for years and years, it felt like.
❝... I don't own a camera.❞ Nijiro explained, turning her head to look back out over the village. Her aunt did, she was sure, but, the more she thought about it, the more Nijiro wanted the photo here. Even, maybe, with her teammates? Nijiro's calm face turned into a frown at the thought. It would commemorate her return to being a ninja, and all three of them successfully arriving to a new village...
❝To Protect the Innocent.❞xxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:32 pm
Sypher grinned suddenly, an extremely wide and goofy thing that didn't look right on his face "We're in a shopping district, Nijiro! Go BUY one." he laughed outright as he stood off from the railing and moved to the ladder "Come on. I'm sure we can find one in here somewhere!" he said as he started down, sliding on the sides to get to the floor "Its the perfect gift, right? So lets find it." he smiled up at her, his hands in his pockets.
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:54 pm
Rainbow Reaper ❡ Nijiro Hatake space Loyal ✖ Hatake Clan ✖ Mist ✖ Medic ✖ Lazy xxxxxx❧ Nijiro nearly felt herself jump a little in surprise from Sypher's outburst, clearly not one who is used to such behaviour.
❝... right.❞ The seventeen year old spoke, stepping over the ladder to follow Sypher, not worrying about anyone looking up her dress because all they would see was the black under layer. She stepped onto the ground, her stilettos clicking on the hard surface. She looked to Sypher to lead the way.
❝To Protect the Innocent.❞xxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:02 pm
Sypher started off and made a bee line for a small shop near the back of the place, pausing for a moment before flipping the entrance cloth up and going in. The outside of the shop was tiny but the inside was long and narrow with thousands of shelves filled with little things that made noises and hopped about. Sypher ignored most of them as he moved easily through the mess "Here. This shelf is the camera shelf." he said, pausing near the back of the store. Hundreds of cameras in all different styles and shapes lined the wall with the necessary films included "I'll go find the owner." he started back even further and vanished in a narrow door way.
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:30 am
Rainbow Reaper ❡ Nijiro Hatake space Loyal ✖ Hatake Clan ✖ Mist ✖ Medic ✖ Lazy xxxxxx❧ Nijiro quickly followed Sypher, being careful not to bump into anyone nor lose sight of the chuunin. Reaching a shop, her grey eyes noticed his pause before entering, following after him, pulling the cloth aside gently before stepping over the threshold. The shop appeared stuffed to near overflowing with things, and Nijiro nearly lost Sypher in the sight of it all. Hearing his voice, she walked towards the back, eyes coming to the shelf holding the cameras, grey orbs swept over the assortment.
❝... right...❞ Nijiro spoke, once Sypher had left to find the owner, still browsing. She reached out a hand and gently plucked up a chunky black Polaroid camera. These were supposed to have good quality, right? Plus, instant picture. Nijiro frowned, placing it back on the shelf. She didn't know anything about cameras. She didn't realise a present was so... tricky.
❝To Protect the Innocent.❞xxxxxxxxxx
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