A Place In the Sun[Sango]Dec 27, 2020 17:44:25 GMT -5
Hozuki Sango
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"Are we there yet?” Sango moaned and groaned to the rhythm of the sea.
"Ask again--you’re losing teeth.”
"......” Her body dragged itself down with her arms staying on the wood, tears flowing from her eyes in despair.
All the traveling she had to do and she still couldn’t stomach a boat ride.
The grizzled captain looked exhausted. Sango was in her "moods. He considered her VIP, but even this was getting ridiculous.
"When are you going to grow the fuck up and get over this shit?” He folded his arms and shook his head. He looked down at her with pity. "It’s embarrassing now-- get up,” as he dropped his center of gravity to accommodate Sango's size, they locked arms.
"Who died and made you the Steward of Sea Sickness?” She wasn’t very happy even with the extra boost. A miserable fate, born in Mizu of all places?
Sango used the wooden railing as support, her large frame hunched over in pain. A deep inhale here and there. Her mind needed to wander off the beautiful sunkissed water in front of her, an underappreciated wonder that still managed to ruin the day.
She held on with a tight grip, the pain numbing her nausea or something she convinced herself to feel better. "Oh and tell me more about the city. I’m going after-”
"Goda Seiichi. The Refined Son--what a name!” The captain could hardly contain his sarcasm. The sorry sight of Sango hurt his eyes at this point, worse than the age did. He walked away from her, motioning her to follow him down to the cabins.
It was still.
A ship that was loved, it was easy to tell. A luxury travel boat that was stockpiled with explosives, armor, weapons and medical supplies. Her job was to take it to one of the mid-level bosses in some organization known as the Ribāu~ōkā or the Riverwalkers. They had multiple legitimate businesses that would mix in the shipments with what Sango brought for a price fixed by her employer, where then it would move to the real destination in Sagyo. She didn’t care about who or what was involved when her coffers were filled. The world loved her for her being thorough and focused on the money.
She anticipated that the search would take her all the way to Sagyo unless it was a good day for him to make a mistake and show up in person. Her main goal was to run up a tab at the nearest bar. It always worked out in the end anyway.
Walking with no sense of urgency down the wooden steps into the captain's quarters, a small desk with shelves overhead was on the immediate left upon entering the room. A jar of those light up bugs for late night reading.
A large bed, some sort of chair and soft silk furniture to highlight the extravagance on the unforgiving seas topped off the list of notable features. A tiny window over the bed provided an opening to let out the tobacco pipe smell, rough winds wrestling for control against the smoke rings that sailed through the air.
Captain Mizuki relaxed himself in the middle of his intimacy with the pipe, a calm exhale that drained the tension out of the muscles like a newborn child. "A businessman who has the acumen to match his bloodlust. The stereotypical, hold you by the balls and call me daddy kind of guy,” He paused for a moment to take a hit, letting Sango get her laughter out. He was being mostly serious but saw the humor. "Now what do you want with him? He’s exploded the local economy by going legal on the top side!” Mizuki did not exactly believe that the end justifies the means though it seemed too violent of an end for him.
"Look, whether he is solving hunger for orphans or paying grannies under the table to knit his socks, it’s all business. He screwed a guy over and now I’m here, simple as that,” She snatched the tobacco away from him.
A headrush as fleet footed as her lifespan. How else could you cope with facing death multiple times a week?
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As the sky started to adopt an orange tint, the port city of Minato Jichitai came into view, her waters filled to the brim with ships and swimmers alike. They passed by the large fishing parties without much trouble, their vessels immense size in comparison to what was normal in the city's local waters made many sailors move out of the way while those that needed to be concerned showed up on the pier. Eventually, the crew threw over an anchor and they began to unload the cargo.
Sango and the Captain shared a nod that signaled understanding. Maybe it was their last voyage, maybe not. She walked down the wooden plank and onto the pier, a 6’5 mountainous man that could only be compared to the Akimichi stood in front of her. He was barking orders, checking papers as fast as he threw them and smelled like fresh fish with a pinch of man. A looker but she had bigger fish to fry.
They locked eyes, "The Sun and the moon shall come together as one at the turn of the day, where the weak pray and…” Sango smirked and let herself trail off as the man ran with the rest of it…
"And where the strong born without silver spoons grow up to eat with silver swords, a beast that is only loyal to luxury,” He firmly gripped her forearm for a warrior’s greeting, lost in the ways of the ninja. His name was Hoichi. They worked a lot together, a valuable proxy in the Ginken when things needed to get moved around. A member of the Daimyo’s family as a piece was huge.
"Nice to see you again Hoichi, you know the rest. I’m off to drink--”
"Already? Ya’ just made land!”
"Yeah yeah yeah, see you later--” Sango left Hoichi and Mizuki to handle the logistics, her break time was now. Goda had something arranged in T-minus three days. Her time to operate was limited but allowed for a round of shots.
The hustle and bustle of the city suited her plans well, lost in the crowd and blended into a phantom of the streets. Nearly blinded by her tunnel vision, a beautiful woman in the window booth caught Sango’s eye. Red hair, fish tail, not the best outfit? Her perfect match. The bar was a good excuse to talk to her.
She walked in and headed straight to the bar to sit down. A strong will let her resist from looking at the red haired woman only once while passing by. Her large frame took up two seats, a woman of her size was hard to miss.
"Get me a Ginger White Lotus and put the pretty lady with red hair over there on my tab, whatever she wants!” Her confidence was clear and admired by a fellow sailor next to her. He had seen a couple of wars, eyepatch and scars that betrayed his youth of thirty-two.
"Haha why ain’t she beautiful! I’ll have to chime in--pretty lady!--wha’chu want dinner tonight? We takin’ care of ya’!”
The whole bar was in an uproar, laughter and joy all balled up into a couple seconds of jokes and piggybacking.
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