[wabisuke satoshi]

As a Genin, working with as many people as possible is encouraged. You're fresh, unmoulded, the world is your oyster, use this time to figure out what you're good at, what you're not, what you like, what you can't stand. 

Satoshi's tenure as a Genin had been fairly lengthy, so he'd worked with his fair share of Shinobi. That didn't mean he would go out of his way for the romanticized socialisation that came with this early stage of a Shinobi's career. In fact the mission he took was usually one he was able to do alone, gathering herbs just outside the village. 

He was a medical-nin, a fan of reading and developing his first-aid skills (which he liked to use this little outing to do), a nice little bundle of quirks that made this mission a pleasant experience for him. 

Today was different however. He wasn't the only one on this mission, he wasn't told if the other person was assigned to this mission or if they took it themselves. The latter seemed more likely, as Genin always seem to be hungry for experiences to earn their stripes.

A slouched Satoshi could be seen at the village gate, the rising sun following behind. His nose would be buried into a handbook handily titled "Shinobi Basic Emergency Care and You", his latest little fascination. This was moreso to distract him from the nervousness that he could feel creeping up his neck than to develop First-Aid skills at the crack of dawn. 

@bikutashin

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Herbal Remedies
Mission Rank: D
NPC Required: NPC[Optional][None]
Random Mission Scenario: Enabled
Description:

The medical supplies of Takigakure are one of the true exports of the village due to their abundant growth within the surrounding area. Though a shortage of current stock has been reported. The task for the assigned team is to retrieve the special herbs from the wild and return them so that they can be used for medical supplies.

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I WILL BE YOUR LIGHT, YOUR BEACON OF HOPE

When Red graduated from the academy, he was placed on a team with two other genin and a jonin sensei just like all of the others. He, however, was on the unfortunate end of things, where his teammates had come up ready for the recent chunin exams, while he himself still needed work to be considered for such an event. As such, this past month, Red had been in something of a limbo, having no teammates, no sensei, and yet was still required to serve his village and conduct missions be it by himself, or with whoever else the advisors and missions board saw fit to attach him to.

This, however, was the first mission that Red would have taken since the event of his team’s "break.” It was a simple enough task, something he thought would easily get his mind off the unfortunate topic of what was to come next for him.

Red liked his team. He had gotten quite fond of working with them, and they were kind enough to take and accept Red at face value for who he was. He was quiet, reserved, did not speak unless spoken to, if he could help it, but he was also determined, driven, and was more than willing to put in the line of fire to help protect others. Chivalrous, some might say, to be so willing to forget all feelings of self preservation for someone else, even someone he didn’t know, but his old sensei had always told him it was a foolish effort. One day, his valiance would get him killed, and where would he be then aside from forgotten in some hole in the ground?

Still, though, it was something Red was not quite willing to let go of. He wanted to be a hero. A beacon of hope for those who had none. Regardless of what his old sensei would say, the young boy knew that was one thing about himself he would never change.

With a deep sigh, though, Red would take his next assignment. He’d be placed with another genin on a rather simple task of retrieving some of the various medical plants in the surrounding area to then be exported from Bonchi no Kuni. It was something he’d done before in months prior, but it was often something tasked to those of his rank regardless.

He’d arrive at the gates to Takigakure, hands in his pockets, eyes half shut in his usual unenthusiastic manner. He wore his usual red and white over-shirt, his Takigakure headband tied around his left bicep. His brow would raise when he saw another teen, about his age he’d assume, slouched over reading a book.

"You Satoshi?”

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In an attempt to seem aloof and mysterious, Satoshi would attempt to glance up from his book with only his eyes, to hide the fact he could see people coming. This way when his partner would arrive, he'd be able to anticipate what sort of greeting he could do in advance. What if he mistakes him for someone else though?

That thought was quelled when he took into account the fact there was probably about one person passing by every ten minutes or so, and most of them seemed old enough to have a Genin as a child let alone be a Genin themselves.

In a very obvious glance upwards from his book, Shinichi was spotted, the first person that didn't look like they had a mortgage to pass by and with a forehead protector, so presumably the partner for the mission. Yo...Hey...What's up.... Fist Bump? Maybe a handshake? Is that too old timey? What about a hug? Surely not..."

A litany of ways to greet the Genin coming closer to him crossed his mind, that all went out the window when he heard Shinichi's voice though. Somehow he had gotten lost in his thoughts within 10 seconds and jumped a little upon being asked if he was Satoshi. 

"Ye- You know it!" Satoshi stumbled over his words in record time, whilst throwing up an uncomfortably limp thumbs up and a meek smile.  "I take it you're Bikutā-san then!" Satoshi had hoped the shaky enthusiasm in his voice would bring across a good impression.

The night prior Satoshi had thought of a cool, casual way to get  the mission done quickly, he had no idea if the person standing across from him was much of a talker then it could delay the mission if they hang around the village gates. "I've ran the route for this mission a good amount of times, so we can get going now and I can fill you in on some of the specifics as we go if you'd like..." Satoshi began to trail off towards the end, his voice petering out and gaze shifting towards the side, as he began to make his way out of the village gates after flashing credentials and mission to the guards at the gate.

@bikutashin

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SPOILER: Click to show

Herbal Remedies

Mission Rank: D

NPC Required: NPC[Optional][None]

Random Mission Scenario: Enabled

Description:

The medical supplies of Takigakure are one of the true exports of the village due to their abundant growth within the surrounding area. Though a shortage of current stock has been reported. The task for the assigned team is to retrieve the special herbs from the wild and return them so that they can be used for medical supplies.

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I WILL BE YOUR LIGHT, YOUR BEACON OF HOPE

"Just Red is fine.”

His face and expression kept their typical unenthused gaze as Red eyed the genin up and down. Satoshi was a bit smaller than Red was. A bit younger too, upon his first impression. He seemed a bit unsure of himself with his greeting, unable to tell if he was holding himself back from whatever nervousness Red felt was present, or if the boy was just more quiet and reserved like he himself was.

"Sure. Lead the way.”

He kept things short, like usual, though his mind was already beginning to race about who Satoshi was, and what the genin might be capable of. Red was always fond of statistics, like that. He was intellectually driven, more often than not, and whether it was friend or foe, he’d always wanted to know as much as he could about the people around him. It was a strange quirk of his, admittedly, often obsessing over more well known shinobi, creating small profiles of their capabilities, or coming up with ways to rank those he knew of in terms of their attributes rather than their official rank.

Hands in his pockets, he was more than willing to allow Satoshi to take the lead having run the mission previously. It wasn’t something Red had done before, so why not let experience take the lead? Much of his interests revolved more on training more than grunt work missions like this. Not that he hadn’t done his own handful of jobs similar with his old team of genin, after all, that’s what genin did. Grunt work.

As much as he may have been well and content simply allowing silence to reign between the two, Red had found his curiosity about his new comrade beginning to get the better of him.

"So,” Red piped up, his attention off on the distance rather that focused on Satoshi as he spoke. "How long’ve you been a genin? Got any goals?”

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"He gave me a nickname to call him? Maybe I'm starting to bloom and give off a charismatic aura! Satoshi's inability to navigate a social situation had gotten better in recent years but still left a lot to be desired, clearly. 

When given the reins to lead the way, Satoshi gave a nod, internally he was giddy and felt like celebrating. It was all looking up for him. 

The pace Satoshi took was rather brisk, his inner giddiness led him to be a bit quicker than usual. He was quite a good trekker but beyond that lacked much in the way of physical abilities.

From time to time he'd pipe up and point out certain plants, not ones that are the objective of the mission but just useful tidbits. "Those spiraling yellow plants there, they'll do some serious damage if you end up eating them but if you cut one open it'll pour latex and that can..."  Things of this nature would be the main conversation until Red prompted Satoshi.

"Oh sheesh...that's a loaded question huh!" He'd let off a nervous laugh afterwards, a painful silence following, a few beats too long, before Satoshi would rev back up, "Well... I've been a Genin since I was 11, and I'm turning 17 soon. As far as goals well... I don't really know. Rather than striving for something grand, I think I'd just like to fix the things I don't like about myself first"

Satoshi never really got the opportunity to answer these questions and hadn't even posed the question to himself, so he had yet to notice how much he had really just divulged. Often lowering his defenses that much was unthinkable, but he hadn't even realised that counted as lowering his defenses. 

"What about you Red?"

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Herbal Remedies
Mission Rank: D
NPC Required: NPC[Optional][None]
Random Mission Scenario: Enabled
Description:
The medical supplies of Takigakure are one of the true exports of the village due to their abundant growth within the surrounding area. Though a shortage of current stock has been reported. The task for the assigned team is to retrieve the special herbs from the wild and return them so that they can be used for medical supplies.

[Deleted]

I WILL BE YOUR LIGHT, YOUR BEACON OF HOPE

A small smirk would come to Red's face when Satoshi began to bring up the little factoids about the local flora. It wasn't exactly something he cared much for, but he liked that Satoshi seemed to have the interest and knowledge himself. It wasn't very often that Red found his interests being peaked in a similar way, and he felt like he'd easily bore anyone by talking about his own interests. He always felt like he was bland in that way. His admiration always focused on the shinobi tools and way of life, and he knew records dating back decades on who was strong and why, the bloodline abilities of notable clans all around the world, different ways of controlling chakra, the basic natures, how genjutsu worked on the mind, the list went on. He idolized some shinobi of history, and it seemed to be one of the only things he really put much of his time into. A one-trick-pony in that way.

While they walked through the wilderness, Red had no trouble keeping up with his companion, though he did take note of the quicker than average pacing. He'd remain fairly quiet himself, though the genin let out a small chuckle when Satoshi went on to express his goal. It was a modest one, to be certain, and something Red himself could highly relate with. The blurt of laughter, if it could even be called that, was only because he could relate with what Satoshi said. He'd only been a shinobi for a few years himself, and the road of self-improvement was a path he knew he would never wander away from.

"Me?” He asked, albeit rhetorically. "A bit of the same, I guess.” Red started. "I started a few years later than most do. Fourteen. My folks run a shop in town, and they never really wanted me to leave, but being a shinobi was something I always wanted.” He paused for a moment, his gaze turning down to his hand as he flexed his fingers before curling them into a loose fist. "I haven't been a genin for very long. Took about three years to even graduate. But, I know what I'm good at now, at least. Where I excel and where I fall short. I've honestly been something of a floater lately. I got placed with teammates when I first became a genin, but they went on to the Chunin exams and I wasn't quite ready. Guess it's taking a bit longer for me to get any new teammates, but I'm still hopeful for whatever is next. Being a shinobi means a lot to me.”

Another small smirk would cross his face, the thought that his explanation was probably the most he'd said all at once in a long while. He knew he was a bit awkward in social situations and often went out on tangents, so he usually just kept his thoughts to himself more often than not.

"I think next is trying to find a way to get to Iwagakure. There are a lot of powerful shinobi there, and from what I've read there are people there who know about the Eight Celestial Gates, and I wanna learn if I can. Even if I have to wait for a promotion before I'm allowed to travel, whatever the stepping stones are, that's the biggest goal for me. I wanna prove to my home that I can bring more to the table than what people think. If and when I get thrown into the deep end, I wanna prove I'm a strong swimmer.”

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