1 A Simple Night Out [Private/Seiryū/No Kill] Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:23 am
Masayoshi Mari
D-rank
I wonder what I can get to eat around here.
Mari looked across the street side to side as she walked down a busy row of shops and restaurants. The girl wasn’t quite sure of the place she had wondered into, but it was very quaint little district of colorful lights and bright windows and cheerful street performers. It was evening time at Mt. Ikkyu and Mari decided to go out and about for the night. There wasn’t really a point to keep up with events of the chunin exams when it was dinner time, so the girl had made it a mission to go and find a place to eat. She of course was left with many choices of the plethora of cafes and small shops that decorated the mountain resort, it was only a matter of picking one.
The lone girl walked peacefully along the pathway, around her the nightlife was beginning. She could see groups of friends or young couples smile and laugh and eat and drink and do all those things that people like that do. It was a picturesque site, like so many of the mountains and waterfalls she had seen during her time in Kaminari no Kuni. While she did enjoy seeing new things, it was the first time she had left Sunakagure no Sato, and this land was very different from the desert. Thinking of her home, Mari put her hand to her left arm band, unfortunately she realized she had forgotten to put it on. Unlike many of her clan, Mari didn’t have a natural penchant for traveling, and was for once slightly wishing that she did. She wondered what her parents were doing, they probably experienced something like this every other night with the clan’s traditional job of being traveling historians.
And at least they have each other. Mari sighed internally. She couldn’t blame them for taking upon the clan’s duty and she never did feel too bad about it. It was just that this change of scenery reminded her of them and what they did. She hadn’t seen them since her early days at the ninja academy of Suna, when they left her all alone. And all alone she remained almost a decade later.
This time she sighed out loud as she pushed some tucked her bangs behind her ear. She looked up, colorful lanterns were strung across the street, lighting up the restaurants and providing a nice ambient glow with the fading light of the day. Turning her head at the sound of music, Mari saw a lady street performer with a guitar, and the lady was strumming a peaceful tune while singing a song that Mari didn’t know. She stopped and she listened tentatively, for the first time also noticing a small crowd had gathered around the singer. She wore sunglasses despite the fading light, had long blonde hair that seemed to blow into her face, and stood rather still with her guitar in hand.
She’s blind. Mari stared at the woman with awe, astonished that she was playing guitar while she couldn’t even see. She noticed the walking stick was sticking out of the open guitar case which lay in front of her. When the blind performer was done, the small crowd applauded with praise. Mari noticed that many were throwing money into the case and talking about how talented the woman was. Having their fill, many of the passerby walked away as the woman began playing another song. The small crowd came and went, though there still seemed to be a few people surrounding the blind woman. One of them was still Mari.
The woman began singing another song, it seemed to be a love song. Though it was sadly about a love that could have been, rather than one that had remained true. It was still very beautiful and it felt like the lady was putting so much emotion into her song. It almost made Mari forget that she was hungry.
Almost as it would be. She was still hungry and that wasn’t going to change unless she did something about it. She looked around her surroundings once more, finding a restaurant behind the singer with some out door seating, a little café that appeared to have a lounge area, oh! And even a few simple food stands with some street food, of which many Mari didn’t recognize. Would it be good to try something new? The girl was left in a mountain of indecision as she stayed close to the sound of the music.
772 Total Words
Mari looked across the street side to side as she walked down a busy row of shops and restaurants. The girl wasn’t quite sure of the place she had wondered into, but it was very quaint little district of colorful lights and bright windows and cheerful street performers. It was evening time at Mt. Ikkyu and Mari decided to go out and about for the night. There wasn’t really a point to keep up with events of the chunin exams when it was dinner time, so the girl had made it a mission to go and find a place to eat. She of course was left with many choices of the plethora of cafes and small shops that decorated the mountain resort, it was only a matter of picking one.
The lone girl walked peacefully along the pathway, around her the nightlife was beginning. She could see groups of friends or young couples smile and laugh and eat and drink and do all those things that people like that do. It was a picturesque site, like so many of the mountains and waterfalls she had seen during her time in Kaminari no Kuni. While she did enjoy seeing new things, it was the first time she had left Sunakagure no Sato, and this land was very different from the desert. Thinking of her home, Mari put her hand to her left arm band, unfortunately she realized she had forgotten to put it on. Unlike many of her clan, Mari didn’t have a natural penchant for traveling, and was for once slightly wishing that she did. She wondered what her parents were doing, they probably experienced something like this every other night with the clan’s traditional job of being traveling historians.
And at least they have each other. Mari sighed internally. She couldn’t blame them for taking upon the clan’s duty and she never did feel too bad about it. It was just that this change of scenery reminded her of them and what they did. She hadn’t seen them since her early days at the ninja academy of Suna, when they left her all alone. And all alone she remained almost a decade later.
This time she sighed out loud as she pushed some tucked her bangs behind her ear. She looked up, colorful lanterns were strung across the street, lighting up the restaurants and providing a nice ambient glow with the fading light of the day. Turning her head at the sound of music, Mari saw a lady street performer with a guitar, and the lady was strumming a peaceful tune while singing a song that Mari didn’t know. She stopped and she listened tentatively, for the first time also noticing a small crowd had gathered around the singer. She wore sunglasses despite the fading light, had long blonde hair that seemed to blow into her face, and stood rather still with her guitar in hand.
She’s blind. Mari stared at the woman with awe, astonished that she was playing guitar while she couldn’t even see. She noticed the walking stick was sticking out of the open guitar case which lay in front of her. When the blind performer was done, the small crowd applauded with praise. Mari noticed that many were throwing money into the case and talking about how talented the woman was. Having their fill, many of the passerby walked away as the woman began playing another song. The small crowd came and went, though there still seemed to be a few people surrounding the blind woman. One of them was still Mari.
The woman began singing another song, it seemed to be a love song. Though it was sadly about a love that could have been, rather than one that had remained true. It was still very beautiful and it felt like the lady was putting so much emotion into her song. It almost made Mari forget that she was hungry.
Almost as it would be. She was still hungry and that wasn’t going to change unless she did something about it. She looked around her surroundings once more, finding a restaurant behind the singer with some out door seating, a little café that appeared to have a lounge area, oh! And even a few simple food stands with some street food, of which many Mari didn’t recognize. Would it be good to try something new? The girl was left in a mountain of indecision as she stayed close to the sound of the music.
772 Total Words