1 To Join or No? [Rippa|NK] Sat Dec 02, 2017 2:13 am
Anon Brier
D-rank
Anon sat patiently in the waiting room for his turn to speak with the newly appointed head of the village hidden in the leaves. The young wanderer in truth had little reason to want to join a village after leaving his own, but he wanted to become closer to Supaku and felt this was a necessary step to that end. Not to mention the fact that he'd heard much about the ANBU in the village and had even heard that there were supposed to be much greater divisions than even the ANBU. Such a thing was unheard of to the young ninja and so he decided he simply needed to ask the one who would know anything and everything he could possibly ask: the Hokage. Anon sat quietly, fidgeting with the dual swords across his back. Contemplating what he would say or do. It wasn't often he was nervous.
He was trying a new look today, and had not dyed his hair the normal magenta to match his mask, no he'd also worn a regular black shinobi mask over the lower half of his face, starting at the bridge of his nose. It meshed with the black garb he was accustomed to wearing perfectly, and was tucked into the black shinobi netted shirt he wore underneath his retro shinobi gi. He had his normal black cloth wraps about his forearms and his black shinobi tights with black tabi and soft step sandals. In truth, he looked more like a picture come to life out of the old scrolls of what shinobi came from but he didn't let it bother him. No, today he would let nothing bother him as he felt it might show some sort of weakness of character. That is not something you'd want to show the leader of a village you might wish to join.
With a sigh, the ninja stood and began to pace about the office's waiting room, catching the stares of the receptionist and a few guards. True, they seemed a bit anxious with an armed wanderer walking about in their presence, but it didn't bother them enough for them to ask him to relinquish his weapons. Something he would happily do if needed, but it seemed they trusted in the strength of their ninja, or their Kage. With that thought crossing his mind, Anon wondered just how powerful a Kage would have to be. It would need to be quite a strong individual to not only lead, but protect an entire village. That was the sort of strength he wished he himself could possess, but knew that the day of that happening was far off. He'd met one kage in his life and she didn't seem as strong as people made her out to be, but that may just have been his standards of what power should be.
The man was pacing as multiple people walked out of the Kage's office, from dignitary types, to military personnel, to important looking ninja, all who had been there long before he'd even stepped in the building. It was not long before he heard his name called and he stepped over to the receptionist, bowing his head to look down at her as she sat behind her desk. "The Hokage will see you now, please make sure to be respectful and keep those weapons sheathed. It would not do to anger our Kage or act in a hostile or threatening manner." With a nod in agreement, he was pointed towards a staircase behind the desk and through a set of double doors.
When he pushed through the doors, he noticed first the amount of guards that had their hawk like eyes trained on him. With a bow of his head, he moved quickly to the stairs and ascended them, keeping his hands as far from his weapons as he could. When he reached the top of the stairs he was greeted with another set of doors with two masked guards standing outside of it. When he looked at the doors, then the guards, they looked him over and bowed, opening up to the Kage's office for him. Anon stepped inside gingerly and heard the doors close behind him. He stepped forward and bowed low, hands press together, his weapons clinging as they made contact in the motion. "Thank you for meeting with me, Lord Hokage. I had a few queries I wanted to make of you if that would be allowed." He stayed bowed, waiting for the response, not even taking a look about the room.
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He was trying a new look today, and had not dyed his hair the normal magenta to match his mask, no he'd also worn a regular black shinobi mask over the lower half of his face, starting at the bridge of his nose. It meshed with the black garb he was accustomed to wearing perfectly, and was tucked into the black shinobi netted shirt he wore underneath his retro shinobi gi. He had his normal black cloth wraps about his forearms and his black shinobi tights with black tabi and soft step sandals. In truth, he looked more like a picture come to life out of the old scrolls of what shinobi came from but he didn't let it bother him. No, today he would let nothing bother him as he felt it might show some sort of weakness of character. That is not something you'd want to show the leader of a village you might wish to join.
With a sigh, the ninja stood and began to pace about the office's waiting room, catching the stares of the receptionist and a few guards. True, they seemed a bit anxious with an armed wanderer walking about in their presence, but it didn't bother them enough for them to ask him to relinquish his weapons. Something he would happily do if needed, but it seemed they trusted in the strength of their ninja, or their Kage. With that thought crossing his mind, Anon wondered just how powerful a Kage would have to be. It would need to be quite a strong individual to not only lead, but protect an entire village. That was the sort of strength he wished he himself could possess, but knew that the day of that happening was far off. He'd met one kage in his life and she didn't seem as strong as people made her out to be, but that may just have been his standards of what power should be.
The man was pacing as multiple people walked out of the Kage's office, from dignitary types, to military personnel, to important looking ninja, all who had been there long before he'd even stepped in the building. It was not long before he heard his name called and he stepped over to the receptionist, bowing his head to look down at her as she sat behind her desk. "The Hokage will see you now, please make sure to be respectful and keep those weapons sheathed. It would not do to anger our Kage or act in a hostile or threatening manner." With a nod in agreement, he was pointed towards a staircase behind the desk and through a set of double doors.
When he pushed through the doors, he noticed first the amount of guards that had their hawk like eyes trained on him. With a bow of his head, he moved quickly to the stairs and ascended them, keeping his hands as far from his weapons as he could. When he reached the top of the stairs he was greeted with another set of doors with two masked guards standing outside of it. When he looked at the doors, then the guards, they looked him over and bowed, opening up to the Kage's office for him. Anon stepped inside gingerly and heard the doors close behind him. He stepped forward and bowed low, hands press together, his weapons clinging as they made contact in the motion. "Thank you for meeting with me, Lord Hokage. I had a few queries I wanted to make of you if that would be allowed." He stayed bowed, waiting for the response, not even taking a look about the room.
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