1 A Voice in the Night (Open/NK) Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:45 am
Myrddin
A-rank
The village was unbelievable even at night, the symbol of the Hidden Cloud Village hung on banners throughout the village every street he walked down was lined with them as far as the eye could see. He understood that it had been weeks since the destruction of the village hidden in the sand, but to him it was only yesterday, and to see so much joy in the wake of that Horror made his stomach turn. He pushed the thought of the hidden sand from his mind, the village was no longer relevent and was now nothing more than a memory and there was no reason to dwell in the past. Besides he left his tides to the village behind as he had left his headband back in the desert, to anyone who would question him of his homeland he would just be a traveller, a boy with no home, a Ronin and that was ok with him. He smiled slightly as he saw the children playing and running through the streets, at least this village had not had it's light extinguished forever as the former sand village had, here the darkness was kept at bay. He stopped at the ramen shop he had come across during his walk, choosing to take a seat and enjoy some food, after ordering a large sum of the menu and placing his ryo on the counter he sat down and awaited for his meal to be prepared. As the boy sat there he listened to the different conversations of the other customers of the shop gathering some information on the villagers as well as some rumors of this and that, and the general goings on of the village. Raphael made a note to return to this shop in the days to come during his stay here in the village as it was a good source of information that could come in useful. He had only arrived in the village earlier this morning yet after the day he had he felt like he had been here for weeks, he had seen most of the historical sites of the village and had already taken the tour of the more know sites it was time to take a stroll down the roads less travelled, thanks to a particular conversation he had over heard in the ramen shop his interest was spiked to take a look around the parts of the village he had not already seen before the night was over. As he finished his feast he heard the the man behind the counter, "Kinda late for a kid like yourself to be out alone isn't it?" the man asked giving the boy his change, "Nonsense my good man, for the night is yet young, and so am I," the boy responded with a wink, leaving a generous tip before standing from his seat and leaving the ramen shop heading for the parts of the village that most tourist don't know about, perhaps it would be less crowded than the main roads.
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