1 An Early Morning Visit to the Market [Kinzoku, or Invite Only] Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:41 pm
Jihi
D-rank
...This place is so different from home, yet that isn’t a bad thing…
Jihi and her traveling companion Simikiel had arrived in Konoha the previous night, right around the time that the sun was setting. They had checked in, received directions to the nearest hotel, paid for a long-term room, and done nothing more than order room service for dinner before unpacking and turning in for the night. Their trip was a threefold one: a time for training, a time for learning new things, and a much needed vacation from the stress and hell that the pair had lived in for the past three years of their lives. For Jihi a vacation was the furthest thing from her mind: she had the goals of death and vengeance in her mind as always and strived to spend as many waking minutes as possible either training, or learning new things that would help further her goals. Yet, Simikiel was determined to make sure that Jihi enjoyed herself, and she had promised to try, which was precisely why she wasn’t currently hold up at a training ground or in the library.
In fact, the lean five foot tall feminine figure was currently making her way through the market, enjoying the coolness of the early morning - the sun, which had only begun to rise, having not yet begun to heat the air. As per usual Jihi was dressed in black: a pair of baggy pants which clung at the hips to her thing figure, a black sleeveless turtleneck shirt which showed the old slave brand burned into her right arm, and a pair of standard black open-toed shinobi sandals. Her chest was bound and wrapped beneath her shirt, something done simply to keep her from looking as feminine as possible which was her way of ensuring she was taken seriously, her short white hair as per usual a bit of a mess, with her Kirigakure hitai-ate hanging loosely around her neck. She was armed to the teeth: kunai and shuriken hid within various pouches, her prized bow and a quiver of arrows resting on her back. Yet, for once she hoped she wouldn’t have to use any of it: having her weapons on her more out of the fact that it made her feel comfortable rather than anything else - then again, she did the same exact thing within her own home back in Kirigakure.
...I’ve heard this place has some good food, I wonder if they’re right…
Her goal for the morning was simple enough, she had woken up with the kind of ravenous hunger that came from a long journey, and she wished to sate it with something more than the cereal, bagels, and cold eggs that the hotel she was staying in provided. Her companion had still been asleep when she had left, so she had decided she would simply find some food, do some wandering, and bring some food back ‘home’ afterwards. She didn’t know her way around Konoha very well, having never been in the village before, but simply by following her nose she had stumbled upon a street filled with several restaurants and cafes open to the early morning public, many of whom had signs and chalkboards that listed some of the tempting offers that the establishments were more famous for. For Jihi she was looking for a good cup of tea and something a bit different than just eggs or cereal for breakfast.
So, it was because of this search that she continued on down the street, ignoring several of the buildings, and moving hre way gracefully around the few people who littered the streets as she continued on her way.
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