1 Microterraforming (Shizuka) Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:10 am
Akaneya
C-rank
- mission:
- Mission name: Prepare Exam Arenas.
Mission rank: C
Objective:
Location:
Reward: 300 Ryo +2 EP.
Mission Description: The exams test entrants' abilities to adapt to different environments as well as opponents simultaneously. Some of these environments are not endemic to Konoha; it's the job of various shinobi to create them according to the proctors' parameters. This is a regular task, as cheaters make repeated attempts to learn the layouts.
Mission Details: A fairly simple request fit for any ninja: terraform and modify the environment to fit the descriptions necessary. You'll be provided with sealing tags or other equipment as necessary to make more permanent changes such as water formations, constant winds, or persistent torches. Earth and even Wood users can begin shaping and growing as ordered. Only approximate changes need to be made for this mission to be completed - even those tasked with this aren't entirely privy to how things are meant to be.
This mission can also entail clearing and resetting the arenas between matches. Lingering hazards such as makabishi, needles, flash bombs, and even fūinjutsu may still be present, so stay on guard.
Exam entrants cannot take this mission! Pursuant to the terms of entry, proven foreknowledge of the exams' conditions can get you immediately disqualified!
The arena had been empty for quite some time. Whether it was because the participants of a recent fight had already cleared out and the follow-up had been waiting, or because there simply had not been any fights today, it could not be determined. There were a few kunai lying here and there across the sandy pit, some footsteps and skid marks traced across its expanse, but the arena was most of all boring and very much lacking any notable features. That was Akaneya's job for the day, to set the arena for now and for the next few matches. She, personally, thought it beneath her, but supposed that everybody was needed in these incredibly busy days.
The Chunin Exam had brought much trouble to Konohagakure. Specifically, they had brought much trouble to Akaneya. Crowded streets made any travel difficult, and added notable background noise to all but a few of her favorite quiet places. Disturbing her meditation, or making it more difficult than it needed to be, certainly did not win the vast crowds her admiration or appreciation. It was, after all, the closest thing she had found to a suitable side-activity between training. While others might go stuffing their faces, playing games, or even drinking the day away, she found such things wasteful. Meditation, however, was essentially mental training; easy on the body, but still serving a purpose.
Akaneya surveyed the field, and remembered the various things asked of her and her mission partner for this first set up. The first was, of course, the easiest. It required a few scattered mounds, and little else. The first step was, in essence, just clearing the arena out and roughening up the terrain. Meant to emulate the desert surrounding the Sand Village on a clear and sunny day, one could hardly ask for an easier task. She wondered again why she had been tasked with such menial labor, but supposed the elders of the village probably had their reasons. It was good exercise, if nothing else.
Looking for her partner, one Shizuka, she failed to find another living soul. Akaneya had arrived a bit early, as she was wont to do, and realized such in but a moment. She couldn't necessarily fault Shizuka for not being early so long as he wasn't late, but still thought it to be a less than ideal attitude. Figuring she should wait until her partner showed up, Akaneya pulled out her ancient flute and began to play a simple song to pass the time. Not quite as fearsome as her combat, this was a plain, slow song, native to the Land of Rice. It was a timid, but beautiful, melody, one that felt as if it fulfilled the soul the longer it went on. And so it did.
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