1 Hanako! Where art thou!? </3 Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:23 am
Bokuden
D-rank
The booming roar of thunderclaps and the violent flashes of the lightning strikes that illuminated the area as they fell down from the heavens unnerved Bokuden. This area… the Thunder Temple, home to the Tsukino clan was an ominous place. Even the description of the area which etched into an old stone slab before the entrance was enough to put even an elite shinobi on alert: The temple complex itself appears to be nothing more than a large outcropping of rocks near the far edge of the Thunder Grounds. If you were to approach the area you would notice the presence of numerous Tsukino clansmen, as they are the caretakers and sole residence of the temple. The area itself is extremely dangerous to the uninformed outsider; as the rocks draw massive amounts of lightning strikes from the center of the grounds, and as such the entire area is highly electrified. Hardly a cheerful depiction of the Thunder Temple, but probably a fitting one. The inherent danger that accompanied simply being in the area due to the lightning strikes was enough to deter most people. It was for that very reason that Bokuden refused to bring Satomi along on this mission; it would be dangerous to attempt to complete whatever this mission entailed while trying to keep her alive. Due to his sensory ability he was sure that he could avoid the lightning strikes… but trying to do so while covering for an ally? That would have been a problem.
“How many would this make it now?” Bokuden thought to himself as he removed piece of paper from his coat’s left breast pocket, carefully unfolding it as he turned his gaze down to peer once more over his assignment. He had been briefed fully in person on the details so the formal missive for this assignment was quite brief, it read: Hanako, a Chunnin of Kumogakure has gone missing and was last seen at the Thunder Temple. Investigate the area and try to find her. Bring her back to Kumogakure. This would hardly be the first instance of a careless amateur meeting their end at the Thunder Temple or Thundergrounds. Many a charred corpse of a former villager or young shinobi has been found by the Tsukino clansmen during their rounds about the area and Bokuden fully expected this assignment to be just another one of those cases. It was curious that this Hanako had not been found yet by a Tsukino clansmen, but if this person was foolish enough to be wandering about the Thunder Temple without a guide or the skill to survive then who was to say that she didn’t wander off to some secluded area thinking it would be “fun” and end up missing.
“What a bother,” he thought to himself as he made his way to the Thunder Temple itself to meet with its Tsukino inhabitants. If one wanted to know any information about this area at all or the people who wandered through it, the Tuskino were the first ones to ask. As he marched on Bokuden couldn’t help but tense up at the flash of each lightning strike that crashed into rock outcroppings. If even a single one of them was to catch him off guard… no, that was enough of that. No more of that silly childish fear. That story of the piles of Ryuzoji bodies that were left out to die in this place because they slacked on their training was just a story told by parents to their children to scare them, right? As long as he stayed focused and remained alert he should be fine.
Word Count: 608/3000
“How many would this make it now?” Bokuden thought to himself as he removed piece of paper from his coat’s left breast pocket, carefully unfolding it as he turned his gaze down to peer once more over his assignment. He had been briefed fully in person on the details so the formal missive for this assignment was quite brief, it read: Hanako, a Chunnin of Kumogakure has gone missing and was last seen at the Thunder Temple. Investigate the area and try to find her. Bring her back to Kumogakure. This would hardly be the first instance of a careless amateur meeting their end at the Thunder Temple or Thundergrounds. Many a charred corpse of a former villager or young shinobi has been found by the Tsukino clansmen during their rounds about the area and Bokuden fully expected this assignment to be just another one of those cases. It was curious that this Hanako had not been found yet by a Tsukino clansmen, but if this person was foolish enough to be wandering about the Thunder Temple without a guide or the skill to survive then who was to say that she didn’t wander off to some secluded area thinking it would be “fun” and end up missing.
“What a bother,” he thought to himself as he made his way to the Thunder Temple itself to meet with its Tsukino inhabitants. If one wanted to know any information about this area at all or the people who wandered through it, the Tuskino were the first ones to ask. As he marched on Bokuden couldn’t help but tense up at the flash of each lightning strike that crashed into rock outcroppings. If even a single one of them was to catch him off guard… no, that was enough of that. No more of that silly childish fear. That story of the piles of Ryuzoji bodies that were left out to die in this place because they slacked on their training was just a story told by parents to their children to scare them, right? As long as he stayed focused and remained alert he should be fine.
Word Count: 608/3000