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Post by Diatenshi » Fri May 22, 2020 3:44 pm

Tenshi scowled as he looked back at the HHD head quarters. He hadn't left for over a month and his team leader ordered him to a leave of absence. Tenshi was at a loss; his work was his life. Its not like he had friends or family he cared about. He was a loner for as long as he could remember. Even the few instances of companionship in his life didnt last long.

He swore under his breath then shook his head and walked away. He attracted a few looks as he was once again walking with the top of his kimono hanging around his waist. The inky black hair on the cold creme skin was a stark contrast. He'd recently gotten his first tattoo after he lost a bet with one of the guys from the hunt and disposal team. The skin was still red and swollen; the cool mist was a relief compared to the itchy fabric of his kimono. As he walked he debated on what to do with his time over the next few days.

"Falling from above,
Aimlessly drifting away,
Lost little snowman..."


He spoke softly describing himself as he wandered aimlessly through the streets. While his face was distant and seemingly detached from reality, inside he was quite irritated. He'd been on the verge of break through with his jutsu research. But maybe this break would help him get some new ideas and a fresh perspective on the project.
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Post by Willoria » Fri May 22, 2020 4:04 pm

Asami had spent her day training. Her hair, which was usually down and about her shoulders, was today pulled back in a ponytail behind her head as she walked. The air had turned cold but after the day she'd had, she was grateful for it. The cool felt good at what little exposed skin she had, even soothing the still fairly fresh scar on her chest that the edge of barely showed from under part of her shirt. She paused a couple of times as she walked, at different stands, and before long she was periodically taking swings from a flask in her hand that smelled distinctly like peaches.

She passed by a man with hardly a thought, catching a few words he seemed to whisper to himself before she paused and her mind had processed them. "The fuck you talking about a snowman for?" she asked suddenly, turning to give him an odd look. She had on her usual paints and makeup, markings that in some ways served as almost a personal armor from the world. Behind her lips her tongue toyed with the piercing in her lower lip briefly as she waited for the answer, if he answered.
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Post by Diatenshi » Fri May 22, 2020 5:05 pm

Hearing the aggressive and demanding voice from behind he registered the source and began profiling her instantly as was his habit. Clan? Unlikely. Slave? improbable.Shinobi? Potentially... He analyzed her markings to ser if she seemed familiar only for his thoughts to come to a conclusive No. The markings seemed to sit on top of the skin so probably make up vs a tattoo. He did however, note the fresh scar increasing the likelyhood of her being a shinobi. Looking down at her his silvery eyes stared into hers lifelessly. He stood there awkwardly for a moment holding her gaze analyzing what emotions and traits he could gleam from the short encounter.

"Poetic phrasing."

His soft baritone voice was cold and dry with out emotion, almost robotic even in its flat monotone resonance. His eyes seemingly loosing interest in her, glance around to take in his surroundings. As he'd been walking aimlessly after leaving headquarters, he wasn't quite sure where he was any longer. After looking around his eyes would return to her wondering why she had spoken to him when most others would've continued on their way.
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Post by Willoria » Sat May 23, 2020 12:17 pm

In truth, Asami's voice was always in stark contrast to her usual vulgarity. Her voice was rather soft, only raising in volume during a fight or an argument. More than once people missed what she said entirely simply because they couldn't hear her. It surprised her a bit when he not only heard her, but responded to her. The way he simply looked at her was intriguing to the girl, and his short response moreso. She lifted an eyebrow at his simple response at first, not entirely sure how to respond.

She had grown far too accustomed to her speaking being met with an attack of some kind.

"Poetic Phrasing?" she asked curiously. "Not sure how a snowman is poetic but okay." she remarked, shrugging as she turned and started to walk away. But after a few steps she paused and looked at the man once more, another curiosity poking at her mind for a moment. "I'm Karugata Asami." she said simply, interested in seeing if her family name would trigger a response, or would he continue to be strangely quiet and distant? She wasn't sure yet if that weirded her out any or if it was an odd comfort.
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Post by Diatenshi » Mon May 25, 2020 10:14 pm

As the young lady's eyebrow lifted Tenshi's mind once more flooded with conjectures and hypothesise as his eyes continued to stare at her blankly and seemingly unfocused. They were in fact unfocused, as his mind attempted to process his entire view of her rather than focus on individual parts. Was her reaction surprise? Perhaps, but not likely. Confusion. Probable possibility.

Then she spoke adding more details to be deciphered and interpreted. The change in tone and pitch. Curiosity. Expression of interest or simply indulging in conversation? Shrugging. Indicates a lack of interest or understanding. Subject turned away. Body language indictive of concluding encounter... Conclusion- contradictory or easily distracted personality perhaps.

Just as he assumed she would leave and he'd once again be left to his own devices attempting to decide what to do in his time off the lass paused and introduced herself. Karugata. Branch house of Karagata. Notable members includes superior Karagata Shiv. Contact to be monitored for threat analysis.

"Aisu Tenshi... Poetic phrasing, starts with five next line seven. Last line totals five. Poetry, expression of thought."

His cold voice once more escapes his pale lips causing a slight movement of his eyes as if he's unused to the sound of his own voice. As he gives his short explanation to sate the girl's curiosity a small little puff ball of white peeks out from behind his left leg and glances up at her its orange nose pointing right at her blinking its solid black eyes curiously like a child.
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Post by Willoria » Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:43 pm

He introduced himself in turn, but it almost seemed like a hundred things happened first. She turned and suddenly stepped closer to Tenshi, well past where personal boundaries normally allowed. She looked up at him, looking into his eyes as she invaded his space, still watching for a reaction. It was an odd and sudden temptation of Asami's not just to get a reaction but to figure out his. Or rather, his lack there of. "Is it a reflex or an intentional wall?" she asked him, looking up at him and still within an inch of him.

But she didn't have much of a chance to watch him for a response, noticing a movement out of the corner of her eye that suddenly pulled her attention. She looked down and she was shocked to see an actual little snowman behind Tenshi. She finally took a step back and out of Tenshi's bubble, but lowered herself to bend her knees in a squat as she got closer to the snowman's level to get a better look at him. "Hello." she said quietly, smiling at him in almost a moment of wonder. "I've never seen anything like you before..."
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Post by Diatenshi » Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:21 am

It was the longest running conversation Tenshi had had in well over a month. The corpses he experimented on not quite so chatty. As she stepped closer, closer than most would consider proper, a blurry memory brushed past the edge of his conscious just at of reach and nothing more than a vague recollection.

It bothered him not being able to remember. Despite being lost in thought however her question would bring him back from his pondery. His eyes refocused on her noticing how close she was. Various details he hadn't seen prior flooded his sensory processors. The slight smudge of make up on her face for instance. Or her scent. Though he wasn't quite sure whether it was her mouth or her body. She didn't smell like any of the perfumed ladies in the aisu clan nor did she smell like the half rotten corpses in the depths of the HHD.

He wouldve thought on it closer but once more she suddenly moved her attention drawn by Shiropafu. He was an odd little creature so Tenshi really couldn't hold it against her. However, it only reaffirmed in his mind she was easily distracted. Seeing as her interest was no longer in him he'd return to planning his weekend quietly to himself.

Pafu on the other hand tilted his head and blinked his beady eyes. He then squealed excitedly and began... Running? It was an odd consideration seeing as Pafu lacked any legs and yet still moved so nimbly.

"Chhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!"

It lapped around Tenshi's robes a few times wriggling its lower orb. It then paused in front of Asami and poked her cheek with its branch like arm. It squeaked again quietly and tilted its head to the side as it tried to play with her hair. Tenshi watched all this blankly.

He was still so curious about the strange creature he found sitting on him last winter. He'd yet to determine what exactly it was. He himself had never seen anything like it. So he watched their interactions waiting for the little puffball to grow tired of her. To be honest the only thing he'd really been able to learn was it had immense curiosity, but an disproportionately small attention span.
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Post by Willoria » Sat Jun 13, 2020 12:21 pm

Though her attention seemed to have shifted, her mind was still working over Tenshi as if he were a puzzle. She could have sworn she saw a flicker in his eyes as she had stepped close. She watched the strange little snowman creature squeal and seem to run around Tenshi in circles but her mind was picking apart the expression on the man's face carefully. She couldn't help a laugh as the snowman poked her cheek and squealed. She returned the action with a grin and a very delicate poke on his own cheek. She wasn't sure how stable he was as a snowman and wasn't going to risk hurting him. The entire situation was entirely strange to her, the creature before her was adorable and yet seemed impossible and the man was like unwavering stone.

Even Karagata Shiv, someone Asami would consider a true weapon of the village, hadn't seemed so closed off and cold as this one.

"Is it chakra?" she asked, looking up at Tenshi with curiosity, even as a smirk came across her lips. "Or maybe its all connected... is he some spirit that has stolen away your ability to emote entirely, leaving you a cold and empty shell?"
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Post by Diatenshi » Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:35 pm

Upon being poked Pafu would squeal again waving his twigs wildly once more going to do laps around Tenshi's feet. After a few seconds it stopped squealing and slowed down entirely confused as if it had completely forgotten why it was squealing and doing laps. It then saw Asami down on his level and went to poke her cheek again. Tenshi shook his head as it wasn't the first time it seemingly forgot what it was doing. When Asami started speaking again, it seemed to echo his own curiosity.

"Pafu is an enigma."

It was a simple statement but it spoke volumes in Tenshi's mind. Over a year of study and he was no closer to figuring out what Pafu was than when he appeared. Nor did he know why he appeared before him. Her questions about his lack of emotional response in particular however caused tenshi to recall times when he wasn't always so distant or detached. He pondered a moment and considered the source of this change.

"I am simply as the village has made me to be."
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Post by Willoria » Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:13 pm

Asami finally straightened up as Tenshi admitted he had no idea what the little snowman was. Somehow it made Pafu all the more adorable. "I guess I should be worried, an enigma can be sinister after all, but he seems too adorable for that." she admitted, shrugging. However her demeanor seemed to take a shift as Tenshi answered her other question. Her brow furrowed in confusion as she looked at him, crossing her arms across her chest as she did.

"I suppose we all are." she remarked. "But it made me a fucking shithead on my best of days... guess I should be glad I didn't get the boring card." she added, chuckling to herself as she glanced at Pafu and motioned to him. "This little fucker seems to be the most interesting thing about you." she added, waving almost sweetly to the little snowman before turning away.

For a few moments Asami hadn't seemed quite like herself, playing with the little creature and even enjoying her time with it. But Tenshi himself certainly hadn't brought about a change in her. As the novelty of the adorable snowman wore off, she found herself instantly bored with Tenshi's cold and simple demeanor. She shook her head and started walking away, simply waving to Tenshi. She couldn't even think of anything to say, after the man himself had said so very little and even that little she felt like she'd had to draw out like blood from a stone.
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Post by Diatenshi » Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:57 pm

Boring. Hmmm he supposed he was. He lived a very simple existence. A certain someone he once knew would say he's alive but not truly living. He let out a sigh as his memories cleared a bit but the memories filled him with sadness and soon they were locked away once more the only evidence of their passing a single tear. He wiped it away confused as to why he had a tear, the memory of the moment gone.

Drawn back to reality he noticed the girl had already left, she was already some distance away. About to go about his day planning his holiday he noticed out the corner of his eye that Pafu had followed her. This was a first. Pafu had never left his side before granted it rarely showed itself to strangers being incredibly shy. Now here he was moving through the streets tailing the girl.

His curiosity piqued he decided to follow, traveling quietly behind the little snow man. He wondered why Pafu followed her. He wondered what about her attracted his little friend. The only issue was the stares he was getting for walking around half naked. He didn't quite understand the fuss as even Lord Aimi walked around half naked. As he walked he thought of a poem for his earlier encounter, his dry dull voice hushed and quiet.

"Cold distant snowman,
Impertinent young lady,
Passing in the mist."
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Post by Willoria » Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:48 pm

Asami thrust her hands into her pockets and walked along, soon passing into a smaller part of the market that brought a smile to her face. She stopped at a small stand, not realizing yet that she had someone following her. She was too distracted by the display in front of her. There was an array of types of paper, brushes, and so many colors of paint. She reached out to touch one of the brushes, muttering under her breath as she realized she could here a strange sound and turned to see Pafu following her.

She couldn't help a bit of a chuckle. "What're you up to, buddy?" she asked, her usual quiet voice oddly kind. "I don't think your owner is going to want you wandering after me." she added, before looking up and realizing that Tenshi was indeed not far behind the snowman. "Well fuck." she muttered, shaking her head.

She reached out a hand to poke very gently the end of Pafu's nose before turning back to the stand and picking out a couple tubes of paint. She turned them over in her hands as she examined the colors, clearly debating their purchase.
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