[Mission] Skin Arrangement!

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:36 am

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The man’s workplace was….crowded. He had animals everywhere: rabbits, squirrels, foxes, fish, leopards, even the occasional bear. He even had to animals that looked strangely like platypus; a very rare animal to see around Konoha. They were all scattered around the room haphazardly, cats sitting near dogs, fish right above a hungry-looking tiger-like animal’s mouth, and a baby rhinoceros huddling in a corner near the entrance. It was an odd collection of animals, indeed.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention all of these animals were dead.

Yep, they were all dead in the most literal sense of the word, but each and every animal seemed perfectly preserved. Some of the animals had been dead for decades: their intestines removed, their organs sold to collectors and witch doctors, and their eyes replaced with shiny glass orbs. The workplace was so crowded that some of the animals were stacked, one on top of the other. Where else could you see a lemur perched on top of a wolf without being devoured?

Behind the desk, a man had his head on the table, loud, frequent snoring coming from his mouth. He was the owner, Kazaki, and he had dozed off waiting for the shinobi. His left arm was wrapped in a cast and was nestled in his lap as he slept. On his desk were several small rodents, most with their mouths wide open as if they were screeching terribly. But, of course they weren’t screeching. They were dead. Taxidermists are so creepy.

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:50 am

Mugen finally found his way to the door of the taxidermy, and knocked as he moved his forehead protector into its traditional placement and closed up the walking stick, which he placed in one of his pouches. His Kussetsugan was near the final form, though he was unable to tell that. Each time he visited his mother, she commented on how his eyes had matured so beautifully, yet hi pupils still remained pinpricks. Undoubtedly, this was because of his being ably to see light as an object, and anything more than a pinprick would cause an overload on his brain.

Still... all of this was pointless to think about as he was ready to begin yet another mission.

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:00 am

When he heard the door open, Kazaki snorted awake, first attempting to wipe away the drool from his face with his cast hand. Upon hitting himself painfully on his chin (causing him to bleed a good bit), he decided to use his other hand. He let the blood trickle down his chin as he stood to his feet with a tired groan to greet the new arrival.

”Oi, oi! Took you long enough! I had time to get a good nap in!” He laughed heartily, his shoulders rippling as he walked up to Mugen. He had a thin moustache, a weird attempt at looking attractive, most likely, though in his line of work, nothing could distract from the fact that he stuffed dead animals for a living.

His blonde hair fell in wisps around his ears, sticking up on either side. His green eyes looked Mugen up and down curiously before he shrugged. He seemed competent enough for the job. Kazaki waved his casted arm in the air. ”Oi, oi. This is what I get for trying to lug around that rhino by myself. Sure did hurt; I’ve never broken a bone before.” He turned away, heading towards a steel door towards the back of his workplace.

”Well, don’t just stand there! We have a lot of work to do. I heard you shinobi are fast workers, so….” With a chipper skip in his step, he moved towards the door, reaching his arm – no, the other arm – to open the door.

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:59 am

Well, Mugen noted, he sure seems chipper for someone who works with dead things....

That was the only thing that really crossed his mind, other than the fact that all the animals that littered the room were quite the collection of stuffed creatures. By the sizes and shapes, there appeared to be birds and bears, even some kind of duck-beaver thing. Of course, the vision of this shinobi was not enough to let him truly differentiate between each species, so generalizations of each creature had to suffice. Also, judging by the man's words, there was a Rhino lurking around here somewhere.

He really did not have time to respond in any other way than to follow the man, which he did so rather quickly, hoping to see what exactly needed his assistance here.

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:34 am

accidental post.. please delete >.>

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:17 am

The smell hit them like a wall. A strange mix of half-rotting internal organs and formaldehyde, the smell of the back area was…interesting, to say the least. Kazaki led Mugen down a stairwell. As they descended, the air got colder, and the smell began to really assault their nostrils. Kazaki hummed the entire way down, ending his song on a crescendo as his feet lit the landing. ”Here we go~!” He moved his arms in a sweeping motion towards his work station.

It was really quite disgusting. In one area, there was an open animal, its dead body emitting a smell that could knock flies to the ground. Thankfully, it was in a sealed room, though the huge glass window was almost like a display. In the corner of the small glass room was a HUGE bucket of…innards. It wasn’t a bucket; more like a tub. A tub of intestines and bones and blood and organs. In the main part of the room sat a large table. On the table were two stuffed mountain lions, their mouths open in angry snarls, their teeth polished and gleaming in the sudden bright light of the room.

”I just finished these projects for a buddy of mine,” Kazaki said proudly, puffing out his chest. ”He killed these little guys himself, after he lost his friend in an attack. Wasn’t sure which one actually killed the guy, so he went ahead and hunted both of these, just to make sure.” It was a bit strange Kazaki would describe the pumas as small; when they were alive, they were both around 300 pounds, easy.

Now stuffed, they were considerably lighter, but still had a bit of weight to them. One of them was crouched down, ready to pounce, its mouth curled in a snarl. The other was slightly lifted onto its hind legs, a front paw reaching into the air with its sharp claws striking at invisible prey. Yes, they were quite intimidating, even while dead. ”I need to move these upstairs. ‘Course, I can’t do it by myself, not with this arm.” He waved his cast in the air, walking towards the stuffed trophies.

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:01 pm

The smell was horrid, but lucky for Mugen's stomach, he was not able to see in detail the entirety of of the room. The smell alone made him gag, had he been able to see what was actually in the tubs that littered the room, he would have probably added his own vomit to the mess.

The shinobi looked to the figures that the client pointed to; a couple of feline creatures, the details of which were unintelligible to him, and knew what his task was.

Right... Well, I'll just go ahead and get these babies out of your way.

With that, he walked over to the one crouched low, and got up under it, dragging it from it's stoop and onto his back, with it's paws resting on his shoulders. He imagined that it appeared as though he was giving the creature a piggy-back ride, as he struggled up the narrow stairway.

About five minutes later, he managed to lug the dead animal out of the stairway that had only taken ten seconds to go down. He was sweating from the sudden change in temperature, but after a few seconds, he'd be ready to tackle the other statue

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:06 am

Kazaki hummed an upbeat tune as he readied the shinobi's next job. He opened the door to the foul glass room, holding his breath out of force of habit. He slowly began to breathe, taking in shallow inhales as he crossed the room to the tub full of the animal remains. He reached above his head, grabbing a bucket from a shelf. It was rather small, a capacity of around two or three gallons. Using his good hand, he pulled down six of these buckets, stacking them one on top of the other. They were stained, but otherwise clean.

The man walked back into the main room, not bothering to close the door behind him. He sat down in a chair, leaning his head back and rubbing his temples. "Oi, oi. It's nice having another pair of hands around here," he said, not caring whether or not Mugen heard him. "I'm not married or anything, and most people avoid my shop. But I make a nice living." The man couldn't be much older than thirty, though he had a tired drawl in his voice as he spoke. He opened one eye to see Mugen's progress.

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:02 am

When Mugen returned downstairs, it stank even worse than it had before, and then he noticed a door open, and really did not want to know what it was that was causing such a smell. The man sat in a chair, murmuring something to himself, and Mugen took that as it being okay for him to continue with his task.

Getting under the one who was balanced on it's back legs, the shinobi lifted, relatively easier than the other statue, since he did not have to do a full squat. The process of taking it up the stairs was the same, and by the time it was all done, he was covered in sweat.

Finally, done, he returned downstairs to see what else the man had for him to do. Hopefully, it would not be as physically tasking as the movement of those two creatures.

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:06 am

Kazaki stood to his feet when he saw the shinobi was done with moving the mounts. He clapped his hands together and started moving towards the rancid room. "Okay! Now we get to the messy part! If you don't mind, I'd like for you to sort though this tub. There's parts from several dozen animals in there, and I need you to take out the vital organs. Hearts, lungs, livers...things of that sort. You can leave in bone, the actual intestines, and unidentifiable organs!"

He looked absolutely thrilled that he would get help with the dirtiest part of his job. It always took forever to weed out these organs. Kazaki usually sold these to people who collected them or made strange medicines. It was actually a big part of his job, and brought in just as much money as his taxidermy.

The tub was enourmous, probably big enough to fit in the rhinoceros upstairs and several other mounts. Within the tub was a plethora of animal parts: skin, fur, organs, blood. And, by the smell of it, most of it was rotting. Kazaki was nice enough to reach into one of the cabinets and pull out elbow-length gloves, an apron, and goggles. He even pulled out a cap for Mugen's hair. "Y'know, just in case you'd rather not get your hair dirty."

Kazaki began to back out of the room to let Mugan do his thing. "Sorry that there's so much; I haven't been able to sort through it, so unfortunately, it's going to take you a while. Oh, and, don't sort out the rotting organs; I have no use for those."

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:10 pm

It took a moment before Mugen realized what was being asked of him, then he sighed, but took the equipment offered anyway. He could not help but shudder at the thought of digging around in a tub for organs that might or might not be rotten.

Everything strapped on, the Awai knelt over the tub and plunged both arms into the mess, using all his willpower to hold back the vomit. For quite some time, he would be digging around in search of all the parts, some of which he would just push toward the end he had alread inspected, in the case of them being rotten.

I now officially hate taxidermy.

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:18 pm

After Mugen had been digging around for an hour or so (maybe an hour and a half? Kazaki wasn't keeping track well), the taxidermist walked in to see how things were going. He was eating a bit of miso soup, the bowl balanced on his cast. The pleasant aroma from the food was completely overwhelmed and diminished by the smell of the dead animals.

"Oi, what are you doing?" he said, holding his soup to the side. He placed the bowl on a nearby shelf and walked over to Mugen. Taking the shinobi's hands, he placed them on top of what appeared to be a bladder or something. "This isn't what I asked for. Here," Sticking his bare hands into the tub, he removed a liver, a heart, kindneys, and a lung. He gave them to Mugen so he would know exactly what they felt like. "See? The kidneys are small and weird shaped, and they have some toughness to them. Same goes for the heart. The lungs are a bit squishy, and you can tell what they are because they're one of the bigger organs and they have flaps. And.." he pulled out a giant, brownish organ. "Livers run ya a lot of money. These are the big boys of the tub. They're heavy and big and tough, so it won't be hard to find those."

His hands disgusting and bloody, Kazaki took his bowl of soup and began eating again. He casually walked away as he chowed down on the meal (and possibly bits of organs and blood) to let Mugen finish up.

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:34 pm

When the new aroma left the room, Mugen was struck by the stench that was left behind. At least now he knew what he was looking for, after the man had shown him the texture and firmness of each organ he sought. Mugen plunged his hands back to work, quickly separating the good organs from the bad ones. It seemed like it would take forever, but he was indeed making progress.

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:57 am

The taxidermist was getting a bit bored watching Mugen do his work. He had finally finished his soup and placed the empty bowl on the table. The man wiped the blood and bits of animal guts on his pants, mentally reminding himself to clean that up later. He then sat in his chair, propping his legs up on the wooden table. With a sigh, he leaned back in the chair, positioning his uninjured hand behind his head.

He hoped the shinobi would finish soon; he needed to start closing up shop, which wouldn't take more than locking the front door and heading out the back up the stairs. Kazaki lived above his shop, and simply needed the satisfaction that the heavy, messy work had already been taken care of, and he could rest easy for the next few days while his arm recovered.

"Oi, oi, hurry it up. you're just making it harder on yourself. Once you're done, there's a sink in the back so you can wash yourself off if need be."

Quinton Rizzer · Post by **Quinton Rizzer** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:52 am

Mugen pulled out what he hoped was the last of the good organs and presented the payload before the man.

This good?

Without even waiting for an answer, he headed towards that back and began washing his hands, hoping that his task here was done.

Kao · Post by **Kao** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:31 am

Kazaki nodded, standing to his feet. "Good, good. Just leave the buckets where they are and..." He looked around, noticing Mugen was already out of the room to wash his hands. With a deep, content inhale, he closed the door to the room, leaving the bright lights on. He waved his good arm, beginning to shoo Mugen out of the basement.

"Thank you, shinobi-san! That was a big help." Kazaki tried to be as polite as possible as be basically kicked Mugen out of his shop. "Come back anytime if you ever need something stuffed!"

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