Board Thread:Kōgakure Missions/@comment-24714922-20170503121433/@comment-28929139-20170504034342

It wasn't seemingly long before she saw a brunette boy right about her age approach. No grannies, no men with dogs. Good, they could get started. Breaking poise from her lean, she met him halfway and right as he said her name..."Taiki Nara?" She nodded in affirmation and bowed her head in greet. His admittance of this being his first mission, and his first co-op put Tak at ease and on edge at once. There was no peer pressure about her messing up or making mistakes, but the pressure of survival and efficiency was piled on times ten. Wasn't that just swell? But even if Tak didn't know what this boy was capable of, she knew herself well enough and she intended to haul ass if things went south for them.

"Mine too, but that's okay..." She ran a hand through her hair anxiously but turned and followed Taiki due north. "And this involves children, so listen out for the voices of kids, especially they sound distressed."

For the duration of their trek to this mystery hut, Tak was silent and glaring straight ahead. But near the beginning of their walk, she gave him a full once over. "What are you good at doing?" Since this was both their first time, it might have been easier if Tak could find out how they could approach the unknown whenever they found it. That wasn't to say, however, that she wasn't observing her surroundings. She took mental note of if and how beaten the path leading up this way was with footprints and the abundance of grass, whether or not she heard the sounds of children, birds or bugs and ultimately if there were other people around period.

When they finally happened upon the little hut on a hill, Tak slowed to a stop when they were close enough to actually see that a person was up there. "Hey...." She spoke lowly, squinting slightly to make out all the details from a distance, glancing from Taiki and lifting her chin out toward the man guarding the hut. "I can't tell if he's alone or not...."