Board Thread:World-wide RP/@comment-31966106-20170715173058/@comment-28929139-20170716053455

Three weeks had gone by in relative silence. It was discomfiting to say the least, but Kideme refused to put herself on edge and psych herself out unnecessarily.

No news is good news.

During this past month, Kideme had kept to herself and was rarely seen with everyone else during normal hours for anything. It wasn't because she didn't want to see anyone or be social, she just got so lost in thought with whatever she was doing, she would just lose track of everything else. She didn't even know what day it was, not that it really mattered anymore. They all could easily be out here for a season or a year, and then however long they'd spend on new horizons, plus the trip back. It....didn't matter.

Training, rehearsing, talking to herself and hunting for rats and insects. These had been the things Kideme did in her spare time. Whenever Shien came to check in with her, he'd usually find her either playing music out on deck or in her room.

Among the poignant interlude she'd had with Shien, she also regretted not being able to see Tiatsu since coming back or deploying onto the ship. During all the time that had passed since their parting two years ago, she had written to him as she promised, letters detailing her adventures and travels. The last one she had sent him was just a few days before she got back to Konoha, saying how she had a surprise for him and that when it was ready, she'd come for him. Obviously, before that surprise could be finished, they were both called to duty. Or rather, they volunteered, and the opportunity she'd had to see him was squandered. It was nobody's fault but her own though. She was also aware that her good friend Hayato was on board and she could have sworn she saw Taiki but she hadn't seen him in years. At least they were on board though. But what of her best friend Ayame? She was another that Kideme regretted not seeing.

These were the thoughts that skulked through her mind while Kideme did what she did. At this very moment, she was sitting out on the deck near the bow, playing her portable koto.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpqivQ6P0s4

She was feeling strangely serene at the moment and Kideme continued to play music to soothe herself and any of the shinobi or grew that came past. There was a nice breeze going and her dark hair blew loosely in the wind, there was a sweet scent in the air, she'd just had something good to eat. Kideme was feeling good overall today.

Until the boat rocked. And there was noise of the men calling this ship expendable. Kideme knew that that was the case since it was normal military procedure. The most powerful and capable people were at the back and took priority....but was their lives that meaningless to them?

Did Cairi Fuma, and the fatcats of this operation only see her and her friends as straw dogs?

The moment the disturbance happened, Kideme stood up and walked from her seat, looking around. The thrashing was getting worse and didn't seem to stop, so she instinctively put down her instrument, looking toward the see while slowly backing up. Was the kraken real?