Board Thread:Konoha Missions/@comment-34754862-20170623232259/@comment-26510601-20170624233316

Funny: It seemed like Ren and Shien were getting nowhere fast as they walked down the streets of Oto, going from person to person asking about the gossip. Almost a whole hour of this pacing back and forth trying to get something out of these average people, up until the point they finally got a hit. A grown man who seemed like a hard-working type opened up about some "higher-ups" that he overheard talking in a restaurant some days ago.

Ren was obviously interested but he had some more questions regarding these people.

"Well, who are these classy folk exactly?"

Ramen: The man heard Rens question, he narrowed his eyes a bit and shrugged to it, he followed by responding.

"The higher ups are the people we consider to be the leaders of this village. They give us jobs, tasks, and many other things. If it wasn't for them we wouldn't have much in the village"

The man then followed by shrugging and waited for anything else the pair wanted to ask. He had answered Ren's question about the higher ups, what else would he have to ask? Though he needed to be careful as the man was getting suspicious.

Funny: The aristocrats of this village, interesting. Could the person they were looking for be the same one that these entitled people were talking about? To Ren it seemed like the only logical step and went a step further with his questions.

"Where could we find them?"

Ramen: The man narrowed his eyes once more, he started getting truly suspicious as this individual was asking to much at this point. He had already told them about the higher ups. Now he wanted to know where they resided, the male changed his attitude, but decided to give them food for the thought. "I personally have no idea where they are, but one of them usually lurks around the village. No one has really seen his face, he just hangs around and leaves. More like a spy if you ask me. But thats the only person i know and him being a part of the higher ups is a rumor. Any who, thats all i have for you both. As for you the boy who talked the most, careful with how you ask things, if i wasn't a worker people would find you suspicious and attack you for the questions you are asking. Careful with your questions." That being said he had one more moment to ask anything else after the man would leave and waste no more time.

Funny: Ren was completely oblivious to the suspicion, after all he was just a kid. He put his staff behind his head and tried bending it while taking in all this information. It was only when the old man mentioned it Ren did a bit of a rapid blink before thinking on it.

"Sorry mister, I've just been bored around here," whether or not Shien said anything at this point Ren would wave the man goodbye, "See ya' later, hope you have a nice day."

From there they'd part their ways leaving Ren and Shien on their own. Ren turned to face his teammate before asking him in a hushed voice.

"We should keep an eye out for that lurking fellow the old man mentioned."

Andikins: Shien had taken up a thinking position much similar to one his father often took at home. Right elbow resting upon his left palm and his right hand curled over his mouth with the index finger under his nose and thumb brushed up below his bottom lip. He was listening to this whole conversation while thinking about what the deeper meaning of the higher ups and why someone who lived in this village wouldn't know where the leaders were.

When Ren had pressed enough that the old man became wary, Shien snapped to it and grabbed Ren by the shoulders while bowing his head graciously, "Forgive him, he's often asking many questions. His teachers often ask the class to raise their hands but exlude him in the list. He means well sir."

Shien would walk off with Ren in tow, turning around to talk to Ren face to face, "You have to watch how you word things. Some people can misunderstand and it would get you in trouble.  Now we need to go find our cousin okay?" He was speaking as if he were talking to an adopted sibling, with a chaste tone but a familial one at that.

But he was also speaking in code, suggesting that they find Tiatsu and report to their leader the information they got before anything else. He would make a motion with his head back to the spot where Tiatsu had instructed them to meet. He didn't need to be going around and tailing someone high up in the village from the shadows without their most experienced fighter with them.

Funny: Ren was already trying to explain himself when Shien grabbed him and went ahead to do it anyway. It was a bit rude, but Shien went a step further and went ahead to go on and chide him about it. Ren jut glared at him for a second before he huffed.

"I get it."

Ren wasn't the best with code or anything like that, but he just went with it understanding what Shien meant by a 'cousin'. Ren didn't really get it though, there was still plenty of daylight to burn and Tiatsu didn't seem like the type of person who didn't want to be bothered.

"There's still lots of daylight to burn, I'd bet he wouldn't mind one single bit if we left him alone just a little longer."

Andikins:"Sorry Ren, you just have to be careful okay? I'm supposed to protect you remember?" Shien would try to talk to and reason with Ren Senju. Shien Kidame took a deep breath and spoke plainly. "Yeah, even if, I think we should stick to the open streets like Tiatsu said."

He used the Uchiha's name plainly, while getting across that they should not be going out and about without Tiatsu, especially not tailing a potentially dangerous figure without getting more information, they had plenty enough but there were still some things to account for, like security and all that.

Funny: Ren shrugged, he wasn't taking much of this nearly as seriously as Shien was. It seemed that they agreed on one thing however and that was them sticking to the streets and seeing what they could find.

"Alright, well let's make tracks."

With that Ren would keep walking down the street, keeping an open eye and ears out watching and listening to whatever he'd pass by while meddling around with his staff. Unlike Shien, however, he was also keeping his eye out specifically for anybody that may have fit around in the description of the strange man which the worker had told them about. He didn't really think to care about the dangers and risks of finding and tailing such a person, Ren just wanted to make some progress.

Andikins: Shien nodded to Ren and followed close behind. Looking around and trying to pick up on any passing conversation while he was with Ren. If he heard anything in particular, he would tap Ren on the shoulder and motion for them to stop so that they could listen in while finding something to do during their listening in.

"We just have to be careful okay buddy?"