Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-26068742-20170824003340/@comment-32868247-20170824191345

 "I'm telling you, it's the Sound!" An odd thing to say. The claim echoed around in her head, and she found herself pursing her lips slightly into a light frown as she knit her brows together. The...Sound? They were all laughing, but she was puzzled. That sounded like an incredibly...cheesy name. Maybe they hoped to sound intimidating, and perhaps since they bothered with a name then they probably should have. Well... Unfortunately, the young Aias female lived with her head under a rock and didn't pay too much attention to the who's-who of the Shinobi world. She didn't know The Sound from Adam, and so couldn't even manage to find a sense of amusement the way the group of men seemed to at mere mention of that team of "bandits." The girl moved off of the street a bit, leaning off against a wall and glancing skyward - awhile, keeping the group that was just within hearing range off to her left - and maintained a peripheral view of the men. A gust of wind passed over the road, and it rattled her jewelry slightly as she braced her body against it. Ugh... Really hate wind.

 'I can't finish this suit, I can't practice with my instruments, I can't buy any new and decent materials...' Honestly, nothing was going her way today. Though, they were minor, insignificant complaints... Well. Her gaze focused a little more on the merchants. Other people certainly had it worse. Still, the blonde knew she couldn't really go back to the shop empty-handed and then sit back doing nothing. Once the man she'd nearly bumped into had gotten a map from those merchants and started to move, she glanced down at her instrument and tapped her fingertips against the strings softly before sighing and shrugging away from the wall. "Well, I guess I'd better move too." There was no use standing around. Keeping the occasional person or cart between herself and the man who was walking towards the village gates, she shadowed him quietly.

 They soon approached the gates, and she found herself watching quietly as he approached a departing shipment and suddenly took charge of it. Well, she was sure that other people in the business of logistics were well aware of the fact that people and things were going missing on the road. It went without saying that they were guaranteed to welcome the protection of a Shinobi. Or policeman. Whatever badge he was flashing at people, she couldn't really see it from where she stood. Having watched just long enough to be able to clearly see that he was going to be taking over the shipment in question, she found herself shrugging softly as she kicked into gear. This guy didn’t really waste any time, and so neither could she if she wanted to make sure this issue got taken care of. Darting across the street, she shifted her instrument over to her right side and tucked it under her arm, clutching it tightly against the side of her body as she reached out with her left hand and grasped onto the cart that the man had taken over just as it began to lurch forward. She used that momentum to quickly swing herself up and onto the seat of the horse-drawn cart in question, as best she could, and call out quickly to her soon-to-be compatriot. "Hey there, literal complete stranger! I see you're in the habit of hijacking other peoples' caravans on short notice. Mind if I join you on this impromptu not-so-official mission? What's that? I'm not going to take no for an answer?! Wow, you're so right! How'd you know?” She gave him a cheeky grin, although braced for just in case he tried to swing at her. He probably wouldn’t; Meirinna imagined he’d probably noticed her trailing after him from the start, so if he hadn’t bothered to do anything about it then he probably didn’t really care. Assuming all went well...she settled into the seat next to him and crossed her legs, shifting her instrument into her lap and drawing her fingertips across the chords absent-mindedly as she glanced out at the world beyond the gates. It’s...been awhile since the last time she’d gone on any type of trip. Although, considering that she couldn’t really do anything else right now, it was in her best interests to tag along and make damn sure that whatever trade routes the merchants were using had been cleared, and goods could make it safely in and out of Konoha. Her livelihood was riding on it! Quite literally...

 She shifted a quick glance in the man’s direction. From what little she’d seen, as someone who acted more as a merchant and less as a Shinobi, he was easily more of the active-duty ninja than she was. Which meant...he was probably far more aware of the happenings in and around the village than she was. "So uh... Why do you suppose those guys bothered with arguing with each other anyway, if they already suspected that there were bandits in the area? Though...if there are... Do you suppose they might have come into town at any point? Have you seen anything of note?"