Ai began his search around four pm, having blown it off for the last hour. How hard could it be to find a couple of teenagers? Yawning, he set out. Wandering aimlessly, he decided after a while that girls like shopping, right? Nodding to himself, he headed to the Susukino District. Ai spent the next hour or so showing the various vendors the girls photo. Dismayed, no one seemed to have seen her.
Ai’s next stop was the Aurora Eruditio building. The girls boyfriend was a shinobi after all, maybe he was showing her the rounds? Familiar with the academy at this point, Ai made quick pace scowering the grounds. It certainly helped that by this time of day no one was around, but the silence did little for his search effort. Still, not one to be easily discouraged, he looked at his watch and busted forth with renewed vigor. It was after all only a little after six, and though daylight was dwindling, he still had many hours till he usually called it a day and crashed himself.
He could only think of one last place to search – the Vespasian Colosseum. Upon arrival Ai had his work cut out for him. The stands were packed with just about every kind of person imaginable. Most were clearly civilians, blood-thirsty cheering and hollering at the contestants bellow. Scanning the crowd for any sign of the girl, Ai would stop at the occasional spectating shinobi and display her picture – only to be turned away. Chuckling to himself he thought, ‘This girl may be a shinobi herself!’ After what seemed like eternity, he was about to leave when something caught his attention. Barely visible, he spotted the girl hiding behind one set of stands.
Upon closer inspection, Ai almost barfed. His target, and her apparent boyfriend seemed to be in the throws of some desperate face eating battle. ‘Hasn’t anyone heard of cooties?’ He wondered Still, his mission was almost complete. Worried that they may move on, and knowing he was not yet skilled enough for a confrontation with an actual shinobi – he took off.
It must have been record timing that he made it back to the fathers moderately sized house. Sitting on the curb for a moment, he struggled to gather his breath while he wondered how best to break the news. After a while, he realized that it didn’t really matter, he knew where they were after all.. right? Still, he couldn’t help but want to be delicate about the whole shenanigans. Standing up, he straightened his collar and brushed his hair back. Knocking on the door briskly, he cleared his voice and spoke when the door opened.
“Are you the father of the harlot daughter?” He asked
The man nodded and asked; “What news have you?”
Ai passed for several moments. Crossing his eyes, he put on a face dripping with sincere empathy. Locking eyes with the man he spoke.
“Sir.. I’m not sure how to say this.. but it seems that your daughter infected with cooties… The coliseum, under stand b-three.” He explained
Turning, he went home, to bed, with a cup of chamomile tea.
[E-Rank Solo, 527 wc for double mission reward -- marked for training]