Morning. Tsuruko swims between the realm of dreams and the physical world. Normally quick to rise, Tsuruko spends a while longer than usual, basking in the innocent lack of cynicism before her conscious self began to poison the warm waters with the waking echos that always seemed to drive her awake, that feeling of self doubt, that the existential displacement of herself from her fellows was all because she was a cursed creature that deserves exactly the treatment she got. She sits up to break herself out of it, and begin the usual routine of distracting herself from her thoughts, but the sensation doesn't go away as usual. She sits up, but the dream doesn't end as abruptly as usual, the line between dream and reality hazy and uncertain. Still with a certain level of focus, she lazily dresses herself loosely in her kimono and readies for the day.
She grumpily stumbles downstairs and picks up a strange aroma. Her mother was cooking breakfast, some basic bacon and eggs. Odd, she must have overslept. "Oh! Here she is. TSURUKO'S UP! COME GET BREAKFAST!" Her mother would yell out through the house as Tsuruko slinks into a chair at the kitchen table, Cringing a bit from the strength of the sonic attack. Her mother steps out of the room for a moment after serving her breakfast, returning, she sits down opposite her daughter. "Look's like he's busy for now. But, i wanted to treat you huh? I see you've been putting in some real effort lately and i want you to know that we're very proud of you." She reaches across to touch Tsuruko's hand as she mentions it, Tsuruko cringes as she looks back, tilting her head to one side as if shes pained by the words, But she cant bring herself to say anything before her mother pipes up again. "If you're getting back into ninja work, don't you think it's about time introduced you to the slugs?"
"OH my god! Moom, Ew, gross, why would i want to be the slug ninja? Do you have any idea how embarrassing that'd be?" "Well i think you shouldn't be so judgemental Tsuruko, they could save you're life. And i don't want you wandering around aimlessly trying to stumble on some other contract. That'd be too dangerous." "Are you kidding? You want me to be a killer and that's too dangerous? Well maybe i... Wait are you. Are you trying to do reverse psychology again?" "Oh i don't know, is it working?" Her mother asks with a sly wink. Tsuruko sighs as she considers it, She'd always been a little bit excited about that aspect of ninja work, and having a cute companion pet had quite the allure to her now more than ever "... Maybe? Gawd, fine, whatever, ill go." "Really?!" She nods un-enthusiastically "Suuure"
And so, after breakfast, she dons some gear and wanders off to knock on the door of a certain possible team member. She knocks on Chisao's door again, as early as ever.
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She grumpily stumbles downstairs and picks up a strange aroma. Her mother was cooking breakfast, some basic bacon and eggs. Odd, she must have overslept. "Oh! Here she is. TSURUKO'S UP! COME GET BREAKFAST!" Her mother would yell out through the house as Tsuruko slinks into a chair at the kitchen table, Cringing a bit from the strength of the sonic attack. Her mother steps out of the room for a moment after serving her breakfast, returning, she sits down opposite her daughter. "Look's like he's busy for now. But, i wanted to treat you huh? I see you've been putting in some real effort lately and i want you to know that we're very proud of you." She reaches across to touch Tsuruko's hand as she mentions it, Tsuruko cringes as she looks back, tilting her head to one side as if shes pained by the words, But she cant bring herself to say anything before her mother pipes up again. "If you're getting back into ninja work, don't you think it's about time introduced you to the slugs?"
"OH my god! Moom, Ew, gross, why would i want to be the slug ninja? Do you have any idea how embarrassing that'd be?" "Well i think you shouldn't be so judgemental Tsuruko, they could save you're life. And i don't want you wandering around aimlessly trying to stumble on some other contract. That'd be too dangerous." "Are you kidding? You want me to be a killer and that's too dangerous? Well maybe i... Wait are you. Are you trying to do reverse psychology again?" "Oh i don't know, is it working?" Her mother asks with a sly wink. Tsuruko sighs as she considers it, She'd always been a little bit excited about that aspect of ninja work, and having a cute companion pet had quite the allure to her now more than ever "... Maybe? Gawd, fine, whatever, ill go." "Really?!" She nods un-enthusiastically "Suuure"
And so, after breakfast, she dons some gear and wanders off to knock on the door of a certain possible team member. She knocks on Chisao's door again, as early as ever.
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