Door duty. The most exciting of all the AiT duties the captains could bestow, it was even more exciting when you were not even an ANBU. No, the ANBU were not the token doormen of the community but they were the most likely to serve in this capacity so she had more than her fair share of experience before she was dismissed. Day in and day out as an AiT she asked the same questions:
Name, Genesis, Reason, Duration. Those she did not know she snapshotted and handed them off at the end of the day to a superior; those she knew she relegated to memory and let them leave. There was a mundane sense of routine in this, rarely was there a break in or out. An attempt to rush past the front door rather than fill out the right paperwork. Rushing was a foolhardy choice, one of the petulant and impatient considering how open their community has historically been to foreign travel as long as one could obviously survive the diamond maelstrom. It was ironic that the maelstrom served as a 'test' of endurance and out of respect for their tribulations they endured they allowed the most risky strangers entry. Thankfully maelstrom no longer cursed and protected Sunagakure, it was callously destroyed by a motley crew of adventurers years ago. The bias the storm provided was gone and with this loss, strangely enough there has been a steady climb in the xenophobia she saw in the domestics.
"You caught me, I will not hide behind lies to explain my actions."
"Caught?" she repeated.
"Strange choice of words for a man who walks through our front door in the middle of the day," she observed. Perhaps he was jesting, 'caught' -- how silly.
"I have been a wanderer for a decade. I come to Sunagakure in peace. My name is Anatsu."
He further explained. She did not know the name nor did she understand the term 'Wanderer.'
She might have been better dressed than either of them, but she was hardly an authority in this matter. She raised a gloved hand as he started to explain himself and then pointed to her side.
"Pleasure Anatsu," she replied
"but Matsu would be the authority here." Yes, the Jounin outranked her and even if he had not she would be considered a 'novice' because her publicly known vocation until a few weeks ago was 'desk jockey' or secretary. She was never trained in an academy, on paper the claim was she was privately trained by Sennin Senju making her a further outsider.
As for Matsu, she knew him but did he know her?
Probably not. Matsu might recall her as the mother of a hyperactive youth that was rejected from his classroom but beyond that she doubt she made much of an impression on him. She, however, knew Matsu as her cousin, of course that was a lifetime ago... literally. She died, or at least that body had and with it the life and relationships she once enjoyed died with Shiori.
"I am Chuunin Shihakata," she lied using the surname she gave Sousuke when she barged into his office and demanded his desk all those years ago.
She took a step back to allow Matsu the authority to lead. She was not going to play the authority game, the last time she had it cost the Ancient her hand and she considered Matsu just as brutal and unforgiving as Reaper. Sunagakure was more authoritarian than the antediluvian empire that predated the first men and truly that was not a compliment. Humanity was at its core viscous, capricious, chaotic and selfish. There was a petty bubbling jealousy and a need for exponential recompense that she had felt first hand. She had no love for humanity but she knew that she had to exist among them
for now. She took a seat, she was not leaving because she could not. It was not that Sennin Kazuki ordered her to spend her day here although it was not something she would put past him but rather she was here spying on him. The Toraono Dojo served as a refuge for emigrants from destroyed lands such as Neo-Kohona and Kirigakure for years and it is the home of the Senju plan and their secrets. She was not wrong about Kazuki's sister, it was something she was going to take to his [Kazuki's] grave.
She as confident that Matsu knew what he was doing and if he did not, it seemed more like Sand and visitor problem. She would pull a pen out of her pocket and offer it to Anatsu. Why? For the same reason she does everything.
The Form said:
Name:
Home Village and Country:
Are you a Shinobi?
What is your Purpose for Visiting Sunagakure?
How Long do you Plan to Remain in Sunagakure?
