Mean old ladies and Scrolls (mission thread)

[ℐai-ℒin]

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name; library duties
rank; d
description; There has been a new shipment of books and scroll to the Library. These books and scroll's have come from the far corners of the known world, offering villagers information to a new range things. But, it seems that there are far too many items for the old, library ladies to sort through and organise onto the shelves. Your mission is to help the lovely librarians in sorting the new material and putting them onto the shelves. This excerise is a great way to improve teamwork.
reward; 25 experience, 500 ryo
minimum shinobi; one
mission status; interminable, credit vegapunk

The first thought that came to her mind? Well, you could say it wasn’t pure joy. It was a pesky task; an academy student could do it. Assisting the librarians to organize a new shipment. Not that Jai-Lin didn’t welcome it; she would be happy to help. But was her time not more valuable? There was a lack of ninja around lately; those chunnin exams. The thought put a suck punch into Jai’s gut as she made her way up the mountain to the library. Just living in Kumogagure was an obstacle; the incline itself was a pain to its elderly. But that was of no concern to her. The fact that she evaded the chuunin exams was.

Why hadn’t she gone? Jai-Lin no doubt had improved. The girl had learned the art of the sword even; and increased her Katon arsenal. She couldn’t make up in her mind which was more important to her; although mastery was not the most prominent though in her mind; at least it would not be until she started to learn more complex jutsu. She kicked a rock at the side of the library; it bounced zealously of the cement side, rolling off to a place she didn’t care of.

The old doors creaked open with a push, and immediately she coughed in reaction to the dust. She paused long enough that the doors came close to smacking her. She decided she should probably move. Eyes search the room, she found an old woman that seemed to know what to do. Her hair seemed to fray out in no particular direction,and reading glasses that increased the size of her beady black eyes.

“Excuse me mam’,” Jai commented with a smile, “I’m here to assist the new ship-”She tried to speak, but she was cut off.

The woman turn back automatically; as if she were a snapping turtle, she snapped at Jai. “HOW COME YOU YOUNGINS ALWAYS ASSUME I WORK HERE?” She shouted in rage. Jai-Lin jumped back slightly in retaliation as the woman continued to rant. Jai's cheeks flushed as red as her scarf, or the lining of her uniform. She hated when people yelled at her.

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“Ah, I’m so sorry…” Jai tried to tell the woman as her cheeks flushed red. Jai scratched her head. They had gotten enough attention; the librarian found her. She took the poor young woman to the back of the library; where the new shipment awaited assortment.

Now that she had a minute to look around, she noticed just how beautiful the library was. It seemed sort of-Ancient in a way. And the rows of scrolls made it that much richer. That and… The layers of film that sat just about everywhere. It was one of the buildings that seemed to last forever, no matter how often they had to rebuild others. She pondered the thoughts as she sat at a desk, a heap of scrolls in front of her.

The swift hit of a wooden fan smacked the kunoichi’s head. She winced slightly.

“Get your head out of the clouds sonny, ” The librarian cooed.

Before Jai-Lin was able to object to the fact that she was a ‘sonny’, the little old lady walked off. And technically, they were in teh clouds. That was the village, right? Hidden in the Clouds? She shrugged, and began to sort the mess into piles. History, Shinobi History, Kumogagure history, Kaminari no Kuni history… And that was just a small fragment. Jai could see her future; and she for told that it would involve doing this for hours.

And she was right. For hours, she slaved over the piles of scrolls and books; assorting them and giving them their own numbers. As she attempted to wedge a few more scrolls into this section, she grumble. “If I were a chuunin…” She told herself. But she wasn’t. The scroll was only half wedged when she took her hand off of it, and took back a step to breath. Instead, she once again inhaled dust, and was sent into a fit of coughing. She caught herself, but returned to self-pity. Why was she being like this? Jai had made the decision to wait. To get more experience. She wanted to be ready when it came time; and she simply was not prepared.

She put away a Had he done it? She hadn't seen her Hoshigake friend for a long time. Which was curious, because they were teammates. Come to think of it, she hadn't seen Daisuke since she decided she might want to pursue Ninjutsu more so than taijutsu.

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She put a hand back onto the scroll, glove reflector glinting slightly. She pushed on it a little. Scrolls came out flying all over the place; and chaos was within the moment. The silence of the library was broken; and the old lady from earlier shot her a teasing glance. A death glare reflected from Jai-Lin’s gray eyes. She blew a hair out of her face.

Jai sat up, as if the scrolls had knocked some sense into her. “Quit doubting yourself,” She whispered, closing her eyes. “Next time, you’ll be ready.” Jai relaxed, as if she had a new view. Slowly, she began to pile the scrolls back into order. She took her time, stacking them by number.

It turned out; Jai learned more than just that. She had knocked down the World history section; and couldn’t help but catch glimpses of the past. Maps of the world colored and scrambled to coordinating subjects; She had to admit. She missed schooling at the academy. Life after had become solely physical; training, training, training. Right then Jai-Lin thanked the world for the moment it had given her.
She stood up, and fixed at her braid that had been ruined. The sole of her sandal scratched against the ground; she had nothing to hide. Why would she walk unmarked in a library? Jai-Lin continued to do her duty.

Once she finished, she the librarian thanked her.


“Oh! No mam’ thank you!” She smiled, a glimmer of knowledge shining in her gray eyes. Even the smallest tasks can have the biggest meanings. Was Jai meant to take this mission? What told her to? She shied from the topic, and exited the Kumogagure library.

She silenced her steps down the way. It was good practice to try on tough terrain. Kumogure was a great training ground, with its thin air for lung strengthening and rough scaling mountains.

[¤ Tenkai ¤]

plus 18 exp ;;