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name; bathroom duty
rank; c
description; Yep, this is C rank, that’s how horrifying it is. Apparently one of our larger villagers decided he was gonna absolutely obliterate our public city restrooms. Toilets are clogged, sinks are overflowing, shit is absolutely everywhere and every single one has been deemed “Condemned Until Upkeep” by our city planner. Now suck it up, grab a gas mask and get them cleaned.
reward; 50 experience, 1,000 ryo
minimum shinobi; one
mission status; interminable

First off, this is exactly why I hated being a genin. I hated being assigned to complete mundane missions such as this one, cleaning toilets. What purpose does that have to do with me harnessing my abilities and progressing into a powerful tool for my village? Absolutely none; and anyone that tries to tell me differently needs to digest a few laxatives because they are full of shit. Luckily for me, I was given all of the equipment I would need for this mission from the head janitor named Juanito Carlos. Apparently, he was very sick and could not muster up the energy in order to clean the public restroom, and that is why he hired me to do the job for him. It was kind of ironic, really. When the janitor calls of sick for work, us ninja have to sign in for work. Hehe. I was awfully tired already, and I did not need the ryo—however I guess I did need some sort of proof of experience that I was an active contributing shinobi for Cloud.

Rather cautiously, I walked to the supply closet to “suit up” for this mission. In the center of the closet, there was a cart with multiple compartments used to store cleaning supplies in them. Juanito Carlos informed me that I would be bringing that cart along with me to the girls’ bathroom in order to effectively sanitize the entire room. The job honestly did not seem as bad as it was made out to seem, so I was not too worried about the specifics of the mission. Most importantly, I opened a brand new pack of latex gloves that I would be constantly replacing throughout the entire mission. They were small sized, but it fit perfectly on my tiny hands as I slipped them on and snapped them tightly in place. The items on the cart were your standard cleaning supplies: scrubber pads, Lysol, bleach, heavy duty wipes, and toilet bowl cleaner, Pine-Sol, you know-the common stuff.

I had more than enough supplies to help me complete mission, the only question on my mind was whether or not I was ready to embrace the horrid site of the actual bathroom. Juanito Carlos even gave me his gas mask to use for this mission, he told me that the smell was that horrid that I was going to need it! Well, gee thanks. At least he was helping me as much as I could to finish his job properly so that the buildings status of condemned would be removed. It was a damn shame that citizens were so filthy that they could not just use the toilet without making such a mess everywhere else in the bathroom. I mean, really—how hard could it be to aim for the fucking toilet. My blood was already boiling at the thoughts of me having to clean up the filth left behind by these lazy-good-for-nothing villagers that clearly did not learn how to be civil from their parents. It was common decency to present oneself as a unique, special individual and yet they chose to just roll around in the dirty bathroom and dirty it all up.

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I waved goodbye to Juanito Carlos, seeing as it was not his job to supervisor my mission. I was all alone on this one, and that was perfectly fine with me. To be honest, I still did not want to do this mission but, it appeared as though I had no choice. Oh well. Gathering my belongings, I firmly gripped the cart with my two hands and wheeled it to the girls’ bathroom. Pushing open the door with the front of the cart, I would walk into the dimly lit room. On second thought, there was no light on at all in that Hell. As I moved further into the bathroom, the door began to whip behind me closed and for a split-moment, I was surrounded by pitch darkness. Extending my arm towards the wall adjacent to me, I would flip the light switch and watch the mysterious black void disappear with a blink of an eye. The room was even more filthy than I had originally suspected, and there was pee and poop and sticky stuff all over the place. It was not clear as to what occurs in this bathroom, but nothing good—that’s for sure.

I sighed as I was quite pleased with the fact that Juanito Carlos allowed for me to borrow his gas mask. Thankfully, I did not smell even a bit of the wretched foul scent that surrounded me; however I was almost afraid to even move around in the room. I was wearing pretty basic clothing just for this mission, cheap training shoes, sweatpants and a big t-shirt. There was no way I would ever be caught wearing my good casual clothing for a dirty atmosphere such as this one. It would not be long before I decided to tackle the stalls first. It would be easier if I started from the back most stall, and worked my way to the front of the bathroom. This way, once I finished cleaning all of the toilets and its surrounding area, I could move on to the sink, and then move on to the entire bathroom floor for a mission completed. By no means would this be a quick fix though. I had to take my which each and every stall—and with my luck, there were seven of them.

A bit disappointed, I placed my hand on the stall door of the last stall and gently pushed it open, wondering what exactly what I was in for. To my surprise, there was poop all over the seat, pee on the floor, and just nasty brown marks everywhere. It looked as if someone had diarrhea and just could not hold it in anymore. Though no one could tell, (besides the fact that I was the only one allowed in the bathroom at this time), I was frowning beneath my gas mask. This was not how I expected to spend my time in this new profession. As a shinobi, I thought I would be able to kick butt and learn new techniques, not complete grotesque chores that a janitor was supposed to complete in the first place. I did not even know where to begin, the toilet was clogged and it was just a hot mess in there. Grabbing the plunger, I began to use all of the force I had to get that nasty brown-filled murky water to go down the drain. Please don’t let the other ones be this bad. Pleaseee!

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Pumping whatever force I could into the drain of the public toilet, I would keep thrusting up and down until I slowly began to saw the water level decreasing. The dirty water would soon recede and I began to feel a bit relieved. Even though I had yet to actually start cleaning the toilet, it was always nice to see progress in the works. My arms were pulsating frequently, having just erratically pumped the water through the pipes below the ground—and yet I feel more compelled to keep up my quick work in the bathroom. I decided that it would be easier if I plunging the rest of the toilets first, and then worried about cleaning them second. Plunging the toilets required brute force, while cleaning them needed a feminine touch to them. Leaving the cart in front of the last stall, I would continue to work my way closer to the entrance of the building, one stall at a time.

I opened the next stall door, and that toilet was not clogged, nor was it as filthy as the previous stall. Thank youuu. I made my way around and opened the door to the next stall, and it was clogged up as well. Still having the plunger in my hand, I immediately went over to the toilet and began ramming the plunging onto the hole within the toilet. I pushed down, and then up—and then down again. This sequence continued for a few seconds while I was using much force behind each pull and push. The force would eventually make the blocked up stool and tissue down the drain, which in turn would allow for the unpleasant water to stream through the water pipes. This process was quite grueling, but with a little bit of effort from my end, I got the water to go down the pipes.

Drained from the motion of moving my arms up and down, I had begun to do the same thing to the last few stalls. They happened to all be clogged one way or another. But since the entrance of the toilet hole was pretty wide, it was not too hard to plunge the water straight through it. It just needed a little jab to give it a start. Looking at the toilet and seeing the floating pieces of stool made me want to vomit so badly. I had a really weak stomach when it came to things like this, and I was surprised I managed to keep my breakfast down. Despite my dry heaving, I managed to finish unclogging the remaining toilets and decided to take a little break. I just leaned against one of the cleaner walls, and stared at the ceiling above. This was going to be a long week, completing nothing but a string of missions. However, I knew that once I did it, I would be in a better place for it too.

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I could not believe it, I was already almost halfway done with the mission. The hardest part, physically—was unclogging the toilets. Now all I had to do was scrub the outside of the toilet and pour in toilet cleaner in them and let the liquid remain there for an hour. That would clean all of the bacteria in the toilet, and lastly make them smell oh-so clean. I went back over to the cart towards the back of the bathroom, and removed the cleaning supplies needed for this next task. In hand, I had a green scrubber and bleach. I then went over to the toilet and started to spray the toilet seat with the toxic chemical. Though the liquid was surely dangerous enough to damage your skin if it got in contact, I was very careful with its use. I knew how to apply it on the toilet seat at a certain angle so it would not by accident ricochet back at.

After spraying the toilet seat, I then placed the product on the floor and began to scrub the toilet seat. It was a pretty easy job considering that the chemical I had was very potent, the scum and bacteria would be instantly removed with the scrubber. However, the scrubber also became dirty quite fast so I had to think of yet another solution for my mission. Hmm… I then got a small bucket and filled it up with hot, soapy water. I decided to do this because I could then rinse off the scrubber and then dip it in the hot soapy water to keep it somewhat clean. Once the toilet seat was clean, I lifted it up and then cleaned the toilet bowl’s rim. That was always the part that made me want to gag. It was nasty touching that surface, even with a gloved hand. I hated seeing the brown bits underneath the inner parts of the toilet; I just found it all to be repulsive.

I shuddered at the very fabrication of me cleaning the toilet bowl rim. Once I had finished doing that I had put the green scrubber away into the hot soapy water, I got the bottle of toilet bowl cleaner for the next step on my mission. Technically, when you use toilet bowl cleaner directly in the toilet, you were supposed to measure the ounces that you poured into it—however I never did that. I found it easier to just eyeball the amount needed to ensure that the toilet got cleaned and stayed fresh. Squeezing on the toilet bowl cleaner for about three seconds, I would watch the now clear water turn into shades of blue. It was a sight to see considering just a few minutes ago, the toilet was absolutely filthy and now it actually looks somewhat decent. It was only one stall done, but I felt great. I had to do the same for the next six stalls, but I knew it would not be much of a problem since the bulk of the work was already completed.

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Still a bit tired, I decided that I had to keep moving before I completely just left the mission. I had finished cleaning the entire stall, but there was much more to be cleaned. I would tackle cleaning the mirrors in the bathroom because their condition was completely horrendous. There were finger print smears all over the glass, and blotchy water streaks too. Like the rest of the mission, this task was not a difficult one, however it was tedious. The mirrors were pretty high above the sink, and given that I was pretty short, I would have to somehow stretch myself to an awkward length just to clean the mirrors. I hated extending my body more than it should be but, if I wanted to get this mission done then I would have no choice. Grabbing my cart from the back, I would bring it towards me to the latter most sink adjacent to the first stall I had decided to clean.

From the cart I had collected glass cleaner and an old cloth to clean off the liquid. I was lucky that cleaning windows require much neither effort nor talent. It was a pretty simple, maybe one of the simplest jobs in the world. You would never get hired to be just a glass-cleaner, but you never know these days. It must be pretty easy to just clean glass for fun I would imagine. Come to think of it, I wondered how much money Junaito Carlos made for cleaning the bathrooms. It must be enough to live off of the job, but I always feel like he is wasting his time being a janitor. There was so much more to do in the world than just that. I sprayed the glass in front of me and began to wipe off the light blue liquid that subsequently followed. The streaks would vanish swiftly, as well as the finger smudges that were left behind by strangers. T o me, it was a bit weird seeing my reflection in the mirror.

I looked very poor, even a bit bummy in my dressed-down attire. Not only that, but I seemed unhappy with my new job. Do not get me wrong, I have always loved being an academy student; however I just was not expecting to be as bored as a genin. I never knew how hard it was to reach over a sink and clean mirrors, but I found out the hard way and did them. I was going to get a stool and stand on it to get a better angle, but I decided that it was too much effort to do so, and the majority of the mirror was very clean, save for one-hundred percent of the top. It did not even matter anyways, so I started to refill the soap in the dispensers, and add in new paper towels to the contraption. I gathered toilet paper from the supply closet and also added those into the stalls, this place was starting to look like a real public again.

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I could not believe it, that after all of my hard work—I could finally see it all coming into fruition. Though my appearance was not its best right now, I was able to fully see my beautiful smile in the now clean mirrors, and the fully stocked supplied bathroom. All that remained was the finishing touches, which was of course the floor. I poured the Pine-Sol into the mop bucket and began to mix the water and chemicals together. I held the scrubber (it’s a long stick, with a scrubber attacked to it, it is commonly called a ‘mop’ but we call it a scrubber) in my hand and started to scrub the floors. The floors themselves though sticky, were not too difficult to scrub clean because it was not grease or anything like that.

I started from the back of course and worked my way towards the door. It would have been stupid if I had started from any other place because then I would be back-tracking in my own steps, causing the floors to get dirty which would be counter-productive. Whistling my favorite tune, I would happily scrub the floors as it was a pretty easy job, especially being the last of the tasks I needed to complete. Not only was scrubbing the floors very pleasing to me, I loved to squeegee the water into the drains as well. Seeing the floors shiny and brand new was a refreshing sensation that I was starting to become accustomed to. I thought that doing these missions were pretty juvenile; however by some miracle I was actually feeling more experienced and well-rounded as a shinobi. You had to start at the basics if you want to advance in life, and this was exactly what I was doing.

After I had finished mopping up the floor, the bathroom actually looked like it was well maintained by professional janitors...if that even made sense. I had to put away all of the cleaning supplies that I had used back into the supply closet, and turn off the lights and lock the door, but once I was finished with all of that I was to meet with Juanito Carlos and inform him that my task had been completed. He said that he knew that anyone that had worked for so long and hard like I had, especially being female—finished the job successfully. He was proud of my hard work, although he did not directly see it. He said he did not have to, and he trusted it was finished. He signed the papers for my mission to be completed and then told me that he was going to resend the permits needed to open the public bathroom. One thing that I did not understand was why he was in charge of the bathroom when it was public, it was sort of weird. And why did not the government just pay for different janitors to clean it up—it was all so confusing to me.

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