Painting The Town! Gloominess Be Gone!

[sakaki]

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name; paint like crazy
rank; d
description; Some people have said that the gloomy feeling within’ Kumogakure no Sato hasn’t gone away. The people still look upon our grandiose village and still feel depressed. It really hurts hearing that so the Kumogakure no Sato shinobi have decided to do something about it. Various areas within’ Kumogakure no Sato are blank. Concrete walls, smooth mountainous areas, and various other areas. They have been pin pointed by Kumogakure as to where a shinobi may paint. Don’t go and paint where you’re not suppose to but have fun on the pin pointed locations!
reward; 20 experience, 100 ryo
minimum shinobi; one
mission status; interminable

The first thing that Sakaki did after the acceptance of her second mission was locate an area she was allowed to paint, and then find someone who had some paint and brushes. She rode her way over to the closest location marked on the scroll, and then hunted about for somebody working. It was just her luck, too, because not a few minutes into her search, she found what appeared to be another Genin already working on a wall.

“Nn,” she uttered, announcing her presence. The blonde-haired kid took notice, and turned away from his work to find the small girl. She gave a warm smile as she held out her mission, hoping he’d get the picture. It would seem that he didn’t, as he gave her a quizzical look, but then she would point at the paint bucket, and then herself.

“Oh, you’re here to help with the painting,” he would ask. Sakaki responded with a simple nod, which earned her a raised eyebrow. Regardless, the boy would pull over one of the unopened cans of paint, quickly relinquishing it to the smaller shinobi. Sakaki hadn’t realized how heavy it was going to be, and nearly dropped it as she held it up. The boy noticed the fact, and decided to switch her the bucket of paint he’d been using, which already had a nice portion of paint missing.

“There ya go, this one shouldn’t be that bad for you.” Sakaki beamed up at him happily as he supplied her with a brush as well. She gave a small bow as thanks, and then zoomed off with her treasures, deciding to hit the next spot marked on her scroll, rather than take up the boy’s workspace. It wasn’t too difficult for her to navigate with this paint bucket, which she could carry easily enough.

[sakaki]

She was able to spot the wall from a full street away, and found herself zig-zagging through a few stray people in the road. Sliding to a stop near the wall, she tilted her head back to see all the way to the top. A rather large wall, compared to the very small Sakaki. Still, she was determined to do her job, and no wall was going to get the best of her! Putting on a stubborn face, she gathered her chakra, and then leaped up into the air, slamming her Wheel Tech against the wall.

The wheels began to spin, even as she felt gravity start to pull her down, and the power of her Wheel Tech took her up! Sakaki giggled happily as she rolled up the wall, easily reaching the top. She took a small breather, the simple ability of holding oneself against a wall a common thing for a ninja. She looked out over the village for a moment, glad that she’d actually managed to attach herself to a wall, even with her Wheel Tech on. Today was definitely a good day for her!

[sakaki]

The view was nice, but she couldn’t just stand there and enjoy it all day. She dipped her brush in the paint, and then used her mobility of rolling around on the wall to do her work for her. Gliding back and forth along the concrete, she worked her way downward along the wall, the solid, dull grey slowly succumbing to the bright, pleasant white of Sakaki’s paint.

The chore was a little long, sure, but it wouldn’t take forever. With Sakaki’s gift of being quick, the time just flew past her, and before she knew it, she was back down on the ground, looking up at a fully painted wall. She beamed with pride, quite pleased with herself for doing such a good job. The paint had been spread evenly, and was drying as she admired it. In her opinion, it looked really good!

She felt that she had completed her task, and gave herself an encouraging nod. With that, she would work her way back through the village to the boy who had given her paint to begin with. It seemed he wasn’t quite done with his own work, and Sakaki was a little amazed, not realizing how quickly she had finished. Not wanting to bother the boy further, she left the paint bucket on the ground next to his own, and quietly made her exit.

Now she just needed to report back to the office and get her scroll stamped, and then she’d be free for the day!

[DAVID BOWE]

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