[OOC] Cherry Blossoms Under the Silver Sky

[Genkai]

I'm a quick thinking and typer? lol I dunno, I just do what I what do.

Taro could want to act immediately but I could see them waiting and planning for the morning. I'm not too worried either way though, I don't know if the timing is that important. And if you don't feel up to getting a post up for either, it's fine. I'll probably hop offline though since there's nothing else that needs me. ^^;

[SoleAccord]

Hey,

So I decided to run with teaching her the 'base' of the Water Gun Technique, Spirit Gun of course, and am hoping this poses as a suitable challenge for her. To keep pace with someone easily faster than her, focus her chakra to the tip of her finger at a suitable amount, AND to take a shot at him is adding pressure from the start. She has five minutes each time before he allows her to catch up, and she must start from the beginning after each failure so she has an easier time. Kakashi hasn't said it, but he WILL dodge her shots. This can go on until Sakura and Kakashi take a break before they hit the rest stop for the evening and eat lunch.

[Genkai]

Alright, maybe this will give her the concrete idea for making her own jutsu and building on top of what she knows. It looks like you're the first one on my list who is gonna get a reply. I'll try and see how the pace feels when I'm writing. I don't want us skipping so frequently but at the same time, we can only write the same thing, so often (in terms of training) though if/when close combat comes into play, that'll be fun to write out too.

[SoleAccord]

The first one on your list? As it should be~~~ :D

Training is always going to be somewhat tedious until it's much more hands-on, and due to the mission we can't really just pause until they're going to do lunch in a few hours afterwards. He'd offer a more practical approach at teaching her how to use that chakra gun but as they're on a timetable she's got to do it with someone 'fleeing', not fighting. Maybe she'd like to spar a little before they pack up again after lunch? We could have a little time for them left if I simply say that they're definitely ahead of schedule.

[Genkai]

That's because you posted sooner than Scout, silly boy which means you've waited longer technically. XP

This will pay off, I know. This was always the hard part with our plot. I'm sure in a few weeks, things will be changing already in terms of how training goes. Speaking of, should I assume the mission as a whole, should be done in under a week, so they'd surely be back by then? I'm thinking we'd need to break up the training with some social gathering or other context. Like some summer/autumn festival? I could have Sakura suggest they spar before dinner? It might then make sense to find a river and wash up before bed. I doubt anything sexy would be seen of course, but there would at least be the context of being polite around one another and remembering they're not just student and teacher but people...sexy people lol it's late, my mind wanders.

Ahem.

[SoleAccord]

Yeah this mission shouldn't take longer than three to four days in total. I came up with the details on a whim so admittedly I may not work out every hole since this is just a tutorial arc at best. Social gatherings will come and a festival could happen, I feel like maybe it's a little too early to have a festival though, so a social thing is totally doable. Maybe with all the Jonin and the various Genin doing some kind of activity or just having a get-together to celebrate how far they've all come since their days at the academy?

Sakura and Kakashi can spar for a longer period of time but it would mean that that town I mentioned between Konoha and Tanzaku would have to be skipped so they make up for the time. If Sakura is willing to sleep outside for the night Kakashi is more than willing to dedicate more time to stationary practice, something they can talk about on the way.

Washing your face shouldn't be made sexy xD I know Kakashi isn't taking a full-on bath. In town she could probably wash up!

[Genkai]

This is surely like a tutorial more than anything else. The foundation and reasoning behind the training and what not. I have a feeling Iruka may want to throw a little party to congratulate Shikamaru as well as the others who made it as far as they did. I know it's a bit late (maybe a month late?) but it would still seem like something he'd do, even without Naruto around.

And I'm fine with them staying at the hotel on their way there, and possibly staying out and camping on their way back, maybe the night before they run into Gai and Lee the following day?

[SoleAccord]

That's a reasonable plan, could also be partly a celebration for Lee's recovery too, yeah? :D

Well I'm no genius measuring distance but they can make it to the nameless town by sunset and Kakashi can train with Sakura for a few hours in the early afternoon with stationary work. Gai and Lee being run into can work well, to help develop the Lee infatuation subplot further.

[Genkai]

It's hard to remember Lee was likely a student of Iruka's too but yes, I'm sure that would be something to celebrate as well.

If they do make it to the town early, I assume the training could be possible. Otherwise, it may wait until morning as they try to reach Tanzaku by nightfall? And you should we do a Kakashi/Sakura v Gai/Lee sort of spar when the boys in green come around? Or should we do a Lee/Sakura v Gai/Kakashi sort of thing?

[SoleAccord]

I think it's possible Team Gai was, but Lee's future isn't in jeopardy now too so there will be much to be happy about for everyone.

We can decide it in the roleplay itself since Sakura is the one who's meant to benefit from Kakashi the most! So she can decide if she'd like to stop and train and get to town later in the evening or get to town sooner and proceed further before they train for the rest of the evening. She's restless so she may want to do it now before or a little after lunch. I think maybe it should just be a small Lee v.s. Sakura thing, but only at Sakura's insistence. Kakashi wouldn't want her to do it yet, he'd express that she's not quite ready for Lee yet, and Sakura can be bothered by this and challenge Lee. Lee's just so far ahead of her that it'll be a stomp at this point, and that might wound Sakura's pride a little. A lot of ways to deal with this, but Kakashi v.s. Gai can't really occur, no time for a contest at that level.

[Genkai]

Got ya a post buddy. Hope it's okay.

I have a feeling she may want to spar after lunch and have them arrive a little later. And in regards to them fighting, her fighting Lee would be interesting. It may also give us a chance to have them make amends (him being pushy about his love and her telling him there's no chance of them being together, even though I think it made it clear enough).

[SoleAccord]

I approve of said post :3

Lee was not pushy about his love. He made it obvious he was attracted to Sakura, but never forced his affections on her. The most he did was wink some hearts at her, but never overstepped his boundaries and respected her, much more than Sasuke's ever done. Sorry, that kind of triggered me lol. Anyway as you read from the post, I've got some sparring in mind at a nearby body of water, and offered a little more seriousness to the situation with Taro's kekkei genkai.

[Genkai]

Lee was such a pushy guy at least when they met in the exams, at least coming from my point of view. I think once things tapered off, he wasn't too in her face about it, but he was still laying it on thick in my mind because his crush came out of nowhere. That's a common theme I keep seeing in shows these days sadly. I'll see about getting something soon, I need to figure out which RP got posted in first. *laughs*

[SoleAccord]

Agreeing to disagree then.

This was the first one I posted in, don't know about your other partners.

[Genkai]

Fair enough, not worth a debate lol

Yeah it looks like this will get my second post, my first one goes to Scout who posts a couple days ago. But I see myself getting some writing done today which I feel good about~

How's freedom treating you?

[SoleAccord]

Liberating. Just gotta get school shit taken care of first. About to go on another walk. Already walked like four miles this morning before posting.

[Genkai]

Walking is good, hopefully it's not too hot where you are but it sounds like the temp is pretty nice. School stuff can be very deflating, I gotta make some calls tomorrow about school stuff too. I hope you enjoy your walk and by the time you get back, I'll be closer to having something for ya. I don't see this other post taking very long.

[SoleAccord]

It's warm but I'm trying to be more active. And yeah school stuff kills my buzz :C but writing three posts is hard, I just feel like I lose creativity as time goes on, but it may just be because I went from plenty of stuff to say to almost nothing to say, especially in the case of the last post I did >.>''

[Genkai]

I know what you mean, I gotta get more active too. I'm sure if we make a habit of walking and stick to it, it'll be easier.

And I'm sorry that the posts were challenge. Ideally they should be fun but sometimes you have to push yourself to get through them. :/

[SoleAccord]

Well if I'm not getting up at 3 a.m. lifting packages now, may as well do something easier for at least an hour a day. Hardest part is the heat right now.

Like I said, it was just hard to put things into words. I know they should be fun but god I fear redundancy a ton.