The Grand Dojo Master

[Slueshy]

It was the middle of the morning and a woman was standing herself up against the corner of a building, though she was along the side of it, in an alleyway.  Her eyes cast up at the sky as she blew air out of her mouth in annoyance, she wasn't exactly happy to be here.  Dressed in a yellow tee-shirt with brown shorts, she was happy she didn't seem to be attracting too much attention here, of course she could always attract no attention at all, but given the local wildlife, it's actually a bit hard for her to adopt that form without some sort of trouble, and then she'd rather not out herself immediately by hanging around in her hybrid form.  Tapping her flip-flopped foot against the ground she wondered why she was even still here, honestly it wasn't that great of a place to be.  Given how the people lived here it was just kind of sad, and boring really.  

Of course the thought had crossed her mind on if anyone should do something about it, but that really wasn't her goal here, she'd prefer it if she could just rest for a little while before moving on, but there was that thought in the back of her mind, gnawing at her brain while she was here, that if she didn't do something who would really?  But even with that line of thought inside her mind, she still wasn't quite convinced that she was really the one to do anything in the first place.  As someone who had an idea of how they liked to live their life, she didn't exactly support people who don't try and support themselves, but where is the line for that really?  There hadn't ever been a situation like this for her to draw the line herself but perhaps this was the time to draw the line?  At the very least she'd figure out exactly where she did want to draw the line before she left this place and that would be of help to her decision making process in the future, oh who was she kidding?  She'd always be as indecisive as ever and nothing was going to change that anytime soon, least of all not her own mind anyway.  With all these thoughts in her head she looked out over the horizon, wondering what the day held for her as she kept to herself, easily dismissing people by looking as if she hadn't heard them or just staring off away from anyone else's eye contact.

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Small, delicate feet tapped their way up the dusty roads of the settlement the inhabitants of the island called Dojo Town. Even though it was a beautiful, sunny morning, a proverbial stormcloud loomed above the country, heavily dampening the sun’s joyful rays and preventing them from reaching the earth below. It was something that Noone fathomed was people’s problem as she walked past the occasional person traveling down the street. A greeting and a smile was thrown everyone’s way, yet they only returned a grimace as if they were insulted. Some ingenuously turned their noses up and kept it moving. “The atmosphere here is very... Unwelcoming,” the old kunoichi vocalized to herself.

A desire to help the people of Dojo in some way began stirring in the old maid’s heart, so she attempted to connect with another person that crossed her path. “Hello there, sir!” Noone greeted some other fellow trudging along in her direction. “Would you happen to know where they sell sweets around here?” The man simply glared at her and began to say without stopping or slowing up his pace: “I hate sweets. I wish they were never brought to this island. Look around and find ‘em yourself!” The kunoichi turned and watched the man’s back as he continued on his unpleasant way. She folded her arms prior to closing her eyes and lowering her head a bit. The spiritual believer said a prayer to her God, The Creator. If she were going to do anything in the morose and cold country, she was definitely going to need his guiding energy.

“Father, this land seems really starved of love and comfort. If it be your will, please use me in any way you see fit to help the people here and restore light to your creation!” The tawny-skinned kunoichi raised her head up to the sky, her cat-like, sea-green eyes locking unto the clouds as she briefly contemplated.

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[Slueshy]

While she was more than happy to keep to herself it wasn't too much longer that she began to pick up on someone, she was disinterested but not devoid of perception, and it was pretty easy to tell that someone was starting to cause a stir of some kind, not really a stir, more perhaps an occasional splash in the metaphorical cooking pot.  Either way she put it to herself, she was interested.  So she decided to take a moment to turn herself out back towards the street, raising her head up and actually taking a good look around, of course all these sullen people were still going about their business as usual, and that was fine by her.  What was interesting now was this other woman, she stuck out like a sore thumb to be honest, that was the voice she'd heard just a moment ago, conversing with some man, and there she was now, talking to her father? What an odd woman, possibly crazy honestly.

Though it was the way this woman looked that mainly got her attention, the way she carried herself, it seemed quite a bit more confident than any of the people around here, most of who looked hunched as they went along their days.  Eyeing the woman, there was definitely something odd about her, perhaps not just her personality, but something else.  She couldn't place it, and that didn't bode well with her, she didn't enjoy not being able to have some insight on her current situation and if this woman was trying to do something here, well perhaps she'd just have to see what it was exactly.  It wasn't as if she was trying to do anything herself, having mainly been contemplating leaving in the first place once the time was right, though it was that same unwillingness to leave immediately that was making her take an interest in whomever this woman was.  

[EJ]

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A few moments went by, but no ideas filled Noone’s head – only stillness and the sounds of creation. She closed her eyes, letting the sun soak her skin as she took a slow, relaxing breath before lowering the angle of her head once more. A few people going about their days gave her funny looks as they passed down the street, thinking the ivory-haired lady was talking to herself. Little did they know the Most High One, who was with her and all those who had faith in him at all times. He was the one that would go to work in the invisible to make it possible for the divine kunoichi to get things done in the perceived realm!

Before she took another step, she noticed a slightly shorter woman with a head of long, cocoa curls standing in the entrance of an alleyway, watching her with innocent, prurient eyes. The pale-skinned miss didn’t give off the same vibe of uneasiness as the rest of the townsfolk, so Noone decided to give talking to her a try. “Good morning, young lady!” She raised a single hand to wave as she approached the stranger. “Do you know where they sell good desserts here in this country?”

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[Slueshy]

It was her own fault really, this is what you got for staring after all.  Seeing this odd woman approach her made her realize that even though she'd been interested, she wasn't sure if she wanted to speak with her.  But as the woman quickly approached she realized that it was far too late to dismiss her and slink back into obscurity, though it seemed whoever this was, they were still on a quest for candy.  

"No, sorry, I can't help you there.  I don't know much about this place to begin with, let alone where they sell candy."  

This woman was already a bit taller than her, which didn't bode well if she was going to actually try to get out of here by changing herself.  But nothing was happening, she was just being asked a simple question, no reason to get worked up, or anything like that, in fact, why not go a step further and see where this goes.  Besides, worst comes to worse all she would do is just leave, there weren't normally people who could stop her from slinking off and hiding away when she put her mind to it. 

"I only just got into town after all, or well, I just haven't really explored any of this place, I tend to just keep to myself and honestly I was thinking about just leaving pretty soon, no real reason for me to stick around seeing as there really isn't a whole lot to this place."

[EJ]

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It was a bit deploring to hear the young woman didn’t know where any sweets could be found, but Noone was promptly blessed with the eyes to still see the silver lining in the situation. This girl was a foreigner to Dojo Island just as she was. That opened up a great opportunity for her to get to know a new friendly face that may accompany her in the sightseeing she was after. Currently, the two travelers appeared to be in what seemed like a residential area. There were a handful of homes surrounding them, but peering off into the distance down the earthen street revealed a setup reminiscent to the market stalls of Karate Island in South Blue, where the old kunoichi was brought up.

“Not a whole lot, huh?” The grayed woman folded her arms across her body, lifting a hand to her soft, tapered chin. She looked as if she spared a thought some attention for but a moment before cherrily introducing herself. “My name is Noone! What’s yours?” She extended an arm for a cordial handshake with a gracious smile. “Would you like to take a look around with me? I’d really appreciate the company, and I can treat you to something to eat, if you’d fancy.”

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[Slueshy]

"My name is Kylie.  Kylie Yawz."

She spoke her name and was pretty confident about it, though she probably could have just stuck with saying Kylie, but whatever, this woman wanted to go sightseeing?  What did she look like, a tour guide?  Though, it wasn't as if she was doing anything right at the moment, well aside from just standing around being completely bored.  Besides, Noone had offered to buy her something to eat, and she wasn't one to just turn down free food regardless of who it was coming from.  

"Well if your that insistent, and you do buy me something to eat, than I don't see why not.  Sure, I'll take a look around with you."  

Truthfully she hadn't even been to the market area herself, mainly because there wasn't really anything she needed to buy in this place and she didn't typically need to spend much money on anything to eat anyways, but you know, free food is a pretty good motivator, especially depending on how much money this woman had to spend.  Given Noone seemed to be looking for a candy store, there was a pretty good chance that Noone had a chunk of change to spend and that meant her new found, acquaintance might buy something she'd never consider getting on the regular.