Yukigakure's Temporary Yukikage's Office - The Tent

[Defiant]

Polite, clearly observant, and with an air of a calculating mind about her, Siobhan found herself liking his girl already. She took he seat with a slight nod as a thank you.

"it's a pleasure, Kage Deus, to make your acquaintance. Yes, your Bear at the gate was kind enough to guide me here, not that it was enitely nessesary, but I'm sure you appreciate his caution. I'm Siobhan Gorudo-bi and I'm here to report the failure of my last mission."

Siobhan swallowed her pride and gave her a quick, but detailed rundown of everubin hat happened from her and Yoshinee leaving be village together, coming up with an infiltration plan into the Mo Village, the interfearance of the full-scale war they had unknowingly walked into between Mo and Taka, and even be part where she had to flee he village when it became clear that she had been abandoned by her so called partner.

"So all I all, Abumi is still alive, Mo's been under siege, and Yoshinee is missing. Either captured, dead or, worst case, defected."

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

A Warm Welcome Back
To the cold village of snow.

"I have returned from a gruesome combat with a fugitive, former villager, a short while ago and the fight happened in-front the gates so I have tightened the security there for the time being. I am sure you understand & I am more than pleased to meet you & welcome you back to the village of snow. As for the failed mission, normally, I do not tolerate failure..." Pricillia said, making a small pause. She stood up and made a couple of steps to the right side of her desk, next to which, there was a small table with a tea pot & a number of cups. 'We are out of sugar...' Pricillia thought, after which, returned her attention to the woman sitting on the chair in-front of her while pouring down two cups of tea.

Pricillia gave Siobhan a long look. She was trying to judge the facial expression the woman was making. It was true that Pricillia didn't tolerate failure and was a leader that didn't want to be known as a soft one; however, the face Siobhan was making - she looked humbled. She has swallowed her pride and has accepted the truth about what has happened to her.

Pricillia smiled, after which, handed a cup of tea to the woman in-front of her. "I hope you don't mind that we are out of sugar. Truth is, the tea is sweetened beforehand... As for the mission you have failed... I told you that I do not tolerate failure, however, I also didn't tolerate the actions of the leader before me and the soft hand he used while he led this village. Whatever happened while he was in charge, I am neglecting. I want to grow the snow village back up from the ashes and I will not let the past make it collapse again, so as far as I am concerned, I am glad that you returned from that mission. Infiltrating a village is a serious task... I am glad that you are alive and hopefully, still loyal to the snow village."

Pricillia was still with a smile up her face. She took a sip of her tea, after which, she continued talking. "As for Yoshine, she is defected. She is the one who attacked the village not long ago and took down the wife of the previous kage. So far, she hasn't posed a threat to me personally nor the village so for the time being, I am not planning on going on a look for her but even if that happened, I would like to negotiate with her before I tried to use brute force." The smile on Pricillia's face remained there through the whole time she talked. She spoke, somewhat, nobly which was the way she has been taught to speak.

"What are your plans for the time being, Siobhan-san?" Pricillia asked the woman before her.

[hass]

Enter..

Katsu's boots pressed into the snow as he approached the "Tent".

The boy was wearing a long coat which was colored white and blue and it draped just above his knees. The boy also wore green pants which tucked into black combat boots. Katsu notably carried a few kunai, shuriken, and explosive tags.

Katsu extended his right hand to grasp the material of the tent, he flapped it around as warning he planned to enter. The boy moved the materal, it parted quickly, cold winds blew into the tent. Katsu stepped inside and shut the flaps behind him, his black iris looked around the interior. He noticed two woman sitting by each other, enjoying some tea, possibly conversing. Katsu didn't want to intrude, but he decided to wave and say, "Hello.. Yukikage-Sama and accomplice? Ha, I'm here to ask of something!" The exuberant and outgoing boy said, he waited for a response.

[Captain M]

Kijo no Shimo likes that dough!

"Pricilia?" A voice came from the tent opening as a blue haired kunochi stepped into the tent. She wore her usual blue coat outfit with matching heavy skirt. Boots and a lab coat thrown atop of the coat completed her look. Hiding the seal of the Medical seal was a hat that also covered the top part of her hair. Her large eyes scanned the tent as she noticed a young Genin she had not seen before. "I heard there's a Cloud Sanin in the capital. I would like to be her ambassador." Nieve demanded calmly. Nieve and Pricilia were at that weird stage where they were unsure if they could call themselves friends, but close enough. Pricilia had been doing her best to run the village, and Nieve had been there right with her. She had even stepped in during the vacuum of Yukikage, bring the crime rate down while Pricilia was made the village leader.

Placing both of her hands along her lower back, she waited to see what Pricilia would do of this. As Head of Research, Nieve was incredibly patient.

Strength of a Hundred Seal: 1 Post

[-Angel of Ame-]

Angel of Rain

The messenger bird that Pricilia had sent to Amegakure returned. Fastened to its back was a letter, and tied to its feet was the small bag that contained the 500,000 ryo that the Yukikage had sent, hoping it would fasten their allegiance. As the message would be removed from the bird's back, its contents would be quite clear once read.

Dear Yukikage,

Note that Amegakure no Sato will not be accepting any of your bribes. We do not take kindly to your 'donations', they seem to be in poor taste. Our village is one born through pain and hardship, yet it is one that has thrived without outside help. We do not require your charity, nor do we want it.

It is a Kage's task to defend his or her village's honor. By refusing your dirty money, I am doing just that. This is not a threat, but a warning. Insult us once more and you shall have a war upon your hands.

Yours truly.

Amekage Mitsukai Roze Odayaka the Third

--You may add back the amount of 500,000

[hass]

"Pricillia?", the Yukikage's name was called, but by whom? Katsu's brow raised in curiosity, it was definitely a female...an assistant? The boy's head lurched back, before the complete motion went underway the unknown woman spoke once more, "I heard there's a Cloud Sanin in the capital. I would like to be her ambassador.", the boy's head then hung backwards. In complete awe, Katsu froze up. The blue hair and lovely eyes reminded Katsu of his mother, who he kept a photo of in his wallet.

Kaishin women are generally born extremely good looking, with undeniably beautiful features. Katsu then turned around completely, a warm grin spread across his face. Could this woman possibly be a Kaishin, like him? His right hand extended in a formal manner, he expected a handshake as he spoke to the blue haired stranger, "Hello, my name.. Kaishin, Katsu. How about yours?" The boy's hand shook a bit, his heart raced quickly in fear of rejection. How could he possibly keep his cool in front of the woman whose iris were a rare cyan-hue, nothing he had ever seen before. She talked about a mission, something Katsu absolutely needed. How convenient, the possibility of going on a mission with a gorgeous girl thrilled Katsu.

Surome-Sama did advise Katsu to find a beautiful girl..

His hand still extended, Katsu spoke once again, "A mission, sounds interesting. Mind if I tag along? I could use the experience!", he had spoken this if she shook his hand or not.
 

The flapping of a bird's wings caught Katsu's attention, as it ventured inside the tent.

[CATBUG!]

After leaving the tent and wandering for a bit to take another form, Lisa returned to the tent and smiled gently. "NYa Nya, My familiar tells me you didnt like the idea of meeting me in secret." She smiled gently as she walked toward the main desk, her hands dispkaying what would appear as razor sharp nails. her Feline eyes sized the kage up as she purred gently. She purposely wasnt wearing her headband, to subtly say her true purpose, that she wasnt friend or allie to the village. She was a tool of it for the moment.



Hey eyes memorized the people in the tent, and she observed how they acted and talked memorizing it as well. She stared at the kage. her eyes locked on her figure and she couldnt help but lick her lips. She could feel the pressure coming off her, The Aura of a Talented individual. She was strong, Stronger then most in this village. Your face... Ill make sure to memorize every single detail in it. I wonder, Do you make good faces when your in pain? or do you take it like a warrior? She thought to herself before with a bow. "White Veil, at your service."

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

A Matter of Manners
And an impolite white haired woman.

Pricillia had manners and normally, she wouldn't turn her attention away of the person who she was talking to but the sudden invasion of village shinobi in the tent required her to politely bow apologizing to Siobhan that she was going to distract herself for a single moment. A fresh face walked in the tent first - a boy, followed by Pricillia's new friend & the leader of the Research & Development institute, Nieve.

Pricillia didn't bother standing up as the two of them addressed her with questions about the guest that would be coming to the land of snow. It appeared that word traveled fast. "Yes. There will be indeed a guest from the cloud village and I hope that I can rely on you two to act as her personal bodyguards throughout the period while she is still in the capital. Of course, this is an official mission and you will be rewarded for you accordingly..." Pricillia stopped for a moment as she noticed that a third new person has entered the tent. A white haired girl who simply stood behind the rest and stared at Pricillia. A stare, which to the silver haired girl seemed rather demonic.

"It's impolite to stare, you know that, don't you?" Pricillia asked the female just before she spoke, introducing herself as White Veil. "Oh, you are the person who sent that lynx creature to collect money for you..." Pricillia stood up after she pulled a drawer and took an envelope out of it. That envelope contained money - 3,750 Ryo, to be exact. "There. Your reward for the mission you completed." Pricillia said as she walked closer to the White Veil.

((+3,750 Ryo to CATBUG!))

"And now, three of you have gathered here. I would like to assign all three of you on a B-Class mission. A mission in which all three of you will guard and be with Marii Kino while she is at the land of snow. The mission should not prove to be difficult to you, considering Rokoku Nieve here is a Chuunin of the village." Pricillia drew a couple of steps closer to her friend - Nieve. She drew closer and closer until her head was at the level of the woman's right ear.

"I am sorry to burden you with that but please, keep an eye on White Veil. I don't like the way she stares... Also, please hand this envelope to Marii once the mission is over with." Pricillia whispered, after which, handed an envelope to Nieve, secretly. "The seal must not be broken at any cost & don't get me wrong, I trust you completely." And with that, she was ready to dismiss the three of them & to continue her talk with Siobhan from where it ended.

MISSIONS TO ALL THREE

• Name: An Important Guest
  Rank: "B"
  IIC Length: ---
  Difficulty: Easy - Moderate
  Objective: Make sure that the person mentioned in the description below has a safe stay while in the land of snow, protecting that person from harm at all costs. Also, at the end of the mission deliver a sealed message to the guest. The message will be handed to you by the Yukikage Pricillia Deus herself.
  Description: A guest from the cloud village will be arriving at the capital of the land of snow and will be giving out a lecture about herbal and botanical knowledge. While the guest is powerful enough to be called a sanin of the cloud village and hadn't required being hired shinobi for body-guards, the Yukikage has decided that assigning protection for the woman was a right correct thing to do and also a way to show her that snow meant well in its relationship with the cloud village. Thus, at least two shinobi will be sent on a mission to protect the woman during the time she is in the borders of the land of snow. One of these shinobi will also be handed an envelope which will be signed and sealed by the Yukikage - an envelope that has to be given to the woman at the end of her stay at the land of snow. If the seal of the envelope is broken by anybody other than the guest, the mission will be considered as failure. Additional details about the mission will be given to the participants when they acquire the envelope from the Yukikage.
  Reward: 15,000 Ryo per Participant.

MISSION TO NIEVE

• Name: A Shady Individual
  Rank: "D"
  IIC Length: ---
  Difficulty: Easy
  Objective: Spend time with a specified by the kage individual and after that, report to the kage any 'issues' regarding that individual. Issues that can include odd behavior or actions.
  Description: Pricillia has felt uneasy not knowing the motives of a certain individual and has requested a mission - a mission, in which that person needs to be kept under surveillance, however, without that surveillance being detectable by the individual. Additional details will be given to the person given this mission by Pricillia herself.
  Reward: 4,000 Ryo.

[CATBUG!]

Observation (x14) 112
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill. If you are Schooled in Anthropology you gain a +10% synergy bonus with Observation checks that involve noticing disguise checks.
Limit: ---


Taking the envelope, White Viel would allows her claws to move over the kages skin, notin a way as to hurt, But to show that she could. taking the envelope and trusting the kage to know basic math skills she put the envelope into her buttbag and smiled gently her eyes tranfixed on the kages as she spoke. They moved to glance at Nieve for a moment, but returned to the Kages eyes and met them in a blank stare. White Veil noticed the envelope. Her eyes moving slightly as it was passed between individuals. Her eyes not blinking. as she did that she smiled gently and licked her lips. The presence of two powerful individuals

"Ill gladly take the Mission, What a better way to prove my loyalty to the new Kage." She said it with a tilt of her head. Her eyes finally blinking. "Illbe at the gate, Meet me there. Nya" I cant wait to see this special person. she licked her lips at the thought and her body shivered in excitement as she walked out of the tower, meeting eyes with the young Katsu and Shiobans and she smiled Before passing them, leaving the words drifting lazily toward just the two. "Stay out of my way... Im meeting her first." She smiled and left the tent before heading to the gate.

[Captain M]

+3750 to Catbug.

[Captain M]

Kijo no Shimo is not a fan.

"Katsu, eh?" Nieve asked as she twisted her head to the side. He was a youthful shinobi it seemed, filled with promise. "I have read your file." She admitted as she nodded approvingly. His surname confirmed what she had read. He possessed a Kekkei Genkai. One that Muu also possessed oddly enough. "I am Rokoku, Nieve, Head of Research." She said, turning her attention toward the silver haired Yukikage.

Nieve nodded towards Pricilia, eager to be of any service, especially when it dealt with the Kumo Sanin who seemed to be quite the interesting individual. "Let's go then." She said calmly before she was told of her secondary mission, one of utmost importance it seemed. Nieve sighed before turning toward the White Veil. Before she could say anything though, the young girl had seemingly vanished, claiming that she would be meeting with Marii before they would.

Not on my watch!-The blue haired kunoichi thought to herself as she hurried after White Veil. "Come along, Katsu."

[Exit]

[CATBUG!]

wrong place

[hass]

Katsu had formed a delighted smile, the woman acknowledged him. He nodded at everything he said, his attention the turned towards the Yukikage. She had assigned all three of them a mission, a strange woman had entered the tent and received leeway to join their team. Damn if... Who is this freak? Katsu waited until the briefing was through, he had to absolutely do his best in protecting this special guest. It was strange Katsu wanted a mission this bad, he wasn't going to allow this person known as White Veil to ruin his chances at making friends with Nieve. Making the Yukikage proud was another goal of Katsu's. "All right, got it!" The boy spoke in the midst of the briefing, as soon as it was over White Veil ran out.. What the hell? Katsu's brow raised, Nieve went after her. "Come along, Katsu." spoke the blue haired Kunoichi. "With pleasure!" Katsu said out of excitement, he followed her out of the tent. He left with a small wave to the Yukikage and her accomplice.

Exit!

[Defiant]

Siobhan took a few calming breaths between each sip of the Tea. She would have never let herself get set up like this before. She should have done more research, watched her closer. Was she the reason for Ace's disappearance if she also attacked the tower, as well as Onyx? Siobhan wanted answers to questions surely just as badly as Pricilla, but unlike her, Siobhan had no other duties but revenge.

"I plan on finding her, and feeding her to our Wolves," she said coldly crossing her legs and leaning back in her chair a little, "I'm sure they'd love a chance to ply their trade," she added with a small smile. The wolf AnBu were a twisted bunch, but they were damned good a their jobs none the less.

"But," she interjected before Pricilla could respond, "I'll need my weapons back. I left them with the receptionist before I left; there's a particular sword I need to look into."

[Defiant]

---

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

The animal decided that it was time to leave. It looked like they had understood what was going on. Daiki flapped his wings and left the tent.
He now had to get back to Yozamu as fast as he could. A part of him felt scared when there was no familiar humans around him.

[Exit Daiki]

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

A Simple Answer
To Wait.

"Quite unfortunately, I cannot allow you to go out seeking revenge as of yet. I can promise to you that if you seek revenge, one day, I will singlehandedly make sure that you have it, however, at this moment of time, the village is too short-handed to allow you begin a pursuit for Yoshinee." Pricillia took a sip of her tea. It appeared to be a fact that Siobhan wanted to seek revenge against the 'traitor' of the snow village, however, the silver haired goddess couldn't quite allow her to do so due to the reasons she mentioned and reasons she forgot to mention - reasons like 'Yoshinee can still be of use to the village as a former rain shinobi' or reasons like 'Yoshinee is too powerful to be disposed of' which was of course a valid reason as nobody has ever managed to bring the snow village down to its knees like that and even if Siobhan had the strength to bring her down, that would have to happen after all possible negotiations are made with Yoshinee because for Pricillia, past deeds didn't matter.'So what if she killed the old kage's wife?' Pricillia thought and for her, this was a completely valid and reasonable question.

"Plus, if Yoshinee can agree to be an ally of the snow village, your revenge will have to wait a longer while because I plan on accepting that alliance if it happens due to the sole reason that she is the only person who managed to singlehandedly bring the village down to its knees. Imagine what use she could be of us & the snow village. Would you rather have snow finally thriving above all the nations or would you instead rather having your old personal vendetta resolved?" Pricillia took another sip of her tea. The smile she was wearing never left her face for a moment. "We both know which the reasonable option is here, Siobhan-san."

[Defiant]

"Personal vendetta?" Siobhan growled backnthrough clincher teeth, "Its the principle! By allowing one attack, one escape, we've let someone with intimate knowledge of our village and how to attack it SUCCESSFULLY go out into the world and spread it wherever she likes!" She was suddenly on her feet, and while it was clear she had a handle on her greater urges, she was definitely loosing her temper

"She didn't just attack the old tower, she passed through the entire village to get there first, she could have taken notes, drawn maps, taken pictures if anything and everything. My 'Personal Vendetta' as you put it, is for the sake of the fuckin' village, and the reasonable thing to do is to make sure whatever information she had, doesn't spread. THAT is reasonable, not building some fucking tower in your honor."

Siobhan's right hand extended out to Pricilla, "Now, my weapons please."

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

Pride
And Glory.

"As much as I have the right to blame Yoshinee for attacking the tower, I also have the right to blame the old leaders for allowing so to happen. I hardly ever met Ace, the old Yukikage, however, it was a fact that he allowed the tower to be attacked the way it did." Pricillia stood up from her chair and walked to the other end of the tent where she stored everything meaningful from the old tower which mostly included paperwork and a sack of weapons & considering there was only one sack of weapons, Pricillia could safely assume that they belonged to Siobhan.

"None of the bag's contents have been taken out." Pricillia said as she handed the bag to the woman, after which, again positioned herself on the chair in-front of the woman. "If Yoshinee had information which she could spread and wanted to spread it, she would have done it long ago. She is a rogue. She wants to be feared and to be known for her status of a rogue. She could sell our information to stronger countries if she failed to bring us down on our knees and executing her wouldn't assure a thing as we cannot know whether she is the only one in possession of the information or not. More to that - I will say it again - she singlehandedly managed to infiltrate the village, enter the tower and murder the wife of the kage which is not a fact worth underestimating. Not to mention that I read her file and that I know that she is a Chuunin of snow. She can be of use to us - a use too great to allow her die."

Pricillia looked at Siobhan; the soft expression on her face suddenly disappeared as Pricillia was snow having a serious one instead. "And the 'fuckin' village' is in need of that new tower. The old one was damaged and more than that, still reeked the aromas of Onyx's corpse. The new tower is not in my honor. The new tower is in the honor of the village - a village that let go of the past and decided to embrace the future. A tower that represents the hopes every single villager had. A tower that represents our might. Our glory & I would want you to be one of the first to step foot inside that tower. I want you to be one of the first ones who fight side-by-side with me and I want you to become my assistant & to one day be by my side when I wave the flag of the Silver Snow Empire!" Pricillia said, carefully thinking over her words. She has not mentioned the silver snow empire plan to anybody but decided that Siobhan was perhaps strong enough to be able to manage with such information.

"What do you say?" Pricillia asked & much like Siobhan who earlier extended her hand to collect her weapons, Pricillia extended her hand and waited to see. To see if the woman was going to grab it.

[CATBUG!]

White Veil walked back into the tower, in the form the Kage had seen. she sighed gently as she walked in she saw the kage was speaking with another, she would wait until they were done speaking before talking herself. "I have returned...and i failed, I left the mission for selfish reasons." She looked down, ashamed of having left. she looked around, and saw as those in the tent looked at her. she could feel them judging her, There was no worse crime then leaving a mission, only killing a comrade was above that.

"Please, forgive me for my crimes. I will take what ever punishment you ask of me."