Images of the past, judgement of today. [Quest! Kyogi's ATI]
Apr 17, 2014 19:08:13 GMT -7
Post by Yoshi [Lynx!] on Apr 17, 2014 19:08:13 GMT -7
Shimo no Kuni. Not one of the most populated places of the earth. In fact, it was quite the opposite. The harsh climate where chilling winds would tear the soul itself from a travellers skin made any kind of tourism or trading nearly pointless. Wares that could be bought here tended to be many times more expensive than what could be considered reasonable. Perhaps because of these harsh conditions exactly, the Chuunin exams had been held here. Getting to the Minarai observatory in itself had been a challenge that some of the competitors had not been able to complete. The real worrying bit however, was that the remote location of those exams had caused an organisation of unknown individuals to infiltrate and hamper with the exams. To-be Chuunins had lost their lives, many had been wounded, and the faith in multi-country exams had been shaken. If such an event was to pass again, surely the already shaky alliances countries inbetween would falter and a world-wide war would break out. A war that no single country would benefit from.
It was here, on the outskirts of Shimo no Kuni, that a group was waiting for an Otogakure ANBU; Kyogi. After the assault on the Chuunin exams, various different groups had been working together in an attempt to track down and identify the organisation that had had the nerve to attack all Shinobi countries all at once. For almost a year nothing had turned up. Recently however, new information had been uncovered. Information that required assistance of the ANBU..
On the border between Yu and Shimo, a delegation of the Daimyo Unalauge was awaiting Kyogi's arrival. They were but a handful of researchers, five in total. Mostly novices, only the head researcher had any authority. In the harsh snow climate, they had erected a series of tents and a campfire. Enough to create a bit of a staging ground for further excavations into Shimo...