Green Thumb Red Rose [Mission]
Oct 7, 2011 0:27:40 GMT -7
Post by bashiku on Oct 7, 2011 0:27:40 GMT -7
Name: Green Thumb
Rank: D
IIC Length: 2 Days
Difficulty: Easy
Objective: Weed the garden
Description: Yurie's garden is one of the most beautiful in Takigakure and attracts tourists year round. The garden is usually open year round but Yurie closes down for a week to weed the garden. Please assist her in weeding the garden.
Reward: 1200 Ryo
Today Emi managed to shock even herself, dressed not in elegant dresses or silky attires, but instead into a normal ninja attire consisting of black leather shorts, a black t-shirt with a dark blue vest over it and pair of gloves. Her pale feet were protected by regular pair of ninja sandals making her imagine of a regular ninja Jane complete. Even her hair was normal today, bangs left freely on the front, while her back hair was tied into bun. Regular black eye patch covered her damaged eye, but the scar was still visible plain as a day. Why did she dress so plainly, people who know her would ask, but answer wouldn't be given until she reached her destination. In truth Emi was on her mission today, ready to help miss Yurie to weed her garden and replant few of plants, but she didn't have any not so nice clothes she wouldn't care if she makes dirty. Hence she had her servants buy the regular clothes of a ninja, but even then they bought the best quality they could find.
Glancing at her vest, she knew how much truth was in that statement, as this vest was made from foam that could stop few projectiles from direct impact onto body, but it also had four scroll slot and two secret compartments for various things. On the other side, it made her breast look smaller then they were, although she was just developing as a late bloomer, this vest was seriously making her look flat chested. This way she will never develop into a proper lady ninja killer maniac. Weird title for future Emi.
It took more than half an hour of light strolling before Emi reached the garden of miss Yurie, a giant field near the center of the town. It looked more like a park than a garden, but without any tree's around. Still the chains around the pillars that protected the gentle garden with words 'Closed for Renovation' were proof enough that she was at the right place.
Sliding below the chain Emi was struck with sweet smell of couple of dozen flowers, making her legs wobble and her head dizzy. It was so good, but it was even better when she threw her glance at the flower beds around her. Small gentle fluffy fields with various flowers, mostly white and blue, but keeping purple and red on the outline of the pathway, as if they were guides around this place. Except few untrimmed bushes and few green weed points around, the garden seemed seemingly perfect. There wouldn't be much work to be done around and whoever was working on it was a very hard worker.
"Excuse me, but we are closed for time being." A frail old, but sweet voice told Emi as boney arm tapped her shoulder. As Emi turned to face the person she was surprised. It was an old woman, barely the height Emi was, petite, frail, old, but with sweet wide smile on her face and puffy balls for her cheeks. She looked as the time didn't have effect on her cheerfulness and her powerful spirit.
"Sorry little girl, you can come and play after me and my family finish around the garden. Shouldn't be long though." Old lady said with radiant smile and then attempted to guide Emi out of the park, but Emi beat her action with verbal reaction.
"I am sorry madam, but I am not here for sight seeing, I was sent here by Takikage to help out. He said you have some problem with weeds and such." Emi said in composed tone as she brought her hands together and bowed a bit "Ibitsu Emi, at your service."
Old woman eyes finally opened a bit, slowly tracing along Emi's body as if she was measuring her worth for this task, old blue eyes coldly staring at her, but in the end warmth of her smile relieved Emi.
"Well take off your ninja shoes or whatever and go into flower bed. You just need to take out weed, but still be careful. Many things lurk along with flowers." Woman said with cheerfulness of a little kid, like she was trying to make a lame joke. She was, she failed. Still compliant with her request, Emi removed her ninja sandals and placed her small pale feet on the cold slabs that were gardens pathway. Tiptoeing along the path, her heels and soles barely of the ground, Emi got into flower bed and started seeking for weed.
This tasked proved to be more an annoyance than hard work, as it was so hard with her cyclopean vision to perceive the depth and the distance of the weed, failing numerous times on her butt, but thankfully not many flowers were damaged. And her patron didn't seem to upset by ones that were. She would just replant them again with new ones and take damaged ones into flowerpots, talking to them and nurturing them like little kids. Such a love for a simple job, Emi almost envied her. Not for long though, as after hundred of pulls on weeds and some reshaping of the bushes, she had her fair share of green.
"Good job little miss. I think that should be about it..." Grandma Yurie said as she waved to Emi.
"Sure..." Emi said as she put her sandals on her now dirty feet and started to walk away from the site.