[backdate deluge; YEAR 60-64]

[not_thedragon]

Who: Various and sundry Figures of the Past and Present
When: Year 60-64.
Where: Konoha unless otherwise indicated.
Notes: See top-levels. 8|b

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YEAR 61 | ITACHI; June

[not_thedragon]

Sasuke had caught a glimpse of the massive wild sow earlier, just through the gaps in the trees from where Itachi had directed him to wait and mark her movement. Even from high up, the animal looked decidedly larger than Sasuke -- much larger than Itachi, too, which was surely a mark of the confidence that the village had in assigning this mission to him solo, even if it was a D-rank.

It might have been more irritating, the assignment of a D-rank to his genius brother, had it not meant that Sasuke had successfully been able to beg his way onto the mission. Waiting until the sounds of the sow's angry movement had quieted, Sasuke adjusted the bow slung over his shoulder and began the unwieldy process of clambering down from his perch, waiting for Itachi to rejoin him for the next step in their strategy.

Year 61

[uchihasavior]

He waited until Sasuke had reached the ground and stilled. A break in the noise, so that he could silent land beside him.

The tracks were clean, and calm-- she had not detected their presence. Which meant Sasuke was doing a well enough job without too much direction. A natural, his little brother was.

That didn't mean he was about to be careless, however. He kneels, eye level to Sasuke, eyes on the sow as he speaks, in a quiet whisper.

"She's nearing a field, soon. That is where we'll meet up with her."

[not_thedragon]

Sasuke nodded solemnly to show he'd heard, hands coming to rest on his bow. Once again, he wished he could travel as easily through the trees as Itachi could, but wishing wouldn't get them anywhere. Craning his neck, he looked in the direction of where the sow had gone, seeing only that sunlight broke through where the tree canopy ended.

"I should find high ground, right?" He asked, looking for an slope to the forest floor around them. "Then I can get her from above."