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Where: The country of Ame
When: The entire month of April
Notes: Basically, Nagato's health has been improving lately so you'll be able to catch him out and about pretty much anywhere in the country, be it borders or around the city. He's always accompanied by his Deva path, and you might get said path first. In other words, hello, ~~come get trolled~~.

Nagato had been restless lately. The months before this, it hadn't been such a worrying thing, just him consolidating his energy to reverse the damage he'd done to himself by overextending, but now... now he just wanted to be out. Out where he could interact more directly with the contact rain in his country, where he could watch his people without needing to send his paths out to do it for him...

This meant that people who had never really gotten to meet him before, in spite of having been in Ame since he'd taken control, were finally getting the chance to see him face to face, instead of simply being in contact with his paths.

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Some days, it seemed like he was too busy to spend time around his little sister. She was reaching that age now, too, where he himself recalled being either really rebellious or really driven. And frankly, they may as well have been the same person when it came to that.

When he was home, it was often tasked to him to care for her, either by his parents or by he himself. Such was today, and such was another day where she had run off into the rain like a terror, shrieking in her laughter. "Oi, oi, chibi-chama, get back here! I'm going to catch you~!" His voice was quite sing-song, and he'd stood at the door for some time to give her a head start. "I'll have her back by dinner!" That, of course, had been called back into the house.

So it came that he did finally catch her, hefting the slender six-year-old over his shoulder despite her protests. "Aa, but chibi-chama, now we have to get you home and washed before dinner! You'll have to let your valiant knight carry you, unless you make a promise to go straight home." He grinned more broadly as she squirmed, lowering her into a princess-carry position. "Can't have your mother worrying about her little princess, ne?"

He hadn't expected to have a child breeze right past him like that, but it made him smile when he saw one of his jounin picking the girl up. Ah. One of the ones with a protective spirit. He shook his head slightly and adjusted his cloak before slipping forward into the rain, looking from the man to the little one thoughtfully.

"I get the sense the young lady rather liked her game." His tone was light though, quietly pleased that his people, any of his people, could fell relaxed enough to play.

He had turned at the sound of a voice, and any tenseness that had formed in him melted almost immediately when he realised who it was. His sister, who had been playfully struggling to climb out of his arms, turned her attention to Nagato and grinned broadly. All spitfire and excitement at the age of six, she was. 'Yeah! Nii-san never lets me win, though... but I'll be faster than him soon! AND a better ninja!'

"Oi, now. You're going to make me look bad in front of kami-sama." With a laugh, he shifted her in his arms. "Now, there's still a bit of time before dinner, so why don't you see if mother needs any help? I'll be along soon, promise." He pressed a kiss to her forehead before setting her down. "We can play again later."

'Ooooi! I don't wanna!' Puffing out her cheeks, the little girl crossed her arms. 'Ne, ne, why don't we all play?!' Orile paused, glancing to Nagato briefly and then back to his sister.

"Well, that's not up to me, now is it?" he mused. It felt... strange, feeling this light and non-serious around Nagato. Up til now, his every action near his leader had been done with that unerring seriousness of a man on a mission. "If he says no, then you'll have to go back home and we'll play later." His voice was stern enough, though a smile played at his lips.

'But--' Huffing, she turned her attention from her brother to the cloaked man. 'Pleeeeeeeeease?' Ah. There she went, with the puppy-dog eyes.

Nagato gave the girl a look of utmost seriousness then, not even attempting to lower himself to her level and instead just giving a rather even stare from above. It was purely practical though as he had no intention of hopping down into the mud.

Nope.

He made a mental note to get the streets rebricked as soon as possible to cut down on that.

"I have no idea how your game is even played. You only just crossed my path after all."

She looked crushed, momentarily, staring up at Nagato before turning her head to Orile himself. It lasted about as long as most anything lasted to a six year old - perhaps fifteen second or so.

"... Awww. Fiiiiiiine, but I wanna play RIGHT after dinner!" Seeming quite insistent on this point, she nodded fervently.

"Of course. Right after." Orile smiled as he set her on her feet again. "Go on, I'll be along soon enough." He promised, watching her retreating form as it splashed up water and mud until it was completely gone into the distance. Clearing his throat, he bowed lightly to Nagato. "My apologies, Kami-sama. You appear well."

"Nothing to apologize for." He shook his head slightly, glancing after the girl, then looked back to the man's face, his own expression a bit wry. "It seems your sibling has no patience for explaining her game however."

"Mm, she can be pretty whimsical. This, I think, was just her mistaking your not knowing for a refusal." He mused, laughing lightly. "After all, it was simply tag." Well, 'run away from the monster', but essentially just tag.

"And how was I to know it?" He felt his lips cur into an amused smile. "She didn't exactly tell me and I do try to stay out of the minds of those I'm not in need of contacting urgently."

"I would never deign to think you would." Orile chuckled, brushing his hair back behind one ear, if only so that it was... well, less likely to stick to his face and hinder his vision. "If I know her, she'll decide halfway home to turn around and come try and spy on us, without her 'terrible monster' overseer." The second laugh was much easier, his smile broadening slightly. "What brings you out today, if I may ask?"

"Simply... taking turns with my own eyes. It was a long time before I started that, as I have no doubt all of my shinobi were well aware." Given that he'd avoided his own populace to the point he still wasn't really recognized even around his own people... it was a good change. They'd come to know him and recognize him beyond his Paths, now.

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