[Closed] Mission to Moon

[incubi_abel]

Who: Itachi and Abel
Where: Land of Moon
When: July 22
Notes: It's just a simple mission.



Abel leaned against the wall, dressed in nondescript clothes with the only indication that he was a shinobi was the senbon he was twirling between his fingers. When the mission had hit the Ame Mission Office, he had volunteered for it, needing to get out and about after a few months of border patrols and serious inactivity. His delight at receiving the mission had been increased at the realization that Uchiha Itachi from Konoha was to be his partner on this. He had known this mission was going to be big as it was requesting two shinobi from different hidden villages, but with the client being the leader of Moon, it was bigger than Abel originally thought.

He glanced over at Itachi, curious to see how his partner was holding up as they waited for the client in question to arrive for their debriefing of the mission. This was going to be interesting as while they were friends, they had never fought before, either in a friendly sparring match or side by side. It had been a long time since Abel had actually fought next to someone. He just hoped that he remembered that Itachi wasn't Sephiroth in the heat of a fight.

Comments

[dangodragon]

The name Sephiroth sounded familair. Itachi tucked the name away for later research. "It's only as impressive as one's ability to utilize it. It does give you an edge if you've got mastery of it," Itachi admitted.

Itachi sobered. "It's how I keep my healthy glow," Itachi said blandly.

[incubi_abel]

That got a bigger snicker from Abel before he sobered. "Okay, all joking aside, it sounds as if you have more experience with going undercover than I do, so I leave that up to you."

He shrugged his shoulders. "I've been a civilian caravan guard before for a short term assignment if that helps any."

[dangodragon]

Itachi nodded, it was better than no experience. "Until we know more, civilian will be our safest option. Moon does a lot of trading so it won't be too strange for foreign civilians to be around. We'll keep our story simple." Something that would allow them to stay close and have private conversations when they needed too without rousing suspicion.

"We could pick up with a caravan making a delivery to the area, but that would take a while. Alternatively we could try to pass ourselves off as people travelling to the capital for work who got turned around. If, in the meantime, we discover the cult is recruiting, all the better." But, being in the cult might make them more noticable, perhaps more closely watched.

[incubi_abel]

Abel nodded, twirling the senbon again as he leaned against the wall. "That makes the most sense." He tossed a teasing grin at Itachi. "Much easier than walking up to the Hidden Village and asking if they're involved in a cult."

[dangodragon]

"Less likely to get you taken in for questioning or outright dead, in any case." Itachi glanced around the little room.

"I think I'll spend the night on the town and pick up what we'll need for disguises," Itachi said. Sometimes there was different gossip around at night, as a different crowd took the streets.

[incubi_abel]

Abel nodded, straightening. "I'll see about hitting a bar for a few hours for any information from the rougher crowd. I may get something on any caravans heading out that we might be able to attach ourselves to."

He nodded his head at the traps. "Figure just leave them up since we know where they are, and that way we don't have to worry about anyone snooping around our room while we're out."