Extended Stay [ Konoha - Open ]

[problemdaimyo]

Where: Konoha
When: Early October, but he'll be here all month
Notes: Hotohori is stuck in Konoha for a month on diplomatic business with the Daimyo of Fire. Being in Konoha isn't such a trouble...

It was somewhat less than his ideal month, to be stuck in complex negotiations with the Daimyo of Fire over noodle trade. Ordinarily this was a thing that one of his ambassadors would take care of. He knew this, and so did the Daimyo of Fire. It was an intentional slight on the part of the Fire Daimyo to insist on a personal audience, particularly for so long.

He was far from unused to that sort of disrespect from other daimyo, however, and the Land of Noodles did rely quite heavily on its dealings with the five great nations. And...in exchange, he would at least have an excuse to visit Konoha once more. It was absolutely not worth the month putting up with their frustrating and rude daimyo, but that was nothing against Konoha itself. It was entirely against the man in the ridiculous robes.

Ah, but he kept those emotions to himself. It would be inappropriate and highly offensive to the good village that had allowed him to stay within it for the duration of the negotiations to appear ungrateful for their hospitality, or to express disapproval of their daimyo.

So he smiled happily as he walked, engaged citizens he passed in idle conversation, and gestured animatedly up at the faces on the cliffside once he found a shinobi to speak to. "Is there a way that I can go up and see those up close? They were made with a form of earth jutsu, weren't they?" At least, that's what he'd learned when studying history books about Konoha. How accurate that was when it was history written by outsiders was questionable.

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[uchihasavior]

He thought he was going to go straight home with this nice, new little tea cup, but he finds his walk interrupted by a much larger male, clearly not from here. Traveling has made him more aware of what the preferred fashion was in the other countries, even the smaller ones, but Itachi keeps his face impassive save for looking to where he's been gestured.

"There is, but it's not usually recommended." The closest people got were on the roofs of other buildings, or ontop of the cliffside itself, and you had to have a special permission or of a high enough rank to be there.

"Those with a high enough rank and permitted by the Hokage may visit the monument closer." he does explain, after a few seconds.

"I believe the stone was extended with Doton, and then manually carved." It is only his theory, however, as the stone faces push forward, instead of being dug inside the cliff as logic would dictate.

[problemdaimyo]

He stared up at the cliff-side for a moment, before smiling at the other (not quite as pretty) man. "If that's the case, then it's just a matter of getting permission! But I'm sure that will be easy if we simply ask him."

There wasn't really any need to drag this random man into it, but he suspected although the Hokage was likely to humor him and extend a diplomatic offer to look closer, said Hokage would still expect him to be accompanied for one reason or another. It seemed much more expedient for it to be this person.

"Manually carved? Wouldn't that take longer than it's been for the newest Hokage to finish it?"

[uchihasavior]

"Ah, that would be the correct reasoning if one person carved it. I could still be wrong." That was still never fully explained to him, perhaps he hadn't looked into the right place. Hashirama's face could have very likely been carved by multiple Doton users, though he was unaware of how many there were in Konoha at the time of its founding.

It was all speculation based on logic.

"Our Hokage can be lenient, and very hospitable." He answers the other man's first statement secondly. It is not difficult to find the Hokage's office, it is the first many come to when they enter Konoha, whether returning or visiting. Such an important meeting place had to be easy to locate.

[problemdaimyo]

"I wasn't aware that Konoha had a large group of such skilled doton users at its command." Earth wasn't exactly the first element he would associate with the capital of the land of Fire, but then...if they only had fire users, they'd have rather glaring weaknesses and no way to overcome them. Earth did seem a wise secondary force for a primarily fire-based country.

"Then I'm certain if I have you there to represent me it will go quite well!"