Hide and Seek! ... The Ninja Way!

[sunshinemods]

Uchiha Obito, in light of realizing his shinobi simply couldn't work together, decided to take action! In what way you ask? By way of making his shinobi work together for a common goal!

A game of Hide and Seek!

Not just any game though, it's a game where he's set it up so pretty much the only people exempt are ones on long missions already (which isn't many people and no player characters) and himself, mainly because someone has to keep track of assigning short missions, and keeping an eye on clients, and pulling people to guard rotations mid-game. People will return to their teams around their missions/guard rotations, of course. Hopefully, their team didn't 'die' in the meantime.

The scarves being used as life tokens are brightly colored, as shown above, and will have a Konoha symbol sewn onto each end in black.

Location: The game will be found outside the southwest wall of Konoha, so don't worry about getting any civilians caught up in it. The area will be marked off by sealed ropes that if crossed with a scarf will ping an alert that you just 'died' and you'll be fetched by someone also 'dead' or the Hokage.

Rules of Engagement!
Rule 1: If your whole team loses their scarves, they have 'died' and are out. You then have the option of either helping to keep track of other teams that 'died' or to return to your normal duties. Anyone whose team 'dies' in the first three days owes Obito three days of D-ranks as payment with your temporary team. You can use scarves stolen from other teams as backups for your own scarves to keep you 'alive'.

Rule 2: At least one flag in your possession must always be physically visible! This means you may layer a Genjutsu over it so it doesn't appear visible, so long as it actually is.

Rule 3: No lethal Jutsu! This is a game, not a war, and Obito wants there to be no casualties. Any accidental injuries severe enough for a medic should be handled immediately before that team may return to play.

Rule 4: Get to know your temporary teammates! That's the whole point of this exercise, and Obito's grand goal for it is to have Konoha be more unified in the wake of this event.

Dates: In-game this will go from the 15th of October to the 23rd of October!

Rewards: The teams still standing at the end will have each member permitted to decline a single mission of their choice, no questions asked, for the next two months. Another perk is that they will have first choice of missions should they arrive early enough in the day when there is a rush on them.

Team Arrangements!
Each line is a team, as given to the characters by Obito. Anyone on Hiatus, of course, needn't actually do anything if they aren't here, but can backthread it later if they wish. Every team has four people, so teams with three are welcome to use the NPC journal to play their fourth teammate if they like! You're also welcome to use the NPC journal for named, and unnamed, shinobi in the free for all as opposition to your teams.

Sakura, Neji, Ami, Mika
Kakashi, Adela, Itachi, NPC Kiba
Hinata, Gai, Shisui, NPC Iruka
Sasuke, Yamato, Rin, NPC Lee

NPC TEAMS
All NPCs in here. There are more than this, but just to give you an idea of how varied the teams are...

Naruto, Kurenai, Shino, Ino
Chouji, Shisui Genin, Minato, Tenten
Yuugao, Shibi, Shikamaru, Ibiki
Asuma, Hayate, Izumo, Jiraiya
Hana, Inoichi, Kotetsu, Hizashi

Teams enter the area in the order of listing! Remember all the Konoha shinobi not otherwise occupied are going to be here, so there is more than just the four teams. It's a free for all guys!

Have Fun Everyone!

Comments

[sunshinenpcs]

Kiba's grin fell as the older two members of his team spoke up. Both seemed to be leaning more towards what Kiba found himself roped into almost every day - patrol duty. Keeping an eye out, raising the alert and sitting back to let the attack take it's course without seeing any action himself.

He wasn't down with that.

"Are you kidding me?" he grumbled up at the other ninken user like everything was definitely his fault. "The more scarves we get the quicker we knock the other guys out and the faster we're the only ones left! You guys really wanna be stuck sittin' in some god damn tree for a week?"

[abileunaspada]

"It wouldn't be for a week, depending on how many of the other teams get impatient," She nodded, glancing to Kiba before she walked over to him. She agreed with Itachi and Kakashi that it was a good idea to be more strategic, but the other chuunin was being a hard sell...

Hm.

Without really thinking about it she swayed her hips a little, walking up to Kiba as she tried to make her voice more sweet and appealing while she spoke, "Letting the other teams get impatient, letting them come after us and underestimating our prowess until it's too late..."

A gentle finger poked at his chest to punctuate her point, and a smirk tugged at her lips when she added, "Taking their scarves in their complacence of us. Showing them that we're the best, and all because we chose to take our time. Doesn't it sound good, Captain?"

... This kind of made her feel dirty, to be so manipulative like this. But if it could coax him to listen, it'd be worth it in the end. She needed to practice this kind of deceptive tactic, anyway.

[uchihasavior]

Was she....

Was she really....?

She was.

And it left him slightly confused, enough for him to actually make an expression for a moment before correcting himself with a harsh blink.

Kiba sure seemed the type to actually fall for something like that, and Adela was a healthy young woman. Surely, any moment now, the Inuzuka's face would be lighting up like a fresh, ripe tomato. He could already hear the inevitable stuttering.

He didn't speak though, not yet. A glance was shot, towards Kakashi, trying to see if the older shinobi shared his reaction.

[scarecrowboy]

Kakashi's nose was tucked in a small book, his eyes cast down with a look of vague interest in his visible eye - but it definitely wasn't directed at the proceedings in front of him.

Kiba was an idiot, Kakashi knew that much, and whether he fell for the taunt or not didn't make much difference to him.. He just wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible, so his focus had strayed.

[sunshinenpcs]

Kiba's eyebrows raised, his eyes going like dinner plates as he stared at the girl suddenly up in his space. He was red in an instant, melding with the scarlet of his tattoos as the blush burned furiously in his cheeks and the tip of his ears. Damn it... He could tell he was being played here, but he wasn't exactly one for strong resistance.

"Sure, that sounds good.." he mumbled, half pouting and half frustrated with the way his own proverbial tail was wagging at being called 'Captain'. "But I don't wanna be the one kept back just for tracking. Let the guy with the summons over here do that since he gives the least shits outta all of us," he jerked a thumb at Kakashi, then folded his arms and puffed out his chest, which might have looked a little more dominant had it not been for his pink face. "Akamaru and I aren't just a pair 'a noses, y'know. We're kick-ass at offensive attacks, too."

Mostly he was just sulking at not getting a chance to shine. He'd be happy with taking his time as long as he got a good majority percentage of the limelight.

[abileunaspada]

"No one said you had to just track. Part of an ambush is catching the enemy off guard, and we need both you and Akamaru-san to help with the assault. Otherwise it just doesn't work... Kakashi-san and I can trap them with our techniques while you and Itachi-san go in and finish the job whenever someone comes our way. Maybe that's a tactic more to your liking, captain?"

Her fingers trailed down his cheek gently with her speech, trying to accentuate that doing this was a good thing and that he needed to for their success. Oh did she ever feel dirty though, but it was for the good of the mission, it had to... It was so hard not to crack her expression or tone though, and even then she felt her skin starting to go pink. No, she had to hold on just a little longer...

[uchihasavior]

Well, if it worked, he wouldn't fault her for it at all. Unfortunate that instead of going through with plans, their first task was getting the teams on board with a goal.

(The entire reason this event was happening, honestly.)

"I don't object to this." he adds, in the hope it will get Kiba to finally agree on a plan. Kiba is a good source of offense, and if he is fully focused and willing to work with the team as a whole, it will strengthen the team that much more.

In the meantime, they are targets, so he keeps his Sharingan and his senses ready. It is likely other squads are having similar issues, but you can never be too cautious.

[scarecrowboy]

At first, Kakashi didn't make any indication that he agreed or otherwise with the proceedings going on, but he did look up from his book as Adela ran her hand down Kiba's face.

He had to hand it to her that it was smart. Using that kind of strategy was awfully risky, both in threat of embarrassment and failure.. But Kiba was transparent. There was no doubt that it might have not worked, and it had if the look on the Inuzuka's face was anything to go by.

His mask pulled in a smirk, and he looked back down at his book.

[sunshinenpcs]

Kiba listened and finally, begrudgingly, agreed. The stroke to his cheek definitely didn't sway his answer any. Nope, not at all.

"Yeah..." he muttered, his breath all too breathy, and cleared his throat to repeat the phrase in a more gruff voice. "Yeah. Sure. Sounds good to me."

Could he really be blamed for his gullibility? She was a pretty girl, after all.

[abileunaspada]

The smile on her face was sweet, warm, and a hint of something genuine as the fact that it worked processed. She took her hand away then, letting a finger linger on his chin to beckon him forward just a bit before flashing that smile to Akamaru. It was a bit of an apology in the gesture, trying to silently let him know that it was for the sake of the mission and that she didn't want to be so manipulative. That was when she turned to Itachi and Kakashi, nodding as she tried to go back to being professional.

It would have been easier if she wasn't beet red then.

"All right, you heard our captain. We have our tactics in place, so let's prepare before the other teams are on our asses while we're not ready."

[uchihasavior]

"You'll want to wrap your scarf somewhere where it's not easily ripped off your person, nor does it become a liability when it is grabbed."

His was his leg, and while his leg could be tripped up, it was also by his weapons, and being forced to get so close to him meant the possibility of being kicked, or dealing with his eyes.

Sensei was out here, along with Iruka. People who knew his fighting style were more of a threat than other Leaf Shinobi, but he had spent months, and months without seeing them. He had new tricks up his sleeves.

"Traps should be efficient but non-lethal." They only wanted the scarf, not to amputate a leg.

"And we should move." The Byakugan users would likely close in.

[scarecrowboy]

Kakashi's was where he usually kept his bells, since he was used to protecting that side. It was tucked into his pocket, under his flak but definitely on show and easily noticeable - not that anyone would get close to it.

"Do you suggest we take to the trees or remain on ground?" Kakashi asked, shutting his book with a quick snap of the pages - it was time to actually get something done now, after all.

[sunshinenpcs]

Kiba knocked his hips forwards, hands behind his head as he watched on with the tiniest of little frowns, his ears still burning with color. Akamaru had sat by now, his front legs crossed one over the other and made a short whining noise when Adela smiled at him - he was either scolding Adela for teasing Kiba, or giving her a look of sympathy for the teasing Kiba would inevitably eventually give her in return.

"Akamaru and I are better on ground.." he huffed at Kakashi's question. "Since we have two sensory types, I should stay on ground and you should run through the trees above me. That way we broaden our scent range, air and ground."

[abileunaspada]

"I can agree to that," For once Adela kept her speech short, still rather red as she tied her scarf firmly around mid-thigh -- making sure that it showed no loose ends and wouldn't stray away from her in the middle of a fight by tying the ends together. The rules just stated it had to be visible, not easy to grab.