It's a pretty sword at least.

[abileunaspada]

Who: Adela Milani (abileunaspada) & Sasuke Uchiha (not_thedragon)
When: November 19th-30th (originally planned for November 19th through 27th)
Where: Between Land of Fire and Land of Birds
Notes: A simple weapons' commission turns sour when rumours of an opportunity reach the ears of a surprising foe.

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It really was her finest work...

Adela sighed as she lovingly peace-bound the ornate sword into its hilt. It might have been overly-decorated and never meant to see combat of any kind, but it was still such a fine work that she didn't care. Hopefully the lord who commissioned it from their store would agree, because they hadn't specifically asked for uncle's work and he had given this job to her...

Well, and to Sasuke for the delivery. Really, she'd be able to handle a bunch of bandits, but given all that happened she couldn't exactly blame Obito for wanting to make sure that there was a Jonin with her. Really, even if on paper he'd been given the same mission she knew the real reason, if she was honest with herself. Well, hopefully it would just be a precaution this time...

[[OoC: Separate threads below!]]

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[not_thedragon]

"It wasn't just that you were scared," he said, trying but unable to entirely hide the impatience. "Our complete failure to work as a team is what made it easy for them to separate us."

Which was his fault, having failed to accurately assess the level of fear Adela had been experiencing. Full disclosure would have helped -- perhaps it was something he needed to remember to request with every mission where he outranked his teammates, given that it had been useful on his trial jounin missions thus far -- but he could understand reluctance on Obito's part to make Adela's history readily available. Adela's, too, given how she'd frozen up despite having prior in-field experience at the mere sight of the Kiri symbol.

That said reluctance meant Sasuke would be wearing a bruise around his eye was an irritation for a variety of reasons, not least the embarrassment of having been locked up in shock from the injury for too long himself.

But he was too exhausted to begin sussing everything out in detail, and beyond that -- whatever Adela's status as an asset, they had agreed to be friends. In the end he sighed, folding his arms without quite dislodging her.

"What matters now is that we still have the sword to deliver and can complete the mission," he said. Not before the soldier pill wore off and he passed out for several hours, but that much was probably obvious.

[abileunaspada]

"... Yeah. We'll get it there," Once more Adela nodded before Sasuke ended up passing out. It was with a sigh and a gentle smile that she moved him over to his bed, making sure not to disturb his injury too much and covering him with the blanket he'd thrown on her. She kept some water nearby for him too, in case he needed that drink once he woke up.

And by the time he did, the sun had started setting and Adela was sitting nearby, her back against the wall as she was absently humming a tune Sasuke likely never would have heard before. It was soft, pleasant, and for her something that reminded her of home. It seemed like she hadn't noticed Sasuke waking up just yet and just continued, calmed and lulled by the song she remembered.