The adventures of errand running (Open)

[fateruination]

Who: Pengin and You!
When: March 14 to whenever he returns to Uzushio
Where: Uzushio starting out and then a slow meander through Fire Country to Konoha
Notes: Pengin gets to go collect a clan-kin's shopping from Konoha. Because that's what you do with younger clansmen right? (I apologize for the stuttering he'll do now, also top levels for a few general locations you can run into the penguin)

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[lostmarauder]

"Peter. For you, it's Peter." He flashed him a smile. "I have no doubt in my mind I can trust you, and believe me, where I'm at when I'm home, there is no way I would risk my trust on you if I had any doubts at all."

He shook his head slightly. "I will say this though, the act I just showed you has a bit of truth. A lot of what I learned had teachers far between, so I had to learn it on my own. It's just a matter of how you say it that makes the difference, you see?"

He reached out, tweaking his hood with his fingers. "I think that skill might do you really well, in the future, if you can figure out a way to make it work for you."

[fateruination]

"I-is it because I'm from Maniwa?"

He wasn't exactly certain which statement he was actually referring too, though both the trust and the need to learn such a skill could both be the question.

"Saying such t-things to a stranger dosn't m-make sense."

The more serious look is there as he tilts his head from side to side as he thinks and actually observes the other fully and recalls how the other had reacted to his name.

[lostmarauder]

He watched him for a long, thoughtful moment. "No. It's because you stutter. Being a Maniwa just means you're exceptional in other ways, it has nothing to do with this."

[fateruination]

"B-being Maniwa doesn't m-make me special in anyway. I-i'm not exceptional at all. M-my speech even shows that."

He really did not see anything about him that would be considered unique enough to need to have such an act. He was weak and hardly special compared to so many of the clan and their abilities.

"B-but you're special if you taught yourself t-to be as strong as you are."

Because there had to be some sort of strength or skill noted for him to know about the Maniwa clan outside of being entertainers. Or he saw they weren't just nomads.

[lostmarauder]

"When I was a child, I was bullied and hid behind a little girl two years younger than I am, not to mention smaller, for protection. I think your speech just reminds me of me." He shook his head, expression wry. "I taught myself because no one wanted me to be anything. You already have stepped out of a shadow like that to one further without needing to go and hunt down someone yourself, it looks to me. That's lucky, and you don't seem the type to waste it."

[fateruination]

"Peter-san..."

It's a long pause as he tugs at his ear flaps and refuses to look up at the other as he thinks over what is said. Then he's in a stiff bow.


"T-thank you for sharing such w-with me. I-i hope one day t-to prove that I-i had such w-worth to be trusted with such."

[lostmarauder]

He peered at him for a moment, then reached down to gently pat between his shoulders. "You'll do it. Then someday you'll show me how amazing you've grown, yeah?"

[fateruination]

He didn't move from his bowed position, aside from giving a slow nod in answer to what had been spoken to him.

"I-i'll try."

[lostmarauder]

"A little more faith okay?" He pulled his hand back, leaning down and peering into his face before straightening again.

[fateruination]

He wasn't exactly certain how to answer that since he would actually have to find that faith first himself. Instead he just nodded and gave a hopefully positive noise before looking up at the other.

[lostmarauder]

His smile got bigger as he was looked up to, and he straightened up. "Good enough for now. How about we walk together for a while?"

[fateruination]

"I-if it won't put you out of your way Peter-san, I would like to."


Because there was a chance the other wasn't going the exact direction he was and he didn't want to delay him by having him have to double back or anything.

[lostmarauder]

"I have nowhere I need to be with any urgency." He paused, shaking his head. "I'm just finished with a task and have time."