[CLOSED-ish] The great inflation of Shukaku's ego.

[highly_strung]

WHO: Kankuro, Gaara, Kazue, Yamato, Temari, Tenten. This will be updated with more people as/if they appear.
WHEN: Approximately mid March to April.
WHERE: In and around Sunagakure - most taking place in the Demon Desert.
NOTES: A catch all for events during and after the construction of Suna's secret weapon.

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shukaku and kankuro have a Talk

[ninjasloveme]

[ The situation unfolds thusly: in a fit of pique, Kankuro complains that it would be easier if they could ask the damn tanuki how his body works. In a fit of trying to be helpful, Gaara agrees, straightens, and from one second to the next his eyes are gold and black and there's a savage grin twisting his suddenly fanged mouth as sand fills out his silhouette. ]

[highly_strung]

[ As he makes a move to spin round and fix Gaara with an irritated expression as a way of venting his frustrations with his art, he's met with the fuming glare of a pair of burnt gold retinas eclipsed in black shrouds, and he trips over his own feet. Him and his big mouth. In moments Kankuro goes from a broad stretch of overconfident puppeteer to a stumbling and crouching (rather pathetic looking, in all honesty) hunched child.

He soon straightens up, though. After he's backed away a couple of steps. ]

What the-?!

[ninjasloveme]

Who were you calling a dumbass raccoon, brat? You wanna say that again? [ Even as his shape becomes more hunched and beastlike, he's still limited by Gaara's height and his leer is from below Kankuro's eye level. What a drag. Then he pauses, head tilting in a distinctly un-Gaara-like manner, as he consults with the medium. ] Eh, never mind that, the runt says you wanna talk to me. I don't mind givin' advice if you ask nicely.

[ Grovel, human. ]

[highly_strung]

[ He feels pretty stupid for stumbling in the fashion he had.. The face he's looking at might still be vaguely reminiscent of his brother, but the grotesque additions mean the entity he's speaking with can't be mistaken for any other than Shukaku himself. Showing himself up in front of a presence like this is a kick to Kankuro's ego that he didn't need, and it's that flash of weakness that fuels his ire when the gravelly voice addresses and insults him.

He might have been a little more frightened if Gaara wasn't shorter than him (as if he hadn't just flailed away in shock at the unveiling of the biju), and it's that lack of fear that lets irritation take over from his common sense. ]

Oiy, who do you think you're calling brat?! [ He ignores the purpose of this correspondence to stand up for his honor.. or to regain what little is left of it, at least. ]