[ He never likes wearing his funeral clothes (though he supposes no-one really likes it, you're definitely not supposed to like it) but this particular time feels a lot more uncomfortable than the rest. He's dressed to respectable standards in a straight pressed black tunic and a black pair of salwar, has foregone his paint and his head-dress, and is standing in the middle of a room decked out to house the beginning of the funeral parade looking as though he'd much rather be hiding under the desk.
Typically, he's respectful at funerals... This time, he wants to be anywhere other than in the procession following Rasa's body to the podium in the middle of the town. It's not like he isn't sad about his father's death - he is, really - but... it's awkward to be out in public right now. By this point it has been common knowledge for some time that Rasa was grooming him to be his successor, and most of the village are now assuming without any official confirmation that the role will fall into Kankuro's hands. There's a general amount of speculation and dubiousness, but for the most part anyone he speaks to seems like they don't know whether to be happy or sad for him given the circumstances.
He grits his teeth. It will be a long two days, and with the temperamental attitudes of both his siblings as of late - Temari with her short temper and Gaara with his... eerie happiness - he has a feeling it won't be an easy ride.
It's Temari's attitude that sets him most on edge, which is why he'd asked her to meet him here early under the gauze of preparation. It's times like this that they have to stick together, not break apart, and Kankuro is determined to sort this out before it gets any worse. ]
6th, just before Rasa's funeral | KANKURO & TEMARI
Typically, he's respectful at funerals... This time, he wants to be anywhere other than in the procession following Rasa's body to the podium in the middle of the town. It's not like he isn't sad about his father's death - he is, really - but... it's awkward to be out in public right now. By this point it has been common knowledge for some time that Rasa was grooming him to be his successor, and most of the village are now assuming without any official confirmation that the role will fall into Kankuro's hands. There's a general amount of speculation and dubiousness, but for the most part anyone he speaks to seems like they don't know whether to be happy or sad for him given the circumstances.
He grits his teeth. It will be a long two days, and with the temperamental attitudes of both his siblings as of late - Temari with her short temper and Gaara with his... eerie happiness - he has a feeling it won't be an easy ride.
It's Temari's attitude that sets him most on edge, which is why he'd asked her to meet him here early under the gauze of preparation. It's times like this that they have to stick together, not break apart, and Kankuro is determined to sort this out before it gets any worse. ]