[Open] This is not what he'd expected from today.

[senseiofthesea]

Where: Academy and surrounding areas.
When: Starting just after noon on the 3rd, goes all day.
Who: Anyone who wanders in
Notes: Iruka had not planned to cover explosive tags today.

The first explosion had come from the far end of the building, and hadn't immediately set off any alarms. Another teacher might have had a mishap while teaching something about sealing.

The second explosion had all of the students tense, and the third had them hurrying out of their desks as he waved them in. Just in time too, because it wasn't a moment later that there was another boom, just overhead, and some of the recently vacated seats had rubble blown into them. It wouldn't have killed anyone, that he could tell, but he didn't know how many more were coming, and he wasn't going to risk the safety of the kids, even as more explosions sounded from beyond the Academy walls.

It was bad, the whole situation was very bad, and he snatched up one of the girls when another blast knocked her off her feet, keeping track to make sure that everyone was with him as he hurried them to the underground parts of the building. It was rarely used for anything but storage, but if the explosions were all coming from the roof, it would be the safest place until he was sure that they'd stopped.

The kids resisted staying put, of course, and as soon as he made sure everyone was uninjured and would not leave the area, he hurried out to help the other teachers as well. His kids would be okay, but he needed to get outside, and make sure that the people out there didn't need help too.

Some of the younger students had been scheduled for Taijutsu practice around that time, and he had no idea how bad it would be. The teacher in charge of them was new, and when he got out there, he was right to be concerned. It was chaos. And not just at the Academy either.

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[senseiofthesea]

"No one that's bad off enough they can't wait." He was eying him. "Rest. It's not going to do us any good if you collapse in the middle of having the seal active, so better to stop."

[vitalfunction]

It was a reasonable suggestion, so Gale found a place to sit. Unfortunately his water canister was empty, so he turned to Iruka. “Do you have some water to spare? I’m out.”

The hunger was worse than the thirst. He’d have to go out and walk the roads with Argilla soon and hope to be set upon by some bandits. Gale absently rubbed at the brand on his calf with the thought.

[senseiofthesea]

He nodded, leaving the room and returning quickly with a few juice boxes, water, and snacks. Clearly he'd raided the classroom of one of the younger years. "Here."

[vitalfunction]

Gale accepted the food and drink with a ‘thank you’ that was so quiet it was barely heard. He opened the water and drank one down in a rush, spilling some of it down his chin but not caring. It did nothing for the hunger, of course, but did help a little bit to ease the headache—probably partly from dehydration.

The juice boxes got a look over like Gale wasn’t quite sure what to do with them, and after a moment Gale just cut a corner off with his kunai instead of attempting to use the attached straw. From the expression of pleased surprise, he certainly hadn’t been expecting the flavor. Most of the snacks were ignored completely, but Gale did dig into some jerky. When he was finished, he drank some more water and then stood.

“That is better, but we should continue. Is everyone else finished resting?”