The Summit (Open)

Muninn sat in the open yard, awaiting the other Kage. It was in the back yard of the Administraton Building, a place any Shinobi could access if they wished. This was on purpose, so that anyone could listen in. He wished to have a trusting environment within both his and the other Kage's ranks. Waiting for them all to show up with their entourages, he would drink some of the tea provided by his secretary to help with the phantom pains in his missing left arm. This was going to be interesting. Everyone was on the same page, hopefully, but things tended to escalate quickly at Kage Summits.

If anything would announce the demonic looking icey female's arrival it would be the drop in temperature. Where ever Umiko went the cold followed: it wouldn't exactly be uncomfortable per say, but it would bring the warm temperature down to roughly sixty five degrees - more than enough of a temperature drop to be noticble that was for sure. She had arrived via walking on the ocean, and had come up on the docks in a 'don't mind me, just walking here' sort of way: clearly she wasn't worried about bringing attention to herself. The gourd on her back made out of ice that was showing absolutely no signs of condensation despite the heat, as well as the Umigakure Kage robes she wore, more than announced whom she was.

Most people tended to get out of her way once they had a look at her red and black eyes, or caught glimpses of the black tattoos and fuuinjutsu seals that covered her form, so she expected nothing less here. As she walked and the wind blew it caused dark purple colored hair to peak out from beneath her hat; up in a ponytail within the confines but with several loose strands hanging about.

A quick look around, and she found herself wondering if she would find Myuto here or if he were elsewhere. With how few shinobi there were at home she had shown up without an entourage, and expected to be the only one given how Kage Summits tended to end violently. Of course, given Umiko's rare skills and even rarer and nearly unheard of demonic ice release which made fire and heat a non-issue for her, she wasn't worried, but it still would have been nice to have someone watching her back for her.

Giving the thought a mental shrug for now she wandered her way to the Administrative Building after a quick asking of directions... she had no idea where exactly the Kage Summit was being held, but she figured the Admin Building was the best place to start. As she neared she felt the beast within her begin to stir; the dragon awakening due to the curiosity at such a strange place.

Myuto arrived back in Morigakure with the company of sand ninja. Despite the harsh environment and the dry air, Sabakurgakure was an interesting place to visit. Myuto made plans to travel back there to possibly meet the blindfolded kid again. He had to have an interesting story to tell, to be so young and seem so talented.

Myuto split from the party of Sand Ninja and went to do his water ritual. He took some time to lie in the sweet waters of Mori, letting the fluids absorb into his form. He floated on the surface of the water and could be seen by several as the tide carried him along. Myuto made sure to make more bottles of Morigakure water to take back home with him.

His echolocation informed him that there were now many strong chakra signatures in Mori. Some of them were super powerful, telling Myuto that they had to be able to execute powerful, never before seen techniques. It excited Myuto to be able to see this many super humans gathered together like this.

It was while wondering if Umiko had arrived yet that he caught sight of her. After one last roll in the drink, he jumped up and quickly made his way to her side as she walked towards the Administration Complex, a blue and black thing suddenly appearing and dropping down next to the Umikage as she walked, his hands in the pockets of his baggy pants, taking on the "Bodyguard" role.

(RP post #20, WC: 1,374)

There were a lot of strange individuals, most of which who looked pretty strong, suddenly in Morigakure. Normally Jayr didn't bother herself with what was or wasn't going on in the village, it was partly why she was eighteen years old and still a Genin, but she was exceptionally high at the moment and therefore her curiosity had got the best of her. Dressed as she normally was in a black pair of knee length shorts, black open toed shinobi sandals, a white T-shirt with the name of some band scrawled across it in graffiti style lettering, and a black hoodie which was at the moment open instead of zippered shut. From around her shoulder hung a bag which would look to be made out of some jean material, dark blue in color, which carried a variety of supplies, including the drug she was at the moment taking a hit from as she stood nearby underneath of a tree.

She had a blind fold around her eyes, indicating that she couldn't see, which was easily visible among her black hair that was pulled back. But, that didn't mean she couldn't see. Her sensory ability, an enhanced version of the Yanagi clan's sensory, allowed her to see everything that was going on as she stood within the backyard of the administrative building. She didn't know if she was allowed to be there exactly, but until someone told her to get out that was where she was going to remain.

The bowl was brought to her lips once more, the flick of a lighter followed, and another inhale of the Chill was brought into her lungs. The mellowing effect was instant, and thankfully kept her Berserker Rage Syndrome under control for the time being. As Jayr's mind wandered she found herself wondering what was going on that a Kage of all people had just arrived at the Administrative Building...

Kodama:

Back home. Emiko wasn't sure how she felt about it, really. She didn't exactly have hard feelings toward the village but she wasn't all that glad to be back so soon. Still, a Kage Summit wasn't something she was going to be willing to miss. No, she definitely needed to be here so she could be kept in the loop along with everyone else.

The trip to Morigakure had been uneventful, and upon arrival the Umigakure nin who had been traveling with them had gone off in a different direction. Emiko herself headed toward the Administrative Building, and she assumed Suna and Miyuki would be right along with her. Once inside, and quickly making the receptionist area smell like blood and sand, she was directed out back: no one questioned who she was since she was so known, and because of the fact she was fully dressed in Sabakugakure kage robes.

Eyebrow raising in curiosity as to why she was being directed out back that was where she turned and heaaded. She stepped outside to see who she knew to be Muninn, someone who smelled strongly of ocean and whom carried a gourd of ice with them while being dressed in the Umigakure kage robes, Myuto, and another girl who was getting high in front of everyone and looked like she didn't care who saw. "Er... tell me this isn't where you're planning on having this meeting, eh?" Emiko would comment, while completing skipping over the introductions. Arms folding across her chest she would shift her stance so that the majority of her weight was on her left leg instead of her right.

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Back in Mori. Suna didn't have too many fond memories of the place. People generally didn't like him and his smart mouth. It was where he got his first taste of "freedom;" the first place where he could live normally, but it was also the place he got into a back-and-fourth with a certain Uchiha.

Suna didn't see him around at the moment, but knowing him he was going to show his ugly face sooner or later. While walking along, he looked over to see his small 2 roomed house with someone else living there now. With Temaki now gone, Suna didn't much care for that house anymore, nor the whole village. The Kage here was a joke from what he was told, and he had 2 morons as underlings, one of which got turned into barbecue nothing at the hands of one of the Kurayami Nin.

The water guy who said nothing went off in his own direction soon after walking into the village. Suna, his hands in his hoodie pockets, followed along with Emiko and Miyuki to the Admin Building. They were directed out back, where there was looking like some sort of stoner party going on. Suna was confused as was Emiko. This wasn't the kind of place you hold a big meeting like this, was it?

"I don't think this is how other Kage do it," added Suna. "I thought they had some secret room somewhere where not everyone can hear or somethin like that. This looks like some kinda backyard get together man."

Out back? Why in the world were they being directed out back? That made absolutely no sense at all. From the information she had gathered, from all of the books and resources she had studied in her attempt to better blend in as a shinobi after her rather unorthodox 'training', she knew that most Kage Summits were held in a hidden location within one of the standing villages - sometimes, they were held at a neutral location completely outside and away from all of the villages completely.

Miyuki found herself reaching up and scratching at her hand in confusion as she came to a stop on the other side of Emiko and looked around. There was someone whom she assumed to be the Harukage, the Umikage given the robes and the gourd of what smelled like salt water, the guy who didn't talk who had come with them, a girl who was apparently getting stoned right in front of her kage and... Okami. Right on cue.

The relaxed smile that had been on her face faded at once, and she eyed him curiously as he smiled at the female who was lighting up. She didn't comment or respond to him, and simply folded her arms across her chest much like Emiko sensei was and took a pose closely resembling hers. She was here to help 'guard' the Kage, even though the other female clearly could handle herself very well, so she wasn't going to get into it with Okami even though she really, truly wanted to respond in a less than kind way.

Kane walked through the village streets. He stood out where he went, standing over 6 feet tall dressed in black. He was blindfolded, but carried himself as if he weren't. Villagers and pedestrians were staring at the man and the two with him, who were without a doubt not from Morigakure.

Several people recognized him to be that "blind man who took over Kurayami." Alec didn't seem to care much. When a number of strong chakra signatures gathered together behind what was the Administration Complex, he figured that the summit had to be starting, and left off of The Mossberg, signaling for Jr and Shizuka to follow him.

Only... this meeting seemed to be taking place outside, behind the building. Not only could the Senju not defend this village were the two psychos in the wilderness to appear and attack, it also appeared that he was an amateur. This wasn't how you held a meeting between the heads of the 4 villages.

Alec walked behind the building without being seen there by the receptionist, ignoring all of the nonsense Okami was uttering to Suna. "Ladies... gentlemen," he said, the Kuraikage hat in his right hand. "...It seems the new Harukage needs to be properly shown how to host a Kage Summit. For those of you who don't know, my name is Alec Kane, i'm the Kuraikage. I'm not comfortable holding this sort of meeting out in the open, especially seeing as there are two powerful maniacs lurking out in the woods and the reason Mr Senju here has one arm, so I would like to coordinately invite you all to my estate back in Kurayamigakure. Some of you have never been there before, and this would be your time to see what you've been missing. Everyone is invited and my ship is in the harbor so transportation is not a problem."

Sighing, Muninn would watch the goings-on peacefully, listening as Okami first explained what he thought was going on, much to some of the others displeasure, then listened as the Kuraikage gave his little speech. Standing up gracefully, Muninn would open his mismatched eyes and look at everyone. "I apologize sincerely for the confusion, I had merely intended for everyone to have a bite to eat before we began. There is a room within the Administration Building we will be occupying during the meeting, and if the other Kage would please follow me, I will show you there. Escorts, please be on your best behavior and enjoy the food laid out for you."

And with that, the Harukage moved swiftly into the building, waiting for the other Kage to follow him. Walking into the back, he found the door he was looking for. Opening the Fuuinjutsu Seal that held it closed, he let the other Kage in first before closing the door and sealing it behind him. The room was filled with couches around a round center table, as it was meant for him to confer with the Council members. As it was, he would sit on the north end of the table, sighing in relief as the couch molded itself around his lean frame. Leaning forward, he would look at the other Kage with a more serious expression on his face than he ever had. "So, my fellow Kage, I shall begin by saying one thing. This room is sealed tight, so not one word shall escape it. We can discuss anything we wish in here without impunity. So, most of you know what happened to my arm. A pair of travelers, one of them named Ranmaru, made their way into Morigakure. I ran into them in the woods, and barely escaped with my life. Ranmaru himself uses cloth, and is extremely strong in his own right, but he is not my concern. My concern is the Uchiha that follows him around. Since they have my arm, they have the genetic material of a Senju, meaning that she could potentially grant herself the Rinnegan. For any who doesn't know the old stories, the Rinnegan is considered the ultimate Dojutsu, and whoever controls it has powers over life and death. Those who attain it are either saviors or destroyers..."

Admin Stepping in a Sec: Er, we should perhaps let Jr and Shizuka finish joining before going around another loop, this way everyone has their appropriate guards/people with them before another round of posting begins.

Shizuka had never saw before this many trees and this much green and brown. It was as if someone had just taken those two colors from the entire world as a whole and dumped them here in this very village. The smells were far different from home, and the brightness was giving her a high look to her face as her powers were increased in light drastically. She was dressed via the symbiotic armor that Alec had given her; the outfit she currently had on resembling a body suit with a hood that was up with trails of brown colored hair resting on her shoulders and down her chest which would end right around her breast bone, and a pair of black combat boots. At her hip, from a brown colored belt, hung her gunscythe which would be unrecognizable in its current folded up box-like form for any whom hadn't had the pleasure of seeing it before.

Shizuka, or Quiet, wasn't saying a word as her name implied. She simply moved along with Alec and Junior as they made their way from the ship that they had arrived on and to the backyard of what was clearly the administrative building.

Shizuka had been humming contently until Alec's words were spoken. Clearly this wasn't how a Kage Summit was held - she didn't know anything about them herself, but apparently this wasn' thow things were done. So, she quickly went from humming to silence. If this wasn't how a Kage Summit went then the chances were high this was some kind of trap, and that caused Shizuka to go from calm and humming to deadly silent and completely focused with her hand resting near her weapon, yet not touching it yet.

Alec said for everyone to come to Kurayami so that they could have a proper Summit, and even mentioned that they could all travel together on his ship. Muninn, clearly ignoring Alec and saying that this was all a misunderstanding, headed inside. A small frown formed on Shizuka's face as she looked to Alec and then Junior and then back again: what would they do now? Would the other Kage follow them? Or would they follow Muninn? Would Alec decide to humor him and go inside, or would they just up and leave?

When the signal came, Jr got up and followed his father off of his ship, "The Mossberg," he called it. So this was the village in the forest... With all of this wood, he started to see why his father wanted him calm. Setting fire to this place would be as simple as getting angry.

A bunch of eyes were following them, but that wasn't anything he hadn't grown used to already. Jr could feel big chakra ahead of them, and with a sarcastic grin he hoped this would get interesting. Jr took a confused/irritated expression to see that this wood guy was trying to hold the meeting outside like they were a bunch of teenagers or something.

Jr had actually been to a Kage Summit before, and this wasn't how it was done. His father immediately invited everyone to Kuraymi, and said the ride was on him. However the wood guy just ignored his father and said it was a misunderstanding, then went inside. Jr kept standing there.

"Yeah, I saw we go back to our village," Jr added to what his father said. "Those water ninjas have never been over there, right? Could be a chance to make friends. These guys here don't seem ready for this kinda thing. Who'd you say ran this place before? Temaki was her name?... She left these guys to run the place?"

Okay, since things are a bit confusing now the posting order for the remainder of this turn is:
Umiko, Myuto, Jayr, Emiko, Suna, Okami, Miyuki, Alec, Shizuka, Jr.

After which the posting order will be for the duration of the thread:
Muninn, Umiko, Myuto, Jayr, Emiko, Suna, Okami, Miyuki, Alec, Shizuka, Jr.

Myuto dropped in as Umiko arrived in the backyard of the Administrative Building. She gave a nod to him and smiled: she was glad to see that someone had her back during this even if she didn't quite expect it to get violent. "Hello again, Myuto.", she would say softly in greeting before looking around. The first thing she spotted was a girl who looked roughly eighteen years old with black hair and a blindfold over her eyes. She was smoking something from a pipe that had a sweet scent to it. The fact that she wasn't hiding it said to Umiko that it was either legal, or she simply didn't care about getting caught.

Then the Arenokage arrived with her two people in tow. The smell of sand and blood hung heavily around them, and two of the three had gourds similiar to her own only theirs seemed to be made out of sand and likely held such within - or so she was assuming given experience with her own icey gourd and the water it housed. The Arenokage inquired as to if this was where they were holding the Kage Summit and then the male with her commented that he didn't think this was how other Kage's did it, that he figured they had a secret room hidden somewhere for events such as this.

The arrival of what was clearly a Morigakure nin followed this. The Mori nin quickly explained things in a way that had Umiko smirking: seals on the walls? They could easily be broken, and could only be controlled by the Kage who put them there, or someone with exeptionally high Fuuinjutsu. So, either Muninn was a boss at Fuuinjutsu, or he was counting on things he shouldn't.

Finally came the arrival of who had to clearly be the Kuraikage. He arrived with two people in tow much like the rest of the Kage's beside herself. The Kuraikage mentioned that it seemed like the new Harukage needed to be shown how things were done and then introduced himself properly as Alec Kane, the new Kuraikage. He said he wasn't comfortable with holding the meeting somewhere so open, to which Umiko could easily agree. Alec said that this feeling was only furthered by the fact that there were two maniacs running around, which was exactly why the Harukage only had one arm as it was. With all of this said he went on to invite them all back to his estate in Kurayami, and even offered to give them a ride on his ship. Umiko was curious to get a look at Kurayami herself, and this certainly would be a prime opportunity to do it. Muninn, however, seemed keen on ignoring Alec's whole speech and trying to usher them inside.

Umiko didn't budge.

Instead, she shifted her attention to Myuto, trying to judge his opinion on all of this before she would then look back to Alec Kane. "I think it would be quite nice to have a chance to see Kurayami. I've heard the village is quite fixed up now that it's been under your care. I'm curious to see what you've done with the place...", Umiko stated, ready to follow him to his ship instead of heading inside.

Myuto nodded his head to Umiko when she said hello. He walked with her through the Administration Building, and was directed out back. There was no expression on his face, but Myuto was confused. He didn't think a meeting of the villages was supposed to take place outside, in the backyard.

He did manage to get a good look at some of the other shinobi. There were the Sand nin, whom he'd already met. There was a girl off to the side, smoking something. There was himself, and Umiko, and finally there were Kurayami nin. A tall blindfolded man with white hair, a little boy who looked like the tall man, who seemed to be just as strong as him; likely his son, and a strange female. She didn't seem to be as strong as the other two but there had to be something special about her if the tall man brought her along.

The tall man was attempting to run the proceedings himself, since it seemed Muninn didn't have enough experience. He introduced himself as Alec Kane, and said that he wasn't comfortable holding something like this out in the open, since there were two strong crazies out in the wilds somewhere. Alec Kane said everyone could come back to Kurayamigakure with him, and he'd even take them there on his ship. The boy added that he and Umiko hadn't ever seen the village before, and their chance to make friends.

Muninn apologized for the confusion and said that this was merely a way for them to get something to eat, yet Myuto saw no food. Muninn invited everyone inside the building, but since Umiko didn't move, neither did he. Umiko stated her interest in visiting Kurayamigakure, and Myuto couldn't help but agree, as he wanted to visit the village himself. Rumor had it the place existed in an area where the sun's rays never reached.

Would the Sand Nin be on board too, then? Myuto kept his hands in his pockets and waited to see if someone else was going inside, or to the dark village on Alec Kane's ship.

(RP post #21, WC: 1,737)

... Well this was just lovely. All of the Kage's arrived with their people in tow and the tension was already beginning to rise. The Kuraikage and the Arenokage seemed unimpressed with the way the Harukage was starting the Summit. The Umikage seemed on board with the Kuraikage's suggestion of going back to Kurayami to do the Summit 'the proper way'. The Harukage seemed to ignore the Kuraikage's suggestion, and instead attempted to lead everyone inside.

Jayr simply took another hit of Chill while focusing the most on the strange gourds three of the individuals present were carrying. She had no idea what they were for, but something seriously peaked her interest about the Umikage's: it was made out of ice, and yet it was showing no signs of condensation. The heat and humidity seemed to be doing absolutely nothing to the gourd itself even though it looked to be made entirely out of ice. What kind of ice didn't melt?!

Perhaps it was because she was bold, or perhaps it was because she was so high she didn't care, but Jayr found herself opening her mouth and speaking toward the cold female. "Hope this isn't written on my tombstone... but uh. What kind of ice doesn't melt? I mean.. I've been watching y'all since you arrived. Your ice isn't even showing signs of condensation despite how humid the village is...." Jayr completely ignored the fact that she had mentioned she had been 'watching' them despite being blindfolded - she assumed she was outed at least one way given the Kuraikage was blindfolded and yet seemed to have no problem 'seeing', so there was little point in hiding her own sensory.

Eyebrows rose as she looked back and forth between Alec and Muninn. Alec seemed to be on the same level with Emiko as far as the way things were going, but it seemed like Okami and Muninn were attempting to save face. Emiko knew of the seals that were being spoken of given Temaki was her best friend, and she knew that Muninn likely had little to no control over them unless Temaki had trained him rather highly in Fuuinjutsu, or calibrated the seals to react to his chakra - she had heard of neither happening, so she doubted it.

The Umikage seemed on board with Alec's plan, and Emiko likewise remained where she was standing. She had no interest in missing whatever it was Alec had to say; he was like family to her, and therefore she held higher respect for him than any other Kage present. "Hmm... Kind of like the idea of a boat ride. Maybe we'll run into some pirates...", Emiko commented thoughtfully, a slightly evil grin on her face.

Emiko then shifted her attention to the blind folded female. She mentioned that she could 'see' that Umiko's gourd hadn't been melting. On closer inspection the high female was right: there wasn't a lick of water anywhere on the outer surface of the gourd. Huh, strange. "Huh... she's right. Interesting." Emiko had seen some strange things in her young life and that definitely was on the higher end of them: ice that didn't melt? What other kind of secrets was the village of Umigakure hiding beneath its waves? If they had stuff like this there was no telling what else they had... or how powerful they really were. Apparently, the water village wasn't to be underestimated.

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Suna heard a laugh from above, and then there he was, emotastic himself. "Well, if the point was to be secretive, no one would trust the Kage. They'll start the meeting out here, and move inside if it gets...uncomfortable. It also allows the Kage's escorts to do their duties and protect the Kage. No one besides Shinobi are permitted within this yard anyway, and therefore there are seals on it that prevent anyone outside from hearing. The Harukage is a smart cookie, Suna. He knows what he's doing."

"Hey, Lobster! Emo!" said Suna, his hands in the pockets of the bright orange hoodie he wore, the hood over his masked head. "Who was even talking to you!? You're trying to talk as if you know something when you're just a moron! Don't you have some kids to stalk or something?" Suna looked at Jayr. "Hey, smoky lady! I'd watch out if I were you. That emolester is gonna try to form some weird bond with you then stab you in the back to make those emo eyes of his stronger! He already tried with her!" Suna pointed to Miyuki.

Suna had done some changing himself. He'd saved his new village from serious threats twice. His wardrobe had changed; he took to wearing bright clothes to "camouflage" himself from the burning hot desert sun which consisted of hoodies and knee length cargo shorts. Suna was taller than he was the last time he was in Mori, his body more toned and somewhat muscular. His gourd was bigger because of his Rank up and the seal Emiko put on him.

A beginner. That's what this wood guy seemed like. So far he was making a terrible host. He said he was giving everyone a chance to eat, but where was the food? Suna always imagined something like this being highly guarded and secretive, and this guy was throwing an open air house party. Furthermore he claimed that all of the seals left behind by Temaki were under his control, which Suna highly doubted.

What the Dark man Alec Kane was saying seemed to be making more sense. When Muninn tried to have everyone go inside, everyone stayed where they were, even the water people. If anyone knew how to throw one of these Summits, Suna had it figured to be Coach Emiko or the dark people. It looked like they were all going back to Kurayami. "Hey, let's go back over to the Dark village to do this, those guys are organized. You're in with em good too, right Coach? I donno why it wasn't them or you that decided to host this thing, honestly."

The smoky lady said something interesting though: "Hope this isn't written on my tombstone... but uh. What kind of ice doesn't melt? I mean.. I've been watching y'all since you arrived. Your ice isn't even showing signs of condensation despite how humid the village is...."

Suna took a good look at the Kage he'd never seen before. This was the Umikage, then. She had a gourd on her back that was much like his and Coach Emiko's, but her's was made of what looked like ice. The smoky lady was right: in the spring/summer-like setting of Mori, something like that should have been melting, but there wasn't one drop beneath her. This was something Suna had never seen before. Ice, and water?... There was also that mute guy with her. He had 2 swords; other than that nothing seemed to stand out about him, besides that weird thing on his arm, whatever that was. Maybe it was what people wanted him to think; that he was weak.

Yeah, Kurayami had many ninja, with some of them having the ability to punch you and turn you to dust, and Sabaku had Emiko, Holeman, Miyuki and yours truly, among several others, but those two... they were unknown. Suna would have to keep an eye on them.

The Umigakure people seemed to be in agreement with Alec Kane's plan and were willing to head to Kurayamigakure to hold the Summit there. Emiko sensei also voiced her agreement to it, and said that they too would go. Miyuki couldn't wait to get out of Morigakure, so the sonner the better in her opinion. Before Miyuki could say anything about her wanting to leave as soon as possible Suna began to respond to what Okami had said.

Suna warned the female who was smoking a lot that if Okami got close to her he would try and exploit her for Mangekyo Sharingan by killing her off. That it was something that he had tried to do with Miyuki with the way he had been all obsessed with her. Miyuki kind of expected to see Okami get angry and start raging out and crying but for once he kept his composure about himself and seemed to just shrug off Suna's comments.

Meanwhile, the high-girl was pointing out something rather interesting: the gourd that looked like it was made out of ice, and which was certainly giving off quite a bit of cold, wasn't melting despite the heat of Morigakure. Miyuki looked as well to see that there wasn't a single drop of water beneath the female, and it also didn't look like there was any on her gourd. It was kind of funny to think that someone who was intoxicated could pick out such a detail that had apparently gone un-noticed by everyone else - but then again, who knew really what the girl was inhaling.

It also didn't escape her notice that the girl who noticed all of this was apparently blind. Miyuki was thinking she was a Holeman, or perhaps some other clan that went around blind but able to see too. Certainly time would answer some of these questions.

It was then that Okami asked Alec Kane if he too could go back to Kurayamigakure; to escort the Harukage to the new Summit. Miyuki glanced over at Alec, wondering what exactly he would say. Last she had heard Okami wasn't allowed in Kurayamigakure, but perhaps Alec would change his mind due to the current events going on. "You're not afraid of getting your butt handed to you, again?"

Miyuki would simply follow everyone else to the ship as they began to depart and stand near her kage; she was one of her active bodyguards after all and would act the part.

Exit.

So firstly, Muninn said there was a misunderstanding, and attempted to take everyone inside. He said he was giving everyone a chance to get food, yet there was no food. He seemed to just totally disregard what Alec was saying, which made Alec shake his head with a grin. This guy wasn't ready to be a Kage. No matter, that was an issue that would be addressed and dealt with soon.

However, Emiko and the Umikage seemed to be on board with the idea of going to Kurayami, seeing as how neither of them moved when Muninn went inside. Alec himself took note of how the Umikage's gourd, similar to Emiko's and Suna's, wasn't melting at all. It was interesting because Alec himself had never seen anything like that. Was it a special kind of ice? The guy next to her, Alec had no idea what he was capable of either. They were unknown, but Alec couldn't help but grin.

Alec noticed that there was still tension between Suna and Okami too. At least, Suna was showing that he still had a problem with Okami, and Okami seemed to have just brushed it off, claiming he didn't "want those eyes." Okami went on to ask if it were alright if he escorted Muninn to Kurayami, which made the grin melt from his face. Alec started to tell him no, but Muninn couldn't exactly come alone, and Okami was the best he had at the moment.

"I can't tell you no with an occasion such as this," Alec responded to Okami. "But I will tell you that you're going to be watched, your every move. I mean, if you come down with diarrhea and have brown stuff running down the side of your leg, someone will be watching you on the toilet. Follow all orders the FIRST time they're given to you. As soon as you step out of line, it's going to end bad for you this time. Keep this in mind... And inform your Kage that it is paramount that he attend this summit, now hosted by me. We'll wait at the docks for 10 minutes, after that you'll have to find your own way."

Alec motioned for everyone to follow him as he began to leave from the backyard of the Mori Admin Complex. He made his way back through the village and to The Mossberg, stepping back aboard. The first mate asked if anything was wrong, and Alec said no, explaining how the Summit would be taking place in Kurayamigakure now instead.

Once everyone was on board, The Mossberg would get underway, ferrying everyone towards Kurayamigakure.

/Exit/

"......"

There was a lot going on around her but Shizuka continued to remain dead silent: no speaking, and no humming or whistling. It wasn't the most ideal perdicment since humming meant she was in a good mood, but it wasn't the worst since she wasn't yet whistling. Still, best to get home sooner rather than later before someone ended up giving her a reason to put a bullet in them.

It was interesting to see that the Umikage seemed to be hiding a serious secret, but it wasn't enough to hold her attention for long. Shizuka turned and followed Alec back through the village and back to the Mossberg, all the while wondering if Muninn would come with them since everyone else was.

Once on the ship she would take her usual position: where she could see everything at the same time while remaining nearby Alec and likely Junior if he happened to join them too.

Everybody stayed outside when the Senju went inside. This guy didn't know what he was doing, and that guy over there trying to explain things to the sand kid with the mask didn't seem to know what he was talking about. A village of amateurs. "Heh, these funny guys..."

Suna called that guy with the scars an emo, a lobster, and a moron. It made Jr laugh as he said the guy was trying to talk as if he knew what was up, when he was just a moron. "Oh, okay, so this must be the idiot and the pervert I heard about, huh? The guy who had his butt kicked by Kurai, and has a thing for little girls, right? Hahahaha, and he wants to come back to Kurayami? Yeah, this should be interesting..."

His father didn't seem to mind, but said that all of his moves would be watched, even when he was on the toilet. He said to follow orders the first time they were given to him, and as soon as he stepped out of line it would end bad for him. Jr knew well what that meant. He was going to be decapitated, or cut in half. If asked to, Jr would burn him to death himself. There were many other ways he could die or be crippled as well. Jr's eyes glow red as he thought of the many ways, a sarcastic grin on his face that made him resemble the Junior that he was. "Yeah... step out of line, please. And you can end up just like that other weirdo named Luke, burned to a crisp on the tips of my fingers."

Yes, Jr confessed to killing who he was told was Okami's friend, not really caring about the reaction. Jr began to think about the water folks though, seeing as water was an obvious weakness to fire. The lady over there with the ice gourd seemed to be able to move around in warm environments without it melting. Jr even wondered if he could melt it with his Rage Fire, but he didn't think on that too long. He'd seen what Mori was about, he knew about most of the desert dwellers, and of course he knew about everyone back home, but this was his first time seeing people from the water village. There was no telling what they could do. The Water Kage could probably control water like Emiko and Suna could control sand, but there was also ice. What could she do with that? The guy next to her had to have some hidden talents too...

His father told Okami that it was really important that the Senju attend the meeting, then motioned for everyone to follow him. Jr went along with his father and Shizuka back to The Mossberg, taking his position next to Shizuka again.

/Exit/

Muninn headed back outside, shaking his head to Okami then following the others. He had heard every word spoken, and was quite displeased at everyone's contempt towards his Village. Unfortunately, Alec was right. He didn't quite know how to run things just yet, and was still new to the Kage business. He felt that he was doing alright considering the circumstances, but there were things he could be better at. At least it seemed that they were at least willing to give Okami a chance, if not him. Motioning for the other two to follow him, he made his way down to where the massive ship was docked. As they left, he noticed the food begin to trickle out, the servants confused as everyone left, which made him chuckle a bit. He would then take up a position towards the back corner of the main deck, watching his two escorts and praying they behaved themselves. It would be awful timing for Okami to mess up again, and if Jayr got a reputation too that would end badly for the Village, as they were his only two prominent shinobi.