Running with Errands

[D-Rank] Cook, Bake, or Boil
[D-Rank] Escort Duty
[D-Rank] Restaurant Rehab

Total Mission Ryo: 6,000 Ryo
Total Mission AP: 30 AP
Total Mission WC Req: 3,000 WC

Another day in Otogakure for Marabelle consisted in helping aid those in need! The start of her day would actually consist of helping out a local orphanage which was a blessing to Marabelle. Growing up in a large family she knew that she could be of good use especially when it came down to cooking. With suggestions listed there were two that she was sure would be a surefire hit for the kids, cookies and pigs in a blanket. With the mental processing in mind for the day to come, there was not much else but to prepare accordingly the night before and set out early enough to get the supplies prior to arrival. Being non-native to the Land of Sky proved to be a small hurdle that Marabelle had to overcome in the morning.

Waking up that morning, she did not foresee multiple stalls being reluctant to supply her with the goods necessary for the mission at hand. Eventually, she began to go down the rows of shops asking for various ingredients due to being told that one store or another was out of everything but one of the items she needed. This however did not deter the Everbloom as she approached the situation with grace, accepting what she could from where she could. Many shopkeepers had a look in their eyes that she was unsure if it was disdain or distrust, likely both in some combination even with Kaito's seal. There was not much that she could do other than be a force of good in the world and even if she opted not to use her strength to impose it, there was still much she could do without the support present. 'Imposing one's will onto the world can be done in more ways than one.' She thought to herself with a smile on her face.

Eventually, once she obtained all the items required she made her way to the orphanage to declare the meal was to be prepared with haste! Spending some time with the children first and learning a little bit more about their tastes, preferences, and assortment of various desires of consumption, Marabelle eased a lot of their concerns and promised them tasty treats that could not be beaten. Many asked about her status as a shinobi for Otogakure and with a level of reluctance, she was honest about her status as a Vagabond over a shinobi from the village, let alone a village. More questions became a bigger stick as they began to continue in the process of sorting through Marabelle as a person. Happy to oblige the curiosity, the Everbloom made sure that all questions had a suitable answer, if not a proper one. Knowing that not everything should be told to children, she kept their attention where it was best for their development. With story time done for now, it was time to seek aid in getting food made as it was a community process to help out others, and teaching such values to the kids of the orphanage would be a delight for the growth of the village.

First up to bat was the main meal course, pigs in a blanket. The Otogakuran Orphans were excited to hear about the process as Marabelle aimed to make the dough from scratch as the meat itself was best prepared by someone who knew what they were doing. With that in mind, however, she did make sure that all who were helping were able to do something to help make it go passing the time a lot faster with the enjoyment of the children appreciating the care. Staff members who were willing to help also contributed as others took the chance to relax from the normal chaos of the kids. Marabelle made sure to keep as many focused on her and her proceedings to help give the staff a much-deserved and needed break. Knowing that the world could be cruel to many and with Otogakure's recent venture into a major shinobi village, it was likely that the orphanage could become filled at a moment's notice. Having some tricks up their sleeves in times like this was vital for the overall happiness of all involved.

With the kids accounted for for the dough preparation, it was time to roll the piggies and get them tucked in to bake. A multitude of young children had fun singing songs and moved to maintain an irregular pace of rolling the mini-sausages into the dough triangles that were cut by other children. It was a wonderful process of practice and helping others that Maraelle was able to facilitate. With the pigs in blankets and the ovens on, it was time to prepare the after-snack snack, cookies! With more wet ingredients needed, Marabelle took a more proper lead this time, and only a handful of the orphans were allowed to help. With that and knowing that it would take time for the pigs in a blanket to bake, there was little concern for Marabelle. The Orphanage of Otogakure smelled wonderful through the nearby streets as Marabelle's secret ingredient to both of the recipes began to fill the air. Many shopkeepers stopped by to check on what was the change or development at the orphanage due to some skepticism by their own folly.

With the revelation of Marabelle's good-doings, it was obvious that the intention of the small vagabond was true. Apologies were offered and accepted though the sentiment was there, Marabelle tried to ease their concerns that they were just looking out for their village and it was nothing to be ashamed of. Once the pigs were out and distributed, the scent shifted to that of fresh baked goods with the cookies now baking. With the assortment of needs done and taken care of, Marabelle offered goodbyes to all the children who were present and helped including those who did not. She reminded them that everyone is capable of helping and not everyone was willing and that was okay. From there, Marabelle moved forward to meet up with the next part of the missions she had accepted today, helping escort a 'Jamil' around the village. Apparently, he had arrived a couple of days ago and was still present helping out. With a bodyguard needed, Marabelle offered to help with the escort detail.

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Upon arrival at the designated location for the escort, Marabelle stopped to smell the roses. The building itself that Marabelle approached appeared to her to be a floral garden or shop for the citizens of Otogakure. It smelt of fresh paint and recent summer blooms as the weather was cooling down. There was much to be enjoying about the situation for her until the escortee came out of the building in a fit. Apparently, the structure itself under his supervision had alterations that were passed through him. A light look of disgust found its way to her face as he loomed over the Everbloom and dismissed her as if just someone who was going to be shopping or visiting to smell the roses. Of which he wasn’t fully wrong but the quick dismissal when the shift change was to occur was a wild concept to the kunoichi.

Deciding it was best to leave the man to his antics, Marabelle took this opportunity to practice her sensory skills and general awareness of her surroundings as the man went about his business, entourage in tow, without waiting for a shinobi guard to be properly accompanying him. It was a wild antic to consider with the expectation that he was fine. As much as Marabelle's understanding of the village would leave such a man safe, it was best that he did not stir into boiling pots from residents at minimum. His vocalness about the structures and architecture within the village left many fuming and more simply agitated. As an outsider herself, the need to quell a village's rage towards a man was not her duty as long as it did not become violent. If that were to occur, then Marabelle would need to step in and act but until then, vulgarities aside, the mission was a simple one.

Deciding to figure out more about the man, she activated her Mind's Eye of the Kagura to get a sense of what the man was spewing was truthful to the intent he was proclaiming. It was an interesting thought as she shifted her focus to the group as a whole. Nothing surprising with almost everyone was consciously lying to the man but the interesting thing to note of her was that he was not. When he made a comment it was truly a part of his consciousness that it was the truth but that included his appreciation to the peers that followed which made things relatively sad in Marabelle's eyes. He himself was renown for his abilities and being followed by those he thought would be taking up his practices must be difficult to process or perhaps the man was just delusional. When they finally arrived a their destinated, a relatively well-kept shop stood before them with minor needs of adjusting and realistically was not in need of updating. When an elderly man stepped out of the business, Marabelle kept an eye to see what would happen next.

The conversation was a mixed bag of business discussions and other run-of-the-mill banter. To Marabelle's discovering, the old man was actually Jamil's teacher and part of the reason he came was to also visit the old man. His own entourage was a bit baffled that the pitstop they were making would be at such an individual's location as the structure itself was taken into review by the troupe of goons as the design style choices between teacher and student were usually akin but the two were so vastly different in preference and design. Once in the abode, the tea shop that the old man ran had a young woman behind the counter, slightly older than Marabelle's age. Giving a light wave, she returned it with a smile before looking towards the loud group and herself. Giving the shop attendant a shrug and weak smile, Marabelle approached her and struck up a conversation, holding her hands in her sleeves holding a seal for her technique, expanding it's radius to allow for better reach of her sensory skills.

The conversation about architecture with the tea being presented at this point through deduction and conversation, the mentor's granddaughter, the Everbloom had been enjoying her tenure as an escort within the village of Otogakure. There was thankfully no big stir so far from what she could tell and even those under the tutelage of Jamil himself had a shift from this encounter. Surely at this point, nothing could go wrong. At least that was running through her mind as she began to sense presence enclosing the shop itself. Encouraging the granddaughter to head into a back room, Marabelle leaped to determine the cause of the sudden influx of individuals beginning to circle the tea shop. Stepping out to the sound of chimes clanging to the wind's entrance, Marabelle simply spoke outwardly towards the individuals coming from, her hand still making the seal.

"First, 10 Meters, South-southwest. Second, 7 meters, due North. Third, 5 meters, East-northeast." She said without batting an eye and turning back inside in hopes that identifying them was more than enough to deter them from causing issues. With that, her senses indicated the trio rejoined together and left out of her range of detection. Giving a light nod to herself, she was aware the next shift to watch of Jamil would likely also be arriving soon. Likely aware of the shift of guardians, those against Jamil likely figured they might catch someone slipping up towards the end of the shift they were on. With her own proactiveness allowing her to avoid conflict, Marabelle figured to inform the next batch of shinobi who was to watch over the architect to be aware of what happened. Next up afterward was to assist with a rehab project for a restaurant

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At last, the final task of the day was upon the ever-young Marabelle. Restaurant work was not foreign to her as she had her fair share of jobs dealing with being wait staff or otherwise at places of wonderful local food, however, today was different. She would be helping with a rehab project that involved the reconstruction of such a structure rather than working within one. As much as physical labor was not out of the question for one such as herself, the interior design portion would likely be of more her strengths for the overall project but doing part of a job was not to her liking as she showed up right on time for the evening affairs. The order of operation for the rehab would be to remove all the furniture from the building first, get to cleaning the portions that are not going to be addressed, help with the deconstruction of the parts that are getting built over or upgraded, and then finally to restock the restaurant with better tables and equipment.

With the lead for the entire project conducting the orchestration of the tasks with specifications from a renowned architect, the Everbloom aided in what ways she could as the on-site medic should something happen that required immediate medical attention. As such her tasks specifically were the less problematic or prone to injury. It seemed the person at the helm was doing an exceedingly efficient job of maintaining the ever-flowing chaos that stemmed from such a large crew. There was much to be done and attempting to remedy issues as they came proved to slow down the progress of the team's attempts. With benchmark goals to attain, it was a hard and laborious project to undertake which is likely why the mission to get shinobi help was likely needed. While on the job Marabelle learned and discovered quite a bit of information such as the existence of this village was not a long lengthy history, it was new, fresh, and extremely community driven.

None of this surprised Marabelle in the slightest. There was much to consider from village to village as many people found sanctuary in them and to Marabelle's understanding of desires, this was not such a foreign concept to work around. With the knowledge that many people sought after villages for protection and policing within the land, it was not crazy to consider that the village also would be used as a mechanism for the improvement of lives within. Seeing the quality of some of the items being brought out to be requisitioned to others, the workmanship and care with the item itself indicated the village prior to gaining shinobis was at minimum well taken care of and the upkeep and management of it was high. There was no doubt that the village before the shinobis came was doing alright for itself but wondered how life would be different for them should not as friendly individuals decided this was their home now.

With the moving of furniture out of the restaurant, a shrill scream came from one of the laborers. Quick to react and to be present, Marabelle quickly began administering aid to the individual who had dropped lumbar on his leg, twisting it quite a bit. As much as she was aware that her Iryojutsu would be sufficient, a better check by a physician would be recommended. The worker elaborated on what happened as Marabelle healed the wounded leg from bending at an impossible 90-degree angle for the body. Giving a soft sigh and a gentle look at the worker, Marabelle broke the news a lot quieter than he had broken his leg. The realization dawned on him and nodded before getting help to have him move towards a local clinic for better assessment than a field medic. Once that injury was taken care of, more started happening due to some degree of concern and panic. The foreman for the renovation was quick to call a crew meeting to elaborate on what happened.

With the crew being eaten alive for their own idle minds, Marabelle chuckled to herself patching up a nasty cut one of the workers with a saw caused on themselves. Taking a technique second, practical medicine first approach, the Everbloom tended to all the workers at some point throughout the evening affairs as night began to crest on the horizon. With not much light left in the day, the shift that she had signed up for was nearing its end with the crew almost complete with the desired tasks for the day. The final step was to get the new tables, chairs, and equipment inside to be rearranged with some extra hands overnight to be ready come morning. With her own chakra reserves building up as she trained and focused on them, it was a bafflingly long time to see as most of the crew simply took the furniture inside and put it in the nearest available clearing.

With being a guest present at such a junction, it was not her responsibility to help correct the crew's actions as it appeared to her at minimum that they were taking the easy road to completion. Shaking her head, she began to move the furniture to what she deemed an appropriate section alongside organizing based on the furniture. Chairs with chairs, tables with tables, and kitchen equipment in the kitchen. The process of this did take some time but thankfully with furniture, most people were more aware of their physical limitations and less likely to injure themselves from tools. Soon enough with some of the crew following the organizational sense of Marabelle, all the new furniture was at a minimum within the restaurant itself for the overnight crew to take care of it from there. Clapping her hands for a job well done, dust splattered from her palms as it was a long overdue day for a nice refreshing shower.


[Exit]
WC: 3,001, TWC: 3,001 | TMWC: 3,001/3,000

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