All in a Day's Work

Missions:

It was time... After having spent a few months of in the Academy Suraida had been approached by his instructor wanting him to do a select number of missions. "To give you a head start in the life of a Shinobi once you get your headband." his instructor told him. "These missions are among the easiest you'll ever take so you won't have to worry about doing anything dangerous. We'll give you three to complete for today. They will mainly be collection and delivery missions so you should be able to get them done before the end of the day. Once you do fill out the reports I gave you and turn them in before sunset. Make sure you leave no detail out." In his pocket the scrolls he was supposed to write his reports in clinked around as he pulled one out to see what his first ever mission was going to be. The sun was set at high noon, resting right above him as he stood by the entrance of the academy, as he was able to read the words put on the scroll clearly which gave him his objective: flower picking. He was to get a set of flowers for the nearby florist who needed to make a big bouquet for someone. Luckily they had already placed the flowers they needed on the scroll as well as where they could be found.

Taking the locations of the flowers into heart he put the scroll back into his pocket and looked at his watch. He had five hours to get everything done and get his reports turned in. By his calculations he would be able to complete the flower mission in a matter of minutes. Probably fifteen minutes or maybe even twenty but considering this was a mission that needed to be done ASAP he could waste no time calculating how long the other missions would take thus he quickly started running along the streets of the village to the first location: 'Tiger Lily - Often grows in the shades of trees that surround the Leaf's training field.' It wasn't that much of a run to the training field from the academy, especially given Suraida's speed, as he made his way outside the boundaries of the village and rushed to the training field and began to hunt for the flowers he needed at the base of trees around the area. It didn't take long for him to pick enough of the flower that he needed as he suddenly realized he didn't have anything to safely transport the flowers in. If he put them in his pocket they would get crushed.

Thus he decided it was time to use a technique that he had been practicing and learning for the past week as he brought up his hands to form the necessary hand seals and placed the four flowers he had collected into tiny green colored balls that dissolved into thin air allowing him to move about freely without worrying of damaging the fragile blooms. With that he took off towards his next destination... and the next... and the next until he had all the necessary flowers that he needed. He made his way quickly over to the flower shop he was supposed to turn everything into as he quickly brought the flowers out from within the space pocket he had put them in and set them on the counter before the shopkeeper. After receiving a quick word of thanks Suraida made his way to his next destination which was inside of a nearby park. He could feel the sweat forming across his body as he was getting plenty of exercise with all his running while in the direct ray of the sun as he made his way into the park and felt envy towards everyone sitting on the park benches. He wanted to have a seat so bad, but he needed to finish these missions as quickly as he could.

He would thus move as quickly as he could around the field, picking up leaf after leaf, as he used his storage displacement technique to free up his hands whenever he needed to. Once he was done with one park he would move on to the next and proceed doing the same strategy cleaning up the parks of the fallen leaves from the trees that rose above them. Considering that the season was reaching the end of Fall the trees had become quite barren of their leaves thus there were quite a few to pick up in each park that Suraida visited. He could feel his back stiffening up from all the hunching over he had to do as he transported another set of leaves into thin air and stretched out his back in relief. Yet another mission was complete though this one took him two hours to get through as he now only had a little over two hours to get the last one done. He would thus walk along the streets of the village towards his next destination all as the smells of delicious food reached his nostrils causing his stomach to growl begging him to pick up something to eat first.

He patted his empty belly in anguish. "Give me just a few more hours, stomach." he spoke to his protesting organ. "I'll get something after I finish our day." It didn't help that this last mission was going to involve him to get a chicken which made his mouth water at the concept of getting something nicely fried later on. He was so hungry he could almost smell the chicken... in fact it almost sounded like he could hear the chicken, too! He looked around as he saw a chicken roaming along the streets heading towards a vegetable stand which made Suraida smile wide. He was going to finish this one in record time as he rushed over to the chicken and made to grab it. The chicken, however, proved to be too fast as it took off and dodged his dive as he fell to the ground watching the chicken hobble quickly away from him. He quickly got up and chased the chicken, his eyes fired up with determination, as he followed the chicken around corners and through the people that populated the street as he couldn't understand how the heck a chicken was so dang fast!

It would take him a good ten minutes before he finally cornered the chicken and caught it, causing him to celebrate, as he rushed down the street towards the farmer who had lost the chicken. Handing it back to the farmer he was thanked for his service, getting a weird look from all the dirt he had accumulated from his missions as well as the chicken chase, as he walked away in order to find himself a quiet spot to reflect on his day as well as fill out the reports as he was commanded to. He hopped up and off the walls of nearby buildings in order to reach the tall rooftops of one of them as he found that he had plenty of time to fill out his reports. He brought out a pen and began filling out the spaces provided in the scrolls for him to provide the notes of his reports. The sun was slowly creeping towards the horizon as he started writing down the events of his missions and the cool air was steadily becoming colder. He could feel his skin starting to form goosebumps, the sweat that stuck to his skin causing him to shiver a bit, as he wrote down what he needed to as quickly as possible.

Once he was done he got up from his seat along the rooftop side of the building and hopped from rooftop to rooftop towards the academy in order to complete his task. He made his way quickly to his classroom where his instructor waited and turned in the reports while also getting a bag from nearby and dumping all the leaves he had collected and stored in his space distortion into it. The instructor smiled softly to the clearly tired Suraida. "Good work, Suraida." he said. "You completed your tasks in a accurate and timely manner. What we expect from ninja worthy of their titles. How about I treat you to some food as a way to say congratulations on completing the first of many of your missions?" It was an offer Suraida couldn't refuse as he was absolutely elated to accept the instructor's offer and they made their way to a nice fried chicken joint. It would be there that the instructor treated Suraida to a nice meal... and regretted that decision as Suraida was hungry enough to eat the restaurant's whole stock of food. After dinner the two parted ways as Suraida made his way back home, his stomach churning the multiple pounds of chicken he had eaten, as he was going to have a nice time digesting it all. He deserved it... after all another day of ninja training would be waiting for him again tomorrow.

WC: 1,517

Claiming 15 stats to allocate towards Vigor, Chakra, and Speed (5 each) as well as the jutsus Transformation (250 WC), Tree Climbing/Surface Walking (250 WC), Gen Release (Both the tech and mastery for no handseals; 500 WC), and Storage Displacement (500 WC). Also claiming mission rewards: 3,000 Ryo and 15 bonus AP.