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[ura_no_ura]

[ Well, it seems he's got the basics down.

This isn't the afterlife, even if Kakashi's not entirely sure if he's actually still alive. And the wings don't do anything other than serve a mostly ornamental purpose. Which, in his book, means that they're completely useless and have about as much function as a second belly-button or a third nipple. Either way, they're itchy and uncomfortable and he had to cut holes in his flak vest so they weren't crushed against his body. A flak vest that was kindly delivered to him by his sensei, along with the rest of his gear. (He's only too relieved that it wasn't Naruto or Sakura or someone else who came across him when he was still in that relative state of undress -- what, without the mask and all.)

So here he is, fully dressed, with his journal-cum-communication device in his hand, flipped on. He supposes he should say hello this way since it would be easier to do this than to hunt down every shinobi of Konoha individually. It probably would also be useful for him to introduce himself to the rest of the network as well.

He's sitting on a tree stump while Minato goes off to do something IDEK ok and has his signature I Am Bored expression on his face. Or rather, lack of expression.

The edges of his wings, silver and tipped in black, flutter slightly. ]

Ah, is this thing on?

[ He brings the camera a little closer then, to make sure it's properly capturing him. Once he's sure, he raises a hand in something of a wave.

This is starting to feel like some sort of speed dating thing, minus the actual person sitting in front of him. Not that he's ever actually done speed dating, but he assumes that's how it'd work. ]

Yo. My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm a shinobi by trade.

[ What does one say in introductions? Likes, dislikes, dreams, and hobbies? Ah, he supposes he can do that. ]

I'm not the kind of guy who talks about his likes and dislikes... My dreams are...hmm.... [ a beat ] none of your business. And I have many hobbies. None of which I want to tell you.

[ Another beat. ]

Any questions?

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[breezing]

[ ...That doesn't make her look any more impressed, not that he was trying for that. ]

No! That's where you at least say your favorite color, Kakashi! Like, maybe it can be green! Because of the leaf. That feels green to me unless we're talking about autumn leafs which are allllllllllll sorts of colors like red and yellow and orange and brown and usually brown isn't pretty but I think it's really pretty in the fall you know? And some of them are still green but fading and that's cool to watch, and the edges all curl up...

[ ...wait what was her point again. ]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Yeah, just this face. Continuing to stare. ]

[breezing]

Hey, what happened to your eye? Are you a pirate ninja?

[ Detouring into another topic without warning: go. ] Shikamaru never said anything about pirate ninjas.

[ura_no_ura]

[ Is she going to just go on forever like this...? Maybe if he ignores her long enough she'll go away... ]

[breezing]

Do you like starfish? The other pirate Katara knows got us one for Katara's birthday last year so he's like a year old now, and his name is Prince Petunia. You can meet him sometime if you ask really nicely!

I AM LAUGHING MY ASS OFF.

[ura_no_ura]

[ ...Prince Petunia? ....starfish? Pirates?






... okay then. ]

HE HASN'T TOLD HER TO GO AWAY SPECIFICALLY YET, so she assumes he wants to hear this

[breezing]

His actual name is Prince Enrique Tenzin Ulberto Naoi Indigo Aang, but we call him Prince Petunia for short! He's really a fun starfish I love him a lot did you know that starfish eat meat though??? They're CARNIVORES. And predators! Of the sea!

I think that's pretty cool even though I don't eat meat 'cause airbender. Do you think a giant starfish would eat people then? Because we're kinda meat right?

HAHA I DONT KNOW IF HE WILL SO THIS WILL JUST KEEP GOING OH MY GOSH

[ura_no_ura]

[ Little girls appear to have very active imaginations. She looks about six or seven to him. Maybe eight.

Kakashi certainly wasn't that imaginative when he was a child. But then, he never really did have a childhood.

Must be nice to spend your childhood playing with starfish and coming up with whimsical names for them. Huh.

He's a little curious just how long this girl will ramble on for. Surely, she'll get bored of him just staring at her, right? ]

[breezing]

I think they might eat people! But not nice people. 'Cause like I feed Petunia every day so I think if he were going to eat anyone, he would eat someone who wasn't me, don't you? Because you just don't eat the people who feed you! That's just plain rude.

Hey, do you have any pets, Mister?

[ura_no_ura]

[ Hmm, Kakashi has two choices. Either he can engage her and see where this goes, or stare at her and see where it goes.

Either way wouldn't hurt much, and besides, it's not like Kakashi has a war to get back to or anything right now. ]

I have a pack of dogs.

[ He finally says after a long moment of deliberation. ]

There's eight of them.

[breezing]

What're their names?

[ura_no_ura]

Ah, let's see... There's Pakkun, Akino, Bisuke, Urushi, Shiba, Guruko, Uuhei, and Bull.

[ He counts them off one by one. ]

[breezing]

How'd you come up with all those names? Like, are they named for people or?

[ura_no_ura]

Mm, some of them are named after their breeds, others are just named after their personality or the way they look.

[breezing]

Are any of them girls?

[ura_no_ura]

No, they're all boys.

[breezing]

Why? Do you not like girls?