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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?

Comments

[tsunderebunny]

'It's possible' means that there's a chance you won't have to return to duty. Since you seem to enjoy you're work, it's good that you might be able to continue. A career change can't be very easy for those who have done it. You won't have to deal with that stress.

[ura_no_ura]

I wouldn't quite call it a career... Or work, for that matter.

[ A career is something you can walk away from. Work is something you get paid for. Something that you do. It's a choice. Kakashi never had a choice. He's been a shinobi since the age of five, fighting in wars and killing men three times his size. It's the only way of living he really knows. ]

[tsunderebunny]

[Barnaby would sympathize on some of these points if he knew them. His twenty-year hunt for his parents' murderer, though willful, blinded him to other possibilities and opportunities. Now, after finding that resolution...

what else was there?]

Mm? What do you call it?

[He was genuinely curious about this matter.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi smiles.

He's very, very good at smiling. ]

Life.

[tsunderebunny]

[Barnaby would smile, but it didn't seem appropriate.]

Life? [That made him want to ask even more questions, but it was unfair to do on the man's first day in.]

That is one way of doing things.

[ura_no_ura]

[ If Barnaby is very good at reading people, he might be able to tell Kakashi's smile is a little too well practiced. Too perfect. ]

Maa, I guess you can say that. The village I'm from... it's predominately a ninja village. The military base for Fire Country.

[tsunderebunny]

[Barnaby used the same kind of smile everytime he was on camera, every time he interacted with someone who wasn't a coworker. Clearly, he had met a kindred spirit in this man.]

Interesting. I've never heard of anything like that before.

[ura_no_ura]

Where I'm from, most countries rely upon a ninja village like my own as its military strength, except for a few of the smallest countries. It's quite common.

[ He's actually a bit surprised that it isn't like that elsewhere. But he supposes not every world would have ninja... ]

[tsunderebunny]

Then war must be fairly common too.

[It seemed to be a common thread on the journals. He counted himself lucky that there weren't any major wars in his world that affected him...even if the 'small' scale duties of fighting crime and tearing through a complicated web of lies and conspiracies were dangerous in their own right.]

...that's unfortunate.

[ura_no_ura]

It is.

[ Both fairly common and unfortunate. Kakashi's lived through far too much war in his lifetime. And even those moments of peace couldn't really be called that. Not really. Not for someone like him. ]

Is it peaceful, where you're from?

[tsunderebunny]

Perhaps, by your definition. [Because he currently couldn't fathom what Kakashi's definition of the term was. Clearly his Konohagakure was far more intense than anything in Sternbild.]

But, I did work to protect the peace. It involved preventing crime, and it gave the people living in Sternbild some peace of mind.

[Sorry, Kakashi. Openly admitting that he was the King of Heroes wasn't on his agenda.]

[ura_no_ura]

Preventing crime, hmm? Were you part of the police force?

[tsunderebunny]

[He smiled.]

Something like that. I helped take care of crimes that were beyond the police's ability to handle.

[ura_no_ura]

Special forces, then.

[tsunderebunny]

hm. Close enough.

[If using his NEXT abilities to stop criminals with NEXT abilities while on live television counted. He would prefer to avoid explaining HeroTV to anyone-- it was complicated.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi can respect a man who is part of special forces to help apprehend criminals. It seems like a noble thing to do. And he can also understand why it'd be quite stressful. ]

Is that what you do here, too?

[tsunderebunny]

[Barnaby only gave him the abridged version. The full story is where the real stressors were hidden-- and there is nothing noble about doing something like that as a job.]

I retired, remember? It's a lifestyle that I could break out of, so I did.

...there's not much in the way of crime here, which would force me to make a career change anyway.

[ura_no_ura]

Mm, I see.

[ Retiring from special forces doesn't mean retiring from law enforcement though. Kakashi had been, for all intents and purposes, part of Konoha's special forces for quite some time and had retired. But only back to the capacity of an active non-special force shinobi. ]

How do you spend your time, then?

[tsunderebunny]

...I have many hobbies.

[Lies. He had none.]

But, those are none of your business.

[He just had to throw Kakashi's line back at him. His current pursuit of the truth, even if it was just a shadow in the twilight, didn't need anyone else involved. Yet.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi makes an amused sound, something of a snort of laughter and a hum as he nods. ]

Very well then.

[tsunderebunny]

[Barnaby smiled.]

I can help you with anything you need, Kakashi-san, if it's something I can do. This place does take some getting used to.

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi smiles in return, giving a slight nod of thanks. ]

Mm, thanks, Barnaby-san. I'll keep that in mind.