niceguypose | Twelfth Gate [Video/Action]

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[And here is a bushy-browed youth addressing the video feed, with a mix of anticipation and dread.]

Greetings, people of Luceti! Rock Lee here! Currently, I am training hard so that I can try my hand at becoming a jounin! I would be glad to accept any and all training partners. However... Please only see me before the fourteenth!

After all, I must warn all newer people of the holiday that is coming... the day of the Valentines. On such a day, the Malnosso have been known to use their shifts to twist our emotions! They force on us... the feeling of love! Those who were caught under the mistletoe may have some idea of this effect...

My advice, is to exercise caution! In fact, I intend to seal myself within the Battle Dome once the time comes until I am certain it is over! Please do not come to find me. Alternatively, if you do find me, and I seem to be under the effect of the shift, I ask you to do all that you can to overpower me and keep me restrained until it passes! I thank you all in advance...

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[Basically, Lee can be found doing waiting at Seventh Heaven, while training at the same time. He can otherwise be found performing intense training around the village, within the Fllame Building or the forest, or at the Battle Dome.]

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[ A nod. ]

How many other predictable experiments are there?

There tends to be some kind of experiment that coincides with a present-giving holiday in December. The experiments during that time usually have a theme of mild affection and receiving presents from the Organization. ...Some years are better than others, with the presents.

Then there's an experiment that's occurred around the turn of the year that leads to a village-wide blackout of sorts. You may recall a time when you could not remember what you were doing for an entire day or two.

[A pause.]

That's about it. There have been experiments that have repeated in the past, but not to the frequency of the ones I've mentioned.

Mm, I remember Christmas [and the mistletoe] and the blackout. [ Which was a bit alarming, but not quite as alarming as the mistletoe. ]

Other experiments occur at random, then.

[ It's more of a question than a statement. ]

With seemingly random effects, yes. They were more frequently done in the first year or two. Now that the Organization is making use of the village for their drafts and missions, the experiments are less frequent.

[He shakes his head once, dismissively.]

Not that one would know if they had appeared sometime during winter.

...in the first year or two, huh. So you've been here since the beginning.

[He smirks faintly at that, his tone wry as he tilts his head.]

Yes, that's right. I'm the longest remaining resident in Luceti for this cycle.

[ Now that gets Kakashi's attention. He pauses for a moment, then sends a filtered message. ]

Is that so.

In that case, if you have some time, I was wondering if you might be open to a meeting.

[ After all, the alliance Kakashi has in mind wouldn't be much of an alliance without knowledge. And from what Kakashi can tell, if Albert has been at Luceti since the beginning, he would be able to contribute tremendously on that front. ]

[He takes a moment to study the filter, somewhere between amused and pleased by its complexity. It would have been incredibly negligent on his behalf to not have noticed Kakashi's call to action from the other day.

It seemed the man was at least as deliberate as his title would have one assume.]

About your call for an alliance, I presume?

[ "Deliberate" is perhaps, a very good word to describe him. Kakashi rarely does anything unless there's a reason for it. ]

That would be correct.

[Inwardly, he had looked at the idea of the alliance with the wryness of a man who had seen groups come and go in Luceti. Even the SOS Brigade, which had faded since its heyday, was all but officially obsolete with Haruhi having disappeared.

But he certainly wouldn't stop a group from forming. Such movements raised the morale of the entire village.]

Then certainly. Whenever you are ready.

I am available now to meet, if you are.

[He takes a brief look around the tea shop. Well, it was about time for him to leave, anyway.]

The Welcome Center, in the plaza. We can go elsewhere from there.

Alright. I'll be there in a bit.

[ And with that Kakashi shuts the journal and heads off to meet Albert. ]

((ooc: continued here ))

Edited 2014-02-12 00:57 (UTC)

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[voice | filtered 100% unhackable ] should i take this to albert's appointments post? XD

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[voice | filtered 100% unhackable ] will post on your appointments