Monkey Business [Group]

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Kokoro yawned loudly as she made her way out of her house, rubbing her eyes a little as she adjusted to the morning sunlight. Its rays were always unforgiving, or at least it seemed that way to her. She hadn't slept well the night before, or rather any night for the past week, laying on her bed and thinking about her new life. She had moved in with her brother at his home, that was apparently shared with many other people as well. It wasn't that she minded having to share a house with strangers, seeing that Sojiro was a stranger to her still and it wasn't really her house. But the big estate made her feel a little more lonely than she would have liked to admit. The girl had expected something different perhaps, had expected to make close bonds with the people who lived there. Instead she found that she lodged there like a roommate, instead of like family. Kokoro hadn't seen her brother for weeks and neither Gen and there seemed to be a mysterious woman that she only saw maybe once in passing.

The world was strange...

She took out one of her canon-sized rice balls and began to eat it as she walked, or rather stuff her face. It was accurate to say that she redefined the notion of walking and eating, inhaling platefuls of food without even batting an eye usually. She wasn't unaccustomed to the stares she got from the villagers, probably a little bit freaked out at how much, how quickly and how not like a lady she ate. So it was no strange feeling for her to feel the sets of eyes looking at her and the frowns of the older generation, all whispering to one another about how she shouldn't be eating and walking at the same time. But to her, food was everything, and when she was hungry, there was no stopping her from satisfying that appetite. It was only a miracle that she remained slim, or rather never got fat. The girl was wearing her usual black trench coat, over top a black dress, her wakizashi sheathed under the belt of her coat. Apparently she was going on a mission today...with who she didn't know. By now she was used to not knowing who her partners were for missions, not bothering to waste her breath to ask the administrations people anymore. She merely accepted the fact that she was either going to be pleasantly or unpleasantly surprised. Kokoro would make her way to the business district of Nikkousato,

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Kokoro had just finished polishing off her giant rice ball when she reached the business district. It was like the name suggested, a district filled with salary men, tall buildings and market vendors. It was bustling with activity, her eyes vaguely scanning the area. It looked relatively peaceful, at least from the surface. Many office workers were enjoying their lunch breaks, vendors busy selling goods, and the entire district seemed lively and...normal. It was hard for her to imagine that there would be anything amiss despite what the mission scroll had said. She would still be deep in thought when she heard a voice, a familiar one she hadn't heard in a very long time. Without even shifting her gaze, she recognized that it belonged to Arashi, the man who had been her first mission partner. It seemed like forever since that day and she was quite glad to see him again.

The girl nodded to him and gave him a warm smile, warmer than she would give others. The Inukura was relieved that he was going to be her partner for this mess, since she at least knew that he was someone she could count on. Her facial expressions also softened when she heard the meow of a cat, and then was introduced to him as Arashi's pet. Although not very fond of animals herself, she had to admit that Amy was cute. The girl would lightly ruffle the top of Amy's head, petting it very so gently, and giving him the same smile she had just given his owner. Kokoro couldn't imagine owning a pet herself but was always hapy to see other people's pets. Turning to face the bustling streets before them once more, she would look for signs of any disturbances or disruptions. So far there was none. "Looks like we're going to have to wait for these monkeys...." the girl would whisper more to herself than to her partner, the ten tags she had gotten for the mission inside the pocket of her trench coat.