Supply Depot Destruction (Group Mission w/ Ami Hyuuga)

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Ami had received a similar cream coloured envelope, slid under her door in the Hyuuga compounds. It had come most likely from within her own home, as no messenger from the outside would be able to get this close to her room. The girl had just come back from a training session, her hand immediately reaching for the envelope that was lying at the entrance of her room as she entered. Envelopes and scrolls often meant missions and although she had done one after another in a very short time span, she was still intrigue to know its details. Opening it, she studied the contents carefully, and was surprised that it was so detailed, as it explained where and what her mission was. As well as who she was paired with, an unfamiliar name. A new shinobi? Or simply a person she had never met before? Ami stood there pondering for a moment, before she studied the information she was given. Sobek River wasn't unfamiliar to her, having done a few missions there herself, and there seemed to be this supply house that a group of bandits had created. It was up to her and her partner to destroy it, it seemed.

Shouldn't be too difficult...

The girl pondered about the location, recreating a visual image of what it looked like. It was an alcove by the river, and she immediately thought about the surrounding waters. If they could use the water well and to their advantage, perhaps they would be able to ambush the bandits if they could get them onto the shore. That would require some planning, perhaps, as Ami took her weapons. She had her weapon pouch, which consisted of her basic weapons of kunai, shuriken, explosive tags and shuriken. She would also wear her flak jacket over her black dress, as a means of extra protection perhaps, her two katana sheathed tightly under her pink obi and her pouch strapped to her left thigh. She wasn't one for fashion and was perfectly content with simple and monotone clothing. The Hyuuga would make her way to the Administration headquarters, which was the meeting place detailed in the envelope. It was rare for her to meet her partners at the headquarters, often meeting them at the location of the mission or near the village gates. Perhaps it was for pre-planning and the building itself was a good place for discussions...much better than by the river.

Her pink hair tied with a silky red sash, she made her way to the meeting place. She had chosen to wear her light blue contacts today, knowing that she would simply take them off if she needed to use her Byakugan at any point. Ami had no idea who her partner was going to be and so was a little puzzled when she entered the building. She would see a relatively strange man, in a cloak with a hood that covered most of his face as she walked in. And there seemed to be nobody that she could see who could and would fit as her potential partner, her eyes scanning the others who were either chatting or busy working. The girl would walk up to the man, and as she neared, she would be taken aback by the mask that covered his face. She had never seen someone in such strange attire before, approaching him slowly. Once she was within one meter distance from him, she would speak, her voice slightly above a whisper, "Are you here for a mission?" her words were careful, not wanting to give away the details of her mission in case he was not her partner. Her eyes would continue to look at his mask, taking in everything about it quietly.

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Ami took note of his seriousness, something that was not usually seen in recently promoted Genin nowadays. The girl listened to what he had to say, and nodded her head appropriately, slightly surprised at his suggestion of going through the mission details at a conference room. She smiled, appreciating his attitude towards his missions. She had never conducted serious preparation for her missions before, her other partners almost always choosing to improvise. As he took off his mask to reveal his face, her eyes would meet his tired ones, taking in his features and his brown hair. Although curious as to why he wore a mask, she would not dwell on the subject. Everyone had their own little quirks, her wearing blue contacts not much better. As he replaced the mask back on his face, she would smile at him, this time a warmer smile.

Ami would lead the way to one of the conference room on the second room, knowing that at least one of them would be empty for them to use, all the while still listening to the man detail his plan of approach. Yes, it seemed like a safe approach, securing the entrance and exits. "Do you have the map with you? We can take a look at the number of possible exits and leave just one open for the bandits. Because we don't know the extent of the supply house, it might be better to force them to shore and take care of them there." By then they had reached one of the empty rooms, and turning on the light, she would close the door behind her. It was a regular meeting room with a big round wooden desk fit for perhaps twenty people. Pondering for a moment, she would add cautiously, "We can do this in two parts or we can divide the work so that one of us can take care of the supply house and one of us can take care of the bandits...." her voice trailed as she was lost in thought.

"What do you think?"

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The girl was a little more surprised the more she listened and watched Senkou. Not only was he different from anyone she had ever met before in appearance, the man was so oddly detailed and observant that it scared her just a little. Ami wasn't frightened, so to speak, rather too surprised that someone could be as organized and level-headed as he was, drawing arrows and speaking about the possible ways for them to approach the mission simultaneously. She recognized that she paled in comparison, being much more of a spontaneous kind of woman who improvised along the way. She had never once studied a map of a place and taken a marker to circle the important points like he did. Perhaps she should learn from him, the Hyuuga thought to herself, actively listening to every word he spoke. It was always preferred to be prepared and to be detailed, two things that Ami was not particularly strong at. So it was a good thing she had Senkou as a partner for the mission, she supposed.

"I think you're right. You've pretty much covered everything I had in mind and more. I honestly have nothing to add." She would lightly refuse the marker the man handed to her, instead looking at the various markings now on the map. Ami agreed that they had best go to the site itself, knowing that the best way to know a place was to actually see it. She would roll up the map and handed it to Senkou, since it had been his. The two of them would make their way out of the conference room and subsequently out of the building and onto the busy streets of Gekkousato. The air of mystery that surrounded her partner was something that intrigued yet somewhat disturbed her. She wondered if she would be able to get to know him, if only a little, while they traveled to their mission destination. Ami would walk alongside the man, still a little conscious of the fact that he was wearing his mask, but decided to not ask about it while they made their way to the village gates.