but your numbers are dwindling now; (SEMI-OPEN)

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Who: Sakura & others.
When: December 9 - 10, pretty much everything the day of and after her arrival.
Where: Residential District, Entertainment District, Shopping District, & The Research & Technology District aka pretty much everywhere.
What: Getting used to everything so she's not completely out of her element, Sakura spends the next couple days avoiding sleepovers and spam messages in favor of catching up with those from home.
Rating/Warning: PG13

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Feel free to tag any of the open top-levels if you want to develop CR or message me for a closed prompt of your own.

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❀ CERES GARDENS; open to anyone

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[ With the possibilities of useful herbs in the garden, it didn't take Sakura long to set aside time for a visit. While there were many couples strolling through and enjoying the sights, she was clearly traveling alone. Looking beyond the paths at the unfamiliar, but healthy enough foliage at the stuff growing in deeper, her focus isn't to relax. She's here to gather.

When she's not stepping out of the way of others on the path, Sakura can be found doing a number of peculiar things that force her to stand out:

    (A) Crossing a large pool of water by walking on top of it. How is she doing it and why aren't there any ripples? She's that good.
    (B) Walking up alongside a tree trunk vertically as if it's no big deal. She might even stop mid-climb and wave at someone who calls up to her. What's up? Oh, it's her.
    (C) Carefully trimming a plant into a container before she tucks it away in the bag she's brought with her. Might want to stop her before security catches her.

Not that she's too busy to stop and speak with people. There's nothing about her that suggests she's hostile or dangerous, just curious much like a child in a new playground might be. ]

a!

[snakebait]

[ ...Well that isn't he's used to seeing. He looks between her and the water, then bends down to touch it. It gives obvious ripples. Huh. ]

How're you doing that?

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[ By now it's second nature so she doesn't understand his question until he dips a hand into the water. Then it clicks in her mind, causing her to laugh nervously at the display. Oops. ]

By concentrating chakra to the bottom of my feet to repel the water to keep myself afloat. The skill itself isn't all that difficult to master provided you already have good chakra control. [ It's cool, everyone has chakra and this isn't strange at all. ]

[snakebait]

[ He understood like half of that. Or something. ]

Chakra?

[ No, this is totally strange, lady. ]

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[ It really is... ] Chakra, you know?

Or maybe you don't. That explains so much about this place.

[snakebait]

I have no idea what that is.

So how do you do it?

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Do you want me to teach you? [ She's still under the impression that people here can be taught to be shinobi, having not see much to prove otherwise. ]

It'll be difficult since you're old, but with enough hard work you can do anything.

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[ O-old? Okay, so he knows he's still alive when he was supposed to die, but he's only 20 years old.

Slightly grumpy now. ]

I'm not sure anymore.

b!

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[ Whether unconscious or not, his eyes are trained on Sakura as leisurely strolls up at a ninety-degree angle, her ramrod-straight spine perpendicular with the trunk with an instinctive finesse — something felt rather than seen, something bizarre he can't pinpoint that draws his attention better than the amusement park ever did (although it might've just been the fear talking, as he'd been plenty mesmerized shrieking his head off in the ferris wheel and funhouse, respectively). Coming to a standstill mid-step, Makoto remains stationary, rooted at the spot until she pauses mid-climb to wave, and he takes the opportunity to cup his hands around his mouth and call out to her. ]

... Wow, that's really neat! How did you do that?

[ It's not exactly a helpless shrug, but he affects the nuances of one, head bobbing and eyes blown wide. ]

Are you practicing for a magic show of some sort?

sorry for the delay I went on hiatus shortly after this post :(

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A magic show? [ It's only proper to turn around and address who you speak with so Sakura does that with ease, facing both him and the ground without fear of falling. Nothing here seems to have messed with her abilities too badly, but she'll continue to monitor them in the meantime.

Sakura's quick to raise a hand and wave as a greeting before stepping down. ]

A magic show? Isn't that sort of thing make-believe?

nbd!! pick-up/drop as necessary, i hope your hiatus went well

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[ He's incredulous as it is, watching her defy the laws of physics with the sweeping ease of a tightrope walker fixed in the art of balance, but he's even more stumped by her complete insouciance. Momentarily fizzling out of nothing but plain bewilderment before his eyes widen considerably as he stares at her feet before refocusing his gaze, like he half-expects her to sprout wings and glide into the air. ]

Wait, you mean you're actually doing that? There aren't any tricks?