"The Aeon" in my signature. Let's make this a lot of fun, RP and battle wise. I'm excited to see how much you've grown :x3:
Konoha's ANBU had a special request for Aigis. She was at their headquarters, sitting in the waiting room. Called after a couple of minutes, she entered the office of one of the ANBU commanders. However, something was different; the room was dark, and an oppressive feeling hung over her, as if pressing down. It was suspicious... Aigis kept her senses sharp.
"Greetings, Aigis. Come, sit." The voice came from the desk at the end of the office. Masked by the shadows, it belonged to what appeared to be a person, their silhouette revealing few features. If this didn't scream "sketchy", she wasn't sure what did. The voice almost sounded disguised: polite, yet full of underlying sinister intent...
"Good Evening, Commander. I am here on your request." Aigis replied with her laconic, direct voice.
"You received the briefing file?" straight and to the point.
"Yes, sir. If I'm correct, you've asked me to eliminate a certain missing-nin? I have two questions. Why me, and why? The details were unfortunately scarce."
The Shadowy figure stood up and began pacing a little.
"Our current ANBU units are currently preoccupied with other missions and tasked to capacity. We requested you solely because you have had personal contact with this individual and would therefore be able to find him."
Personal contact? Who... Aigis thought about who it could be, but before her thoughts collected, the Commander, still hidden, slid a picture of Carl Grimes across his desk, in front of Aigis, who was sitting on the other side.
Taking one look at the picture, she simply shook her head and stood up.
"I refuse, Commander. What threat does he pose?!" she began to sound a little desperate, trying to protect the one she saw like a little brother.
"We need a scapegoat. And Carl is growing at a rate to where he may become dangerous not only to himself, but to our village. Simply... a deterrent and precaution." he responded coolly.
Aigis slammed her hands onto the table. "This logic is twisted, Commander! We do not provoke! You step out of ANBU protocol, I'm reporting you to the Hokage!"
Just as she was about to leave, two ANBU crept out of the shadows and grabbed her, subduing her from any other movements, no matter how hard she struggled.
"You have no choice in the matter. You'll be doing the kid a favor, letting him die at the hands of someone he holds dear."
"This won't go through.. -ugh- ... when they find out..."
The Commander stepped out of the Shadows a little, revealing some of his features and the lower half of his face.
"They won't. It's unfortunate I can't convince you to work with us, given your loyalty, but you present an opportunity to try out some experimental technology..."
While Aigis was struggling, the Commander reached out his hand and placed a paper with seal markings on Aigis's forehead. It felt a little hot.
"What... what is this?! I am loyal, but I won't let such underhanded act- ugh!!"
"Relax, young Mandalore." he said, almost whispering.
With her expression one of complete surprise, Aigis stopped struggling as seal markings started encroaching from the paper across her forehead. Her eyes rolled up a little.
On the Commander's forehead, a symbol for "Root" could be seen on his forehead protector.
And then, everything went blank.
Dear Carl,
There's a nice marsh on the outskirts of Konoha that I want to explore as a potential training ground for future students. Please come visit and help me survey the land so we can determine how to allocate this properly. It would be very beneficial, and perhaps we could train a little there as a 'stress test' of sorts.
Aigis
The groundwork for a trap was set. Aigis, in a hooded cloak, stood in a clearing in the rainforest.