Red in the morning, all are mourning, red at night, Aisuko's delight

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OOC: I suppose this can be open, but I'm going to post whenever I feel like it. So if you join, know that I may put up several posts before you even get a chance to look at it. If you want a plot line or something instead of something random, contact me first

IC: Shortly after the WT had the good graces to heal her to perfection, Aisuko decided to calm herself of her loss at the WT by painting another town red. It was a little farming village, with about 100 people in it on any given day. It would be a nice little town to plunder for crimson gold, but she may as well stock up on supplies while she was here.

She entered the village and headed toward the local merchant. It was a wide array of interesting merchandise, not that Aisuko had any thoughts of actually buying anything. Swords, ninja equipment, medicine, bandages, and preserved food abounded. It was all pretty interesting, but a lot of it was stuff she already had or didn't want anyway.

What a bore... she thought as she exitted, attaching a tag to the bottom of a stool. She'd explode it later, for now, she was going to go shop for some new clothes. Yes these ones, though newly repaired, were starting to be so... dull.

Hopefully they have something good.

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It was a short walk to the clothing store section of the town. There were only two dealers, each competing with the other for customers and conveniently right across from the other.

Left or right?
Left

She entered the building calmly and raised no alarms, for the Henge I neglected to mention earlier maintained her civilian and non-threatening appearance. A wolf in sheep's clothing who wanted to get more clothes. How nice.

Luckily there weren't too many brightly colored clothes around. Bright colors just didn't hide well and she was a creature of the forest. The only use bright colors were to here was to signify she was poisonous, and other shinobi didn't care about that, so dark colors it was. She went around the aisles lazily, having a look at all the fashions she could possibly wear.

Too dull, too big, too small, too icky, soooooooooo not flattering

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She continued on this way for a couple more sections of the store, before she accidentally... no... some kid accidentally ran into her.

"Excuse me," the young boy said before trying to run off again. But Aisuko wouldn't let him and instead grabbed him forcefully by the arm and yanked him back. Luckily the boy was timid and did not yell out in surprise but merely looked at Aisuko in scared surprise.

He was so young, she thought. Easy prey but prey nontheless. You didn't go after tough meals unless you had to or wanted some extra fun. So before the poor kid could blink, his throat was gashed and he dropped to the floor. If anybody had been around there might have been some commotion, but the store was fairly quiet right now.

Aw man... his blood ruined a perfectly good tank top she thought in disgust before tossing the piece of clothing to the ground.

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Aisuko wondered throughout most of the store, her henge reformed after realizing she needed to hide the blood that had splattered over her. She couldn't have the townsfolk freaking out about some murderer walking around in plain sight just yet, but a little fear was good. Thus she wouldn't mind when some poor lady shrieked in horror at the sight of the slain little boy. Her mother? No matter, she had shopping to do.

Having a pair of clothing or two hidden underneath her henge, she decided to enter the store across the street and continue searching for some clothes. This store had a much larger shoe collection than the other one, so she decided to start there first. After all, no outfit was truly complete without a matching pair of shoes. Preferably combat heels, or heels that could be made into combat heels. Or maybe even she would go with regular heels... that she would have to walk around the jungle in... yeah right.

So she went, tossing shoes she disliked behind her and fugly shoes clear across the store. It was quite the commotion, so the store manager would eventually show up to speak with her.

"Excuse me miss, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. You're ruining my store and scaring the customers."

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Aisuko looked at the manager rudely, before looking down and realizing that she had the best pair of shoes ever. Perhaps a normal girl would've been all 'omg where did you get those shoes?' But Aisuko wasn't normal by any means.

No her first reaction was to suddenly and violently chop the girls legs off and push them over so the blood wouldn't get on her new shoes. There were quite a few witnesses, so Aisuko merely reared up and shot Kebari Senbon all over the place, killing the few civilians there without letting the outside world know something was up. It had destroyed a bunch of the clothing too, but no matter, everything here was drab anyway.

She laid done the fresh legs and carefully slipped the shoes off them so she could take a better look at them

"...not enough space for daggers," she whined to no one in particular. "Worthless garbage" she said, throwing the shoes at the counter. With a humpf she turned and walked back outside, leaving some explosive kunai throughout the building ready to explode.

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Now that she was outside, Aisuko looked around, saw no one, and threw some more exploding kunai into the other store. Which by itself caused a reckus. But then somebody went

"It's a bomb!"

as she was walking off, so she decided to Kassei the two stores to smithereens. Now THAT caused a commotion. One she quickly walked away from before any villagers could arrive on the scene to survey the damage. All dead, none wounded. Just the way she liked it.

Stupid stores anyway

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Aisuko walked away but would eventually henge into someone else so she could spy on the villagers trying to remedy the situation. It was fun listening to them squirm.

What happened?
Who did this?
Where are they?
Where did they go?

These questions and more passed through Aisuko's ears from the mouths of many villagers. Eventually they would put the fires out, but by that time 3 had wounded themselves trying to see if they could save anyone from the fires. What spectacular fools they were. Perhaps this town would be a lot of fun to play with. No quick ending to this town she decided. She'd take them out little by little, let no one leave, and feast on the fear she created.

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As night fell, the town was chattering with the day's events. Rumors and stories abounded about what had happened to the stores today. Some were fantastical, other, more clear headed people made reasonable guesses. Those people would have to go first, Aisuko decided. It just wasn't fair to be having the rational people calming everybody down, saying they could handle things. No, the village would fall apart without it's leaders, and she'd prevent everyone's escape. The people in this village were about to become an endangered species.

During the rest of the day, Aisuko walked around in secret, listening in on stories and even telling a few herself. It was all part of her plan, eventually she would run into the village leaders. The village was just large enough that few people realized she was from out of town, and thus she wasn't really a suspect. Not just yet. Still, having found the leaders, she could begin to determine their executions. One she found had an entire routine to their day. It was really too simple for him.

How did she find this information you ask? Simple, towns people loved to gossip. And she was a girl. It was an easy in.

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Aisuko stalked the conservative and regular leader of the town. This man wasn't hated, but not everybody liked him either. It was something fitting to her cause. She could frame the murder on somebody else. She quickly spotted a potential target. Some younger man that was arguing with him over who knows what. That would do.

She waited outside the leader's house for what seemed like forever. Being a small town there was little in the way of security or bodyguards. More to work towards her advantage. Eventually the lights in the house went dark. She could soon begin.

Having decided she would frame that person mentioned earlier, she memorized his appearance and now wore it via Henge. She waited on a nearby rooftop for more time to pass. The village was quiet. Just like the forest. Except the forest had the occasional hunt going on. This... this had nothing. So it was a bit too quiet for her taste. That would change.

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An hour and a half of waiting and Aisuko was finally confident she could go in undetected. This she did via an open window in the house. And if there wasn't any well she was more than well equipped to open the window via unconventional means without disturbing anyone. Her henge was set and thus she would be mistaken for the guy from before.

She creeped around, taking a bit of food from storage and eating it. No reason she couldn't feed herself before killing anyone after all. Plus, yogurt was delicious. But anyway, she went toward the bedroom, and silently opened the door.

Or as silently as she could anyway. The door hadn't been maintained in a while and squeaked as she opened it, which caused a stirring of people in the bed, but no one woke up. That's ok, she wanted to be seen for this. It would do her no good if she went unnoticed. A simple knife she had retrieved in the kitchen was clenched in hand as she approached the bed. In one swift motion, she brought it down upon the man's heart.

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The man opened his eyes wildly, startled at the sudden appearance of a knife in his chest. He would bleed out and die soon, but not before waking up the whole goddamn neighborhood with his and his wife's cries of terror. Seriously, was it possible to scream that loud? I guess the prospect of your imminent demise really brought out your best abilities. It was whatever, Aisuko's henged shape was shortly out the door after making sure to grin straight in front of the wife's face. She would not forget who had done this to her husband anytime soon.

Aisuko laughed silently to herself as she fled the scene. Their leader was out of the picture and the townspeople would have the wrong suspect hanged. The town would be ripe for the picking in a week. Just when the memory was starting to fade, she would bring it back to life.

And so Aisuko returned to the hotel she had been staying at. She was content to let the little game she was playing play itself out for the time being. If needed she could always accelerate or delay her plans.

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It wasn't long before the person she framed was apprehended and convincted. His execution was scheduled for tomorrow. How wonderful to have a town do her dirty work for her! It was so much fun, she just might continue framing people for murder. She'll have to see it all play out tomorrow. Out in the town, people were chattering about the latest homicide on their oldest leader.

They couldn't believe it they said. How could any one of us take such a drastic action by his own? Why didn't he just go through the normal processes? And the best part, "the nerve of him. To act as if he's all innocent. Why I saw him running away with my very eyes!" That part was pretty good, and gave Aisuko a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. It was not unlike the feeling she got when her cub did something good. What was this feeling? Pride? Possibly.

Regardless, she went about her day like any other normal citizen. Conversing here and there as needed and to maintain plausible deniability for later. She returned home after her sojourn throughout the small town and went to sleep, excited at the prospect of seeing an entire town root for her framed victims murder. And this was all her doing.

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The next morning was the big deal. Aisuko set about it as a normal citizen would. Showering, brushing her teeth, doing her hair. Hell, she even put on some perfume that she stole some time earlier. It was nice being back in civilization, but she had no attention of staying here. As nice as it was this place was torture. Too many rules to follow, too many costumes and so many narrow ways of thinking. It was all so very tiring.

But still, today a framed man would beg for his life and be slaughtered anyway! It was all so exciting to kill in this fashion. The ceremony was at noon, which meant people would start filing in there soon, for it was almost eleven. Her attire all set, she henged the final finishing touches on herself to create different body that would be wearing this simply elegant dress. Of course it was a hideous combat uniform but she would not be doing any fighting today. Probably.

She strolled out of her rented apartment and walked down the street. There was quite a buzz in the city today. All through the air you could just feel the city awaiting the execution. It would be a nice spectacle to observe. All these people just pawns in her game. How much better could this possibly get?

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The walk to the street was fairly uneventful. Full of a bunch of people speaking in various manners. Some where excited, some concerned, some upset that something like this was happening and how they could stop it from happening again. The simple answer to that was you need to change the entire basic instincts of human life. Yeah right. But anyways, they would soon reach the town square.

Once there she did what any other person was doing and surveyed the scene. Some families had gathered, though the lack of children was still present. It was likely that they were at some kind of day care so that they didn't have to witness someone dying.

Why do that? Aisuko wondered. Her entire life revolved around killing. Killing for food, pleasure, necessity. Even a civilian ate meat. Just where exactly did they think those things came from? At one point meat used to be a living creature. And it was fraking delicious.

The simple thought of a freshly killed and prepared meal salivated Aisuko's mouth and she realized how hungry she was going to be after witnessing her triumph of manipulation. She'd just have to make sure that she got to a restaurant before anybody else without making it obvious she had ninja talent. Not too difficult.

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She waited patiently in the audience for the execution to begin. She thought it to be hours when finally, an elder council member stood upon a platform erected for his use. He seemed to be frail, but the voice suggested otherwise. What was with all these council members having back bones? Didn't old age ruin that?

Whatever, he will be dealt with... they all will be.

"Benjamin L. Williams, you have been found guilty of the crime of murdering a council member, for which the punishment is death. This to be executed on the 5th day of the third month of the current year. Do you have any last words?"

Aisuko had not bothered to look at the man who was sentenced to death. But now that he was being addressed she took the time to look him over. He was trembling, a blue eyed dark haired fellow who possessed a youthful strength. Poor guy, he had no idea his doppelganger was hanging out in the crowd before him.

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"I... I didn't do it!" he exclaimed. "I was framed! Please, you have to-"

The man's words were cut off, a bag put over his head muffling his words and then tied tight around his neck, further making his screams difficult to pull off and therefore comprehend. He was completely terrified, not ready for death, and Aisuko loved every moment of it. Her prey was terrified, knowing the situation to be completely hopeless.

"Down with the murderer," screamed a woman from the audience. It was of course, Aisuko riling up the crowd, but her disguise and the crowd made it nearly impossible to tell who actually said it. And of course this got the crowd riled up, because hey, I'm the storyteller and this is going all according to plan.

The crowd yelled out it's obscenities, some people mocking him for daring to say he was innocent, others looking for vengeance and blood. The crowd was in a frenzy, completely vulnerable to emotional manipulation. It was a boiling pot just ready to tip over and scathe someone, and Aisuko was the culprit.

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The executioner went over to the release handle and waited for the order. Once given, time seemed to slow down for Aisuko. She had been waiting for this moment. You see, Aisuko had spent the previous night trapping the hang post and the surrounding area, in order to inflict massive damage and kill a good portion of the population in one swing. After all, the village was small and nearly everyone had come to see the execution, a rare thing these days. It was too bad.

The trap door fell, and before the man could really even begin dropping, an explosive tag would activate. This would kill the man, the executioner, and a few of the closest spectators very quickly if not instantly. Moreover, wooden shards would be sent flying into the audience, hurting more innocent civilians but not killing any. Except for the poor old woman unfortunate enough to have one of the beams land on her. That one would prove fatal. A few people outside the closest audience members would fall back from the explosion, closing their eyes and throwing up their hands instinctively.

After a brief, but loud and showy explosion, the audience would stare back at the podium in shock. It was pretty much gone now, with only half of the foundation beams still remaining upright. Some parts were even on fire, and another few people were under the weight of a beam which was easily lifted off them by the force of a few people. And Aisuko wasn't even done yet... oh no... this was the perfect set up for something more.

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"Kassei," Aisuko said under her breath.

Immediately another explosion towards the back of the crowd would go off, just as explosive as the first. It killed many in the more dense spot, but the effect was to get the crowd to gather in even closer as they recoiled from the second blast. That was a mistake.

Another blast would erupt right in the middle of that blob of people, sending body parts flying and killing many, many people at once, and harming even more. This would set the crowd into a panic and they would all start fleeing for their lives. People were so predictable though. Most of them were leaving through the four major roads leading out of the square.

Aisuko waited a bit for the mass to move over the four tags, and then detonated them simultaneously, killing the largest amount of people to date and leaving more wounded. That was her final bomb that she had set up, and the results were great. Some people were still in the square, too injured by the bombs to move away. Some had been trampled to death in the ensuing mob. It was all wonderful... all of it.

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As Aisuko surveyed the wreckage, she would notice a baby who had the misfortune of being dropped and left behind at the beginning of the explosions, and the fortune of not being killed by the mad rush out of the square. She walked over to the baby and eyed it curiously. It was so small and so fragile that she didn't really want to kill it. It was just too easy and there would be no fun in it. She picked the baby up and cradled it in her arms.

Just then the baby's mother ran back into the square and spotted Aisuko, who was still in her henge.

"My baby!" she screamed in a high pitched manner. "Thank the goddess you found her! I can't believe I left her behind."

Ever vigilant, Aisuko replied simply. "It was no trouble maam. I was fortunate to be able to save her and she appears uninjured."

"Oh thank you thank you!"

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"You're welcome," she said smiling, handing the baby back in an innocent manner.

But of course, when was Aisuko ever innocent? Aisuko walked away from the duo calmly, really too calmly considering what just happened. Behind her the mother cradled her child lovingly, and then she noticed something was attached to the baby's back. She barely had time to recognize it and scream before another explosion rocked the village square.

"It was really my pleasure," Aisuko said darkly to herself. The pleasure she got from manipulating people sent a shiver down her spine. It was really quite a thrill. But there were still others to kill right now, after all she had planned on completely wiping out the village, enjoying every moment as she ripped the village's life right out of it.