6th Punch

[medicalpunch]

[Video]

[Sakura opens the journal and contemplates it for several moments before she hits 'record.' She's been trying to decide whether to say anything at all, whether she really wants to mark this particular occasion. But it seems like -- well, why not? Maybe it will help whet her determination to return home. Maybe... maybe it'll mean something.

Finally, she keys for the video and clears her throat.]

It's been a year since I came here. A little more now, I guess. I've been thinking about it for a while -- it just feels really odd to think that I've spent a whole year of my life with everything on pause while I'm here. As much as it's nice not to be in the middle of a war zone...

Well. At least I've got friends here. It would be worse if I were alone.

Anyone want to go for some drinks tonight? I think I could use a little something.

[Taking after her mentor, maybe. But for tonight, Sakura can't fault Tsunade's usual escape. There's nothing she can do about being here, no way to forget about what's going on at home -- so she'll try to distract herself as best she can.]

[Action]

[True to words, Sakura heads down to Seventh Heaven as the sun sets, wrapped in a warm coat against the winter, which she sheds as soon as she gets there. Whether or not anyone's coming to join her, she's planning to drink herself into forgetfulness tonight.]

Comments

[medicalpunch]

All right! The more the merrier. Or something.

[She's not feeling terribly merry right now, but that's what the alcohol is for, right?]

[precioustool]

Where do I need to go?

[medicalpunch]

You know where all the shops and stuff are? I think you'll see us when you get there.

[Video] > [Action]

[precioustool]

Ah, yes. I'll be right there.

[And he turns his journal off as he goes on his way.]

[medicalpunch]

[When she catches sight of Haku, she waves him over and offers a bottle.]

There you are, hi. Come join in!

[Sure, he's a former enemy -- no, she corrects the thought. He was an opponent, but at the end, it was pretty clear they didn't have a strong enmity of any sort. She's willing to let bygones be bygones.

Ninja operate under orders, that's just how the world works.]

[precioustool]

[He wasn't planning on drinking, but it would be rude to turn it down. So he took it with a faint smile.]

Hello. Thanks.

[They were just doing what they had to. Haku had no grudges of what happened; Even Kakashi killing him. He knew that he just did what he did because he was protecting people precious to him.[

[medicalpunch]

You're welcome.

[They're all in this together, now, and things are easier when there's no hard feelings. She raises her bottle in a toast, an ironic twist to her lips.]

To Luceti. At least they feed us well.

[precioustool]

[Of course. While he has no intentions of drinking, he'll raise his bottle with her.]

That is true.

[medicalpunch]

It's something, anyway.