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[The video kicks on first to show a partially-rolled up and dirty white shirt. (Are those blood stains?!) The stomach below it has faint scarring in the shape of what could be a large circle, or maybe a semi-circle. At any rate, the video pans up after a few seconds over the shirt, hitting a wall of bright red hair at the shoulders. Dried blood long-since turned brown stained her chin and mouth. Then the full, filthy face of a very alive and pissed off Kushina Uzumaki.]

Is this some kind of a joke?! I woke up in a room that isn't mine with some woman claiming to be my mother who looks about my age shoving a bag of stuff in my hands. My husband is missing, my baby is missing, my chakra is missing. But that's not the best part, ya know! Some guy shoved this thing on me!

[She turns the video down toward a Vulpix that's staring up at her with innocent brown eyes. It lets out a happy cry and attempts to nuzzle up against Kushina's leg. But the video-- and Kushina-- move away from it quickly. When the video comes back up, her hair is flowing out at every angle around her quickly reddening face.]

If I ever find the guy who gave this to me again, I'm gonna kill him, y'know!! What a sick joke! So someone tell me how to get rid of this thing!

[Bonus Action Option Edit!]

[Anyone else who might have been wandering around New Bark Town probably had the ~~honor~~ ~~misfortune~~ pleasure of spotting a particular redhead fuming over her starting partner. Or perhaps browsing one of the manuals Minato had forwarded to her over the Pokegear, occasionally nudging the Vulpix away with her foot, while she waited for him to arrive. Do you dare approach?]

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If they're all ninja like I heard from Obito, I'll bet they are. [That earns a quick laugh. Up until a sad smile appears at the mention of Naruto missing her. Even though very little time had passed from her perspective, there was a lot that she knew she missed.]

Yeah... I kinda got that idea when he first called me "mom". [Poor kid looked like he was about to cry. Hell, she wanted to cry a little too. Not that she'd say as much...] It's nice to meet another friend of my family.

Well, I hope I can be friends with your family. For now, it just seems like I'm mostly part of the traveling group. It'll be nice to get to know you and the other "ninjas" more.

[ Xion tries to be the most polite. She's not even sure she's really "friends" with any of the ninjas just yet, but she wouldn't be opposed to it! ]

If you're traveling with us, you'll be one of us in no time.

[At the very least, she considers Xion a friend or a comrade of the group since ninja didn't exactly go traveling with their enemies or people they didn't trust.]

[ That gets her to blink in slight surprise. ]

Really? So easily?

The thing about shinobi, a lot of them don't trust others too easily right off the bat. [And for good reason.] Maybe you won't be right in at the family level, but if I know my family as well as I think I do, [she certainly hopes so......] you'll have some new friends very soon.

[ She tilts her head as Kushina explains more of the customs. How very interesting, indeed. ]

I wouldn't mind new friends. At the very least, I'll do my best to keep up with you guys. Thank you for telling me more about you guys.

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