Teamwork Makes Dreamwork??? [Closed/Tatsuo]

It was yet again another monotonous day in the academy for the young and curvy Satella. She was yet again bored and tired of being restricted by such academy rules and assessments. She truly just wanted to throw herself completely into medical ninjutsu. But of course nothing was ever that simple. At least today seemed like it was going to be slightly different. She was allowed to meet up with someone and practice non combat forms of techniques. This included medical skills and other utility or supplementary techniques.

As far as her assigned partner it was truly a shame. Instead of just using them as one of her test subjects; she had to work with them. On the bright side she was already familiar with her partner Tatsuo. He was a rather silent and somewhat rude test subject. The last time they met he had completely ignored her. Now he would have no choice but to deal with the unusual Satella. With that in mind maybe, she could force him into helping her. All the best experiments needed assistances! Furthermore she had no clue if he was interested in helping. But of course such things didn’t matter to her.

It was supposed to be a group partnership mission. But truth be told they could just do whatever they wanted individually. She did not intend to stop what she wanted to do to accommodate someone else. If it didn’t have anything to do with progressing her goals, why care? Of course she wouldn’t say such thing out loud though. It would once again cause her to be sent on those, readjustment mission. Anyways all she had to do was wait on his arrival. They could then discuss what they were gonna do with this assignment.

WC: 294
TWC: 294

Tatsuo wasn't too bothered with the day up until the point where he was informed that he'd be teaming up with Satella. The other part of what he was told was wildly irrelevant compared to the absolute nuisance that would be working with Satella. That woman had all the terrible traits of adults with none of the positives. Liked to use big words, group people into unneeded groups and act like they were actually important.

This gained much distain from  Tatsuo; who could barely make himself feel important. Much less important enough that he could call others 'test subjects' at random.

Tatsuo would check his clothing; and he wore his normal clothing again. The White Shirt, baggy pants and sandal combo. Works every time until it doesn't but by that point it's irrelevant.

Tatou would walk over to the other support ninja, and would have the disdain openly on his face. After all, why wouldn't he? Tatsuo was hardly a liar, considering everything. More of a 'stay silent so I don't have to lie' type of guy.

Upon arrival, Tatsuo would speak. "I'm not a test subject, nor anything in that strange fantasy of yours. I am Tatsuo, and I will hopefully only be your partner for this one mission." Tatsuo would say, not even sitting down nearby. Just staying standing, waiting for Satella to either brief him on what was going on, or just start leading the way.

TWC: 239

Satella was instantly annoyed by the arrival of the unruly Tatsuo. He was truly a rude test subject. How dare he speak to her this way. Not even she was spared of being a test subject for sixteen years, so how could he? No matter what he wasn’t allowed to decide such things. She would not treat him any different than before. If anything her desire to dissect him with her scalpel had increased. Whenever she used to misbehave during her captivity extensively experiment we’re done to correct her temper. It was clear such things had to be done to this person. But of course she couldn’t do such things now. It would only cause her grief and trouble.

Maybe she could at the least share things about her past? It would be able to inform him of things to come if he’d remain unruly. To maximize the fear of sharing such knowledge she would first progress on with the mission. This would allow her to show her skills while scaring him. There had been an incident in the village where a small group of livestock had suddenly died. It was their job to inspect and dissect the bodies. They needed to find the cause of their sudden passing. It was a job appropriate for aspiring medical ninja. If they couldn’t deal with small animals, how could they deal with humans? Tatsuo unique sensory abilities could also help her see things as well. With that in mind she would toss a piece of paper. This would have her planned mission info written upon it.

“Once a test subject always a test subject. But fine I will remove such a status for at least this mission. You have now been promoted to an assistant! Congratulations! Even I took a long time to escape that status. You should truly feel proud. Anyways let’s not celebrate for to long. We have some dissection to do!”

WC: 322
TWC: 616

Tatsuo was unfortunately incorrect in that she immediately called him something that wasn't Tatsuo, and even went on about escaping that status. Perhaps she had a tragic reason, but that meant nothing. Tatsuo didn't particularly care for her lack of care about human lives, nor her inability to call people by their actual names. Both were complete annoyances. Tatsuo would catch the piece of paper.

"Satella. I have a simple solution to our problems. You never use the words test subject ever again, and then we'll go do this mission to figure out the death of livestock." Tatsuo would say, obviously angry about the words only because it was Satella saying it. He had no real issue with the words otherwise, it's just a matter of principle.

Tatsuo's ability to be annoyed was usually was super low, but when it came to Satella it skyrocketed. She just radiated this energy that Tatsuo despised.  Tatsuo has the other, bigger issue. Going to visit dead thing will irritate his nose endlessly. Tatsuo could barely handle the general smell of people half the time, much less dead livestock. The sun would've hit the corpses by now and that would just make it smell horrifyingly.

"Also, do you have something to block my nose with? It's going to smell awful; and I may just die if I go unprotected." Tatsuo would say, completely straight-faced.

TWC: 469

“Sure sure… Whatever you say Assistant Tatsuo. You after all have been temporarily promoted so you don’t have to worry about such things for today! As far as the smell goes there should be sanitary masks one of those trays over there. However I’d advise against it. You’re supposed to become a ninja. If you can’t deal with such smells it’s a pity.”

The more Satella would be around Tatsuo the less she liked him. He was inherently rude in nature and combative. She of course knew not everyone would like her. But as far as she knew she hadn’t done anything horrendously wrong to him. His behavior at best came off a little childish and petty. Luckily Satella was finally given the chance to practice her medical skills. This would allow her to completely block out any displeasure from this interaction. She was truly a woman with a one track mind after all. These thoughts were merely just passing ones.

She too would walk towards the aforementioned medical tray. It was super convenient that the stuff was being brough in as Tatsuo asked. She would slowly equip herself with sterile gloves. While she didn’t mind touching dead things this creature did die from unknown causes. She would not let her excitement completely cloud her judgement. Upon equipping herself with the proper protective gear she would finally begin. Reaching for the dissection scalpel she would slowly approach the first corpse with it as she paused.

“Oh by the way do you have any medical experience? If not I don’t mind sharing my limited knowledge. In fact I’ll even let you make the first incision if you want. It’s also as exhilarating watching someone preform for the first time!”

WC: 288
TWC: 904

She had, at least, said his name this time. Tatsuo annoyance was slightly waivered. The smell that he thought he was just mistaking would be brought in and suddenly Tatsuo made sense of a bunch of minor annoyances that had been in a feedback loop. Tatsuo, while a fellow with a twisted personality, usually wasn't this aggressive about it. He figured out, upon it being brought in, what had hurt his nose earlier and put his nose into a foul mood.

Tatsuo would put on none of the protective equipment, as he'd begrudgingly accept that she had a point. If he wasn't going to be willing to smell dead things, why would he be a ninja? The one profession outside of archeology that you spent a better part of half your time around dead thing. Or was that a bad example? Tatsuo had no particular clue, but he'd stand a bit farther back and look over the corpse.

"You can do the incisions, as well as most of the physical work. I'll keep an eye, and ear, out for anything that leaps out at us. And I have some first aid training; but nothing that's applicable to animals." Tatsuo would say, his face still scrunched from the smell of the dead livestock that had been rolled in. It was still an unhappy situation.

TWC:719

Satella had finally begun to look more kindly on her assistant. His willingness to forgoe using the mask showed he had some guts. He also had allowed her to make the first incisions on the animal corpse. He surely wasn’t as bad as she thought. Unfortunately he still didn’t want to actively take part in the experiment. But at the very least he would be an extra set of eyes. Such things were important in experiments. Not that such things were made clear she could continue. Approaching the corpse again with her scalpel she would hover it at the top of its chest.

Without any hesitation she would make her first quick yet deep incision. This incision would allow her to completely expose the chest cavity. Her first goal was to check the heart and the lunges for any strange issues. From the instant she exposed such organs she could see they were unusual. The lungs firstly were covered in black patches. These were often seen in victims that died in smoke fires. The heart to seem over compressed. It could be assumed that this was due to cardiac arrest. She had already gotten a good clue on what happened to the first corpse.

“It seems this animal has died due to smoke inhalation. Maybe it was trapped in an area that had a build of smoke from something causing it to suffocate. There is also no signs of burns on its body. So we can assume it wasn’t directly in or by the rthing causing the smoke. We can write this down and move onto the next. Unless you had any interesting observations I suppose.”

WC: 276
TWC: 1,180

Tatsuo's nose burned the second that the incision was made and Tatsuo would almost vomit directly after. He'd be able to keep it inside, but even he'd be able to figure out that it was due to smoke inhalation. The body smelled of it something fierce.  Not that Tatsuo would anything. After all, that'd just get him made fun of by Satella, which he didn't exactly want that to happen. But between the sounds and the smell; Tatsuo would still walk forward and look over the now dissected animal.

"I'd say that you're roughly correct. Can't think of any particular reason for there to be smoke, though. It's never cold enough here for something like this to happen." Tatsuo would say, in geniuine interest in what happened. After all, wasn't the biggest issue being too hot. Cooking, maybe but for it to cause enough smoke that would kill an animal and cause such consistent damage throughout the body.

Tatsuo would shift his hair around, patting his clothing before realizing that he had forgot some stuff at home. It was far too late for him to leave.

Tatsuo would then grab a nearby notebook and start writing the notes, including various notes about specific spells and sounds. That, combined with Satellas actual scientific prowess, would make the notes immensely detailed, far above what two genin should be doing.

TWC: 946