Dance of the Shifting Shadows [ Tento | Noharu ]

Tento's cheery entrance was met by a timely sight. This time it seemed the eighth division was in the middle of their training section! If that was a good thing or not that would be seen. He hated to disturb a serious moment for their squad. But on the other hand he was always one to enjoy training, heck, even just watching and taking things to bring back when he led training sections was enough.

There were a plenitude of familiar faces for him at this point. Tento had been over several times at this point that he had a few familiar faces or voices. One though, one that had a specific level of energy he could not recall sensing before from here, he was sure he did not know. A blonde one who seemed to be having a blast training against her squadmates. Taking the chance, he studied. Watched the shiftiness of their center mass, the footwork of their evasion, and the fluidity of their assault. Very nice, well taught and practiced. His bookish focus blinked away as the movement of a light skinned blonde beauty walked-up to him. Slim figured with a striking feminine look to each, wild hair which he assumed was from a string of intended spars. A bit of a modified shuhakusho that have a bit of a, ahem, view. But the real view he spotted that drew him was her body. He gave that warm smile as she settled before him. “No, not looking for someone. If y'all would have me I would be grateful to jump in”.

After speaking Tento would take a few quick glances over. Oneto the Second Division members giving out a thorough explanation. It drew his interest. However he could not deny that Noharu had his attention as well. Soft eyes of his turned sharp like a cat as he spotted them, layer after layer of scars like a panting other canvas body. Stories to be told, challenges faced, and death beaten time and again. A warrior's body and one that received respect from him. That, was done in modesty of course. Couldn't have a lady knowing he was looking at her too close at the jump of their first conversation after all. "How long have yall been going at it?", Tento said as his sharp observant eye turned back to his goofy laid back gaze.

Easy come easy go, his look bore fruit information to take. She was a beauty and a warrior. That was that though, and for all intents and purposes he was holding his eyes to her face after, a proper form of vision as he continued communication with her. “ I was not specifically referring to combat training”, Tento clarified after hearing Noharu’s words. “ There are many more pieces to a Shinigami then being one with their blade”, Tento said in that laid back voice of his as he gave a thought, today may have given an opportunity to him. He had been reading the Nine Yin manual that he was gifted by Hannah for some time now. With all combat duty and deployment until recently, he had not really gotten much time to physically do anything with it. Let alone practice more of his Kaido. “I would mostly like to get some socialization to be honest, I like talking to people when downtime is available to me, buy working on Kaido is not bad at the same time”, he said in a honest remark about what he was hoping to aim out again to another visit to the 8th division.

Following her gesture, Tento’s eyes went to the sidelines where a few members of their division were resting and talking. Well, that was good. He could just go over there, but that would be boring. He would rather be working on something while he did that. Maybe later though after he earned it more?? He turned back towards her question pertaining to his rank. He was not sure how she knew both as he did not think he had met her before, but he supposed there were some people of the eighth division were familiar about him. “Yeah, my name is Tento Zefa, new 5th seat of the Fourth Division”, he raised a hand after speaking. “Not itching, but I won’t turn down someone who can give me a good time or workout”, he said pretty matter of factually.

After doing so Tento would, for now, stay to the side while he listened to the Kaido instruction. He would hate to just jump in and ruin the flow they had going on right now. Eventually after a few minutes, if he was still like this. Noharu would sight Tento taking out a notebook before jotting down notes with a feathered pen that came from. WAIT WHERE DID HE GET THAT PEN?!?

Far too late to learn the juicy important parts of the learning. A shame, well, he would just have to make do with what he had right now. Some critical thinking should give him something of a base and he could also talk to people later to fill in spaces with the knowledge he had. Maybe he could talk to one of the kido instructors too depending how long they stayed over. With that he softly closed his notebook and tucked it within his robe quietly.

She does have a point young master.

"Thank you for the welcome, miss. Actually what is your name if I may ask?”, Tento said with a soft earnest smile in response to Noharu’s welcome. From how she moved amongst the group he had guessed that she had a bit of influence in her division. Proper formality required he knew he was talking to and trying to give thanks. He said after giving a bit of further attention to the Kaido talk at hand. Or try to at least.

Perhaps she did have a point, and he did not need Shiomaru to jump in about it to drill it home. In terms of just socializing, there were a lot of better places. Not many were his cup of tea though. He was not one that liked to really drink so cracking one back with the boys was not something he did often. If he could find downtime in his barracks, he could get a random spot and chat, that was better true. Or heck just eating. However, he liked socializing to be done casually and naturally, that's why he liked to talk to people while eating or working together. And in truth what better way than working towards something together.

“Perhaps, I think though it's all perspective though. I always think the best time to deepen bonds is when you are trying to improve together towards something”, Tento said thinking about the perked up brow Noharu gave earlier. “In the end, it is like I am trying to slow people down or stop them. I can give pause when I can tell when more focus is needed”, Tento said in refrained calm politeness. A bit of a drag came already it seemed, when he came to visit he was hoping for a good vibe, not a hint of a lecture. Was this behavior really weird for him to do?

Well, he was here now so there was not big point of getting stressed about it. Even more so when there were people coming up to him. He had to let it drop to the wayside as he shook hands as people introduced themselves to him. Although he was a seated officer he was curious about just letting people show what they could do. Short pleasantries and casual conversations transpired as Tento chit chatted with the people that came near. Small talk and questions in attempts to measure moral while asking curious questions about what they got from the Kaido lesson. Many left to handle duties or to talk to other friends, but for the ones that stayed he gave them his full attention and courtesy. A few laughs could be heard as well as back and forth discussion of kido.

Hearing Noharu’s response, Tento would give a slightly nervous sounding cough before giving a slight bow. “hehe, sorry, still very new in comparison to everyone else. I don't recognize people as easily as I should”, Tento said feeling a little sheepish and embarrassed about not recognizing her by appearance description while rubbing the back of his head spotting the slightly raised brow on her face. Well, she chuckled and sighed so he guessed she found it a bit unbelievable as well as amusing.

She had a valid point there, small talking during simple drills or training was a common thing for him. Talking during serious training was not something done in long winded bursts. Serious missions? Heck no, none of that or flirting during expected times of stress. Down time though that was his zone. He had no idea special training was going to happen today though, and even if it was short, he did show proper standards during it. “Well yeah, no arguing with you there. I'm not saying I do it with any situation. It has to be proper, safe etc. I refuse to get someone killed due to distractions I caused”, Tento said with a slight smirk of his own in return. “Something like training for specific duties is something I would respect”.

That was a truly marvelous thing about this division. They had hands on deck in all divisions. Added numbers on the battlefield were good for morale and survivability, having more people made the headache of day to day duties less taxing too. It was good to help spread the workload and have more people fit for specific tasks. If things had been different and if it wasn't for his best friend, he would have probably requested to join the 8th division instead of the 4th division. In a different world maybe. Either way he would give a nod of respect to her words. That was a tall task to be spread everywhere and to try and be refined in the many characteristics of being a Shinigami, it was something that any warrior with a bit of know-how would know to appreciate such dedication. “Hmmm, fair enough. That versatility is very important and helps make you all unique in that manner”, Tento said in a relaxed comment.

Some would say such a spread learning lacked specialty development in comparison to other divisions, but in Tento’s eyes it gave them a higher base to jump into their own individual focuses. “Although it is a little unfortunate that you can’t talk and relax after working so hard as often as others. But eh, yall get to enjoy the challenge of it all more”. Tento tilted his head to right slightly, letting a soft pop come as he felt his neck muscles relax slightly as he continued to look down from his height advantage.

“Hmmm, there aren’t that many people left here. I’ve found it enjoyable talking to ya but I guess I could go see if there is anyone I do do a spar and chat with if you’re bored with little old me”, Tento said as he turned his head to look out for any other people available.