The palanquin had been moving smoothly, efficiently, for what could have been hours, but was more likely days. Tomoko felt at once subtly guilty and terribly pretentious for her mode of transportation. After all, who was she to avail of such lavish transport? The other villages had sent shinobi of greater prestige than she, to be sure; however, they were doubtless able to give sole consideration to the task at hand. Likely, they would be scheming and intending to manoeuvre one this way or that. Such was the state of the Five Nations. Always presenting an international front, but domestic interests always took the fore. She wondered a the decision to send her along rather than some more prestiged member of Stone; some vapid figurehead perhaps, if not a more practised dignitary or else a celebrated warrior. She had her own work to do.<br/><br/>On the floor, as well as pinned to the walls, were documents related to various interests of the Stone. These included active missions, current cells along with appraisals of their performances, projections for future contracts and potential threats to security. These were her concerns. Hearing some vague shouting from the men bearing her carriage she looked through the bars of her chamber and saw that they drew close to their destination. This bothered her. Given the disruption caused by the apparent necessity for travel there remained a great deal of paperwork yet to do. Not only that, she had barely slept for the entire journey.<br/><br/>She collected together the most immediately pressing documents, and bundled them together into a few easily identifiable files. As the palanquin slowed and stopped, she passed her papers through the bars to a nearby, official-looking man. His mask identified him to be of the ANBU of Konoha. Their type tended to be as reliable as they were nondescript.<br/><br/>The sunlight almost seemed to prickle her skin, and she realised that perhaps she had ought to get accustomed to the change in climate and environment. Just not necessarily right now.<br/><br/>"Tomoko of the Stone. See the file if you have questions."