You want me to WHAT? [open]

[Gaara]

Gaara stood in a black formal suit feeling very out of place, although his expression would never have revealed otherwise. Though he was leaning on the wall he seemed taller than normal, perhaps because he was no longer carrying his gourd of sand on his back. It was still within the dance hall should worst come to worst, but at the moment he did not have it on him.

Gaara almost would've laughed if he did things like that. It was like he felt naked without that sand. I guess I just feel really uncomfortable out here, without the gourd. Foolish, but in some wierd way amusing as well... He adjusted the simple eye-mask he was wearing, as per the festival's instructions and stood silent on the wall. Both Kankuro and Temari had been urging him to attend the dance but neither had been able to attend themselves. Gaara was beginning to wonder if they'd set it up this way.

Regardless Gaara knew there was one thing that he could do without feeling rediculous or out of place. Speaking with the Godaime Hokage would be hundreds of times easier than havig to face the crowds or what Gaara somehow dreaded the most. Being asked to dance. Gaara had no experience in formal dancing of any kind, and hoped that such a relatively embarassing breach of protocol at the festival could remain unlooked as long as he could find where the Hokage went...

Where is she? He wondered as he continued to make his way around the edges of the room, avoiding eye contact with as many people as possible and yet continuing to scan the crowds for Tsunade. Is she even here?