The auburn-haired sage snapped the message from the air with a lightning-quick motion. Ignoring the situation for a moment, his Rinnegan eyes scanned the message to ascertain its contents. He was forcing back any negative feelings regarding Akkuma's handling of it, out of necessity. Respect was something very important to Muji. To him, Akkuma showed a surprising lack of it, and he wasn't thrilled about it. But...the sage chalked it up to the half-demon's nature, deciding to ignore the slight. It was inevitable, and hardly worth concern in the bigger picture.
"Onamuji,"<i></i> the sage would introduce with a slight bow,
"Rikudo Sennin."<i></i>
Igniting the message with a burst of chakra, Muji looked the newcomer over. Their collective of strange and unusual people was growing. The larger group had made landfall some time earlier, and some words were exchanged. Now that Akkuma and his newfound friend were present, the meeting could take place.
"A pleasure to meet you, Reaper. It's good to have you with us,"<i></i> Onamuji would offer the unknown shinobi, remaining rather succinct with his words. There would be a time for formal introductions, but as far as the sage was considered, now wasn't it. The stranger had asked, Muji answered out of polite respect. And while he was certainly interested to know more about the newcomer, that was half the purpose of their meeting...the largest gathering of Missing-nin and independent shinobi in recent history. To understand one another, and outline their plan.
Turning to Akkuma, Muji would note,
"There's a cavern within the mountain range not too far from here. I've established a meeting site within. Akechi and the others are already here, so if you have no other business, please head there as soon as possible. Some of them are getting rather impatient, and we have much to discuss."<i></i>
Giving another polite bow to the stranger, the Rikudo Sennin would turn to leave, letting the ashes of the message float away from his hand as he walked away. There was work to do, and issues to discuss. Despite all the recent hardship to bring the collective together, it seemed like they would finally begin on their shared journey and shake the foundations of the shinobi world...
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[OOC: Yay. Yong. Good to have you with us. I remember old Yong and his creepy pet from Suna ]