That crystal ask: CHRYSOCOLLA: a money-making headcanon, IOLITE: my muse's drinking habits, UNAKITE: what my muse's ideal pet would be
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CHRYSOCOLLA: a money-making headcanon
Teaching for the Academy pays alright money-wise, but up until nearly the end of his career as an active field shinobi Iruka mostly lived paycheck to paycheck. As a child the stipend given to orphaned shinobi was barely enough to cover expenses, and until he learned how to budget and get the best deals (a skill they don't teach in the Academy) he'd sometimes end up going hungry or being unable to afford new clothes or other things he needed.
His jonin-sensei was really big on training, and so his squad ended up going on fewer missions in favor of focusing on making chuunin. For his teammates who had families that was okay, but sometimes it meant he was barely scraping by. After making chuunin, Iruka had taken that training mentality to heart. He always made sure to take enough missions to actually be able to pay for all his expenses, a luxury he never had previously, but still sometimes came up on trouble whenever he was bedridden for more than a week.
IOLITE: my muse's drinking habits
Iruka likes to be in control of situations, so he rarely drinks enough to get truly drunk. I’d say he goes all-out maybe twice a year for special occasions or after something really personally traumatizing happens to him. For the most part, he has one or two drinks to be polite and fit in and then stops. It doesn’t matter how great of a shinobi you are if you’re too drunk to move effectively after all.
UNAKITE: what my muse's ideal pet would be
He’s busy a lot of the times so he’ll probably tell you a cat is ideal for his lifestyle, but a medium-sized dog with a good temperament (because all of the children would want to meet and pet it incessantly) would be really good for him.












