__ Just as Nabuya finished thanking Kenny for his assistance, this other girl came around the corner to see what all the hubbub was about. Didn't take a genius, or her, to figure out that Nabuya was the center of that chunk of attention. Nabuya turned about and faced this new face of competition. Before he so much as started to open his mouth about it Kenny excused himself to go do whatever and came back awhile later. It was a somewhat awkward span of silence while Nabuya teetered on options for which words he wanted to swing back at this girl who seemed to have a bit of a high horse to be knocked off of. The kid couldn't find the right words, however, and then Kenny came back. Nabu glanced back over his shoulder at the upperclassman as he said something about a bag of drugs that had apparently been passed to Kasumi. This guy seemed pretty cool, UNTIL he tried to pin him for whatever this lesson was about. "HOLD THE BISCUITS IN THE OVEN!" Nabuya interjected and then Coda departed with some more snarky words jabbed at himself. One might think Nabu was a little attention deficit as he snapped a glare back at the girl as she walked away, "OH YEAAAH!? Well... yeh look loike yer haircuts're done by angsty hedgehogs!" She walked off anyway and he just congratulated himself with a small victorious fist pump.
Oh yeah! There was that other stuff still going on too. Nabuya took a deep breath then looked back to see Shisui joining the fray again. He missed it, but apparently the old hobo of a wannabe ninja spilled some of his alcohol on Kenny. "Maaaan..." Nabu groaned and said, "So like... this is m'first day'a ninja school. I ain't even gotta locker assigned yet 'cause I was late gettin'ere." With that said he'd point at Kasumi and just break out into laughter, "Which means yer friggin' boned Butterball! Hah haaaaah!!!" Nabuya raised and slapped his knee after heckling his rival. Then again, maybe Kenny actually used his name. 'Did I give mah name..?' He didn't think so. 'Did he...?' Crap. He really couldn't even bet on that since Ken was gone for a good minute.
Nabuya refocused himself and drastically shifted his tone toward Kenny. "Ken, mah dude... I hope yeh know I don't give halfa spit if yer the Uzukage's pet. Gettin' me caught up in that stuff gonna make me swing on yeh. If'er cool widdat then yeh bettah square up now." His hands rolled up into fists and he offered the only compromise he was willing to give to this guy that he felt like he could probably stand to be friends with, "If not then how 'bout yeh go'n back inta that school and tell'em coppers it was a bad prank?" Nabuya was so dang serious that he was almost surprised with himself for not just lunging at Kenny and start swinging right away. Lunch break was nearly over. He, Shisui and everyone else was gonna have to go back to class soon so dealing with these shenanigans was so not the drama. Meanwhile, Nabuya was keeping the Uzukage and her rapidly changing company of misfits at the edge of his peripheral vision. He was so ready to flip her off again at the next moment he got the chance. This was all her fault, not Kenny's. As usual, ninja were so damn irresponsible with their power and privileges. 'Whut ******** was that Kage betch thinking?' He thought to himself as he got in the mindset to start another playground brawl without a shred of regret.
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"It wasn't much" Michio said, adding to Charvalla's entrance and trying to keep the conversation moving past her age comment. If there was one thing he'd learned as a social cue growing up, women and age mix like water and hot oil in a conversation. He gave a bow to Chie before addressing her formally. "Thank you for coming to the Academy to check on us, Lady Uzukage. I'm grateful that you came to see us." If that wasn't her intention, he would have no way of knowing. But the situation and the outlook on things led him to believe his leader's intentions were benign in such a way. He made no effort to hide his bandaged arm; to him, the scar it would inevitably leave would be his first marking as a shinobi, and a constant reminder of his need to improve.
Were he better, faster, more prepared...that would never have happened. He would have been able to respond adequately to the attacker without drawing too much of his own blood. In a way, it was fortunate for him to learn the lesson so early without any major cost behind it. But regardless, these kids had seen combat, an experience not shared by many of their Genin counterparts.
Chie took a deep breath. Then she took another deep breath. Chie took another god damn deep breath. Nope, no use. Her eyes ignited with flames. Incantation circles manifested as water and lightning manifested in waves and flashes. "GET DOWN THERE AND WORK WITH THOSE KIDS BEFORE I TURN YOU INTO A KEN DOLL!" She shouted, referring to the threat that she was going to eliminate any sense of masculinity he still had. All of the pretense of chakra manipulation faded, however, when the girl and boy approached. The young lady seemed nervous, and Chie's outburst could not have helped her nerves. She gave a drawn out sigh as she pulled herself back, unaware that the woman made a comment about her age.
"Apologies for the outburst. Rebellious Chuunin tend to get under one's nerves." She said as she shot a sneering glance at the puppeteer, assuming he was still around. A smile manifested upon her face as her hands were interlaced in front of her. "The incident report from the academy came in from Sumiko's testimony. You two, as well as the kid down there, were responsible in stopping a rogue threat from Kogarashi. For children so young, especially with minimal training, you three did excellent!" She said gently. She was glad to have a moment to formally congratulate the kids. "If you're eager to move forward, you're going to need these things, however." She said as she reached behind her. Out of thin air she pulled out three ninja headbands. "In an ideal world I would have wanted more time to train you three. However, in a time of war, desperate times call for more desperate methods." Chie handed one headband to Micho, and two to Charvalla. "It is why I am assigning you both to your first mission! Pretty soon Tetsuhiko will surprise the academy students below with a task which will put them to the test. Your mission right now is to each learn as many techniques as possible from the ninja college and return here. You will pose as allies to your third member Kenny, and give him the headband to let him know that he too is a genin. The three of you will then be tasked with getting the academy students to safety from whatever Tetsuhiko throws at you." She said with a raised finger and a wink. Of course she would monitor the ordeal to make sure that everything worked well enough. But part of having a village is for everyone to do their part!
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Char, Michio, and Kenny Training: Then and Now Mission Rank: C Description: Go to the college and learn some skills! You need to get ready for the fight with Tetsuhiko. You can cash this mission in for every three jutsu you learn.
Char, Michio, and Kenny Protect the Kids Mission Rank: B Description: You have to hold off Tetsuhiko! For every academy student you get out of the academy and safely brought to the residential district, you can claim this mission. Only works for rpcs.
_β [ B ] Psychokinesis ____β Grabbed her boob again and it'll be S-ranked. Also LORD help you if Chouga finds anything scandalous from this. _β [ Rank B ] Shadow Clone ____β Staying to direct as instructed. ____β _β [ ] ____β
Technique(s) Active:
_β [ Rank ] Shadow Clone ____β At the Academy _β [ Rank ] Shadow Clone ____β At the office _β [ Rank ] ____β
All jutsu learned are available to teach.
PassiveEffects: _β Korabo S-ranked ___β Able to use Korabo up to A-ranked with herself. _β Electric Resistance Training ___β Negates harm from own lightning ninjutsu _β Ninjutsu Alchemy ___β This technique allows Chie to passively Korabo two jutsu together. The limitations of this are as such. First of all, the technique works passively only up to one rank below Chie's current Korabo level. This means that if Chie's Korabo level is A-ranked then it can only be used at a B-ranked potential, which means that Chie can only Korabo two B-ranked techniques to use the korabo skill at A-ranked. This assures that this benefit does not allow the user to passively perform techniques one rank higher than they can usually. Second of all, this technique only applies when Chie korabo's with herself. If she korabos with an ally or a clone then this benefit is non-applicable. Finally, an additional charge of 10 chakra per rank of the final product technique is required to be paid. So if the user Korabo two B-ranked techniques, (the user must also pay for each individual skill), then the final technique would be an A-ranked skill, and thus would cost 50 more chakra to perform this way. Overall this technique's only purpose is to make Chie more cool by utilizing all of her elements and having them combine into super cool ways like a wizard should. _β Hidden Mist Vision ___β Sees clearly during hidden mist technique, or mist in general. _β Fire Resistance Training ___β Negates harm from own fire ninjutsu _β True Belief ___β The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered. _β Enlightenment ___β Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. The user's strength and fortitude is increased heavily. _β Impact Resistance ___β The user acclimates to using the cestus in a battle setting by pounding away at a training dummy with the cestus. By analyzing the feedback of different forms of strikes, the user finds a way to minimize any damage they may take from their own strikes. Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. _β Focal Point ___β The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. _β Thread Walking ___β By using Chakra to focus the mind, the user becomes able to balance enough on thin platforms to use Bukijutsu techniques without any penalties. Covers only balancing on solid structures at least one inch wide, not moving or unstable structures. Also allows the user to balance and move on wires during its activation. _β Advanced Thread Walking ___β he user is now able to both run and fight while balancing on threads and wires without penalties, though doing these things at the same time is widely regarded as infeasible. _β Blessed Rain ___β The user's informed of the incoming costs of what is to come, and as such, must practice their chakra control through controlled bursts from various parts of their body. Their chakra pool is increased by +35. _β Insight Rain ___β The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. _β Torrential Blessings ___β Having completed all that the user may learn, they have but one task left to complete: the user must practice controlling the flow of chakra, and be sure that their control is the finest that it can be. By doing so, they must repeat the exercise performed earlier with Blessed Rain, all the while, they perform technique to the brink of exhaustion. This training receives no reductions. Chakra pool is increased by +65. _β The Task of the Next Generation ___β Upon the master of the school of Shigure Souen Ryu, it's the user's responsibility to develop the next generation! The user is granted one [1] custom slot usable only for a personal Shigure Souen technique. _β Basic Endurance Training ___β The user practices holding any stances they know in the most extreme weather of their region, as far from anyone else as is practical. After completing practice, the Stamina costs of X-Rank techniques in this Style are reduced by 5, down to a minimum cost of 5. _β Extreme Climate Resistance Training ___β The user spends a great deal of time completely immersed in the most intense weather the region has to offer. Following this training, the user does not suffer from adverse climate effects. Additionally, using one or more of the Pi, Qua, and Quan techniques in any combination increases the user's fortitude slightly for one post, to a max of one [1] descriptive rank per trained level in the Soft Physical Formless Style. _β Advanced Endurance Training ___β The user practices holding any stances they know in the most extreme weather of their region, as far from anyone else as is practical. After completing practice, the Stamina costs of techniques in this Style are reduced by half if the practitioner has used the same technique at some point in the last two posts. _β Pi Qua ___β By repeating the transition between the Pi and Qua techniques repeatedly, the user becomes able to perform them quickly enough that starting with one and transitioning into the other only consumes one action for the post, and also cannot be interrupted if the first hits. _β Pi Qua Quan ___β After learning all other techniques in this Style, the practitioner runs through them all again, stringing them together in the longest combo they can. Following this training, the practitioner finds themselves capable of using all techniques in the Style up to the highest learned rank of the Soft Physical Formless Style for 10 less Stamina, to a minimum of 5 Stamina. _β Acclimation ___β The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style. _β Shifting Position ___β The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor. _β Knight's Blade ___β The user studies and acquaints themselves with the many different types of defensive armaments, from shields to armor to defensive items like the forehead protectors that Shinobi Villages use. In the process, they become able to apply any armor techniques to protective armaments and vice-versa.
All of a sudden, it would seem that Sumiko was beset on all sides by those vying for her attention. It seemed that she would need to improvise a way to talk to them all at once. As Chie seemed eager to run away, Sumiko formed a shadow clone to chase off after her. Another clone was made to talk with Koutetsu. Finally the real Sumiko turned her attention to a young genin that seemed to staring here down, as if to fight.
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[Clone with Chie] The clone following Chie remained completely silent as she gave missions and headbands out to the assembled gaggle of students. Only once the students and ninja had been given their orders did she finally speak. "So. Now that I've been a teacher for a while, helped deal with a certain creature, and gone on my super big spiritual walkabout across the world, I think I'm ready to take my next step as a shinobi. I'm ready to be a jounin I think."
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[clone with Koutetsu] Sumiko smiled as she saw Koutetsu walk up. It had been a long time since the two had been together. Not since that day at least. As always, he seemed nervous. "You don't need to blush everytime you speak to me you know. And I'm doing okay I guess. Thanks for asking. So how is uh... the thing working for you?"
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[Real Sumiko with Reiji] The real Sumiko made her way past the ten thousand students that seemed to have infested the Academy, making her way to Reiji. "Did you need help with anything?"
xAcademy
xChie
xC: 2010 | S: 1230
xConcerned
2010 Chakra -- 1230 Stamina -- A Rank -- 84,900 AC
"Temper temper. Hammer it home." "Temper temper. Hammer it home."
Koutetsu shifted the box in his arms and was about to reply when what Sumiko had said first hit him like a iron rod just taken from the forge and slapped him upside the head with it. Wait. Blush? I'm blushing? he thought in brief shock before shaking his head in denial. "I've been stuck in the forge and mines since I was discharged from the hospital, The change of being out in the open air...I must be coming down with something." He said trying to think of why his face might be red. He didn't feel ill, but it was just a guess. "As for the thing: It's interesting. I've found myself talking to it in some sort of strange landscape. It feels like a dream and yet something tells me its not." In his mind's eye a flash of shadowed figure with long hair briefly popped into his head. Blinking, he glanced away and caught sight of a clock on the wall. It's been two hours already? Koutetsu was surprised that time had passed so fast. "Sumiko, I seem to have lost track of time. I'm due for a mission with Karuto-Sensei. I hear there is a pretty good noodle shop in the restaurant district. Maybe we could catch up there after? If you're not on your own mission of course." He placed the box of Kunai, Shuriken, and katana's on the floor. Retrieving the orange hilted blade, Koutetsu spoke in a softer, more reserved voice, "Our days in the academy were crazy. Sometimes even over the top. This war, these kids most of them aren't going to really understand the risks it presents. I'm not even sure I understand it yet and I was at ground zero." A few tears slid from his eyes and Koutetsu quickly brushed them away. "This is Oinari, my best work so far. Give it to a kid who could learn to be a little more focused, for me, will you?" After listening to Sumiko's reply, he'd smile and wave as he walked out of the academy having placed the blade back in the bin. As soon as he had cleared the doors, Koutetsu took off at a sprint for the gates. If he hurried he could still make it in time.
"Forge the weapon worth wielding." "Forge the weapon worth wielding."
Somnus Aeternam
Crate Contains 30 Shuriken, 30 Kunai, 4 Katana's, 1 cestus, and Oinari. Oinari is custom made for Reg's character Nabuya. Reg has Oinari's stats, but the rest of the weapons provide a +1 to fortitude when in use. Feel free to hand them out as you please or even keep some for yourself.
Regalina Kaicho
Oinari is in Sumiko's care. Shouldn't be too difficult to obtain.
[b]Description:[/b] A Traditional Katana, Oinari was forged by Koutetsu. The blade itself is infused with black steel to create an alloy of increased durability that it is also a grey-black in coloration. On one side of the Habaki is an engraving of the Kajibamaru symbol below which is Koutetsu's signature, the other side has an image of a fox's face. The Tsuka is wrapped with strips of fox skin leather, dyed orange, rather than the traditional shark skin.
[b]Ability Summary:[/b] β’ Fox's Cunning: While the blade is unsheathed, the wielder may pay a C-rank chakra cost, This allows the wielder to make one C-rank or below Formless attack that is treated as Spiritual. [/size]
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Relevant Details
Character Core
Name: Koutetsu Kajibamaru Village: Uzushiogakure Body Rank: B Title Rank: 2nd Grade Genin Classes: Bukijutsu/Worker Bloodline: Koton Demon: Five-Tailed Sagari: Kokuou Link to Profile:[x]
Class Disciplines
First Class: Bukijutsu β±β°β± Juggernaut: β The user suffers no drawbacks of any kind when wearing very light and light armor at D-Rank, medium armor at C-Rank, heavy armor at B-Rank, and all other armors at A-Rank. They receive one free custom weapon or armor upon creation and gain a moderate boost to strength and fortitude. Additionally, they start with the following four techniques, rather than the six most ninja do: Bushi Ken no Jutsu [ Samurai Sabre Technique ], Shunshin no Jutsu [ Body Flicker Technique ], Kai [ Release ], and Kawarimi no Jutsu [ Substitution Technique ].
Second Class: Worker β±β°β± Balanced Master: β The user gains one extra bukijutsu style every other rank. The user also receives a moderate boost in two DR stats of the user choice. The user cannot double upon the same stat to receive a supreme boost with this discipline.
Personal Attributes
β’ Charge!: Gain Raiton element β’ Forged for Battle: May convert Bukijutsu Styles for Tai Styles 1:1 β’ Kagu-tsuchi: Gain Katon. β’ Halloween 2018: Hammer Fists: +1 tai style β’ Academy PA: An Opened Mind: +10 Ninjutsu slots β’ Job-Related PA: Black Steel Materials: Crafted items gain an additional 1 DR to fortitude.
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Weapon Name: Tettsui Weapon Type: Cestus
Weapon Height: Its a glove. Fitted to hand Weapon Weight: 4lbs
Description: An Heirloom passed down from his deceased father, Seidou. The Cestus glove is designed to seamlessly merge with Koton techniques and to assist in efficiently channeling chakra through its material. Was given to Koutetsu by his mother upon graduation to Genin.
Ability Summary: β’ Hands like anvils: When Koutetsu uses the Impervious Armor technique, This weapon seamlessly Merges with the Bloodline jutsu and Gains its properties. β’ Simple, but effective: Provides a 5 chakra cost reduction for all Complex and Spiritual techniques, to a minimum of 5.
Kunai: 0/0 Shuriken: 0/0
Chakra and Stamina
Chakra Pool: 1000 Stamina Pool: 865 Chakra Element: Doton/Suiton/Katon/Raiton/Koton Chakra Color: Dark Grey Chakra Materialization: Dark Grey Samurai armor overlay
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Descriptive Stats
β’ Strength βΊ 11 ββ Juggernaut, Western Bursting Fist, Nigirikobushi no Shintou β’ Speed βΊ 8 ββ Balanced Master, Western Bursting Fist, β’ Reflex βΊ 10 ββ Balanced Master, Western Bursting Fist, Pi Qua Quan β’ Fortitude βΊ 3 ββ Juggernaut,
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:31 pm
__ When Chie began hollering Tetsuhiko immediately backflipped away from the conversation. The Konin, Tetsuhiko, then stuck the acrobatic landing on the ground before prancing toward the students. He approached the playground and found Nabuya, Kenny, Shisui, and Kasumi. They were yelling at each other quite audibly about drugs or other such matters. Granted, Tetsuhiko was more permissive of certain hallucinogens if they helped his art students in the creative process. Although, he was not a complete doctor feelgood and would never provide such materials. Especially not with Chie's iron grip over this academy and village plus her breathing down his neck about this "demotion" nonsense. In any case, if these knuckleheads standing before him were the village's future army to face Kogarashi then they were in serious trouble. "Hello lads! I'm Tetsuhiko Hanzo, Jounin and soon to be Konin of Uzu, and I'm here to whip you nippers into shape!" The puppet man examined each one of them before expressively rolling his eyes. "You're the saddest bunch I ever met, but you can bet before we're through..." As Tetsuhiko sang the snappy number he impressively front flipped over them and landed on the playground set with immense weight and destroying it. He then ran back up to the boys before jamming a heavy tinman pointer finger into Nabuya's chest. "Mister I'll make a ninja out of you!" Now that Tetsuhiko's point was expertly and theatrically illustrated he would continue. "I hope you boys are ready for a little test of your theatrical abilities. Think you're up to the challenge? I wouldn't want to see any of you tough guys chickening out or anything..." Tetsuhiko taunted them as he devised his plan to fulfill Chie's mission and get the art department more funding.
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Mattysandwich
Regalina Kaicho
Kondo Kaicho
Dexterous Prince
Osaka Kaicho
Ephemeral Ozymandias Captain
Obsessive Prophet
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Kazuma Of The Wind
Enduring Husband
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:03 pm
Reiji would stand to his feet once the young woman walked over and bow slightly towards her. "Yes, Ma'am. I needed to do something, but I don't remember what it was. I will come back at another time." He raised himself up from his bow and looked onward towards her in earnest. He truly had no idea so he would head out from there.
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βββββββββββββββββββββββββββ ]|[ OOC Note ]|[ Don't worry about it for now. I'll come back with my character at a later time.
Somnus Aeternam
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:55 pm
Kasumi caught the small bag from Kenny dropping it above him as the little boy stayed in his position on the ground. His eyes widened in excitement to the white powder, however it seemed fairly coarse to be any sniffing stuff. The little boy dug his finger nail into the bag and put it to his nose and took a loud snort to it. His eyes teared up as his head started to pound with rejection to such a foreign substance. "AHHH, WHAT IS THIS STUFF?!" He wiped the tears and dug again, instead licking the substance. It was... flour.. all purpose to be exact. This powder was all too familiar to his experiments he used to conduct when he was younger and living with his father. His father had so many unused bags that laid in the house after Kasumi's mother perished.
Kenny bespoke of his great idea of a "mission," which was more of a prank in the eyes of Kasumi. He frowned, originally thinking highly about Kenny for wanting to train Kasumi to now seeing a malicious fellow student. Nabuya revealed being locker-less, which only concluded that Kasumi was stocking the flour in his locker. Who would call the cops about sniffing stuff, or 'DRUGS' as Kenny calls it? Kasumi's apprehension grew as he was no longer beginning to trust any of his peers.
If his cynicism could not be provoked any further, a handsome, yet flamboyant, man approached the scene. The first sentences he spoke were insulting towards the students, to which Kasumi gripped his fists and stood up indignantly. "NO, NO, NO! First we got this guy," Kasumi pointed to Kenny, "who is trying to get us in trouble instead of training us. And now we got..." Kasumi moved his arm and had his arm and palm extent, moving from the top of the head to the feet of the new weirdo entering the group, "...THIS guy!" The man, as attractive as he was, completely ruined any feelings of admiration by his personality and mobility.
Kasumi wished nothing more but to steer clear away from these guys. He sealed the bag of flour and drop kicked it into the bushes. The stress and confusion was building up in Kasumi. After this crass action, Kasumi's face became red, along with his eyes that were tearing up. "And if these cops do arrest me, at least I'll have a place to sleep! I won't have to hunt for food... sleep under leaves..." Tears slowly streamed down the little boy's eyes and his words were spoken with suppression of excessive emotion. Kasumi wiped quickly at the stray tears that slipped under his butter-glossed cheeks (don't). He stopped himself from commenting about his personal life any further due the informality of the situation being created in front of the stranger. The boy took a deep sigh to shake off the pent up emotion.
γΓγγTITLE: Academy StudentγβγRANK: E RankγβγSTRENGTH: +0γβγSPEED: +0γβγREFLEX: +0γβγFORTITUDE: +0γβγCHAKRA: 150 || 150γβγSTAMINA: 150 || 150γ
Kenny snickered at both the reactions of Nabuya and Kasumi- of course, police hadn't actually been called, he was just planning on transforming into one and arresting them himself. Unless they could outrun him of course. Despite the short one's wailing, Kenny was still having a lot of fun with this exercise...that was until a rather...flamboyant adult appeared. His extra-ness, and lack of subtly was everything Kenny was not. Immediately he decided he wanted to be wherever this dude wasn't. When Tetsuhiko challenged them, Kenny let loose a large yawn and stretched his arms "Hard pass, weird dude. HARD pass" He really didn't care if the other two boys were still cross at him for his mission/prank. Kenny would do his own thing. And this challenge? Nah. Sounds like way too much work. Much better to skate on by and stay under the radar. He walked over to one of the lone trees that populated the playground of the Academy and sat down, putting his back to it and his hands behind his head as he reclined. He hadn't wanted to train anyone today anyways- better to let this guy do it.
He just didn't care.
Mattysandwich
Osaka Kaicho
Regalina Kaicho
Kondo Kaicho
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:07 pm
Chie paused from the spectacle that is Tetsuhiko in order to address Sumiko. The young woman was asking for a promotion to Jonin. Since she did just demote one of her jonin, she was in the mood to have another one. Plus, the young woman proved her merit in the sealing of the demon. "Permission granted. Now do your part in keeping the kids moving." She said as she turned back to the fight. Tetsuhiko's antics turned Kenny off of the fight, so she was curious to see how the flamboyant man would get him back into the fray.
_______________ βOut Of Contextβ Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β―Β― Tetsuhiko's Mission: Dazzle the Stage Mission Rank: A Description: Set the scene and cause mayhem. Get these kids to be ready for the ninja world in the best way you see fit. Each five missions of this mission counts as another mission.
Char, Michio, and Kenny Training: Then and Now Mission Rank: C Description: Go to the college and learn some skills! You need to get ready for the fight with Tetsuhiko. You can cash this mission in for every three jutsu you learn.
Char, Michio, and Kenny Protect the Kids Mission Rank: B Description: You have to hold off Tetsuhiko! For every academy student you get out of the academy and safely brought to the residential district, you can claim this mission. Only works for rpcs.
_β [ B ] Psychokinesis ____β Grabbed her boob again and it'll be S-ranked. Also LORD help you if Chouga finds anything scandalous from this. _β [ Rank B ] Shadow Clone ____β Staying to direct as instructed. ____β _β [ ] ____β
Technique(s) Active:
_β [ Rank ] Shadow Clone ____β At the Academy _β [ Rank ] Shadow Clone ____β At the office _β [ Rank ] ____β
All jutsu learned are available to teach.
PassiveEffects: _β Korabo S-ranked ___β Able to use Korabo up to A-ranked with herself. _β Electric Resistance Training ___β Negates harm from own lightning ninjutsu _β Ninjutsu Alchemy ___β This technique allows Chie to passively Korabo two jutsu together. The limitations of this are as such. First of all, the technique works passively only up to one rank below Chie's current Korabo level. This means that if Chie's Korabo level is A-ranked then it can only be used at a B-ranked potential, which means that Chie can only Korabo two B-ranked techniques to use the korabo skill at A-ranked. This assures that this benefit does not allow the user to passively perform techniques one rank higher than they can usually. Second of all, this technique only applies when Chie korabo's with herself. If she korabos with an ally or a clone then this benefit is non-applicable. Finally, an additional charge of 10 chakra per rank of the final product technique is required to be paid. So if the user Korabo two B-ranked techniques, (the user must also pay for each individual skill), then the final technique would be an A-ranked skill, and thus would cost 50 more chakra to perform this way. Overall this technique's only purpose is to make Chie more cool by utilizing all of her elements and having them combine into super cool ways like a wizard should. _β Hidden Mist Vision ___β Sees clearly during hidden mist technique, or mist in general. _β Fire Resistance Training ___β Negates harm from own fire ninjutsu _β True Belief ___β The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered. _β Enlightenment ___β Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. The user's strength and fortitude is increased heavily. _β Impact Resistance ___β The user acclimates to using the cestus in a battle setting by pounding away at a training dummy with the cestus. By analyzing the feedback of different forms of strikes, the user finds a way to minimize any damage they may take from their own strikes. Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. _β Focal Point ___β The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. _β Thread Walking ___β By using Chakra to focus the mind, the user becomes able to balance enough on thin platforms to use Bukijutsu techniques without any penalties. Covers only balancing on solid structures at least one inch wide, not moving or unstable structures. Also allows the user to balance and move on wires during its activation. _β Advanced Thread Walking ___β he user is now able to both run and fight while balancing on threads and wires without penalties, though doing these things at the same time is widely regarded as infeasible. _β Blessed Rain ___β The user's informed of the incoming costs of what is to come, and as such, must practice their chakra control through controlled bursts from various parts of their body. Their chakra pool is increased by +35. _β Insight Rain ___β The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. _β Torrential Blessings ___β Having completed all that the user may learn, they have but one task left to complete: the user must practice controlling the flow of chakra, and be sure that their control is the finest that it can be. By doing so, they must repeat the exercise performed earlier with Blessed Rain, all the while, they perform technique to the brink of exhaustion. This training receives no reductions. Chakra pool is increased by +65. _β The Task of the Next Generation ___β Upon the master of the school of Shigure Souen Ryu, it's the user's responsibility to develop the next generation! The user is granted one [1] custom slot usable only for a personal Shigure Souen technique. _β Basic Endurance Training ___β The user practices holding any stances they know in the most extreme weather of their region, as far from anyone else as is practical. After completing practice, the Stamina costs of X-Rank techniques in this Style are reduced by 5, down to a minimum cost of 5. _β Extreme Climate Resistance Training ___β The user spends a great deal of time completely immersed in the most intense weather the region has to offer. Following this training, the user does not suffer from adverse climate effects. Additionally, using one or more of the Pi, Qua, and Quan techniques in any combination increases the user's fortitude slightly for one post, to a max of one [1] descriptive rank per trained level in the Soft Physical Formless Style. _β Advanced Endurance Training ___β The user practices holding any stances they know in the most extreme weather of their region, as far from anyone else as is practical. After completing practice, the Stamina costs of techniques in this Style are reduced by half if the practitioner has used the same technique at some point in the last two posts. _β Pi Qua ___β By repeating the transition between the Pi and Qua techniques repeatedly, the user becomes able to perform them quickly enough that starting with one and transitioning into the other only consumes one action for the post, and also cannot be interrupted if the first hits. _β Pi Qua Quan ___β After learning all other techniques in this Style, the practitioner runs through them all again, stringing them together in the longest combo they can. Following this training, the practitioner finds themselves capable of using all techniques in the Style up to the highest learned rank of the Soft Physical Formless Style for 10 less Stamina, to a minimum of 5 Stamina. _β Acclimation ___β The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style. _β Shifting Position ___β The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor. _β Knight's Blade ___β The user studies and acquaints themselves with the many different types of defensive armaments, from shields to armor to defensive items like the forehead protectors that Shinobi Villages use. In the process, they become able to apply any armor techniques to protective armaments and vice-versa.
__ Nabuya missed out on some kind of reconciliation with Kenny because some loudmouth besides himself jumped into the fray. He was pretty sure he saw the stupid Uzukage talking to him before he showed up, which meant that this was also her fault. He rubbed a sore spot on his chest from when Tetsuhiko poked him in between his sung lyrics. Nabu immediately felt a rise in himself toward this new guy which completely overwrote his growing tension with Kenny. Of course, Kenny and Kasumi also expressed dissatisfaction with this proposed challenge of Tetsu's. Kenny just walked off to a nearby tree, still quite soaked in Shisui's booze from before. 'Man... Shisui left at the right time. I shoulda bailed out too.' The rambunctious boy was surprisingly quiet until he finished his regretful thought.
Nabuya growled a little and turned around to glare at the Uzukage who was just entertaining herself with all this nonsense. "OI OI OI!" He pointed up at her and started his shouting and howling all over again for all to hear, "HOW 'BOUT'YA COME FIGHT YER OWN BATTLES INSTEAD OF SENDING ALL THESE CLOWNS AT ME!? EH!?" He shifted his pointing hand so that the extended fingers were rearranged to flip her off once again. Then, go figure, the bell range to signal that the lunch break was over. At best, he had a few minutes to get back to that boring classroom just to get in more trouble and then sit though detention afterward. Nabuya looked back to Tetsuhiko, simultaneously lowering his hand, and replied, "If this's some kinda extracurricular stuff then doessat 'scuse me from class for the rest of t'day? If so then I'm in! Gimme yer best shot ya'nusually heavy singin' ninja dude!" Nabu knew that he couldn't outright deny interest in becoming a ninja himself or else these folks might kick him out before he learned how to use their more powerful ninja powers against them. He had to stomach living amongst these barbaric fools for as long as possible.
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γΓγγTITLE: Academy StudentγβγRANK: E RankγβγSTRENGTH: +0γβγSPEED: +0γβγREFLEX: +0γβγFORTITUDE: +0γβγCHAKRA: 150 || 150γβγSTAMINA: 150 || 150γ
Having returned to class, Shisui was super sober by now. He even spilled his last flask on that ingrate. Now he had nothing to resort back to. This was when he became edgy. His deep rooted hatred for most things became more apparent as his damaged personality would be revealed. The academy teacher would herd the class inside the room, giving them all a pop quiz! Shisui sighed. " Stupid..." he mumbled to himself as he prepared. The class had to perform all of their basic non-elemental techniques and were graded on the execution of each. Luckily for him, he had an extra year or practice since he sucked at them last year, now he was ahead of the game! First, he would form a hand sign, utilizing the transformation technique. Shisui transformed into the teacher, mocking him by lecturing the class for a moment. Seeing as the teacher wasn't amused, he moved on to the next. [ Learned Transformation Technique ]
The next part of his test would be the substitution technique. It was a fairly useful technique, changing positions with an object that was roughly the same size and density as the user. He would form a hand seal, molding chakra for the technique. In a poof of cosmetic smoke, the sudden would swap places with a large wooden block that was provided. The teacher would write some notes upon the quiz paper and motion for him to move on. [ Learned Substitution Technique ]
The following quiz method would be the clone technique. The technique was one that Shisui had failed on the last test. He gulped audibly as he moved past his nervousness. He stood before the class as the world seemed so much larger than he was. He folded his fingers into the hand sign desired. " Clone Jutsu!" he yelled as the plume of smoke masked the act. When it cleared, Shisui had created a perfect copy of himself. He exhaled sharply with relief as he grinned with some self confidence. "Awwwright" he said to himself. [ Learned Clone Technique ]
Next Shisui would demonstrate the Walking on Water technique. He would have to travel outside for this. He would approach the water, expelling chakra to the soles of his feet. He had to do this in an even manner that equally distributed his weight so that no unbalance would come. Stepping into the water, he would demonstrate his abilities. He took several steps outward and would display the mastery of the skill. [ Learned Water Walking ]
To continue, Shisui would approach a nearby tree. He placed his right foot on the tree and would expel chakra in a similar manner to water. The chakra would be used in an opposite effect as he sealed his feet to the tree. Moving slowly upward, he would go right foot, then left foot. Slowly and surely, he moved up the trunk of the tree. He would move until he stood upside down from the nearest branch above them. He felt accomplished, passing flawlessly techniques he couldn't even perform half assed. [ Learned Tree Walking ]
Continuing, Shisui would demonstrate techniques that were no longer on the curriculum for the test. He wanted to display the fruit of his labors. He was proud of his recent accomplishments. He revealed steel wire from his pack. The steel wire was launched with kunai as they were wrapped to the tree below him. He pulled tightly. Manipulating the wire was useful. He could repel from it, manipulate his own weapons and the like. [ Learned: String Reeling Technique ]
Landing upon the roof, Shisui would continue. He formed the appropirate hand seals to prepare. The seal molding the chakra, he would manipulate the tiles upon the roof. As the tiles would rise, Shisui pointed his hand outward to direct them. The tiles would follow suit of the hand, he allowed them to rotate wildly. Moving forward, the tiles would strike the target. [ Learned Roof Tile Shuriken ]
Finally, of the techniques he wished to display of the Maruton listing, he would grab a splinter of wood. Placing the splinter in his mouth he would call it a toothpick, giving it the power of a tooth pick to pick his teeth and be chewed upon. Focusing chakra into the toothpick he would press his lips together. The toothpick would be launched, using the chakra to augment it's piercing power. The toothpick would pierce a target with the same force as a kunai. [ Learned Toothpick ]
He would continue to show his development in his strange weapons training. The man would pick pick up the toothpick once again, displaying this was indeed a strange weapon. He put the tooth pick back in his mouth, spitting it with a chakra enhanced force. He would grab the toothpick and display how it could be used to defend against specific attacks. It was strange. Strange indeed. [ Learned: Strange Weapons ]
The strange weapon would also qualify as a small weapon. He once again picked up the weapon, placing it in his mouth. He spat the toothpick again. He picked it up again. He used the toothpick like a small dagger, stabbing at clone opponents. Each clone opponent would be dispelled with ease. The toothpick was mightier than the sword. [ Learned Small Weapons ]
Shisui would continue to his large weapons training. He picked up a large wooden sword. He wielded the sword with difficulty. He would create a clone and attack the clone with horizontal slashes as the clone defended. After several volleys, the clone would attack back. Shisui would defend against the clone with his large weapon. Finally, the weapon would land upon this clone's head, dispelling it. [ Learned Large Weapons ]
He then paused, demonstrating his critical thinking. His brain was now warmed up with his liquor cleared from his system. He would sit in perfect stillness as he examined his options. His eyes sharpened as he continued to mediate on what came next. So much meditation. The best meditation. Such critical thinking. Very doge. [ Learned Hard Mental ]
There was no real reason for her to be at the Academy, but after meandering around aimlessly with no real intentions, Seiko found herself standing just outside of it. Her pale blue eyes traced out the building's constructs, imagining all the nin within, young and old, learning, training and teaching. She had rather fond memories of her own time spent in Kusagakure's academy and she did not try to push them away as they resurfaced. In fact, a tiny smile found it's way to her lips as wispy tendrils of smoke curled across her visage. She could smell it, and if there was anyone near enough to her, they might be able to catch a whiff of it too. On her very last day as an academy student, she threw an explosive tag at her proctors. It had tickled her fancy, but theirs? Not so much.
Seiko took in a deep breath and pushed her way through the haze her mind constructed, entering the Academy for curiosity's sake. It eventually lead her to a communion of interesting sorts on the roof, and to her surprise, the Uzukage.
"Lady Chie." Seiko had slunk her way to be just off to the woman's side, observing what she was observing, which seemed to be a gaggle of students with a man she assumed to be a teacher. Seiko and Chie were not completely unfamiliar with each other, but their interactions of late had been limited to the Uehara's transition into her village, "I do like your village. It's still rather pretty and I think I might be sad if anything were to happen." She hummed as she folded her hands together in front of her. On it's own, her statement may have come across as a vague threat, but the tone of her voice had been light enough to convey her innocence and honesty, "I promised someone I'd be useful here. Is there any way I can help?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:01 pm
A spark of fire followed her snap as it appeared in front of Nebuya's face. It was not a threat so much as a trinket of her generosity. The child clearly had a god complex, and wasn't going to be content until he was acknowledged by the queen bee. Ideally Chie wanted to crush this kind of behavior while they were still academy students. However, since she was letting others take the front stage of teaching, she would wait for someone else to do that. Push comes to shove, if he graduated to genin without being addressed, then Chie could always put him through her own academy exam.
Her thoughts were interrupted when the grassland ninja appeared beside her. Well, Seiko was an Uzushiogakure ninja, but like Chie herself, the village was not her birthplace. "You get used to the lack of green around here. It takes a while at first, but you do find it beautiful in its own right." Chie said, recalling her home village of Konoha. The village lived in a forest, and nature was always prevalent. Now this cave like village was nothing like her home, but she made it her place. As Seiko asked for a mission, the young woman thought of what she needed. "Now that I think of it, I haven't heard anything from Chouga. Perhaps another version of me caught him somewhere, but it would be strange for me to not have that info. Could you please track him down for me please? Feel free to take someone along with you. Despite being an akimichi, he's quite skinny. He's got a gorgeous six pack, and is rocking the mothman aesthetic." She said, giving the girl a brief description of Chouga. It should be more than enough for her to find him. Chie gave Seiko the option to use someone else not just to make the mission easier, but also to encourage her to make allies within the village. The world was as vast or as finite as one made it. Chie hoped that Seiko would make her world grand, and that required letting people in.
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_β [ B ] Psychokinesis ____β Grabbed her boob again and it'll be S-ranked. Also LORD help you if Chouga finds anything scandalous from this. _β [ Rank B ] Shadow Clone ____β Staying to direct as instructed. ____β _β [ ] ____β
Technique(s) Active:
_β [ Rank ] Shadow Clone ____β At the Academy _β [ Rank ] Shadow Clone ____β At the office _β [ Rank ] ____β
All jutsu learned are available to teach.
PassiveEffects: _β Korabo S-ranked ___β Able to use Korabo up to A-ranked with herself. _β Electric Resistance Training ___β Negates harm from own lightning ninjutsu _β Ninjutsu Alchemy ___β This technique allows Chie to passively Korabo two jutsu together. The limitations of this are as such. First of all, the technique works passively only up to one rank below Chie's current Korabo level. This means that if Chie's Korabo level is A-ranked then it can only be used at a B-ranked potential, which means that Chie can only Korabo two B-ranked techniques to use the korabo skill at A-ranked. This assures that this benefit does not allow the user to passively perform techniques one rank higher than they can usually. Second of all, this technique only applies when Chie korabo's with herself. If she korabos with an ally or a clone then this benefit is non-applicable. Finally, an additional charge of 10 chakra per rank of the final product technique is required to be paid. So if the user Korabo two B-ranked techniques, (the user must also pay for each individual skill), then the final technique would be an A-ranked skill, and thus would cost 50 more chakra to perform this way. Overall this technique's only purpose is to make Chie more cool by utilizing all of her elements and having them combine into super cool ways like a wizard should. _β Hidden Mist Vision ___β Sees clearly during hidden mist technique, or mist in general. _β Fire Resistance Training ___β Negates harm from own fire ninjutsu _β True Belief ___β The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered. _β Enlightenment ___β Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. The user's strength and fortitude is increased heavily. _β Impact Resistance ___β The user acclimates to using the cestus in a battle setting by pounding away at a training dummy with the cestus. By analyzing the feedback of different forms of strikes, the user finds a way to minimize any damage they may take from their own strikes. Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. _β Focal Point ___β The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. _β Thread Walking ___β By using Chakra to focus the mind, the user becomes able to balance enough on thin platforms to use Bukijutsu techniques without any penalties. Covers only balancing on solid structures at least one inch wide, not moving or unstable structures. Also allows the user to balance and move on wires during its activation. _β Advanced Thread Walking ___β he user is now able to both run and fight while balancing on threads and wires without penalties, though doing these things at the same time is widely regarded as infeasible. _β Blessed Rain ___β The user's informed of the incoming costs of what is to come, and as such, must practice their chakra control through controlled bursts from various parts of their body. Their chakra pool is increased by +35. _β Insight Rain ___β The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. _β Torrential Blessings ___β Having completed all that the user may learn, they have but one task left to complete: the user must practice controlling the flow of chakra, and be sure that their control is the finest that it can be. By doing so, they must repeat the exercise performed earlier with Blessed Rain, all the while, they perform technique to the brink of exhaustion. This training receives no reductions. Chakra pool is increased by +65. _β The Task of the Next Generation ___β Upon the master of the school of Shigure Souen Ryu, it's the user's responsibility to develop the next generation! The user is granted one [1] custom slot usable only for a personal Shigure Souen technique. _β Basic Endurance Training ___β The user practices holding any stances they know in the most extreme weather of their region, as far from anyone else as is practical. After completing practice, the Stamina costs of X-Rank techniques in this Style are reduced by 5, down to a minimum cost of 5. _β Extreme Climate Resistance Training ___β The user spends a great deal of time completely immersed in the most intense weather the region has to offer. Following this training, the user does not suffer from adverse climate effects. Additionally, using one or more of the Pi, Qua, and Quan techniques in any combination increases the user's fortitude slightly for one post, to a max of one [1] descriptive rank per trained level in the Soft Physical Formless Style. _β Advanced Endurance Training ___β The user practices holding any stances they know in the most extreme weather of their region, as far from anyone else as is practical. After completing practice, the Stamina costs of techniques in this Style are reduced by half if the practitioner has used the same technique at some point in the last two posts. _β Pi Qua ___β By repeating the transition between the Pi and Qua techniques repeatedly, the user becomes able to perform them quickly enough that starting with one and transitioning into the other only consumes one action for the post, and also cannot be interrupted if the first hits. _β Pi Qua Quan ___β After learning all other techniques in this Style, the practitioner runs through them all again, stringing them together in the longest combo they can. Following this training, the practitioner finds themselves capable of using all techniques in the Style up to the highest learned rank of the Soft Physical Formless Style for 10 less Stamina, to a minimum of 5 Stamina. _β Acclimation ___β The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style. _β Shifting Position ___β The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor. _β Knight's Blade ___β The user studies and acquaints themselves with the many different types of defensive armaments, from shields to armor to defensive items like the forehead protectors that Shinobi Villages use. In the process, they become able to apply any armor techniques to protective armaments and vice-versa.
A thoughtful look etched itself onto Seiko's features as she considered Chie's words. "Chouga, chouga, chouga.." her arms raised so that her index finger tapped the side of her jawline. Although she was trying to focus solely on his name and associating it with a person she might have been familiar with, she could only think about moths and six packs. They fluttered about her head space, and when one dared to stray into reality, she waved it away with a flick of her wrist.
"Yeah-- that shouldn't be too hard." Except for the fact she began to feel particularly dusty the more she thought about those clumsy insect. Seiko brushed off her shoulders, gave her Kage a grin and skipped back toward the ledge, "I bet I'll find someone noteworthy along the way."
Seiko waved the woman goodbye for now and traversed her way down the building and away from the Academy, a trail of moths and tiny clouds of sleek abdomens following her.