Sprung forth amid the bustling streets of Gimangakure lies a temple, from wherein the many daily recitations and prayers to the Buddha and the Boddhi can be heard. Throughout the exterior features you see pools of water and merely looking upon them a sense of calmness overcomes you, as if manifest enlightenment drifts forwards from within. You realize, however, that as you look at these features, they are only the beginning of the outer walls of the temple, and you can clearly see a little further inside that a man walks atop a balcony, warmly smiling at you upon arrival. Unsure of whether or not you will enter he merely bows to you, wishing you well, although you cannot hear this affirmation. After a brief moment the monk heads on his way. Should you choose to proceed further you will come to one of two gates, as the rest of the complex is nestled into the surrounding city, and be greeted by one or two warrior monks, still young in life and willing to protect the temple at all costs. These men will weigh you and your soul, possessing a gaze that seems to move directly through you, and upon acceptance allow you to enter the temple beyond.
As you enter further you see more aesthetic pieces of work with emblems of the faith worked into them, and while the temple bears a central honour to the Buddha you hear recitations to Yaku-O mingled in with them as well. Progressing further into the temple you come across multiple sanctuaries as well as the central focus chamber, wherein many monks are amid the recitations you heard earlier. As you pass into the next chamber, you see a monk come towards you, offering you a free meal. The sense and feeling of chakra in the air around you builds as you begin to understand, on a more spiritual level, the significance of this, the Obscure Temple.
The furthest chamber which you can enter is a solitary prayer chamber, with but a handful of monks paying homage to Yaku-O, to whom this temple was dedicated upon founding.
Rules of The Obscure Temple: • Chakra/Stamina restoration posts count for double within these halls • Combat is not permitted in this locale
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:54 pm
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A young woman, holding herself high as she walked, pushed open the doors to the temple and walked down a flight of stairs. She moved lower and lower into the earth until her ears started to pop, swallowing hard to get them to equalize. She then moved herself to a large open room. Lighting the torches on the wall, she would bow to her guides thus far as they left her presence. She shut the doors behind them and leaned against them, hands holding her up briefly before pushing herself off. She strode to the far end of the room and dumped her bag and gear in a corner. She would pretty much see anyone encroaching on her in this vastly empty room at this point. Time to work on her secret aresenal. She had neglected her training for a while and things were getting interesting in the elemental nations. A tournament, a war, whispers of other things. She smiled despite herself.
The first thing she would do is take one of the dummies in a corner and move it to the middle next to the wall. She needed some kind of target to throw s**t at. A simple application of her special chakra saw the throwing knife embeded past the first rivet on its tang, and barely a fraction of a second from release to impact. She pronounced it to be good. She would leave the chakra in her hands and flash through the elemental seals experimentally, finding them to be much quicker. The smile only got wider. (Jinton: Shuriken no Jutsu [ Speed Release: Shuriken Technique ] learned, Jinton: Senkakusha no Inzou [ Enlightened Person's Handsigns ] learned )
The girl went to retrieve her knives and settled them into her sheathes for the moment. She knew her burried clan was all about the speed. They had their own shunshin even. She knew how it worked but never really went into depth with learning. She knew the seals, and with her chakra still in her hands was able to flash through them. She found herself running about the room and leaving trails of dust in her wake. She laughed in a broken way as she allowed herself a simple turn and arced herself around the entire room twice before she stopped. She was breathing slightly heavy but caught her breath very quickly. ( Jinton: Shunshin no Jutsu [ Speed Release: Body Flicker Technique ] learned)
The next two were a bit daunting. Not impossible but she let out a little hmm out of the complication of it. Studying it she idlly made the handseals. | It was kinda a b***h to get these things done right. Didnt have a whole lot of practice with them. That was her problem, she had been complacent. | Way too relaxed with all this. Nobody really challenged her in giman at all. Because of this, she had a pretty relaxed lifestyle. | She needed to focus her chakra in a bubble. The bubble could pretty much encompass the room. Which was actually rather nice range wise. | She got the aura part down. Just now she had to get the effects. Two different effects in total. One to speed up and one to slow down. | The b***h of it wasnt that it was complicated, but all this effort involved. She got the slow effect to work immediately. That part was easy. Now to speed things up. | She focuses her chakra to disperse it through the area. She could feel the air starting to speed up, her grin never getting any smaller. A final push would be all it would take. | She watched the ambient dust increase to a variable starfield in her view, as she dropped her hands to her side, the training dummy sliding back from the dusts movement. (Jinton: Ecological no Jutsu [ Speed Release: The Ecological Technique ], Jinton: Takusan Hoshi no Jutsu [ Speed Release: Many, Many Stars Technique ], Jinton: Awa no Gawa no Jutsu [ Speed Release: River in the Sky Technique ] learned. ) She pronounced it good.
Next she intended to work on her skill in puppetry. She had neglected this most of all. But then she wasnt your usual puppeteer |. She had no real intention of learning to control yet more puppets. 1 would suffice, especially when the things she was going to control would either be much more simple or incredibly more complex than a puppet. She formed a single lightning clone and let her strings spool out. | Once they attached the clone started up a kata. Slowly at first, aiming to hit harder. The problem wasnt her lack of enthusasm. | She didn't have any formal training at cqc. Elizabeth started to influence her movements, projecting them and manuvering the strings this way and that. When she pulled the right way she found she could throw the clone off balance. Not being a team fighter she typically didnt have the oppurtunity to have a partner. So she focused on the offense of it, pulling her arm off course, making the clone hyper extend joints. The clone made a pained squeak and popped when she managed to break its arm on a punch by wrenching the strings downward sharply, while throwing the lightest of knees towards it. She got a shock for her efforts but the pain kept her sharp, awake and honestly; pretty damn happy.
Whise (Weiss or w-AY-s) NoctisShinsetsu ▬Sannin ▪ One katana ▪ Chakra 1345/1345 ▪ Stamina 1005/1005 ▪ Retsuseirei Chakra:200/200 ▪ Sacred Amulet 620/620 ▪ AC:105,300 ▪ Ryo:30,100 Info Currently Undiscoverable ▬
[ The world pushes us without mercy ]
Whise was at the outskirts of the temple, still unseen by any visitors or monks. This would make things more difficult, combat was forbidden. If he did engage he would need to deal with Shirleys guards and the monks at the same time. He supposed it was unavoidable. He created a shadow clone and split his chakra with it. The clone then henged into a random A ranked rogue he saw have a wanted poster for. Rogues in Giman were nothing new so his presence wouldn't be noticed. He needed to search for Shirley though. The clone went ahead into the temple as Whise watched from afar.
Original 685 Chakra Shadow Clone Jutsu -15 500 Stam Clone-645 Chakra Henge-5 500 Stam
Disruption V2[Jutsus Available] Active 5/5 post
[and when some push back, the world points and cries...EVIL.]
As the random rogue entered the temple, he would be warned gently by a nearby monk no to disturb the peace or other visitors. The monk would then bow and wish him well in his endeavors, whatever they may be. Not two seconds later a small group of monks would wish him well in much the same manner before walking slowly toward an altar at the far end of the main room.
Temple-goers young and old alike gathered in the main area, some praying and others sitting in quiet contemplation. Almost sixty such people dotted the area, giving the temple background noise of unintelligible whispers. To the left of the altar at the far end of the room was a set of heavy doors guarded by warrior monks. Each of them stared out over the room as if in a trance, one hand raised to their chest in silent prayer.
Whise (Weiss or w-AY-s) NoctisShinsetsu ▬Sannin ▪ One katana ▪ Chakra 1345/1345 ▪ Stamina 1005/1005 ▪ Retsuseirei Chakra:200/200 ▪ Sacred Amulet 620/620 ▪ AC:105,300 ▪ Ryo:30,100 Info Currently Undiscoverable ▬
[ The world pushes us without mercy ]
Whise nodded and bowed at the monks who wished him well. He entered the chamber with the heavy set doors but didn't go to far in. He merely sat down in front of the many statues and prayed. He kept an eye on the door and the hallway near him. The hallway lead to the exit so if Shirley was here he would have to pass by him.
Original 685 Chakra 500 Stam Clone-645 500 Stam
Disruption V2[Jutsus Available] Active 5/5 post
[and when some push back, the world points and cries...EVIL.]
The room that lay beyond the heavy doors was much the same as the first, but the ceiling was lower and the statues were smaller. It would appear the room was meant for offerings, as many of the statues had mounds of flowers, fabrics, and coins at their bases. A thick incense smeared the light and disguised the praying whisperers. After a while, a tottering elderly person would stand and start walking toward the exit.
Whise (Weiss or w-AY-s) NoctisShinsetsu ▬Sannin ▪ One katana ▪ Chakra 1345/1345 ▪ Stamina 1005/1005 ▪ Retsuseirei Chakra:200/200 ▪ Sacred Amulet 620/620 ▪ AC:105,300 ▪ Ryo:30,100 Info Currently Undiscoverable ▬
[ The world pushes us without mercy ]
After waiting for some time, he finally found his target. The shear amount of incense in the room made it difficult to see who was praying, but once he stood his eyes flickered to his direction and confirmed. All he needed to do was get to a spot where Whise could see the attack, being much closer to the entrance than the elderly man. Whise clone stood up himself ahead of shirley and headed for the exit as well.
Original 685 Chakra 500 Stam Clone-645 500 Stam
Disruption V2[Jutsus Available] Active 5/5 post
[and when some push back, the world points and cries...EVIL.]
The heavy doors swung open in advance of Shirley, who walked through with a steady gait. The monks on the other side bowed their heads slightly as he passed into the larger, more densely populated room beyond. A small handful of people made their way calmly toward him as he strolled, none of them standing out from the crowd overmuch. The Chief Foreman, Falk, was present in plainclothes, and nearby him were a man with a tired face but firm shoulders, a ghastly pale man with a set of reflective glasses and a messenger bag, a dark-skinned woman with a slight slouch, and a stocky woman with the edges of a large tattoo peeking out from under her sleeves. They would surround Shirley as naturally as water swallows a dropped rock and head toward the exit, where a couple of suited persons were waiting with notebooks in hand.
Whise (Weiss or w-AY-s) NoctisShinsetsu ▬Sannin ▪ One katana ▪ Chakra 1345/1345 ▪ Stamina 1005/1005 ▪ Retsuseirei Chakra:200/200 ▪ Sacred Amulet 620/620 ▪ AC:105,300 ▪ Ryo:30,100 Info Currently Undiscoverable ▬
[ The world pushes us without mercy ]
He recognized the foreman instantly, even with his plan clothes. And maybe one of them was the guy he saw in Shirley office staring at him? The rest were unknowns to him, rogues perhaps? Well this made everything a bit more difficult. As they were exiting, he looked for Shirley's ride. A vehicle perhaps? If he did see one pulling him he was casually walk in front of it and lean to tie his shoe. Placing an exploding tag and covering it was dirt. He would stand as the car was rolling up to shirley and move out of its way. Of course if there was no car he wondered if Shirley was gonna walk out of the temple grounds. If he did, he could potentially attack without the monks interfering. But the time drew near. He would be making his move in the next seconds or minute.
Original 685 Chakra 500 Stam Clone-645 500 Stam
Disruption V2[Jutsus Available] Active 5/5 post
[and when some push back, the world points and cries...EVIL.]
The group around Shirley merged with the suited persons at the front door. There was a puff of smoke from one of their notebooks followed by the appearance of three more figures, the classic sign of a Kuchiyose. Two of the figures looked to be additional bodyguards, each in in loose-fitting black kimonos, and the third was a canine that acted like a dog but looked more like a coyote. The new bodyguards would take a moment to get their footing, but would walk at the front and back of the group after they had their bearings while the dog started trotting alongside them. Notably, the one that took up a position at the back looked remarkably like Falk, but they didn't so much as look at each other. With an entourage of nine people, it was clear that Shirley was a man who knew his position and the dangers of the city. En masse, they started to head toward the Shinjiro Factory.
Whise (Weiss or w-AY-s) NoctisShinsetsu ▬Sannin ▪ One katana ▪ Chakra 1345/1345 ▪ Stamina 1005/1005 ▪ Retsuseirei Chakra:200/200 ▪ Sacred Amulet 620/620 ▪ AC:105,300 ▪ Ryo:30,100 Info Currently Undiscoverable ▬
[ The world pushes us without mercy ]
Clone Noctis was shaking his head as he noticed them summon even more bodyguards. This was going to be very difficult.
Noctis was watching from a bit away from them, he wasn't at a range that he couldn't initiate a fight. When he noticed the squad he began to think what could possibly be done. There were alot of people here...it was something he didn't wish to use. But the end justified the means. He began performing his jutsu, with his disruption skill available and active it wouldn't seem like he was amassing a vast amount of chakra. Which would be good if any sensors were in the group. It was a long sequance but once he was finished his eyes glowed white as cloud formed almost instantanueosly overhead. Snow began to pour down and a fierce and howling wind would push those with unsteady feet to the ground and stop those who still stood in thier tracks. The cold would grip thier bodies as if they had jumped into a pool of ice. This was his ultimate technique. Given to him by a friend.
The instant the clouds formed clone Noctis realized what was going on. He prepared but firmly attaching his feet to the ground and charging the group before they could get Shirley to safety or even realize where the cold came from. He formed two razor flakes, one in each hand and threw them using the. wind as his tool he tossed them off mark but they would change direction and blow towards the group. Aiming for the front and back of Shirley's posse he wanted to reduce the number drastically. This flakes were the same color as the snow that was pouring around them. The ground would be heavily covered and the tree's. The harsh frigid winds would blow into the eyes of those without eye protection and cause them to squint it was a natural reaction. And those with protection would still find it difficult see the threat. Unless they can't distinguish the color white from white. If struck these razor flakes were strong enough to easily slice through heavy armor. They would slice through flesh like butter. His goal was to take out the summonings first, he would take care of the extra's after. They were grounded the fierce howling winds would knock them around if they tried to jump to safety and leave them open. His plan were being set in motion.
Yukiton: Oni no Fubuki [Snow Release: Blizzard of the Demon] 4 posts until mild Hypotermia sets in.
• Japanese Name no Jutsu [ Razor Flake ]x2 Rank: X (A rank for learning purposes) Type: Bloodline Element: Snow Description: This technique turns a snow flake of intricate and beautiful design into a weapon capable of mass destruction. The snow flakes grow in size with every rank used, have incredible cutting power.
The group looked extremely confused when the weather suddenly changed, but after one of the people who'd had a notebook said something, the group seemed to collapse in around Shirley. The Falk lookalike at the back of the group jumped in front of one snowflake and was cleanly bisected at the waist after redirecting it away from the group. The other snowflake was deflected by a disk of Chakra the guard at the front created around his wrist. The Falk lookalike hit the ground with a hollow clatter and stopped moving.
The real(?) Falk, along with the dark-skinned woman, the stocky woman, and the notebook holders took up defensive positions around their boss, facing all directions. One of the notebook holders--the one that had gotten everybody to move earlier--wove a few hand seals and sent out a wave of Chakra that shrouded the Chakra-sensory information of the area in a wall of static, though afterward he looked extremely tired. Shirley hadn't moved since the storm started up, but he wasn't remaining still either: he was making a few strange movements that seemed deliberate but with a meaning that wouldn't be readily deciphered. A dome rose around the group in a manner typical of any number of Doton techniques, but its surface was black and smooth. As the group was completely enclosed within the dome, sunlight would break through and scatter the clouds, its rays bringing a feeling of warmth and the howl of wind disappearing, though the crisp smell of cold air yet lingered.
Outside the dome, in the area with fickle weather, the dog took up a position next to the man with the tired face and howled. The sound of its voice echoed through the city. The tired man wove a few hand signs and sent out a wave of fire to encircle the Noctis clone. The guard who had been at the front of the group was in a slightly off-balance sprint toward the clone, short sword drawn and at the ready. The man with the reflective glasses raised a hand and attached a number of Chakra strings to the clone Noctis' body and attempted to make him sit down.
Summary:
Bookie lets everyone know Something's Up(TM) when it suddenly starts snowing, then guards Shirley with most of the others. Falk-lookalike is bisected by one snowflake, the other is deflected. Black dome rises around Shirley and his group. Sensory info is scrambled. Weather clears. Dog howls. It and two other people remain outside the dome. Horou no Jutsu [ Fire Prison Technique ] (B-Rank) and Sōen: Hitomi Gokū [ Puppet Performance: Skillful Achievement with a Human Body ] (A-Rank) are used on the Noctis clone.
((I think I addressed everything and everyone. Let me know if I missed something.))
Whise (Weiss or w-AY-s) NoctisShinsetsu ▬Sannin ▪ One katana ▪ Chakra 1345/1345 ▪ Stamina 1005/1005 ▪ Retsuseirei Chakra:200/200 ▪ Sacred Amulet 620/620 ▪ AC:105,300 ▪ Ryo:30,100 Info Currently Undiscoverable ▬
[ The world pushes us without mercy ]
Noctis was still far off from the group, his technique was still active but it seemingly had cleared. He couldn't leave from this spot. He could only wait for the clone to do its job.
One was bisected and the other deflected, he must either be a sensor or have some kind of dojutsu to distinguish his attack from the natural snow. But it mattered not, it seemed they moved into a defensive position inside a dome. But left the rest of them outside, he began to move in when his body stopped. As if the air itself resisted his body movement it seemed he was going into a sitting position. Looking down he could see chakra strings attached to him. He couldn't do much but forcibly break the hold. A sudden burst of chakra was released from his body and he returned to normal movement. But the paralyzation had gotten him trapped inside a fire prison. He cracked his neck as he formed two more razor flakes in his hands and through them at the prison at the same time. The two techniques canceled each other out and allowed Noctis to move freely. He then made a cross with his fingers and 3 clones came forth. Each one of them had 6 chakra, after thier creation they scattered into the trees. Clone Noctis charged at the remaining guards. Since he didn't know what was going in inside the dome he could only take out the ones outside. With just simply his katana he headed towards the man with the shortswords who was charging him. As they were about to meet two razor flakes would fly out of the bushes from different directions towards the shortsword man. If he made attempts to defend, Alpha Clone would find an opening and strike. The third clone would have moved closer to the dome and sent a razor flake flying from the bushes towards the dog. He had been a very bad doggo.
Yukiton: Oni no Fubuki [Snow Release: Blizzard of the Demon] 3 posts until mild Hypothermia sets in.
Clone Alpha -Main Clone with most Chakra used 2 Razor flakes -10 +10 3 Shadow clones 15+6=21x3=63
Clones with 6 chakra 1 stamina Clone Echo 6/6 1/1--Used C rank Razor flake -5 +5 Clone Lima 6/6 1/1-Used C rank Razor flake -5 +5 Clone Charlie 6/6 1/1-Used 1 C rank razor flake -5 +5
• Japanese Name no Jutsu [ Razor Flake ] Rank: X (A rank for learning purposes) Type: Bloodline Element: Snow Description: This technique turns a snow flake of intricate and beautiful design into a weapon capable of mass destruction. The snow flakes grow in size with every rank used, have incredible cutting power.
Yukiton: Oni no Fubuki [Snow Release: Blizzard of the Demon] Rank: S- According to Ergo it is seemingly not active. Which to me means its still active. Original 545 Chakra 500 Stam
Clone-497 -63 clones and -80 for release from A rank puppet jutsu. 500 Stam
Disruption V2[Jutsus Available] Active 5/5 post
[and when some push back, the world points and cries...EVIL.]
The one wielding a short sword showed no signs of reacting to the flakes as they sliced through him. As the flakes cleared his body, the sound of a loud bang would echo through the area; an opaque curtain of thick fogs bellowed forth from the tumbling body, rapidly filling the area around it in a gas that would hurt to breathe.
The tired man smirked when Noctis broke through the Fire Prison and scattered clones about the area. He made a few seals and raised his palm before spraying a cluster of fireballs upward, which then started to rain down on the area in an effort to both destroy cover and hopefully disperse the clones. On seeing the purple mist, though, he leaped up and back to put some distance between himself and the cloud, evidently more concerned about being caught in that than he was about hurting the enemy. Upon landing some ten meters away, he loosed a jet of intense flame in an arc toward the expanding cloud and Noctis, aiming to blanket the area in flame.
Meanwhile, the doggo ceased howling. It wasn't a bad doggo, just a noisy one, but it was certainly going to get a little bit bad now. It drew earth up onto itself in a spiny skin and looked like it was going to attack if the snowflake shuriken's impact hadn't knocked it sideways a couple of meters. The armor held, but was now riddled with cracks. With a huff that seemed a bit grumpy, the dog stood and willed a clone of molten earth to rise with it. The clone then scampered off toward the direction the snowflake had come from, heat radiating off of its earthen skin. Finally, the dog let out a bark and two shells of earth rose around it and the glasses-wearing guy, each shell with a cutout facing toward the purple cloud. The two would remain unaffected by the rain of fireballs and the jet of flame.
The glasses-wearing guy reached into his bag and tossed out several handfuls of nails into the area, which buried themselves in the earth like they'd been hit with a particularly powerful hammer. It would seem he was making sure that there was no one in front of him, because after a short pause he retrieved a scroll from his bag as well. With a poof, three more people were summoned, struggled for a moment to get their footing, then took a step outside the dome the dog had created with a small arrangement of weapons in their hands.
Jutsu Used:
Tired guy: Kaen Hisame no Jutsu, then he leaped away from the purple cloud, then used Karyuu Endan in an arc toward the clone. Lots of things gettin' on fire. (Katon) Doggo: Sekkai Senbon Hada, gets hit, Karyoku Bunshin, Sekkai Suke. (Doton) Glasses guy: Tosses out a bunch of nails, summons 3 more dudes.
