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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:12 am
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((To keep things trucking along, I'll provide two versions of what Alexei would do after the trap goes off, based on what Axel does.))
As the ball came down, it would quickly become apparent that he had misstepped. A large sealing array centered roughly around where the ball hit would glow after impact. A large tear would immediately open up within its confines and start sucking things in with tremendous force, drawing Axel and his ball of iron sand into the seal with A-Rank force.
If he doesn't escape:
As Axel slipped into the dark confines of the seal, Alexei started swearing vociferously. He carefully extracted himself from his hiding spot in the bush and retrieved the sealing tag resting in the center of what was now a clean patch of forest floor, made a few alterations to the tag and had the fake bird carry it back to the Scribes and Scraps shop, at which point Axel would pop out of the tag along with a large volume of leaves, branches, and other debris. Alexei, in the meantime, would busy himself with setting up his traps again.
If he does escape:
Alexei waited until the seal finished its job, the sound of his swears echoing around the area enigmatically. After it was complete, the bird would hop down off the tree mechanically and pick up the tag.
"What the hell is wrong with you, you idiot?!" Alexei's voice echoed off of the trees. "Get lost! I have no need for someone who willingly activates a trap that took a long time to set up and puts themselves into harm's way!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 6:41 pm
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Axel Storn
Chunin l B - Rank l Wanderer l Chakra - 655/655 l Stamina - 640/640
"I am the sword in the Darkness...
Day 13
What was that weird glowing? Everything happened so fast I barely had enough time to reach to my hip. As the tear formed, I began to pull Kodokumaso from its sheath, but the force of whatever had just formed in front of me was too strong. I recognized it after a brief moment, it was a seal, just like what Kodokumaso could create. My first instinct was to try and jump away, but the sucking force of the tear did not let me move away. Instead, with Kodokumaso unsheathed, I attempted to slash the ever-shrinking space between us, to create a tear of my own with Kodokumaso’s devour, but the speed at which it was attracting me left no space for me to act. Before I knew it, I was trapped inside pitch darkness. It was strange. Not warm. Not cold. Not humid. Not dry. It was only dark. Even in the darkness, it didn’t feel too dark; if anything, being sealed away was the equivalent of being surrounded by nothing. Not nothing in the sense of there being noting of note, but nothing in the sense that there is no matter around oneself. Truly, I was the only one here. Me, and my lord Jashin. Suddenly, the world became bright once more and I found myself in the middle of a shop, surrounded by leaves and trees. Before the owner could say anything to me, I grabbed the Iron Sand ball, then, I bolted through the door, and ran back to the river, only stopping once I saw Alexei once again. I made a single seal, turning my Iron Sand ball back into individual specs, then, I let it drop into the ground. “Nice trick.” I screamed out to him. “With tricks like those you’re likely to get what you’re trying to hunt soon enough.” My voice was equal parts impressed and annoyed. I had never dealt with sealing before, outside of my nominal knowledge on the workings of the enigmatic sword that rested on my hip. “But listen,” I crossed my arms, watching the youth setting the traps once more, and as I spoke, the Iron Sand sneaked across the grass, moving to Alexei’s position like a viper staking prey. Once it was close enough, the sand would lash out from the grass and attempt to lash itself onto my target’s feet. “I think you shouldn’t do this here. When was the last time a lunar rabbit was seen in this area? I think you’d have better luck in the mountains of Kumogakure, for example.” Casually, I dropped my hand on to the hilt of Kodokumaso. Unless someone was incredibly paranoid, not much would come of it by the way my hand seemed to be placed there, with all of my weight on the sword. By this point, Alexei would have either been bound by my sand or he would have somehow managed to know that he wasn’t and corrected himself to reflect this. Regardless of the situation, I spoke. “Come peacefully. Wayland just wants you out of the area, you’re affecting the Takumi hunters. Just go somewhere else. I can even suggest where you can go. Just don’t be here.”
Ryo: 3395 AC: 9530
OOC: In the interest of time I just did everything in one post, it makes things simpler. If you mind just let me know and I'll make a separete post in the other place.
Technique Used:
Passives:
Vitality: Bukijutsu techniques refund cost equivalent to two ranks lower (E-C refund 5, B refunds 10, A refunds 20 and S refunds 40) if the user has trained in the weapon's respective formless style bracket. Army of One: Through training, Axel has learned to self Korabo his elements in complex and spiritual bukijutsu techniques at one rank lower cost. Formless: Medium Sized Sword [Katana] B Rank Formless: Longbow D Rank Way of the Warrior [Discipline Benefi]t: Your serene mind allows you to detect genjutsu you are trapped within that are two or more ranks below your own status rank, and your tempered body allows you to wear thick armor that a ninja would otherwise be dragged to their knees by. Weapon Master [Discipline Benefit]: Their depth and devotion to the weapon arts allows their skill to increase with every rank allowing their weapons to cut through defensive bukijutsu techniques of the same rank. Specialization Bonus: - 5 Chakra and -10 stamina for Buki Techs Mori Strength Bonus: +.2 In Strength Total Bow Draw Strength: 60lbs Satetsu Bonus: Moderate reduction in lightning damage Insight Rain: 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. Skill - Multitasking: While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost. Lack of Conviction: Due to breaking the Bushido code [Respect], while actively utilizing this style, their attacks will lack conviction. ( Every attack hits as if it were one rank lower, and complex attacks consume [25] additional chakra.
...I am the shield that guards the realm of men."
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 7:49 am
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"The day before yesterday," Alexei responded to Axel's rhetorical question while hopping with surprising agility out of the way of the lash of iron sand. "I spotted it two days ago at shortly before 0500 hours, about 2.6 kilometers northwest of here. Based on its migratory patterns at the time, it should have arrived in this area to cross the river sometime today."
The trapper leaped up to a thick branch in a nearby tree and started fiddling with something on it, likely a piece of one of the traps that had been disarmed earlier. After a couple of moments of fiddling, something in the underbrush moved; obscured though the movement was, it seemed probable that he had just disarmed a trap. Once finished, he hopped to another branch, then another, where he perched. His head bobbed back and forth continuously while he balanced on the branch, like he was either drunk or continually scanning the area.
"You're all so lively and meddlesome," the moving mound of plant matter complained. "I've been here for a month already, tracking this thing and charting out its movements. You know how many other animals I've killed in the meantime? Five. One was a predatory bird, one was a deer, and three were fish. All of those were killed only out of necessity and eaten. Now Wayland sends a mercenary to kick me out the day before my job in the area is over, even though I have an agreement with the local hunters. Sorry, but if he wants me gone, he can wait until tomorrow morning like everyone else."
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 10:19 am
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Axel Storn
Chunin l B - Rank l Wanderer l Chakra - 655/655 l Stamina - 640/640
"I am the sword in the Darkness...
Day 13
I let out a loud sigh. The problem was that this guy hadn’t gotten permission from Wayland. I could see this now, but I had no other choice but to follow my job. “Listen.” I took a step toward Alexei while my iron sand crawled up the tree. “You want to capture this thing. I get it. But I can’t have you staying here. It doesn’t matter if you have an agreement with the local hunters because its clear to me you have no agreement with the man who runs things around here: Wayland. I wouldn’t call myself a mercenary insofar as I don’t want to hurt you. But if you don’t abandon the area right now, you leave me no choice.” It felt strange to say this. I had no will to hurt Alexei, or even to drive him out of the place. He wasn’t hurting anyone, he wasn’t bothering anyone, but still, to remove him from the area was his job, and as such, he would make sure that he followed through. Whatever the cost.
Ryo: 3395 AC: 9530
OOC: .
Technique Used:
Passives:
Vitality: Bukijutsu techniques refund cost equivalent to two ranks lower (E-C refund 5, B refunds 10, A refunds 20 and S refunds 40) if the user has trained in the weapon's respective formless style bracket. Army of One: Through training, Axel has learned to self Korabo his elements in complex and spiritual bukijutsu techniques at one rank lower cost. Formless: Medium Sized Sword [Katana] B Rank Formless: Longbow D Rank Way of the Warrior [Discipline Benefi]t: Your serene mind allows you to detect genjutsu you are trapped within that are two or more ranks below your own status rank, and your tempered body allows you to wear thick armor that a ninja would otherwise be dragged to their knees by. Weapon Master [Discipline Benefit]: Their depth and devotion to the weapon arts allows their skill to increase with every rank allowing their weapons to cut through defensive bukijutsu techniques of the same rank. Specialization Bonus: - 5 Chakra and -10 stamina for Buki Techs Mori Strength Bonus: +.2 In Strength Total Bow Draw Strength: 60lbs Satetsu Bonus: Moderate reduction in lightning damage Insight Rain: 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. Skill - Multitasking: While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost. Lack of Conviction: Due to breaking the Bushido code [Respect], while actively utilizing this style, their attacks will lack conviction. ( Every attack hits as if it were one rank lower, and complex attacks consume [25] additional chakra.
...I am the shield that guards the realm of men."
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:03 pm
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Axel Storn
Chunin l B - Rank l Wanderer l Chakra - 655/655 l Stamina - 640/640
"I am the sword in the Darkness...
Day 13
It was good to see we were finally getting somewhere, but Alexei’s offer wasn’t good enough. “While that does sound good, I’ll do you one better. Just start charting the migratory path, or whatever, and I’ll work with the traps. That way, you’ll be out of Wayland’s hair as soon as possible. And it also means that you get to do the bear minimum in this situation, which I would consider a win.” If I would have been in his position, I would have taken it, it made my life much, much easier, but the ball was now on Alexei’s court. Hopefully, this would be over soon, and I would get my 1,000 Ryo.
Ryo: 3395 AC: 9530
OOC: .
Technique Used:
Passives:
Vitality: Bukijutsu techniques refund cost equivalent to two ranks lower (E-C refund 5, B refunds 10, A refunds 20 and S refunds 40) if the user has trained in the weapon's respective formless style bracket. Army of One: Through training, Axel has learned to self Korabo his elements in complex and spiritual bukijutsu techniques at one rank lower cost. Formless: Medium Sized Sword [Katana] B Rank Formless: Longbow D Rank Way of the Warrior [Discipline Benefi]t: Your serene mind allows you to detect genjutsu you are trapped within that are two or more ranks below your own status rank, and your tempered body allows you to wear thick armor that a ninja would otherwise be dragged to their knees by. Weapon Master [Discipline Benefit]: Their depth and devotion to the weapon arts allows their skill to increase with every rank allowing their weapons to cut through defensive bukijutsu techniques of the same rank. Specialization Bonus: - 5 Chakra and -10 stamina for Buki Techs Mori Strength Bonus: +.2 In Strength Total Bow Draw Strength: 60lbs Satetsu Bonus: Moderate reduction in lightning damage Insight Rain: 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. Skill - Multitasking: While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost. Lack of Conviction: Due to breaking the Bushido code [Respect], while actively utilizing this style, their attacks will lack conviction. ( Every attack hits as if it were one rank lower, and complex attacks consume [25] additional chakra.
...I am the shield that guards the realm of men."
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:13 pm
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Alexei scowled underneath his disguise. Letting someone else disarm his traps meant less work for him, sure, but it took away some of the resources he'd used to set them up and would prevent him from going over his tracks again.
"Look, I'm not going to stop you, but I really don't suggest it. If you get sealed or injured, ain't nobody coming to save you. If I do it and get hurt or sealed, that's my just desserts. Plus, there's like, two hundred of these things, and I hid 'em pretty well, if I do say so myself. You'd be making your job much, much harder to make mine marginally easier. Oh, and you'd also be the one at fault if anyone got hurt in the meantime."
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:48 am
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Axel Storn
Chunin l B - Rank l Wanderer l Chakra - 655/655 l Stamina - 640/640
"I am the sword in the Darkness...
Day 13
I stopped to think about what Alexei’s words. He seemed to be telling the truth for the most part, I wasn’t going to stand in his way. “On second thought,” I paused, surveying the area around me. “You can disarm them yourself since you’re so keen on doing it. I won’t stand in your way. I do have to ask you, why are you trying to catch this thing? Not to put you down or anything, just curious.” I crossed my arms and waited for his answer, then, I added. “Wayland also said something that led me to believe you have nowhere to go… If that’s the case, I know a place, between the mountains. A fort with a tower that touches the heavens in the land of lightning. It’s more like a citadel than a fort, it’s meant to be a giant Jashinist temple, I made it myself. We are in need of trappers. Jashinist or not, you’ll always be welcomed there.” Once I said that to him, I bowed and turned my back to Alexei, then, walked off to turn in my mission.
Ryo: 3395 AC: 9530
OOC: .
Technique Used:
Passives:
Vitality: Bukijutsu techniques refund cost equivalent to two ranks lower (E-C refund 5, B refunds 10, A refunds 20 and S refunds 40) if the user has trained in the weapon's respective formless style bracket. Army of One: Through training, Axel has learned to self Korabo his elements in complex and spiritual bukijutsu techniques at one rank lower cost. Formless: Medium Sized Sword [Katana] B Rank Formless: Longbow D Rank Way of the Warrior [Discipline Benefi]t: Your serene mind allows you to detect genjutsu you are trapped within that are two or more ranks below your own status rank, and your tempered body allows you to wear thick armor that a ninja would otherwise be dragged to their knees by. Weapon Master [Discipline Benefit]: Their depth and devotion to the weapon arts allows their skill to increase with every rank allowing their weapons to cut through defensive bukijutsu techniques of the same rank. Specialization Bonus: - 5 Chakra and -10 stamina for Buki Techs Mori Strength Bonus: +.2 In Strength Total Bow Draw Strength: 60lbs Satetsu Bonus: Moderate reduction in lightning damage Insight Rain: 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. Skill - Multitasking: While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost. Lack of Conviction: Due to breaking the Bushido code [Respect], while actively utilizing this style, their attacks will lack conviction. ( Every attack hits as if it were one rank lower, and complex attacks consume [25] additional chakra.
...I am the shield that guards the realm of men."
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:02 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:27 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:14 am
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As the pair walked through a throng of shady rogue-type characters, they would notice that despite the presence of such rough types, work was continuing in the nearby warehouses and shipping centers. The underside of the docks was a bit less busy, but the presence of small vessels intended ostensibly for personal transport meant that the area was not entirely quiet.
Nothing untoward would befall the pair as they worked their way through the under-docks until a fit man in a tanktop clapped Roxas on the shoulder as they passed. It wasn't a hostile maneuver nor a particularly friendly one, but afterward the lad would feel a small piece of paper had been slipped into his collar. On it, in remarkably clear handwriting, was the following:
Note The city has started dumping waste in the river and it's gumming up operations down here. Gather up as much of this garbage as you can and paint City Hall in it. Dump any leftovers at the city gates and bounce before the guards catch you. (Trash Collection, Harassment x2) Should you find yourselves with more free time, burgle the Herbal Furs. It doesn't matter what you take, but each of you should walk out with something. On your way out, spread around some of the baits they carry to whip the animals into a frenzy. The more chaotic it gets in there without ruining the wares, the better. (Theft, Harassment)
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:13 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:26 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:44 pm
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