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There was a sort wind blowing through the air as a rather large man the cloths of a villager and the humble eyes of a world weary man came trudging by the local training grounds, his large arms and rather untamed beard suggesting that he was most certainly the sort of man to work for a living. The only thing odd about him seemed to be the axe he was carrying over his shoulder. Though the rest of the man was most certainly as normal and rough as could be, the axe handle of the wood cutters implement that he was carrying around looked...of oddly fine make. As though it was a piece of finery that didn't quite belong there over a wood cutters shoulder. It looked almost like the pummel of an extravagant cane, but the wood cutter himself seemed so normal as to offset this brief abnormality. His eyes skirting the field and lifting as he passed the boy who appeared to be...punching a tree. The large man walked up behind him slowly, lifting a brow. "Hm...I admire you metal, lad, but you won't be able to cut down a tree like that." he gave a slight chuckle. "And, even if I don't know much about being a ninja, even I can tell that you're doing that punch a little off center. Try shifting your weight little higher and turning more when you pivot from left to right." the stoic woodcutter's face remained hidden behind his beard.

"Hn, so tell me boy...you're a ninja student then?" he was addressing Makoto, his stern gaze evenly upon him as he trained.


+4 to All Makato's rolls

((You may roll an extra awareness roll if you like, Titus.))

As Urza went to retrieve her stone she felt something weird with her arms. There was a pins a needles sensation coursing through them, as if they had fallen asleep. Urza bent and flexed her fingers with no change. She was curious as to hat had happened and if it was serious. It was most likely that her fingers just had fallen asleep while holding on to the rock. After all it was quite heavy and whichever appendage was on the under side of carrying it was bound to have had its circulation cut off. At least for a small while. Urza rolled to stone back into its place to be thrown and waited for the pins to vanish from her hands before attempting another throw.

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Lvl. 3
Hp: 24/36
Cp: 27/27
MHp: 30/30
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Strength Training
Throw some rocks.
DC: 10 + Str Mod (6): 16
Formula: d20 + str mod
9/10
Resting posts must be 4 lines long +1 hp/cp/mhp
-------------------On Hold----------------------------
Charisma training
Give a lesson in speech and language to Alucard
DC: 10 + Charisma Mod (-1)
Formula: d20 + charisma mod
3/20

The tingling from Urza's hands had finally faded as she decided to try to throw the rock again. Picking it up she found the task becoming increasingly difficult, and had to quickly put it down as to no accidentally drop it on her foot. Urza stretch out her arms which seemed to almost feel as if they had been stretch out just by trying to lift the rock. She just needed one more throw, but for some reason the the rock and her body were no longer acting in unison as they had been not moments ago. She just had to get it 10 yards, she kept telling herself. 10 yards and she was home free. Urza sat down to focus on the task at hand and ask her God for guidance. Perhaps with his blessing she could get this stone those 10 yards, maybe even more.

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Lvl. 3
Hp: 23/36
Cp: 27/27
MHp: 30/30
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Strength Training
Throw some rocks.
DC: 10 + Str Mod (6): 16
Formula: d20 + str mod
9/10
Resting posts must be 4 lines long +1 hp/cp/mhp
-------------------On Hold----------------------------
Charisma training
Give a lesson in speech and language to Alucard
DC: 10 + Charisma Mod (-1)
Formula: d20 + charisma mod
3/20

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The wood cutter seemed amused as he gave a small subtle smile beneath his beard. "Hn, what's the matter lad...don't tell me you're shy?" he gave another small chuckle as he rested the head of his cutter's axe on the ground, causing the tool to look even more like a cane then before, but again it didn't seem to draw that much notice. "They say that Ninja are the weapons of those they serve...the weapons of those they swear to protect..." he raised a brow at the boy. "Tell me lad...? What is it that you intend to protect? If you succeed in becoming a ninja...what is it that you intend to accomplish?" the man's tone was still calm and stern, like the tree itself. The man seemed to fit the very definition of a world weary wood cutter...

Miyako Chōzō

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TAHp: 20/30
TAICp: 30/30
TIMHp: 30/30
Dodge Bonus: 4
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Miyako decided that she needed to buff up, or at least have a good punch. Seeing that others were punching at trees, she thought she'd take it a step farther and punch anything! She first started with a rock nearby. She clenched a fist and slammed it against the rock. It stung, but not as bad as she had thought.

She moved to a tree next. She went to punch the tree, but completely missed. At least it wasn't the broadside of a barn... or the ground as she fell. Which she did hit, as she tripped over a root. She stood up and wiped off her hands. "Hahaha, you sneaky b*****d you," she said pointing a finger at the tree, "Trying to pull a fast one, eh?"

She gave the tree a punch, and this time it connected and a small piece of bark chipped off. Urza already had a good punch and so it was a challenge. She had to compete with Urza and beat her at her own game! Though she doubted she could, perhaps she could... if she made a puppet that could. Yeeeess... that's what I'll do...

She moved onto the next object, a random pole sticking out of the ground. What it was there for, she had no idea, and didn't really care. For now... it was there for her to punch! She brought her hand back and sent it forward, her hand grazed it, but did no damage. She fell forward and smacked her face on the wooden pole.

She rubbed her face and brought her clenched fist back to punch it again. She went to punch, but her feet were placed incorrectly and she tripped over her own two feet. She landed on the ground. It seemed to be the one thing she had no problem hitting. At least she had that going for her.

Kick, Punch, Kick Kick, Punch!
Miyako is a wimp... so she's punching s***!
DC: 10
Formula: d20 + Taijutsu (0) = 16, 4, 14, 4, 2
2/10
Failure = -1 Hp

Urza decided it was time to work on her mobility and dexterity in her armor. She had done enough running for her needs, she now had to up the ante. Urza looked at the ground making a path in her head that she would follow. She would be jumping dipping and dodging more so than running. Urza decided her first obstacle would be to jump over the lowest hanging branches of the nearest tree. Urza found what looked to be a suitable tree and shot towards it at full speed. Before she reached it however her foot got caught in a hole and she was sent plummeting to the ground. Urza wiped the dirt of her feet as she stood up blinking a few times. "Maker help me." This was going to be a looong run.

Urza looked at the space between her and the tree, there was still plenty of room for her to build up speed and vault over the branches so long as nothing else went array. Urza dug her feet into the ground and took off at a dead sprint jumping and putting her arms slightly in front of her, than using her arms to pull herself over the branch with a kong vault. One successful obstacle gracefully handles, all face plants excluded. Urza kept up her speed as she looked for the next thing to vault. She decided she would use the large rock the had been moving and speed vault over it.

Urza located her target and sprinted towards it, her speed building ever faster and faster. She reach her object and easily cleared it, he momentum keeping her hurtling ever onward. This was a perfect exercise for Urza, it allowed to freedom of movement while still working on speed and reflex, two things Urza desperately needed to work on to remove the hindrance of her bulky armor. Urza's mobility may not have been the worst, but it was so sub par for the girl that she could hardly stand working on anything else until she felt better about it. If there were two things she had to work on after this however, it would be her chakra and her memory. She could easily do more chakra purging to build her supply, but Urza would have to think about how to improve her memory.

As Urza thought about all these things she momentarily lost focus of her mission, and found herself careening into a tree at a rather high velocity. Urza fell backwards and twitched on the ground a bit as the shock of the situation finally settled on her. She had literally just run into a tree... It seemed she needed to work on her focus too! After all if Urza couldn't even clear two objects without running face first into a tree, how would she be able to clear 7 more objects? Urza looked at the sky without getting up. It was so crystal blue... It was always so perfect here. She wished she could just bottle it up sometimes.

Urza snapped into reality as she pulled herself up off the ground brushing herself off. This training was no joke. She should have been taking it just as seriously as her strength training, maybe even more so. Urza stretched a bit shaking out the bits of her body that got beat up worse than others when she had collided with the tree. Her next jump would be over a shrubbery, Urza decided. Looking around for suitable foliage. As Urza turned and twisted looking for a good shrub to jump her foot got caught on a tree root, and she was sent once more to the ground. "I guess that's payback, Mr.Tree."


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Lvl. 3
Hp: 20/36
Cp: 27/27
MHp: 30/30
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Dexterity Training
Jump over stuff. (Dex training)
DC: 10 + Dex Mod (2): 12
Formula: d20 + Dex mod
3/10
Resting posts must be 4 lines long +1 hp/cp/mhp
-------------------On Hold----------------------------
Charisma training
Give a lesson in speech and language to Alucard
DC: 10 + Charisma Mod (-1)
Formula: d20 + charisma mod
3/20

Urza found the shrub she had planned to clear once more and set her sights on it. She would have to run and jump pushing her legs forward a bit so that she could completely clear the brush without getting stuck up in it. Urza began to put her plan into motion. She started up her speed, accelerating to a good sprint, and then when the time came she jumped. However; she didn't quite jump high enough as her foot got caught up in the shrub and sent her tumbling to the ground. She had been pretty close. A few centimeters higher and she would have cleared it. Though she was sure that is what a lot of shinobi said right before the missed a dodge.

Urza decided that would be a good rotation. Tree, rock, shrub, repeat. If she felt bored with it at any time that gave her plenty of room to add variety and spice to her training. The was the trick, as Urza was coming to notice. If you added a bit of fun and flavor to your training, it became less like a chore and more like an... Well an adventure! Urza got back up dusting herself off before taking off at the tree again. She kept her eyes locked on the branches and made a might bound clearing them with a little bit of aid from her arms. She would have cleared it either way, but the way she was vaulting meant that she could keep control of her landing and maintain momentum.

However sometimes momentum was a bad thing, Urza came to know. She kept her speed heading towards the rock, however approached to fast as the earth under her feet turned bumpy. Urza failed to maintain her balance and crashed into the ground rolling a bit. Gingerly she stood up stretching out her back and her arms. She had to work on maintaining perfect dexterity in her armor. She knew she was going to have slightly limited movements compared to the others, but it was a matter of not letting those movements hold her back. Urza's goal was to be able to fight with the best, and that meant being just as mobile, if not more so, than her fellow class.

As Urza regained her composure she looked around for the shrub. Finding it quickly she took off again at a sprint. Urza's breath was becoming heavy and it was clear that she would have to do some mediation and mental exercises after this to let her body rest before she moved on to working on her stamina and endurance. But that was for later, now she just had to live in the moment and jump over the shrub. Urza remembered how last time she had biffed it because she hadn't gotten quite high enough. But as Urza launched herself from the ground she flew over the shrub landing on the other side with ease.

Urza failed to keep her balance as she landed and found herself once more kissing a tree. She fell backwards and lay on the ground to give her time to catch her breath. She had been working herself hard and she felt she deserved a small break. Just long enough that her breathing stopped going a mile a minute. Urza smiled sprawling out on the grass. This was much better than running around the track Urza thought to herself feeling her body rise and fall with her breathing, I'll have to keep this one in mind. I'm sure Miyako would find it fun.

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Lvl. 3
Hp: 17/36
Cp: 27/27
MHp: 30/30
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Dexterity Training
Jump over stuff. (Dex training)
DC: 10 + Dex Mod (2): 12
Formula: d20 + Dex mod
5/10
Resting posts must be 4 lines long +1 hp/cp/mhp
-------------------On Hold----------------------------
Charisma training
Give a lesson in speech and language to Alucard
DC: 10 + Charisma Mod (-1)
Formula: d20 + charisma mod
3/20

Miyako Chōzō

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TAHp: 15/30
TACp: 30/30
TIMHp: 30/30
Dodge Bonus: 4
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After nursing her sore ankle for a bit she grabbed the bag and lifted it back onto the pile. She quickly brought her fist back and punched the sand bag directly in the center. "Yeah! Hahaha! My punch shall be your end!" She was reveling in punching things. Maybe she would start getting used to it.

She needed something else to punch. She looked around and found a practice dummy. They were meant to be punched and she didn't punch one yet, so she'd give it a go. She brought her hand back and punched the dummy... in the face! The dummy rocked back and forth under the strength of the blow.

She decided to give it another punch for good measure, so she punched it in the gut. It rocked back and forth faster and harder, giving a twang as it vibrated where it stood. "Don't be messin' with me again, or you'll get an even stronger taste of my fist! You won't be able to handle all of that flavor!" She stuck her tongue out at it as she walked away.

She looked around for something else to punch. She may as well punch the wall. It was there just waiting to be punched, so she slammed her fist into the wall. There was a lound thud, but she could feel the force put into it. There was a little dust that came off the stone from the impact. Soon, no one will be able to withstand my punch!

She wondered if Mikito would be willing to teach her the jutsu. It would be fun to learn it and use it. She looked around for another thing to punch. She found a stone pillar and that would be her next foe. She walked over to the stone pillar and went to give it a good smack, but she missed and collided with the pillar.

She straightened herself up and readied herself for another punch, but she did the same thing as before. Her fist only just grazed the pillar and it made her face collide with the stone pillar once again. She felt ridiculous missing the stone pillar and making herself look like she wasn't capable of fighting. She really wished she had a puppet...


Kick, Punch, Kick Kick, Punch!
Miyako is a wimp... so she's punching s***!
DC: 10
Formula: d20 + Taijutsu (0) = 12, 20, 16, 7, 8
8/10
Failure = -1 Hp