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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 18 (1-20)
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 Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:06 am
He supposed, in that sense, and with the aforementioned list of pro's that he had run through earlier, that he should definitely lean towards the likewise aforementioned plan with becoming a double agent...or, if what he currently was was considered a double agent, a triple agent. He supposed at the very least he should attempt to play both ends against the middle, because he did intend to free himself from being directly under his families thumb, and that was the most logical way to make that happen. Taking on the enitre clan himself wasn't really possible, but if he were to combine the might of Kiri with, say, the Ninja of Oto who he doubted were all that pleased to consider the Otobe their sovereign rulers. He very much doubted that the entire village hidden in the sound would be very content to be ruled by their hostile invaders...not to mention the clan's tendency to be rather...abrasive.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 18
Train: 85/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:13 am
Taking that into account it was actually a rather feasible strategy if he cpould manage to pull it off. The most benificial ending to that scenario of course was that he, at the time, would be strong enough to simply suggest and lead such an effort without having to do to much manipulating, after all though the idea that morals had a part of play there was laughable, it was easier to do something when you could simply be open about your intentions as opposed to being forced to lie and utilize subterfuge to get the end result that you desired. Particularly when their was a strong chance he would be trying to manipulate Ninja who were among the most powerful in the present day. That didn't generally constitute as something that most people would call easy.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 18
Train: 86/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 16 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:17 am
The training...he was getting even closer...this was incredible. The pain of the effort was as nothing to him now. He would press on regardless of what happened now, he was going to succeed. He could sense it now, so close at hand. This was the moment that he'd been throwing himself into this rancor of a training session. This conflict within himself that even now seemed to consume his ability to perceive beyond his own skin. His muscles were crying out and yet he'd long taken to heeding their call. This was the endurance of one who determined to excel. This was the conviction of one who would fulfill his goals He wasn't just going to complete this training...he was going to dominate it. This trial now, and had for the moment he'd begun, had undivided effort to stand through it at all cost. And even now though his breathing was inordinate, his body was covered in sweat and his entire frame felt as though he'd fought his way tooth and nail through a mountain of boulders, he knew that the end was close...he knew that he was almost ready...
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 16
Train: 87/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 12 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:23 am
The music within his bones almost seemed like a symphony now, the vibrations he was internalizing spelling out a rhythm that, after so long, seemed as familiar as his own heart beat as he continued to fight his passed it. It was a beautiful testament to his efforts, a dedication to his own will to endure. This was the song that would echo across his bones, carving into his muscles his intent to survive, his intent to become stronger, and his resolution to overcome. he was going to be the last one standing...he was going to be able to take a hit and keep on coming... this was more the a mere matter of being able to learn the jutsu, this was a matter of changing his entire selection of options in battle. He wouldn't need to be as overly cautious, he could afford to go for a finishing blow. True, that didn't mean that he could allow himself to become to reckless...but that had never really been a problem for him.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 12
Train: 88/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 16 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:28 am
This was it...he was on the verge of the final plateu before he met success. He had come so far and now the end was just around the next corner. He was so lcose that he could taste victory. A victory not over an opponent, true, not over another ninja. But it was a victory purer than that. It was a victory of the purest sort a warrior could have. A victory over the self. This was triumph unlike any that he could count among his past. It was the triumph over his perception of his limits, over the perception of what other people saw to be his limits, a triumph of his will over the seemingly impossible. Over destiny, over fate, over the determined future. This was a feather that would always stand high in his cap... and it was only the beginning. It was only the first of many wins that he would bring to himself... the first of many triumphs that would become a line on the record of his existence... This was this was not just winning a battle... he had truly won a war.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 16
Train: 89/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 9 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:33 am
He was standing still at the threshold, his determination unfaltering even if his body was having to be pushed every inch of the way. The human body, and though his clan was somewhat an exception to humans on many levels when it came to basic anatomy and chakra systems they were not all that different, was not meant to face this sort of rapid evolution. This was a result of his chakra and a will that could cut steel if truly given the chance. It was proof in the purest sense that he was more the ready to be a ninja. More...that he would soon continue to excel passed the point where he would be considered "just another ninja. He would rise above that, he would become far more than that. No matter what the cost, no matter what other trails he had to push himself through, he would not surrender...he would not give up. This was promise to himself, a foundation to his new life and convictions....
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 9
Train: 89/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 12 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:37 am
Every set back would be a mere transient obstacle, every retreat a tactical one, every loss another chance to grow. And every success? Every win? They would all be steps along his path. All be testaments to his strength of will and spirit. His mind would expand, his body grow stronger and faster, his Chara excel. It was a mastter of growth, but even more so, of evolution. A metamorphosis by conflict, a transformation of necessity. He would become as strong as he was required to and more, because with this victory he was determined to succeed. Because he was completely determined to rise above and take what he desired... all the things that he desired. Freedom, knowledge, and of course, not to be left out, entertainment. for what was life without actually enjoying it.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 12
Train: 90/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:42 am
This was it... the final trail, the final race to the finish. he could sense it deep within him somehow. The time had come to give it everything that he had...as if he hadn't already. He was tiring, he was feeling like he might collapse at any moment, but he wouldn;t allow himself to. He was being held aloft by his conviction alone now, his muscles merely forced to suffer through on it;s behalf. This was the last stretch of the race though, there was only a little bit more that they would have to suffer. Only a little bit more that they would have to endure. This was going to be the victory that he'd been longing for. He couldn't fail now...he just couldn't. It wasn't an option. Not one that any part of him would accept. At this thought even his muscles seemed to be charged with this resolution, tightening still further as the attack upon them within continued, every last inch of Byakuran now battling as one to complete the training...regardless of how much longer this final phase took...
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 1
Train: 90/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 17 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:46 am
There was a legend that if a man killed 100 demons, that he would become a demon himself. This legend was particular of note in Kiri itself, due to the now distant memory of the Mists bloody past. It, after all, held the legend of a demon who had slaughtered over 100 other students in the academy, becoming a ninja merely on the grounds that he was undeniable monster. But upon hearing this legend and the background behind the legend itself, Byakuran couldn't help but substitute in his mind, the word demon for ninja. When a man killed a hundred ninja...he became a ninja. A true ninja, at any rate. This philosophy, or...curiosity, perhaps, had made an impression on Byakuran. he;d decided that day that he wouldn't be able to consider himself a true Shinobi, a true ninja, until he had taken the lives of 100 opponents. Until then, he would still only consider himself a student of ninja, a mere apprentice. An initiate. Though, now he considered it, he would actually probably be the level of a Squire within his clan if he kept up his current pace...even so, that wasn't the point.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 17
Train: 91/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:54 am
The point was that until he managed to kill 100 opponents he wouldn't no matter what the village or even his clan said, consider himself a true ninja...a true warrior. He didn't really think that even the demon if the mist would be able to deny him then. After 100 hundred opponents...he would uncontestedly be a true ninja...and true warrior... and then, maybe he could wear the headband that was currently about his waist with a true measure of pride. Even when others contested his claims to being a true ninja, as young as he was, he would be able to know that it was deserved...he would have that truth to hold out in proof for what he was. He would be, as in the legend, a man who became a demon by killing 100 demons... a ninja who became as such by killing 100 opponents. He supposed that did sound like a rather bemusing prospect... yes... he'd do that.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 8
Train: 91/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 16 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:59 am
The village hidden in the mist had once been called the village of the bloody mist...but really he didn't particularly see why it was that different from any of the other villages. All the villages history was covered in blood. Even Kohnoha, who seemed to claim that they were some sort of moral authority, was really no different. They were ninja, and killing was merely a part of the job. True, he supposed he did understood why people at large put such a strong stigma against death...it was a device to maintain order and, on a deep level, he supposed that it could be considered morally wrong, however the fact of the matter was that so long as one was prepared to risk one's own life, willing to submit to someone with the greater power who managed to defeat you, it was merely the way of the world at large. Taking the life of one weaker then you, using your own talents to fulfill your own will's priority, then it was merely another facet of existence. Each person could only fullfill their own moral truth, and thus, when two conflicted, it was only logical for the stronger one to prevail. It was merely a matter of giving your utmost to ensure that your will was the one that succeeded...and if it wasn't, then one had to accept it, even if the heart itself tended to get emotional on such matters.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 16
Train: 82/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:07 pm
He supposed this might just be the clan's rather callous attitude beaten into him, or maybe even kiri's attitude of pragmatism, but he didn't think so. Killing was merely a facet of the shinobi life...it was the way things were. He himself took no...pleasure, in killing, but it was really nothing more then a part of life. Taking the lives of your enemies was merely how one survived. That was the way of things, it was one of the first things that he'd learned for truth in this world...and one of the things he had taken to almost immediately. There was really no reason to question it to closely. It made perfect sense. All lives were equal, and there for each had to follow their own priorities and if as a result one died, then that was the risk that they all bore. Injustice, was nothing more then an illusion. Fairness was elemental, and fundamental to the human existence... there were no exceptions...for everyone could have been born as someone else...
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 2
Train: 92/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Total: 13 (1-20)
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:14 pm
This knowledge had never really bothered him, really, by the time he'd look around, he'd already lost his innocence as to the nature of things. He was far to grounded to be so ignorant to the nature of the world. Then again, he had never really seen innocence as a positive trait. His clan, after all, for all the deeds that they had done and all the lives THEY had taken, were, even after the fact, innocent. They didn't perceive the world as it was, and they didn't even see the actions they took for what they were. They believed themselves to be carrying out some divine authority, when in fact they were merely the slaves to their own ego's. They didn't really know better. Not really. His cousins had been trained since birth to believe in this morality, trained from the moment they were saved from madness and their second selves that the people who saved them, of which they were counted among, were the greatest people to exist. That they were omnibenevolent and wonderful beyond compare. Even as they killed in the name of the clan they believed all they did to be the right thing, as though such a thing existed in such a singular form... that was innocence...and it was terrible thing indeed.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 13
Train: 93/100!!
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:22 pm
The death of so many could be the work of innocence...for what, really, was the difference between innocence and ignorance? In the mind of Byakuran, there wasn't one. Though he admitted that such people could be...amusing, in their own fashion, they were not be admired. Perhaps that was why he wanted to know... why he didn't want to be ignorant, and why he wanted to see the truths of all matters, why he held such a rather open mind despite the fact that in general he was a rather skeptical personality. He didn't want to be innocent...he didn't want to be ignorant. That, and of course, because learning new things excited him and brought him happiness. But perhaps the former was reason the latter had first began to sprout within his soul. Surely the latter was now a life of it's own and it's own passion, but perhaps the former had been the soil that it had sprouted from..or rather, the water which had first feed it.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 7
Train: 93/100!!
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The Ghost of Xmas Awesome rolled 1 20-sided dice:
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:28 pm
The final stage of his training was pressing on slowly but surely, his will still not faltering as every aspect of him battled as one. Mind, body, heart, soul and chakra, all of them in a single chorus as they sang out to overcome the test upon him. This was a trial that would have boggled his mind only yesterday...and yet he had started it merely on a whim, a desire that had come a boiling point to master his kekke genkai. Or at least to be able to prove for once, for the first time, that he was truly an Otobe. He may have disliked his clan for holding him under their thumb, but there was still that part of him that held it close as a point of his identity. He wanted to prove that he could control his blood line just as easily as they could, that he was just as good as they were. That he was capable or surpassing them.
Striving for the top! A Weaklings endurance!
DC 10
Con: +0
Formula: 1d20+Con mod
Roll 13
Train: 94/100!!
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