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 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:52 pm
 ࿇ Inka Hizaraxx:xxVolatiles | Weapons | Musician | xxxxx˪ ˲ Smoke in the Wind // Life's Destructive 'M E T A P H O R'
Inka saw Syy's head turn and scan the small room. Like the rest of Inka's apartment, there wasn't anything personal - or much of anything at all - on display. The only thing that showed someone was living there at all was the lack of dust and the healthy, well-trimmed plants that dotted the apartment. Basic furniture was there, sure, but it all came standard with every shinobi apartment. Inka sipped more of his soup. It really was good. "Yeah," Inka replied. He acted nonchalant, not wanting to incite any worry. "Probably just a side-effect of the pain killers." Inka drank more of his soup.
'I've come to realise that I won't ever forgive myself - nor will I find
redemption. But, I found something to live for. And that is all I need.'
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:03 pm
 | | Sypher[x]Senju| | | | This is what I am | What I am is this | I am this [man]&[warrior]&[]&[] | | Mizukage [Ninjutsu][Elemental Dual Wielder][ ] | Looking at his soup, Sypher didn't respond for a second then he put his soup down "Mmmm..." he leaned back slowly then flopped onto his back, the omelets wobbling in their case as he did. He had his hands over his stomach as he stared up at the ceiling "You should get different pain killers then." his voice was weird, stubborn and tight, worry rising to the surface as he frowned. Inciting worry or not, Sypher was already worried. He knew that Inka didn't need him to be hovering or worrisome but he couldn't help it "At least eat one of the omelets ok...?" he turned his head away, looking in the opposite direction of Inka. | | To be myself; that's all I want
That is who I am.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:25 pm
࿇ Inka Hizaraxx:xxVolatiles | Weapons | Musician | xxxxx˪ ˲ Smoke in the Wind // Life's Destructive 'M E T A P H O R'
Watching Syy drop back down onto the bed, Inka held his soup carefully, so the rippling bounce in the mattress wouldn't cause him to spill soup onto the blankets. He heard the change in Syy's tone and gave a small, amused smirk. Carefully placing the soup down on the sidetable, Inka leaned forward onto his good hand, his face hovering over Syy's. "I've been living by myself for three years now, Syy. I think I know when and how much to eat, by now." Inka had been living here since he was twelve, cooking, cleaning, and keeping himself healthy so he wouldn't get sick. He'd only gotten sick once while being here; a bad flu that lasted two weeks. Inka leaned down and nipped the side of Syy's jaw before pulling away, sitting back against the headboard of the bed so he could continue eating his soup. "I'll go back to the hospital if it lasts longer than two days. And let me finish my soup first."
'I've come to realise that I won't ever forgive myself - nor will I find
redemption. But, I found something to live for. And that is all I need.'
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:33 pm
| | Sypher[x]Senju| | | | This is what I am | What I am is this | I am this [man]&[warrior]&[]&[] | | Mizukage [Ninjutsu][Elemental Dual Wielder][ ] | Sypher smiled despite himself and closed his eyes as Inka nipped his jaw "I wasn't expecting you to shovel into your mouth." he said with a quiet chuckle, rolling back over so he could sit up normally again He's right. And I'm being ridiculous. he took another omelet from the tray and started to eat again, his soup in one hand "I have to go back to being Kage soon..." he said quietly around his bowl as he drank, hating the words but knowing they had to be said. It wasn't going to be long before things went crazy at the office and the clone was nearing its ending point. He'd need to get there before everything blew up and he had a bigger problem then before "How is your arm doing?" | | To be myself; that's all I want
That is who I am.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:48 pm
࿇ Inka Hizaraxx:xxVolatiles | Weapons | Musician | xxxxx˪ ˲ Smoke in the Wind // Life's Destructive 'M E T A P H O R'
"Mhmm.... damn." Inka paused in eating his soup, his face dropping as he suddenly remembered that he was supposed to meet his students this morning. Ahh... would Syy even let him? He wasn't sure. Well, Inka couldn't lie about not going. But he was late already, and Inka wouldn't be able to rush even if he wanted to. "Numb, at the moment. Doctors said I shouldn't use it for a few weeks, to be sure it's healed properly." Inka continued drinking his soup.
'I've come to realise that I won't ever forgive myself - nor will I find
redemption. But, I found something to live for. And that is all I need.'
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:03 pm
| | Sypher[x]Senju| | | | This is what I am | What I am is this | I am this [man]&[warrior]&[]&[] | | Mizukage [Ninjutsu][Elemental Dual Wielder][ ] | Draining his soup, Sypher finished the omelet as well and looked up as Inka muttered a curse word. Curiosity made him want to ask but he just chewed his food "At least its only for a few weeks." he replied absently, thinking back to when he'd been in a body cast for almost 8months as a child. Every bone broken or shattered ... he stood, putting the last two omelets on the sidetable "I'm going to head on in. Don't push yourself." was all he said, taking Inka's chin and kissing him. He took his jacket from the bed and slipped into it "If you see Kenji, let her know I'd like to talk to her." he said, smirking. He wasn't blind to what Inka might get up to, knowing that the chuunin would want to check in on his students after being gone. | | To be myself; that's all I want
That is who I am.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:14 pm
࿇ Inka Hizaraxx:xxVolatiles | Weapons | Musician | xxxxx˪ ˲ Smoke in the Wind // Life's Destructive 'M E T A P H O R'
Inka nodded as Syy declared he was going to head off to work, taking another sip of his soup while he did so. Inka had yet to swallow when Syy caught his chin to kiss him. "Mhm!" Inka pouted, swallowing the liquid before putting the containor down on his lap so he could reach up and catch the back of Syy's neck, pulling his down for a proper kiss this time. "I'll pass along the message." He promised. Red eyes glanced back down at the bite mark when he pulled back. Such an odd idea - that he and Syy, a Kage an Chuunin, were... 'together'. Inka recalled Syy asking them if they could be boyfriends weeks ago, perhaps months now. But seeing that mark just cemented it. Not that Inka didn't bear any marks of his own from last night.
'I've come to realise that I won't ever forgive myself - nor will I find
redemption. But, I found something to live for. And that is all I need.'
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:43 am
| | Sypher[x]Senju| | | | This is what I am | What I am is this | I am this [man]&[warrior]&[]&[] | | Mizukage [Ninjutsu][Elemental Dual Wielder][ ] | Chuckling into the kiss that Inka had dragged from him again, Sypher straightened to readjust his jacket "Thank you. I'll see you later." he walked out of the bedroom and paused to put his shoes on before leaving the apartment.
((Exits)) | | To be myself; that's all I want
That is who I am.
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:08 am
࿇ Inka Hizaraxx:xxVolatiles | Weapons | Musician | xxxxx˪ ˲ Smoke in the Wind // Life's Destructive 'M E T A P H O R'
Inka took his time with the soup, simply enjoying resting in his bed. When the liquid was gone, he finally got motivated to get up, quickly washed, and dressed. An omlette in hand and the dirty containers on the counter, Inka walked out of his apartment, a small smile still on his lips as he locked his door. Time to meet the brats. He chuckled.
[exit]
'I've come to realise that I won't ever forgive myself - nor will I find
redemption. But, I found something to live for. And that is all I need.'
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:40 am
»»(φ)«« Ⱦђѯ ζσґȡ Ѻӻ DɒɱᾖᾆȶΊσᾖ »»(φ)««
At the whee hours of the night, a man dressed in the reds and blacks of a priest made his way into the apartments, hurrying with all haste as if the devil himself were on his heels. And maybe he was, for this night he was being called to fight what appeared to be an exorcism.
The next morning, however, the parents of the boy, who had called the priest in the first place, found the boy and the priest, dead, on the floor of the room, with an evil grin stretched across their faces and their wide eyes crusty with some sort of white fluid their bodies must have secreted.
They fled the room and moved to the Kage, to tell him of this terrible affliction, only to return to another apartment, temporarily assigned to them, while Sypher sent out people to investigate.
They were found, evil grins plain as day, contorted in death throws upon their bed and table, by shinobi who had come to question them. As they investigated the room they, too, fell to their knees with grins upon their faces.
That was four hours ago.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:31 pm
xxJack Harren Snipe xxxx  Chakra Pool: 665/665______AC: 2950
Stamina Pool: 75/75______Ryo: 1200
Jack arrived first at the scene, realizing that this morning there was no one outside. That meant that no one, at all, had realized that an infectious enzyme had taken the lives of those within. Sighing sadly, breathing in the musky scent of death his mind automatically inserted into the scenery, the odd male gestured to the door, knowing Shadow would hear. "Check must I fore pain spread, saunter I to home ahead."
There was little on Jack's mind at the moment, unfortunately, for he knew that infection spreads like wildfire if left alone too long. Depending on what the illness was there could be anything wrong here, anything at all, and it could be lethal. He had to see the symptoms for himself, and despite his many weaknesses infection was not one of them. At least that was what he told himself as he entered, playing his flute, remembering the instructions on the letter that had told him where he had to go. Hoping Shadow remembered as well, remembered that it was near the room where Inka lay hidden away, and hoping Shadow would know that was where Jack was heading as his body burned to ash with the mournful notes of his jutsu.
Appearing within the room, ash falling down from above, Jack immediately pulled up his coat, covering his mouth as best he could. Though he believed he would be immune, as he'd never been sick before, he was no fool and would take precautions. He knelt down amidst the four dead bodies, realizing quickly that each, in some twisted, horrible contriving of fate, had died with a grin on their faces.
Jack slowed down his thinking.
Taking a slow, deep breath, Jack's eyes loosened and became far more fluid, running over scene, taking it in like a drowning man to water. Their eyes were dried with infectious material, their limbs contorted in rigorous movement that likely broke bones and tore muscles. But that was all superficial, something anyone would notice. What had killed them? The list was immense!
Taking a deep breath, speeding up time, Jack considered the possibilities.
"I Must Drag Truth Kicking and Screaming into the Light" "I Will Show You What You Truly Are" "The Savior... or the Beast..."
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:45 pm
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ѕ н α ∂ σ ω ѕ є є к є r • н ú η у ι ѕ т í r
α ɢ є :: 1 0 ▌ɢ є η ∂ є r :: ♂ ▌ɢ є η ι η ▌к ι r ι ɢ α к υ r є
ηιηנυтѕυ ▌ρυρρєтєєr ▌υкуσ cℓαη ▌
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c н α к r α • ρ σ σ ℓ :: 4 7 0 / 4 9 5 (-25)
ѕ т α м ι η α • ρ σ σ ℓ :: 0 5 0 / 0 5 0
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• αrrσωs :: 16
• sєηвση :: 15
• sнυrιкєη :: 10
• кυηαι :: 05
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« ℓιѕтєη тσ тнє ωσr∂ѕ уσυ ѕєє ═╬═ уσυ αrє вℓιη∂ тσ ωнαт уσυ нєαr... »
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-----נack must not have realized I wasn't right behind him, because he vanished just as I arrived, and I couldn't help but sigh. I knew we were in a hurry, but I had no idea what I was doing, given we had started with a higher rank mission instead of something simple. Apparently I had to learn on my own, but that wasn't anything new.
-----Looking around the immediate area served me little purpose. The illness must have been contain within the building, which made the whole 'quarantine' process much easier to deal with. Of course, we were also supposed to try to find a source to the illness. Which apparently led to death in a matter of a few hours. Which bothered me. That didn't seem like a B-ranked mission. Couldn't they have found someone more... experienced to handle this? Or did they just figure they should weed out the weaklings from the new bunch of genin and save their stronger? It was survival of the fittest, after all. That's how natural selection worked.
-----Perfect memory allowed me to remember the room number that had been on the paper, and I could only assume that was where Jack was. I wasn't so sure I wanted to follow him, not without some sort of protection. If it was as contagious as the mission stated, Jack could already be carrying the disease, and exposure to my naturally--or unnaturally, depending on how you looked at it--weak immune system, well... I would be dead soon after.
-----Besides, the point of a quarantine was that anyone that could possibly be exposed needed to stay in quarantine, which technically meant once we went in, there was no coming out. So the investigation part of this mission didn't really make sense, and the Mizukage was basically dooming us by accepting to do the mission.
-----But, as shinobi, we had given our loyalty and dignity over to someone of higher rank to be manipulated as they wished. Or, at least, that's how I saw it.
-----I headed up to the room where the illness was supposedly contained, pulling the headband around my neck up over the lower half of my face so that the fabric somewhat shielded my nose and mouth, and tied it tighter so it wouldn't fall back down. Having one's nose crushed wasn't the most entertaining feeling, but it was better than being dead, so I dealt with it.
-----But instead of barging in as Jack had done, I came up with another idea that utilized a technique I had just learned the day before. I almost didn't think of it, not until I reached the door. Jack could expose himself all he liked, so long as I didn't get sick from it, but I wasn't willing to risk it. So instead, I would make a shadow clone. Placing my hands together in the required hand sign, I created a single clone to join Jack, and I headed further through the building to see if I could find anything that could be useful.
Shadow Clone
Chakra: 235/235
-----ι entered the room warily, not willing to 'die' any more than the original me. And the sight of the corpses didn't help. I had to turn away. If it weren't for the sickening grins on their faces, I could have thought they were sleeping--It hadn't been long enough since their death for them to raise a stench. That took about two days, not a few hours. The part that got me was knowing they were dead.
-----Which brought back unpleasant memories I wasn't willing to think about.
-----I turned back to Jack after a moment, pulling an ounce of courage from somewhere unknown, but I had to grimace at the sight before me. My face was shielded, just as the original me had done, but it was no real guarantee of protection. Shifting uncomfortably, I spoke up. "Have you, um... found anything yet?"
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« ...ρєσρℓє αrє ρєσρℓє; ωє ℓιvє ғσr συr σωη ════╬
ℓιvє нσω уσυ тнιηк, ησт вy ωнαт уσυ'vє вєєη тσℓ∂ »
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:07 pm
xxJack Harren Snipe xxxx
Chakra Pool: 665/665______AC: 2950
Stamina Pool: 75/75______Ryo: 1200
Jack lowered his hands to their faces, felt through his gloves the line of their jaws, the muscles bunched incredibly tight beneath the skin from incredible pain and spasms. He knew from having studied the human body and mind that only a seizure could cause a body to do this, but never, never naturally into this kind of image. What had caused it, he wondered? Could this illness truly be the cause of it? Turning his eyes to the others who lay scrunched up in death, Jack heard Shadow's approach, heard the boy's reaction in the shifting of his stance, but did not answer. No, instead he inhaled slowly, taking in that reek of death, and finding...nothing. Scents were not everything to him as much as sights were, nor sounds and meanings of speech and movement. So, naturally, he knew he had to ask Shadow.
Just as he turned, however, he caught sight of something behind the door that led into the room. Rising just slightly, Jack moved across the room without blinking, his breathing even, his smile fading from his lips. That last, as always, was a sign of something terrible being understood. Reaching behind the door, into its shadow, Jack withdrew his fingers and held them up to Shadow, revealing a soft, rich loam and grass. Standing quietly he looked to the younger male with concern in his eyes, for his mind had make a quick assumption that, possibly, was incorrect. "Cause human mind and hand, story told of activated sand." He held out the dirt, and gestured with his cane about him with the other. "Smell. What gives to thee?"
If Jack was correct, then this was no accident, and that meant that what was causing this was anything but natural.
"I Must Drag Truth Kicking and Screaming into the Light" "I Will Show You What You Truly Are" "The Savior... or the Beast..."
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:23 pm
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ѕ н α ∂ σ ω ѕ є є к є r • н ú η у ι ѕ т í r
α ɢ є :: 1 0 ▌ɢ є η ∂ є r :: ♂ ▌ɢ є η ι η ▌к ι r ι ɢ α к υ r є
ηιηנυтѕυ ▌ρυρρєтєєr ▌υкуσ cℓαη ▌
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• αrrσωs :: 16
• sєηвση :: 15
• sнυrιкєη :: 10
• кυηαι :: 05
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« ℓιѕтєη тσ тнє ωσr∂ѕ уσυ ѕєє ═╬═ уσυ αrє вℓιη∂ тσ ωнαт уσυ нєαr... »
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Shadow Clone 1
Chakra: 105/105 (-25, -1/2)
-----тhe expression on Jack's face was one I didn't like in the least. That smile, the creepy grin he always bore, vanished under few conditions, and I instantly knew how serious this was. There was more than he was telling me.
-----I moved forward cautiously, taking the bit of soil in my palm and inspecting it more closely. Rubbing it between my fingers to test the texture, I brought it closer to my nose to give it a sniff. "It's drier than the dirt you usually find here. Not a lot, but it doesn't clump like our soil." I looked at Jack with a frown. "How did this manage to stick to someone without mixing with our soil? Or just falling off." Shrugging, I moved on. "I'll look in the other room."
-----Placing my hands in the proper seal, I created another clone that quickly headed out of the room. Once it was gone, I turned back to Jack. "There's something you're not telling me."
Shadow Clone 2
Chakra: 105/105
-----тhe other room was only a couple doors down from the room the first clone and Jack were in. Something about this whole thing bothered me. If that dirt had told the story I thought it said, the disease had come from somewhere outside of Mizu no Kuni. While the prospect of going to another country was moderately exciting--given we survived this strange illness--it also meant we could be exposed to it there.
-----Checking the door revealed it to be unlocked. The people that had come here must not have thought it necessary to lock the door behind them. And then they died.
-----I flicked on the light inside, unlike Jack in the first room, so I could see properly. The sight was rather sickening. Again, it's not like they smelled or anything, but the smiles... That was enough to turn blood to ice.
-----I knelt beside the priest's body, the one closer to me, to search for anything of use. For some sort of answer to what was causing this.
-----I smelt it before I saw it, but sight wasn't far behind. A faint metallic tang, from something heavy in iron, like rust. Underneath the man's arm was a thin trail of blood, not enough to make him bleed to death though. I lifted his arm to get a better look at the source.
-----Just below the crevice of the armpit, a thin hole sunk inward between his ribs. I dropped his arm quickly, and there was a gross snap from it. Rigor mortis was starting to set in, so I'd probably just broken some bone in his arm or shoulder. But this man hadn't died from disease, that much was certain.
Shadow
-----since it was the middle of the day, most people were out of their apartments, which could have been either a good or bad thing, depending on how one looked at it. It was still early, so four hours ago people would have been here or leaving, and could have been exposed. We just had to hope that wasn't the case.
-----How was I supposed to explain to people they weren't allowed to leave if I couldn't talk to them? I was physically unable to speak to them, my mouth would literally stop working when I had to speak to anyone other than Jack. And I didn't have a means of blocking them from getting out. Except turning them around if they did try to leave. Which is what I would do, and write it down if I needed to explain. But as of yet no one had tried to leave.
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« ...ρєσρℓє αrє ρєσρℓє; ωє ℓιvє ғσr συr σωη ════╬
ℓιvє нσω уσυ тнιηк, ησт вy ωнαт уσυ'vє вєєη тσℓ∂ »
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:16 pm
xxJack Harren Snipe xxxx Chakra Pool: 665/665______AC: 2950
Stamina Pool: 75/75______Ryo: 1200
Jack looked sadly at the boy, his expression both sorrowful and regretful at once. Placing his cane against the bed upon which the deceased lay, Jack stood uncertainly, his hands dry washing in anxiety. "I...Sick grin system I...got I home, safe?" His words this time were difficult at best to understand even for Shadow, for Jack was unsure of how to relay his message. He was sick, this he knew from the marked rigidness in his muscles and the random spasming from his buttocks, and yet he also knew that he had felt this the day before, though only lightly. That meant that he had been infected before anyone else here, and from a separate location.
The point he was trying to make, however, was that he was going to die without a cure, and he knew not the cure. Jack's eyes seemed hopeless, but he had to try to survive, if not for anything else other than this boy. "Flou. Find. Sypher?"
"I Must Drag Truth Kicking and Screaming into the Light" "I Will Show You What You Truly Are" "The Savior... or the Beast..."
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