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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:10 pm
Did it break, did it break, did it break?!
It didn't break.
Seph took a deep breath, pulling the glove up securely on his arm. The fog was upon him, at his feet. Seph's fist clenched. Timing was key, and if he was a fraction of a second off, the jutsu wouldn't work. He pulled his arm back, not realizing that his elbow had dipped into the fog. There was a small point on the tip of his knuckle where an immense amount of chakra was being focused. It was unseen, barely the size of a needlepoint.
Three.. Two.. ONE!
His fist propelled forward like a cannonball, slamming into the stone. The splitsecond before impact, he could see a very pronounced fault in the stone that wasn't there when he threw it in the air. The stone split down the fault, the rest of his chakra waving out and sending the two peices into the wall of the tornado around him, shattering them.
And with that, the fog disappeared.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:14 pm
Nyl landed, smiling. "It's gone? For good?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:16 pm
As Hunter left, the tornado disappeared((I guess. xp )). He looked at Nyl. "Yeah. I think it is." He closed his eyes and smiled.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:26 pm
"If this weren't a very obvious precursor to something worse, I'd say let's celebrate. ...Do you hear that?" Nyl turned her head slightly, listening.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:29 pm
The grin on Seph's face straightened, straining to hear what she was talking about. "Hear what?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:30 pm
"It sounds...small." She walked through the trees, disappearing from sight.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:32 pm
He blinked and hurried to catch up with her. "Small?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:36 pm
When he caught up with her, she was sitting on the ground, something furry and white shaking in her arms.
"Listen, Seph. ...The forest isn't making any sounds. It's almost completely silent. What...what was that fog capable of doing to this place?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:39 pm
Seph crouched a few yards away. He didn't want to scare the poor animal, so he kept still and spoke softly. "It depends on what the jutsu was programmed to do. I never really checked the forest while I was it's prime target, it was too risky to go alone. But.." A lightbulb went off in his head. "It was feeding on the forest..."
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:42 pm
"...You mean, as a means of chakra supply?" Nyl kept her own voice low, standing and walking back to Seph. "How horrible."
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:44 pm
He nodded and stood up slowly, looking at the small creature. "It appears so. Even whenever it came into the clearing the other night, never did it break away from the forest. That must be why it was so massive.."
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:47 pm
"It needed something like this to keep it working. ...That might be why the anchor was buried like it was, too." She frowned. "The trees whisper so quietly I almost can't hear them."
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:50 pm
He nodded, "I believe you're right." Then listened, trying to hear the trees. As soon as he realized what he was doing, though, he felt pretty dumb. "What are they saying?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:53 pm
"It's not in words. It's feelings, or as much like feelings as a tree can have. They know something's wrong and they don't know if it can be fixed." Nyl shook her head.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:58 pm
Seph sighed and closed his eyes again. He hadn't realized it, but there were multiple scratches, cuts, and gashes up his legs and around his left elbow. He was lucky the fog hadn't engulfed him completely. The hole in his hand was throbbing, though. He looked around the forest. What if the fog wasn't simply feeding on the forest? "I'm beginning to wonder what this fog was really capable of.."
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