The day couldn't seem to get much harder for Masato. Not challenging persay, but busy. Very busy. This Kotori boy was light in the head. Just as he removed Kotori's rampant chakra she would fall to the ground. It was unlikely that the humanoid below would miss her if she actually impacted the ground. Without a moment to spare, the girl behind him would become enraged, overflowing with the darker half of Kurama's chakra. Her body overwhelmed with dark red and black chakra that seemed to be bubbling around her figure. Her eyes would turn red and pupils like that of the fox. He grumbled to himself as he formed a hand seal. Once again, the powers of his crimson rinnegan would come to play. This time he would call upon the Outer path. From his body, three purple chains would form and rapidly expand outward. Luckily for the entire group, Masato's speed naturally exceeded the genin possessed by the fox. Two chains would rapidly advance upon the female fox bearer and wrap her tightly while one of the chains would extend down, snaring Kotori's ankle and pulling her away from the creature's view. " Damn kids..." he mumbled to himself. His choice of the chains was not only for their binding properties. The chains also held the ability to prevent chakra from being used. This was specifically chosen for the girl, Rowena. With the Kyuubi's first tail cloak suppressed until he was able to get them to safety again, this would have to do. The girl was most likely still displaying the Kyuubi's more hostile nature but would be unable to break her bindings with her current abilities.
The creatures had a possibility of spotting Kotori as she fell, Masato couldn't spare to stay here much longer. He sighed, thinking on what the boy had said. Something about the cave and more creatures. He had to choose between the creatures attacking him again or into a den where the tentacle monster wouldn't spot him but a new enemy awaited. " I'll take these ugly things I guess." He said to himself, bringing his hand to Rowena as the chains would bring her closer to him. With his extended palm, he would use the leech technique once more, drawing the Kyuubi's chakra from the second girl. If everything there went according to plan, Masato's biggest concern now was waking the boy and moving out of the god forsaken swamp. " Aye, boy, get up!" he whispered loudly as his chakra chains swung Kotori about in order to stir her slumber. " You're no good like that." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mazō no Kusari [Outer Path Chains] | Rank A | Spiritual The user of the Outer Path may manifest a physical form of fuuinjutsu from their body. This takes the shape of purplish ring-linked chains which can reach as far as 100ft from their self; each link has a shaped spike on each side of itself and the top end of the chain has a blade designed to get stuck into whatever it pierces. Up to three chains can be created per use of this technique. The chains can be controlled to move as the creator wills for the sake of binding and attacking foes. Anyone/anything wrapped up by the chain(s) will loose the ability to mold and control chakra.
Leech Touch | Rank A | Simple After reaching out and grabbing hold of the victim, the user of the Preta path can suck out their victims chakra and absorb some of it to replenish their own reserves. The amount of chakra stolen is based on the rank at which the technique is used.]
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:53 pm
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Rowena's mind drowned in feral impulse, her eyes narrowing at the sight of Kotori vulnerable and free-falling. She used the bijuu's chakra to create arms around her makeshift fox-cloak form. Before she could attack, chains were wrapped around her and prevented her from utilizing the bubbly chakra that violently erupted around her skin. As much as the chakra arms and her own tried to resist the strength of the chain, her chakra formations dissolved under the oppressive force and she was reduced to feral snarling.
Her lengthened fingernails clawed angrily at the air as she tried to scratch Masato, but it was to no avail as he used a leeching technique on her to continue absorbing the demonic chakra. Even as the malicious chakra left her body, she couldn't help the fact she felt like everything was intense, that there was too much sensory intake. She growled and brought her hands to her head, fighting the urge to howl. "Wh-what the hell is wrong with me?" She struggled against two competing sensations - the powerful but feral impulse and the sheer panic of her logical brain from losing control like that. She was so caught up in her own head that she failed to notice that the attack and relation to the demonic chakra had placed a curse seal on her upper right arm. "Mm, ugh... guh... I think I'm-"
She lurched forward to vomit beside Masato's feet and Kotori's body, feeling like everything in her body was rebelling against her.
Kotori safely caught in the chains meant that she wouldn’t would suspended above the growing canopy of veins below. In the time it took for Masato to subdue little Rowena however, their growth continued unchecked, by this time they were looking to not only overtake the tree the group was sitting on but every over source of nature life nearby. Their writhing mass reached up to grab blindly in the air like they were alive. When nothing there was nothing but black as far as the eye could see did the ninja’s miracle come, lurching forward in place the parasite monster halted it’s jutsu and then froze. One second, two, three, and still no movement. Was it dead? Another lurch forward put an end to that thought, however it’s form did meld into the network it had just created and like that it vanished! Leaving Masato, Kotori, and Rowena to celebrate amongst themselves in a seemingly easy won victory. All that remained here was the cave hidden in a collection of Bald Cypress trees.
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:02 am
__ Kotori felt a strange sensation as she slowly regained consciousness. Of course, this was besides the throbbing sensation in her left arm. No, what she was feeling now was familiar to how her brother used to set traps in the house to catch her in. Her eyes flashed back open wide, grayish-brown hues zipping around as she dangled by the strange chain Masato had caught her foolish fainting self with. Masato's words in particular struck her as deeply as any Jyuuken-enhanced strike could. She was no good as she was. Sure, he meant while she was out cold, but honestly it was probably her own fault for getting that way in the first place. "Lemme d- ack!" She only started to demand her release before it came mid-sentence. Kotori managed to catch herself, but scrambled away when Rowena heaved all over the tree branch at Masato's bare feet. "Oh... gross." As much as she wanted to scold the bone slinging woman for desecrating her role model, that sight honestly made her own stomach churn. Glancing over the edge of the branch sure didn't help either. The sight of that gnarly worm being acting even more strangely before apparently dispersing entirely sent a horrific chill up her spine. "Huhugh... uurrf.. hah... hah..." Kotori did her best to just go back to basic breathing exercises in order to recompose herself. As much as she wanted to charge into that cave over yonder and keep showing off, she was pretty sure that was actually a bad idea now. "Byyyyyakugan!" Her hands came together for a third time to reactivate her Byakugan, attempting to scout the cave out and see the opposition as best she could. Surely Masato was able to see more with his own dojutsu, but it didn't hurt to have extra people aware of the situation as a whole.
Technique(s) Used: • Byakugan [ Null Rank ] _☆ The Byakugan grants a radial third-person view. _☆ The Byakugan can see the exact workings of the chakra system. _☆ The Byakugan can see through solid objects. _☆ The Byakugan is not effected by basic obscuring methods. ( Smoke pellets, fog, etc. ) _☆ The Byakugan can magnify, zoom, & see within the infrared spectrum. _☆ The Byakugan's maximum sight range is 6 miles in diameter. _☆ The Byakugan stays active until the user sees fit. ___○ [ Rank ] ____★ • [ Rank ] _☆ ___○ [ Rank ] ____★
Technique(s) Learned: • Kaiser Armor [ C-S Rank ] | 1/13 Tai • Elbow Bolt [ X Rank ] | 2/13 Tai • Guillotine Drop [ X Rank ] | 3/13 Tai • Iron Backhand [ X Rank ] | 4/13 Tai • Breaking Lariat [ X Rank ] | 5/13 Tai • Invigorating Kaiser Armor Training [ B Rank ] | 6/13 Tai • Liger Bomb [ A Rank ] | 7/13 Tai • Kaiser Fist [ A Rank ] | 8/13 Tai • Bolstering Kaiser Armor Training [ A Rank ] | 9/13 Tai • Kaiser Armor Mastery [ S Rank ] | 10/13 Tai • Kaiser's Annihilation Hammer [ S+ Rank ] | 11/13 Tai • Gentle Fist Art One Blow Body [ X Rank ] | 12/13 Tai • Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm [ X Rank ] | 13/13 Tai
Masato's brow raised as the female would fail to contain her stomach contents...at his feet. Masato made a face that showed some slight disgust before tapping his feet on the branch, slinging remnants of it off himself. " Less than graceful for sure. But you survived. " his voice didn't carry much emotion in any direction so it would be hard to tell if he was excited about their living or not. " Suck it up kiddo." He said to Rowena as he looked onward to the cave. " That was a taste of Kurama's chakra. If you can't stomach that little bit a much worse waits than what happened today." He looked to them both, taking a second to gather himself and assess the situation.
' The girl is a Kaguya, like Naromi-sensei. Seems to favor close range combat. Her chakra is pretty standard for a kid her age.' As he looked upon her form, his eyes would catch notice of the curse mark's presence. His crimson Rinnegan widened as he grasped Rowena's arm with a moderate level of aggression. " Damn it." he growled. He recognized the mark. No, he recognized the chakra signature it was still pungent with. It was the same one that had been seared into Taylor's body. He released her arm, snapping his attention quickly to Kotori to see nothing but the same. ' The boy has the same mark. This must be what those bastards did to him at Kogarashi. Must mean they'll have a similar transformation....the girl's chakra though. She seems a bit beyond her age. So was Blondie though...' He sighed, softening his gaze. " Listen up runts, if you're falling in with me I have some expectations." He cleared his throat as the children would ready themselves. " One. No crying. Crying is a sign of internal defeat. Two. No dying. That's an external defeat. Three..." he shifted his eyes between them as his arms crossed. " I expect to see you put everything into your fists." The boy's eyes told him he was a Hyuuga. The girl's bloodline meant she was adept with physical arts, even passively. This was Masato's team, even if it was for just now. These two would under his protection.
He nodded, suggesting that was the extent of his expectations. He looked to Kotori then back to the cave. The numbers and relative size of their opponents were clear to him, still, it was a chance now that things had calmed to show their mettle. " Hyuuga boy. Lead the way. I'll follow last. Show me what you've got." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:07 am
My yes, what a success the group of individuals did have in their bout with their parasitic problems..but they say every calm comes with a storm. Mere moments after they could relish in their triumph and..disgust... birds would suddenly shoot out the forest canopies...looking to the ground pebbles would jump every other few seconds. A loud mechanical lurching making an echo in the distance. Bwaaaaaaaaaaao. The sound of steam and smoke creating a loud train-like whistle to scream across the sky. Metal like someone banging a hard wrench against a steel wall resounding in a cadence like that of taking steps. Over the treetops, outside the cave, over the canopy. A GIGANTIC marvel of technological engineering. What would be the likes of a palace moving with four large metallic blade like limbs comparable to a spider was making its way towards the southern forest.
Was this another attack? Had they been sniffed out again? Clearly, a marvel such as this was only capable of being produced by only one nefarious organization. None other than the UHV. Yes, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that after Kogarashi's attack remnants of the UHV were aimed to destroy what was left of the villages stragglers...ah but that was another forest. For you see the pilot of this mechanized Kaiju-sized monstrosity was but a man. A savant of sorts, a traveling merchant, but above all a gentleman by nature.
In the cockpit the pilot was conversing with others. But these others not human in any manner. Indeed, his other mechanized marvels he'd made, creations of which he deemed no different that if they were his children. "Are you quite certain Takahata? A meteoric impact of such a degree would certainly have done away with any survivors bon.""My statistical analysis has determined that the likely chance of survivors measures in the low percentile. Marketing statistics show that those who would have survived would be in dire need of assistance. Necessitation of goods due to requirements for survival makes for an ideal market with minimal chance of refusal and more leniency towards inflated prices of otherwise common goods. Objective: Locate Survivors; Sell common product for 30% higher market value for maximal profit gain.""Oh ho ho? Remind me to make your business practices less cutthroat Takahata.""Reminder Set for Default Four Hours." lacking in any and all personality but still just as real to Trefles as any human the man would encourage it to set said reminder. "I suppose this is far enough for now oui."
What seemed like a threatening automaton set for village destruction would suddenly stop in its tracks. It would stand idle and inside the pilot's seat Trefles would detach the chakra line straps that attached to his wrists and push a button. Said button would activate the structures defense system. "A break then." While the requirement of a break was unnecessary for his three automatons they followed their creator all the same to the break room. The break room being the equivalent of a retail outlets break room Trefles would summon his bar counter and pour himself a glass before he stared into the red wine somberly. He'd then look to the blank red glowing lights that were his creations 'eyes' that were empty in emotion before he looked back at his reflection in the wine. All other times during his merchantry he had followed his adoptive father...but now..he was alone. What was it that made traveling around the world to sell goods enjoyable? That's right as he recalled it was meeting new people. He looked to his left, then his right in this empty room. Empty of people. He'd sigh before he sat down and twirled the glass betwixt his fingers longingly before partly lifting his mask and taking a sip. "Perhaps this was a mistake bon."
Rowena bit back a snarl at Masato's distasteful regard for her wellbeing, though it didn't change the mission that she needed to return him to where Lahlil was. She hissed when he grabbed her arm, but he didn't explain what his displeasure was directed towards and she was too sick to care much about it.
She did know that she had no interest in the cave. "We should be taking you back to the central gathering of the survivors; not spelunking." The mission didn't call for seeking out more damaged creatures. Before she could further argue her point, a building on legs - what? - started moving towards them, and she found herself weakly pulling into a defensive stance, still drained from Kurama's traumatic chakra nature. "What is that? I must be hallucinating now, too." She looked to Kotori, trusting her far more than Masato so far. "We should get back as soon as possible for further instructions. The three of us should not explore the cave nor venture that... potentially non-existent legged building."
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:13 pm
kiiwispoet
Regalina Kaicho
Kondo Kaicho
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Far, far, far away from all the fighting and yet still close enough that she could observe it’s outcome, there sat a girl, body cloaked in a black cape that drew in around her face. It’s tight clasp shaded in such a way that the only part of her form that was visible was the locks of pure scarlet hair that spilled out at the corners. Her sight was glued on the fortress stomping through the withered swamp trees. She had to admit that the technological marvel impressive even by her standards, although her talents did lay in the more ‘fleshy’ arts after all. “So, it looks like a new player has entered the game.” She spoke to herself bemusedly. It was always refreshing for her to keep the game interesting and who knows, perhaps she could learn something here?
Lifting herself carefully off of the stump so as to not track mud on her cloak, the mysterious woman outstretched a hand with her palm face up. At that same moment a shifting came from the tall grass that quickly revealed itself to be the shambling form of a crocolisk, it’s body taken over by a number of stringy parasites not unlike those that the group of heroes had just finished fighting. It’s movements were more strained than the others though as if there were two of the creatures stuck fighting with each other for control. After a jerking shaky walk the croc managed to successfully lay it’s snoot on the palm of the woman’s hand, pulling a coo from her as it did so. “Aw my poor baby! Did those awful people hurt you? Don’t you worry we’ll get that fixed right soon! Do you think you could go bring a message to the doctor for me?” The creature jerked in response to what must have been a yes as it earned him another coo of approval from it’s mother. Not another word passed between them however, only a single quick kiss and the animal was off towards whatever task it was assigned.
Meanwhile, back at battle sight there came a rustling of angry birds who showed their displeasure at being displaced from their homes. Though none of them dared come close enough for fear of the machine being a predator. That is of course, save for a one lone great egret. It’s white wings were dead set to make a perch on Trefles’s moving castle unless it’s defense system were to kick in that is.
At least at the bottom there were no other surprises, other than a now flock of birds startling past of frightened wings. In fact, if anything had changed about the forest at all it was that now the area seemed to draw more into itself. An aura of malice retreating back to whatever dark crevice it had leaked from and reveal to the small group just how much it’s subtle grasp had snuck it’s way towards strangling them.
Masato's attention would be quickly shifted as the crackling of trees in the distance came to his attention just after his Rinne-byakugan would indicate a giant construct was moving towards their current location. The sound of the giant castle crashing about was deafening but he was able to read the lips of Rowena. He raised an eyebrow to her push back on his desire. His eyes would not shift from the castle but would not have lost track of the woman in the distance who had been observing. He knew the Kotori boy would have seen her as well. Masato would finally speak as he observed the castle. " Look here girl. If we don't purge this area of every threat, there's no way Lahlil has a chance of making those folk safe." He spoke to Kotori now. " Boy. Don't lose sight of that one. " Without question, she would know he spoke of the woman in black that manipulated the parasites. Masato then proceeded to cup his hands up on each side of his mouth, releasing a monstrous roaring shout. " Aye. Castle Beast! You after me?!" Masato asked the mechanism. While he was able to see it had a human entity within it with a chakra network he didn't quite understand the functions of mechanisms such as this. To him, it was some strange monster.
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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:28 pm
The bird had caused the shield to activate. Rather than perching atop the mansion, it perched atop the dome. Although this was still enough to illicit a sudden shock of the home shaking. "Mmm..oui. People." It was at this point Trefles had already imbibed a good sum of soporific beverage. It had been quite some time since he'd truly dipped into the demon water so to say he was feeling a right bit buzzed would be an accurate statement if not a bit false when referring to 'bit'. He believed to hear something. A voice. A person. Oh jubilant day. He was not alone here in these lands what seemed. Like some diva with his wine glass in hand and other on his hip he would perform the walk of the worst pirate ever hear of to Hodan-Ichiba's balcony. "Saza bon." He'd hail for puppet assistant who would remove a spyglass and place it on one of his many ;eyes;. The spyglass was unnecessary of course but Saza seemed to have perhaps developed a liking to using one. A combination of the Kaguya minds eyes technique it was capable of emulating and the spy glass revealed a rather on edge looking man. A Man. the autonomous puppet would say only to get the disgruntled limp wristed swipe of its spy glass.
"Oh ho moi adorable imbécile. You provide me nothing of value with such words." Stretching the spy glass to its fullest length Trefles would see Masato only the what was troublesome was he could not seem to get a good angle. He would continue to grow closer and closer to the balcony until... well-intoxicated people and balconies do not mix. As such "Un désordre terribleeeeeeee!' he fell off the balconies side. Now typically humans would spring to action but Trefles was in the company of his automatons and automatons, unfortunately, lack that sense of urgency. Only Haipa was programmed to defend its creator and he was currently not the one present.
However as he began to fall he still had his wine glass in hand containing his trademark brew, and if he was to fall he would at the very least fall in style. Perhaps it was the sudden rush of adrenaline or perhaps simply he was just too intoxicated but he would assume laid back legs over the other position similar to how one lays on a couch as he sipped the last of his wine beneath his mask. "Ah..ça va faire mal {this will hurt}" If Masato or anyone decided not to catch the blue-skinned bartender looking gent he'd make a resounding crash into the ground below bringing into question his condition within the dust cloud. If he was caught however, he'd continue to sip his wine and based on the position he assumed while falling would have been caught in the Bridal position.
__ Kotori listened very carefully to Masato's three rules, immediately engraving them upon her heart. She wasn't a crier, so that meant she was internally strong. She was still alive so that meant she was externally strong. EVERYTHING, and she believed absolutely everything, could be solved with her fists, so she trusted that she could meet her hero's expectations. Kotori grinned and clenched her fists in eager anticipation as she focused on the cave. Just before she could make a break for their target, despite Rowena's responsible argument against Masato's plan. 'Wait... did he just call me a boy? Sweet! I'm one of the guys now! No more picking on me about being too girly to punch people!' Kotori shrugged off her academy experiences with gladness.
However, her rising glee was stomped flat like any other unfortunate obstacle that got in the way of the massive mobile mansion that was making its way through the forest in their general direction. In an adjacent direction she only also just noticed a suspicious figure far far in the distance watching them and interacting with some of the creepy creatures they just beat with unsettling familiarity. 'Ugh... is it too much to ask to just punch stuff in peace!?' From what her eyes could tell, there was one man in the mega mansion along with a plethora of some kinds of mechanical things for company. He seemed pretty harmless for the most part. The mysterious woman, however, just seemed to linger from afar. Maybe she wasn't actually watching them and was just enjoying the scenery? Although, even Kotori had to question how she could kiss one of those freaky croc things. "Gross..." She muttered under her breath while Rowena continued to object to dealing with the cave or this moving mechanical fortress.
Kotori nodded affirmatively at Masato's new directive about the distant company before he turned and shouted at the metal monster towering over them in its protective barrier that wouldn't even let a bird near itself. The man who was inside ended up appearing on the mansion's balcony and was checking them out with one of those pirate tube scope thingies. She was trying to mostly focus on the woman like she was told to, but when the strange man of the mansion took a fall she kinda reacted on her tensed impulses. Chakra was focused to the soles of her feet as she turned about. She stood off at the edge of the branch and reached out. Kotori would catch the strange fellow with surprising ease despite her small frame, but the laws of physics still had to apply. The pair comically swung around the whole of the branch like some kind of trapeze show, ending up atop of the branch again, holding Tefles like he were her bride to be. "Uhhh... hiya!" She really hoped this guy wasn't actually a threat. Maybe he'd be grateful for her help and not add to the list of things she had to punch today? Then again, she was fine with it either way since she was just itching to start swinging at things. Kotori would hold him for a while until the tipsy tumbler found his sea legs well enough to stand on his own.
Technique(s) Used: • Byakugan [ Null Rank ] _☆ The Byakugan grants a radial third-person view. _☆ The Byakugan can see the exact workings of the chakra system. _☆ The Byakugan can see through solid objects. _☆ The Byakugan is not effected by basic obscuring methods. ( Smoke pellets, fog, etc. ) _☆ The Byakugan can magnify, zoom, & see within the infrared spectrum. _☆ The Byakugan's maximum sight range is 6 miles in diameter. _☆ The Byakugan stays active until the user sees fit. ___○ [ Rank ] ____★ • [ Rank ] _☆ ___○ [ Rank ] ____★
Technique(s) Learned: • Kaiser Armor [ C-S Rank ] | 1/13 Tai • Elbow Bolt [ X Rank ] | 2/13 Tai • Guillotine Drop [ X Rank ] | 3/13 Tai • Iron Backhand [ X Rank ] | 4/13 Tai • Breaking Lariat [ X Rank ] | 5/13 Tai • Invigorating Kaiser Armor Training [ B Rank ] | 6/13 Tai • Liger Bomb [ A Rank ] | 7/13 Tai • Kaiser Fist [ A Rank ] | 8/13 Tai • Bolstering Kaiser Armor Training [ A Rank ] | 9/13 Tai • Kaiser Armor Mastery [ S Rank ] | 10/13 Tai • Kaiser's Annihilation Hammer [ S+ Rank ] | 11/13 Tai • Gentle Fist Art One Blow Body [ X Rank ] | 12/13 Tai • Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm [ X Rank ] | 13/13 Tai
Rowena furrowed her brows at Masato's refusal to return. While she had to admit that his basis for refusing was a good one, that wasn't her mission. "It might be dangerous here, but we should finish our mission first by returning you to the central gathering. Lahlil may want a different scout group or attack force to go in. We shouldn't make these decisions on her behalf, and I don't see-" she paused as the man atop the castle began plummeting to the earth. Rowena froze at the sight, heart dropping to her stomach at the sight (despite the man's strangely posed manner of falling), but Kotori jumped into action and caught him.
"Er... I really do recommend we inform Lahlil of what we've seen. What if we bite off more than we can chew?" She looked at the pile of vomit previously at Masato's feet. Then she turned back to look at Kotori holding the strange man bridal style. "Who are you and what are you doing here with that... thing?" She couldn't quite gape at the castle device because she wasn't entirely convinced this wasn't a corrupted chakra delusion.
((I wanted to give Masato more to work with.)) Having been caught he'd reply to Kotori in a most jubilant of tones. "Merci ma cherie." He seemed to be thanking her but oblivious to the fact that he very may well have died and that most people do not speak francais. Having been put down on his feet the Oni take to alcohol quite well. Even if he was only a half-oni and lacked any other their techniques the Frenchman had a sturdier constitution than what he appeared to possess on first impressions. As he didn't show any signs of stumbling. He would answer Rowena's question with his intoxication playing an influence. He was, of course, a salesman. But with nothing present to sell an intoxicated mind came up with 'something' he could sell. While he displayed himself in a confident and composed manner behind his mask what kept his face hidden his blue would have been showing signs of pink. "Bonjour mon âme!" Enthused he would bow.
He would then rise forming a Y with his arms in the air. "Why I am none other than Trefles Coeur! Additionally none other than a traveling merchant! Additionally ever so more none other than the land baron of these forests bon!" Being the land baron, of course, was a lie. However, to his knowledge these lands were unclaimed, assuming a title such as the proprietor of the lands would increase his importance and if he were to be found out no harm no foul. His castle on legs was certainly convincing enough to be the possession of someone with such a title. If he had nothing to sell he could 'sell himself' in this sense to expand his base influence. Of course, he wouldn't fathom any such suggestion that would lead to wanting to 'buy the land' he supposedly 'owned'. He would walk up to Rowena and start to perform limp wristedly a posh smug hand gesture typically associated with upper-crust types. Although his following comments weren't to be smug but to be a queer eye for fashion. "What are those rags you're wearing non! They seem fit to fall apart at the seams bon! Non non non you deserve much better! You've many curves worth accentuating ma chérie!..Ah what is that smell?"
The permeation of Rowena's earlier tummy troubles would immediately detract the Frenchman's attention to Masato. "Oh, and what is this? Lacking in the finest footwear and now there is something afoul fermenting. Monsieur! Had you only made me aware sooner I could have had you fitted for a pair post haste bon. " He looked at Kotori with his pinky still beneath his chin. Then his neck snapped back to Masato as if he inadvertently said 'she was a lost cause' or 'not worth his time' in regards to fashion. "Alors dis moi, so tell me, what brings you to this, moi's forest, its quite dangerous you know bon. Of course for a nominal fee I could be of service bon. I know I do not look like much but I'm quite competent when it comes to the fisticuffs bon. I typically avoid conflict you see, but I assure you..NON! Assure you doubly so I'm quite adept. Viens à moi bon. Come at me oui. One of your finest strikes oui." Trefles was jumping hither and fro it seemed between conversational topics and subjects it was like being in an auction house. It went from Rowena's lack of fine dress, to Masato's footwear, to right asking to be attacked. Erratically expectant of a drunkard but again he seemed incredibly in control of himself and body for someone to be at such intoxicated levels. Masato of course had the decision of whether or not he'd actually attack the man at his request seeing as despite the way he held himself he could still very well be considered drunk and boasting about a strength he didn't have. If anything, a blue-skinned masked man having just fallen from a balcony seemed anything but useful in a fight.
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Kondo Kaicho
Regalina Kaicho
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Evanescently Magnificent
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:24 am
Entirely unprepared to be meet with an invisible barrier the bird squaked angrily before calming down into it's perch. It wasn't the best of positions but what could one really expect anyway? Of course the castle would have some kind of defense system in place. Once comfortably settled the animals body convulsed in a decidedly unnatural way. By the time it's writhing had ceased a second time the bird now had it's left eye blanketed by the milky white of the byakugan. Looking down at the happenings below the spy with an almost human interest.
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:45 am
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The eccentric man flummoxed Rowena, but she tried to not let it show. She licked her lips and spoke on everyone's behalf to the traveling merchant Trefles. "Pleasure to meet you - I'm Rowena. We were here for him," she explained as she gestured to Kotori, then Masato. She was monotone in assuring it was a pleasure to meet the merchant, but if nothing else, she was going to be professional here. "I'm not sure a fight is in your best interest. We should be getting back to the central gathering, anyways, and that would be your best bet in terms of selling any of your wares." She looked back in the direction they'd come, worrying her bottom lip as she thought about how the others were likely busy constructing the village from nothing. "I don't want to be around these chakra creatures before we report-" her eyes narrowed.
A top the castle there was a bird with a strangely alluring white eye. It looked similar to Kotori's. "Do you have a strange pet, Trefles? A bird with a... what are those, Hyuuga eyes called...?" She briefly glanced at Kotori for her to hop in. "I worry the chakra creatures may be the least of our worries," she admitted as she scratched the palm of her right hand, literally itching to summon her bones for a fight.
