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The last song until the next band, hn... Shinratsu supposed he should've been grateful throughout this band, his gate had been relatively peaceful. Two people: a forgery case and someone trying to sneak by without a wristband...but other than that, no drastic cases. Shinratsu, leaning against the wall, took to the remainder of his line... It was becoming rather mechanical now: check tickets, make sure it was authentic, give them a wristband, scurry them through...

Band: Coheed and Cambria
DC: 1d20(11)+1=12
Key: 23-25 three rush the floor.
21-22 two people rush the floor.
19-20 somebody rushes the floor.
15-18 somebody tries to use a fake ticket to get on to the floor, or a wrist band you deiced...they will be trying to argue.
8-14 several people come down the stairs with ticket and you must give each wrist bands.
1-7 nothing happens...EXCEPT THE METALLLLLLLL!!!

He didn't know why...but there was something bothering him about this year's Chuunin Exams. Shin couldn't really name it...a premonition? Of a sort... But this year's candidates were supposed to be highly skilled... Surely, it wouldn't be... Fool. He scolded himself. The Chuunin Exams are supposed to be dangerous. One participate knowing one may very well lose their life...or their shinobi career forever. But it wasn't the elimination rounds that roused unsettling feelings...

Rebellion in Wave Country against shinobi presence...

Intermission: 2/3

A white tiger bounded swiftly through the streets, braking before Nikolai. Yuumei's animal companion...he had no trouble weaving through the crowded streets. The crowd parted before him, like the tide at the sea...no one wanted to mess with a giant white tiger with razor sharp teeth anyways. Kuroshiro, blinking startling blue eyes, watched the unconscious boy in Nikolai's arms, and sighed...but in relief.

"Thank goodness she's distracted right now..." It was pretty clear who Kuro was referring to: Yuumei was currently eating dinner with Kiyoshi. If she had noticed Akeru had gone missing from his room, she would've gone ballistic... And not to mention, since Kuro was supposed to be watching the doors of the hospital...he had been tracking Akeru too, but from a different angle, watching in wait to make sure the boy was all right...

Approaching closer, the white tiger fondly licked the boy's cheek, before nuzzling the child's face. "It's ok, kid..."

Startled, the boy's eyes flew open, still obsidian but tinged with hints of blue now, under the light of the stars and moon. His whole thin frame tensed, but relaxed...upon noticing it wasn't a hostile but even somewhat familiar presence. "Soft..." He smiled, reaching out a hand to pet Kuro. "Like a pillow..."

The tiger froze. Those words... Even though now it was but a weak murmur, just like the first time Akeru met him...and had made the same 'pillow' comment. Less wild, with less energy...as the young Uchiha had promptly latched himself to the tiger the first time around and snuggled at the thick fur around Kuro's neck and refused to let go...until Kuro threatened if he didn't, he would eat him...

But... Heh. He too couldn't decide...whether it was better for Akeru to stay memory-less or not...if he does not, this child would not live burdened by the knowledge of the very lineage that runs through his veins... He could live peacefully, at his own pace...as that child had wished so dearly...

Then...then...why did the smiling face back then, knowing of all his struggles and joys...fully aware...why was that...more true, more genuine... When now...it seemed that the boy was merely a shell, a shadow, of his former self...?

Shadow growled in his hiding place, he recognized the actions of the man, after all, he was a fellow fire user. He knew he was preparing for some attack, however Shadow couldn't guess what. He was less worried about the power, and more about some of the details of the mission. He had to keep him from making to many more fires. He grabbed a near by rock and held it in his hand, letting out a small sigh. He knew that if he went for another slash that the man would likely prematurely fire. The problem with that would be he would hit a ground level apartment. The best way to minimize the damage would be if he fired upwards. After all, fire rose upward quicker then spreading downward. If he could make the man only hit a higher area of the nearby buildings, then the local authorities could contain the fire easily and shadow could continue this fight. He slowly leaned out a little ways and tossed the rock at a building opposite of them. He was hoping that the man would hear the rock, think it was Shadow, and then fire a blast at the upper levels, as opposed to the lower levels where the damage would be much more out of hand. This was a feint attempt pretty much.

((alright I'm going to guess this qualifies as a bluff check since it's trying to trick him into thinking i'm somewhere else making him prematurely fire. If we can agree bluff would be the appropriate roll then
Bluff: +10))

Giglamesh would watch as a huge scarlet stage drape would begin to lower covering the stage and they finished taking down coheed's set, and were reading slipknot's. As the scarlet curtain came down the crowd began to roar and cheer, as if they were already on stage. Giglamesh would take the mic and speak very clearly in to it. "Its fine over here...babe?....if your not feeling well this would be the best time to back out....this crowd...there about to become much more aggressive once the last band comes out...so if you dont feel up to it...please withdraw now because if you dont i cant guarantee that it wont be very unpleasant because its going to get loud...very very loud so if your not up to it now would be the best time to back out." He knew what this crowd was going to do when the main band came out...it was obvious as one person that just came threw gigs gate flashed his wristband and yelled "******** coheed im here for slipknot!!!"....it was about to get nice and heavy.

intermission #2

The bone ninja-to made it's delicate kiss across the mans spinal collum. It was an artuful blow that would hoefully make more of a mark then his previous blow, after all Shadow was not interested in pressing his luck with this pyromaniac. Unfortunately the delicate kiss wasn't as deep as he had hoped... In fact it was pretty much nothing more than a caress...

[[EDIT: I hate everything... Woooo for horrible damage rolls! ]]

Nikolai nodded and set the child on the cat's back, pushing a small, non-thorned (and so non-drinking) vine from his finger and pulling it out so that he could tie it slightly around the boy's wrist, flicking two burr-like spikes off his armor and using them to secure the boy's wrist loosely to the tiger's back. He did the same with the boy's other wrist. He wasn't going any where. Those burrs were as good as glue when stuck together, and they were around the tigers fur. Of course, for a Takani it was no trouble at all to separate them when the time came. "He'll be fine. And I'll talk to our Mistresses. I'll tell them it was in the interest of safety to remove him from the building if they decide to push the issue." It wasn't a lie. It was in the interest of safety that Nikolai remove the boy from the Forge. It was a building. And he was used to being punished by anyone who cared to. Nikolai bowed to the tiger and leaped to the roofs, running towards the hospital at full speed.

((Exit to the hospital))