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Uchiha Sakurayuki
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Sakurayuki watched as Jinichi hauled in the fish. The ones in this particular ocean were quite big in size, not to mention strong as well. She didn't think she'd be able to handle them as well as her partner did, never mind the other Hoshigaki member of their team who seemed to simply flick them on to the boat. This mission would be a great chance to learn from all of them, even if they were still technically on a mission. Yuki floated on the water a bit before diving back in. The other team was done with their haul, so all they needed was one more on her part before they were all done. She highly doubted they needed all 6 fish, since one looked big enough to feed two, really, but Sakura dived in again nevertheless to chase her last bit of prey. It was a bit hard to find, but she quickly spotted one nearby the craggy rocks, and she again started her chase to push it up to the surface.

It took a while, but Yuki got her job done.

"Here, catch!" she called out as she broke the surface of the water as well.

Total # of rolls so far = 22 (Yuki + Iwao)

extra extra rolls... confused

(This specific exercise is meant for the full skill level to be applied, not just the bonus)

Uchiha Sakurayuki
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As the pink haired child climbed up the boat and wrung out all the water from her hair, she glanced at the fish they had caught, before turning her attention to Shiro, who was soaked from the earlier exercise as well. Not that she was in any better a state, she thought inwardly with a lopsided smile as she shook water out of her ears. It felt refreshing though, a nice change from the usual.

Now she listened as she heard the second part of the exercise, and all turned quiet as they watched the sword go down.

Yuki was the first to break the silence, as she 'swiped' a senbon from her partner, asking if she could take one with a glance and an apologetic smile. If that sword was a sentient being like she suspected, things would likely get a lot more interesting.

"Projectiles, eh?" Batsu thought to himself as he olded up his arms and looked down at the floor of the boat with an arrogant smile. "My specialty. Too bad I'm not in this." The medic gave a slight shrug and unfolded his arms. He then looked over the side of the boat to see what Hiru-san was bringing up. The chuunin had no idea what his superior saw, but judging by the growl that was made it HAD to be something major.

D: 45 | F: 10 | R: 23 |W: 21

It had been dark. It had been quiet, and still, and when you had just filled your belly with hard-caught food, what you wanted was a well-deserved rest. Normally, you wouldn't have had to worry about that. These waters are calm and you are the biggest creature around. Nobody would dare to harass you. But in the past thousand beats or so, something's changed. Something's floating up on the surface of the water, blocking out the light.

Now, you've been around. You know these things aren't dangerous as long as you don't get caught on them. And even then, it hurts, but it's easy to rip yourself free. Normally, the ones that stick around are only going after the small fry, anyway, so it's nothing to worry about. But this one's different. Something foreign's in the water, moving it around, scattering the fish round and generally making everything a huge mess. It's a minor annoyance, to be fair, but after a hunting trip, all you wanted was just to sleep, undisturbed. You burrow yourself deeper, and try to ignore the mayhem happening above you.

And then, quicker than you can react, sharp teeth plant themselves squarely into one of your tentacles.

ROOOOOAAARR!!!!

Your cry reverberates through the water, sending fish flying. Even the thing above bobbles slightly, and you're a hell of a long way down. But not for long.

You fling the fish off your tentacle as far as it will go. It was only a small cut, but you feel like you just pushed a boulder half your size. You don't recognise that type of fish from anywhere near here, which must only mean...

The invaders have to leave. You were fine with them, before, but now it seems like you have to show them who's king of this ocean.

Breaking up past the water's surface, you focus in on the vessel sitting on the ocean. The thing itself is too big for you to touch, but you can see the invaders as blobs within it. Coming down to get a little closer to them, you latch onto its side and take a swipe at one of them with your tentacle. It's a bit unfortunate for the little glowing one, really, that she just happened to be the closest. Your tentacle strikes and closes around her, the suction pad attaching itself securely to her body, and you pull her up into the air.

[attacking/grabbing Shiro, Shiro is at a height of around 15ft]

Attack roll: d20 + 15

"Gah! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!", screamed the merchant as he backed up as far as he could from the beast. "Why the hell would you bring that on board??", he yelled at Hiru, scared out of his mind.


Hiru was a bit surprised when he saw the huge tentacled beast climb aboard the ship. "Wow Samehada really outdid itself! Its always had a thing for octopus, don't really know why..." Calmly grabbing the fishes as though this was simply business as usual, he turned around quickly told the four young shinobis : "Well, I'll be preparing these downstairs. Come and join me when you're done!". He then disappeared inside the ship.

Only read the next part or if you beat an awareness DC of Stealth [40] + Ninjutsu [55] = 95 or if you are Batsu.

[In a flash, Hiru used his Jinton to quickly appear behind Batsu and whispered "Only get involved if there's any significant danger, let them try to find a way to do this." A millisecond after these directives, he vanished again.]

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Choice 1

Try to take the pacifist's way out of this and attempt to calm the creature down. Might not be easy though, it's pretty riled up...

Handle Animal DC: 25

Reward: 50 XP + Special Reward


Choice 2

Kill that thing before it hurts the merchant (or one of you). At least you'll get a good dinner out of it!

Reward: 30 XP

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NOTE: Various strategies may influence the DCs and experience gained from succeeding this step, be creative.

NOTE: Automatic successes on 20s are disabled for this encounter (but not critical hits).

1D20 (20) + 0 + Henge Bonus (4) | 24

Disguise DC 24: to see through Shiro's disguise.