I'm getting by with my wicked ways β¦ I'm loading up and I'm taking names β¦ I wanna dig my way to hell β¦
Akaran's enthusiasm shook a genuine smile out of Akihiko, one he quickly schooled away in light of the situation at hand and his own reputation as a stoic. He turned to the bubbly girl who immediately mentioned the possibility of him hiding something - then jumped into a hundred other subtopics with her chatterbox mouth.
"Could I not be happy, safe, and hiding something?" He bared a few teeth in a lopsided grin, something almost predatorial before he checked himself again, unhappy to be roused into showing such reactions so quickly. Her sudden fangirling of Akaran annoyed him; he'd spent so long trying to get on the good side of the Oni, trying to pry information out of him. He didn't want the little girl stealing the show and potentially taking Akaran away. However, she disappeared into some strange portal-esque device that he had never seen before.
The tension in the bar was palpable. She must have some sort of reputation around these parts - some guard-to-be for her father? Perhaps he was a considerable merchant. Perhaps... she was worth quite a pretty ransom. "Chicken tenders? I can't believe they're letting children into a bar. Where are the men supposed to plot their crimes against humanity?" His tone was - mostly - joking, and he reclined back in his seat to emphasize his nonsense. He took mild note of Sango, who he still was sure was the most reasonable of the two children, but was sure she would not make something out of nothing.
"Are you her guardian? A babysitter?"
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S A N G O - "KNIVES" - O S A D A
The hand that rested on Himawari's shoulder was pulled back, angling her friend's body slightly, as Sango instinctively stepped forward in response of strange chakra being created in Akihiko's hand. "She's aware. Just being friendly to some of the newer faces around town, is all." Her tone was calm, with a genuine smile upon her lips. Her gaze remained on Akihiko even after the orb of chakra within his palms dissipated, taking a shot. "Nice to meet you, Akihiko..." This guy did not seem very fond of their presence; Sango only hoped that Himawari was catching a similar vibe and refrained from irritating him any further.
On the other hand, the horned male who introduced himself as Akaran, appeared more friendly - much to her surprise. Even going as far as to sniff Himawari in greeting, which Sango found to be unusual, yet amusing. Hima's lack of withholding specific information in the presence of strangers was concerning enough, but to interrogate Akihiko afterwards would likely put them in dangerous territory. If they weren't already there. Luckily, Akaran's katana caught Himawari's attention, hopefully diverting any tension between the child and the grumpy, middle-aged man. Sango continued to stand as Hima went to sit by Akaran. Despite coming off as much friendlier than Akihiko, she was now invading personal space. A spar? Girl, that guy is ten times your size! A chuckle escaped the young street performer's lips, one of amusement. It was then that her friend suddenly vanished without a trace from her place beside Akaran, causing the entire tavern to grow silent with shock. Sango found two things strange here: how no one seemed to notice Himawari until she actually goes missing, and Akihiko's lack of reaction to the event. In truth, he had no reason to react, not knowing Himawari. But, y'know, someone just randomly disappearing out of the blue should do something.
"Ah, yes! Chicken tenders sound great. Sango spoke after Akihiko's confounded response, in a cheery and teasing tone. If they were in this deep, she might as well go along for the ride. Her eyes glanced to the spot where Hima once sat, wondering where she had gone, then to Akihiko as he questioned her relation to the young ward. "Could I not be her guardian, a babysitter, and her bestest of the best of bestest friend?" She smiled once again, reminding him of the title Himawari had given her, just in case he forgot, while throwing his own line right back at him. At this point, the four baskets of chicken tenders would arrive. The waitress gave Sango a questioning look, and a nod to the empty space where Himawari would have been. All she could do was shrug her shoulders. It was far too sudden to have any ideas on what the cause of it was, "So. Haven't seen you gentlemen around before. What brings you to the city of Gurinbare-to? Portals are kind of a new thing around here..." The ice had already been broken thanks to Hima, so Sango decided to strike up a conversation. She'd keep things casual, regardless of the mental torment being caused out of worry for her missing friend. Her eyes fell to Akihiko, remembering the orb of chakra he created in his hands earlier.
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β±β°β±Akaran counted slowly on his fingers in unison with Hima. "You don't look five years old." He stated in confusion at his poor calculation of her age relative to her future age for the legal consumption of alcohol. His confusion was dismissed immediately with Hima's subtle accusation that perhaps Akihiko was behaving in a clandestine fashion. "Nah, he seems like a good guy to me." Akaran smiled joyfully again as he gave a trusting glance over to Akihiko who temporarily smiled at him as well. This pleasantly surprised him given Akihiko's stone face that was consistent through all of their interactions up to this point. When Hima sat down beside him and grabbed his arm he smiled again at the young girl's kind enthusiasm. He also blushed slightly in embarrassment at being called cool. He took on a more serious but considerate expression when she challenged him to a spar. "Shucks, I think you're probably better with a sword than me, Hi-ma-wari. In the Land of Iron, we say that warriors can't spar until they're ready." A strange mountain clan oni accent slightly slipped out of his otherwise typically human tone of voice. After a brief pause after his statement which might indicate that he was underestimating Hima, he would actually dispel any doubt in his following elaboration. "I must train before I can be a worthy opponent for you. I must master the Kyo-to-ryuu style first. I think Ma-sa-to Umechika knows this art. Do you know where the Warrior Summit is?" Akaran's face became inquisitive as he could use directions. It was also clear that he took the girl's challenge seriously. He would wait for her to get her food before expecting an answer. Perhaps Sango could answer his question as well. He now turned his attention to Sango to answer a question directed at him as it seemed only fair. "I'm from Zai-shin City, looking for Ma-sa-to for training, figured someone in this big city could tell me how to find him." Akaran nodded after he spoke of his simple reasons for being in Gurinbare-to. "I can't stay here for long, need to find the Warrior Summit." Akaran only had one track in his mind to follow. He needed to learn this style and perhaps the ways of the shinobi to refine his skills as a budding swordless samurai. He then looked away from Sango before exchanging another shy glance with Akihiko. "Do you...would you...maybe come with me, A-ki-hi-ko?" While Akaran was certainly lonely from solo-travel he also felt a strange bond with him so far. Traveling within the Land of Fire would not be quite as time-consuming as crossing into other countries and this would be a good opportunity for him to get to know Akihiko and forge a stronger friendship. Although he was also nervous that maybe it was foolish of him to ask him that so soon but it felt oddly right as well.
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Personal Attributes β’ Swordless Swordsman | As a fastidious student of Kyotoryuu, he is able to use small and medium blade bukijutsu styles through his "knife hands" causing them to act as taijutsu techniques in effect while consuming bukijutsu slots. β’ Wandering Warrior | The Soko Sento and Kote Art styles can be used with an unarmored body. β’ Unyielding Willow | Grants [2] stat points rather than [1] for the mastery of stages three and six of the Dance of the Meadow style for a total of [4] stat points. The Endurance stat cap of the Kaguya increases by [1] to a maximum of [9]. Finally, if half the resource cost of a bone armor technique is spent then it gains the attributes of armor and this does not cost a combat action. If the bone armor technique is E-Rank then it is considered very light armor, D-C rank for light armor, B-A rank for medium armor, and S-S+ rank for heavy armor. β’ Martial Paragon | The favored fighting styles of the Kaguya are Taijutsu and Bukijutsu, and they learn 1 extra technique per paragraph per body rank for a total of 6 at S+. In addition, the Kaguya is able to start off with 2 additional taijutsu or bukijutsu styles. Finally, all complex Dance of the Meadow techniques are treated as spiritual in collision with other complex techniques. β’ Curse Born | Forbidden Seals, including Curse of the Blood Orchid, owned by this rpc have an additional 100 corrupted nature chakra stored in their seal. This increases their cap from 400 to 500. Also, the Kaguya is able to recover faster from the drawbacks of forbidden seals following the deactivation of the seal making the stat reductions last for three posts rather than five.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:59 am
I'm getting by with my wicked ways β¦ I'm loading up and I'm taking names β¦ I wanna dig my way to hell β¦
Sango throwing his line back at him made him feel vaguely hopeful for the two children, that Sango would be able to keep the more foolish girl safe. Not that he cared or anything. "The little one couldn't always make portals? Perhaps she's just coming into her abilities. Lots of people have... muddled, complicated bloodlines." His gaze rested on the Oni meaningfully, but he knew his meaning would be missed by Akaran.
He'd never even heard of this Warrior Summit that Akaran mentioned, but he also had little investment in the affairs of people who genuinely appreciated ninja arts. He was taken aback by the offer to join him, but he also had nothing better to do, and he was certainly curious about the bladeless samurai. "Why not? I've got nothing better to do," he said, hoping he sounded as nonchalant as he intended. "This Masato is supposed to be impressive. They say he has no equal in battle," he gossiped.
He turned to Sango to move on from any sentimentality. "I am sure your bestest of the best of bestest friend may have an opinion on you being her babysitter, but she also favors chicken tenders. So. I suspect you've got quite a job ahead of you, if her portal-teleportation schtick is not temporary. She seems... exciteable." As he spoke, he realized he wasn't sure Akaran wouldn't be the same source of chaos or trouble. However, he had a feeling the big lug would know how to handle himself, considering he'd made it this far in life without being taken advantage of.
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Himawari Yuki β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬[ I got a pocket // ]β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ gota pocketfulof sunshine; β
Portal appears above as Himawari was crashed onto the floor, her legs sticking up in the air and arms twitching. She seemed a bit taller and even a bit... older. "Ouch! Himawari rubbed her head as she moved to sit on her bottom. "Weird. Anyways! No, I'm 15! Not five! Wow, you guys get to drink early? I'm so jealous!" She was in complete awe with the Oni before her. How cool was he!? Himawari was so gosh darn lucky to have Sango as her bestest of the best of the bestest friend and maybe she would have a new one too! Oh the excitement! No more old people in that castle!
Land of Iron! Oh WOW. Could this guy get anymore COOLER!? Hecking heck! "Aw. I understand! I won't spar you until you are ready! I've been trained since I was wee-" She stopped and gasp. "Yes! I heard of Masato! He's in Konohagakure last I heard... but I can't go." Himawari pouted slightly. The onlookers at the bar are just trying to process of the age jump Hima went through. "Ohhh! Yes! Ya'll should go! Road TRIP! Sango! We should do that sometime! Go on a road trip! Speaking of road trip, I forgot to tell Masahiro something! Let's go! We can finally feed the peacocks!" With that, and completely forgetting about the delicious perfect chicken tenders, Hima grabbed Sango's hand and out they went. "I lied Sango, the Akihiko guy was tooooo boring! I would like to know Akaran more but he seemed distracted! So let's leave them alone, they are about to leave anyways, let's go feed the peacocks!"Himawari said with excitment. Then a soft whine as she removed her hand from Sango's wrist and crossed her arms on her chest, "Why my chest hurt so much.." The blitz female didn't even realized she said she was 15 earlier.
[ Exit ]
βΊGot alove; β₯ β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬TAKEMEAWAYβ¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬- β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬[And I know that it's -- all mine]β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:46 pm
S A N G O - "KNIVES" - O S A D A
Adding the 'ability to create portals at random' to Himawari's otherwise grand list of quirks was something Sango was having trouble wrapping her head around. She was unsure of what the child's bloodline might be, but it had very little synergy with the enhanced sense of smell Hima claimed to have inherited from her family. Not having a bloodline of her own, as far as she knew, Sango had only heard of a few common ones in passing. Speaking of bloodlines, Sango took note of Akaran's sudden change in tone to that of a strange accent. She'd assume it was due to where he came from; a city known as Zaishin in the Land of Iron. The city itself was completely foreign to her, though Sango was familiar with the Land of Iron though various stories from her deceased mentor. It was home to the legendary warriors known as Samurai.
Akaran was on a quest to find someone named Masato, and Akihiko's comment about him made Sango somewhat curious about how powerful this person must truly be. She was positive that this Masato individual would gladly welcome someone like Akaran with open arms given his fierce devotion to finding him. "She's not as troublesome as she seems." Sango replied casually to Akihiko, in defense of her best friend, "Himawari might be excitable, but she's also-" Another portal appeared above, and out came Himawari - or so Sango initially thought. It definitely looked like Himawari, but there was so much that had changed. So. Much. "...Grown up?" Blankly gazing at the now older version of Himawari, Sango was at a loss for words. What happened in that portal? Regardless of the visual changes, Himawari's personality remained the same. Without even noticing the chicken tenders she so generously ordered for everyone, she grabbed Sango's arm and pulled her out of the tavern. Only a few moments ago, Sango would have found it much easier to resist, but with Hima's new size, came new strength, and the poor circus performer was ill-prepared for it. "Uh, goodbye. Nice meeting you both!" She'd call out to the two men at the table, tossing a generous tip to thank the waitress for her service.
Feeding the peacocks, Sango was all for it. Having to explain the pains that Himawari would be dealing with in her aged physique, however... "Er... let's just say they are 'growing pains'..." She chuckled nervously, not wanting to have to explain things on a personal level in the middle of the streets. [ Exits with Himawari ]
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β±β°β±Akaran smiled simply when Akihiko looked at him while speaking of muddled bloodlines but had no idea of the meaning of his stare. When Akihiko accepted his offer to travel his smile only grew. "Good, we should go soon." Akaran suggested with overwhelming enthusiasm in his voice. He expected that this would be the beginning of his dream becoming a reality at long last. He then listened intently as Hima suggested that he go to Konohagakure to find Masato. Akaran knew that the Warrior Summit was somewhere in these lands but it was immensely helpful to know that it was in the Leaf village. He watched her devour the chicken tenders she ordered before grabbing Sango's arm and leaving in a hurry. Akaran waved gently as they left but felt disappointed that he could not get to know them better. "Bye!" He said with a smile as he watched them leave the bar before turning his attention to Akihiko. "Ready to go?" Akaran asked with his smile widening further with excitement for the road ahead.
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Personal Attributes β’ Swordless Swordsman | As a fastidious student of Kyotoryuu, he is able to use small and medium blade bukijutsu styles through his "knife hands" causing them to act as taijutsu techniques in effect while consuming bukijutsu slots. β’ Wandering Warrior | The Soko Sento and Kote Art styles can be used with an unarmored body. β’ Unyielding Willow | Grants [2] stat points rather than [1] for the mastery of stages three and six of the Dance of the Meadow style for a total of [4] stat points. The Endurance stat cap of the Kaguya increases by [1] to a maximum of [9]. Finally, if half the resource cost of a bone armor technique is spent then it gains the attributes of armor and this does not cost a combat action. If the bone armor technique is E-Rank then it is considered very light armor, D-C rank for light armor, B-A rank for medium armor, and S-S+ rank for heavy armor. β’ Martial Paragon | The favored fighting styles of the Kaguya are Taijutsu and Bukijutsu, and they learn 1 extra technique per paragraph per body rank for a total of 6 at S+. In addition, the Kaguya is able to start off with 2 additional taijutsu or bukijutsu styles. Finally, all complex Dance of the Meadow techniques are treated as spiritual in collision with other complex techniques. β’ Curse Born | Forbidden Seals, including Curse of the Blood Orchid, owned by this rpc have an additional 100 corrupted nature chakra stored in their seal. This increases their cap from 400 to 500. Also, the Kaguya is able to recover faster from the drawbacks of forbidden seals following the deactivation of the seal making the stat reductions last for three posts rather than five.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:15 pm
I'm getting by with my wicked ways β¦ I'm loading up and I'm taking names β¦ I wanna dig my way to hell β¦
Akihiko's brow furrowed at Himawari's reappearance. Why did she look different? He figured she could know an appearance changing jutsu, though it made little sense for her to do so in a way that just made her look a little older. She called herself fifteen when she clearly wasn't before. He looked at Akaran as if to ask about it, but knew the brute would have no idea.
He watched as Himawari took Sango away, and he internally lamented the lack of amusing conversation. "Yeah, we should leave before any more time stuff happens," he agreed with a displeased expression. He didn't want to entertain the thought that her age progression was real, because he couldn't be sure it was related to the portals. He also had no interest in witnessing it first hand, since he was still in his prime.
"Are we heading to Konohagakure, then?" He stood and walked to the door of the bar, ready to travel with the man who had originally just been a mark of his.
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β±β°β±Akaran nodded in agreement with Akihiko about the "time stuff" he was referring to. He just assumed that she performed any other jutsu and would not put much more thought into it than he felt was necessary. When he stood up from the table he just nodded to Akihiko's question. By this point he had actually sobered up a bit which was not much of a matter considering the oni's naturally astronomical alcohol tolerance. "Yeah." Akaran spoke simply before he took his first step out of the bar. Enough time had elapsed for the girls to get out ahead of them. His smile remained as he felt the wind on his face that refreshed him from the bar's naturally stale air. This signaled to him the start of the new adventure.
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Personal Attributes β’ Swordless Swordsman | As a fastidious student of Kyotoryuu, he is able to use small and medium blade bukijutsu styles through his "knife hands" causing them to act as taijutsu techniques in effect while consuming bukijutsu slots. β’ Wandering Warrior | The Soko Sento and Kote Art styles can be used with an unarmored body. β’ Unyielding Willow | Grants [2] stat points rather than [1] for the mastery of stages three and six of the Dance of the Meadow style for a total of [4] stat points. The Endurance stat cap of the Kaguya increases by [1] to a maximum of [9]. Finally, if half the resource cost of a bone armor technique is spent then it gains the attributes of armor and this does not cost a combat action. If the bone armor technique is E-Rank then it is considered very light armor, D-C rank for light armor, B-A rank for medium armor, and S-S+ rank for heavy armor. β’ Martial Paragon | The favored fighting styles of the Kaguya are Taijutsu and Bukijutsu, and they learn 1 extra technique per paragraph per body rank for a total of 6 at S+. In addition, the Kaguya is able to start off with 2 additional taijutsu or bukijutsu styles. Finally, all complex Dance of the Meadow techniques are treated as spiritual in collision with other complex techniques. β’ Curse Born | Forbidden Seals, including Curse of the Blood Orchid, owned by this rpc have an additional 100 corrupted nature chakra stored in their seal. This increases their cap from 400 to 500. Also, the Kaguya is able to recover faster from the drawbacks of forbidden seals following the deactivation of the seal making the stat reductions last for three posts rather than five.
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:38 pm
H i k a r i x A k i r a Chakra:1775 / 1775x xStamina:1050 / 1050 Form of Balance:Yang
Returning to her room for just a small bit of time, Hikari would undress, and clean her clothes. She would then take a shower before applying and gathering her hygienic items before heading off to the Iron district.
A fourth cornerstone applied by the Lord Adjutant as he made his rounds and sighed as he laid down the Seals Connection on this point. His hands and eyes worn and tired as his trip was coming round to an end.
[ Five Seal Barrier pt 4 ] [ Seals Connection into Gurinbare Defensive Seals Array ]
