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Tsuoiki Otobe

Tsuo gave a silent nod as the group slowly crept out into the hallway their foot steps taking them through the silent house. Where the men had gathered before, now there was a silent entrance hall, the stone work and fire pit cold, the ashes long burned down. Out front one could see the vague outline of a man standing guard, facing away from the house, a line of smoke suggesting he was smoking a pipe of some sort. Tsuo pointed towards the room at the back of the house, the one that Makoto had awoken in , signalling for them to be silent.



Airi followed closely behind Makoto, helping him carry the rope with one hand grasping one of her kunai, she was prepared to fight if need be, and if indeed there was someone on guard with the fourth prisoner, then they would need to be ready...what was more, unless they managed to knock this man out in a single strike, it would likely alert the man out front...they would have to be swift... luckily civilins shouldn't have posed much a challenge.

Makoto
((Reaction: It's too dark for you make out much of what's in the room where you where once held captive, but creeping in along side your companions, you can tell the other two are a little impressed with how very silent you seemed to be. the Guard that's inside the room is standing over a prone figure, their hands and feet heavily bound. The guard doesn't even begin to see you, you are able sweep in and out of the shadows without his notice...and at a glimpse you think that the figure on the floor may be female, but you can tell nothing more...))

LV. 2
Experience: (102/150)
Hp: 20
Cp: 16
MHp: 20
Resting posts must be 4 lines long +1 hp/cp/mhp


Moving around the room to get a better look at the girl, he could see that this girl was unlike any other that he had seen before. She was different from the others that were always around his classroom back home, but he really didn’t mind it at all with her features. Her skin… was pale white and, eerily smooth. Very odd discolorations around her eyes and her open eyes looked to be that of pure gold, this was indeed a very odd and new sight to behold. This girl was… if not near inhuman in a few ways, but even if she had claws and fangs in her mouth, she was a victim like them. Smiling to her kindly, he signaled Airi to come and untie this girl as he signaled Tsuo to the window… they needed to hurry and be silent about it as well.

Reaching the window, makoto looked out of the window the best he could and found nothing out of the ordinary. Nodding he started to push the rope out of the window, moving around as quickly and quietly as he could to tie the rope up properly. Strangely she seemed to be awake as well to him, she was perfectly still like a life size doll that he found at the vendors that one time. But it was not a doll at all… it was a breathing, living being that was laying there and it needed his help. He felt like a true leader… Saving lives like this. Finishing with the rope against a place that can hold them, makoto looked back at his group; it was time for them to depart.

“Okay… Airi, you go down first as fast as you can. I will bring this one with me in the second, when I’m done and at the bottom. Tsuo… by then you will have to deal with the bandit, give them a good yelling for me will you. “Makoto signaled this to the entire group before he smiled and nodded to his team, they had done a good job for him so far. He was going treat them when he got back, but for now all he could signal before he picked up the snake girl was this. “Thank you again everyone, we make a good team. “ after signaling that, Makoto looked the snake girl in the eyes before signaling to her here face to face. He was looking into her eyes when she did the same to him, if she could read his hand signs and his eyes… he was being kind and caring to her.

“ Don’t worry, we are here to save you… I’ll carry you to safety. “Makoto signaled, before he nodded to Airi with a smile. Before he helped the snake like girl up and onto his back, he thought that maybe it was a bad idea. But he disregarded his thoughts and lifted her up softly and wrapped her hands around his neck, he was only going to do this to protect her and get her back to the village. Looking at both of his team mates, he nodded to them with eagerness to get going.


Awareness Test
Awareness (Wis): 3 + D20 = 7

Stealth Test
Stealth (Dex): 3 + D20 = 11

Crafting Test
Craft: 5 + D20 = 13

Tsuoiki Otobe

Tsuo frowned slightly as he saw the girl's features fully revealed by the light of the moon. So...a Yakushi. That made sense...one of more famous clans exclusive to Oto. If one was trying to preserve old Oto...the Yakushi would be a key part in it. Still... there the matter of them being...rather...peculiar. Even the most normal among them was bizarre and not merely in appearance. He'd thought he'd gotten bad luck being stuck so long in that cellar with an Anzan... true it was obnoxious watching the girl practically wagging her metaphoric tail for a glance from Makoto, but he would have been positively cursed to have had to spend all that time cooped up with a Yakushi... that wasn't important right now however, Makoto was correct...they would be back soon. As Makoto picked up the Yakushi girl and placed her on his back, the other three sliding down the rope, Tsuo merely turned round slowly, his eyes narrowing as he readied himself, gathering the necessary chakra...




Airi found herself...a little off center around this girl already. It was most likely her bestial nature...but she felt an odd sensation merely from looking at her, that the girl before them was...dangerous. As most wiser hunters knew not to cross paths with a rattler snake no matter how much stronger than it they seemed.

She did as Makoto asked though, cutting the girls bonds and watching as Makoto secured the rope, ordering for her to go down it as fast as she could. She complied, zipping down the line effortlessly as she scaled the rock face and bit by bit, slowly repelled down to the stone path below, immediately drawing a kunai just in case. The woods were thick here...wild...there was no telling what might await them, especially this late at night...




Iyou Yakushi

The squishy blood filled man was still watching guard over her, the poison from her claws slowly causing him to falter...to be drowsy...to be inattentive. It was just a matter of time. she would wait...and wait...and then he would collapse. There was no point in rushing it. and when he finally fell, she could get out of these ropes and finish him off... she hadn't had a little fun in quite some time after all...they always frowned on her doing that sort of thing within the village...boring. Still...something even more interesting happened.

A face appeared before her open eyes, her patiently waiting form freed and suddenly picked off the ground as though she was weightless. She was quite literally swept off her feet by this new young stranger, straddled on his back as her arms settled around his neck. Mmmmmm...her claws were so close to his throat...yet that smell...her generally indifferent face seemed to droop slightly, looking intoxicated. A male...a young strong male. How surprising...how dashing. and kindness in his smile...empathy in his face...so rare to be shown towards her clan...yes indeed...how very dashing. She didn't want to kill this one... she'd keep him.

But she did find herself wanting to cut him with her claws none the less...slowly watching him succumb to her venom having her inside his veins... only to revive him again...and start the process ALLLL over again. She tilted her head slightly however, apparently more than able to curb this urge. He was rescuing her after all...that's what this was. A rescue. Again, how dashing. She seemed to busy herself silently and weirdly perfecting her rescuers hair, apparently ensuring that not a single one was out of place so as to spoil his dashing appearance during his rescue of her. Yes...she would be nice to this one.




Above, a sudden strange humming seemed to be disturbing the air, as though the air itself was shimmering....and then the screaming started. The man guarding the room and the man out front both had begun to howl in pain, as though being ripped apart from the inside... before all went silent.

At the top of the cliff, now high above them, the faint figure of Tsuo stood perfectly sideways on the rock face, sticking there with chakra. He was waving them to come back up...


Name: Minor Vibration
Description: The Otobe emits a harsh screech into the air using their very skin, the frequency, depending on whether it's low or high, causing internal damage to living creatures around them, or intense mental stress from the incredibly loud unrelenting shriek.
Rank: D
Cp Cost: 12
Attack Turns: 2 (0, but can only use as such once per 5 possible attack rolls and must meet requirements, in addition to preforming extra training stage)
Reflex Save: N/A Unavoidable if used for physical damage
Will Save: 10+half user's level+user Chakra control (If attack is aimed for mind)
Damage:5-10 either MHp of Hp depending on the use of low or high frequencies. (plus Ninjutsu Bonus)
Requirements:Otobe,+10 Chk Cont, +8 Nin (15 for both in order to be used in conjucture with other techniques without hand signs.)
Training: 2 stages (3 if preform extra)
Stage I: DC: Chakra control DC of 20, focus the sound waves in the air around you, use your chakra to guide manipulate them.
Stage II: DC: Constitution DC 15 Control the sound waves within one's own body and emit the proper frequency into the air, finally working out the proper technique for both low and high frequencies. A failed roll here will result in 5 mhp or hp damage.
Stage III(Extra): DC:40 Chakra Control. Fully master the technique, till emitting the sound waves becomes nearly second nature to you, allowing you to preform it without hand signs, or indeed any real effort.
Special: Anyone in the area besides the user -5 to all listen and balance checks for 5 turns. (This effect does not stack when used multiple times.
Owner: Oto

Airi Anzan

Airi flinched slightly at Makoto's request that the girl wrap her legs around his body, the girl turning slightly red before turning around and ensuring to herself that it was merely the boy's...sense of chivalry...yes. She nodded to herself, obediently following his instructions to head back up the rope to rejoin the Young Lord Otobe.


Iyou Yakushi

Iyou immediately wrapped her legs tightly around the boy's middle at this promptly, her doll like expression unchanging as she set her head around his shoulder, answering his question as he inquired if she was comfortable. "....yes." she seemed to narrow her eyes slightly, saying out of the side her mouth, almost conspiratorially, as though she was speaking to herself and had no control of whether her thoughts were on the inside or not. "Would YOU like to be comfortable on your back?"

"W-what did she say?!" Airi inquired looking back scarlet faced.

The girl's voice was level and emotionless the whole while as she "clarified" what she said. "I said "yes, thank you for letting me ride on your back."

Airi seemed to blink, calming down. "A-ah...right." she continued to climb looking slightly embarrassed


Tsuoiki Otobe

Tsuo was looking rather unaffected at the sight of the two guards at his feet, blood running from their eyes, mouths, and ears. They seemed to be quite dead. He appeared to be checking their vitals as the other three returned from the long climb back up, rope climbing for Ninja, even those in training, a simple enough feat. He looked back at them expectantly. "They're taken care of." He stated, slightly annoyed. "I suggest that were search the premises more thoroughly...we don't likely have TOO long, but they're likely to have supplies around that we can take...also we should take the packs from the pantry and gather everything we need in this room...I would likely merely walk down the cliffside path, but there's to great a chance we'll run into them..."

Tsuoiki Otobe


Tsuo was watching the girl carefully, his senses tuned more to her than anything. He didn't like the feel of her...she felt...off. Not unlike another more airheaded girl he knew...but if it was for the same reason...then Tsuo himself could likely be in danger... she had that feel about her...the sort've cold precision that one rearely saw in one so young. And he was certain he'd never seen her when he visited the Yakushi clan's now run down and misused tower... that could only mean she was a member raised apart from her the rest of her clan... raised, most likely, to serve as a member of Cruxis...

He frowned. If indeed she was the result of THAT training program, then these rebels had made a mistake indeed thinking she was just another student...and he himself could be in danger. Being out here all alone with nothing but these two..."disposable" people, he knew they would be called, was too great an opportunity for the Seventh house to pass up...

Within the confines of the village he was safe... but the inter-house politics of the Otobe were complex at their most simplistic,and the Seventh house, the second to last among the many and considered one of the weakest until 10 years ago, was now by far the most powerful. If indeed this girl was an operative of that program, then she served the seventh house...and it was very likely she'd been planted here to dispose of him... unless...

He seemed to fade off into thought. He was useful...he was skilled enough and prodigy with Medical Ninjutsu...it was likely that he could become and even greater medical authority than Chishio herself, given the time... someone like him would be useful to the seventh house...so long as he was willing to give up his claim to the position of clan head. The Current top player for the seventh being who it was, even if he wasn't the current Head of that house... Tsuo himself might be more prized as a pawn, than an obstacle. He adjusted his glasses.

"My name is-"

But Iyou interrupted, hopping off the nice boy's back and unruffled her outfit with the same detached expression. "I know who you are, Variable 91823." she stated in flat voice. "Tsuoiki Otobe. Top of the Otobe class, prodigy, medical specialist, and heir to the third house. It is a pleasure to meet you face to face." she girl didn't show any trace of pleasure. Not even the tiniest hint of a smile. She merely stared at him with those unblinking golden eyes...
"I am Iyou Yakushi, it is a very good to meet all of you. Thank you for saving me." but she seemed to once more violate Makoto's personal space as she examined him a bit too closely. "What is your name... Makoto Long you said That's a very nice name. I like that name. .................you smell nice."

Tsuo frowned. Yes. As he thought. Cruxis. But one that wasn't fully trained...how rare... he wondered by what miracle they'd gotten their hands on her. To openly address him by a reference number, she must not have gone through social training yet... but judging by how weak the guard watching had been...that was the only thing she hadn't covered...


Airi Anzan

Airi frowned slightly at the girl's disrespect of the Young Lord Otobe, as well as her...odd way of speaking. But she did INDEED hold issue with the way she was..."leaning" on Sir Makoto. "I am-"

"You are Airi Anzan." Iyou stated still observing Makoto. "You are the last remaining member of your clan that hasn't betrayed the hidden sound. Your file is marked as "Likely candidate" and you are to be treated carefully due to your tendency to succumb to your bestial nature when hungry or angry."

Airi looked as though one of those times was now, her eyes going feral for a brief moment, but calming down. "What file are you speaking of? Are saying that you peaked into the academies files?"

Iyou merely ignored her.

Airi gripped her kunai tightly, but huffed, looking away. "I suppose it matters little. I will split up and search the residence." she headed off silently into the hall, her eyes not needing a light source.

(She will be done in two turns.)

Tsuo nodded, hinting towards Makoto. "Don't turn your back on her." he signaled subtly, Iyou thankfully too absorbed in staring at Makoto to notice. Before saying aloud. "You should be very careful Makoto. The Yakushi tend to break their toys before too long." before heading off to search as well.

(He will return in one turn)


Iyou didn't move anywhere. Merely staring at Makoto. "It only happened five times..." the girl insisted unblinking. "I've learned to control my poison now...so it doesn't happen anymore..." she reached her hands up towards one another, and began sharpening her claws upon one another as though eager, even if you couldn't see it in her face. "But don't worry rescue boy...we don't have time to play right now anyway..." she then said out of the side of her mouth. "Maybe later." she pointed sidelong. "You should search the broken toys now...right...?"

Makoto reaction:
((Looking carefully at the girl next to you, finally able to see her properly in the bright light of the incoming moon from the window, you note that...the girl is a bit more...weathered, than an ordinary academy student. It's difficult for you to tell, but there's a chance that she might be a bit more...dangerous, than the yourself or the others. You also catch Tsuo's subtle warning, but aren't yet able to figure out his motive or intent for making it. Searching around the room, you are able to find nothing you didn't the first time, but as you search the bodies, trying to not get blood on your has as you do so, you are able to recover 25 ryo, and 3x Kunai. They don't appear to have anything else on them....))

LV. 2
Experience: (102/150)
Hp: 20
Cp: 16
MHp: 20
Resting posts must be 4 lines long +1 hp/cp/mhp

Watching her go to work on the two people that was in front of him, makoto moved out of her way with a smile on his face. He was giving her plenty of work space to find stuff that he could not find himself; this seemed to be the right call as she opened up the guy and examined the shirt before she pulled out a map that was hidden on the man. It seemed to be there for safe keeping in case of something like this were to happen to him, but he smiled and took the map before she got blood on it. Come to think about it, she was not picky about getting blood on her fingers as she tasted it off her fingers… A normal person’s stomach would turn at the sight of that, but thankfully he closed his eyes before she cleaned her hands of the first person’s blood.

The second person had interesting results right off the bat, a strange stone like piece was discovered before he claimed the item from Iyou with a smile on his face. “Thank you Iyou, also… your… uhhh…“ Makoto stopped for a moment as he realized just how beautiful she looked in the moon lit room, but the beauty was covered with her mouth covered with blood. Shivering from the sight of that abit, makoto returned to the stone piece and started to examine it. He looked it over carefully to see if he could get any good information out of it, but his examination was stopped what she had just said. Makoto know a suggestive reference what he heard on, thanks to his parents he knew not that she liked him in that way. Blushing slightly, he started to smile and push the subject aside as he spoke his mind about the stone.

“Maybe later… This is a stone key, made from the same stone outside. It’s very oddly crafted but it is a key to something, something that may be investigated later if we find a stone door or something. But yes… we have a map and a key; something else tells me our mission with this place may not be over as soon as we hoped. “ Makoto looked over to her for a moment, hiding his slight blush as he smiled to her. “Again… thank you for your help Iyou. Let’s wait for the others to return… then we can leave. “


Awareness Test
Awareness (Wis): 3 + D20 = 9

Craft Test
Crafting (Wis): 3 + D20 = 10

Intelligence Test
Intelligence : 0 + D20 = 12