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Listening to what the man had to say about not seeing anyone since he had gotten there, Shin had a disappointed look on his face. The man explained why he was there and then grabbed his things to go, now that the floor board was finished. "Ah, thank you!" Shin said, trying to throw up a smile for the nice villager that had come in to fix the floor board. As the door closed behind the man, Shin stood in his apartment by himself. He had the urge to go searching for his cousin Kolo, but then again if he just stayed home, maybe Kolo would come to him! There couldn't be many places Kolo had gone since today was his first day at the village. Shin thought that he might have gone out to eat since the Nara didn't keep much food save ramen in the apartment. Slipping off his shoes, Shin noticed that they were rather muddy. Going to the window, the boy slapped his shoes together to let the dried mud fall off onto the dirt road below. Putting his shoes by the door, Shin sat on the couch. "Hm..." he hummed to himself, tapping his fingers against the cushions. Shin hadn't been home alone in a long time. The only time he really spent time in this new apartment was to sleep!

Ninjutsu Practice - Seals
DC: 15
1d20 + Ninjutsu [5] = 10
Train: 1/3
Try: -3
CP: 17 - 3 = 14

Rolling the scroll out on his lap, Shin read over the twelve seals of shinobi arts; Ox, Boar, Ram, Horse, Monkey, Rat, Dragon, Serpent, Bird, Hare, Tiger, Dog. As his chocolate eyes reviewed each one, he made the seal with his hands pressed together. He had heard of some techniques that had twenty seals and even some that had a hundred. He couldn't imagine remember the order of those seals! He had a hard enough time remembering the twelve themselves. Putting his hands in arrangement, he held the Ox sign. "Ox," Shin said as he got his chakra to react to the seal. Moving his fingers to the next seal, he spoke its name, "Boar." The chakra within his body began to swirl as he let it leak out without performing and certain type of technique. "Ram, Horse, Monkey, Rat," he said, doing each in their own turn and pausing in between to make sure he had a good feel of his chakra reacting to his words and hands. Shin only knew two techniques and had only used a single seal in a technique, which was the ram. He wondered why some techniques needed seals and some didn't. It was a good question he could ask Kane someday.

Ninjutsu Practice - Seals
DC: 15
1d20 + Ninjutsu [5] = 23
Train: 3/3
Try: -3
CP: 11 - 3 = 8

Not being able to stand it, Shin pulled his leg out of the tub getting water all over the floor. "Too cold! Too cold!" the boy said as he grabbed his towel and wrapped himself up in it for warmth. As he tucked his nose underneath the warmth of the towel, he was met by an awful smell. "Ugh," he gagged, pulling his face out from the towel as the smell of his armpits tainted his warm ball. There was no way he could go and stand in front of everyone with this kind of smell! With another hefty sigh, Shin placed the towel on a nail in the wall and tried to prepare himself for the cold water. Once again, he lifted up his leg and placed it in the water. He tried not to whine, complain or even think about the cold temperatures he was submerging himself into. Shaking violently from the chills, Shin lifted up his second leg and put it in the tub. And so, he stood there, the cold water turning his skin pale white! Bending down, Shin put his hands on the sides of the tub for support as he began to lower himself down into the water.

Taking a Bath in Cold Water
DC: 18
1d20 + Fortitude [8] = 22
Fail: -5 HP
HP: 30
Train: 1/3

Not even bothering to turn and look for a cloth to lather up with soap, Shin began scrubbing his under arms with the bar itself. His motions were jolty and rigid as he went up and down with the bar of soap rather quickly. After rubbing out his armpits real well, Shin rinsed them off. "Ahaaahaha," he whined as fresh cold water hit his skin. He knew what he had to do after this. Washing his under arms was nothing to what he had to do next; dunking his head under water. Wanting to cry, Shin sniveled as he slowly submerged himself under water. He could feel his nose freezing to the point it was about to fall off! Quickly he brought himself up above water and grabbed the bar of soap washing his hair. "Cold, Cold, Cold," the Nara continued to repeat to himself as he dunked himself under the water and quickly rinsed out his hair! "Ayeee!" he squealed as he jumped out from the bath and grabbed his towel.

Taking a Bath in Cold Water
DC: 18
1d20 + Fortitude [8] = 10
Fail: -5 HP
HP: 30 - 5 = 25
Train: 2/3

Running out to the living room, Shin spotted a pile of clean clothes on the table. "Aha!" he said, sprinting towards it and grabbing the clean clothes. It was his last pair of pants, socks and a shirt! Throwing the towel over his head, Shin quickly dried his hair right there in the living room. He made sure to get his feet, legs and especially his bum, making sure everything was dry before he threw on his clothes. With lightning quick speed, Shin zipped up those pants and buttoned his shirt. Once he was done, he dove into his bed, wrapping up in blankets. "W-Warmth!" he yelled while nuzzling himself in and hoping to warm up quickly. The warmth of the heavy blankets was good and Shin's color returned to his face. With a happy sigh, he closed his eyes. A quick nap to recharge his batteries would be a good idea. He would drain the tub some other time....

Taking a Bath in Cold Water
DC: 18
1d20 + Fortitude [8] = 28
Fail: -5 HP
HP: 25 - 5 = 20
Train: 3/3
Complete.

[Enter from Village.]

As they were walking up the stairs to the apartment, Shin could tell that his cousin was pretty tired. He was glad that Kolo had met Serena since she was a really nice genin. "One of her clansmen is in my squad. You saw him, Kiba?" Shin said knowing that there were many Raikens in Shimagakure and some new ones in the academy. He hadn't met any he didn't like, so the Clan was ok in his book! Opening the door to his apartment, Shin took off his shoes. "Yuki-sensei is probably gonna have you do this exercise where you concentrate your chakra on this piece of paper," Shin started as he walked into the kitchen and started cooking. He began by pulling out a pan and filling it up with water. Shin really didn't have much in the apartment except for ramen, so dinner would be simple tonight! The shinobi ate for free at all the restaurants in the village, but Shin just couldn't bring himself to accept such charity when he really hadn't done anything for the village yet. "The paper tells you what type of elemental chakra you have... I think I have wind, but my affinity isn't very strong," Shin said with a weak smile. "Wind chakra is suppose to slit the paper in half, but mine barely made a tear," the dusty haired boy said with a little embarrassment. He wasn't the best in the academy and by far not the best genin, but he wasn't the worst. "So, I had this idea about shadows..." Shin started as he lit the stove wood to start cooking.

Kolo: Inventing Shadow Imitation Technique
For all techniques you have to brainstorm its creation before you can begin learning it. While Shin talks about weak elemental affinities and the idea of Shadow Clones, Kolo can bounce the ideas around in his head and think up of the Shadow Imitation Technique.
DC: 10+ Intel Mod
1d20 + Intelligence Mod
Train: 5/5

Shin: Furthering the Naras
Explaining his ideas while trying to teach Kolo a bit about ninjutsu. Hopefully he explains it in a way that makes sense!
DC: 15
1d20 + Intel Mod [5] = 15
Train: 1/5

[Kolo: +2 Bonus.]

Kolo never thought that his cousin had hard time. Kolo always thought that he was the smartest person he had ever meant. He felt a little discouraged to hear that he might also have a hard time. Kolo wanted to make Shin happy, he didn't know a lot about shoadows, but he conceded that shadows were always there. Kolo had a flash of brilliance when he though that maybe shadows actaully controlled movemnt. "Hey, Shin. Shaodws imitate the body, but what if we could make that link work in reverse? What if, shadows could control a persons movements?" Kolo was very pleased with the idea, but wasn't sure that Shin would take very kindly to his idea.

Kolo: Inventing Shadow Imitation Technique
For all techniques you have to brainstorm its creation before you can begin learning it. While Shin talks about weak elemental affinities and the idea of Shadow Clones, Kolo can bounce the ideas around in his head and think up of the Shadow Imitation Technique.
DC: 10+ Intel Mod = 11
1d20 + Intelligence Mod [1] + Shin [2] = 11
Train: 1/5

Kolo had one good idea, but couldn't quite seem to back it up. He looked around and noticed that Shin had been right, even now, he cvould see shadows every where he looked. He couldn't think how he could manipulate it them in such a way to take the upperhand in combat. He liked his first idea, but it seemed like it was so good, that he could not come up with a second one that was just as good.

Kolo: Inventing Shadow Imitation Technique
For all techniques you have to brainstorm its creation before you can begin learning it. While Shin talks about weak elemental affinities and the idea of Shadow Clones, Kolo can bounce the ideas around in his head and think up of the Shadow Imitation Technique.
DC: 10+ Intel Mod [1] = 11
1d20 + Intelligence Mod [1] = 5
Train: 1/5