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Nai's Custom Skills

Chaos

Type of skill: Chaos
Skill name: Chaotic Energy
Rank: -
Limits: Must somehow be able to control chaos through either a talent, bloodline, sin, etc.. Must know at least 5 chaos skills.
Skill description: A passive skill that comes naturally after learning at least five chaos skills, Chaotic Energy is present when the chaos within the user reaches the point where it effects the way their energy is seen. It causes the energy to relay absolutely no concrete information (ex: class, rank, sins). Energy sensors will still be able to sense the affected person's energy. However, the energy will be such a mixed up mess that they will be unable to extract any information out of it. At most, they will know that something is unusual with the user. However, what this abnormality is will be unknown as the messed-up patterns of energy hint at nothing.
Sample: Without fear, Nai passed by the notorious sin hunter. Even when he glanced suspiciously at the girl, she made no sign of fear. She knew that he would soon turn away, and he did turn away. Her energy was interesting, she wouldn't deny that. However, it was also nothing like that of a sin host, or anything else for that matter.

Skill name: Chaotic Blood
Type of skill: Chaos
Rank: -
Limits: Must somehow be able to control chaos through either a talent, bloodline, sin, etc.. Must have learned at least ten chaos skills. Must be at least expert rank.
Skill description: A passive skill that comes naturally after learning at least ten chaos skills, Chaotic Blood is present when the chaos within the user starts to seep into the blood. It causes the blood to offer absolutely no benefits to chimeras when absorbed (it will still take up the blood spot) unless the chimera sucks their body practically dry and causes the user's blood to provide half the usual benefits of regular blood when sucked by vampires.
Sample: Nai dodged the chimera's bullet, only to feel something sharp and small stab into her arm: a syringe. His goal achieved, the trickster of a chimera ran off without a moment's hesitation as Nai simply stood there. She could have caught him if she had wanted to, but the girl figured that it probably wasn't worth the try. Besides, with only a vial of her mixed up blood, it wasn't like anything could be absorbed from it. The scaredy-cat would have to kill her if he wanted her blood.

Skill name: Chaos Sphere
Rank: D-S
Limits: Must somehow be able to control chaos through either a talent, bloodline, sin, etc.. Only up to five can be created at any one time.
Skill description: A simple move that involves shaping chaos energy into a sphere that varies in size depending on the amount of energy put into it. The sphere can be thrown, kept in the hand, or even shot from a gun (silently like an energy bullet) and used for both offense and defense; it cannot be controlled after leaving the hand and only up to five may be created at any one time. Offensively, it slams into the target and delivers cuts upon impact, the power of the attack varying with the energy poured into it. Defensively, it can nullify skills (those that are mentioned in Nai's talent) that are equal or lesser in rank to it. Unless the opposing skill is at least two ranks below the rank of this skill, the sphere will disperse upon nullifying the attack. Below are the sizes:
D- a tennis ball
C- a soccer ball
B- a large rock
A- a boulder
S- a house
Sample: Nai chanced a glance at her partner only to see that he was having trouble with the mage. In the opening that she had after dodging an attack from the berserker she was facing off, the girl shot three shots of Chaos Spheres in her partner's direction, intercepting the three Halcyons that the mage had sent at him. Given an opening of his own, her partner quickly took his chance and managed to get in a painful blow, painful to the mage of course.

Skill name: Chaos Sphere (control)
Rank: D
Limits: Must somehow be able to control chaos through either a talent, bloodline, sin, etc.. Must know Chaos Sphere. Must be at least Adept rank.
Skill description: By investing an additional D-rank amount of energy into the Chaos Sphere when it is created, the user can control the movement of the Chaos Sphere even after it leaves his/her hand. As before, only up to five Chaos Spheres of any type may be created at any one time. After the first post, a D-rank amount of energy must be paid every post to maintain control over the sphere.
Sample: Nai kept her distance as she sniped her target from a distance. She knew where he was, the only problem was that she didn't think she would be able to shoot a bullet through the thick wall that he was behind. As if the wasn't the only problem, she was certain that he also had some sort of magic barrier around him. Setting her sights on the top of the wall that was blocking her view, the girl shot a Chaos Sphere, putting in a bit more energy so that she was able to control it from afar. The sphere skimmed over the wall and then abruptly dove down. Shouts of surprise could be heard as the target just barely dodged the attack. The gunslinger grimaced, hoping that she had least managed to cause some sort of energy. Shooting blind had been a gamble but it was too late to worry about it now. Now, she needed to get away before she was caught.

Skill name: Touch of Disorder
Type of skill: Chaos
Rank: C
Limits: Must somehow be able to control chaos through either a talent, bloodline, sin, etc.. User must be directly touching the target for at least one whole post (must touch a body part such as skin or hair).
Skill description: After directly touching the target for an entire post (two posts for arcanists), it is possible to throw his/her energy into disorder, thus preventing him/her from using any skills that require an energy cost for three posts (not including the post that the target is touched). This skill can only be used twice in battle before the target's energy becomes temporarily immune.
Sample: Nai dodged spell after spell, not daring to nullify them in case she ran out of energy. Against a mage, the girl had to be careful about what attacks she could disperse. The only problem now, though, was trying to attack the arcanist. Finding no other way, she recklessly charged in, only dodging the spells that would hit her vitals and, even then, just barely so. Surprised at this seemingly irrational tactic, the mage started firing off more spells, further injuring Nai. However, she continued on, only stopping when the force of an attack forced her to pause. The mage began to back away, trying to distance himself from the girl, afraid now of her crazy maneuver. Finally, he started to run, but too late. Nai had managed to reach the mage and forced her hand onto his skin and channeled some of her chaotic energy into the mage, forcing his energy to react wildly and become unsuitable to use for anything. The mage sent out a barrage of halcyons to rip at the girl, but Nai refused to let go. Eventually, longer than what it would have taken against someone who wasn't an arcanist, the mage's energy was completely disoriented and useless for any skills.

Skill name: Chaos Rip
Type of skill: Chaos
Rank: B
Limits: Must somehow be able to control chaos through either a talent, bloodline, sin, etc.. Cannot be used in battle
Skill description: Chaos Rip rips a hole from the current world into another world, whether it is the dwelling of the Sins or some other universe. Unless the user has been to his/her chosen destination before, there is a chance that the rip will not reach the target (roll a six-sided dice; 1 means that the rip leads to the wanted world, 2 means that the rip leads back to the same place that it came from, 5 means that the rip leads to a world that the user has already visited, 4 and 6 means that the technique failed completely). The rip is too unruly to be used as a shortcut to places within the same world and will always place the user in the place where he/she last was in the world that he/she is traveling to (in the case of new worlds, the user will land in a hidden spot in a major city).
Ex: Nai travel from Luimira to the world of the sins. When she returns to the human world, she will return to the same exact spot she left from.
Sample: Nai waved her hand and formed a portal to the world of Sins. According to her own sin, there was something in the tower that would interest the girl and help her with the problem she was currently facing. Having already traveled there once before, she didn't need to worry about failing with the technique and stepped in without a care. Her next step landed her in front of the familiar gates, where she saw the names of those who had come before.

Skill name: Fragmented Identity
Type of skill: Chaos
Rank: S
Limits: Must somehow be able to control chaos through either a talent, bloodline, sin, etc..
Skill description: Fragmented Identity sends the user's current physical body into chaos to create a completely new identity within five separate posts that are at least 10 good sentences long. Smell, taste, looks, nothing remains recognizable. Even the energy changes. Although, if the user has Chaotic Energy, the energy remains muddled, just in a different form. People with the ability to identify energy will be unable to recognize the energy and are extremely unlikely to connect the muddled energy of the current form to the muddled energy of the previous form. This appearance change is completely random (however, for rp purposes, only parts of it is actually random) save for age, which can be determined by the user to a point. To determine the necessary factors for one's new identity, several die are rolled during the five post process. The process as a whole, while simple, takes a long time, a full rp day to be exact (3 real life days), during which the user is completely helpless. Furthermore, Fragmented Appearance cannot be used continuously, and a long wait time must be given between changes (3 real life months). Of course, the change of both body and energy itself has an effect on the performance of the user. For a while (3 real life days) after using this skill, the user will suffer a -1 rank in physical abilities and the amount of energy they have. After having used this skill even once, the user does not age and, instead, will maintain their new appearance until they user Fragmented Identity once more.
Post 1- User simply starts up the change. Body begins to disfigure, but nothing certain can be seen.
Post 2- Age is decided. User decides on which decade they wish to be aged to (ex: between 11 and 20 years old, between 51 and 60 years old). The lowest age is 1 and the highest age is 60. The user then rolls a ten-sided dice to determine their specific age (ex: chose 1 to 10 years old interval and rolled a 5 so the user is 5 years old).
Post 3- Hair/eye color is decided. User rolls a six-sided dice: 1 is pink/red, 2 is orange/yellow/brown, 3 is green, 4 is blue/purple, 5 is black, 6 is white/gray. This color applies to only the hair or the eye (rper chooses at the very last post). The color for the body part that wasn't rolled for is up to the rper.
Post 4- Gender is decided. User rolls a four-sided dice: odds create a male, evens create a female.
Post 5- This is where everything is decided and finalized. Up until now, the user's skin has been a bubbling mess that gave away only hints of the decisions that had been made. At this point, the skin smoothes out to reveal a completely new appearance.
Sample: Nai stumbled into the world of the sins through the rip she had made. On the other side was the vast ocean. Here, she knew that the hunters wouldn't be able to track her. Her scent was completely lost and there was no one she knew of who could reach this place. Closing the rip behind her, the girl collapsed into a tired heap. Sloth was a lazy sin, but using him still took a large chunk out of her stamina. Despite the annoyances of the sin, who felt that trying to get up was too much trouble, Nai forced herself to stand. After wavering around a bit, the girl started the arduous process of changing herself. She needed to complete it before too much of her scent seeped into the area around her. Placing both hands over her face to concentrate, the girl began. Beneath her fingers, she felt her skin shift and within her she felt the chaos rip around through her body. The sensation was strange, but not necessarily painful.
*time skip*
After completing the process, Nai had collapsed into an exhausted heap. Now, though, she was awake. Opening her bright blue eyes, the girl lifted her dark body off of the ground. The bangs of her black hair fell over her face. Oh, wait, no. Nai couldn't be referred to as "she" anymore. Right, now the former girl was a boy. No, a man at about 24 years of age. Everything about her had changed. Well, no, her hair was the same color. Still, though, that was about it even for her hair. Other than the color, nothing about it matched its original appearance. Nai tested her voice. Instead of the childish sound that used to come it, a more lower voice sounded from her throat. She even smelled different. The skill was a success.

Nai's Custom Skills

Gunslinger

Nai's Custom Summons

Name: X (The Fool's Shadow)
Rank: Same as Nai
Taming Rank: A
Description: A rather mysterious being that has been trailing Nai ever since she stepped foot in the Tower, not much is known about X. He introduced himself to Nai as the shadow of the 0th Arcana (aka: the Fool), whatever that means, and that was about it. He is rarely seen, instead choosing to travel unseen through shadows, at least that's what it seems like he's doing considering the abilities he's shown. As stated before, not much is known about him and he doesn't seem to be in a rush to show what he can do. However, even if he isn't seen, he is usually with Nai and does not require to be summoned. Quiet, cunning, and cold, X enjoys simply watching from the shadows as others do whatever they do. Every now and then, he will offer helpful advice, but only when he feels like it. He is surprisingly knowledgeable about a variety of things, like the Sins, Axiom's history, angels, demons, and gods. His grasp of languages is equally impressive, with de facto knowledge of Angelica and Demonica, fluency in Common, and basic in Meritia and Elvish. However, X rarely bothers showing such knowledge, and when he does, he makes it sound like it's all the simplest of things. He rarely places himself in any danger and chooses to stay on the sidelines during fights. The only time he'll ever put himself in danger is when he absolutely needs to. His only two priorities are himself and Nai at a very close second.
X has the strength and speed of a human assassin. He has his own energy pool, but does not like to waste it for the sake of others, even for his own summoner. As he never has any need to use his skills when he can just easily slip into the shadows to escape any sort of trouble, X might as well not have an energy pool.
To he fuel his spells, X links his energy to others and siphons their energy. Aside from when X takes Nai's energy, this always requires the permission of the other party. As a personal rule, whenever X is using a skill in the vicinity of Nai, he'll always leech energy from her to pay for his skills unless someone else offers or asks first. The energy cost for his skills fluctuate depending on the amount of shadows in an area. At night, energy costs are halved. Twilight and dawn let him get away with using only .75x the usual energy for skill. A cloudy day leaves his energy costs at the usual levels. If X uses skills on a bright, cloudless day, then he's forced to use two times the normal amount of energy. Of course, the amount of light rather than the time of day determine these fluctuating costs. It could be a cloudless day, but X will only have to use half the normal amount of energy if he was in a dark room.
During his rare appearances, X appears as a black fox with nine tails. He has a slightly wispy look about him, as if he is nothing more than an illusion that can be scattered by the slightest touch at any moment. Even without using Joker's Tricks, his black body visually blends with the shadows with ease. He is about as big as a regular fox and has white eyes that seem to glow when looked at directly but fade into a dull shadow when not focused on.

Abilities of the summon

Name: Zero Cost
Energy cost: -
Description: X isn't always right besides Nai. However, he's usually somewhere near, and while he will admit to being Nai's summon, by no means will he let his summoner summon him. Finding it rather distasteful to be at the beck and call of any individual, X appears when he wants, where he wants. He appears of his own volition with his own efforts and not some fancy spell that chains him into servitude. On the bright side, Nai doesn't need to expend energy to summon him. On the downside, she can't order X around.

Name: Joker's Tricks
Energy cost: -
Description: X can easily meld into and out of the shadows with no effort. When there is no shadow to meld into, X can simply become his own shadow, turning into nothing more than a shady spot on the surface that is capable of moving and little else. Magical barriers and the like easily block X's path, and while he can slip through any physical surface that isn't air-tight as a shadow, he is stuck at those things that are air-tight. As a shadow, X cannot affect the outside world directly. He may only exit and enter shadows that are at least 1 meter away from a living being. The only exception is Nai. If X wanted to, he could meld right on Nai's body, using the shadow her clothe's cast. Although, it'll be a rather tight fit should he decide to reform into a physical shape while between Nai's clothes and bodies. Traveling through the shadows is impossibly easy for the fox-like summon, much easier than walking normally actually. While in shadow form, X gains a rank increase in speed and his attacks launched as he comes out of shadow form gain a rank increase in attack. His senses in the ephemeral form do not gain an increase or decrease.
An important point of strategy: any shadow X melds with becomes his shadow and is, skill-wise, categorized as such over any other being's shadow. So long as X remain's in a ninja's shadow, the ninja can essentially Shadow Meld into their own shadow. Although, the resulting shadow that is left behind after the ninja disappears will be shaped like X rather than the ninja. After all, ninjas can't display their own shadow while using Shadow Meld but X's shadow remains when he uses Joker's Tricks.

Name: Crazy Whispers
Energy cost: -
Description: X has the ability to easily speak verbally but rarely does so. Instead, he often chooses to speak through telepathy. He can speak to groups via telepathy, but prefers to speak to only one person at a time and then leave it up to him/her to choose whether or not to reveal it to the others. While he can also have other people speak to him telepathically with this skill, he usually doesn't let them unless (as usual) it is absolutely necessary. This preference for one-on-one conversations and omission of any "unneeded" explanation makes it rather easy for the unsuspecting to suspect that they are going crazy, hence the unorthodox name for a simple telepathy passive. It's almost always through Crazy Whispers that X sets up requests for his help, using telepathy to learn how the party wants him to use his skills and gain permission to use the other party's energy pool.

Name: Jester's Blindfold
Energy cost: D
Description: After the target(s)' vision has been decreased with some other skill, item, etc., X can magnify the effects of the visual hindrance to the point that the target(s) cannot see at all. This magical darkness can be continued even after the effects of the trigger have ended. Every three posts, a D-rank energy must be used to continue the effect.
After reaching B-rank, X can use an advanced version of Jester's Blindfold that require a C-rank amount of energy to use and hold. This upgraded version blocks out sight in addition to smell, taste, and hearing.

Name: The Excuse
Energy cost: C
Description: An instant-teleportation skill of sorts that travels through the shadows, X can use The Excuse to transport him and up to five people of his choosing to a public location (as in not protected and locked from intruders) anywhere in the world the group is currently in. If only Nai is being transported with this skill, X can use The Excuse to travel to anywhere in the current world that Nai has been. As the name implies, The Excuse is handy for "excusing" the user and anybody within a meter's reach of him/her from an unwanted situation. However, it is easy to interrupt, so it's only usable when the opponent is trapped/bound/handicapped in such a way that he/she is unable to get in the way. Visually, The Excuse starts off with a gathering of shadows that quickly rise to form a cocoon encasing the group, which then sinks down into the ground and then vanishes. The cocoon can vary in size up to 3 meters away from the user even though it will only transport those who have some part of their physical body within a meter's reach of the user.

Name: Shadow Masquerade
Energy cost: C
Description: X spreads the shadows, casting a shadow on everything that already isn't in shadow while darkening whatever shadows already existed. All light sources significantly dim, not because this is how the shadows are spread but because it darkens the area further. At night in a place with poor lighting, this could cast the area into a nearly lightless darkness. At day, though, the air simply gains a shade of gray one step grayer than the view on a very cloudy day. The outline of figures such as surfaces and objects are still clearly visible. Although, the shadows that cover everything in this area makes all surfaces appear abnormally dark for the lighting suggested by the surrounding atmosphere, making details harder to pick out. All in all, Shadow Masquerade is used to either create shadows or create a minor hindrance to the vision of everyone in the area. It maintains itself for five posts with the initial input of energy, after which another dose of C-rank energy is required to maintain the skill for another five posts. Shadow Masquerade can be active for as long as there is energy to keep it active. The lighting change created by this skill does affect the cost of X's skills. The change in lighting covers an area spreading 10 meters around X in all directions: a circle with a diameter of 20 meters centered on X.

Name: Wild Card
Energy cost: C
Description: X transforms into a non-custom weapon of his choice. This includes fully functional mechanical weapons like guns. As a general rule, anything with a style is something X can transform into as well as obviously suitable weapons that don't have a style (OOC: if it exists in the real world, X can become it). His body color remains the same, so the weapons are all a uniform black. The durability of the weapon mirrors X's rank. "Breaking" doesn't harm X. It simply cancels the transformation and forces X to retreat into the shadows and rest for at least two posts, becoming useless during those two posts. The transformation can be maintained for as long as X wants and returning to his usual shape costs no energy. X may seamlessly transform from one weapon to another as long as he repays the energy cost. When being used as a gun, X doesn't need to be reloaded. However, bullets used are taken from Nai's ammo count. Dual weapons may be created, but only if there is some connection between the two weapons that allow them to be considered one, continuous solid (ex: dual swords connected with a chain). X cannot move as a weapon or use any skills besides Wild Card as a weapon, but he can transform while moving and maintains whatever momentum/force he may have had prior to the transformation. Also, in between seamless transformations, X can choose to exert a burst of force in one direction that can jettison his new, immobile form in another direction.

Name: Trump Card
Energy cost: B
Description: Trump Card creates physical manifestations of the darkness to restrain, attack, defend, and do whatever X requires. These blunt, tendril-like "tails" are very flexible and move easily at X's command. Each tail requires a B-rank energy cost to create. Up to 9 may be created and each has the strength and speed of a Shade ninja. Their sizes and form may vary anywhere within a base width of no larger than 2 feet and total length no longer than 10 feet. The base of each tail must be positioned in a shadow of some sort. Extra energy does not need to be put into the skill over time unless it is to regenerate a destroyed/damaged tail. Regenerating a destroyed/damaged tail costs the same as creating a completely new tail. Completely destroyed tails cannot be regenerated until three posts after their destruction.

RP sample:
X lounged in the shadows across the room from where his summoner, Nai, leaned against the wall. Summoner. X didn't particularly like the connotation of the word, but in this world, that was the only label Nai could have in relation to X. Regardless, it would be a mistake for anyone to believe that Nai had any control of X simply because she was his "summoner."

Regardless, the little party of people Nai chose to associate herself with this time was in the midst of a heated discussion over the plans for an opposing group. The fox summon smirked, finding it extremely funny how there was so much uncertainty and tension about some small detail that he knew the answer to. Earlier, intrigued by this supposedly frightening group, the summon had decided to dart around the shadows of the enemy. They were certainly formidable, one of them managing to notice his presence. Of course, they wouldn't be able to confirm their suspicions because he quickly left once his position was compromised. He wasn't going to risk his shadowy hide to sate his curiosity. His brief visit did, however, give him information that the group he currently watched would no doubt find valuable.

He decided he wouldn't tell the group. It didn't matter a spot to him whether or not Nai and her company knew that the enemy actually had defenses set up for the "brilliant sneak attack" that about half the people were pushing to put into action. It still didn't matter when it was decided that Nai would be part of this sneak attack plan. When she left to execute the plan with a few others, X leisurely followed their shadows without revealing his presence or intentions.

The idea was to attack from the river in the middle of the night. Nai had been chosen not only for her rank but also her summon. X's fickleness was well-known in this group, but so was his abilities in the dark. They were all gambling on his help should the venture go downhill. Indeed, as X mildly suspected, the mission went downhill fast. The sneak attack was discovered before anything could be done with it. Very quickly, the only one left standing was Nai, and only because she had used her bloodline and sin to avoid the deadly defenses of the opponent. X had yet to intervene beyond taunting his summoner via telepathy. In the end, he simply laughed spitefully at the mess and did nothing to contribute to his summoner's weary escape. So long as she moved, he didn't need to because she managed to get out scathed and with a failed mission but in one piece.

However, she could not completely escape and dropped unconscious far from the enemy's base but close enough to be considered dangerous. Only then did the fox appear, strutting circles around his summoner as his body smoothly materialized from the shadows cast by the night. Once his body was free, the shadowy being sat in front of Nai's head and tapped it roughly with a paw. When she did not stir, he harrumphed, as if escaping the enemies wasn't good enough for him. The fox yawned as he contemplated whether or not he should do something. The gunslinger was out cold but more from blood loss than anything else. She had enough energy for X to use some skills, particularly with the current prevalence of darkness.

The sound of faint shouts searching for the last survivor hastened X's decision in Nai's favor. His summoner's well-being in too much danger, X gathered the many shadows in the area around himself and Nai. In a swift swirl, the shadows rose and completely cocooned both Nai and X before just as quickly sinking into the ground. In the place where X and Nai once were, nothing remained but a small depression in the grass and some blood. The pair had already teleported to safety.