Rowena was taken aback by Kotori's energy, but she was pleased by the enthusiasm regardless. She didn't let it show beyond a small lift of her lips and made to follow Kotori. The Byakugan was certainly going to come in handy with a search mission, though Rowena wasn't sure if any rescue was going to be in order.
As she followed Kotori, her curiosity got the better of her. "Did he really punch a meteor?" Her expression was pensive as she considered its possibilities. She was well-trained in taijutsu for someone at her level, but she couldn't quite imagine herself being able to do the same thing. "I wonder how long I'll have to train in martial arts to do something like that," she said aloud.
"How far you... " Lohner began before he heard Rue as she calmed the beast, and he ended his own rant as well.
Years spent in constant arguments with a passive aggressive twin brother had trained him to deal with creatures like this. Yet, the woman at his side calmed them both with little more than words. Her calm demeanor and her gentle touch, a balmy breeze on in a scorched plane, left Lohner to wonder how anyone could be so foolish as to outcast her.
"I, uhm... I am only being honest to myself, and to you Rue. As for Ringtail, he seems harmless, just loud and misunderstood." Lohner commented, eyes locked to Rue's before he turned to the sand dune.
"Maybe we should get out of here, get back to the village and figure everything out from there? I'd like to get to know you more Rue, instead of just the... Situation we're in."
The jinchuriki smiled warmly and nodded in agreement to Lohner's statement. Within just a moment, they were back in reality, and Sonyo stood up dusting the dirt from her hakama. "How would you like to help me make my first garden? I'll probably ramble on about medicine or religion while we do it but it'd be more interesting than napping by this lake." She felt better, lighter-- someone had excepted her for her, someone outside of suna, outside of her little circle. "Also yes... the sand demon is little more than words. He's all bark and no bite. He used to torment me.. but.. I think we've reached a general agreement to coexist, for now."
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As he crossed the dune and trespassed into the real world, Lohner's Sennin markings slowly faded away and his hair shortened and darkened back into its natural auburn hue. The rings in his eyes receded and his vision blurred for a few moments as he began to perceive the world just as it was, with a different filter and a sense for chakra, Which included the ball of sand that was the Ichiibi inside of Rue.
He stood and dusted himself off, loose dirt and debris fell from his shoulders and now dried skin to the ground as he made his way over to the shirt that hung from a tree branch to dry.
"A garden? Sounds lovely. Would do well to start growing some basic food for the village, and show them how to best adjust for their current environment too. Nature would provide should they be willing to work with her." He answered as he looked back in her direction, he noted that the Signati Armis was still wet and sighed.
To solve that small problem he made a seal and armor would materialize over her chest and arms, as well as over his legs. The fabric of the arming cotte and chauces dried with the rush of chakra from the activation.
"Apologies, easiest way to dry that off for you." He murmured as he made the release sign and dispelled the armor, leaving dried clothes behind.
Zahara never made it out with the rest of the villagers back from Uzu's island, last he had been seen was the caldera lake from where he had spent his last few moments fighting off one of the shark clan. A fight which lead to the acquisition of a relic from the cold hands of the ruthless b*****d having been short of being being crippled from lightning chakra. Absent from the fighting, the chaos, the news he gathered from the snake woman was all fresh and new as far as he had been concerned with the talk of meteors were equally outlandish.
"Hmph... Here I was joyous to ******** eradicate that husk that assumed sensei's form with my explosive... and then someone goes and punches a meteor." Zahara talked to himself for much of the time, his attention directed to no one in particular except to the strange blade he had now carried. "So you can see my frustration when I hear we're back in the damned Leaf. Yeah, sure! Let's go back to where I lost my ******** arm! Oh sure, maybe father's clan surely don't have some remnants anywhere! Or maybe I can run into that creep of a doctor again, reattach some excess parts onto him to see how HE likes it." as he spoke to mostly himself, the Samehade quivered upon his back as he walked along the forestry lead by the strange elder snake woman, it was she who remained silent for most of their journey from beyond the sea and the islands. Zahara's own clay constructs had made it possible for the pair to make it back with his winged hound creation.
This was no longer the leaf he had known either way as a remnant of the old village, he looked upon massive trees, warped land and a giant forsaken huge mother flipping waterfall from where the monument once was. The annoyance of the half blood only rose higher at his situation as he spat to the ground with a snarl, "I leave everything behind, all my possessions and home to what used to be my home. This said home completely ******** sideways from the looks of things while I was busy punching a shark in the face, dealing with snake-like deformed... things in the temple, and some weird apparition of my mentor. For... This damned scroll of which you still yet to tell me about ya old bat!" Zahara's irritance only rose higher as the Samehade chirped on his back as he welled up chakra within his arm, shaking his hand and letting a small explosion out to obliterate a pesky mosquito (and part of a nearby tree).
Zahara and the woman were far off from the new base of opperations that the new Kage had set up as he stopped there and held the unknown white scroll in his hands. The very same that had sent him on this wild goose chase and maddening chain of events that had flipped turned his life upside down. "Now before I go to a place where the Kage of this new 'village', I need some answers before I come into a place where the person in charge might have a personal vendetta against me for when we last saw each other, I was bitting out their throat during the blood moon and they drove me bonkers with illusion. Just what, what is this ******** scroll and why has it demanded my attention. What has happened with your followers and why had they been suddenly hostile. Hell, what does your mumbling rag tag band of scalie worshippers are supposed to represent anyways?" Samehade chirped again as Zahara's tempers flared, the sentient blade's hilt curled under his black cloak as it fed back sensory information. He wanted answers from the older woman before he made a step closer or before he would be stepping into another long series of events.
(He is not at the complex where everyone else is at.)
Evanescently Magnificent
So much to process in this post, so it's a bit all over.
So be it. As it appears, Lahlil didn't have orders for the puppeteer at just this moment. She rounded up others and went on to scout the green. The thought occurred that perhaps Lahlil was good at reading others? Maybe she was able to see through to Sadayo's discontent? No one needs a distracted leader guiding others with hopes of sound instruction. With a wordless dismissal the puppeteer took the queue to continue as normal. Her attention fell to the newly struck citadel which civilians were pouring into. Soon, someone would have to go out and find food. It was only a matter of time for the call to answer desperate needs to start rolling in.
Inside, the jounin in the earth citadel had only a temporary remedy to appease Sadayo's need for clarity. Physical exercise is said to be a good way to clear one's head and find a sense of rejuvenation after a day (or week of stress) and after going inside and approaching the jounin that became a step on Sadayo's path toward mental clarity. "You need this, trust me." "But i'm not a figher... in that way. I never have been.""So? Then you're gonna' stand there and tell me that when that dolled up device at your back is beaten to bits, you're gonna say you're confidant in not getting killed?"If the jounin really expected Sadayo to answer in time then the puppeteer wouldn't have just been met with a head on example. The jounin know-it-all turns suddenly and delivers a light smack at Sadayo's chin. Then returning to regular standing posture, the jounin smiles brashly and shrugs as Sadayo stares back wide-eyed and with a brow twitching."I didn't think so, doll-face. Let's put those dainty fingers to work." "Oh... You're a foolhardy one, aren't you.""Probably. I know a lot. My friends call me an encyclopedia. Probably gets to my head every now and then, no big deal if you think about it. You're the one reaping in the rewards. Here." The jounin put their hands together to make summon large standing target at their side. "Start with the basics of throwing whatever it is you've got on you at my friend here. You and your sleepy-eyed dolly."The jounin steps away from the target and begins to observe wholeheartedly. {Soft Physical Formless S+ - trained for when the time comes}
Sadayo held nothing back. The woman's facial expressions were free to scowl and prod bitterly at the jounin as her hand artfully puts her puppeteer skills into work. She tosses the puppet a knife and demonstrated her finesse with making others do the work. Gishin's arm is whirled back then forth in a white blur before the knife is sent soaring to the summoned target. Why, even just to show off her multitasking skills, Sadayo chose to copy her puppet and threw an additional knife into the target. { Puppet Formless S+ rank / Probably out of reach, but covered for when I get there/ Small Projectile D and C-rank) The puppeteer may not have enjoyed showing up as much as her peers, however, the difference she would argue being here is that she's showing off her ability to multitask and throw projectiles accurately. The Jounin teacher cuts a slow clap short to three and smiles."My my. The doll looks like it can throw better than you. I guess that's a puppeteer's trademark, huh?" Sadayo chucks an additional knife as she moves Gishin to run thrown blades back and forth from their mark and back to Sadayo. "Do tell if you decide you want to catch one of these instead." Her sights narrow at the know-it-all jounin with a biting glare. "I'll let you keep talking like that if you catch one in your teeth." {Small Projectile Formless - B, A, S}
Gishin returns with a grand total of four, ordinary knives, in its hands to Sadayo. Each blade are returned back to their place of holding in her supply bag and three slightly larger, three-pronged forked rods. With creaking noise here and there, Gishin was sent to be suspended out several feet way and hover over a select spot on the earth floor. The spot in question was ordinarily just earth with nothing fancy about it aside from what lingered above it. The puppet's flowing gown was a marker for where she sought to land each rod into the ground below. Then one by one, Sadayo took aim, pull her arm back, and flicked each rod free from her grip. {Medium Projectile Formless D, C, B} Three rods fly to their mark however only two made the cut of actually sticking into the ground. If this were a battle than Sadayo's choice to rely on her personal marksmen abilities would have failed her. She always liked the freedom with playing with strings for good reason. Better precision, she thought as temporary connection of her strings were glued to each rods. She managed to wiggle two rods free from their stake in the ground as the missed rod was effortlessly yanked back to her hand. Throwing these three rods were repeated in a cycle for at least four more attempts to stake all three. {Medium Projectile Formless A, S, S+}
By now, the jounin teacher began to clap again. "Well done, well done. You can show me something new now. I feel like you might need the rounding. Take that in the best of means."With the end of a final cycle of throwing and fetching, Sadayo reels in the rods for the last time and stows them away. A leery look of doubt brought her lips to a pout and sights squared on the know-it-all Jounin's face. " Fine. What do you've got to offer in terms of ninjutsu?" The jounin returns her question with a lofty however lively smile. "Anything. Tell me what's on your mind."
tabA-ranked: +3, An additional +1 from teacher. "I want to know how to overwhelm my enemies with their mind." "Oh?" The jounin sang, "that's vague but entirely do-able. You've got to be able to coordinate that desired issue with an obstacle they wouldn't expect." The jounin then idly folds their hands together and jostles their foot into the disrupted sands left over from Lahlil's creation. An excess breeze, wind ninjutsu, lifts a cloud quickly into Sadayo's face. She wasn't expecting sand to billow up into her eyes and nose. "Do you feel it? The taste of sand in your mouth? You see the little cloud I made, of course. Granted you don't even need the slightest of disturbances to make this happen." A snap of their fingers overwhelms Sadayo's sense of hearing for a moment. She didn't see when the jounin made the hand signs so what happened? Then a sound stirs her. {Learned (Illusory) Doro no Gekiryuu [ Raging Rapids of Mud ] :Rank: C, // Illusory )Mirage Minora, Rank: D // Etainoshirenai no Oto [ Sounding the Unfamiliar ] , Rank: E // Hekireki Koe no Jutsu [ Thunder Voice Technique ]Rank: E}
A light rushing, gushing sound akin to one coming to a source of running water caught her. The sound grew louder. The spilling swell of a noisy river was coming closer and curiosity brought Sadayo's focus front and center to a mass of mud raging toward her. Her heart drums a jolt at the sight of immanent danger she could just stand still for and her body tremors with what was best identified as fear. With a blink, it seems, the incoming mix of water and earth was gone. The fear remains as a fleeting tremor in her shoulders, as a widened-eye look on her face, and she even attempted to move her feet. "There now. I can tell by that look you saw something you weren't enjoying." {Learned: • Magen: Chō Ko Enchantment Genjutsu [ Demonic Illusion: Butterfly Evolution ] Rank: D// Doton: Doryuuha [ Earth Flow Wave ] | Rank C// Dochuu Senkou [ Underground Submarine Voyage ] | Rank C//Iwane Banpu [ Rock Bump ] | Rank D}
The know-it-all explained and showed Sadayo the basics of the illusion and gave her a tip or two to make it truly effective. When she asked the Know-it-All about a very real mudslide, they laughed and walked her through a few techniques that would be a good start. She hadn't considered the usefulness of riding the earth as she would her pangolin. The art of moving the earth is simple in the hands of the trained warrior and being able to divert one's enemies with earth is a testament of study. {Iwane Wooru [ Rock Wall ] | Augment [Learned as A]// ▰ Sekkai Saka [ Rock Hill Creation ] | Rank D-S [learned as B] // Hachi Shokushu [ Eight Tentacles ] | Rank D // Shokushu Rendan Kyouran [ Tentacle Barrage Fury ] | Rank C Augment }
As for mud? The know-it-all shared a few techniques too dangerous to try within the citadel. "You've got water too? Then I've got this trick you should consider. Use your energy to mold the immediate area around you from your feet. The earth should turn to a soft mud and from there, my friend, you can incorporate your water to form something like a serpent." The jounin demonstrated the hand seals and had Sadayo copy them. {Suiton: Kiri Shikaku no Jutsu [ Mist Vision Technique ] | Rank D [Passive] // Ja no Kuchi [ Serpent Mouth ] | Rank B // Doton: Doro Houshi [ Mud Silhouette ] | Rank C-S//Otoshi Buta [ Covering Lid ] | Rank A-S+ [learned as A]} "Can you feel your energy yearning to change the land beneath you. This is a sensation you should be familiar with." The Know-it-All continues with more earthen skills that they thought should appeal to Sadayo, even if she didn't take the suggestions and explanations to heart. The art of upsetting one's enemies, stomping at them, and distancing oneself from them were, actually, all three things Sadayo found she could get behind. {Learned Daibaku Suishouha [ Great Exploding Water Collision Waves ] | Rank S Augment // Mizuteppou [ Water Pistol ] | Rank C // Suihou no Jutsu [ Water Cannon Technique ] B//Baku Suishouha [ Bursting Water Collision Waves ] | Rank B }
The puppeteer expresses her ability and interest in lightning in tandem with the hopes for heavy water spray techniques. She didn't get just a 'water spray' technique but a whole monsoon of power relayed to her. "I promise you'll be a legend with water if you practice these..." Make the waves rage and roar, the skies flash and thunder a war song. All she had to do was absorb the knowledge of hand signs, focus her energy, and devote herself to the practice of being somewhat more than just a puppeteer (Daibaku Suishouha [ Great Exploding Water Collision Waves ] | Rank S Augment // ▰ Lightning Bolt [ Rakurai no Jutsu ] | Rank D //Lightning Blast [ Raikou Hitofuki ] | Rank C Augment //Control Loss [ Seishuu Sonshitsu ] | Rank C)
Uses 2 Free Training Posts from 2k17 X-mas (8 used; 2 remain) 10 free training (1 post minimum to learn) 2k17 X-mas for: (7)Twitching Limb [ Hikuhiku Eda ] | Rank C Electric Overdose [ Dendou Karyou ] | Rank C Call of Lightning [ Raikou no Yobigoe ] | Rank B Manipulated Lightning Technique [ Ayatsuri Raikou ] | Rank B - (coolStatic Disruption [ Seidenki no Chacha ] | Rank A Thousand Birds Needles [ Chidori Senbon ] | Rank A Hands of Torture [ Goumon no Te ] | Rank S Descent of Shina [ Shina no Kourin ] | Rank S
Even though at times Sadayo found herself treading on what felt like battling insults, the Know-it-all Jounin served her well in terms of the spiritual side of training. She was feeling the drawbacks of testing her energy."I have one more thing...." The puppeteer bows her head and bites her lip. She summons the samurai puppet but only for a moment. The puppet was present long enough for her to open its chest and take out the strange knotched blade with the long handle. "Will you show me how to use this?"Nirami disappeares and she places both hands on the awkwardly short sword. "I've never bothered to mess with a sword of my own. I know that you can do more than just swing em' around." The jounin smiles, takes many steps backwards and relays instruction: "alright, then I want you to show me your swings."
The jounin shows Sadayo a stance to try and stand in. When the puppeteer copies her teacher's stance then the harsh verbal instruction began. "Horizontal swing!" The call caught her off guard and she hesitated before swinging. "Too late, you're dead. Try again. Swing!" She swings the notched blade with a wobbly right leg and foot lifting off the ground. "Keep your stance firm! Your enemy will knock you down the second he sees your weak footing. Again!" The know-it-all really seems to be one to know it all. {:Large bladed weapons Formless D - B Learned}
As told, Sadayo swings her blade but this time tries to focus on her weight evenly. She could see the images of her rivals in her mind's eye scoffing at her. All the doubt she could see in herself, that she could see in the rivals, all the reason as to why she couldn't be taken seriously in the Whirlpool. Sadayo would swing again, awkwardly, and again until that right foot stuck where it was supposed to. {:Large bladed weapons Formless A - S+ Learned}
"I want a vertical swing. A strong one with all of your might starting a sweep from your shoulder level." Sadayo inhales and exhales on the attempt of the mighty swing being asked of her. The sword didn't have but may two feet of reach on it so the swing took a some effort to square up to level. Why couldn't I have scored a bigger blade of that frolicking flower girl!"Try again. This time with another horizontal slash. But I want you to move until you can swing and spin." The puppeteer complies no matter how strange the request sounds. She steps with the first swing. Again. Her heart was thumping. (Hakyoku-ken no Kata - Stage E - Ju Suto [ Heavy Smash ] Rank: X :: Simple // Soin [ Sweep ] Rank: X :: - Stage D - Simple// Sasu [ Stab ] Rank: X :: Simple// Houyou no Yochi [ Earth's Embrace ]Rank: X :: Complex )
"Don't stop now. Keep up that swing. Take this stance and disperse your weight into your opposite arm." Sadayo watches the Know-it-all hold up an invisible sword and raise their opposite arm. They mimic side-step maneuver and watches closely as the puppeteer does the same. "Swing with your might. Forward. Keep your weight steady. Sadayo wasn't on point with her first attempt. She actually dropped the executioner's blade in her first try and yelps loudly at her mistake. Seconds in the sword's clanking clash on the ground she scrambles to collect it and tries again. (Hiki [ Saw ], Rank: X :: Simple // Nibui Sutoraiki [ Dull Blade ] Rank: X :: Complex // Tetsu Rakka [ Iron Drop ] Rank: X :: Simple // Bakuyaku Ugoki [ Explosive Movement ] Rank: B :: Complex) Pink cheeks are the dead give away to how out of sorts she feels swinging a heavy sword. Her face felt warm. Sadayo bounces the blade's handle in her grip and clears her throat as she devotes a hand to shoving her hair back in place. "I'm going to try that again." Meanwhile the know-it-all was waving their arms at her. "No. We're going to try something else. Do what you do for dolly over there but just focus no putting your chakra into what your holding rather than what.... whatever it is we do with puppets. I'm getting tired..." If messing up was the key to exhausting her teacher then where was the harm of trying a different tactic? She didn't want her current and only hope at funky swordsmanship to leave her behind. Sadayo grips both hands on her sword and closes her eyes.
"When you're ready. I'll throw you something. Literally. Then you swing." She did. Sadayo opens her eyes and nods. "Ready." Before she could wonder too much on whatever could be thrown the Know-it-All Jounin tosses a small burning sphere toward her. As close as a call it was to swing an awkwardly short broad sword Sadayo somehow saw it all through without any further damage to her clothes. The fireball was met with the metal and knocked into nothingness with its collision with the citadel wall (Nobi Ken [ Stretching Blade ]Rank: B :: Complex // Kazetetsu [ Iron Wind ] Rank: X :: Simple // Danzetsu no Konki [ Break Off Of Energy ] Rank: X :: Spiritual // Oufuu [ Cross Wind ] Rank: S :: Simple ]]
A wave of awe sweeps over the puppeteer. The awe-inspiring swing was a nice change of pace from Sadayo's usual tricks and for more than a moment she felt like there was more for her out there than puppetry. No advanced bloodline was required to swing a sword. But the art of sword slinging was no easy task and requires as much work to be any good at as it is to become well with pulling puppet strings. Sadayo couldn't perfect this sword art in one day by any means, although, she was determined to keep working with it just in case the situation came that she ever needed to use it herself. In the end, this notched blade was a nice treat for Nirami the samurai puppet to walk around with. { Oni no Nigiri [ Ogre's Grip ] Rank: S :: Training}
It was here, Sadayo decided, that it was time she set the Know-it-All Jounin free from her antics and professes her gratitude with a bow. The puppeteer was ignorant of a lot of the information passed to her until just some time ago and this lengthy session gave her inspiration to reflect on her own skill set. Again, Sadayo brought Nirami onto the plain and opened the puppet's torso. The wonky blade was stashed in its torso again, for sake keeping, until a proper method of storage was available. A proper method of storage? Oh, she thought about how her father would have the answer. It was unfortunate he wasn't here. It was unfortunate that no member of Sadayo's family were here. Just like that the puppeteer was feeling less like herself again. She went back out of the citadel with the white puppet in tow. Gishin was never dismissed.
The green was peaceful, really. A lush swathe of trees was a night and day difference from the barren sea of sand that still felt like a home to her. Why was it the composition of nature or plainly the scenery, rather, that Sadayo identifies with so strongly? She was more than just a poetic metaphor for the desert herself, right? Sadayo was harsh, in some circumstances, like a desert heat wave during the day. Then maybe her sense of beauty was like, in a way, how the cacti holds out for the time to bloom or just endures the heat?Was it strange she felt as if she could identify with some of those elements? {Learned: Custom - When Natures Call - Chakra Coat - Rank B}
Sadayo flexes her hands, fingers, and begins to stretch her arms. She was mulling over other things about herself and her missing family. How could she have provided them a shield if she had been with them? Now, her parents are very capable of producing defensive maneuvers with elaborate and even simple mechanisms but that didn't mean Sadayo could as well. The puppeteer wonders often how much she is lacking in the defensive devices, if any at all. There is no harm in being prepared. {Learned: Custom -Champion’s Safeguard Rank: A}
However the art of being prepared, for Sadayo, was more than just having the right mechanisms ready. Obviously the dedication of practice she just finished devoting herself to is first rate proof of the puppeteer trying to be prepared for the bulk of the basics she could meet. There were still obstacles she could meet head on, but, as a Jounin she felt she was well to look at other options to fortify her skills. The art of an illusion doesn't come easy to some and as possible weakness to some of the physically rigorous (who were just better off throwing punches than casting illusions). Anything crafty that could grant Sadayo a temporary upper hand against someone who favored kicks and punches was a sought after skill. {Learned: Custom - Ring Around the... Rank: B}
A sigh escapes her. Sadayo looks upward into a leafy curtain flickering a gentle light between her sights and the sky. It was almost a shame Lahlil had nothing ready for her just yet.
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Uses final 2 Free Training Posts from 2k17 X-mas (10 used; 0remain) 10 free training (1 post minimum to learn) 2k17 X-mas to learn: tabA-ranked: +3, An additional +1 from teacher. Pi Qua Quan - (9) (E) Seiryu Kasho - Bokuho - Pi - (D) Basic Endurance Training (10) (D) Fukanro , Teishitsu-Jouhai-Sho, Qua, (C) Extreme Climate Resistance Training
Uses Halloween2k17 Free training Posts (10 available) 1) Pi Qua Quan - (C)Kasui-Sho, (B) Advanced Endurance Training, Tenshin-Bansa, Koran. 2) (A) Pi Qua, Uryu-Banda, Hebi Taba, Pi Qua Quan 8 FTP Halloween 2k17 Remain tab Learned
Doton: Iwane Banpu [ Rock Bump ] | Rank D ▰Iwane Wooru [ Rock Wall ] | Augment [Learned as A Doro no Gekiryuu [ Raging Rapids of Mud ] :Rank: C Doryuuha [ Earth Flow Wave ] | Rank C Dochuu Senkou [ Underground Submarine Voyage ] | Rank C} Keijuugan no Jutsu [ Light Weight Rock Technique ] | Rank E-C ( Learned as C ) Sekkai Saka [ Rock Hill Creation ] | Rank D-S [learned as B] ▰ Shindoryuudan no Jutsu [ Earth Dragon God Blast ] | Rank A Otoshi Buta [ Covering Lid ] | Rank A-S+ [learned as A] Doton: Doro Houshi [ Mud Silhouette ] | Rank C-S
Water: Kiri Shikaku no Jutsu [ Mist Vision Technique ] | Rank D [Passive] Hachi Shokushu [ Eight Tentacles ] | Rank D Shokushu Rendan Kyouran [ Tentacle Barrage Fury ] | Rank C Augment Mizuteppou [ Water Pistol ] | Rank C Ja no Kuchi [ Serpent Mouth ] Rank B Suihou no Jutsu [ Water Cannon Technique Baku Suishouha [ Bursting Water Collision Waves ] | Rank B Daibaku Suishouha [ Great Exploding Water Collision Waves ] | Rank S Augment
Lightning Lightning Bolt [ Rakurai no Jutsu ] | Rank D Lightning Blast [ Raikou Hitofuki ] | Rank C Augment Control Loss [ Seishuu Sonshitsu ] | Rank C Twitching Limb [ Hikuhiku Eda ] | Rank C Electric Overdose [ Dendou Karyou ] | Rank C Call of Lightning [ Raikou no Yobigoe ] | Rank B Manipulated Lightning Technique [ Ayatsuri Raikou ] | Rank B Static Disruption [ Seidenki no Chacha ] | Rank A Thousand Birds Needles [ Chidori Senbon ] | Rank A Hands of Torture [ Goumon no Te ] | Rank S Descent of Shina [ Shina no Kourin ] | Rank S
(Illusory) • Mirage Minora, Rank: D • Etainoshirenai no Oto [ Sounding the Unfamiliar ] , Rank: E, Hekireki Koe no Jutsu [ Thunder Voice Technique ]Rank: E} Enchantment Genjutsu • Magen: Chō Ko [ Demonic Illusion: Butterfly Evolution ]
⟡ Chakra Used: ┇#┇Stamina Used ┇#┇ ⟡ Remaining┆Chakra:┇#┇Stamina┇#┇ Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡ ΞΞ Passives, Attributes, and Trainings ΞΞ ◈ Passives
Conductive by Nature: Metal components on puppets, within close to mid-range, are susceptible to conducting Sadayo's electrical ninjutsu during actions (electrical conductance). Part of the Act: Chakra regain is increased by [10]. Increasing regeneration rate up to [15] chakra and maintaining stamina regain at [5] (applies to During Combat situations) Totally NOT Poisoned: Can hide hazards stripping them of common indicators i.e color, scent, and taste {Hazards PA (B-rank)} H2k18 Ins and Outs[ : Chakra cost for acts of Puppetry (Mechanisms only) at C Rank and above is reduced by 10 points Detailed: Puppets are granted +1 Mechanism slot to work with in combat. The additional mechanism is NOT a Unique mechanism. Of Her Own: Sadayo has become innately tied to her little army and knowing the ins and outs of her puppets have granted her a certain advantage. Sadayo has learned how to weave chakra strings to allow the channel of ninjutsu, up to her body rank (A-rank), through her puppets: this consumes a Sadayo activation.
◈ Attributes tab Architect: "...the gears of the puppet are able to scale one additional rank, meaning that instead of scaling only three ranks, your puppet's gears can scale four..." tab Ξ⟡ Combat Activity⟡ Ξ 4 Kawarami no Jutsu and 3 Shunshin Available 0 Kawarami no Jutsu and 0 Shunshin Used tab ⟡ Acitvations This Post!
Large groups are nice. You've got lots of friends to talk to, a large school of skills to draw from in any event, and who could forget about safety. Yes, for traveling, large groups were certainly the way to go. There is one downside to groups, however... You make a lot of noise, and I mean a lot. I'm talking marching band walking across whoopee-cushions that produce realistic human screams levels of loud. I'm talking the pained cries of a teen who just found out their favorite contestant just lost American Idol levels of loud. So it's now wonder this group would draw the attention of everything, and everyone, in the forest.
Today, that everyone happened to be Usagi, a young rabbit... person... and native to the woods. It started out as any normal day for Usagi. A nice walk through the woods, a quick snack on whatever randomly edible thing she'd find, and then maybe see if she could find somewhere to take a nap. All that changed when the cacophony of disheveled refugees overloaded her large, flopsy ears and sent her curiosity into overdrive. In a matter of moments, the girl was off, bounding at full speed in the direction of the commotion. A distance of what would take the average person an hour at least was covered in minutes as Usagi traveled at full speed, only stopping once she had spotted her quarry off in the distance. People of all shapes and sizes were flooding an old ruin from a time long forgotten; it was all so amazing.
Usagi lived a life of near-complete isolation from other humans, with the only other person in her life being her mother. You could have told her mother was literally the only human on earth and Usagi would probably believe you. Yeah, I know it's a bit extreme, but she's not exactly the best and brightest. Curiosity still getting the better of her, Usagi quickly shapeshifted as to not draw attention to herself. In the blink of an eye, where once a vaguely human girl stood was now an average, black-furred bunny rabbit. Now in an unassuming state, she'd slowly approach the ruins and begin exploring around the makeshift camp.
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 10:30 am
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"Lohner!" A familiar voice to Lohner would come echoing across the lake as Nanami hopped off the water's surface and back on to solid ground. Her face, which was full of worry, slowly became a mask of suspicion as her eyes fell on her little brother talking with a gir;. Who was this lady?! Why was she so chummy with Loh, she'd never seen her in her life! The hyuuga-Uzumaki cleared her throat and crossed her arms, taking on that typical "Big Sister Nana" look that Lohner would be far too used to by now. "Loh, who might this be?" Who knew featureless eyes could be so sharp and demanding? Clearly this Priestess had no damn clue. She had spent the past couple of hours trying to wrangle her family together and this is what she found? She was tired, grumpy, and she just wanted a hot bath-- not that she'd probably be getting one any time soon.
Nanami, who was usually a picture of perfectly crafted beauty, had become quite the sight with the exciting things that had just occurred. Her hair, which was usually carefully pinned and placed, was somewhat disheveled and messy and there was a healthy layer of ash all over her clothes. Nana was also missing the flower pin in her hair that was usually a staple of her outfit. She was not in the mood for some... out-of-village hussy to try and steal one of her brothers away.
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Sonyo let out a small squeak with the sudden costume change, but having something dry on her was indeed nice. Though her clothes had become mostly dry, they were still slightly damp-- and were now warm because of sitting in the sun for so long. Another surprised noise was forced out of the woman by the sudden appearance of a fairly demanding female voice being thrown at them from across the lake. The woman that stopped beside them struck some sort of resemblance to Lohner, so she guessed that this woman was a relative of some sort-- and very unhappy that Sonyo was talking to him.
Her mouth pinched to a tight line as she tried to wave away her annoyance, her gaze turning downwards as she nodded softly as if understanding. Being accepted was nice, for a second, but now it was over. Forcing away the somewhat angry look, Sonyo looked back up at Lohner and smiled softly. "I uh... I should actually get going. Lots of people to heal. We'll raincheck on that garden for now, okay? See you later, Lohner." With that Sonyo turned in one smooth movement and walked back off to the keep, wrapping her arms around herself-- maybe for warmth, maybe for comfort.
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 10:02 pm
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The snake woman’s eyes looked to be glossed over as she listened to Zahara without bothering to step in at any point until he was finished ranting. “Aright listen… I don’t have the time to be arguing with you about this and I don’t rightly care about your feelings on uh.. wherever the hell we are? Just come with me and I’ll explain… on the way.” Her last sentence came out labored and it was now clear that she lacked the energy to speak very much. But true to her word the woman began walking in a direction that was mostly away from the group at whole. “I… already told you that the scroll is meant to summon the great serpent. Gildna is a vengeful protector and we meant to plead her for the destruction of our enemies… However, there are those who used the attack on your village as a coup.”
Now some distance away the two were in a tiny clearing that carried with it the air forgotten witchcraft. Before he could object Kassandra took the scroll from Zahra hands and laid it flat open on the ground. The words on the paper resembled archaic symbols more than any jutsu he would have seen before. Almost as if it were written from a time before shinobi. “Their leader… the one who lead the coup is still alive I know it. But I am too weak to fight him let alone face Gildna. So, I am entrusting this task to you. You are the only one left even remotely clo-““Well just what do we have here?” a gruff voice rang out from the tree line. It’s owner quickly emerging with no regard for ambushes or sneak attacks and from his figure it was easy to understand why. At almost seven feet and covered in jet black scales his snake-like figure was build in slabs of muscles. Even from the simple way he moved, with a panther esque grace, one could tell that he was no stranger to combat. “Trying to open the way without your glorious commander eh? Well we can’t have that no can we Kassandra. Especially when I’m going to be the one to consume her.”“If that’s… really your plan than you are more of a fool than I took you for Barnabas. That much corrupted chakra could kill even a bijuu.”“Fool? Is that anyway to be talking to your superior? Heh. Who’s this now? You’re little bodyguard?”
Grinning the muscled snake man suddenly rippled with a large aura of chakra over his entire body. It appeared to hold no force yet the grass at his feet were forced flat under it’s pressure. “On second thought it doesn’t quite matter. I’ll enjoy crushing the both of you.”“Zahara… listen to me. Just hold him off long enough for me to complete my incantation… once I’m done you need to enter the portal and I’ll close it behind you.”“HA! You heard woman lass. You belong to me now. Let’s see if you can at least entertain me.” Crossing both of his arms the man stood still in his arrogance. Was he really going to let him make the first move? And would Zahara even bother to risk his neck for an almost complete stranger? Find out next time on dragonball z…
With a hand resting atop Honey so that the two wouldn't be separated in the thrumming crowds, Saekki made his way to the section of this temporary encampment that was set up to accommodate the younguns. Well, more accurately, Honey made her way to these training grounds. She was the one leading, after all. Gods knew where Saekki would end up if he ever took the lead.
• Kai | Rank X | Default Now that they had reached their destination, it was Saekki's turn to work. He promptly stepped forwards to join the other academy student, literally standing out amongst the gaggle of small children. Evidently, one of them thought he was some sort of idiot teacher, he could only suppose, and shot some child's play genjutsu at him. Saekki had lost much of his cultivation, but he hadn't degraded so much that he couldn't notice the amateur's play. He easily circulated his chakra once to rid himself of the unnatural sensation before glaring daggers into the rude kid. [1/1]
• Henge no Jutsu | Rank E | Default The kid settled down right quick. Good, the earlier they learned discipline, the better. With impeccable timing, the teacher arrived just then and called all the students to order. Saekki sat down with the rest of the class, which drew a weird look from the teacher, but it was nonetheless nothing to stop the class for. The first technique to be studied was the henge technique. Saekki found this a rather strange place to start with, weren't there better foundation techniques? However, he remembered that this was a ninja academy, so it did make some sense. [1/1]
• Bunshin no Jutsu | Rank E | Default After learning how to transform his surface appearance, the class continued to learn other ninja arts. Saekki complied, though he itched to hold a blade or train his body, if he was honest with himself. He was but a student, now, and a student's job was to listen to their teacher. Trusting that these shinobi teachers knew what they were doing, Saekki also learned how to clone himself. [1/1]
• Substitution Technique | Rank E | Default He also learned how to substitute himself with nearby objects. A puff of smoke was used as a distration, and in the meantime, Saekki switched places with something close. Simple as that. Most of the class got it right fairly soon. Saekki also didn't lag behind and was the first to get the hang of the technique. Obviously, this was nothing to brag about. He was, after all, easily a decade, if not more, older than the class median age. [1/1]
• Art of Walking on Water | D Rank | Default The teacher actually pulled Saekki aside and, in all seriousness, asked what kind of messed up scheme he was up to. In all fairness, though Saekki practiced with all due seriousness and focused on his work with a solemn expression, he was an adult advancing at a pace that threw all the kids in the dust. It looked like he was simply fooling around. Saekki had to explain his situation, after which he was accepted but… promptly sent off to an advanced class. In said advanced class, he got the hang of walking on water on the first try… [1/1]
• Art of Walking on Walls | D Rank | Default After easily becoming Jesus, Saekki next easily became a spider. The teacher here had been warned beforehand about Saekki's circumstances as a recuperating veteran to combat who had formerly practiced a different art than ninjutsu. She didn't waste any time in simply sending Saekki to the other class that was running parallel. Here, he learned how to walk on walls incredibly easily. Actually, it could hardly be considered learning? More like relearning? This walking on different surfaces was something his previous school of martial arts had taught him once already. [1/1]
• Soft Formless Because there was nothing more the teachers could teach Saekki, they unceremoniously booted him out of the classes that he stuck out like a sore thumb in. He was sent with instructions to watch the other shinobi and copy what they do. It wasn't… the best treatment. It kind of sucked, to be honest, but Saekki didn't mind. He'd suffered worse, and if it was basic martial arts, like this soft formless he was running through the forms of from what he remembered of his past, he knew enough to guide himself. [1/1]
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 8:51 am
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The sound of hands and feet pawing across the grassy plains echoed across the lonesome field. Makara has been lost for quite some time now, wondering where her favorite person in the whole wide world could be. Maybe taking that left at the rock formation was a bad idea. Honestly, everything looked the same where she was at! The creature stayed a little off the main road mostly on the count of needing a bite to eat every now and again. Her travels eventually took her to a mysterious little waterfall area. She tred carefully, her tail gently brushing against the surface of the water to see what fish she could rile up.After a few attempts her attention shifted elsewhere as Makara came across a strange sight. A stone building with lots of people, noises and smells coming from it. Her tail was brought around her away from the water's edge while running along on all fours to go investigate. It wasn't long before the strange beast would plop down right in front of the entrance and wait, watching to see who would be coming in and out. Her curiosity was peaked and if there was one thing Makara was good at beside killing defenseless critters and maiming ninja, it was investigating strange things!
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• {Bloodline Specialist} Bloodline techniques cast by this specialization are cheaper in cost as determined by the users body rank. At body rank D and C costs are reduced by five[5]. At body rank B and A, costs are reduced by ten[10]. Finally at body rank S and S+ costs are reduced by fifteen[15] These reductions DO NOT stack and override their previous totals. (D+C -5, B+A -10, S beyond -15). Gain an Additional 5 Custom slots dedicated to your bloodline. • {Bloodline} Learn 4 extra Bloodline techniques per post. • {Saiketsu} Learn 1 extra Suiton [ Water ] ninjutsu per post. • {Kemono Shinzō} Learn Taijutsu at a rate of +1 per post. • {Kemono Shinzō} Access to animal taijutsu • {Kemono Shinzō} May speak with their own species in its native tongue • {Kemono Shinzō} Treated as a body rank higher when forming pacts • {Kemono Shinzō} May revert to their original form at any time for no chakra cost. This form is roughly the size of the original species which can maximally only be the size of an average human. I.e dog Kemono Shinzō can turn into a dog and back into its anthro state. This functions essentially as a henge. • {Saiketsu} Regenerates blood very quickly. This can be used to offset bleeding, but does not regenerate enough to offset arterial wounds. • Stalwart Skin l {Reptillian, Bear} Gain +1 Taijutsu Slot, Learn Taijutsu +1 Faster, Gain a [Slightly] increased fortitude every two body ranks. When using [Jujin-Kaiki {Man Beast Regression} your physically defensive techniques are treated as Overwhelming • Blood Moon Magic l Use of blood as a component can be quite costly no matter who or what you are, but the Saiketsu learned that their own Chakra need not be the only fuel for their jutsu. Especially when it is so abundant. Blood Moon Magic allows a Saiketsu user to use the opponent's blood rather than just their own to fuel techniques the Saiketsu user uses so long as it's no longer in contact with the opponent's body and has been around for one post. Taking this Pa will grant a pair of fangs hearkening to the day of the blood moon and while not necessary will come with possible vampiric tendencies. Grants access to Kenketsu, and Chi - Saikuru. • Power of Blood l Saiketsu users can perform Suiton [ Water ] and Saiketsu jutsu without the need for handsigns. Instead these are replaced with either verbal commands or somatic gestures. Furthermore users start with an additional 100 chakra. > Dual Ancestry: Dual Ancestry allows you to have full access to two bloodlines upon creation including all techniques, abilities, and personal attributes associated with them. Your primary bloodline's roster is where your name appears. For biographical purposes, your secondary bloodline may be genetic or implanted at your discretion. The Rinnegan may not be chosen as a secondary bloodline. Combo Element Kekkei Genkai and Jiongu users do not have access to Dual Ancestry nor can they be chosen as a secondary bloodline. Dual Ancestry users do not have access to the implant system including the Genetic Palette personal attribute. > Blood Knight: Your bloodline techniques possess greater power, allowing them to overwhelm techniques of the same rank and preventing them from succumbing to elemental weaknesses. You can cast bloodline techniques through one-handed seals.
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Lohner sighed as he heard his sister interrupt the calmed moment. He looked across from his place beside Rue and eyed his sister with a very annoyed expression. Even with as disheveled as Nanami appeared, he had hoped she would been in better mind and expected the eldest of her brothers to be a better judge of character. Still, he relented and turned to introduce her to his elder sister just as Rue made to excuse herself.
Lohner griped internally but maintained a stony facade as he removed the thick gray under cotte from the tree and offered it to her in place of the Signati Armis Cotte. He allowed her to make her exit with nothing more than a bow and a promise.
"A garden of wonders, something to spark the new village's birth." He swore before he turned on his heel and stared daggers into Nanami, a hand drew his hair back as the final markings of his Sennin transformation faded.
"She is a guest of ours, and she helped me guide the injured out of the temple before I fell through the portal. She rescued a poor child with me who fell from..." he pointed to the top of the waterfall, "that ******** mess. So, Nana, after our fight got interrupted, who tussled with you and left you looking like you rolled in leaves?"
Lohner shot his question back with pointed attitude as he recalled Nanami's head-over-heels demeanor for the man who created the portals he kept falling through.
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The eldest of the Uzumaki siblings let out an overly exaggerated gasp at Lohner's reply, placing a hand on her chest like some sort of southern belle. "I'm wounded, Loh! I'm just trying to protect you, you can never trust these out of village types. They always have some sort of agenda." Flashing a bright smile, seeming unbothered by Lohner's eye-daggers, she brushed off some of her clothing. "And for your information, I look like this because I was helping the last few people out of Uzushiogakure. Pumice hurts like a b***h when it falls from several thousand feet, apparently." With a frown, she added a bit more. "Sadly I have not met Mr. Dark-and-handsome again. It's almost like he was a fever dream..."
It was true that she had gathered a glimpse or two of Masato since they left the Ninshuu temple, but other than that the man had been sadly MIA. She had a feeling she might never see him again at this rate.
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• Soft Mental Saekki, after some time, sat on the ground and stared at everyone else training. His old injuries were acting up again, as were his muscles after so long without practice. Rolling his shoulders as he studied the others working, he couldn't help but frown in disappointment at himself. He tried as he could to learn what the others did better than him, but a little part of him deep inside wondered if he was forever disabled. [1/1]
• Hard Mental Saekki continued to watch. This time, her attention being drawn to the different forms of fighting being placed on display in the academy. He was the perfect image of an irresponsible student. His robes were splayed out in a rumpled pile around him. His legs messily crossed. He had a head resting on his hand. It was all in the eyes as he carefully followed the movements of someone attacking their sparring opponent with hard, fierce blows from hands curved like tiger claws. [1/1]
Saekki's keen, hard gaze eventually landed on a very strange sight indeed. In surprise, his head lifted off his head as he stared at the... the monster? Saekki wasn't sure how else to describe the white, lizard thing he saw. If it wasn't for how no one else appeared bothered by it, he would have thought this was some sort of dangerous creature come in to attack and wreak havoc in general.
Frowning suspiciously, Saekki decided to investigate the matter. Picking himself up the ground, he approached the mystery with careful steps and both hands tucked into his sleeves. His eyes squinted as he scrutinized the figure, realizing now that this thing looked distinctly human, as well. Feminine, he would even say.
Saekki stared quite hard at the lizard creature for some time before he would open his mouth to ask, "What are you?".
