Orb of Agamatto (Reaction+20) Eye of Agamatto (+Orb = All instances of INT gain 1/2 INT)
Abilities
Actions Used Action 1: Action 2: Action 3:
Active Abilities - [Passive Boost] Arcane Savant - Int+A, Spi+B - [Passive Boost] Arcane Savant II - Int +A - [Passive Boost Suite] - Academy Junk (+2 all main, +1 perception and reaction) - [Passive] Dream Controller - 1000 Chakra [ Requires Lullaby ] ( Passive: Perception +10 while in the Dream World ) - [Passive] Dream Intolerant - 500 Chakra ( Passive: While in the Dream World: Perception +10, Defense +10, Speed +10 ) - [Free Action] Day Dream - 1755 Chakra [ Requires Lullaby and all above techniques in Hidden Nightmare ] ( Allows Hidden Nightmare techniques to be used in the real world. ) ++ Daydreamer: Reduces the cost of [Day Dream] by Ax15 and removes the need to expend an action for it.
Word Count
[766] + [xXx] * [2.5] (xXx) = xXx
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 5:56 pm
Character Name: Alyxandr Profile Link: Death Eater Kage boiiii
((Starter)) Technique Name: Broken and Remade Description: Alyx’s body was once ravaged, but has been reforged, sustained with his own spiritual energy Jutsu Type | Element: Passive Boost Technique Effect: Spirit+A
Reaver Approves
((Holiday1)) Technique Name: Unstoppable Will Description: Alyx’s will is unstoppable! Jutsu Type | Element: Boost Technique Effect: Spirit+A, Resolve+B Cost: A+Bx25/post
Reaver Approves
((H2)) Technique Name: Tactical Mind Description: Alyx is always thinking ahead Jutsu Type | Element: boost Technique Effect: Spirit+A, Intelligence+B Cost: A+Bx25/post
Reaver Approves
((H3)) Technique Name: Martial Training Description: Despite his small stature, Alyx is a brutal combatant. Jutsu Type | Element: Boost Technique Effect: Def+A, Speed+B Cost: A+B+Cx25/post
Reaver Approves
((H4)) Technique Name: Death Immortal Description: Just as the fight seems to be over, Alyx’s physical or spiritual wounds begin to heal themselves at a frightening rate. Jutsu Type | Element: Nin | Chakra Technique Effect: Action to regain Spirit+A HP or Mentality Cost: Ax25/use
((H5)) Technique Name: Deathproof Description: So complete is Alyxandr’s connection with the forces of life and death (mostly death), that he is exceptionally hard to kill. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Chakra Technique Effect: If Alyxandr is reduced to 0 Hit Points, he immediately and automatically regenerates his HP by +A, using TWO of his actions on his next post. This keeps happening until he no longer has the chakra to pay for it (he cannot spend soul chakra on this) Cost: Ax25, doubles each activation
((Reaver Birthday 1)) Technique Name: Hell’s Maelstron Description: Alyx can wield many elements to great effect, bringing the full force of hell down upon his enemies, punishing them as if they were already there Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Variable Technique Effect: Alyx is capable of altering any elemental or non-elemental technique he knows, changing its element to another element he has access to, or just to raw chakra. Doing so increases the damage of such a technique or Alyx’s side of a comparison (if any) by ½ Spirit+A Cost: 1000+Ax25 per use
((RB2)) Technique Name: Entropy Strike Description: Alyx’s attack becomes sheathed in black energy as the forces of entropy empower it. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: Any attack can include the effects of Entropy Blade. Doing so increases the Power of the technique by ½ Spirit+A, and the Speed of the attack by 1/2Spirit+B Cost: 2000+(A+Bx25)/use
((RB3)) Technique Name: Light Eater Description: The area around Alyx begins to dim, growing darker and darker as his Entropic Nature devours all light and hope around him. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: Alyx radiates magical darkness in a 30 ft area around him. This circle grows by 10 ft every post. Inside this area is a darkness so black that even supernatural versions of sight are useless unless an opponent has more Spirit than Alyx. If they fail this comparison, they are blind, and their INT and RES are reduced by ½ Alyx’s Spirit. Alyx can see through this darkness. Cost: 3000 chakra/post
((Event1)) Technique Name: Dominance Description: Alyx’s will is absolute, and his destiny too great to let anyone stand in his way. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Chakra Technique Effect: For a cost and an action, Alyx’s side of any comparison can be increased by ½ Spirit+A Cost: 1000+Ax25/use
((E2)) Technique Name: Aura of Death Description: The hungering darkness that surrounds Alyx begins to devour the chakra of everyone within it’s grasp. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: Opponents within 50 feet have their Chakra drained by Alyx’s (Spirit+A)x25 per post, if they have less Spirit than Alyx’s Spirit+B Cost: A+Bx25/post
((E3)) Technique Name: Chakra Eater Description: The massive amounts of chakra flowing into Alyx empower him. Jutsu Type | Element: Boost | Chakra Technique Effect: [Total Chakra Drained this combat]/500 divided between SPD/DEF/SPIRIT for duration. The chakra drain “count” is reset if combat ends or if Alyx leaves the thread. The chakra drain "count" for this ability does not grow while the boosts are active. Cost: [Total Boost]x25 per post
((15k)) Technique Name: Inflict Wounds Description: Alyx’s ability to drain the life out of his enemies is not limited to their chakra. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: As long as the cost is paid, when an opponent would be subject to an effect from Alyx that drains Chakra, it also drains their HP by the Chakra Drain/500 Cost: 2000/post
((30k)) Technique Name: Avatar of Entropy Description: Alyxandr is void incarnate, borne of the same entropy that devours universes. His techniques devour the very souls of those unlucky enough to be on the receiving end of them. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: Every time a chakra drain is applied to an opponent and for every 10k total chakra he drains from them, they gain a stack of [Entropy], which persists until expended or until the end of combat. Cost: Each stack of [Entropy] costs 250 chakra when expended.
((45k)) Technique Name: Entropy Well Description: Alyx’s heart of darkness is an infinite source of the fell entropy that gives him his power. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: Chakra that Alyx drained is stored in a separate pool, which Alyx can use to pay for Darkness Element or Hidden Soul techniques (at twice the cost) Cost: doubles jutsu cost
((60k)) Technique Name: Entropy Expert Description: Alyx doesn’t only devour the chakra of his enemies, he has learned to use it. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Chakra Technique Effect: Alyx can use his stolen chakra to empower his darkness or hidden soul techniques at a rate of +10 (to either the power of the attack or stat calculation of the technique) per 1000 spent. Cost: above
((75k)) Technique Name: Death’s Acquaintance Description: Alyxandr’s very existence is defined by his closeness to the infinite void, the great nothing that awaits all things. While this has taken a toll on his body, he has learned to use this death affinity to strengthen himself. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu? | Death/Darkness Technique Effect: Alyxandr gains 1 [Death] every time he is dropped to 0 HP in combat/killed and every time he does so to an enemy, a reward for sending a soul to the beyond.
He can spend [Death]s to empower a darkness-element ability by his Spirit+A x[Death spent]
Alyx regains his own [Deaths] at the end of combat, but not those of others. Cost: Ax25 per Death expended.
((90k)) Technique Name: Reverse Eye Prodigy Description: Alyx learned to grasp the nature of the reverse eye without any of the traditional training that a young Death Eater normally recieves, learning to control this terrifying ability intuitively, and to a greater degree than previously known in his village. He bas mastered the Reverse Eye on his own, with no outside help. Jutsu Type | Element: Doujutsu | Chakra? Technique Effect: Alyxandr is capable of using the Fully-Mastered Reverse Eye even if there are not 5 Death Eaters in the world. Alyx's techniques are always treated as if there are 5 death eaters in existence and he is the strongest. In addition, when Alyx uses the Mastered Reverse Eye, it’s comparison is at a +A bonus. Cost: Ax25/use
Reaver Approves
((105k)) Technique Name: Iron Body, Iron Will Description: Alyx is difficult to kill, and difficult to fool. Jutsu Type | Element: Passive Boost Technique Effect: Defense+A, Resolve+B Cost: N/A
Reaver Approves
((120k)) Technique Name: Entropy’s Judgement Description: Alyxandr uses the entropy that has accumulated in his opponent to tear their minds and bodies asunder. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: Expends all stacks of [Entropy] on an opponent to deal Spirit+A per stack to HP and Spirit+B per stack to Mentality Cost: Entropy cost + A+Bx25/stack
Katana
Katana - “Entropy’s Edge”
Technique Name: Fear of Death Description: Entropy’s Edge is a truly fearsome and gruesome weapon. It is only natural that Alyx’s enemies would fear it. Jutsu Type | Element: Kenjutsu/Genjutsu | Darkness Technique Effect: If an opponent has less Mental Defense than Alyx’s Spirit, this weapon drains Spirit+A Mentality from them on hit. Cost: Ax25/use
Reaver Approves
Technique Name: Perfected Entropy Blade Description: Entropy’s Edge was designed to be wielded by the greatest of the Soul Eaters. And so it is. Jutsu Type | Element: Kenjutsu | Chakra/Darkness Technique Effect: Alyx can forgo ALL attack power with an attack from this weapon to instead drain (Atk Power+A)x25 from their Chakra Cost: Ax25/use
Reaver Approves
Airship/Motorcycle - The Hangman
Technique Name: Sworn Fealty Description: It is unknown what manner of spirit is bound to Alyxandr’s vehicle, or how he came to dominate it’s will, but The Hangman is unwaveringly loyal to ALyx’s will, despite having a mind and voice of its own. Jutsu Type | Element: Technique Effect: The Hangman is sentient and can speak, think, and even move and act on it’s own. The hangman uses Alyx’s stats +any bonuses/effects granted by it’s components or by an ally.
The Hangman has 1 action of its own per turn it can use to operate any of it’s components, and can communicate with Alyx at any distance, telepathically. Cost: 1000 chakra per post + airship costs
Technique Name: Hell Breath Description: The mouth of the skull adorning the front of The Hangman opens, as roiling black flame begins to pour out in a cone in front of the cycle. Jutsu Type | Element: Ninjutsu | Fire/Darkness Technique Effect: Flames deal Spirit+A damage in a 20 foot, 45 degree cone in front of the cycle, and apply Spirit+Bx25 chakra drain for 3 posts on hit. This ability applies a stack of [Entropy] on hit.
The cone of fire persists for 2 posts, and then enters a 2 post cooldown. Cost: A+Bx25 per use
Even among a village of Alchemists, some of the most uptight and well-studied in the world of shinobi, there had to be somewhere to drink. Every civilization had one, and every drinking hole needed music. That was why Reiji was there.
He had not been in the Land of Fantasy for very long, and the Feudal Amestris was the first place he went, purely by chance. Quickly, he found a place to set up and play, and the coin and women (and some men) began to roll in. He had been here a couple weeks now, and saw little reason to leave with the coin and flesh piling at his feet.
Even now, early in the evening, his pile of coin was growing in size and there was a savory lump of flesh presenting herself before him now. He flashed her a wink and a smile, his smile the only thing brighter than his piercing pale-blue eyes. She melted into them, as most people did. Reiji Ichtaca was enjoying the attention.
Even as he flirted with the barfly, he never stopped his playing, the twangs of his biwa carrying out through the tavern, echoing off window and wall, the sound exotic and foreign to this place, his very appearance as much an oddity as the strange instrument he played.
As he finished his first song with a furious strumming of his Biwa, the drunken crowd erupted into applause, a few patrons tossing a silver or two into the open case at his feet. He nodded his thanks, his eyes lingering on each and every person, as if he saw only them in that moment before moving on to the next person.
Everyone seemed to like him here, as they usually did. Reiji took great pains to make himself as unassuming and likable as possible. It was a part of the job. Even now, his relaxed posture as he leaned lazily against the bar strumming as if he were paying no attention to what he was playing, even his smiles and winks, were all carefully crafted to win people over. To make people like him.
As he went into his next song, he started out slow, being sure to make eye contact with the woman from earlier as he did. He could have her tonight, he knew. He considered the prospect as he played. Perhaps he would invite her to his room later, if nothing or nobody more interesting came along.
Abilities Fear of Death: Alyx’s Spirit vs. Mental Defense on hit. If fail, drain SPI+A Mentality Perfected Entropy Blade: Alyx can forgo ALL attack power with an attack from this weapon to instead drain (Atk Power+A)x25 from an opponent’s Chakra === === === Armor - Spawn STR+50, SPD+50, DEF+50 (if cape) ATK+50 (if blade) Mentality Shield(+5/kill): +0 Reaction Buff (+1/kill): +0
Abilities
Actions Used Action 1: Action 2: Action 3:
Active Abilities -[Passive] Broken and Remade: +A (110) Spirit -[Passive] Darkness Eater: +5 to all stats in darkness per level of Reverse Eye (Level 3) -[Passive] Death Eaters: +1 to each stat for every member of the clan -[Passive] Academy Junk: +2 to core stats, +1 to derived -[Passive] Cadet Training (Anbu): +15 Str, +5 Spd/Def -[Passive] Kenjutsu/Basic/Master Swordsmanship: +15 Dmg, +5 Spd for Kenjutsu Techs
Word Count
[Total to date] + [Raw this post] x [multiplier] (new total this post) = [new running total]
((Starter)) Technique Name: Extraordinary Captain Description: Sylas is an extraordinary captain Jutsu Type | Element: Passive Boost Technique Effect: +A INT/+B RES Cost: none
((Holiday)) Technique Name: Spirited and Resolved Description: Sylas is spirited and resolve Jutsu Type | Element: Boost Technique Effect: +A SPI/+B RES Cost: A+Bx25/post
((Holiday)) Technique Name: Intelligent and Spirited Description: Sylas is intelligent and spirited Jutsu Type | Element: Boost Technique Effect: +A INT/+B SPI Cost:
((Holiday)) Technique Name: Lord-Captain of the Silent Rain Description: Being the captain of a flying city-state is a difficult job, but someone must do it, and if so, why not someone of such noble birth and unmeasurable cunning as Sylas Montague? Jutsu Type | Element: ???/Chakra Technique Effect: [Crew Role: Lord-Captain - Bonus applies to any system]
[System: Central Command] The Lord-Captain can, from anywhere on or off of the ship, communicate with any member of his crew, anyone on board his ship, to allies below, or to EVERYONE below (via a loudspeaker system that bypasses the silence field). If using this issue to issue a command or order, the recipient of the order receives a SINGLE +A bonus to be applied to something related to the task. Cost:
((Chunnin 1)) Technique Name: Silent Rain: Armed and Fortified Description: The Silent Rain is a flying fortress, larger and more populated than most villages. Captain Sylas Montague has a people to protect. He is the Lord of a flying war city. Jutsu Type | Element: Summon-Addon | Chakra? Technique Effect: Ranged weapons such as firearms and bows can be incorporated into the ship, functionally becoming usable turrets, and a part of the [weapon system] of the ship. When mounted, these weapons deal +A damage.
Additionally, the ship can use chakra-based shields to deflect attacks at +B DEF Cost: +Ax25/use to weapon attacks. +Bx25 per use to deflect attacks with shields.
((Chunnin 2)) Technique Name: A Proper Crew Description: Sylas knows quite well that a ship runs best when each crewmember is proficiently working at their designated task. He is very choosy about who he takes into his employ, ensuring that each potential candidate has something to offer the ship as a whole. Jutsu Type | Element: Genjutsu/Buff | Chakra Technique Effect: [1 Total PC crew (self), +1 per each additional made up Sylas has gained from [Time is Mine]] Each member of the PC crew is capable of using any of the ship’s systems, and has +A (based on Sylas’ chakra total) in additional bonuses to their specialization ability/s (will be noted in system made ups) while onboard or near the Silent Rain, or performing their duty. Sylas can name a crew member or fire one at will Cost: Ax25 per instance bonus is used. PC crewmember can choose to pay some or all of cost.
((15k)) Technique Name: A Skeleton Crew Description: Sylas’ choosy attitude about his crew sometimes leads to understaffing. When in a pinch, Sylas can use one of his Paradox Clones to fill in gaps in his crew. Jutsu Type | Element: Genjutsu | Chakra Technique Effect: These stand-in crewmembers do not get any bonuses as members of Sylas’ crew (via the [Proper Crew] ability), but are capable of performing the tasks/operating the systems assigned to them, using Sylas' stats when called for.
While considered Paradox Clones for RP purposes, these do not count as Paradox Clones as per the technique, and receive none of the bonuses/debuffs to their stats as paradox clones. They are essentially just stand-ins to man ship systems when necessary. Cost:
((30k pre-submit)) Technique Name: Grand Translocation Description: Using his incredible time-manipulation ability, and if given time, Sylas is capable of essentially teleporting the city from one place to another. Jutsu Type | Element: Genjutsu | Chakra Technique Effect: Sylas can teleport Silent Rain great distances, seemingly skipping the weeks or even months of time it would have taken to travel there. This allows Silent Rain to easily travel from subforum to subforum (skipping the world gate) Sylas must spend around 10 minutes casting this Jutsu, which is too magically taxing to be used more than once a week (irl), much less while in combat Cost: a ******** lot. He CANNOT do this while in combat.
The Silent Rain
Technique Name: The Kingdom in the Sky Description: While perhaps smaller than land-based kingdom, Silent Rain is certainly larger and more populated than most airships, with thousands of people living aboard the flying city-state, each with unique and interesting lives complete with jobs, families, homes, and troubles. Jutsu Type | Element: Summon | Chakra Technique Effect: Silent Rain (the city) is it’s own thread/sub-village that can travel from subforum to subforum (via updates). Silent Rain (the city) must be in a subforum to participate in combat in one of the threads there (as a normal airship)
There are thousands of unique (stat-less outside of RP) NPCs living aboard Silent Rain, under Sylas’ reign. While posts from the POV of these NPCs receive or grant no bonuses to word count from interaction, they do count towards [Time is Mine], and Sylas receives the word count for ONE of them per day.
Many of them lead very interesting lives as Sylas’ subjects. Cost: all of the word count bonuses and only once a day
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Technique Name: The (literal) Silent Rain Description: The primary and original defensive system of Silent Rain is literally named The Silent Rain, a defensive system in two parts.
Firstly is a constant barrier around 30 feet from the ship and including all of its systems that very simply eliminates sound originating from within it from projecting beyond. With this barrier, the ship, its weapons and systems, it’s people, etc. are completely silent if not on-board the ship itself.
Additionally, ports can open up along the bottom of the ship’s hull that begin to emit a thick water vapor that obscures the sky, condescending into a layer of rain clouds and mist that completely obscures the ship from sight from below if flying above the generated cloud layer
This combination of silence and heavy clouds serve to hide the ships coming and going, obscuring the ship from sight and sound-based perception at a distance, especially if combined with actual storm patterns.
Jutsu Type | Element: Genjutsu | Water/Chakra Technique Effect: Mostly for RP. In Combat, this is treated as a Resolve+A vs Perception stealth from sight/sound technique for the ship and it’s immediate area and systems Cost: Ax25/post in combat
Xzavior’s time away from the academy and greater shinobi life had not been wasted. While the other, less brilliant young students tended to invasions and impersonal squabbles, seeming content to go on murdering eachother back and forth, Xzavior Smith of Clan Benimaru had been hard at work.
Finding the droll drudgery of study amongst those who were so clearly beneath him nothing if not unfulfilling, and with his coffers heavy with funds from his dearly departed parents, the now-orphaned genius took his study into his own hands, researching the various clans and deciding who he would approach, eventually settling upon the Hidden Slumber.
At first his charm failed him, a new skill he had only begun to practice. Where words failed, gold did not, and within a short time he had employed some of the finest teachers Clan Rasui had to offer, and compensated them well for their service.
His suspicions had proved true, and his decision the correct one. Under the tutelage of the Shinobi of the Rasui Clan, Xzavior excelled. Where his own clan had taught him to master the waking world, Clan Rasui had taught him to master the world of dreams, and even to bring that world over into this one.
His progress had astonished the Shinobi there, of course, though it was no surprise to himself. It was likely they had never witnessed such brilliance as he possessed, a diamond mind, without blemish. In mere months, he had mastered nearly all that the Hidden Slumber had to offer him, even the most powerful of techniques reserved for the most powerful in the clan, despite their attempts to keep that knowledge from him.
Where there was knowledge to be found, Xzavior would find it, and find it he did.
Among the most valuable lessons that he had learned among the dreamers was the ability to elucidate his dreams. With this seemingly-mundane skill, Xzavior set himself to extending the length of his stays there, and used this time for study. In this way, he could spend weeks a night practicing his arcanum, and his Psionics began to rapidly improve as well.
Xzavior returned home quite different than when he left, in rank and stature, and in behavior. He was more powerful, and among the Rasui, in the world of dreams, he had learned to be more social, more charming. Such skills would be necessary if he were to make his mark upon the world beyond his own walls, where his genius would be wasted.
It had been a few months since his return as a Chunnin-Rank Shinobi, and though he had not left his home in quite some time, he had been just as busy.
At this moment, he was sitting at a fine wooden desk with a half-finished letter in front of him, the wood polished and gleaming, nearly devoid of smudges but for those Xzavior himself had left in the short time since it was last cleaned, a scattering of ink, a few droplets of earl grey, some grains of sugar, and a small scattering of fingerprints
His staff was very thorough, almost eager to shoo him away from his work so they could clean his ink blots and spilled tea, as if taking glee in the inconvenience they were well-paid to inflict upon him periodically. Xzavior resigned himself to the periodic invasions, though he did not take joy in it.
As if on cue, the door swung open and three such workers entered wordlessly, each going to their tasks as if the Lord of the manor was not even there. He sighed, standing from his fine leather chair, worn to comfort with extended use, and stepped back so the maid could undo his seemingly-haphazard system of organization, placing all of his papers into neat little stacks wherein he could find nothing. Unspurprisingly, the stack of papers pertaining to the family business was untouched by Xzavior’s hands, and was as neat as they had left it. He had long since delegated such affairs to Remington, as Shrewd a businessman as he was a faithful butler and friend. Under his watch, Smith Silks had flourished, without Xzavior having to give the business any of his time, in the waking world or in dreams.
While this particular was neatly placed by Remington, the other papers were scattered around the desk, as always, a seemingly-random assortment of sigils, seals, spells, encantations, notes, bits of lore, strange doodles, and what seemed to be some very bad poetry.
”They’re only doing their job.” Xzavior reminded himself mentally, forcing a strained smile to the maid that was returned with a cold stare for a mere moment before she returned to polishing mahogany, her accompaniment tending to his bookshelves and persian rug, respectively.
He knew better than to try and make conversation with the maids, they were best left to their work. His attempts at conversation had all been cruelly rebuffed so far, as numerous as they had been. He had long since given up on this endeavor, leaving the harpies to their work, which they did efficiently, and well.
He did not pay them to be friendly, and would likely tire of it quickly if they were, despite the emotional hurt their cool nature towards him had inspired at first.
It was rare that he heard them speak, and so the short sentence surprised him at first.
”There’s an ink stain on your shirt… Give it here.”
Xzavior turned around to face the source of the words, his eyes cast down to meet those of a stern-looking older woman, pointing at his chest. Xzavior looked down to see the splatter of burnt sienna on his fine cotton shirt, one of his favorites.
He looked at the old woman in shocked silence, his mouth agape. She stared back, her expression unmoving, and cold and hard as stone. There was a few moments of awkward silence that seemed to be lost on the maid, who seemed more annoyed by the second, her nostrils flaring like a beast about to charge.
In a flash of motion seemingly impossible for a human being of this maid’s age, she lurched forward, her fingers a flurry of movement as the undid every button of Xzavior’s shirt in mere seconds, roughly pulling the fine cotton blouse from his body, taking no care as to ensure his comfort in the maneuver as she pulled his arms backwards and out of his sleeves (and nearly out of their sockets), leaving him standing bare-chested in the middle of his own study, in shocked silence.
His skin prickled against the rush of cool air, and his cheeks began to flush in embarrassment at the treatment he had just received at the hands of this crone, who seem not to notice or care about his discomfort in being manhandled like an unruly toddler with jam on his shirt.
Without a single pause, the old maid left the room with his shirt in her hand, the door slamming perhaps a little too hard behind her to be by accident.
Luckily, the other two did not speak to him, about his naked chest or otherwise, as they finished their work silently and left.
Though his office was clean, he felt so dirty. He simply stood in the middle of his empty study for a few moments, as if still taking in the cruelty of their invasion, knowing they would be back, and perhaps in greater numbers.
When the time for self-pity had passed, Xzavior snapped, and another clean shirt appeared in his hand. He slipped this new shirt, borne of his own imagination (and thus likely more stylish than any other shirt like it in the realm), over his bare chest. The buttons seemed to fasten themselves, though anyone who knew anything about this village would know that telekinesis was at work, and if they knew a little more, that Xzavior was more skilled in the craft than any other shinobi.
Newly-clothed, Xzavior made his way back to his desk, pulling the leather chair back forward and taking a seat, with a sigh, and picking up a fine china teacup. He sighed, seemingly incontent with it’s temperature, and blew into the cup, which began to steam as it heated up.
Seemingly satisfied, he took a tentative sip of the heavily-sweetened Earl Grey and set the cup back down, pulling the half-read letter a little closer across the newly-polished wooden surface of the desk.
It seemed that a Shinobi of The Hidden Soul had grand plans for the realm, and more specifically the core villages. It was no surprise that word of his skill had made its way even to the federation of villages. He was truly one of the greatest shinobi of the modern age.
Xzavior admired this Death Eater’s gumption, to be sure. This admiration grew as he continued reading. There was passion in these words, Xzavior knew. This shinobi would go far, or die brutally, one. In either case, he would be significant, and Xzavior would be keeping tabs on his progress, in case such an alliance could one day benefit himself or his clan.
However, Xzavior was unsure why he was being contacted about this. He feared this stranger may be under the foolish thought that Xzavior’s word carried much weight among his fellow Benimaru, most of whom were ancient men, arrogant and old fashioned, opposed to new ideas or even suggestions from those younger than them. The Benimaru did not follow. They lead. They would not follow him to war, and he would never dare ask them to. They were thinkers, not soldiers. Xzavior and his clan were content to leave politics and war to those dull enough to find meaning in such drudgery. There were greater forces at play in the world that they were uniquely suited to address, far more dire than silly squabbles between clans.
Xzavior took some time to read the letter over several times, as unnecessary as it was. He had remembered every word on first pass. Old habits died hard, he guessed. When he was confident he understood what was being asked, Xzavior finally set the letter down, pulling forward a parchment of his own, and sliding a fine wooden case towards him.
Opening the wooden box, Xzavior revealed a fine wooden pen, gilded in silver and gold. He uncorked a new bottle of ink in jet black, dipping the pen inside and leaving it there as he paused again, as if gathering his thoughts.
He dipped the pen again and wiped off the tip before finally setting n** to paper, and scrawling hastily, but neatly, in fine curving cursive, the letters ornate and looping.
”Alexandr of Hidden Soul,
I hope this missive finds you well. I was surprised and delighted to receive your request for alli-”
Within a few moments of beginning his response, there was a loud knock at the door, insistent, but not panicked. Xzavior knew the knock well. Another sigh escaped Xzavior’s mouth as he set his pen down and pushed away from his desk once more, waving a hand to open the door for his butler, Remington.
Remington, a scowling man in his mid seventies bedecked in a fine black tuxedo befitting of his station and worth, did not waste time in delivering his information. He, perhaps even more than the master of his house, was not one for lengthy conversation.
”Master Smith, I fear there is an angry crowd gathering at the gate.”, Remington spoke, his tone monotone and droll, words coming forth without haste, a simple relaying of information with no sense of urgency.
”Well? Tell them to leave?” Xzavior replied with clear annoyance in his voice.
”I’m afraid it is not quite that simple, Sir. They are birds.” ”Birds?! What in the bloody-” ”American Turkeys, if my knowledge does not fail me.” ”Come now, Remington. I know the Americans can be crude, but it is not kind to call them names.” Xzavior admonished. ”If only sir. I am referring to the variety of fowl enjoyed at yuletide feasts, though these seem a bit more… predatory than most.” ”Perfect! Tell the kitchen staff to begin the preparations!” ”I do not think that will be possible. We have already lost 4 men, and the flock only grows.” ”Bring me one of these birds, please. Alive, if at all possible.” ”Very well, sir.” Remington turned on his heels, as if in a practiced maneuver, and left the room.
While Xzavior waited for his butler to return, becoming impatient within a minute or so, and torturously bored within five.
Remington returned with a live turkey in his arms, grasping it in a way that prevented it from lashing out with beak or claw, pinning it helplessly against himself. Where this skill had been learned was a mystery for Xzavior, and one that only grew when he laid eyes upon the savage feathered beast that was presented to him.
The creature was more claw and beak than anything else, it’s scant muscles tough and wiry, patches of feathers missing and open wounds from the seemingly-heated combat that had led to its capture.
This would not do. This turkey was useless for eating.
The turkey was wrenched from Remington’s grasp by an unseen force, as the window flung itself open. The sounds of a pitched battle could be heard from the courtyard below echoing through the open window, the sounds of gobbles and screams of human death calling from far below.
”Call off the chefs. These are pathetic.”
”I will do so post haste.” Remington replied, though he had never mustered the kitchen staff.
Without another word, the turkey flew out of the window, and an assortment of stones appeared around it, smashing into it until a lifeless bird body fell to the ground several stories below.
”Inform me of any further developments, Remington. Thank you. You may leave.”
”Very well sir.” Remington replied with a bow, and left, closing the window and then the door behind him.
With this task finished, and somewhat disappointed at the loss of a prospective turkey dinner, Xzavior returned to his letters.
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Alyxandr listened intently to this child, brimming with uncontrolled, undisciplined power. He was a monster pulling against the shackles of his own inexperience, chains of his own making. Soon, Alyx knew, this boy would find what he was seeking, the very key to those shackles holding him back. He would be a terrifying sight to behold then, and perhaps a useful ally. The loss of two trinkets in exchange for such a potential tool was an easy trade to make, and with the addition of the Horseman of Death, Alyx felt very content with this deal.
He listened to the shinobi who he perceived as a child (though Alyxandr’s body was arguably more childlike than his companion’s), and offered a small piece of what passed for advice from an Eater’s lips.
”Alliances can be useful, but an alliance is always a potential betrayal. Keep them few and far, if you value these goals you seek, lest the hand you shake hold the weapon that ends you.”
With the conclusion of their deal, Alyx felt his new title change hands, the power of the Horseman of Death rushing into him, a inky black, unbridled rage that threatened to tear his very skin and flesh from his bones as it entered him. Alyxandr endured this without expression, the searing hate near-agonizing as it coursed through him. His eyes closed against the searing black, and when they opened again, they were void-black to match. A fine black mist began to pour out of his eyes, swirling, collecting around his body until he was near-obscured in the miasma of death.
Off in the distance, he felt the charging line of gingerbread closing in. There very souls were unsanctioned, profane, abominations that needed to be destroyed. This was the purpose of the eater, the domain of the Reaper.
As if in response to the thought of slaughter, the searing hate of Death seared to life anew, as if hungrily straining against Alyx’s will, longing to be unleashed.
”If you value your life, you should go far, far away from this place, young Kyoshiro. Consider this the first of my mercies… Or stay and see the true might of Death. Choose quickly.”
As if in demonstration of this warning, Alyx began to walk towards the charging line of gingerbread men, distancing himself from Kyoshiro and the other stranger, who he had been aware of, but had not done anything worthy of note since his arrival. As he approached, as if in response to the proximity to the souls doomed to destruction, the mist began to pour out with new force, billowing around Alyxandr until he was fully obscured from view, and more, the column of ink-black, too black and opaque to be smoke, it’s movements too fluid and controlled, growing and growing, clawed fingers and gnashing, biting mouths breaking through the tumultuous mass here and there before being absorbed back within.
As the mass grew, it began to take on a near-humanoid form, towering over the rest of the battlefield, and growing still, until it was like a black titan among them. In an outstretched hand, long and spindly, a series of inky-black threads began to form, wrapping around themselves untilt he formed a haft, a wickedly-curved blade forming from the miasmic staff intil the appendage had taken on the form of an enormous staff, it’s blade sining bright silver in the darkness that was beginning to take over this place.
It’s face, near-hidden within the roiling inky mass, was a alabaster-white skull, unblemished.
Alyx stepped away from the mass, detaching from it and turning to face it. In his left hand was an identical scythe, albeit sized to his smaller frame. He held the scythe horizontally up, presenting it to the roiling mass.
”You stand before the Horseman of Death. You are free at my mercy. You will obey my command.”
The humanoid mass bent at the middle into a bow of obedience. With the second deal of the evening struck, a new surge of black power surged through Alyxandr, replacing the threatening hunger with an enticing sense of power. With Death at his side, Alysandr was near-unstoppable.
He turned his small frame around slowly, towards the teeming mass of baked ginger. Their souls were forfeit, their bodies doomed to whatever graves their kind built.
Abilities Fear of Death: Alyx’s Spirit vs. Mental Defense on hit. If fail, drain SPI+A Mentality Perfected Entropy Blade: Alyx can forgo ALL attack power with an attack from this weapon to instead drain (Atk Power+A)x25 from an opponent’s Chakra === === === Armor - Wakandan Vibranium Kinetic Absoprtion: ( Defense + 50 | Absorbs Sound Jutsu, Taijutsu and Kenjutsu | Defense +20 per Damage received from Absorbable Jutsu | Resets at Battles End. )
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Active Abilities -[Passive] Broken and Remade: +A (110) Spirit -[Passive] Iron Body, Iron Will: +A (55) Defense, +B (55) Resolve -[Passive] Darkness Eater: +5 to all stats in darkness per level of Reverse Eye (Level 4/mastered) -[Passive] Death Eaters: +1 to each stat for every member of the clan -[Passive] Academy Junk: +2 to core stats, +1 to derived -[Passive] Cadet Training (Anbu): +15 Str, +5 Spd/Def -[Passive] Kenjutsu/Basic/Master Swordsmanship: +15 Dmg, +5 Spd for Kenjutsu Techs -[Passive] Shadow of Thanatos: Mimic Form (Inactive): Shadow Speed -20 | Spirit +25 Mentality Damage Solid Form (Active): +1 additional Action for Shadow | All Stats +5 | ½ Total HP, Double Mentality | Uses a Copy of Death's Scythe and all known Shadow/Darkness Jutsu | Deals ½ Damage to HP and ½ to mentality. | 10 post cooldown when defeated or returned to Mimic Form
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Abilities Fear of Death: Alyx’s Spirit vs. Mental Defense on hit. If fail, drain SPI+A Mentality Perfected Entropy Blade: Alyx can forgo ALL attack power with an attack from this weapon to instead drain (Atk Power+A)x25 from an opponent’s Chakra === === === Armor - Wakandan Vibranium Kinetic Absoprtion: ( Defense + 50 | Absorbs Sound Jutsu, Taijutsu and Kenjutsu | Defense +20 per Damage received from Absorbable Jutsu | Resets at Battles End. )
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Active Abilities -[Passive] Broken and Remade: +A (160) Spirit -[Passive] Iron Body, Iron Will: +A (81) Defense, +B (80) Resolve -[Passive] Darkness Eater: +5 to all stats in darkness per level of Reverse Eye (Level 4/mastered) -[Passive] Death Eaters: +1 to each stat for every member of the clan -[Passive] Academy Junk: +2 to core stats, +1 to derived -[Passive] Cadet Training (Anbu): +15 Str, +5 Spd/Def -[Passive] Kenjutsu/Basic/Master Swordsmanship: +15 Dmg, +5 Spd for Kenjutsu Techs -[Passive] Shadow of Thanatos: Mimic Form (Inactive): Shadow Speed -20 | Spirit +25 Mentality Damage Solid Form (Active): +1 additional Action for Shadow | All Stats +5 | ½ Total HP, Double Mentality | Uses a Copy of Death's Scythe and all known Shadow/Darkness Jutsu | Deals ½ Damage to HP and ½ to mentality. | 10 post cooldown when defeated or returned to Mimic Form -[Passive] Anbu Mask: Defense+5 -[Passive] Anbu Cape: Defense+5
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