~Endaishima~ [Written as Far-reaching Island or Old Dresser Island]
Climate: Endaishima is often consistently hot if not borderline seething throughout the year. The flora surrounding the island is dense but connects to the main land via a small strip of land making it still connected to the Land of Tea.
History: The Daimyo of the Land of Tea has marked it as it's own independent territory along with a collection of four other sections of land that are strikingly similar. Endaishima is but one out of five total similar landmasses that all seem to dangle on the boundaries of the Land of Tea's coast lines. Among those five three are home to Hojo clan members. Among these three a small civil war took place taking a minuscule part in history. This lead to members of these small enclaves to disperse the land accordingly. One island favored primarily Shimizu the other Endai and the last Kōrimizu. However, all members of the clan now are at peace with one another and share these islands equally now. Suffice to say though there are still some bitter old timers. Endaishima was the island that primarily consisted of Endai attributed Hojo as a result its populace consist mostly of such. The name was also given to it as this stretch of land looks similar to an outstretching tentacle from above.
Customs: •Endaishima inhabitants are most if not always dressed in tropical attire, these being tank tops, tube tops, bikini's, shorts, etc. •Mentioning chephalopod based food products will lead to heavy verbal persecution •Eating any such products is expressively illegal, anyone caught doing so will be either executed or if genuinely apologetic exiled •Because of the close knit community and small population everyone knows everyone else so there is no hiding that one is or isn't an outsider. •Inhabitants may often sleep on the actual beach rather than in their homes. •Inhabitants often will not respect personal space as the close knit community has molded them to be excessively friendly or suspicious. •There is a small kiosk-esque shop that is connected to the main shop that sports tropical attire. This attire is offered as rental to any tourists for free because of the islands constant temperature. It's run by a young girl who for strange reasons is clad in a heavy coat.
Features: •Endaishima Contains the following •Inn: The Inn is small and contains only four total rooms •Tavern: A sign that expressively forbids the pictures of a certain family from entry •Port: The port however, is small an can only hold ships about the size of a schooner maximally •Dojo: Run by Shukoshu Ashi Hojo trains youth in Hojo style martial arts. Provides Dojo reductions.
•Shop: Sells normal and multi-purpose inks that have different functions ◘Taffy Blend is sold as a adhesive [10 Ryo] ◘Moth Blend is sold as a solvent [25 Ryo] ◘Mending Blend is sold as temporary first aid [50 Ryo] ◘Slippery Blend is sold as a tanning oil [15 Ryo] ◘Enfeebling Blend is sold as a muscle relaxant [30 Ryo]
Primary Imports: •Rice, Grains, Vegetable: The climate and conditions of this island make it difficult to cultivate these products the value of these goods are increased by 1.5x
Primary Exports: •Ink & Multi-purpose Inks
•Population: 21
Defenses: Endaishima has three primary Defenses:
•Forrest of Collusion: This forest primarily contains the C-ranked Giant Animal dubbed Devil Horns. A Devil Horn is much like a ram only it's horns are red. The term devil horn comes from the pigmentation of the horns. The name of the forest comes from their ability to call other Devil Horn's as if they all work together for a stampede. Their stampedes have been known to level parts of the forest. They are highly territorial but to an Endai who primarily remains high in the trees using there arms not unlike vines to swing from one to the other they are hardly any concern.
•Giant Squid Soba: A C-ranked Giant Animal Squid who goes by the name Soba. He guards the western deep waters of the island. He's very even tempered but has a bad habit of flailing wildly when he's physically injured.
•Giant Octopus Mato: A C-ranked Giant Animal Octopus who goes by the name Mato. He guards the eastern deep waters of the island. He hates tourists and strangers and will often attack unfamiliar ships unless he happens to know a Hojo is on board.
Property: Aged Establishment.
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:20 am
Hurrak
HeadlessKoko
SB5K
On the hot island of Endaishima, heated bickering between strangers with a desire to seek out the squid man. The current temperature 103 degrees Fahrenheit or 39 degrees Celsius by metric standards. The outlying thinner forest of the island stained with several splotches of black and the air only smelling of salt and ink. Broken trees and branches the sign of a warpath behind the advancing individuals on a hunt.
"He promised us there would be little to no resistance. What bullshit is this that there's a Kumogakure ninja here...and one skilled at that. This was supposed to be a simple task on a island that no nation gave two thoughts about."
"Flattering the enemy? C'mon Nettleheim or should I say Nettlewhine? When did you become such a wimp."
"Easy for you to say, miss prancing around half naked, Its damn seething on this forsaken piece of dirt. Can't you just find him already. Or is that nose of yours just as useless as the protection your outfit provides."
"You must get all the ladies with that kinda talk huh Casanova? We'd probably have found him by now If I wasn't dragging along I unno a 'literal' rock."
"Well this 'rock' had the decency to save someone's pathetic hide and I'm starting to think the helmet was worth more than it's ungrateful mouth."
"Cool your jets metal head. I have Yūgure looking for him now. He's doing more than your mangy mutt who can't even climb a tree. Plus you try sniffing someone out when they've damn near covered everything in black s**t and also reeks of it. It's like trying to smell a flower in a bouquet of flowers. Only the flowers are made of s**t. "
"My dog speaks more eloquently than you and your cat combined." Suddenly the man in heavy plated armor from his back removed a large hammer of equally large proportion lifting it with only but one hand he'd lock eyes on a strip of trees.
"Whoa, whoa! What the heck do you think your doing! "
"If he chooses to hide in the trees as he has, then to hasten the process I'll just rid this island of its damned trees. The mans armor would glow momentarily and in that second lines of red would glow on the hammer. With one mighty swing down. The very earth quaked, the power shaking through the very island and sending waves rippling through the ocean. They would be but small waves by the time they reached the Boat with Unki's party but several birds would be seen flying from a distance and the sound of what could be comparable to thunder erupted forth from the island...the stretch of trees were no more.
"YOU CRAZY SON OF A b***h! IF YOU SINK THIS ISLAND THEN WE'RE SUNK! SO HELP ME IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO YUUGURE I'LL SLIT YOUR THROAT MYSELF BEFORE RYOUKEN DOES! "
"Tch. For a cat you sound more like a dog in heat, if your intelligent enough to catch my meaning. This god forsaken heat is driving me mad." Sheathing his hammer the man would cross his arms detestably.
"Hiss* Well congratulations smart guy now you have less shade and we ain't stopping. So move that fat metal a** of yours."
Title: Sojourn Rank: C Information: A group, located usually outside of the village walls, needs assistance in some manner with their ingredients. Head out quickly to catch up to them! Solo or Squad: Solo Minimum Posts: 6 posts. Must include another mission after catching up. Note: Redeemable [Sojourn] Coupon: Good for 1 500 ryou Variable Marble, or an equivalent utensil. Second Note: Necro is being a responsible mod and might not actually let Xion be on this mission until after this silly arc = 3 = . Doesn't change the fact that this will be her perceived mission, though owo . Save the ingredients by liberating their people!
Kenchiki: Shunshin [ Sensor: Body Flicker ] Rank: D Description: Allows the user to jump to anywhere within one kilometer, so long as he/she can sense the destination. Upon landing at the destination, locational information on everything within three [3] meters is automatically transferred to the user. Retains the three limits per battle that all forms of shunshin have.
Enter from ☁ Raijin Bay [Port Town]
What was Xion doing? Xion looked like she was playing with some saplings that were in the direction she and Tomorrow had come in, checking the height and bending each of those that passed back all the way. If it survived the bend, then Xion would release, allowing the sapling to smack into her hand. None so far seemed to pass this test, though. To be fair, only a few had even reached this step. [1/2]
Finally, though, Xion found the perfect sapling! Pulling out a kunai, she notched the bendable wood. Then she untied the ribbon from her neck. With it, the blind maid nimbly tied the kunai to the sapling with surprising dexterity considering she couldn't see. Then she bent the sapling down to the ground, knife-up, and used some of her 10 yards of wire to hold the sapling down to a root after which she looped the wire in such a way to set up a trigger for anyone who came down the super obvious path Xion's escape had made. Upon trigger, the trap would spring, embedding the knife into some victim or another. [2/2]
The path they had come on was really obvious. Like, super duper obvious. Like, Xion pointed to the path when Tomorrow tried to suggest stripping down to erase her scent. She pointed to the very obvious path that no amount of mud was going to hide. It wasn't like a wheelbarrow had gone through it or anything, but trampled greenery and broken branches littered the way. "I'm blind and even I can see that," Xion said the obvious.
Then she proceeded to walk away with only a cryptic, "I'll be back." Trudging through the undergrowth like she had been the past few hours, she created a false trail that she doubled back on, walking backwards because not like it mattered to her which direction she walked in. She didn't have eyes in the front of her head anyways. Caltrops were scattered about as Xion walked backwards, all eight of them.
Once she was back with Tomorrow, Xion suggested, "We should run through the trees now. Don't worry, I'll try harder this time." Presumably, she meant harder to not make such an obvious trail. Although, how Xion intended to do this was not revealed.
Shion let out an audible sigh as Xion made reference to the obvious path they had made while fleeing, as she couldnt help but feel like the blind girl was completely missing the point. Yeah, they made a clear path, but that doesnt mean they should continue doing so... Shion tried not to let it get to her... tried being used very liberally here. The girl would grumble to herself about their present scenario before leaping to the branches of the canopy above and calling down, "Whatever, just try to stay hidden. We should make our way to the coast so the others can find us easier. Any idea which way that may be?" Shion wasn't exactly an expert on land nav... or anything that wasn't punching your way out of a problem..
"What are these? Bread crumbs? Honestly. How have they eluded you thus far." The sound of a familiar gentlemanly-esque voice on top of the sounds of what could be crunching metal, the sound a caltrop would make being crushed by something heavy and metallic. The term bread crumb of course a clear expression of their triviality. A brief whimper from the sound of things in the distance of Xion's false trail as well. It made sense I suppose. If the wolves were still out and about clearly they'd yet to catch the intruders and the top brass likely was getting impatient he didn't have any heads to show for the night that they were rid of the pests. If they didn't head out soon Xion's false trail would prove to be a real trail, a trail to their location that is.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:55 pm
The moment she appeared on the island she performed a flurry of hand signs. Quickly understanding what needed to happen as she set up her AO. As quickly as she had shown up her eyes were scanning the area. The only thing of note that she could see was a large goat like creature. Something that she would be leaving alone as she began to sense everything around her. With her resolution skill she would be able to get fine details about her surrounding area for up to four and a half kilometers around her. As of right now it was a bit on the small side but she would have to make due with it.
With her training and her silent soles she would be able to sneak through the area quietly. Yet with the sun being up she wouldn't remain hidden for long. Darting up one of the trees she began to leap from tree top to tree top taking everything in. Trying to see if she could sense their dear Toso in the area or the enemy that he spoke of in his hologram. Natsu took in a quiet and soothing breath as she moved through the trees almost silently and with a cat like grace.
● An Old War Longbow ● 20 Arrows ● Comm set ● Silent Sole ninja tabi ● Left sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● Right sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● 40 Throwing knives on her belt ● 20 Highly explosive tags in a pouch on her belt ● Left sleeve knive ● Right sleeve knife
◆￤ Passives
● Mystic Hero: The user is much like a hybrid warrior, focusing on mixing ninjutsu into their personal arsenal. Through their great devotion to this path the user can cast ninjutsu without hand seals while wielding a weapon, D at D-rank, C at C-rank, B at B-rank, A at A-rank, and S at S-rank. These techniques maintain the same description and criteria to use, as well as require the same amount of time to mold the chakra through the weapon as would be needed to perform hand seals, meaning the techniques are not instantaneously cast. The user’s spirit is so strong, that they can utilize their physical bukijutsu techniques to negate ninjutsu techniques of the same rank or below.
● Resolution: The user is more determined to get fine details from his sensory techniques, but in order to get this type of clarity the user's range of the technique is reduced by half. The user is able to discover type of technique that is about to be active (fuuin, genjutsu, ninjutsu, custom jutsu, complex tai and buki), even specifics such as Bloodline type and rank. Additionally, the user can gain similar information about any chakra source in their sensory technique's range, including what bloodline the person possesses, assuming the user has seen the bloodline before, and approximately how large their chakra pool is.
● Resolution 2: Members of the Resolution discipline have three-quarters the range, instead of half.
● Skill: Multitasking While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost.
● Skill: Manipulation Manipulating the bow itself is simple, but controlling the arrows is very difficult. Many enhancements can be made to arrows to give them different flight paths, but buying those kinds of arrows is expensive and making them is difficult, so a method was developed wherein the user can freely alter how an arrow flies without need for such trifles. During this training, the user practices firing arrows with abnormal hand positions. Reduces the Stamina cost of bow-related Bukijutsu techniques (including Formless Styles) by 10 Stamina, to a minimum of 5 Stamina.
● Manipulating Line An addition to the technique Calling Cord. By laying a good amount of additional chakra into the strings wrapped around the projectiles, the user is able to fully control the length, direction, and movement of the strings. Thus, allowing for incredibly diverse attacks from all angles. Automatically applied after learning.
● Kemuri no Shikaku [ Sight through Smoke ] The practitioner grows accustomed to the way smoke flows around them and others. The practitioner's vision is no longer adversely affected by their smoke bombs.
● Offensive Style: Knife Stances The user becomes more accustomed to upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions. Speed of all Bukijutsu employing small arms is mildly increased.
● Offensive Style: Simple Play With this training, the user is able to more comfortably switch between upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions in a pinch. The user's reflexes are mildly increased.
● Trick Style: Knife Toss The practitioner has developed a greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the hilt with ease. Confers a slight reflex bonus to the practitioner.
● Offensive Style: Artless Draw The practitioner has better developed their ability to pull their blade straight from its resting place to an offensive slash. Slightly increases the speed of strikes made when drawing a small weapon.
● Offensive Style: Two-fer-One The practitioner is now accustomed to performing techniques they have mastered with either one or two knives. Once per post, the user may use a single D-Rank or lower technique from this Style without paying the cost.
● Trick Style: Retreating Feet The practitioner, already acquainted with many techniques in the style, has finally realized that with a little bit of personal training, they are able to increase the precision and speed at which they lift and press their feet. The practitioner's footsteps are rendered silent to all who do not have enhanced hearing, and the footsteps they leave in soft ground are shallow. This not only assists their ability to sneak up on people faster and quieter, but also helps when running from trackers.
● Trick Style: Blade’s Edge The practitioner has developed an even greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the tip with ease. Additionally, some projectiles, such as shuriken or kunai, can be caught by their tip. Confers a slight increase to the user's reflexes.
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◆￤ Jutsu Used / Learned
● Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye] X rank - Used as S rank. ● Kagura no Ishi [Will of Kagura] - B rank ● ● ●
With her sensory capabilities the sensor would find and discover the following. Within the forest just in front of her and among its entirety there were several beings not unlike the red ram eating a bush that was not far from her. It would be no surprise that the forest was home to several of these creatures. It was wise to stick to the trees as these beasts would not feel their territory threatened. West a peculiar sight a neko-nin and with her a panther of the darkest black. She was yawning in a tree looking to the shore lying in wait. Waiting for what? Well it had become apparent that with Xhion and Shion's attempt at infiltration there was more than just Toso. Clearly she was looking for reinforcement coming in from the western sea. No doubt told by her superior to cull anyone that approaches.
Midway if Natsu were truly looking in all directions from her first position she'd see a girl half naked with a cloud headband and covered in mud with another woman seemed a bit out of sorts having a look of determination to the southwest. Slightly east of that location she would see a man clad in full metal armor toting a large hammer and with him a glass wolf...speaking of...now it was apparent. Looking around after this realization there were several glass wolves scattered around the premises., each one sniffing the air one after the other before finally a howl in unison...yes Natsumi was indeed quiet but her scent was still present, an unfamiliar scent to these wolves that were not native to these lands by the seem of things.
She'd been found out, not found however, her final gaze would bear witness to something...nay someone north of her ...approaching. When her sensory gaze reached it the eye stared back as if it was fully aware of knowing where she was with a blood lust, clad in black wolf like armor accompanied by an elder looking glass wolf that bore a scar on its face. Something said Natsumi would not have long to retreat. There was no current sign of the Squidman to be seen right now it was Natsumi's choice now. Retreat or Continue her Search. ~The Man Clad in Wolf Armor is On the Approach to Natsumi's Location~
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:15 pm
Natsu stopped in one of the trees and moved further up so that she could take a minute to gather her thoughts. She sat against the tree high up within it and began to relay the information to the team as she relaxed. She needed to gather back what chakra she could after that tiring event. Taking in every detail around her she began to whisper to the whisper mic. Allowing it to pick up on her voice while being as quiet as a mouse. "I can sense three strong possible enemies. One is a neko tamer with a C rank body with a decent chakra and stamina amount alongside her panther with the same amount, the second is a being who has a C rank body but something is blocking me from checking his chakra... he has no bloodline either, the third is a being with a B rank body and like the knight I can't sense his chakra and stamina. Unlike the knight he seems to have a wolf at his side that has a B rank body as well with a good chunk of chakra and stamina." She spoke to the chuunin on her team and sighed softly while continuing to relax.
Taking in the nice humid weather as she got back on the comms "Your two shinobi are on the southwest side with the C rank unknown approaching them from the east. The neko is south of my position and the wolf guy is north of my position. Keep in mind there are dozens of glass wolves on the island as well all of D body rank from what I can tell. My recommendations are the three of you to stick together and head to the southwest end to save the two dipshits, which are located in the tree line as well. Keep in mind about the wolves and stay away from the north. I'll try and keep the two busy up here. We're in the treeline north of the village so you'd do well to avoid it until I can dispatch them. Until then maintain radio silence." She finished speaking and kept her mind on sensing everything around her. She grabbed a fruit from the tree she was in and bit into it devouring it quickly. After eating it she began to plan ahead and took out the highly explosive tags. Placing them on each of her arrows before placing them back in the quiver. A smile upon her face as her enemies would come to her, if they could find her, thinking that she was being trapped. The reality was the flies were slowly crawling into her web.
● An Old War Longbow ● 20 Arrows ● Comm set ● Silent Sole ninja tabi ● Left sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● Right sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● 40 Throwing knives on her belt ● 20 Highly explosive tags in a pouch on her belt ● Left sleeve knive ● Right sleeve knife
◆￤ Passives
● Mystic Hero: The user is much like a hybrid warrior, focusing on mixing ninjutsu into their personal arsenal. Through their great devotion to this path the user can cast ninjutsu without hand seals while wielding a weapon, D at D-rank, C at C-rank, B at B-rank, A at A-rank, and S at S-rank. These techniques maintain the same description and criteria to use, as well as require the same amount of time to mold the chakra through the weapon as would be needed to perform hand seals, meaning the techniques are not instantaneously cast. The user’s spirit is so strong, that they can utilize their physical bukijutsu techniques to negate ninjutsu techniques of the same rank or below.
● Resolution: The user is more determined to get fine details from his sensory techniques, but in order to get this type of clarity the user's range of the technique is reduced by half. The user is able to discover type of technique that is about to be active (fuuin, genjutsu, ninjutsu, custom jutsu, complex tai and buki), even specifics such as Bloodline type and rank. Additionally, the user can gain similar information about any chakra source in their sensory technique's range, including what bloodline the person possesses, assuming the user has seen the bloodline before, and approximately how large their chakra pool is.
● Resolution 2: Members of the Resolution discipline have three-quarters the range, instead of half.
● Skill: Multitasking While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost.
● Skill: Manipulation Manipulating the bow itself is simple, but controlling the arrows is very difficult. Many enhancements can be made to arrows to give them different flight paths, but buying those kinds of arrows is expensive and making them is difficult, so a method was developed wherein the user can freely alter how an arrow flies without need for such trifles. During this training, the user practices firing arrows with abnormal hand positions. Reduces the Stamina cost of bow-related Bukijutsu techniques (including Formless Styles) by 10 Stamina, to a minimum of 5 Stamina.
● Manipulating Line An addition to the technique Calling Cord. By laying a good amount of additional chakra into the strings wrapped around the projectiles, the user is able to fully control the length, direction, and movement of the strings. Thus, allowing for incredibly diverse attacks from all angles. Automatically applied after learning.
● Kemuri no Shikaku [ Sight through Smoke ] The practitioner grows accustomed to the way smoke flows around them and others. The practitioner's vision is no longer adversely affected by their smoke bombs.
● Offensive Style: Knife Stances The user becomes more accustomed to upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions. Speed of all Bukijutsu employing small arms is mildly increased.
● Offensive Style: Simple Play With this training, the user is able to more comfortably switch between upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions in a pinch. The user's reflexes are mildly increased.
● Trick Style: Knife Toss The practitioner has developed a greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the hilt with ease. Confers a slight reflex bonus to the practitioner.
● Offensive Style: Artless Draw The practitioner has better developed their ability to pull their blade straight from its resting place to an offensive slash. Slightly increases the speed of strikes made when drawing a small weapon.
● Offensive Style: Two-fer-One The practitioner is now accustomed to performing techniques they have mastered with either one or two knives. Once per post, the user may use a single D-Rank or lower technique from this Style without paying the cost.
● Trick Style: Retreating Feet The practitioner, already acquainted with many techniques in the style, has finally realized that with a little bit of personal training, they are able to increase the precision and speed at which they lift and press their feet. The practitioner's footsteps are rendered silent to all who do not have enhanced hearing, and the footsteps they leave in soft ground are shallow. This not only assists their ability to sneak up on people faster and quieter, but also helps when running from trackers.
● Trick Style: Blade’s Edge The practitioner has developed an even greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the tip with ease. Additionally, some projectiles, such as shuriken or kunai, can be caught by their tip. Confers a slight increase to the user's reflexes.
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◆￤ Jutsu Used / Learned
● Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye] X rank - Used as S rank. (Now Passive) ● Kagura no Ishi [Will of Kagura] - B rank (Now Passive) ● ● ●
Brazenly charging through trees and cutting branches down with feral like swipes the beast continued it's approach...then stopped. Holding one of his moon tooth sabers he issues his companion glass wolf to halt. The scent was not moving. A challenge was issued. Before he continued...he moved his hand up to the side of helmet it was unclear, no words came out but it seemed as though her might have been talking or in serious thought. Then after what seemed like hearing something, perhaps affirmation his head moved down again.
The wolf man assumed a feral stance. He was around a fourth of a mile away from Natsumi if she were still looking. Such a gap would mean nothing to him. He patted the dog next to him who let loose a howl. Suddenly the glass wolves in the area began disappearing one by one as if they were evacuating. Then his wolf took a feral stance. Leaping at one another a puff of smoke. In their place a wolf that towered above the trees and could be seen from the ship. Then this wolf bending down lept and..began to spin in a monstrous rotation heading straight for Natsumi's location absolutely decimating everything in its surroundings like a massive spinning bullet train.
~Techniques Used~ Chō Garōga [ Super Fang Wolf Fang ] • A - Rank • Man and beast transform into a single two-headed gigantic animal by the Human Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf technique, and just like its parent technique, have their body spin in a violent assault against the enemy. The power is great enough to break through three Rashōmon gates without losing its power. In addition unlike its parent technique it does not first require the use of Dynamic Marking first.
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:56 pm
Watching the man blatantly display his strength Natsu smiled a bit. He was not only showing her team where she was to allow them to navigate better. But he was going into combat half cocked. She stood up as a giant wolf was less than half a mile away from her. Forming web into her mouth she began to spit it out and form it into a ball. Knowing that they could smell her however not see her gave another advantage. Once more she couldn't help but think of herself as a spider. Leading her prey into her web like clock work. She waited for them to get closer to her tearing through the trees with such violent velocity.
She prepped another technique in her sleeve knife as it rested against her skin. Just in case cat lady got the guts to interfere. Just as the tree in front of her was about to be torn to bits she shot the web out from her mouth. Consuming a fifty by fifty foot area and being able to easily support around five tons of weight. The web quickly tearing through the area after her prey just as the tree in front was destroyed. Natsu smiled as the web would hit the ******** head on and undoubtedly pin the large beast to the ground. Taking him out of the fight as he would be unable to release that form as well due to the webs holding them down. Only the strongest of jutsu would be able to break out of it. Yet should the technique fail for whatever reason she still had her trump card charged within her sleeve knife.
● An Old War Longbow ● 20 Arrows ● Comm set ● Silent Sole ninja tabi ● Left sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● Right sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● 40 Throwing knives on her belt ● 20 Highly explosive tags in a pouch on her belt ● Left sleeve knive ● Right sleeve knife
◆￤ Passives
● Mystic Hero: The user is much like a hybrid warrior, focusing on mixing ninjutsu into their personal arsenal. Through their great devotion to this path the user can cast ninjutsu without hand seals while wielding a weapon, D at D-rank, C at C-rank, B at B-rank, A at A-rank, and S at S-rank. These techniques maintain the same description and criteria to use, as well as require the same amount of time to mold the chakra through the weapon as would be needed to perform hand seals, meaning the techniques are not instantaneously cast. The user’s spirit is so strong, that they can utilize their physical bukijutsu techniques to negate ninjutsu techniques of the same rank or below.
● Resolution: The user is more determined to get fine details from his sensory techniques, but in order to get this type of clarity the user's range of the technique is reduced by half. The user is able to discover type of technique that is about to be active (fuuin, genjutsu, ninjutsu, custom jutsu, complex tai and buki), even specifics such as Bloodline type and rank. Additionally, the user can gain similar information about any chakra source in their sensory technique's range, including what bloodline the person possesses, assuming the user has seen the bloodline before, and approximately how large their chakra pool is.
● Resolution 2: Members of the Resolution discipline have three-quarters the range, instead of half.
● Skill: Multitasking While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost.
● Skill: Manipulation Manipulating the bow itself is simple, but controlling the arrows is very difficult. Many enhancements can be made to arrows to give them different flight paths, but buying those kinds of arrows is expensive and making them is difficult, so a method was developed wherein the user can freely alter how an arrow flies without need for such trifles. During this training, the user practices firing arrows with abnormal hand positions. Reduces the Stamina cost of bow-related Bukijutsu techniques (including Formless Styles) by 10 Stamina, to a minimum of 5 Stamina.
● Manipulating Line An addition to the technique Calling Cord. By laying a good amount of additional chakra into the strings wrapped around the projectiles, the user is able to fully control the length, direction, and movement of the strings. Thus, allowing for incredibly diverse attacks from all angles. Automatically applied after learning.
● Kemuri no Shikaku [ Sight through Smoke ] The practitioner grows accustomed to the way smoke flows around them and others. The practitioner's vision is no longer adversely affected by their smoke bombs.
● Offensive Style: Knife Stances The user becomes more accustomed to upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions. Speed of all Bukijutsu employing small arms is mildly increased.
● Offensive Style: Simple Play With this training, the user is able to more comfortably switch between upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions in a pinch. The user's reflexes are mildly increased.
● Trick Style: Knife Toss The practitioner has developed a greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the hilt with ease. Confers a slight reflex bonus to the practitioner.
● Offensive Style: Artless Draw The practitioner has better developed their ability to pull their blade straight from its resting place to an offensive slash. Slightly increases the speed of strikes made when drawing a small weapon.
● Offensive Style: Two-fer-One The practitioner is now accustomed to performing techniques they have mastered with either one or two knives. Once per post, the user may use a single D-Rank or lower technique from this Style without paying the cost.
● Trick Style: Retreating Feet The practitioner, already acquainted with many techniques in the style, has finally realized that with a little bit of personal training, they are able to increase the precision and speed at which they lift and press their feet. The practitioner's footsteps are rendered silent to all who do not have enhanced hearing, and the footsteps they leave in soft ground are shallow. This not only assists their ability to sneak up on people faster and quieter, but also helps when running from trackers.
● Trick Style: Blade’s Edge The practitioner has developed an even greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the tip with ease. Additionally, some projectiles, such as shuriken or kunai, can be caught by their tip. Confers a slight increase to the user's reflexes.
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◆￤ Jutsu Used / Learned
● Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye] X rank - Used as S rank. (Now Passive) ● Kagura no Ishi [Will of Kagura] - B rank (Now Passive) ● Kumosoukai [ Spider Cobweb Opening ] Rank: X - Used at A rank Official Description: Kumosoukai is a ninjutsu that encompasses spider like techniques. This version of the spider web is perhaps the strongest out of all of them. This technique requires the user to spit out the sticky webbing within their hands and to form it into a ball. The user will then concentrate with their chakra within it activating the technique. The ball will quickly become an enormous web that shoots out to contain the enemy within it. The technique consumes a fifty by fifty foot area. The stickiness is caused by the user mixing their chakra with their body fluid. Their chakra will remain within the web even after it has left the user's body. The webbing is so strong it can support a large amount of weight, up to five tons. The rank determines the strength of the webbing, and can be broken by a technique of two ranks higher than it, or equivalent rank of katon. This bonus ends at A rank meaning an S rank version of this technique gets no bonus and the S+ rank version of this technique doesn't exist. Guild Description: See official description. ● ●
The large rotating wolf beast plowed through only to be stopped by a web, desperately it tried to penetrate it but like elastic the spiral pushed inward then would be the coming of the webs inward collapse. The spiraling motion only aiding in its ensnarement. This was under no undo circumstance a surprise of all things. Damn these Shinobi called in the cavalry whomever he was up against was on par with him, he was careless, but being the berserk Inuzuka he was he'd hardly hold back. The beast had assumed this would happen, akin to why he wanted that damned white coat to hurry up and now there were reinforcements. Decent ones.
The spiraling came to an end all fifteen feet of the beast ensnared like hunting game in a net as the earth quaked beneath it as it fell. Cornered it knew one thing. A wolf does not travel alone. It's limbs restrained with a muzzle only just free enough the beast would howl. From the trees now coming in surrounding Natsumi in full. Of course they had yet to grow close or within pouncing range. Two packs of glass wolves emerging from the shadows as if they were there all along. Of course she would know where they all where, they had melded with the shadows to reduce their signatures making it seem as though they were gone. But now it was clear an oddity about all the wolves, a single gem of red on their foreheads, unnatural. Then in a puff of smoke the wolf and tamer were no longer together. As the chakra could maintain the form. Suffice to say though it did not free them from their webbed prison as the two of them were not essentially glued to one another. If the helmet of the man could produce an expression it would indefinitely be anger.
The wolves were advancing slowly, but cautiously, in all sense of the word their alpha had failed, and the call they were heeding was out of more curiosity than abiding to a command. The question now what would Natsumi do next. Her sensory perception would pick up something. The Neko-nin was on its way. Or rather thanks to Natsumi's sensory skills she'd know it to be a shadow clone was on its way.
~Techniques Used~
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:06 pm
The moment she pinned them to the island with her web her eyes began to glow. Focusing chakra within them she knew what to do from here on out. Keeping a technique charged upon her sleeve knife she knew the cat girl was coming. Yet she wouldn't make it in time as now anything within a close range of her could not be missed. Which her prey was extremely close in this regards as he stared up at her like a cornered wolf. Quickly making more silk within her mouth she pulled it out and it quickly solidified into a hard metal. No longer having chakra within it, it was now formed to be a highly formidable arrow.
Breaking three of her arrows to retrieve the explosive tags rapidly and put it on the gold arrow she held. Mere seconds were passing but everything seemed so slow to her. As if this world was her web and everything in it was her prey. Wrapping the three explosive tags around the arrow she drew it within her bow. Pulling back as far as she could before finally releasing an arrow. Knowing full well her prey was stuck and unable to use hand signs. He was hers and she knew this all too well. The arrow would shoot forth aiming directly for in between the man's eyes at the weakest point of the armor. Utilizing a technique meant for shattering stone and killing armored targets. Should anything other than what she wanted to happen occur she'd detonate the explosive tags killing him and his wolf.
● An Old War Longbow ● 20 Arrows ● Comm set ● Silent Sole ninja tabi ● Left sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● Right sleeve glyph with 20 throwing knives ● 40 Throwing knives on her belt ● 20 Highly explosive tags in a pouch on her belt ● Left sleeve knive ● Right sleeve knife
◆￤ Passives
● Mystic Hero: The user is much like a hybrid warrior, focusing on mixing ninjutsu into their personal arsenal. Through their great devotion to this path the user can cast ninjutsu without hand seals while wielding a weapon, D at D-rank, C at C-rank, B at B-rank, A at A-rank, and S at S-rank. These techniques maintain the same description and criteria to use, as well as require the same amount of time to mold the chakra through the weapon as would be needed to perform hand seals, meaning the techniques are not instantaneously cast. The user’s spirit is so strong, that they can utilize their physical bukijutsu techniques to negate ninjutsu techniques of the same rank or below.
● Resolution: The user is more determined to get fine details from his sensory techniques, but in order to get this type of clarity the user's range of the technique is reduced by half. The user is able to discover type of technique that is about to be active (fuuin, genjutsu, ninjutsu, custom jutsu, complex tai and buki), even specifics such as Bloodline type and rank. Additionally, the user can gain similar information about any chakra source in their sensory technique's range, including what bloodline the person possesses, assuming the user has seen the bloodline before, and approximately how large their chakra pool is.
● Resolution 2: Members of the Resolution discipline have three-quarters the range, instead of half.
● Skill: Multitasking While the first two stages of the style revolve around the very basics of how to use a bow, the third stage incorporates the use multiple arrows into a more stylish way of battling. Mastery allows the user to simultaneously fire multiple arrows with any technique that does not specifically state otherwise, and allows the Arrow Creation technique to create up to three arrows at once with no increase in cost.
● Skill: Manipulation Manipulating the bow itself is simple, but controlling the arrows is very difficult. Many enhancements can be made to arrows to give them different flight paths, but buying those kinds of arrows is expensive and making them is difficult, so a method was developed wherein the user can freely alter how an arrow flies without need for such trifles. During this training, the user practices firing arrows with abnormal hand positions. Reduces the Stamina cost of bow-related Bukijutsu techniques (including Formless Styles) by 10 Stamina, to a minimum of 5 Stamina.
● Manipulating Line An addition to the technique Calling Cord. By laying a good amount of additional chakra into the strings wrapped around the projectiles, the user is able to fully control the length, direction, and movement of the strings. Thus, allowing for incredibly diverse attacks from all angles. Automatically applied after learning.
● Kemuri no Shikaku [ Sight through Smoke ] The practitioner grows accustomed to the way smoke flows around them and others. The practitioner's vision is no longer adversely affected by their smoke bombs.
● Offensive Style: Knife Stances The user becomes more accustomed to upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions. Speed of all Bukijutsu employing small arms is mildly increased.
● Offensive Style: Simple Play With this training, the user is able to more comfortably switch between upward, downward, and sideways slashing motions in a pinch. The user's reflexes are mildly increased.
● Trick Style: Knife Toss The practitioner has developed a greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the hilt with ease. Confers a slight reflex bonus to the practitioner.
● Offensive Style: Artless Draw The practitioner has better developed their ability to pull their blade straight from its resting place to an offensive slash. Slightly increases the speed of strikes made when drawing a small weapon.
● Offensive Style: Two-fer-One The practitioner is now accustomed to performing techniques they have mastered with either one or two knives. Once per post, the user may use a single D-Rank or lower technique from this Style without paying the cost.
● Trick Style: Retreating Feet The practitioner, already acquainted with many techniques in the style, has finally realized that with a little bit of personal training, they are able to increase the precision and speed at which they lift and press their feet. The practitioner's footsteps are rendered silent to all who do not have enhanced hearing, and the footsteps they leave in soft ground are shallow. This not only assists their ability to sneak up on people faster and quieter, but also helps when running from trackers.
● Trick Style: Blade’s Edge The practitioner has developed an even greater sense of precision and is now able to throw, juggle, and catch their knives by the tip with ease. Additionally, some projectiles, such as shuriken or kunai, can be caught by their tip. Confers a slight increase to the user's reflexes.
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◆￤ Jutsu Used / Learned
● Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye] X rank - Used as S rank. (Now Passive) ● Kagura no Ishi [Will of Kagura] - B rank (Now Passive) ● Kumosoukai [ Spider Cobweb Opening ] Rank: X - Used at A rank Official Description: Kumosoukai is a ninjutsu that encompasses spider like techniques. This version of the spider web is perhaps the strongest out of all of them. This technique requires the user to spit out the sticky webbing within their hands and to form it into a ball. The user will then concentrate with their chakra within it activating the technique. The ball will quickly become an enormous web that shoots out to contain the enemy within it. The technique consumes a fifty by fifty foot area. The stickiness is caused by the user mixing their chakra with their body fluid. Their chakra will remain within the web even after it has left the user's body. The webbing is so strong it can support a large amount of weight, up to five tons. The rank determines the strength of the webbing, and can be broken by a technique of two ranks higher than it, or equivalent rank of katon. This bonus ends at A rank meaning an S rank version of this technique gets no bonus and the S+ rank version of this technique doesn't exist. (Holding the Elder Wolf and Shinobi)
● Hawk's Eye Rank: D :: Spiritual Description: The user sends Chakra to one eye, thus sharpening the vision in that eye. Allows for pinpoint accuracy at up to a hundred meters. Lasts for three posts.
● Heavy Hitter Rank: X :: Complex (Used at S rank) Description: By pulling the string of the bow as tight as possible before launching an arrow, the user drastically increases the power of the arrow. This arrow is capable of easily punching through several inches of wood or stone, but lacks in accuracy. Gains a supreme strength bonus against armor and physical obstacles, but is treated as a rank lower when being evaded. Only one arrow may be fired at a time.
● Kumonenkin [ Spider Sticky Gold ] Rank: X (Used as A rank treated as S rank due to bonus and S+ rank due to heavy hitter) Official Description: Kumonenkin is a ninjutsu that encompasses spider techniques. The user has the ability to release a form of golden liquid from their mouth and sweat glands. When this liquid hits the air it can harden to be as strong as steel. The user can use this technique to form any manner of weapons and objects as their imagination dictates what occurs. Most of the time this technique is used to create varying types of projectiles. The rank determines the strength of the golden webbing, and can only be broken by a technique of one rank higher than it, or equivalent rank if Katon. This bonus ends at S rank and the S+ rank version of this technique doesn't exist. Guild Description: See official description.
All seemed lost for the man clad in wolf armor. His eyes fixated on woman that would spell his end...yes or so she would like to believe. A unique trait that glass wolves held, one that had found its way into its tamer as well. Perhaps this prolonging the inevitable...but to die so shamefully would be a waste. "I will not die to a mere spider." Natsumi's attack struck home...didn't it? NO, it had not. The arrows embedding into the ground with their tags still set perhaps she was readying to detonate her tags..she would find that the man..like the glass wolf next to him had become ethereal.
A brief chuckle in his ethereal state. "Do it." It sounded like a command to someone who was not around. A communication to someone else. Suddenly Natsumi would hear a beeping noise. Six to be exact. The red symbols on all the glass wolves heads began to glow momentarily and then....they all began to EXPLODE into a significant explosion visible from the ocean and shaking the island. A grotesque scene of animal cruelty as the limbs and entrails of the wolves mixed with explosion before disintegrating in the blast. What would be left when the smoke cleared? One thing for sure the Neko-nin's Shadow clone had cone to waste.
~Techniques Used~ Tamer Attribute: Trump Card: Shares Glass Wolf Inherent ability to become immune to physical attacks and be partially invisible when ethereal. Usable for 1 post 3 post Cool Down.
Still advancing with an intent to pursue suddenly the glass wolf accompanying the armor clad knight stopped in its tracks. The knight opening his eyes wide "That son of a bi..." suddenly an explosion, one of which our 'gallant knight' was not expecting and certainly a loud indicator of where he was to the two Kumo ninja nearby. A ten foot radius explosion and when the ashes finally settled a keeled over knight spitting smoke visibly upset using his hammer to keep himself propped up. "If he isn't dead already I'll kill him myself. Commander or not that Ryouken b*****d." His advance would halt he needed to take a breather most certainly after this unexpected turn of events. Multiple explosions occurred across the island following suit. A sign that his was not the only victim.
Title: Sojourn Rank: C Information: A group, located usually outside of the village walls, needs assistance in some manner with their ingredients. Head out quickly to catch up to them! Solo or Squad: Solo Minimum Posts: 6 posts. Must include another mission after catching up. Note: Redeemable [Sojourn] Coupon: Good for 1 500 ryou Variable Marble, or an equivalent utensil. Second Note: Necro is being a responsible mod and might not actually let Xion be on this mission until after this silly arc = 3 = . Doesn't change the fact that this will be her perceived mission, though owo . Save the ingredients by liberating their people!
Before moving, Xion utilized the highest level of sensory technique she could muster, a B-rank Kagura Mind's Eye that would reach 4 kilometers in each direction and give Xion the finer points of all of the chakra signatures in reach.
In that four kilometers, there were three human signatures, multiple glass wolf signatures that just suddenly blew up, and a something in the village to the east. Xion expressed interest in visiting to see what the very big something was all about about (also, the local cuisine). However, she didn't push her luck. Of course Xion knew that, before exploring, the pursuers who just wouldn't listen needed to be cleaned out first. Out of the three human signatures, two were recognized as their pursuers--the neko and her kitty and the knight with apparently no usable chakra or stamina-- while the third was an unknown. To be exact, a fighting unknown. Xion sensed the recent usage of several techniques.
Everything Xion sensed, she relayed to Tomorrow with crisp, concise wording. If it weren't for maybe one or two mentions of the nickname, "Tomorrow," the woman might have sounded like a completely different person. However, no, she was the same blind, maid. She was just in business mode right now.
"Armor man was close to one of these explosions," was one point Xion repeated, "He should have been damaged. If you want, Tomorrow, I'll stay back while you get engaged to the enemy. Tell me, though, how do you plan to break through his armor?". Such vague wording and questions out of nowhere asked because of assumptions Xion had no reason making, but that was just a return to normal Xion speak.
540/625 chakra
Kagura Shingan [ Kagura Mind's Eye ] Rank: X [learned as B] Official Description: Kagura Shingan is a Ninjutsu technique used by Sound Shinobi Karin. Using her innate ability to sense Chakra, Karin can determine the location of her opponent, the size of an approaching unseen force and their Chakra capacity. Guild Description: See official description. User must remain still for one full post before technique takes effect. Starting at two [2] kilometers at E-rank, range is increased by two [2] kilometers per rank. Information gained from technique is fairly vague and limited to location and chakra capacity unless the user has the Resolution discipline, in which more detailed information such as elemental affinities or bloodline can be determined. Technique remains active until the user moves.
