"Why what's this? Well that'll be a nice and fair price of 500 ryo for the eggs, then throw in another 500 and the only people ever on the farm today are the help, how 'boh 'dah?" Contentious counter-offered in a similarly light-hearted tone. Would this genial masked lady will sell the information, potentially severing the minutes-old alliance that Shishin and R&F's had formed? Well, she was trying to gauge this stranger's own ability to read other people.
"We are a legitimate business though, of course we do charity work. WE DO, DON'T WE LIVERLILY?" She raised her voice. From the distance a slurred "YEEH," from the drunk Liverlily replied. "If it's for a good cause maybe some donations will be in order. So tell me Mister.... Useful. Are you serving a good cause?" She asked sweetly, providing an alternate avenue of egg acquisition. Now an exchange of information was the name of the game here. How would this man value information, such as say his name and his goals, versus two dozen finely laid fresh eggs? Certainly he could lie, but for her sensibilities that was hardly the way to begin a mutual partnership.
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• Byakugan Implant: [ Inactive, One Covered on Forehead, one Hidden ] • Current Armor: [ Unarmored ] • Activated Techniques:
Koukou [ Taking the Field First ] Rank: E :: Training Description: The user acclimates to using their weapon as a baseball bat, at least as much as they can stand to do so. Projectile techniques lose all descriptive bonuses against the user, and techniques involving a bat or club used to defend against projectile techniques are considered a rank stronger. Only effective against techniques up to the highest trained rank in this Style. Shigaisen [ Street Fighting ] Rank: C :: Training Description: The user hones their strength and endurance by beating people up and getting beaten up. After completing this training, the user gains one descriptive rank in strength and incoming physical attacks lose one descriptive rank in strength against the user per learned stage in this Style. Zanshin [ Follow-Through ] Rank: B :: Training Description: The user trains by beating people into the ground with their club or bat. Following completion of this training, should an enemy come into contact with a solid surface after suffering knockback from one of the user's techniques, they take one rank's worth of damage for every two meters of remaining knockback distance. (Ex.: They got knocked backward 6 meters, but struck a wall after only 2 meters. They take a D-Rank amount of damage, one rank for every two remaining meters.)
Meisterschaft [ Mastery ] Rank: S :: Training Description: Achieving this level of technical mastery allows the wielder of the longsword to wield his blade in one hand, and to make his strike in conjunction with an offhand item, but when wielding in a single hand, Preferred Stance bonuses are not applied. This mastery also grants a passive +50 Chakra for each physical style Mastered (This bonus chakra does not stack with any other Per Mastery Chakra increases. Zucken [ Tugging ] Rank: A :: Training Description: A teaching of interactions between blades, traditionally used when two blades end up in a strong bind, the practitioner must learn when to draw their blade to a weaker leverage to disengage and return pressure. This teaching is fundamental in matching versus other techniques in general, mastering this teaching leads to Simple and Complex techniques defeating matching Physical or Formless techniques.
Thread Walking Rank: C :: Training Description: By using Chakra to focus the mind, the user becomes able to balance enough on thin platforms to use Bukijutsu techniques without any penalties. Covers only balancing on solid structures at least one inch wide, not moving or unstable structures. Also allows the user to balance and move on wires during its activation. Advanced Thread Walking Rank: A :: Training Description: The user is now able to both run and fight while balancing on threads and wires without penalties, though doing these things at the same time is widely regarded as infeasible.
Offensive Style: Two-fer-One Rank: C :: Training Description: 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: Blade’s Edge Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Trick Style: Retreating Feet Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Offensive Style: Stepless Rank: A :: Training Description: The practitioner has become so used to performing quick and silent steps that they scarcely realize that they themselves are moving. The user's speed and reflexes are mildly boosted. Defensive Style: Plucking Roses Rank: S :: Training Description: The practitioner is so well developed in their art that they are now able to snatch shuriken, kunai, senbon, and other such projectiles straight from the air. This requires the user expend Stamina equivalent to one rank below the rank of the incoming projectile.
Insight Rain Rank: B :: Training Description: The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure.
Skill: Multitasking Rank: C :: Training Description: 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 Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Skill: Adaptability Rank: A :: Training Description: For the most part, the style thus far has focused on techniques to be used while stationary. However, this leads to many problems when fighting alone in situations that demand frequent movement. During this training exercise, the practitioner is to practice all known techniques while running, jumping, and maneuvering across a battlefield. After mastery, the user can align shots even while running and jumping, allowing them to keep the bonuses of the last stance they entered even while moving.
True Belief Rank: S :: Training Description: The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered.
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 10:23 pm
The masked man would let out an ear splitting, bird like whistle, in response to the shopkeepers counteroffer. “looks like I misjudged the little lady indeed.” After his words, another pair of fully robed individuals walked through the doorway of the establishment. Neither of them were particularly charismatic or talkative, instead they just stood blocking the doorway menacingly.
The masked man placed the basket on the floor and casually slid it over with his foot. Gently yet swiftly, one of the newcomers would scoop it up with their sword, and place it in the other side of the buildings threshold. Contentious would take particular notice of how swift the transfer was, like these guys had stolen baskets of eggs before... “yeaaa, well now that the sucker is clear gone with MariMari, I guess I could share a little.” He spoke in regards to naive young Zets. In a non-threatening manner, the masked man pulled out the short blade at his waist and began to juggle it between his fingers. “I’m apart of a group called the dead possums, and we run the shadows around here. You’re new so I’m going to let your ignorance slide. Once a week, we will send someone to collect two dozen fresh eggs.in exchange, we keep this place from becoming the towns latest bonfire.” The cocky man gave a confident smirk under his mask, leading the two begging him to let out slight chuckles. The whole time he was speaking, the man took calm and lackadaisical steps backwards toward the door, until his colleagues were just at ahis back. Then, like a group of cheerleaders on cue, they all turned and just walked out the door. But then, just before the masked man could make it outside, he stopped twirling his knife and raised it slightly in the air, as if he had a revelation. “and one more thing! You won’t be seeing the kid anymore. The UHV are paying a pretty penny for those shishin assholes... so I’ll be taking the bag he came in with.” These guys had definitely been following the careless Zets for quite some time. All the of the men were now cluttering the doorway, one with an eye on the brown bag, the other two staring Contentious down.
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Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:27 am
While everything had been happening Inaba had been around the corner. Biding his time. He wasn't particularly interested in this discussion. Contentious was the front woman after all. Inaba just did things from the back room. The accountancy, the building, the cooking. All of that was him. Contentious on the other hand could hold a conversation with another human being so she handled the important jobs.
But these two had made a mistake. A big mistake. They were getting between Inaba and his profits. They were also demanding protection money but for what? Inaba was fairly certain Contentious was more than strong enough to protect everyone and rip these two to shreds. Why even bother with these two low lives?
"Flicky. Use the fence. The chickens need their food." Inaba announced from around the corner. This was a top secret coded message which meant "make the fence fly out the ground and kill these two before grinding them up to be used as chicken feed." They'd not done it yet but honestly the bone fence rather excited Inaba. He did always enjoy traps. Thinking on this maybe they would also do well to place bone spikes underground. He made a mental note of that idea.
Contentious could handle this while Inaba continued to work on his stamp idea.
"Ricky you know we got intermediate risk management steps ye? Why's it always gotta be 0 to 100 with ya." Contentious shook her head as Inaba, feeling his profit margins threatened, chimed in for her to activate the newly installed defense system of the farm. And by newly installed, that meant Flicky had to painstakingly put every piece of fencing into the ground. This dead possums group was getting mighty full of themselves though, she thought. Not to mention they were looking to do in Shishin. Not only had she just made an alliance with the group, which had far higher aspirations than "two dozen eggs a week", but she knew Taketori and it was hard to see that noble giant following a bad cause. Hopefully witnesses weren't too common, maybe this would accelerate their need to buy out the shop on the adjacent plot of land. Thank goodness this was the outskirts.
"Now Shishin offered us an investment, see. Y'all coming in here to our humble farm tryna' EXTORT us. We don't take too kindly to that 'round these parts." She stomped one foot on the ground, seemingly for emphasis. In reality, she did so to perform [ Dance of the Clematis: Vine ], a bloodline technique of the Kaguya. A thin tendril of bone would appear beneath the cocky spokesman of the Dead Possums, attempting to bind and root him in place. She entered into a pseudo-crane stance, one leg raised, while screaming combative noises loudly, "HIIYAH! EEYAH! C'MON! DOSUKOI!"
This was a distraction, a gambit to keep their focus on the crazy masked girl. A pulse of heavy chakra further emanated from her, to these able to detect it, and the fencing surrounding half of the five acre farm began to rise into the air as they charged with chakra. The fencing wasn't normal wood or material, rather it was made entirely of Kaguya bones painstakingly painted an unconvincing brown. By activating the keystone ability of Seven Swords Dance. the [ Rain Dance ], the three members of the Possums would find thousand of bones blades suddenly flying incredibly quickly at them from from an 180 degree arc behind them. The blades would be specifically attracted to the spokesman she had targeted with [ Dance of the Clematis: Vine ] earlier but had enough spread to endanger the other members. Of course she wouldn't use all the fencing, she'd have to put it back in place later.... And repair the front of the building as the blades began to downpour. The key phrased used by Flicky would have sent the workers and farmhands to the ground anyways. The targeting of the blades would ensure they were not in the flight path of the fencing as it was.
Pad Chief
Might Senju Flowers
OoC:
• Byakugan Implant: [ Inactive, One Covered on Forehead, one Hidden ] • Current Armor: [ Unarmored ] • Activated Techniques: Dance of the Clematis: Vine (Targeting the Spokesman) Rank: B :: Spiritual (-40 Chakra) Description: The user slams one of their feet into the ground. A thin tendril of bone appears from under the opponent as it attempts to bind the opponent in place.
Rain Dance (Targeting the Spokesman, Collateral damage to other members possible) Rank: S :: Complex (-80 Chakra, -80 Stamina; S-rank Strength, S-rank speed) Description: Following usage of the Infinite Sword Dance technique, the user charges all the blades laying on the ground with Chakra and launches them toward the opponent. This requires immense chakra but the result is almost always fatal for their target. (Thousands of blades attracted to the target!)
Koukou [ Taking the Field First ] Rank: E :: Training Description: The user acclimates to using their weapon as a baseball bat, at least as much as they can stand to do so. Projectile techniques lose all descriptive bonuses against the user, and techniques involving a bat or club used to defend against projectile techniques are considered a rank stronger. Only effective against techniques up to the highest trained rank in this Style. Shigaisen [ Street Fighting ] Rank: C :: Training Description: The user hones their strength and endurance by beating people up and getting beaten up. After completing this training, the user gains one descriptive rank in strength and incoming physical attacks lose one descriptive rank in strength against the user per learned stage in this Style. Zanshin [ Follow-Through ] Rank: B :: Training Description: The user trains by beating people into the ground with their club or bat. Following completion of this training, should an enemy come into contact with a solid surface after suffering knockback from one of the user's techniques, they take one rank's worth of damage for every two meters of remaining knockback distance. (Ex.: They got knocked backward 6 meters, but struck a wall after only 2 meters. They take a D-Rank amount of damage, one rank for every two remaining meters.)
Meisterschaft [ Mastery ] Rank: S :: Training Description: Achieving this level of technical mastery allows the wielder of the longsword to wield his blade in one hand, and to make his strike in conjunction with an offhand item, but when wielding in a single hand, Preferred Stance bonuses are not applied. This mastery also grants a passive +50 Chakra for each physical style Mastered (This bonus chakra does not stack with any other Per Mastery Chakra increases. Zucken [ Tugging ] Rank: A :: Training Description: A teaching of interactions between blades, traditionally used when two blades end up in a strong bind, the practitioner must learn when to draw their blade to a weaker leverage to disengage and return pressure. This teaching is fundamental in matching versus other techniques in general, mastering this teaching leads to Simple and Complex techniques defeating matching Physical or Formless techniques.
Thread Walking Rank: C :: Training Description: By using Chakra to focus the mind, the user becomes able to balance enough on thin platforms to use Bukijutsu techniques without any penalties. Covers only balancing on solid structures at least one inch wide, not moving or unstable structures. Also allows the user to balance and move on wires during its activation. Advanced Thread Walking Rank: A :: Training Description: The user is now able to both run and fight while balancing on threads and wires without penalties, though doing these things at the same time is widely regarded as infeasible.
Offensive Style: Two-fer-One Rank: C :: Training Description: 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: Blade’s Edge Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Trick Style: Retreating Feet Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Offensive Style: Stepless Rank: A :: Training Description: The practitioner has become so used to performing quick and silent steps that they scarcely realize that they themselves are moving. The user's speed and reflexes are mildly boosted. Defensive Style: Plucking Roses Rank: S :: Training Description: The practitioner is so well developed in their art that they are now able to snatch shuriken, kunai, senbon, and other such projectiles straight from the air. This requires the user expend Stamina equivalent to one rank below the rank of the incoming projectile.
Insight Rain Rank: B :: Training Description: The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure.
Skill: Multitasking Rank: C :: Training Description: 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 Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Skill: Adaptability Rank: A :: Training Description: For the most part, the style thus far has focused on techniques to be used while stationary. However, this leads to many problems when fighting alone in situations that demand frequent movement. During this training exercise, the practitioner is to practice all known techniques while running, jumping, and maneuvering across a battlefield. After mastery, the user can align shots even while running and jumping, allowing them to keep the bonuses of the last stance they entered even while moving.
True Belief Rank: S :: Training Description: The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered.
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“Krees, behind us!” The female assassin shouted, garnering an immediate reaction from the man at her side. How she knew that the attack was coming from the rear, remained a mystery, however her bright yellow eyes never parted from Contentious’. The man known as krees didn’t even turn around to face the barrage of projectiles. Instead, he stretched out his arms in that split second, hands open and fingers spread. A large gourd on his waist would explode, releasing gallons of water into the air. But before the water could touch the ground, it would disperse into fine ice particles, spreading around just the two individuals. Successfully casting the Hyōton: Hi Bouheki [ Ice Release: Protective Ice Dome ] technique, the dome would withstand the onslaught of projectiles arriving from the rear, all while shredding wood and creating a massive hole at the doorway. Only, the sheer number of projectiles allowed several of them to be imbedded into the ice. After the storm of projectiles passed, Krees’ barrier would begin to crack and crumble slightly.
Meanwhile the masked man was snug in Contentious’ snare. The cocky fool didn’t even flinch as the thin bones curled around him like snakes. He seemed to reman comfortable as he scoffed, but Contentious would notice a thin smoke being emitted from the man’s cloak. “You really sided with them? Do you realize how much the UHV is paying by the head you idiot!?” The masked man’s body began to melt into thick smoke, like that of an incense waterfall. Falling to the floor in a swirl, the voice would continue to ring out. Kemuri Eda [ Smokey Limbs ] “Looks like you could provide more than a few eggs eh? How about we strike a deal” the amorphous cloud said before rising and taking human form. “Tell me what you know about the rest of the group, And maybe I’ll let your loudmouth friend over there keep his kneecaps. I’ll even cut you in on the take” he said pointing his knife in Inaba’s direction, that corner now doing nothing to hide her presence.
Lastly, within the ice dome, the golden eyed woman would form several hand seals, as the man lowered his hands forcing the dome to shatter and fall, bringing the bone projectiles down with it. Unknown to Contentious or Inaba, there was a canon ball sized area of compressed air positioned just at the corner where Inaba was tucked behind. Kamikaze Seiryoku [ Divine Wind Force ] the moment Contentious would make a move, she would release her hand seal, causing a explosion within 18 feet of the corner. At her side the use user would leap about 20 feet to the left also forming several hand seals and follow suite, simply standing and waiting for Contentious to make a move. The standoff had begun, awaiting contentious’ response or follow up attack.
Techniques Used
•Hyōton: Hi Bouheki [ Ice Release: Protective Ice Dome ] Rank: B :: Spiritual Description: The user will stretch both arms forward, their palms open, and force water and wind to meld into a medium sized dome of durable ice around himself and his allies. The ice formed this way is extremely strong, and even constant barrage by explosive tags is proven useless. It should be noted that the user must hold both arms out in order to maintain the technique.
•Kemuri Eda [ Smokey Limbs ] Rank: C :: Spiritual Description: The user chooses to turn into smoke, allowing them to become permeable and unaffected by physical attacks, while also enabling the user to pass through objects like cracks or holes. Requires no maintain cost, but going back and forth requires the C-rank. Cannot do non-bloodline jutsu while in this state, and affected limbs must be turned entirely to smoke. Is considered supplementary, and requires no hand seals. If the user, while in full Kemuri Eda form, is rescued by a combined Mokuton/Kemuriton S-ranked Korabo as they are fatally dispersing, it will bestow an immunity to death via wind disruption. This Korabo will form a gigantic tree, rebirthing the dying target at its base. Remember, Korabo must be trained prior to usage, as stated in the Maruton lists.
•Kamikaze Seiryoku [ Divine Wind Force ] Rank: C :: Spiritual Description: By holding a pair of handsigns and focusing the power of their kekkei genkai to a specific area, the Mugen is able to create a cannonball sized bubble of compressed air pressure within their range of sight. Once the user breaks their handsigns, the bubble will explode, disorienting and knocking the wind from those within its range. Blast range: half (1/2) of blast range detailed by Ouroboros count.
"Dunno, but how much do you y'all think the UHV would give for your heads? Ho, they ain't loyal." Contentious responded, her eyes narrowing suspiciously as the trio defended against the rain of bone blades. A barrier of ice and a man who turned to smoke. Those seemed to be bloodline techniques. If she could get her hands on some DNA there... Well, the opportunity to join another family existed. And that would be an exciting opportunity to take. Even if Inaba had to lose a knee-cap or two for it to happen. What she felt though, these dead opossums were clever but they definitely weren't loyal.
It seems they knew were looking to threaten Inaba to influence Contentious' actions. This was normally a good idea as she did care for the shy boy's well-being. However, she had to believe he had revealed his location with some sort of plan in mind. Inaba was smart! Usually, at least. She wouldn't be able to provide too much cover but there was a chance to help him out as he hid behind the corner. She felt as though her actions were being carefully watched, which meant her actions had to be explosive and throw them off their game.
As the feminine cladded figure formed hand-signs, Contentious stood still as though she was intimidated by their threats. Instead, she molded chakra and threw them through the ground. It was a technique that had done the Kaguya clan quite well over the eras. From her feet, she channeled in a high level (A-rank) of chakra and a hundred or so spikes of bones erupted from the ground in a wave towards them with the use of [ Dance of the Young Fern: Arena ]. The large forest of spikes would obscure the direct line of sight from the trio to her and Inaba as well as threaten them. As this happened, she proceeded to form a hand sign and activate the Byakugan on her forehead and in her chest. The Byakugan were hidden by the mask and clothing she wore, however the kekkei genkai allowed her to see and follow her opponents anyways through solid objects and in a different way.
Following the use, with her bone blades from the fence and Rain Dance and the bone swords everywhere, she knew that one of the members was capable of avoiding her attacks with his smoke bloodline. In that case, she'd target the feminine one who had chakra flow to her eyes similar to what she probably had to her Byakugan. Finding her through her field of bones with the Byakugan, she located a bone near the enemy and activated a custom technique she channeled through, [ Dance of the Sandbur ], causing the bone blade that had fallen near her to suddenly transform into a sudden outgrowth of bone spikes that would pierce her body if unguarded. The combination of Arena blocking line of sight, Byakugan granting line of sight for her, and the Sandbur allowing for attacks from unexpected angles due to the amount of bones in the area. The Sandbur spikes, if dodged, provided another avenue of assault too if she decided to later activate the 2nd part of her technique. The Arena from the Young Ferns would threaten the other members as well, keeping them on the defensive. As the spikes would radiate from the ground in their direction, Inaba would find himself staring down about a hundred tall bone spikes, as big as trees, that would break his line of sight with the enemy.
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• Byakugan Implant: [ Active, One Covered on Forehead, one Hidden ] • Current Armor: [ Unarmored ] • Activated Techniques: Dance of the Young Fern: Arena Rank: X :: Spiritual [Used at A-rank] Description: The user quickly grows a multitude of tall spikes from their body to create a large forest of bone. This technique increases the range it can manifest by fifteen yards per rank use. At E-ranked the user can only make one bone pillar, while at D-ranked the user may make two. At C-ranked the user may make eight, and then at B-ranked the user can create up to twenty five bone spikes. At A-ranked the user may make a hundred, and at S-ranked the user can flood a topic with bone spikes.
Byakugan Activation [15 chakra]
Technique Name:[ Dance of the Sandbur ] Rank: X (Spiritual) (B-rank) Type: Bloodline Element: Maruton Description: --- Requires Sawarabi no Mai [ Dance of the Young Fern ] to be already trained in order to learn.
[ Dance of the Sandbur ] is a two-part ability. Using the sample principle as [ Sawarabi no Mai ], Contentious Kags can cause rapid and uncontrollable bone growth from any of her bones she infuses with chakra. This causes spikes to propagate from the bones proportional to the amount of chakra spent (the more chakra spent the bigger the spikes). The second part causes the spikes on the bone growth to forcefully propel themselves outward, potentially catching opponents off guard. There is a five-post window where the spikes can be launched after casting this ability.
Koukou [ Taking the Field First ] Rank: E :: Training Description: The user acclimates to using their weapon as a baseball bat, at least as much as they can stand to do so. Projectile techniques lose all descriptive bonuses against the user, and techniques involving a bat or club used to defend against projectile techniques are considered a rank stronger. Only effective against techniques up to the highest trained rank in this Style. Shigaisen [ Street Fighting ] Rank: C :: Training Description: The user hones their strength and endurance by beating people up and getting beaten up. After completing this training, the user gains one descriptive rank in strength and incoming physical attacks lose one descriptive rank in strength against the user per learned stage in this Style. Zanshin [ Follow-Through ] Rank: B :: Training Description: The user trains by beating people into the ground with their club or bat. Following completion of this training, should an enemy come into contact with a solid surface after suffering knockback from one of the user's techniques, they take one rank's worth of damage for every two meters of remaining knockback distance. (Ex.: They got knocked backward 6 meters, but struck a wall after only 2 meters. They take a D-Rank amount of damage, one rank for every two remaining meters.)
Meisterschaft [ Mastery ] Rank: S :: Training Description: Achieving this level of technical mastery allows the wielder of the longsword to wield his blade in one hand, and to make his strike in conjunction with an offhand item, but when wielding in a single hand, Preferred Stance bonuses are not applied. This mastery also grants a passive +50 Chakra for each physical style Mastered (This bonus chakra does not stack with any other Per Mastery Chakra increases. Zucken [ Tugging ] Rank: A :: Training Description: A teaching of interactions between blades, traditionally used when two blades end up in a strong bind, the practitioner must learn when to draw their blade to a weaker leverage to disengage and return pressure. This teaching is fundamental in matching versus other techniques in general, mastering this teaching leads to Simple and Complex techniques defeating matching Physical or Formless techniques.
Thread Walking Rank: C :: Training Description: By using Chakra to focus the mind, the user becomes able to balance enough on thin platforms to use Bukijutsu techniques without any penalties. Covers only balancing on solid structures at least one inch wide, not moving or unstable structures. Also allows the user to balance and move on wires during its activation. Advanced Thread Walking Rank: A :: Training Description: The user is now able to both run and fight while balancing on threads and wires without penalties, though doing these things at the same time is widely regarded as infeasible.
Offensive Style: Two-fer-One Rank: C :: Training Description: 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: Blade’s Edge Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Trick Style: Retreating Feet Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Offensive Style: Stepless Rank: A :: Training Description: The practitioner has become so used to performing quick and silent steps that they scarcely realize that they themselves are moving. The user's speed and reflexes are mildly boosted. Defensive Style: Plucking Roses Rank: S :: Training Description: The practitioner is so well developed in their art that they are now able to snatch shuriken, kunai, senbon, and other such projectiles straight from the air. This requires the user expend Stamina equivalent to one rank below the rank of the incoming projectile.
Insight Rain Rank: B :: Training Description: The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure.
Skill: Multitasking Rank: C :: Training Description: 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 Rank: B :: Training Description: 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. Skill: Adaptability Rank: A :: Training Description: For the most part, the style thus far has focused on techniques to be used while stationary. However, this leads to many problems when fighting alone in situations that demand frequent movement. During this training exercise, the practitioner is to practice all known techniques while running, jumping, and maneuvering across a battlefield. After mastery, the user can align shots even while running and jumping, allowing them to keep the bonuses of the last stance they entered even while moving.
True Belief Rank: S :: Training Description: The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered.
