"Oh that Wan. Never met him. Still, that's an ugly mess." She says, trying to buy a little time before answering about the clothes. She didn't want to make him wait any longer than needed, knowing that some can become tired or crabby from a lack of proper meals. While the matter didn't feel urgent, Unki didn't want to wait around on herself, either. Ultimately, as much as she would not have wanted to mind running around further with ink, the little Unki-voice in her thoughts reminded her of all the other instances in which something advised to bathe after diving.
Shiro had began waving her toward an exit. "J-just a moment, Shiro, please!" Unki calls, as she would set her vest on her shoulders. "Why don't you let me try to take care of this," she says, motioning at herself as she tried to close in on him, "and I can catch up with you in, about," she drags on a pause quickly, measuring her pace on past experiences,"twenty minutes? That way, you'd totally have enough time to get to where it is you'd want to go and not wait on me! Yeah?"
• Thoroughbred: Your maximum chakra pool and maximum stamina pool are both increased by {10} points, and you receive an additional {05} points to each pool whenever you rank up. Additionally, when you perform bloodline techniques above Rank D, you are refunded {05} chakra or {05} stamina, depending on which energy was used. ( If chakra was used, you recover chakra; if stamina was used, you recover stamina; if both were used, you recover both. ) • Blood Knight: Your bloodline techniques possess greater power, allowing them to overwhelm techniques of the same rank, and preventing them from succumbing to elemental weaknesses of techniques the same rank. Can cast bloodline techniques through one-handed seals. Jutsu Active: Passives Active: 3 Activation: • Chakra Cost: Thoroughbred Chakra Refund: • ; "Additionally, when you perform bloodline techniques above Rank D, you are refunded {05} chakra or {05} stamina, depending on which energy was used." = # Chakra Remain Techniques Used: • • •
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Hanna sighed at the amount of stuff that she couldn't keep from coming out of her mouth. What was it about Sora that made her say all of these things? Peace, he brings you peace. He needs to go away before he ruins all we've worked for. Hanna smiled inwardly at the comment from the voices, but smiled outwardly at Sora's. It made her feel like a million tiny butterflies were fluttering around in her stomach. Then he said sorry and he did something she never expected. He kissed her on the cheek. He KISSED her. Right on the cheek. She looked at him unable to speak as she blushed from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. No...no reason to be sorry She said in a small voice. After he squeezed her arm, still beet red, she stood and smiled at him, Thank you for healing me.....um maybe after your mission, you could...come find me...and we could go get something to eat. Or...or not. Whichever. She said almost squeaking before leaning toward him and kissing his forehead. Thanks...again. She said before running off trying to hide exactly how red she was becoming, and trying not to embarrass herself further.
●Thoroughbred: Your maximum chakra pool and maximum stamina pool are both increased by {10} points, and you receive an additional {05} points to each pool whenever you rank up. Additionally, when you perform bloodline techniques above Rank D, you are refunded {05} chakra or {05} stamina, depending on which energy was used. ( If chakra was used, you recover chakra; if stamina was used, you recover stamina; if both were used, you recover both. ) ●Blood Knight: Your bloodline techniques possess greater power, allowing them to overwhelm techniques of the same rank, and preventing them from succumbing to elemental weaknesses of techniques the same rank. Can cast bloodline techniques through one-handed seals. ●Fighter's Will: -5 Stamina to simple tai and buki and -5 chakra to complex and spiritual tai and buki ●Learn bloodline techniques two (2) posts faster.
boo boo booBLOOP_ BLoOp_ bLoOp ´¯`·.¸¸.->Tōsokurui Ashi Hojo <-.¸¸.·´¯`·. pup pup pup´¯`·.¸¸.->I'm not squidding around here...<-.¸¸.·´¯`·. pup pup pupNothing is ever just black and white.
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Ah, he could only mope for so long. Seeing as there was little anyone else could do for him, it was thusly up to himself to solve the inner turmoil of a teased squid. Toso stood finally, although it was weakly. Suppressing his emotion up until this point was simple, but he never dealt with something like this which was capable of overwriting the squids always stalwart expression. In fact his nose continued to run and eyes continued to water as he thought of a solution to his plight....he rose to perform a handsign only to ball into a fist and slam in into the ground as he feel to the ground on his knees like whiny baby throwing a temper tantrum once more. "Bloooooooooooooo hooooooooooo hooooooooooo bloooooooooo!" [1/2]
Another deep inhale before he could regain what little composure he had. Then came the thought. Genjutsu users affected the emotions of others using chakra all the time. Why...he thought. Couldn't he in a sense do the same. Standing again he performed several handsigns. Those typically used in genjutsu. All while sniffling in doing so. Mind, body, senses. The worst feeling was clearly what he was feeling now. As if the colors of the world had proposed to marry him and he was left waiting at the altar only for colors to show up with another man and having a sweaty romp right there in the wedding hall in front of him. Then...nothing. The tear stopped. Toso was complacent. With the help of chakra he had forced a state of being upon himself. He needed only to empty his mind of these thoughts. Now he stood, like a hollow tree in the wind upright. A tentacle wiping the remainder of the snot away and readjusting his glasses. [2/2 Kaihaku no iroai [ Shades of Grey ]
❞ ·.¸¸.-;Buffs<-.¸¸.·´❞ ○ Sumi ni Hitasu [ Dip in Ink ] [C] ~ {Duration 5} ~On Modoru Gumo~ ○ Blinding Blend 001 ~On Modoru Gumo~ ○ Slippery Blend 009 ~Nuri Monsho~ ( -5 Ch Sustain Cost ) ○ Jiyūgata Senpū Passive: Reflex Bonus: 0.5 ○ Jiyūgata Senpū Passive: Speed Bonus: 0.5 ❞ ·.¸¸.->Passives<-.¸¸.·´❞ • Kanboku(Formless Style) Post reduction +2 > B +3 > C • Kanboku(Ink Based Chakra Cost) Reduced by ½ to a minimum of 5 • Art of the Bloop: Ink & Brush Based Techniques Cost [10] less to cast • Art of the Bloop: Every other Technique Costs [5] more to cast • Santa's Knowledge 2: Ninjutsu Post reduction +2 • Class Bukijutsu Post reduction +2 • Class Bloodline Post reduction +2 • Squid At Heart: Post Reduction +1 For Hojo Clan Inking Methods/Blends • Multi-Jointed: Can contort body seamlessly for disturbing outcomes. • Endai Ika [ Far Reaching Squid ]: As if cracking a whip, the Hojo clan member is able to outstretch his arms up to 10 yards (30 Feet).
❞ ·.¸¸.->Disciplines<-.¸¸.·´❞ •Blood Bender: User receives an additional 3 custom bloodline techniques. To clarify, these are custom techniques that must involve and utilize the character's bloodline. +1 Locked Formless Slot
•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 genin, C at chunnin, B at Jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin. 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.
❞ ·.¸¸.-Techniques Used<-.¸¸.·´❞ [No Activation Required] Φ Lesser Combo Rank: B :: Supplemental Description: Allows the user to employ three attacks in one activation when used. The user uses their momentum to stitch together a string of three attacks in quick succession. If the first attack is blocked, then the combo is broken; however, if the first attack is not blocked then all three attacks land. Any opponent whose reflexes are two ranks higher than the user's speed can block these attacks separately. All attacks are treated as simple. Has a two post cooldown before it can be used again. Notes: Certain techniques in this Style are labeled "Supplemental". These techniques are learned as though they are Complex techniques, but consume no Chakra or Stamina to activate and grant an effect that lasts for a single post. Unless otherwise stated, these techniques only affect techniques within this Style. Only one "Supplemental" technique can be activated per post.
[Combination] ΦRoundabout Rank: X :: Simple Description: By using the momentum of a running start, the user grabs a pole of some sort (either naturally there or a polearm of some sort stabbed in to the ground) or person and propels their body around it. Using the power of the spin, the user kicks out at the enemy, slamming their foot into either the opponent's face, chest, or abdomen. This technique gains any descriptive ranks the user’s speed has to its power, but resets them afterward.
ΦKickflip Rank: X :: Simple Description: The user flips on the spot, using their powerful leg muscles in one leg to propel themselves through the air while the other stays stationary. The stationary leg comes down on the opponent in the downswing or upswing with significant force. This can be completed either backwards or forwards. If used while running, this technique gains double any increases to the user’s speed as a boost in power, but resets any descriptive ranks for speed afterward.
ΦSomersault Rank: X :: Simple Description: A simple move almost all ninjas are capable of: a somersault. The user trains their body to be able to somersault when landing after a long fall to mitigate any damage taken. This technique allows the user to survive falls up to 4 meters per rank with minimal damage. Consumes no activations and confers two descriptive ranks of speed to a movement technique used directly after the fall when used this way. If used in combat, it takes the form of a roll designed to get around an enemy, and is treated as a rank higher for purposes of evading physical techniques.
[Supplementary] Φ Bosabosa [ Brush Bristles ] Rank: X :: Complex [Treated as Spiritual] Description: When faced with an incoming projectile attack, whether Ninjutsu or otherwise, the user points the tip of the brush at the attack and rolls the brush in their hand. The hairs of the brush part and form a shield that redirects the attack around the user. Only effective against techniques its rank or lower. For each rank over the blocked technique, this technique confers the user one post’s worth of concentration for either the Hard and/or Soft Mental Formless Styles.
[Supplementary] Φ ❞ ·.¸¸.->Equipment<-.¸¸.·´❞ ~Left Sleeve *Arsenal of the Sleight of Hand* Φ Wire 30 Yards Φ Suiton Brush Φ 2x X-ray lenses [In Case] Φ 2x Night lenses [In Case] Φ 2x Light Diffraction Lenses [In Case] ~Right Sleeve *Arsenal of the Sleight of Hand* Φ General Brush Φ Empty Expansion Atlases [3] ~Waist~ Φ Belt of Assorted Inks contained in flasks ~Back~ Φ Modoro Gumo ~Feet~ Φ Silent Soles
❞ ·.¸¸.->Trivia<-.¸¸.·´❞ Φ Hojo Clan Ink can only be removed with hot water. Φ Locked Formless Style Brush: Rank A Φ Locked Formless Style Soft Mental: Rank B Φ Locked Formless Style Soft Physical: Rank C Φ 5' 9/175.3 cm : 172lbs/78 kg : A.k.A~Monochrome Squid
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┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ н ι т σ s h ι • ι т σ α ɢ є :: 1 6 ▌ɢ є η ∂ є r :: ♂ ▌ɢ є η ι η ▌к υ м σ ɢ α к υ r є ɢєηנυтsυ ▌тαмєr ▌ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ Ryo ::両 1,000 AC ::0 _______________________________
Hit Chakra • Pool ::360 / 360 Stamina • Pool ::150 / 150
Scylla Chakra • Pool ::180 / 180 Stamina • Pool ::75 / 75 _______________________________
Music filled the air as Hitoshi and Xion rounded one final corner, the academy finally coming into sight. Hitoshi's lips were pressed against the mouthpiece of his wooden ocarina and he couldn't help the smile on his lips as he lowered the instrument, storing it back into his pocket. During their walk between the Raikage's office and the academy, he'd told the the girl many things of his home and his family. He'd really gotten excited when the topic of his father was brought up though. As he talked about his father, he'd pulled out the ocarina that had been a gift from him and deigned to play a song. Partially to show off, but mainly for his own pleasure considering Hitoshi's love of music was just as great as his father's. The biggest reason though was because he'd realized he was talking too much though and, knowing what he did about Xion so far, she'd probably stopped paying attention to him at some point. Just walking in silence would have been too boring for him though.
After putting his ocarina away Hitoshi looked back at Xion. "You know, sometimes I wonder if I should go back there some day. But there's..." a sigh as his tone-which up till now had been jovial-turned suddenly dejected, "there's bad memories there too I guess you can say." And he left it at that, unwilling to say anymore. The reminiscing-just as it always did-had caused Hitoshi to remember the one thing he'd rather stay forgotten. Locked away in his subconscious.
Hitoshi's sleeve rubbed against eyes that were blurry due to the tears he refused to shed. Now wasn't the time for him to throw himself a pity party. They had arrived at the academy now, and it was time to get to work. "S-so," he stuttered, trying and failing to keep his tone upbeat. "You'll probably need some help so why don't we take turns? I'll help you find and read whatever scrolls you need and help you with your training. After that I'll get mine out of the way and if there's time we can have that sparring match? What's your specialty anyways?" As he spoke he held a door open for Xion, urging her through it with a hand pressed against her upper back, nudging her forwards. He wasn't sure exactly how much help the blind girl required, but holding doors open for another was just polite no matter who you were dealing with. And as amusing as it would be watching her try to fumble for the doorknob, Hitoshi was in a rush to get started. Training had always been the perfect way for him to repress memories better left forgotten after all.
Sheet wasn't wrong about Xion. She had lost track of his life story sometime in the middle of this narrative. In her defense, she was using her ears to navigate and memorize this new way of walking to the academy, both of which took precedence over Sheet's history. It was completely obvious to Xion which of the three she needed to drop. At least she sort of half-heartedly tried, even at the very end, where she did manage to catch that Sheet sometimes thought about going back home but didn’t because of something bad. Xion tuned out again around that part.
Next thing the blind woman knew, she was being ushered in a certain direction. This time, she went with the flow, feeling herself go through some sort of passageway leading to a familiar babble of noise that she had begun associating with the academy. She gave a thank you nod, appreciating the thought even if she didn't really need the help. Drawing from her prior experience training this very academy, Xion knew in about which direction she could find the counter that assisted ninjas like her and Sheet in finding technique scroll. "I'd appreciate the reading," she replied to Sheet, "However, I'm not sure how much help sparring will be for either of us. I've been trained almost exclusively to support from the back. Anyways, this way," and with that, Xion was off tap tapping her way to the counter.
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No one Normal connection Custom connection
My chakra is at...565 / 565 My stamina is at...75 / 75
Hmmm it wasnt a bad idea to split up and head there separately though he his curiosity had yet to be sated. With a light shrug of his shoulders he nodded pulling a note pad from his pocket. Scribbling down the address quickly he handed her the small note before returning the pen and pad to his pocket,"Meet me here when your ready. I would advise something, casual. This place isnt exactly super high class." Giving a small smile he would remain if she had any more questions, though if not he would head off towards the main street.
Sora blinked a small bit in surprise at how much she blushed from his kiss against her cheek, unable to help the thought that her skin was blending with the shade from her hair impressively. That and her change in voice was enough to know that she was embarrassed...knowing that he got to her in such a way brought a sort of warmth, or comfort to him for some reason. Then she stood, and he dropped his hand back to the bench, looking up at the girl. When she spoke up, he didn't expect more than the thanks she gave him, but then she...wait, did she...?
Did I just get asked out on a date?
The young samurai's years of emotional training and comprehensive thought process all but melted into a puddle as he vocally stammered a bit, cheeks getting redder with every failed word before he hung his head for a moment. "Y-yeah...I'd like to do that." He said, somewhat normally, looking back up to check and see why she suddenly made a strange (albeit cute) squeak, only to be met with another surprise. That small, faint sound of a kiss, with a warmth on his forehead...needless to say, he remained in an incredibly flustered silence, knowing that if he opened his mouth only more incomprehensible sounds would spring forth. Another word of thanks from her while he nodded back, feeling like his face would burn away from existence, giving a long, drawn out sigh when she decided to run from him. If he were in her shoes, he'd probably have done the same.
With her gone, he sat there, hunched over for a moment, trying to steady his mind. While of course Hanna made a lasting impression, it only took a few moments of her being away for his control to come back, re-entering his state of meditation to both recover chakra from healing her and relax. Steeling himself, the boy got up and rushed out in the opposite direction of Hanna, heading back to the residential district to get some of his personal supplies before dropping in at the Blue Dragon.
boo boo booBLOOP_ BLoOp_ bLoOp ´¯`·.¸¸.->Tōsokurui Ashi Hojo <-.¸¸.·´¯`·. pup pup pup´¯`·.¸¸.->I'm not squidding around here...<-.¸¸.·´¯`·. pup pup pupNothing is ever just black and white.
~Current Theme Music~:... Toso's tentacles back in full force draped down like a cape. Almost as if having entered a state of calm. A smile grew across his face but it seemed frozen in time. Then it was like a ghost. The pale nin began taking steps to make his leave. He would pass by Unki along the way and addionally Shiro. Eyes but small slits as he moved past, it was as though he didn't exsist until he had gotten close enough. Any forms of conversation would be met with silence as the squids slow forward walking momentum wouldnt be broken. Did the squid truly have his body back? As it seemed he was possesed by a peculiar force. To simply keep walking. His movements empty, stagnant, robotic. Then he was gone as he turned a corner into darkness.
❞ ·.¸¸.-;Buffs<-.¸¸.·´❞ ○ Sumi ni Hitasu [ Dip in Ink ] [C] ~ {Duration 5} ~On Modoru Gumo~ ○ Blinding Blend 001 ~On Modoru Gumo~ ○ Slippery Blend 009 ~Nuri Monsho~ ( -5 Ch Sustain Cost ) ○ Jiyūgata Senpū Passive: Reflex Bonus: 0.5 ○ Jiyūgata Senpū Passive: Speed Bonus: 0.5 ❞ ·.¸¸.->Passives<-.¸¸.·´❞ • Kanboku(Formless Style) Post reduction +2 > B +3 > C • Kanboku(Ink Based Chakra Cost) Reduced by ½ to a minimum of 5 • Art of the Bloop: Ink & Brush Based Techniques Cost [10] less to cast • Art of the Bloop: Every other Technique Costs [5] more to cast • Santa's Knowledge 2: Ninjutsu Post reduction +2 • Class Bukijutsu Post reduction +2 • Class Bloodline Post reduction +2 • Squid At Heart: Post Reduction +1 For Hojo Clan Inking Methods/Blends • Multi-Jointed: Can contort body seamlessly for disturbing outcomes. • Endai Ika [ Far Reaching Squid ]: As if cracking a whip, the Hojo clan member is able to outstretch his arms up to 10 yards (30 Feet).
❞ ·.¸¸.->Disciplines<-.¸¸.·´❞ •Blood Bender: User receives an additional 3 custom bloodline techniques. To clarify, these are custom techniques that must involve and utilize the character's bloodline. +1 Locked Formless Slot
•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 genin, C at chunnin, B at Jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin. 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.
[Supplementary] Φ ❞ ·.¸¸.->Equipment<-.¸¸.·´❞ ~Left Sleeve *Arsenal of the Sleight of Hand* Φ Wire 30 Yards Φ Suiton Brush Φ 2x X-ray lenses [In Case] Φ 2x Night lenses [In Case] Φ 2x Light Diffraction Lenses [In Case] ~Right Sleeve *Arsenal of the Sleight of Hand* Φ General Brush Φ Empty Expansion Atlases [3] ~Waist~ Φ Belt of Assorted Inks contained in flasks ~Back~ Φ Modoro Gumo ~Feet~ Φ Silent Soles
❞ ·.¸¸.->Trivia<-.¸¸.·´❞ Φ Hojo Clan Ink can only be removed with hot water. Φ Locked Formless Style Brush: Rank A Φ Locked Formless Style Soft Mental: Rank B Φ Locked Formless Style Soft Physical: Rank C Φ 5' 9/175.3 cm : 172lbs/78 kg : A.k.A~Monochrome Squid
ooc// have a response! Probably about to go on a one-person fiction-spree after this post!
She accepts the note, folding it in her hand, and pips a piping reply "Okay!" as Shiro drifted off and out of sight. Toso too. The girl was stuck in a minor daze from Shiro's invitation or a slight case of fatigue from cramming so much in little time. It was fair to say she wasn't one-hundred percent at this given time. She took notice of Toso. Tall, gray, and fleeting into one direction. She recalled her last interaction with his person was as a small dog seated on his body.
Unki never heard from him, personally, since a brief exchange during their spar. "Tos-o?" Her call drags. The tone of her voice skiis off a metaphorical ledge into confusion: he just kept walking. As an acquaintance, she didn't know what was normal of the squid-boy's behavior. Ultimately, Unki would purse her lip out, furrows her tiny eyebrows, and frown. She unfolded the slip of paper Shiro gave to her and finally read it over: "Edible Creations?" Never been there!
Chakra Cost: Thoroughbred Chakra Refund: • ; "Additionally, when you perform bloodline techniques above Rank D, you are refunded {05} chakra or {05} stamina, depending on which energy was used." = # Chakra Remain Techniques Used: • • •
Azeie The Risenl
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:59 pm
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ н ι т σ s h ι • ι т σ α ɢ є :: 1 6 ▌ɢ є η ∂ є r :: ♂ ▌ɢ є η ι η ▌к υ м σ ɢ α к υ r є ɢєηנυтsυ ▌тαмєr ▌ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ Ryo ::両 1,000 AC ::0 _______________________________
Hit Chakra • Pool ::360 / 360 Stamina • Pool ::150 / 150
Scylla Chakra • Pool ::180 / 180 Stamina • Pool ::75 / 75 _______________________________
Hitoshi followed Xion through the door and towards the counter, Scylla trailing closely behind him. "Right so then I would assume you're a medic huh? Probably for the best then if we ever go on a mission together. I have a terrible habit of biting off more than I can chew." He laughed as he said this as if it was a joke, but he was actually quite serious. Hitoshi got considerably overzealous in both his solo training and sparring matches with others. To the point where even if he won a fight he'd come out looking just as bad as the other guy due to taking unnecessary risks. It was something Akari never failed to nag him about, but he figured as long as he won and was still standing at the end of it he could live with whatever damage he needed to take in the process.
'Are those... tentacles?' Out of the corner of his eye Hitoshi spied a man with... strange appendages that almost looked like the tentacles of a squid. 'That's... odd. Looks like the world's full of freaks, but I guess it's related to some sort of bloodline... he looks strong. Maybe I'll fight him some day, but for now I'm quite busy.' Hitoshi and Xion had arrived at that counter now, and he was finishing where he'd left off with his earlier statement as he leaned against it. "I'll try not to get myself too beat up in the future though if it'll make your job easier. If things go my way I won't even have to do much fighting after I trap someone in a genjutsu."
Xion gave a nod when Sheet asked if she was a medic. Indeed, that was exactly what Xion was.
Beyond that, there wasn't anything uneventful. The people manning the counter had rotated since Xion's last visit, including the academy student that had been reading the techniques to her earlier. Poor kid deserved it after becoming a test subject without his permission.
Leaving Sheet to request what he needed, Xion held up three fingers and tucked each in one by one as she counted off what she would like to look at, "I'd like to request Maruton, Fuuton, and Medical up to B-rank please."
Behind the counter, a female voice informed Xion, "We have all three, but training medical here is a bit... you know. Not many injured. I'd suggest the hospital instead."
Xion politely agreed, "I see. Thank you for telling me that. In that case, I'd like the Maruton and Fuuton scrolls please."
Xion received her scrolls in due time, and just as she felt their weight in her hands, she was asked by the same female voice as before, "By the way, I hope you don't take offense, but it looks like you're blind? If you'd like, I can ask someone to read the scroll for you."
Now, Xion knew that Sheet had offered to read her whatever she needed to learn. However, not even Xion really knew what it was she wanted to learn. Asking him to read every technique, be they big or small... Well, even someone socially stunted like her knew that it was a bit much. However, if politeness was the issue, then was it polite to accept like she hadn't heard his offer at all? It was such a rare and sudden concern for manners, that Xion was stuck in thought for a bit, unable to answer at all.
I am tied to...
No one Normal connection Custom connection
My chakra is at...565 / 565 My stamina is at...75 / 75
The things I do with thinking are...
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:31 am
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ н ι т σ s h ι • ι т σ α ɢ є :: 1 6 ▌ɢ є η ∂ є r :: ♂ ▌ɢ є η ι η ▌к υ м σ ɢ α к υ r є ɢєηנυтsυ ▌тαмєr ▌ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ Ryo ::両 1,000 AC ::0 _______________________________
Hit Chakra • Pool ::360 / 360 Stamina • Pool ::150 / 150
Scylla Chakra • Pool ::180 / 180 Stamina • Pool ::75 / 75 _______________________________
Hitoshi was looking around the room some more, curious if there was anyone else here that looked strong enough to be worth his time. At first glance there didn't seem to be anyone here aside from the weird guy with the tentacles that appeared to be gone now. But then again looks could be deceiving and Hitoshi himself was a weakling so if he fought anyone here it wouldn't be a waste of time at least.
"Uh, sir. What scrolls do you want?"
Hitoshi was shaken from his thoughts when he realized the person in front of him had asked him probably multiple times by now what scrolls he needed. "Oh, r-right. Sorry I just got lost in thought," he said with a nervous laugh before moving on. "Well, I'll take Genjutsu, Suiton, and... oh, that'll be all I guess... wait, I'll also take Raiton. For Scylla." It sounded to him like Xion was already getting Maruton and Fuuton. So since he promised to read the scroll for her he felt there was no need to take two more scrolls from the library he didn't actually need. And the thought of him just letting an academy student help Xion rather than him never occurred to him. He'd already offered to help her himself, and he was a man of his word after all.
After receiving his scrolls Hitoshi thanked the lady that had given them to him before turning to the girl still standing beside him. He patted her lightly on the shoulder, not wanting a repeat of when he patted her on the head before since she'd looked upset at having to fix her hair, but still wanting to get her attention since her attention span seemed overall rather... nonexistent. "Shall we head outside Xion? If we're going to be practicing Ninjutsu it's probably best we do it outside so we don't break anything. Oh, and I hope you don't mind if I use those Maruton and Fuuton scrolls for my training as well since I'll be reading them to you anyways." As he said this he began walking in the direction of the door, and if she followed him it would be out into the training fields, sitting under the shade of a tree. It seemed like a good spot to him to get some reading done.
Sheet reiterated his offer, but still, Xion wasn't sure, and in the end, she accepted the receptionist's offer for a reader. This was the way she was used to, learning separately from those that could see, even if that meant learning slower or less because of the extra time and help that was needed.
Xion followed after Sheet, herself tailed by an academy student. This one was a girl, bright-eyed and innocent. She had either started academy early or was only in her first year. Prancing along behind the academy student was a white lamb. Evidently, her pet.
Once she felt Sheet stop, Xion also paused under the shade of the tree. Recalling his earlier request, she asked the academy student, who had introduced herself as Mary and her little lamb as Merry, to give Sheet the suiton and maruton scrolls if he ever asked for them. To Sheet, Xion then explained, "I decided it'd be best to have a reader. There are a lot of techniques, and I'd need it all to be red several times before I'm ready to decide." She paused at a good time for Sheet to take in the change of plans. Although, really, Xion had only stopped talking so she could figure out a good spot to train that wasn't too far from Sheet. Once she had decided, she notified him, "In that case, I'll be right over there," and pointed in the direction she intended to try her luck. With that, Xion didn't quite part ways with Sheet since she was still rather close but certainly gave him his space.
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At the sound of more footsteps following behind him than there should have been Hitoshi looked up to see both an academy student and... a lamb? That was a bit surprising, but he quickly got over his shock. He had a pretty weird pet himself after all. He did frown though, his disappointment showing on his face. He was quickly able to guess the reason for the academy student's presence, and before long Xion had confirmed his suspicions. Her logic made sense though, and he was in enough of a rush that he might have just made things more difficult for her rather than easier, so he couldn't complain. He still wish he could have been of more help though.
"Well that makes sense I guess," he said to Xion after she'd finished explaining herself. "If you don't mind though, then perhaps we could work on some Korabo Ninjutsu later? Your Fuuton and my Suiton could potentially work well together, especially since I plan to focus much more on my Suiton than my Fuuton," He was reading through his Genjutsu scroll as he spoke, his distraction clear in his tone but he'd gotten his point across. Dear Lord there were a ton of options in this scroll, and he'd only have enough time to learn a few of them before needing to move on to Ninjutsu. He'd need to take some time to decide what he really wanted to learn first before wasting his time.
As Xion had moved a short distance away from him, Hitoshi widened the distance a small bit as he went towards a nearby pond. "Come along Scyl. I'll need a water source for these Suiton jutsu and there's no time to waste. And no, you CAN'T eat that girl's lamb so stop looking at it like that you're scaring the poor thing. You can nab some fish over at this pond." The water monitor that had practically been drooling as it stared at the delicious looking lamb made a strange whining sound of disappointment as it lowered its gaze, trudging along sulkily behind its master.
☁ - [ Crappy post but I didn't want to leave you hanging while I type up a long training post ] - ☁
The duo entered the dojo, already dressed up for practice. J and J found them an area, padded and out of the way for them to begin the day's intense training. Of course, first was stretching. No one wants to hurt themselves in the process of training! Upon completing their stretching, the pair set their weapons down at the edge of the mat. They would begin with training their specialty: the formless styles. Jay aggressed on her first, swinging down his fist at her right cheek. Her knee came up, right foot on her tippy toes to block his attack, and flow with the momentum to spin and bring an elbow to his temple. He knew her too well, stopping the attack with his bicep and forearm, stepping into the movement and bringing his free arm in a hook. Her foot stopped on the ground with her back to him, and pushed her hand up to catch the fist. She jumped,dislodging them and kicking her foot back to bounce off of his block. Now reset she prepped a similar stance to his, almost taunting him. [1/4 Hard Phys] Now with their bodies warm and already boiling with competition, they bowed to each other with respect, and then raced to grab a large piece of training gear. First, Jay held the body bag steady, eyeing his older sister as she exhaled, clearing her natural smile. She tensed the muscles in her arm, and Jay braced as she delivered a powerful punch, causing him to slide back a bit. He tapped the bag, motioning for her to go again. She exhaled as her fist hit the bag this time, causing him to slide just a bit again. She continued forward, shoving her foot into the bag with a push-kick and a sharp battle cry. He grunted and stomped his foot, bracing as she jumped and spun her foot into the bag, a hard strike that he almost felt as it vibrated through the bag. He stumbled backwards, but did not relent as she continued working on her strikes. He dropped the bag, taking a pair of circular pads and lowering himself. She balled her fists, violently jabbing and crossing at him with her fists. Her hands wrapped around his neck, knee rising into his crossed arms roughly. He smirked a little as he shoved her off and she took another shot. Just as much as she was working on her striking, he was practicing blocking. As well as they knew each other, she was still quite difficult to read as a specialist in taijutsu. After about an hour of practicing some JSJF skills and basic striking routines, she laced her fingers together behind her head, sweat running down her body a bit. He sat on the balls of his feet, also taking a second to catch his breath. Two minutes later, and he was up. [2/4] He opened up like she had, with a strong strike of the fist, as hard as he could manage. She grinded to a halt from the movement and egged him on. He delivered a series of almost uncharacteristically aggressive strikes to the body bag, rocking his sister a little bit. He was a lot heavier and taller than her, but that had never been an excuse in her mind. If she could dish it out she could take it, and insofar as Jay knew Jeon-Gyeon could hang with the best of them, probably even better than he could. Still, that didn't stop him from releasing his stress and tension into the bag. With a punctuating kick, Jeon nearly fell. She smirked, tausing the bag aside and shaking out her arms before grabbing the pads. Jay, ever concerned, went to make sure she was ok, seeing light bruisng on her arms, and noting the darker coloer on his knuckles. He cast a gaze to the ground. Memories from the swamplands. Not everything can be smiled away, but at least they still had each other. And it was for that reason that she tapped his cheek, reminding him not to start cooling down. She was right, he couldn't afford to be caught up in his feelings right now. He let out a deep, low battle cry of his own, swinging a haymaker at the girl, who fended it off with two hands rather than one, and then transitioned to block the knee he threw at her hands. He came at her just as hard as she had come at him, working his muscles to their limits just as she had. With their anatomy and the rigourous training they received in the academy, it wouldn't be too much on either of them to do this for another hour or so before they would transition back into their light sparring. [3/4] They were at it like a pair of long time rivals instead of siblings. There was little in the way of dodging, rather the motion was the duo moving in tandem with their attacks and blocks, adding force as they had learned with their first official style, but without the official technique. They were simply brawling it out, sending war cries out and letting the sound of impact after impact echo through the dojo, melding with all of the others. When at last they were done with that, the pair fell onto the mat, panting heavily. They would be sore soon, maybe not for long as this was mostly business as usual, but they still were not done for the day. A short break gave them a bit of time for water and a slight cooldown before they got to the brass tacks of Machete Training. [4/4 of Hard Physical]
The pair picked up one machete each, swinging it side to side and getting a general feel for them. They were trained in the basic use of small bladed weapons before they ever came to the village. These were things they used to slice and cut down the vines between them and the food that they were made to hunt. It brought back memories for them to swing them about. With about half an hour of swinging and hacking, they were in rare form. [D Rank Formless Machette] They practiced something of an art form, watching each other swing the weapon around their arms, tossing the weapons up into the air and catching them, smoothly rotating them in smooth circles with their wrists to increase momentum before they brought them for downward swings and angles. [1/2 for C rank Small Weapon Machete.] When they swung the weapons this way, they felt more force through the air. They rolled these weapon techniques into some of the easier to perform skills of the JSJF. They also maintained a stance that kept their knees bent, free hand ahead and the machete just ab bit behind them. The power of the swing came from the hips and arms in tandem, but also from the legs. They kept mobile, incorporating the lessons they knew on hard strikes and staying on their feet. They turned to each other, mirroring movements slowly at first, taking cues from each other on where to improve. Slowly but surely, they refined themselves a little more. [2/2 C Rank Machete]
Last up on their training, just the general training that is, was something different. Rather than simply blocking and striking, the twins worked on improving the general skills they had in the art of soft combat. As a punch, thrown moderate instead of fast and hard, came at Jeon, she parried the attack, redirecting it to the side. She did the same for her brother, and the pair continued with working dodging and parrying for the most part, upping the intensity until they felt comfortable that they could incoporate this better into their combat. [D rank Formless]
The pair grabbed their Naginata then and, after reading the scroll dedicated to the use and learning of Mori no Ichigeki. Step one was learning the proper stance for the entry point of the style. The duo bent at the knees, holding the weapon at about shoulder length with their backs straight. It was simploe, and with existing training and the mindstate they maintained this wasn't something difficult for them to understand. [Fighting Stance]
Following this, the duo prepped chakra into their arms and reared back their weapon. With force and shout, they thrusted their weapon forward, and then reset. They repeated this motion a few times, watching as the air itself was shoved forwrard from the force of their movements. It was like watching one person strike, the way they moved in tandem with each other, practicing the basic maneuver over and over with focused exhales and grunts from them both. It's almost like they spent their entire lives matching each other. That, with such a basic maneuver made mastering this simple. [Thrust]
The pair returned to the base stance, feeling their muscles lightly groaning. It was of no consequence as they both took a step, yelling out a sharp "hah" as they exhaled. They broke the stance to take a step forward, then slid back into place. In unison, they did this again. They continued again, this time moving tot he edge of the mat and turning to face the opposite way. They stepped forward again, this time thrusting their weapon forward with more strength than they would have had if they hadn't made that movement initially. [Forward Step]
To begin the learning process for their next trick, the twins first stood their weapons, taller than them in fact, straight up on the ground, holding a single seal in order to be able to better focus, at least in their own minds. Chakra began to rise up and surround the naginata lightly, enveloping the weapon's business end. They each held the chakra there, then reentered their stance. The chakra in the weapon maintained, as even though they were indeed a pair of melee specialists, they were very much still hybrid warriors. Their chakra control was very much intact offensively. [Gouge 1/2] Following this, the twins both aimed at separate sides of a dummy, stepping to the side and literally gouging out the side of it. For a few seconds, from either side of the dummy the stuffing simply fell out, pooling up on the floor around it;s feet. Satisfied with the skill, the pair reset their area and went back into the basic stance.
Now, the twins faced each other, holding deadly weapons in hand and staring directly at each other with deep rooted intensity and focus. First, Jay thrusted, prompting his sister to parry his attack by directing it off to the side with her weapon. She was back at the ready before he was, and when he was prepped Jeon stabbed the weapon in at him as he had done to her. He directed his weapon at an angle to reflect hers just as she'd done him. They bounced back like this for a few rounds until they had this, another basic maneuver mastered. [Parry]
For the last skill in the second stage the twins were actually starting to feel the early effects of fatigue. This was good,a s it meant soon their second wind would set in and they would get down to business. The motion involved simply shoving an opponent who tried to dodge an attack and come right into a trap. This shove would be especially strong against those who failled to fully dodge the attack. They practiced, of course, on shoving each other as they moved past each other, eventually packing enough power to push each other to the ground, which is a dangerous place to be against any opponent if you are off your guard. [Not So Cool]
For the next trick of their training, the twins noted that they were definitely going to be sore in the morning, but also able to accurately measure progress. They took a break from the hard stuff, and luckily the next steps of the training were all based upon light sparring and using chakra to augment the shape of the pole arms. As they practiced getting the business end of the naginata into one another's safe zones, carefully of course, they also pushed their chakra into the pole arms, allowing it to fill the role of a tenketsu at the point their hand touched it. This allowed a seemless flow of chakra to permeate the weapon as if it was one with them. They felt a lot more comfortable with the weapons than they had when they first bought them, feeling a stark bit less weildy now. [Chakra Shape 1/2]
The duo made sure to not put too much chakra into the weapon, so as not to be wasteful of course. In addiiton they had to ensure that the raw chakra was in enough mass not to be simply lost to the weapon, and return to them. They could tell that doing this training was largely going to reduce the stress and load needed for chakra skills they were going to practice at this stage of their training with the heavy pole arms. This was indeed useful training for the pair, as they matched each other move for move, parry for dodge, attack for defense. [Chakra Shape]
The next skill was an odd one, that the pair felt would be really niche and barely ever come in any form of handy in combat. The chakra they allowed to flow into and out of the weapon increased, enveloping it to anyone who could see or sense it. Their grip tightened around the weapon as they tried to alter the shape of the weapon through visualization and force of will only. The result was not immediate, but it did begin to slightly alter it's stiffness. The pair bit down on their tongues, one in their right cheek and the other in the left as they stared at the weapon. [Mimicry 1/2]
For a minute, there was no real progress being made at all. Nothing was happening, but with more perserverance, the twins eventually did make the weapon seem to become a whole lot more flexible. They then focused their chakra in the opposite way, envisioning the trunk of a tree for reference. Immediately the weapon snapped back to it's usual firmness, and then a lot more so. A few minutes of practice making the weapon bendy, and then rigid set them right as far as the current time was concerned. [Mimicry]
