Well, the sad girl wasn't an a*****e. Good to know. Tapping his chin he pondered her response to his jab with a chuckle,"Eh go with the Ippon, you don't have a face for jealousy." Giving her hand a nice shake and squeeze he smirked a bit,"Pleased to meet ya Minako." Though he had to admit her status as a armorsmith of that caliber tripped him up a bit, though in traditional fashion, he blew right on through,"Armorsmith ey? Good to know, now I know who to go to when this armor starts chaffing or needs adjustment. It is pretty low quality in all honesty, just the standard fare for guards these days." Returning his hand to his hilt. Clearly at this point it was nothing more then a comfort position for the young man. Gesturing to the side he tilted his head a bit,"Take a walk with me?"
Fiitra
The Firefly in the Meadow
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:23 pm
Minako kept her attention upon the boy while maintaining her training upon the surrounding area. Her paranoia playing a soft hand in this situation especially in this village. "I guess you're right." She mused with the man talking with her. "Likewise." She returned his pleasure to meet her. Her eyes briefly scanned his armor when he talked about it. Mentally taking notes of how she could improve it for the poor lad. Having armor that wasn't fitted to you was always annoying in combat. Something she had to learn during her training the hard way. It was then that she realized he wasn't from the village. Or at least she suspected from a slight accent behind his words. Whether he was trying to hide it from her or not she couldn't determine.
What she did know was one of the biggest factors was indeed his armor. Being far different from what the village was used to. Hell she couldn't think of another that wore armor like that save for her at one point during her training. Then as she continued on with her thoughts looking the man in his eyes he did something quite unexpected. He asked her to take a walk with him. Her paranoia once more trying to corrupt her mind and force her to lash out. But instead she referred to her training once more and hid such emotions. Showing nothing to the man about her insecurities or paranoia, but instead displaying nothing but prideful actions and a presence that was almost demanding. As if she was ready to lead a group of genin tomorrow into battle. "Sure." She spoke gently to the man ready to follow him.
● Steel Arm Guards (Under Cheongsam) ● Chakra Rebound Steel Leg Guards (Under Cheongsam)● ● ● ●
◆￤ Passives
● Undertow: This training focuses on using movement when you attack, carrying that much more force. After this skill is trained, any attack that follows a dodge is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to reflex can instead be attributed to the strength of the attack, up to your rank of soft or hard physical formless training (E = slight, D = Mild etc.) Particularly useful on some skills in this style, but applicable to any taijutsu or even bukijutsu attack that follows directly after a dodge within reason.
● Embrace the Brine: So far the dodging has been mostly about steps and alrge movements, but the ocean can be subtle, just as it can be conspicuous. With this, you are capable of better timing your movements while also narrowing the range of motion necessary. Now instead of a step, you can achieve similarly jarring dodges with a simple duck, bob or weave, which puts you in a better position to respond to attacks in some situations, against certain types of fighters. It got its name because the sweat of an opponent should still be able to hit you from how close you are to the attack.
● Every Inch of Sail: This training focuses on increasing the user's reflexive ability to avoid an attack while simultaneously launching a countermove to heavily punish mistakes. As such, this skill focuses on striking an opponents oncoming attacks specifically instead of simply dodging. It's an attempt to wear down an opponent while you fish for that knock down attack. After this training, when an opponent launches an attack that you can dodge successfully, you can instead strike out at their limbs with one of your own. This transforms the attack into a complex one if simple, or spiritual if complex when interacting with their attack to give you the upperhand.
● Iron Umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, slightly increasing the strength of blocks.
● Iron Resiliency: The user has gone through tough enough training, being roughed up and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user's fortitude is mildly increased.
● Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The user's striking strength is mildly increased.
● Junka [Acclimation]: The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style.
● Tenshin [Shifting Position]: The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor.
● 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.
Well well it seemed he had made a friend. Starting at a rather leisurely pace he began walking literally nowhere in particular."So, are most people here emotional? The first kid I met was a ball of energy and was hyped to get his headband. The kage seems angry, and now you seem sad. Back in the capital everyone hides behind masks like those kibuki masks. Its pretty refreshing honestly." All in all he hated that more then anything back home. He could never tell what a person was feeling or thinking and it left him on edge quite often,"It was pretty annoying never knowing when someone was going to snap. Kind of hard to guard a place or person when you gotta deal with that." Giving the woman a light smile he continued,"So, Miss Minako, whats eating you?"
Fiitra
The Firefly in the Meadow
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:44 pm
Moving onto the walk that this man plotted out for the two of them she couldn't help but be a bit curious to where they were going. But she guessed she'd figure that out upon the way to wherever he was taking her. Simply going with the flow she paid attention to every detail of the area, the people, and the man with her. "Here things aren't really political so people tend to show themselves for who they really are. Some are energetic because they finally started as a shinobi, some are angry because they are frustrated with not knowing what to do, some are mellow and move with what's presented to them, and some even experience sorrow for their own reasons." Taking a brief pause with her words she cleared her throat with a small cough before she continued to talk.
"It makes things easy because most in this village wear their feelings on their sleeve. It makes it difficult at the same time because some can't separate personal life from work life." Then when he asked her what was wrong she paused briefly. Thinking whether or not she should open up to this man about her problems. Especially with the fact they just met she'd be dropping a bomb on him. So instead she'd give him a half truth for now until she figured out how to explain it. After all no one really knew what happened or how it happened save for her. "I recently lost my mother." She admitted to the man truthfully as they walked to an unknown destination.
● Steel Arm Guards (Under Cheongsam) ● Chakra Rebound Steel Leg Guards (Under Cheongsam)● ● ● ●
◆￤ Passives
● Undertow: This training focuses on using movement when you attack, carrying that much more force. After this skill is trained, any attack that follows a dodge is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to reflex can instead be attributed to the strength of the attack, up to your rank of soft or hard physical formless training (E = slight, D = Mild etc.) Particularly useful on some skills in this style, but applicable to any taijutsu or even bukijutsu attack that follows directly after a dodge within reason.
● Embrace the Brine: So far the dodging has been mostly about steps and alrge movements, but the ocean can be subtle, just as it can be conspicuous. With this, you are capable of better timing your movements while also narrowing the range of motion necessary. Now instead of a step, you can achieve similarly jarring dodges with a simple duck, bob or weave, which puts you in a better position to respond to attacks in some situations, against certain types of fighters. It got its name because the sweat of an opponent should still be able to hit you from how close you are to the attack.
● Every Inch of Sail: This training focuses on increasing the user's reflexive ability to avoid an attack while simultaneously launching a countermove to heavily punish mistakes. As such, this skill focuses on striking an opponents oncoming attacks specifically instead of simply dodging. It's an attempt to wear down an opponent while you fish for that knock down attack. After this training, when an opponent launches an attack that you can dodge successfully, you can instead strike out at their limbs with one of your own. This transforms the attack into a complex one if simple, or spiritual if complex when interacting with their attack to give you the upperhand.
● Iron Umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, slightly increasing the strength of blocks.
● Iron Resiliency: The user has gone through tough enough training, being roughed up and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user's fortitude is mildly increased.
● Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The user's striking strength is mildly increased.
● Junka [Acclimation]: The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style.
● Tenshin [Shifting Position]: The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor.
● 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.
Her responses gave him a mix of faith and excitement at the chance to live with people who were much more honest and direct. Which given their nature as shinobi was a contradiction, but a welcome one at the least. Though he knew full well the annoyance of separating work and life,"Back home, you are what you are. A baker is a baker at all times. A soldier is a soldier at all times. There was no separation in work and personal. Its hard to make friends at a tea house for instance, when everyone is expecting you to arrest them if they get a little wild..." As he continued his pace they passed one of the classrooms in session. For a time he could not help but see the children inside and how young they were, yet training for such a bloody occupation. Though when Minako gave her reason he remained silent for a time. How was he supposed to respond to that? He had never lost anyone in his family he really cared about. His siblings were fine and his parents were both alive and well. Hell even his grandparents were still alive. Giving her a small grunt he sighed but did not take his eyes off the students in class,"I would say I know what that feels like but I don't. I would say it will be alright but it probably wont. I don't believe in offering empty platitudes or anecdotes. All I can say is I am sorry. It cant be easy for you. Are your friends helping you out?"
Fiitra
The Firefly in the Meadow
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:31 pm
She was about to talk a bit further in depth about separation of occupation and the individual but then his last question caught her off guard. Yet again she was perplexed as far as how to answer that, especially with this man. But she felt as if honesty was best with him so she would continue on to answer his comments in the order that they came to her at. "Here you have to learn to be able to mold yourself to a number of duties. For instance I'm a shinobi, a front line fighter, and an armor smith." She told him and then thought of how to say this next sentence. "Still there are many that don't know how to juggle the many hats or masks that they have to wear. Myself included." She admitted as she didn't want to sound as if she thought she was better than anyone else. Instead she thought the quite opposite in all honesty. She was probably the worst in this entire village.
"As far as why I'm down and that situation... It's life. Whether its good or bad its an experience. All I can do is keep moving forward. It's what she would of wanted." She licked her lips before answering his last question. "I'm not very well liked in the village, so I don't have friends."
● Steel Arm Guards (Under Cheongsam) ● Chakra Rebound Steel Leg Guards (Under Cheongsam)● ● ● ●
◆￤ Passives
● Undertow: This training focuses on using movement when you attack, carrying that much more force. After this skill is trained, any attack that follows a dodge is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to reflex can instead be attributed to the strength of the attack, up to your rank of soft or hard physical formless training (E = slight, D = Mild etc.) Particularly useful on some skills in this style, but applicable to any taijutsu or even bukijutsu attack that follows directly after a dodge within reason.
● Embrace the Brine: So far the dodging has been mostly about steps and alrge movements, but the ocean can be subtle, just as it can be conspicuous. With this, you are capable of better timing your movements while also narrowing the range of motion necessary. Now instead of a step, you can achieve similarly jarring dodges with a simple duck, bob or weave, which puts you in a better position to respond to attacks in some situations, against certain types of fighters. It got its name because the sweat of an opponent should still be able to hit you from how close you are to the attack.
● Every Inch of Sail: This training focuses on increasing the user's reflexive ability to avoid an attack while simultaneously launching a countermove to heavily punish mistakes. As such, this skill focuses on striking an opponents oncoming attacks specifically instead of simply dodging. It's an attempt to wear down an opponent while you fish for that knock down attack. After this training, when an opponent launches an attack that you can dodge successfully, you can instead strike out at their limbs with one of your own. This transforms the attack into a complex one if simple, or spiritual if complex when interacting with their attack to give you the upperhand.
● Iron Umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, slightly increasing the strength of blocks.
● Iron Resiliency: The user has gone through tough enough training, being roughed up and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user's fortitude is mildly increased.
● Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The user's striking strength is mildly increased.
● Junka [Acclimation]: The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style.
● Tenshin [Shifting Position]: The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor.
● 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.
He would have to consider her words with contemplation later on. Hopefully he would not have to wear so many hats, he just wanted to wear the one he had on. When she expanded on her situation he kept his eyes upon the classroom, but he did nod. Once she finished he took a deep breath and began finally meeting her eyes,"That is probably the best outlook you could have all things considered."Crossing his arms he leaned against the wall and actually smiled,"Well now your stuck with me I guess. Your an honest woman, you spoke the truth and opened yourself to a stranger. I could care less what others think. Your a good woman, so now your stuck with me. Plus one friend."
The Firefly in the Meadow
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:21 pm
With his last words she let a soft smile shine through her dark hour. It did seem she was stuck with him and it was something she looked forward to. An outside source who didn't mold to the environment around him. She'd have to help him out later, especially with his armor. But for now she was quite happy with how things turned out. "Doesn't sound so bad." She mused as she stretched a bit. She was going to have to train here shortly. But she would go into it with a clear mind knowing that she at least had one person within the village. It would help her out significantly especially with all the training she has gone through to try and make herself a more stable individual... rather than relying on her baser instincts like most of her life.
● Steel Arm Guards (Under Cheongsam) ● Chakra Rebound Steel Leg Guards (Under Cheongsam)● ● ● ●
◆￤ Passives
● Undertow: This training focuses on using movement when you attack, carrying that much more force. After this skill is trained, any attack that follows a dodge is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to reflex can instead be attributed to the strength of the attack, up to your rank of soft or hard physical formless training (E = slight, D = Mild etc.) Particularly useful on some skills in this style, but applicable to any taijutsu or even bukijutsu attack that follows directly after a dodge within reason.
● Embrace the Brine: So far the dodging has been mostly about steps and alrge movements, but the ocean can be subtle, just as it can be conspicuous. With this, you are capable of better timing your movements while also narrowing the range of motion necessary. Now instead of a step, you can achieve similarly jarring dodges with a simple duck, bob or weave, which puts you in a better position to respond to attacks in some situations, against certain types of fighters. It got its name because the sweat of an opponent should still be able to hit you from how close you are to the attack.
● Every Inch of Sail: This training focuses on increasing the user's reflexive ability to avoid an attack while simultaneously launching a countermove to heavily punish mistakes. As such, this skill focuses on striking an opponents oncoming attacks specifically instead of simply dodging. It's an attempt to wear down an opponent while you fish for that knock down attack. After this training, when an opponent launches an attack that you can dodge successfully, you can instead strike out at their limbs with one of your own. This transforms the attack into a complex one if simple, or spiritual if complex when interacting with their attack to give you the upperhand.
● Iron Umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, slightly increasing the strength of blocks.
● Iron Resiliency: The user has gone through tough enough training, being roughed up and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user's fortitude is mildly increased.
● Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The user's striking strength is mildly increased.
● Junka [Acclimation]: The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style.
● Tenshin [Shifting Position]: The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor.
● 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.
Waking up from her nap, San went right back to training with her kunai. She instantly tossed a kunai at a wooden training dummy. She then did the same yet again from a different holding position. After awhile of repeating this, she got that hang of holding her her kunai in all sorts of weird ways. [learned: Dart]
After gathering her kunai San moved onto another technique. Placing two kundai between her fingers she through both at the same time. It was a lot of fun, much like being at the circus as a knife thrower. However it was also serious training. [Learned: Pair]
Of course what was more fun than throwing two kunai at the same time? Throwing three of course. San soon added a third kunai and got to practicing. Soon enough she was practically adept at it. [Learned: Three of a Kind]
Going over her training she looked to enhance a move already learned. By inserting chakra into dart she could enhance the penetrative power of the kunai. For a ninja as skilled as herself, it wasn't difficult. [Learned: Twin Aces]
Having known a couple of puppeteers, an idea came to San's mind. What if she attached chakra strings to her kunai? It was perfect. Now when she threw a kunai its path and trajectory could be modified. [Learned: Calling Cord]
Continuing with her earlier training San stepped up her game. Now she held four kunai between her fingers. Taking a moment to focus chakra to her hand she focused and the threw all four at once. A couple seconds later all of them reached the target. [Learned: Trick Full House]
Going along with the theme of enhancing old tricks, San looked to the Calling Cord tech. By pumping chakra into the string she could gain even more control over the kunai. In this case she could actually pull the kunai back to her. [Learned: Retracting Line]
As she got better at using the chakra strings, San started to get an idea of how to do it better. So much so that she felt herself learning once more. It was then that she realized her understanding had deepened. [Learned: Manipulating Line]
Reading through the training scroll one involving using a scroll itself caught her attention. By unfurling a scroll and applying some chakra she could reach into the scroll. Then her hand would pull forth and throw projectiles made of chakra in a barrage attack. It was some neat reading. [Learned: Hidden Stash]
Following that technique was a really similar one. However this time she would face the scroll to an enemy and place her hand upon the back side. Then with a surge of chakra from her hand, projectiles would be sent flying out. [learned: Scroll Projection]
Getting back to learning how to do some trick throws, San took some Kunai into her hands. Holding them in no particular way but when she threw there was a special twist to her hand. That twist would result in the kunai arcing such that those who attempted to avoid them would actually dodge into them. [Learned: Bent Arsenal ]
After getting the hang of that San decided to revisit the Hidden Stash technique. It took alot out of her to perform so she needed to work on growing her stamina. After repeating it several time back to back she felt as though her ability to use it had grown. [Learned: Secret Stash]
Finally San had reached the pinnacle of training with kunai. By inserting a large of amount of chakra into it she could cause it to explode with the snap of her fingers. So great was the explosion that it was on par with katon ninjutsu technique. She was truly a master of knives now. [Learned: Explosive Arsenal]
After all that training San was exhausted. She once more passed out in the corner. While laying there she dreamed peacefully. [Sleep] Meanwhile her energy reserves quickly regrew back to normal. Sound alseep she continued to rest. Eventually her eyes fluttered and heart rate picked up back to normal. [sleep] Eventually she awoke once more. However if she wanted to continue training now there was something which she needed to go get. [Exit]
● Bloodline Techniques are reduced by 10 chakra ● Bloodline Techniques Overwhelm Same Rank ● Sapping energy from San reduced to 1/4 ● Hand Seals May be Replaced by Lip Movement ● Fuuinjutsu Labled with [Uzumaki] count as Bloodline ● Can Not be Unbalanced by Techniques S-Rank or Lower ● Right forearm sealed by Phantom Limb Seal ● Silent Steps (may only be heard by those with enhanced hearing), steps do not leave a trace. ● Can Catch Projectiles by the Tip ● Once per post, the user may use a single D-Rank or lower technique from Sobagi without paying the cost.
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● Learn All Jutsu Eight [8] Posts faster ● Learn Ninjutsu One [1] Post Faster ● Able to locate the general direction of the closest exotic monster ● Text Here
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:56 pm
San returned to the dojo except now she was wearing a light flack jacket over her kimono and had a rather fancy looking oodachi sheathed upon her back. As she walked through the halls of the dojo she made sure to check up on all of the training shinobi. It was then that she spied Minako and Kairi. Taking a deep breath she approached the two genin with a look that was open and aloof. It was her intention to portray a lack of distance between the three of them. To show that everyone was welcome to her ear. "Yo Shiny... and Minako! Your training going well?" Something Minako would perhaps notice was that San was currently without all of her right arm. Based on how the sleeve hung it probably ended at the elbow. How and when she lost the arm would go answered without questions. Meanwhile Kairi had never known San to have two arms so he would be unaware that anything was amiss.
● Bloodline Techniques are reduced by 10 chakra ● Bloodline Techniques Overwhelm Same Rank ● Sapping energy from San reduced to 1/4 ● Hand Seals May be Replaced by Lip Movement ● Fuuinjutsu Labled with [Uzumaki] count as Bloodline ● Can Not be Unbalanced by Techniques S-Rank or Lower ● Right forearm sealed by Phantom Limb Seal ● Silent Steps (may only be heard by those with enhanced hearing), steps do not leave a trace. ● Can Catch Projectiles by the Tip ● Once per post, the user may use a single D-Rank or lower technique from Sobagi without paying the cost. ● Chest Protected by a light armored flack jacket, passive D rank defense against simple attacks.
NON-COMBAT DATA
🍥║ Mission Information
Mission Title [ Rank ] Mission Details
Mission Title [ Rank ] Mission Details
Mission Title [ Rank ] Mission Details
🍥║ Non-Combat Passives
● Learn All Jutsu Eight [8] Posts faster ● Learn Ninjutsu One [1] Post Faster ● Able to locate the general direction of the closest exotic monster ● Text Here
There it was, finally a smile from his new friend. Giving her a light chuckle he smirked,"There ya go. Good day already." Though his relaxed demeanor faded almost instantly upon the arrival of the Hokage. Instantly he fell to the position of attention and dipped his head,"Mi'lady." When she inquired about his training he spoke simply,"I attended the young man as you asked. Hes in the other room now. Though before I could begin my own training I noticed Miss Minako here seemed quite distressed. I chose to see to her then my training."
The Firefly in the Meadow
Over Yandere
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:30 pm
Minako was about to speak to her new friend once more until she heard the Hokage's voice call to them. Or rather someone named shiny and herself. Whom she could easily deduce was her new found friend. When the hokage had inquired about their training. "I'm about to go back to training here in a second." She said ignoring what her new friend had said about her distressed.
● Steel Arm Guards (Under Cheongsam) ● Chakra Rebound Steel Leg Guards (Under Cheongsam)● ● ● ●
◆￤ Passives
● Undertow: This training focuses on using movement when you attack, carrying that much more force. After this skill is trained, any attack that follows a dodge is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to reflex can instead be attributed to the strength of the attack, up to your rank of soft or hard physical formless training (E = slight, D = Mild etc.) Particularly useful on some skills in this style, but applicable to any taijutsu or even bukijutsu attack that follows directly after a dodge within reason.
● Embrace the Brine: So far the dodging has been mostly about steps and alrge movements, but the ocean can be subtle, just as it can be conspicuous. With this, you are capable of better timing your movements while also narrowing the range of motion necessary. Now instead of a step, you can achieve similarly jarring dodges with a simple duck, bob or weave, which puts you in a better position to respond to attacks in some situations, against certain types of fighters. It got its name because the sweat of an opponent should still be able to hit you from how close you are to the attack.
● Every Inch of Sail: This training focuses on increasing the user's reflexive ability to avoid an attack while simultaneously launching a countermove to heavily punish mistakes. As such, this skill focuses on striking an opponents oncoming attacks specifically instead of simply dodging. It's an attempt to wear down an opponent while you fish for that knock down attack. After this training, when an opponent launches an attack that you can dodge successfully, you can instead strike out at their limbs with one of your own. This transforms the attack into a complex one if simple, or spiritual if complex when interacting with their attack to give you the upperhand.
● Iron Umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, slightly increasing the strength of blocks.
● Iron Resiliency: The user has gone through tough enough training, being roughed up and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user's fortitude is mildly increased.
● Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The user's striking strength is mildly increased.
● Junka [Acclimation]: The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style.
● Tenshin [Shifting Position]: The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor.
● 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.
San raised an eyebrow at the mention of Minako being distressed. The woman looked fine, no obvious wounds. Although that big cat of hers was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps that was what he was referring to? If so San would not be one to speak upon unless it became a problem, Minako seemed to be handling herself fine and as such it was none of San's business. "Well look at you, makin friends already yo. If neither of you need anything I'll be on my way?" She motioned with her stump towards one of the training rooms. Her torn sleeve hung about, pulled against it by gravity. Clearly she was not yet used to missing it.
● Bloodline Techniques are reduced by 10 chakra ● Bloodline Techniques Overwhelm Same Rank ● Sapping energy from San reduced to 1/4 ● Hand Seals May be Replaced by Lip Movement ● Fuuinjutsu Labled with [Uzumaki] count as Bloodline ● Can Not be Unbalanced by Techniques S-Rank or Lower ● Right forearm sealed by Phantom Limb Seal ● Silent Steps (may only be heard by those with enhanced hearing), steps do not leave a trace. ● Can Catch Projectiles by the Tip ● Once per post, the user may use a single D-Rank or lower technique from Sobagi without paying the cost. ● Chest Protected by a light armored flack jacket, passive D rank defense against simple attacks.
NON-COMBAT DATA
🍥║ Mission Information
Mission Title [ Rank ] Mission Details
Mission Title [ Rank ] Mission Details
Mission Title [ Rank ] Mission Details
🍥║ Non-Combat Passives
● Learn All Jutsu Eight [8] Posts faster ● Learn Ninjutsu One [1] Post Faster ● Able to locate the general direction of the closest exotic monster ● Text Here
Well, she seemed to be in a much better mood then before, both Minako and San. Interesting. Though when the lady Hokage asked if they had anything further then motioned to one of the training rooms he smiled a bit,"May I accompany you? It never hurts to watch those above you train. You never know what you will learn from them."
When he asked the Kage if he could tag along with her Minako didn't falter. She moved through the area dismissing herself so that she could start off on her training. Allowing the two of them to do whatever it was they needed to do. She found her own little area and began diving into the taijutsu scrolls. Searching for things that would make her more of an all around fighter than just a defensive one.
● Steel Arm Guards (Under Cheongsam) ● Chakra Rebound Steel Leg Guards (Under Cheongsam)● ● ● ●
◆￤ Passives
● Undertow: This training focuses on using movement when you attack, carrying that much more force. After this skill is trained, any attack that follows a dodge is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to reflex can instead be attributed to the strength of the attack, up to your rank of soft or hard physical formless training (E = slight, D = Mild etc.) Particularly useful on some skills in this style, but applicable to any taijutsu or even bukijutsu attack that follows directly after a dodge within reason.
● Embrace the Brine: So far the dodging has been mostly about steps and alrge movements, but the ocean can be subtle, just as it can be conspicuous. With this, you are capable of better timing your movements while also narrowing the range of motion necessary. Now instead of a step, you can achieve similarly jarring dodges with a simple duck, bob or weave, which puts you in a better position to respond to attacks in some situations, against certain types of fighters. It got its name because the sweat of an opponent should still be able to hit you from how close you are to the attack.
● Every Inch of Sail: This training focuses on increasing the user's reflexive ability to avoid an attack while simultaneously launching a countermove to heavily punish mistakes. As such, this skill focuses on striking an opponents oncoming attacks specifically instead of simply dodging. It's an attempt to wear down an opponent while you fish for that knock down attack. After this training, when an opponent launches an attack that you can dodge successfully, you can instead strike out at their limbs with one of your own. This transforms the attack into a complex one if simple, or spiritual if complex when interacting with their attack to give you the upperhand.
● Iron Umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, slightly increasing the strength of blocks.
● Iron Resiliency: The user has gone through tough enough training, being roughed up and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user's fortitude is mildly increased.
● Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The user's striking strength is mildly increased.
● Junka [Acclimation]: The user acclimates to moving in their armor by wearing it during normal daily activities. After completing this training, the user can move in any armor as though it were properly fitted for them personally. This provides one descriptive rank in strength and fortitude to techniques using the armor per stage learned in this Style.
● Tenshin [Shifting Position]: The user practices their art by moving across a shifting surface--such as sand or mud--with their armor. Following the completion of this training, the user becomes significantly harder to topple while armored; all incoming techniques that would move the user are treated as one rank lower in strength when determining of how far the user is moved, and the user can no longer be toppled by techniques lower in rank than their armor.
● 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.
