SHIONxxxxxMORI Shion nodded to Kenshin as he addressed her comments. "Exactly. There's no law to this, so Arashi should take it while we can." Passing a glance to the other two members of their company, the Kunoichi would cross her arms over her chest. "Actions born of good faith are what got us the rep we have. If Arashi really is really going public, we need to show that we are not to be messed with." Shion knew there was a time and a place to be diplomatic, but this was not one of those times. Arashi was essentially the little man walking into their first day of prison; they needed to assert as much dominance over the field as they could.
"Leaf may be our friend now, but what happens if we just give them a Bijuu? What happens if they decide they're better off without Arashi? Yeah, we need friends. Yeah, we need to help them. What we don't need is to give them a stick bigger than ours, if you get me," she'd say, shrugging to Kenshin. "As for what qualities you think you'll need, just do what Jay and Jeon did with me. Slap the demon in some genin and train them into the type of host you want. Worked for me."
“I wouldn’t really say it worked.” Musica muttered at Shion’s statement, giving her a sidelong look of mild irritation. Things were starting to get heated between Kameyo and the Matatabi host. The young Chunin had very little patience for bickering after being the oldest sister of an entire orphanage. So the unwillingness for compromise was starting to grate on her nerves. Musica made sure to walk in between Kameyo and Shion, in hopes that they would at least get off of each other. In an attempt to diffuse the situation, Musica started with the former first lady. “Don’t forget they found us and got into Arashi super easy. If I were a betting girl, I’d wager they had a way to track the demons. So spreading them out to protect them doesn’t seem like it means that much. Giving Gyuki to someone just because they’re from Konoha seems like a quick fix to me. We’d run into a high chance of giving him to the wrong person because we were going too quickly.”
Then she turned to Shion. “But keeping him for Arashi seems like too stupid of a thing to do if all we’re concerned about is how we look. Dunno about you guys, but seems to me that there’s more at stake than our own pride. And those weirdo tools took us down even with the ones we do have, I doubt one more would matter. On top of that, if they do have a way to track the demons, then taking Gyuki back home is just asking them to come attack us again. And can you honestly say we’d do better this time? I can’t.”
“I know it puts us back to square one, but I suppose it’d be best if we trusted Mr. Kenshin’s and Gyuki’s judgement on this. Otherwise we’d be arguing all day, and I don’t have the energy for that…”
▱▰▱Tensions were escalating between the disagreeing parties as he listened to each perspective. "The Storm was a victim of poor leadership decisions. I remember when I returned to Arashi I tried to inform Toso of my knowledge about the rogue Satoshi and the Jashinists but he was...bizarrely unresponsive." What Kenshin was referring to was Toso no longer speaking English but some language from the Great Old Ones. This made communicating with him next to impossible. "I regret not forcing the message into his head before we left, Lady Kameyo." Kenshin did realize that time was of the essence so he was limited in the time it would take to solve another one of Toso's exhaustive antics. Still, Kenshin did regret that he did not try harder to seize the opportunity. Perhaps if Toso were able to listen to him that the village would have been more prepared for the Jashinist attack. When Shion gave her input, he nodded before responding firmly. "If the Leaf ever attacked us then I'd burn their village to the ground worse than Kogarashi did to their old village." He was not giving an overconfident or idle threat. The sannin was completely serious and knew that no matter the outcome of the demon that he would be able to protect Arashi and exact justice on whoever would abuse its power. After Musica finished speaking Kenshin would end the conversation once his vast vision narrowed on Nami's location. "That's enough. I've found the next jinchuuriki so I'll use that time to come to a decision." Kenshin would step onto a different road toward the next location as he followed his sight. "Either way, these Jashinists will be stopped. I'll have all of their heads on spikes before long." Justice demanded a swift end to the cultists for the death and destruction they had wrought on his home.
Active Effects Byakugan Status: • Inactive Tenseigan Status: • Active Human Sage Mode Status: • Inactive Reiken no Michi Status: • Inactive Gyuki Transformation Status: • Inactive Status Effects: • None
Personal Attributes ▱▰▱ Piercing Accuracy | The clansman is more proficient than his fellow clan members at striking tenketsu. One's gentle fist application allows them to reduce 1.5 times the amount of chakra spent in a juken strike instead of 1.25. For example, if one spends 100 chakra on a gentle fist technique, the attack robs the target of 150 instead of the 125 normal clansmen would reduce. ▱▰▱ Purest Lineage | The clansman's thoroughbred lineage allows them access to the Byakugan without the use of a hand seal, chakra cost, or activation. In addition, should they unlock the Tenseigan, they may have 50% less reserves to maintain it than other clan members and may also activate the Tenseigan without the use of a hand seal, chakra cost, or activation. ▱▰▱ Physical Prowess | The Hyuga gains a [2] point increase in any stat after mastering stage 3 of the gentle fist and another [2] points after mastering stage 6 for a total of [4] rather than [2]. In addition, the Hyuga gains [3] custom slots to be used exclusively for the gentle fist style and [1] taijutsu style slot. ▱▰▱ Genetic Palette | With intensive genetic therapy and strong blood, this character is able to possess more than one transplant. This allows the character up to two transplants total, of any of the three categories. ▱▰▱ Thundering Justice | Lightning-based techniques used by the Hatake are granted a concussive blast in the form of a sonic boom upon impact. This concussive blast has a range of five feet per rank of the parent technique. Those within the area of the blast have a knock-back effect applied if their body rank is lower than the parent technique. In addition, deafness is applied upon impact for two posts. ▱▰▱ Tsunami of Justice | Kenshin gains access to the water element. ▱▰▱ Ionic Blade | The user's bukijutsu and basic combat weapon strikes may be made complex to add their lightning element to the attacks. This causes tiered paralysis on contact equal to the rank of the technique it is paired with. ▱▰▱ Blessings of Valor | As a world-famous hero, you are forever bestowed with an extra reward in arc, timeskip, and guildwide events. ▱▰▱ Short-Circuiting Juken | For an additional amount of chakra that is half of the amount spent for the original technique, Hatake chidori raiton can be applied to complex juken techniques to inject the enemy's body with lightning. The Hatake's chidori raiton inflicts a tier of full-body paralysis that is equivalent to the technique's rank up to the second tier. This paralysis lasts for two posts per rank of the technique at a maximum of six posts. Applying Chidori chakra to the Juken consumes a second offensive activation. ▱▰▱ Storm Sage | Lightning techniques cast while in sage mode and when enhanced by nature chakra burn brighter and inflict a tier of blindness that is equivalent to the technique's rank. This blindness lasts for two posts per rank of the technique at a maximum of six posts. ▱▰▱ Stern Spirit | Reiken no Michi virtue states cost one rank less in stamina to activate and maintain. The stamina cost of the virtue states cannot be reduced beyond this. ▱▰▱ Raijin Drum | While in human sage mode, Kenshin is able to self-korabo one lightning technique, one wind technique, and one water technique into one three-times powerful truth-seeking orb. This consumes the chakra of the three techniques on his nature chakra reserves but only one offensive action. This can only occur once for every three posts. ▱▰▱ Conduction Mastery | Kenshin is able to self-korabo his lightning and water techniques more efficiently by paying 10 less chakra when one raiton and one suiton are combined. ▱▰▱ The Grand Order | Status effects affect the templar by [1] tier lower at a minimum of tier 1 when defending their religion's faithful and their houses of worship. This PA is only obtained by grand templars and is automatically obtained once that title is granted. ▱▰▱ Eye of the Storm | When using techniques or abilities based on the water and-or lighting element, including ranton and other bloodline techniques their rank is increased depending on the proximity to the user. When 20-25 feet from the user, techniques are increased by one rank in strength, when 5-10 feet from the user, techniques are increased by two ranks. ▱▰▱ Conductive Destruction | Ranton users are masters of their elements so one Raiton and one Suiton ninjutsu can be self-Koraboed for only one offensive activation. This ability can only be used once per three posts. If both Raiton and Suiton techniques are used in the same post then they are all reduced by 5 chakra per rank of the technique.
Class Information First Class: Bukijutsu ▱▰▱ Expert: Rapier → The user has achieved a sense of mastery and focus unlike others and are known as an Expert, a dedicated focus over a weapon they use to near perfection. The shinobi can pick a single weapon, or two if dual wielding, to apply this focus toward with examples such as Katana, Spear, Bows or even Dual Daggers. They acquire a Keystone technique that is unique to them with an additional 2 Custom Techniques derived of this special ability. Refer to the Keystone Guideline for more information. They gain a [+1] boost to both speed and agility & techniques cost [5] less Chakra and/or Stamina per rank of the technique when wielding attacks with their specialized weapon in attack or defense. ► Signature Style: Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi Second Class: Bukijutsu ▱▰▱ Mystic Hero → The user has become adept at blending their ninjutsu and bukijutsu. The user is able to cast ninjutsu from their weapon without the use of hand signs by making any flourish or deliberate movement to cast the technique in the direction the weapon is commanded. This requires the same amount of time as the forming of hand signs to cast ninjutsu. They are also able to Korabo 1 ninjutsu and 1 bukijutsu together with varying cool downs for a single activation. E-D - 0 C-B - 1 A-S - 2 S+ - 3 Third Class: Bloodline ▱▰▱ 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. You can cast bloodline techniques through one-handed seals. {The Overwhelming Trait does not apply to anything above S} In addition, Blood Knights are able to Korabo bloodline techniques at varying cool downs depending on the technique ranks for a single activation. E-D - 0 C-B - 1 A-S - 2 S+ - 3 ▱▰▱ Dedicated Disciple → A disciple who chooses to specialize in a small number of their class's arts. Limiting themselves to three of their class's styles, granting overwhelming in all three styles up to S Rank. Any additional slots that would be awarded for their class's styles are converted into a 2 point increase in any stats of their choosing. In addition, these masters of their arts are able to have a 1 point increase in their stats cap of 8 making it 9. Styles granted from rewards may be learned but do not carry the overwhelming property and the user is capped out at 5 styles. ► Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi | Tetsunami Ryu | Reiken no Michi
Weapon Specs ▰ Weapon Name: Getsuruitō ▰ Weapon Type: Katana & Rapier [ Reiken Spirit Sword ] ▰ Weapon Size: 38 Inches Total | 30 Inch Blade | 8 Inch Hilt ▰ Style Categorization: Medium Sword ▰ Weapon Weight: 3 lbs ▰ Stat Increase: +2 Speed ▰ Elemental Affinity: Lightning ▰ Description: Getsuruitō (月涙刀, Moon Tear Sword) is a legendary sword that was reworked and merged with the standard-issue Kumogakure Police Department officer rapier commissioned to Kenshin Kosei named Purity. The original form of the sword is a steel and dark blue katana with a bronze crossguard and dragonhead handle. It also has a rapier form that was refined from Purity and is entirely constructed from steel with a dark blue handle and basket hilt. The katana and rapier forms are the same size and constructed of the same materials. Getsuruito was considered a legendary artifact by the people of Seizan as it was wielded by an ancient general. When the rusted blade was awarded by the locals to Kenshin Kosei he discovered that it had the unique ability to merge with and empower one other weapon. When the katana was reworked to its fullest potential it had the abilities of his own weapon in addition to incredible lightning abilities. ▰ Ability Summary: Righteous Sword of the Sentinel [ Senchineru no Seigi no Ken ] | Rank E | Bloodline | Spiritual All forms of Hyuuga techniques including the gentle fist can be used through the sword for the 10 posts that this technique is active. This means that strikes involving the blade cause physical damage including stab wounds as well as seal tenketsu points and any other effects of the technique used through the sword. An additional 5 chakra can be applied to the blade to prevent it from causing physical damage from thrusting but instead seal tenketsu points and inflict pain similar to a stab wound in the area struck but slashing attacks can still cause damage. Half the resource cost of techniques from the rapier style of Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi applied allows the technique to carry the tenketsu sealing effects of a same-rank palm strike such as a B-Rank carrying 64 Palms effects. Getsuruito must be in its rapier form to use this ability and 5 chakra can be spent upon activation of this technique to transform it as such. The Righteous Sword of the Sentinel technique has a 10 post duration before necessitating re-activation and costs an E-Rank amount of chakra. The initial activation of this technique consumes an action but all subsidiary abilities of the technique do not.
Smiting Blade of the Night Watch [ Naitō Otchi no Sumittinguburēdo ] | Rank X | Bukijutsu [ Lightning ] | Spiritual When this technique is activated it crackles violently with night blue lightning for the entire duration. The electricity from the blade also forms bolts of lightning over the body of the user and appears to supercharge them. Whenever the blade is swung or thrust over the duration the user can fire a concentrated blast of ten bolts of lightning to accompany the strike equal to the rank applied but for only half the cost to initiate the technique. Hatake, Raiu, and Sage enhanced lightning can pass through the blade and apply to these lightning bolts. The bolts cause a thunderously deafening sonic boom and can inflict tier 2 burns upon direct contact with the lightning. Additionally, these lightning bolts can be freely applied to all complex bukijutsu for no action cost to smite enemies. The only action cost is when the technique is activated and all subsidiary abilities of the technique do not consume actions and only chakra. This ability can be used in both forms of Getsuruito.
Draconic Sabre of Moon Sundering [ Getsu Sandaringu no Dorakonikku Seibā ] | Rank X | Bukijutsu [ Lightning ] | Complex This is the original ability of the ancient Getsuruito blade and thus requires the original katana form. 5 chakra can be spent to transform the blade to its original form upon activation of this technique. Crackling and thunderous dark blue lightning can be applied to the katana's edge at any rank and the same lightning can form a dragon head formed from electricity over the body of the user for 10 posts. This allows all spiritual techniques the sword comes into contact with to be slashed through and even cut in half at the same rank despite the complex nature of the technique. For half of the original cost to activate the technique a same-rank spiritual electrical energy slash can be sent out from the slash of the blade. This same cost can be applied to any complex bukijutsu to achieve the same effect. The original 10 post activation of this ability consumes an action but all subsidiary abilities do not.
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Rocket Punches
Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 6:59 pm
Coda had heard enough to satisfy her needs. The mission was to gather information on the Jashinists, and her hunch had taken her here specifically to find these people. It was nice to see that a close encounter with the most powerful jutsu on the planet hadn't fried her brain, not that there was much in the way of other conclusions to come to about the activities of the Jashinists that had graced Echo Caverns with their presence. The threat to move towards another populated area, probably the imperial city of Kumoito judging by the direction Kenshin started in, presented a problem that couldn't be ignored. The two who had been at the battle in Konohagakure had left rapidly enough to catch everyone off guard, including Sadayo. It was entirely possible something similar would happen if they caught the same scent she was searching for. Paired with a tracking skillset in Coda's that was more conventional than most Oinin and it would take her considerably more effort to catch up with them than was ideal. The woman began her transformation to Cere, and body-flickered behind the arguing group as the shift completed.
"I'm a big fan of heads and spikes." Cere's slightly raspy voice added casually to the conversation, as if she had been there all along. It echoed very slightly behind the white Oinin mask, the Leaf headband that strands of green hair flowed onto settling around her neck with a slight clink. "I would caution against attacking Konoha until you have better group cohesion though, regardless of their actions. The fox is quite a nuisance when he's around and they do not struggle to respond to their threats, despite a fairly significant contingent of inexperienced shinobi." Coda was toning things down a bit as Cere, far more than she would if they crossed paths in the future. Plus, this wasn't really what the character was meant for. Cere was a creature of violence and aggression, neither of which was something she welcomed in this scenario. She had a decent idea of how strong at least two of the group were, the jinchuriki was a question mark as was the tag along. Kenshin was more than enough of a match, and if the others presented less of a challenge, his presence negated that entirely. She was far better off simply gaining attention, so for the moment Cere was simply deniability and recognizability. A face that could be cast off if compromised, not that she planned on revealing her face at the moment. "Anyone else here ever caught Limelight in their hand? Hurts like hell but it's exhilarating. You two left before the fun part."The woman continued, holding up a heavily tattooed arm, the images on its surface shifting to mimic lightning arcing down to the elbow as she examined it, a slight shift in the angle of her mask denoting a turn of attention towards Kameyo and Kenshin.
[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/2 ] Any attack that follows a dodge or evasive technique is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to agility can be attributed to the strength of the next attack. When this ability is performed it cannot be used the following post.
[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/3 ] Once every [3] posts, the user may utilize an offensive technique that targets a specific part of the target's body that would disrupt their attack. This offensive attack deals damage regularly but allows the user to use their remaining activations as offensive as well.
[ Kyotoryuu Training | Available | Duration 0/2 | Cooldown 0/3 ] The Kyotouryuu practitioner can now react to an opponent by converting their speed into an agility boost for [2] posts with a [3] post cooldown. This requires no activation or resource cost.
◁ Passive Modifiers ▷
[ Yozen ] Fuuinjutsu techniques require [10] less chakra per body rank of the Yozen clansman (maximum of 60 at S+) without losing their potency.
[ Mach Style Training ] Make taijutsu complex, and "punch" ninjutsu orbs as projectiles. When in the shooter stance, the strength and speed of strikes is increased by [2] points instead of [1] point per rank.
[ Channeling Martial Skill Training ] Ability for techniques to carry two elemental properties. Ability to add bloodline elements.
[ Kaiser Fist Training ] The armor now emits a crackling, bright, white hot chakra that appears like a thin aura around the user. The chakra causes mild burns on contact. In addition, the user gains a [1] point increase to strength and speed per rank of the armor. ------- Kaiser Armor allows the user to regenerate 10 stamina per rank of chakra applied to each technique while the armor is active. The user may not generate more stamina than their reserves may hold. ------- The Kaiser Armor now causes searing burns upon contact that blister due to the crackling chakra. The user's strength and speed are increased by [1] point per rank of the armor. Taijutsu and bukijutsu techniques used while the armor is active create shock waves [5] feet in the direction of the attack per rank of the technique.
[ Mirror Image Arts Training ] The user may cast the Shadow Clone technique in conjunction with techniques from this style to replace mirror images with the clones. Casting Shadow Clones in this manner does not consume an activation. ------- The user has learned to control their chakra in a fine manner which allows them to create an additional mirror image per rank of the technique it is executed with. These additional images do not increase the strength of the parent technique.
“I think heads on spikes look pretty nice, too~!” A swarm of eight Jashinists all rose from the ground around the group of traveling shinobi. Their chakra and their jutsu having masked their presence from even Kenshin’s Tenseigan, they spread out until each Shinobi was paired with two cultists each. “How about we turn you guys into an art piece? We'll make sure ya meet that Isobu host soon enough.”
Rocket Punches
Ephemeral Ozymandias
Cute Things In Jars
ghostfinch
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 8:51 pm
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Kameyo understood the rationale for Shion's defensive and power-centric take on the bijuu, but it didn't make her feel any better about it. "I don't think the Gyuki is a bigger stick than Chomei and Matatabi," Kameyo said thoughtfully, though she knew Konoha also possessed Kurama, so they were on equal footing if Konoha received Gyuki. "By my bijuu count, Gyuki in the Leaf would balance the size of our metaphorical sticks. That said, I just don't think we need to keep Gyuki in Arashi since we couldn't defend three bijuu as it is. We should work on our emergency protocol response and our natural defenses before we try to hoard more power; after all, we would only be holding onto a buffet for the Jashinists again."
She mulled over Shion's final point before shrugging; it probably was fine to just help the host get familiar with the demon. There would be no perfect jinchuuriki off the bat, right? But it was still in the air about allegiance. Where would they look for the person they could hypothetically shape into a good jinchuuriki? She ran a hand down her face with mild frustration as she listened to Musica take the unhelpful middle ground.
"I do think we should stop discussing it if we're not going to get anywhere. Shion and I are just opposed in terms of priorities, and it seems neither Kenshin nor Musica are going to take a strong position in either direction. We might need to table the bijuu transfer for the time being and focus on purifying the remaining bijuu. What do you think?' She turned to Kenshin, whose eyes were set off in the distance. He was setting the course for Nami, though the group barely moved before a woman - one Kameyo recognized from Takijinsei - approached them.
"Well, we had other matters," she deflected after the woman mentioned how Kenshin and herself left before, evidently, a limelight came down. She was impressed that the kunoicihi could do such a thing, but that was neither here nor there, because they were accosted by Jashinists again. Her lip curled at the sight of all of them. "You are the worst kind of blight." She didn't hesitate to put her hands to the ground, generating a barrier around the two that were closest to her [ ▰ Four Violet Flames Battle Formation [ Shishi Enjin ] | Rank B ].
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used on her two jashinist assailants: ▰ Four Violet Flames Battle Formation [ Shishi Enjin ] | Rank B Using three activations crafts a large barrier that expands up to forty feet between each of the four points and in height. Those within the barrier who make physical contact with the barrier are subject to painful burning sensations from the users chakra. This technique requires an S+ rank amount of chakra to break free of its hold.
SHIONxxxxxMORI When Kenshin stated he had located the next host, Shion took her Anbu mask out from her bag and strapped it to her head. Now donned in the intricate blue, red, and white patterns mimicking the Nibi's face, Shion would find her sensory abilities enhanced. Of course, they'd be no where near as enhanced as Kenshin's; she'd still hoped that the simple boost would be enough to help her track the target. It did help her find something, but it wasn't the target they were searching for.
As the leaf oinin made themselves known, Shion instinctively drew the blade from her back. The black and blue flames of Matatabi rippled down the edge as it sailed towards the presumed attacker's neck before halting in the knick of time. The glint of the masked ninja's leaf headband was enough recognition from Shion to halt her attack. At least, she had planned on halting. As luck would have it, a pair of targets decided to make themselves readily available to receive the full brunt of Shion's might.
Shion would pivot on her feet, twirling her blade past the masked konoha ninja, turning into a blur of faded blues and reds barely perceptible to even the most trained Shinobi (▰ Phantom Rush). When Shion would next appear, it would be right in front of one of the pair of cultists who decided they really wanted to see if they were immortal or not. With a quick flick of her wrist, Shion would lash out with her blade, the black-blue chakra along its edge extending to all but guarantee the hit (▰ Haunting Attack: Reaper's Crest).
Her attack didn't end there. Not one to show mercy, Shion threw the palm of her free hand to face the second cultist with a death wish. A blue-black sphere erupted from her palm and condensed into a rippling bead of chakra. Her hand flexed for a moment, then the ball rocketed towards the cultist in a flash of black light (Tailed Beast Ball). Needless to say, this last attack was pretty overkill, but Shion was no stranger to the concept of danger close. She'd allow the blow to carry the cultist some ways away before detonating it as to not absorb her allies. As much as she wanted to knock her companion's skulls in, Shion would prefer they lived her pummeling.
Technqiue: ▰ Phantom Rush [ Yūrei no Zenshin ] | Rank C | Complex The user channels chakra into their feet, enhancing their movement by five feet per rank of the technique. Any single sword style technique or basic combat skill executed from this skill has their speed increased and strength increased by [1] per rank. Opponents slower than the user by a [2] stat points difference are unable to see actions beyond a blur when the advancement and conjoined technique are made.
▰ Haunting Attack: Reaper's Crest [ Wasurerarenai Kōgeki: Shinigami no Monshō ] | Rank A | Spiritual The user coats their blade with a haunting charka that appears to be a purple flame that expels small skull shaped embers. The user slashes their blade, creating a compressed blade of chakra that seems to be ablaze with the haunting purple flame. The blade of chakra is twenty five feet in size and travels until it makes impact with something. Upon impact, the blade produces a haunting and demonic cry that replicates the voices of the target(s) loved ones passed, begging them to return to their side in hell. This technique causes mental stress T3.
▰ Tailed Beast Ball [ Bijuudama ] | Rank S The user concentrates on a focal point, commonly charged within the mouth of a transformed bijuu and hovering before the jinchuriki's hands when in that form. The concentration of demon chakra melds with the user's own chakra as both of them pay half the cost of this technique, forming an orb of black chakra that is between the size of a baseball to the size of a basket ball. This orb is then fired as a projectile, traveling in a straight line until making contact with a surface. Upon impact or command of the user the projectile detonates, creating a concussive blast of chakra that obliterates anything within a one hundred foot spherical radius of it's impact zone, obliterating non-chakra based structures, negating all armors, treating all techniques as two ranks lower for collisions while causing tier four trauma. Additionally, the concussive blast sends foes flying fifty feet past it's initial blast radius. After the debris settles, the hundred foot wide and fifty foot deep crater is visible from the attack's sheer force.
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Rocket Punches
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 7:18 pm
▱▰▱Now that Kenshin had a general idea of where to find Nami he would focus on the masked figure that appeared before them. He was uncomfortable about the eavesdropper and that he was too distracted by searching for Nami to detect them. "Let's hope it never comes to that." He responded simply as he looked at the Konohagakure forehead protector. Kenshin truly had no desire to attack the allied village unless they aggressed on Arashi. "How can we help you?" Kenshin asked the stranger bluntly after she mentioned him leaving early. He could only assume that she was referring to when him and Kameyo left Takijinsei Falls. His conversation with the masked figure was interrupted by the appearance of even more people. Eight Jashinists arose from the ground and surrounded them. Based on their appearances, he could immediately recognize them. "Step away or I'll purge you from the Mother's Earth personally." Kenshin turned away from the hunter-nin and manifested his elegant spirit sword that was made from an ethereal dark blue energy distinct from chakra. He formed a one-handed seal before crackling night blue lightning coated his body and his blade. The lightning armor enhanced his body and his nervous system make him even more physically capable. A chirping sound came from Getsuruito as the rapier was filled with chidori lightning. It seemed that there were two applications of chidori as it was far louder and brighter than the standard chidori. The sword was so bright in fact that any enemy who would look upon it would experience intense blindness (fourth tier). Kenshin then disappeared and reappeared beside one of the Jashinists and swung his blade toward the shoulder in an arcing downward strike. As he did so, two massive waves of navy blue lightning (one S-Rank and one S+) would blast outwards to strike his target and all other enemies in the area. "And the Mother shall smite the wicked..." Kenshin spoke of a quote from Evergreen's tome as he performed the attack against his faith's enemies.
Technique Used: ▰ Lightning Armor [ Raiton no Yoroi ] | Rank S+ | Variable The user coats their body and any object they hold with lightning chakra, giving an aura of translucent crackling lightning that is the color of their chakra. This technique stimulates the nervous system of the user, increasing their speed and agility by [2] points. At S+ Rank, this technique allows the user an additional [4] point increases in any desired stat. This technique has an upkeep cost of eighty chakra every other post after the activation of the technique. Physical contact with the user during this technique's action causes tier four paralysis and tier one burns. ▰ Stern Spirit Sword: One Thousand Birds Smite [ Ima Reiken: Chidori Sumaito ] | Rank S+ | Bukijutsu (Reiken no Michi) & Bloodline (Hatake) [ Lightning ] | Spiritual Getsuruito in rapier or katana form begins crackling with dark blue chidori lightning along the blade. The high-pitched chirping sound of a thousand birds accompanies the sword's lightning illumination. With a blade slash, a ten-foot wave of electrical chakra one rank lower than the original technique will fly outward from the slash. This chidori wave treats chakra-based defenses as one-rank lower just as the standard chidori does. The Chidori wave pulsates bolts of lightning outward as it travels for one extra lightning blast per post that is two ranks lower than the original technique. Only one lightning wave can be discharged per post. This technique requires an upkeep cost two ranks below its original cost per post that it remains active. ▰ Stern Spirit Sword: Stalwart Thunder God [ Ima Reiken: Gankona no Raijin ] | Rank S+ | Bukijutsu (Reiken no Michi) & Bloodline (Hatake) [ Lightning ] | Spiritual Kenshin channels dark blue chirping electrical chakra through Getsuruito, his spirit weapon, before disappearing and reappearing next to any target in the topic. This occurs at shunshin speeds and consumes a body flicker usage. The bright glow from the weapon causes tiered blindness depending on the technique's rank. Kenshin then swings Getsuruito at his opponent with the intent to land a direct hit or even to miss. Once the sword is swung, a blast of electrical chakra expands outward to consume the target in a blast of lightning. This lightning blast is the same rank as the technique itself. Technique Active:
Active Effects Byakugan Status: • Inactive Tenseigan Status: • Active Human Sage Mode Status: • Inactive Reiken no Michi Status: • Inactive Gyuki Transformation Status: • Inactive Status Effects: • None
Personal Attributes ▱▰▱ Piercing Accuracy | The clansman is more proficient than his fellow clan members at striking tenketsu. One's gentle fist application allows them to reduce 1.5 times the amount of chakra spent in a juken strike instead of 1.25. For example, if one spends 100 chakra on a gentle fist technique, the attack robs the target of 150 instead of the 125 normal clansmen would reduce. ▱▰▱ Purest Lineage | The clansman's thoroughbred lineage allows them access to the Byakugan without the use of a hand seal, chakra cost, or activation. In addition, should they unlock the Tenseigan, they may have 50% less reserves to maintain it than other clan members and may also activate the Tenseigan without the use of a hand seal, chakra cost, or activation. ▱▰▱ Physical Prowess | The Hyuga gains a [2] point increase in any stat after mastering stage 3 of the gentle fist and another [2] points after mastering stage 6 for a total of [4] rather than [2]. In addition, the Hyuga gains [3] custom slots to be used exclusively for the gentle fist style and [1] taijutsu style slot. ▱▰▱ Genetic Palette | With intensive genetic therapy and strong blood, this character is able to possess more than one transplant. This allows the character up to two transplants total, of any of the three categories. ▱▰▱ Thundering Justice | Lightning-based techniques used by the Hatake are granted a concussive blast in the form of a sonic boom upon impact. This concussive blast has a range of five feet per rank of the parent technique. Those within the area of the blast have a knock-back effect applied if their body rank is lower than the parent technique. In addition, deafness is applied upon impact for two posts. ▱▰▱ Tsunami of Justice | Kenshin gains access to the water element. ▱▰▱ Ionic Blade | The user's bukijutsu and basic combat weapon strikes may be made complex to add their lightning element to the attacks. This causes tiered paralysis on contact equal to the rank of the technique it is paired with. ▱▰▱ Blessings of Valor | As a world-famous hero, you are forever bestowed with an extra reward in arc, timeskip, and guildwide events. ▱▰▱ Short-Circuiting Juken | For an additional amount of chakra that is half of the amount spent for the original technique, Hatake chidori raiton can be applied to complex juken techniques to inject the enemy's body with lightning. The Hatake's chidori raiton inflicts a tier of full-body paralysis that is equivalent to the technique's rank up to the second tier. This paralysis lasts for two posts per rank of the technique at a maximum of six posts. Applying Chidori chakra to the Juken consumes a second offensive activation. ▱▰▱ Storm Sage | Lightning techniques cast while in sage mode and when enhanced by nature chakra burn brighter and inflict a tier of blindness that is equivalent to the technique's rank. This blindness lasts for two posts per rank of the technique at a maximum of six posts. ▱▰▱ Stern Spirit | Reiken no Michi virtue states cost one rank less in stamina to activate and maintain. The stamina cost of the virtue states cannot be reduced beyond this. ▱▰▱ Raijin Drum | While in human sage mode, Kenshin is able to self-korabo one lightning technique, one wind technique, and one water technique into one three-times powerful truth-seeking orb. This consumes the chakra of the three techniques on his nature chakra reserves but only one offensive action. This can only occur once for every three posts. ▱▰▱ Conduction Mastery | Kenshin is able to self-korabo his lightning and water techniques more efficiently by paying 10 less chakra when one raiton and one suiton are combined. ▱▰▱ The Grand Order | Status effects affect the templar by [1] tier lower at a minimum of tier 1 when defending their religion's faithful and their houses of worship. This PA is only obtained by grand templars and is automatically obtained once that title is granted. ▱▰▱ Eye of the Storm | When using techniques or abilities based on the water and-or lighting element, including ranton and other bloodline techniques their rank is increased depending on the proximity to the user. When 20-25 feet from the user, techniques are increased by one rank in strength, when 5-10 feet from the user, techniques are increased by two ranks. ▱▰▱ Conductive Destruction | Ranton users are masters of their elements so one Raiton and one Suiton ninjutsu can be self-Koraboed for only one offensive activation. This ability can only be used once per three posts. If both Raiton and Suiton techniques are used in the same post then they are all reduced by 5 chakra per rank of the technique.
Class Information First Class: Bukijutsu ▱▰▱ Expert: Rapier → The user has achieved a sense of mastery and focus unlike others and are known as an Expert, a dedicated focus over a weapon they use to near perfection. The shinobi can pick a single weapon, or two if dual wielding, to apply this focus toward with examples such as Katana, Spear, Bows or even Dual Daggers. They acquire a Keystone technique that is unique to them with an additional 2 Custom Techniques derived of this special ability. Refer to the Keystone Guideline for more information. They gain a [+1] boost to both speed and agility & techniques cost [5] less Chakra and/or Stamina per rank of the technique when wielding attacks with their specialized weapon in attack or defense. ► Signature Style: Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi Second Class: Bukijutsu ▱▰▱ Mystic Hero → The user has become adept at blending their ninjutsu and bukijutsu. The user is able to cast ninjutsu from their weapon without the use of hand signs by making any flourish or deliberate movement to cast the technique in the direction the weapon is commanded. This requires the same amount of time as the forming of hand signs to cast ninjutsu. They are also able to Korabo 1 ninjutsu and 1 bukijutsu together with varying cool downs for a single activation. E-D - 0 C-B - 1 A-S - 2 S+ - 3 Third Class: Bloodline ▱▰▱ 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. You can cast bloodline techniques through one-handed seals. {The Overwhelming Trait does not apply to anything above S} In addition, Blood Knights are able to Korabo bloodline techniques at varying cool downs depending on the technique ranks for a single activation. E-D - 0 C-B - 1 A-S - 2 S+ - 3 ▱▰▱ Dedicated Disciple → A disciple who chooses to specialize in a small number of their class's arts. Limiting themselves to three of their class's styles, granting overwhelming in all three styles up to S Rank. Any additional slots that would be awarded for their class's styles are converted into a 2 point increase in any stats of their choosing. In addition, these masters of their arts are able to have a 1 point increase in their stats cap of 8 making it 9. Styles granted from rewards may be learned but do not carry the overwhelming property and the user is capped out at 5 styles. ► Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi | Tetsunami Ryu | Reiken no Michi
Weapon Specs ▰ Weapon Name: Getsuruitō ▰ Weapon Type: Katana & Rapier [ Reiken Spirit Sword ] ▰ Weapon Size: 38 Inches Total | 30 Inch Blade | 8 Inch Hilt ▰ Style Categorization: Medium Sword ▰ Weapon Weight: 3 lbs ▰ Stat Increase: +2 Speed ▰ Elemental Affinity: Lightning ▰ Description: Getsuruitō (月涙刀, Moon Tear Sword) is a legendary sword that was reworked and merged with the standard-issue Kumogakure Police Department officer rapier commissioned to Kenshin Kosei named Purity. The original form of the sword is a steel and dark blue katana with a bronze crossguard and dragonhead handle. It also has a rapier form that was refined from Purity and is entirely constructed from steel with a dark blue handle and basket hilt. The katana and rapier forms are the same size and constructed of the same materials. Getsuruito was considered a legendary artifact by the people of Seizan as it was wielded by an ancient general. When the rusted blade was awarded by the locals to Kenshin Kosei he discovered that it had the unique ability to merge with and empower one other weapon. When the katana was reworked to its fullest potential it had the abilities of his own weapon in addition to incredible lightning abilities. ▰ Ability Summary: Righteous Sword of the Sentinel [ Senchineru no Seigi no Ken ] | Rank E | Bloodline | Spiritual All forms of Hyuuga techniques including the gentle fist can be used through the sword for the 10 posts that this technique is active. This means that strikes involving the blade cause physical damage including stab wounds as well as seal tenketsu points and any other effects of the technique used through the sword. An additional 5 chakra can be applied to the blade to prevent it from causing physical damage from thrusting but instead seal tenketsu points and inflict pain similar to a stab wound in the area struck but slashing attacks can still cause damage. Half the resource cost of techniques from the rapier style of Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi applied allows the technique to carry the tenketsu sealing effects of a same-rank palm strike such as a B-Rank carrying 64 Palms effects. Getsuruito must be in its rapier form to use this ability and 5 chakra can be spent upon activation of this technique to transform it as such. The Righteous Sword of the Sentinel technique has a 10 post duration before necessitating re-activation and costs an E-Rank amount of chakra. The initial activation of this technique consumes an action but all subsidiary abilities of the technique do not.
Smiting Blade of the Night Watch [ Naitō Otchi no Sumittinguburēdo ] | Rank X | Bukijutsu [ Lightning ] | Spiritual When this technique is activated it crackles violently with night blue lightning for the entire duration. The electricity from the blade also forms bolts of lightning over the body of the user and appears to supercharge them. Whenever the blade is swung or thrust over the duration the user can fire a concentrated blast of ten bolts of lightning to accompany the strike equal to the rank applied but for only half the cost to initiate the technique. Hatake, Raiu, and Sage enhanced lightning can pass through the blade and apply to these lightning bolts. The bolts cause a thunderously deafening sonic boom and can inflict tier 2 burns upon direct contact with the lightning. Additionally, these lightning bolts can be freely applied to all complex bukijutsu for no action cost to smite enemies. The only action cost is when the technique is activated and all subsidiary abilities of the technique do not consume actions and only chakra. This ability can be used in both forms of Getsuruito.
Draconic Sabre of Moon Sundering [ Getsu Sandaringu no Dorakonikku Seibā ] | Rank X | Bukijutsu [ Lightning ] | Complex This is the original ability of the ancient Getsuruito blade and thus requires the original katana form. 5 chakra can be spent to transform the blade to its original form upon activation of this technique. Crackling and thunderous dark blue lightning can be applied to the katana's edge at any rank and the same lightning can form a dragon head formed from electricity over the body of the user for 10 posts. This allows all spiritual techniques the sword comes into contact with to be slashed through and even cut in half at the same rank despite the complex nature of the technique. For half of the original cost to activate the technique a same-rank spiritual electrical energy slash can be sent out from the slash of the blade. This same cost can be applied to any complex bukijutsu to achieve the same effect. The original 10 post activation of this ability consumes an action but all subsidiary abilities do not.
"Well, that was rude." Cere remarked, seemingly unconcerned by the new arrivals as the jinchuriki woman went to town on the jashinists after almost being given the chance to completely whiff an attack. The Oinin lazily formed a handseal, wondering if Arashigakure had the same rules about unmasked special forces as the Leaf did. Not that the mask provided much concealment when you styled it after the biju sealed inside you and hucked giant orbs of sinister chakra around while wearing it. What was the point of cosplaying as a covert operative? Regardless, the response was asinine. Coda's plain mask tiled lackadaisically over her shoulder as she watched the bijudama arc away to act as a giant signal flare to the rest of the Land of Floods. "Might I suggest, that a special forces mask is pointless in the hands of someone so readily identifiable. And loud." She said as she began walking backwards, a bubble of blackness consuming her with Kenshin and company just at its edge as she cleared enough space to pull a bit of Echo Caverns from the Sage Lands and envelop only her unfortunate jashinists. Even Kenshin's eyes would have a hard time piercing the veil of chakra; though the woman had metered her chakra usage considerably compared to Hyuga and his bull-headed subordinate, so he would at least be able to gain a vague impression of what was occurring within. Unless she'd drawn multiple dojutsu using death cultists in a row, they'd be as blind as if someone had snuffed out the sun.
"The last one of you losers that tried to come at me lives in a hole under the Leaf Village now, slowly losing his fragile little mind." Cere said in a rather quiet voice, at least to her that was. To her pair of intrepid murderers, it'd sound like she was suddenly right next to them. Every sound in earshot amplified, swallowed up by the seemingly infinite caverns and regurgitated just ever so slightly wrong. The sounds of fighting, feet scraping the ground, jutsu impacting the environment around the bubble, Kenshin's silly prayer; a veritable cacophony of sound her voice cut through with distinction. Outside, her actions would produce little in the way of auditory sensation. "Problem is, I can only carry one of you back to keep him company. The other one's head is bounty material." The Oinin rolled a simple senbon between her fingers as the sounds of the battlefield painted a picture of the domain in her head almost as vivid as if her sight still remained. "So, who is it? Who's going to be brave and try to fight back? Who's going to stumble around in the void black realm of the bats and hope they find something to cower behind long enough for their comrade to be gutted in their stead?" This, of course, was a ploy. Coda had no intention of dragging around dead weight. She just wanted the chaos. She wanted them stumbling and scrambling and cowering. She wanted one to hear the sound of the other dying after a senbon zipped through their throat; she wanted the other's sense of unwitting relief from knowing they wouldn't die today, right before they met the same fate.
▰ Summoning: Cavern Depths | X Rank | Sage Custom [ Bats ] | Spiritual Feeling the need to bring the bats’ natural habit into play, Coda spent her time in Echo Caverns devising a way by which she could lock out one of the shinobi world’s most prized senses: sight. Careful study and application of her Yozen Clan sensory manipulation and unique traits of echo caverns led to the creation of this technique. It occupies a weird space between summoning and genjutsu as a result. Similar to the partial toad summoning techniques, this pulls an element of the Sage Lands into the rest of the shinobi world, in this case the all consuming darkness of Echo Caverns’ seemingly infinite depths. The result is a bubble capable of unparalleled blackness that inflicts rank-based blindness on all RPCs within its bounds. In addition to typical blinding effects, this jutsu prevents the use of others that rely on the sense of its rank and lower up to the point at which it inflicts Tier 4 blindness, at which point it prevents the use of any. Finally, as one might expect of a piece of Echo Caverns, those within the bubble will experience far more sensitive hearing. For Coda this enhanced hearing means a persistent form of the bats’ echolocation, even while sage mode is not in use, capable of painting a sound-based image of her environment in her head; for everyone else it means the double edged sword of everything being louder, increasing their ability to hear at a baseline, but also increasing an hearing based status effects by one tier.
The range of this technique is determined by Coda, allowing up to the range limitations of the rank it is used at as outlined in the guild rules. While creating a bubble in spaces that its rank is not capable of filling - such as in an open field - for the purposes of supporting her covert operations this technique may be conformed by Coda to any space it could be reasonably assumed to fill completely at its rank - such as the room of a building. When summoned, this technique’s point of origin is always the point at which Coda was standing when it is cast, and its duration is always 4 posts - with the only exception being its use through placed Seals of O’Inari, at which point the origin is the seal. This jutsu’s removal must be done through typical fuinjutsu methods, and cannot be ended via kai or iryojutsu, although its effects only occur within its boundaries and end upon exiting it.
Activation 2 Simple Bukijutsu - Senbon Projectile Rank C > Boosted S
Activation 3 Simple Bukijutsu - Senbon Projectile Rank C > Boosted S
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[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/2 ] Any attack that follows a dodge or evasive technique is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to agility can be attributed to the strength of the next attack. When this ability is performed it cannot be used the following post.
[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/3 ] Once every [3] posts, the user may utilize an offensive technique that targets a specific part of the target's body that would disrupt their attack. This offensive attack deals damage regularly but allows the user to use their remaining activations as offensive as well.
[ Kyotoryuu Training | Available | Duration 0/2 | Cooldown 0/3 ] The Kyotouryuu practitioner can now react to an opponent by converting their speed into an agility boost for [2] posts with a [3] post cooldown. This requires no activation or resource cost.
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[ Yozen ] Fuuinjutsu techniques require [10] less chakra per body rank of the Yozen clansman (maximum of 60 at S+) without losing their potency.
[ Mach Style Training ] Make taijutsu complex, and "punch" ninjutsu orbs as projectiles. When in the shooter stance, the strength and speed of strikes is increased by [2] points instead of [1] point per rank.
[ Channeling Martial Skill Training ] Ability for techniques to carry two elemental properties. Ability to add bloodline elements.
[ Kaiser Fist Training ] The armor now emits a crackling, bright, white hot chakra that appears like a thin aura around the user. The chakra causes mild burns on contact. In addition, the user gains a [1] point increase to strength and speed per rank of the armor. ------- Kaiser Armor allows the user to regenerate 10 stamina per rank of chakra applied to each technique while the armor is active. The user may not generate more stamina than their reserves may hold. ------- The Kaiser Armor now causes searing burns upon contact that blister due to the crackling chakra. The user's strength and speed are increased by [1] point per rank of the armor. Taijutsu and bukijutsu techniques used while the armor is active create shock waves [5] feet in the direction of the attack per rank of the technique.
[ Mirror Image Arts Training ] The user may cast the Shadow Clone technique in conjunction with techniques from this style to replace mirror images with the clones. Casting Shadow Clones in this manner does not consume an activation. ------- The user has learned to control their chakra in a fine manner which allows them to create an additional mirror image per rank of the technique it is executed with. These additional images do not increase the strength of the parent technique.
Musica was probably the last to react to the Konoha shinobi. She took the giant folded fan from her back, pressing it to the ground with a metallic thud. [The First Akira: Akira of Speed] Tensions seemed high the moment the hunter nin showed up, but the way she spoke to Kenshin and Kameyo seemed like the stranger knew them. There wasn’t much time for Musica to piece together much before Shion went charging in recklessly. Moving much faster than the white haired girl would think possible, but still hastily, even by Musica’s standards. Still better than not acting, she supposed as she chided herself.
So when the Jashinists appeared a moment later, Musica was already able to spring into action. Afterall, the way they held themselves and spoke to the group didn’t make it hard to figure out they were here for a fight. Musica unfurled her fan with a clang and heaved it with a spinning toss. She threw the weapon like a giant shuriken, the fan spinning with razor sharp gusts of wind and deadly precision. The tornado whipped up arctic winds as it flew, freezing the ground around as it flew towards the cultists. [Reaper’s Carousel B Rank>A Rank Complex] The fan curved up once it passed the Jashinists. Musica appeared behind it with a poof of smoke and grabbed her fan. She wound it back before taking a wind swing, molding it with her chakra to create a giant gust of wind to crash straight down on her two opponents. [Wind Stream A Rank Spiritual]
▰ The First Akira: Akira of Speed | Rank E | Simple The user begins with both of their legs together, facing forward with the knees bent. The user's weapon hand is held forward, pointing it at the target, leaving the non-dominant hand free. The user must practice simple, yet swift strikes. Fan techniques perform from this stance gain a [1] point increase in their speed.
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▰ Reaper's Carousel | Rank X | Complex The user spins their fans as they do with the Flashing Twirl. However, while they perform the simple maneuver, the user pivots about three times, creating what appears to be a whirlwind, the blade glistening of chakra. When a target is contacted by these blades, a small burst of slicing chakra blades are created that shred through defenses as though they are one rank lower.
▱▰▱ Frost Reaper | The user's body has become as cold as ice, even turning their veins ice cold. The user's taijutsu, bukijutsu and basic combat variants of the two allow the user to transmit frostbite at the convsion rate following this sentence. E-C Rank: Tier 1, B-A Rank: Tier 2 and S-S+ Rank: Tier 3.In addition, the user gains two style slots of their choosing at creation. (1 Tai, 1 Buki)
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▰ Wind Stream [ Kaze no nagare ] | Rank A The user forms a single hand seal and blows a continuous stream of wind that can blow event he largest opponents back. Because of the power of this technique combined with it's constant assault, it's power is often enough force to immobilize larger summons and severely damage, or potentially even destroy, unfortified structures. Bijuu sized living creatures are stricken with tier four paralysis while anything smaller is blown in the opposite direction a hundred feet and applies vertigo to the target for two posts.
▱▰▱ Deep Freeze | Water and Wind release techniques of the user may apply frostbite status at the following ranks. E-C Rank: Tier 1, B-A Rank: Tier 2 and S-S+ Rank: Tier 3.The user is able to replace hand signs for their bloodline techniques with any other type of hand sign replacement at character creation (following PA rules). Finally, all enemy frostbite affect the user at 1 tier lower at a minimum of Tier 1.
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The cultists trapped within Kameyo’s barrier looked around in surprise. Not expecting the group to counter them so quickly, they were trapped in an instant. However, once they were inside the barrier, they didn’t waste any time. Both Jashinists formed handsigns and weaved their chakra together in unison. The air around them sparked with flame before a stream solidified. Coming together as a sphere around the two, the fire expanded rapidly and burned away the massive chakra barrier like paper. [Flame Sphere Technique S Rank Korabo>S+] One of them, once the flames disappeared, continued using signs as she ran around to the side of Kameyo. She slid to a stop and slammed her hands to the ground. Boiling hot steam erupted from the ground around the Jiongu woman, forming five pillars to restrict her movement. [Extreme Steam Prison S+ Spiritual] The other ran straight for Kameyo, ignoring the steam pillars entirely as he rushed through the boiling hot steam like it was nothing. He made a swipe at Kameyo, going to grab her arm and encase it in steel! [Steel Burial S+ Spiritual]
While one of the cultits that Shion attacked was taken by surprise by the Jinchuriki’s speed, the other was not. She was further back in the group, and was able to respond better to her movements. So by the time Shion had appeared by the Jashinist’s, the one was already done with her seals and slamming her hands to the ground. From the shaking earth arose five demonic gates to intercept both the sword strike and the massive Tailed Beast Ball. Battered and beaten as the demonic gates were, they still managed to open with an eerie creak. Revealing a swirling white portal within each gate, Shion would feel a strong pull that she’d struggle within even with her massive strength. [Summoning: Quintuple Rashomon S+] While the Rashomon attempted to drag Shion into their dimension, the other Jashinist hopped on top of the massive gates. Cupping his hands together and pressing the index and middle fingers, he pointed them at Shion after gathering a massive amount of water that spiraled into an extremely dense ball of liquid. He launched the water bullet at high speeds that would travel nearly instantly down to Shion’s location, [Water Gun: Water Spirit Wave S+]
Because of the bright light from the Cidori electricity, Kenshin’s Jashinists suddenly had their world filled with darkness. So the best the would work with was a jutsu that spanned a large distance around them. Working in tandem, the two managed to create a large tornado localized just around them and between them and Kenshin. The winds swept up the incoming electricity from the sage, assimilating it into the whirling currents. [Technique of the Three Calamities of Fire, Flood and Storm [ Sansai no Jutsu ] | Rank S Korabo>S+] While protected, one cultist stuck her hands to herself and her partner, curing them of their blindness with green healing chakra. [See B Rank x2] The second rushed from the tornado as the winds died down, going to thrust a small, palm sized Hurricane at Kenshin! [Orb of the Storm S Rank]
Coda’s cultists, too, suddenly found their world filled with darkness. However they responded differently. One sat down, legs crossed, as he formed handseals. His chakra senses expanded out through the area through the darkness. [Spider Web Area, Gray Fog] Because of the link with the sensory Jashinist, the remaining one was able to sense Coda’s location easily. By clapping her hands together, she brought a swirling gust of wind around her, catching the senbon with ease. {Wind Return A Rank Spiritual] Throwing all of the senbon back at the Oinin, the Jashinist yelled out. “I don’t know what you’re ******** talking about! We didn’t attack Konoha!” Without waiting for an answer, she blew another massive gust of wind at Coda! [Wind Stream A Rank Spiritual]
While Musica’s fan managed to cut her targets, it wasn’t as deep as she would have liked. It allowed them to recover quickly and face the white haired Chunin as she sent a massive blast of wind their way. One of them blew out a stream of fire, forming a pheasant to collide with the wind currents. [Pheasant Hunter B Rank] He continued and clapped his hands together, letting a wave of flame washe out from him to crash over Musica! [Hellfire Clap A Rank] At the same time, the other one clapped her hands and the earth began to shake. On either side of Musica, two plates of stone suddenly rose up. With intense speed and massive power, the stone plates shot up to crush the young girl from either side! [Earth Sandwich A Rank]
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▰ Flame Sphere Technique [ Kyuuka no Jutsu ] | Rank S+ The user forms the required hand signs and releases a sphere of flames that surround the user's body. After the user completes the sphere, they may release their hand signs and allows them to continue combat. Any object physically contacting the sphere is ignited and suffers tiered burning equal to the rank of the technique. This technique requires an upkeep cost two ranks below the technique's execution and requires no activation beyond it's initial use.
▰ Extreme Steam Prison [ Kyokutan'na Jōki Keimusho ] | Rank S+ [ Kyokutan'na Jōki Keimusho ] The user forms a string of hand signs, summoning five pillars that are one foot in diameter and fifteen feet in height composed of boiling hot corrosive water. These pillars are formed around the target, able to contain a up to a ten foot wide area per rank of the technique. Any attempt to pass between the pillars will result in the target receiving scalding tiered burns on the point of contact that blister with tiered corrosion immediately. Techniques within the prison are considered two ranks lower in collision encounters with it. For every post the target(s) stay within the prison they receive one tier of burns as the steam continues to heat the area.
▰ Steel Burial [ Hagane no Maisō ] | Rank S+ | Spiritual The user makes physical contact with the target. Upon contact, metal begins expanding from the user's body that squeals and screeches and the metal bends and contorts to entangle then envelop the target in a jagged layer of steel. The user can choose one of the following effects to grant the technique. The first optional effect allows the user to treat the technique as a rank higher when interacting with techniques in order to break the technique. The second ability causes tiered trauma the first turn the target is trapped within the attack and one rank lower per following turn but is considered one rank below it's casted cost to escape. The third ability causes tiered petrification to those trapped within.
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▰ Summoning: Quintuple Rashōmon [ Kuchiyose: Gojū Rashōmon ] | Rank S+ | Restricted By performing the summoning technique, the user manifest five, three hundred feet concrete gates of Rashomon. The two massive doors in the doorway are able to withstand techniques equal rank and below. This technique gains overwhelming when blocking oncoming attacks equal rank and below. In addition, by opening the doors, the gates become a vortex which attempt to swallow everything into their sealed gates. Any opponent sealed must pay an S+-ranked amount of chakra to break out. This technique has an upkeep cost of one hundred and sixy chakra per post they are open.
▰ Water Gun: Water Spirit Wave [ Mizudeppō no Jutsu: Suireiha ] | Rank S+ An augmented version of the Water Gun technique. By cupping both hands together and forming a thicker finger gun, the two points of concentration fuse to create a larger condensed projectile. This technique like the prior Water Gun does not defeat techniques in collisions but penetrates them. The firing of this technique will also cause a slight recoil in one's hands as if firing a magnum. Alternatively, by maintaining this cupped hand possession the user is granted a third offensive activation for use solely for any of the other water gun techniques. The penetrative power of this technique is often considered unrivaled.
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▰ Technique of the Three Calamities of Fire, Flood and Storm [ Sansai no Jutsu ] | Rank S Korabo>S+ Complicated in it’s creation the user will shot forward a gust of air, forming a tornado capable of taking on effects from another elemental chakra nature or a naturally occurring instance of them. If the user has the corresponding chakra nature then they may impart it upon the tornado’s creation, alternatively the user may also spend the chakra cost of an opposing technique in order to consume it within the tornado and grant it whatever element the absorbed technique had. This technique requires two attack activations but is treated as an S ranked attacked followed immediately after with another S ranked attack. When combined the tornado itself gains all the elemental weaknesses, strengths, and counterbalancing of both elements.
- Suiton: If the tornado hits a body of water a massive whirlpool-like tornado is sent towards the victim. When it hits the ground or target a large flood is sent forward capable of crushing or drowning those hit. - Katon: If the tornado hits a fire it picks up the flames and shoots forward towards the victim. If it hits the ground or target an explosion occurs, leaving a large fire in its wake. - Raiton: If the tornado absorbs electricity it turns gray, and lightning begins arcing across its surface. Once it impacts the ground or target the lightning discharges across a wide area.
▰ Orb of the Storm [ Arashi no Kyuutai ] | Rank S This jutsu causes wind to spin and condense within the hand, forming an orb with various bumps on its surface and contains a powerful storm within it. The strength of this jutsu comes purely from the release, sending a powerful storm of wind out to the opponent, casting them back within its wake. May be either thrown and used in a similar manner to rasengan. If thrown the user may detonate it at any time along it’s path otherwise it will explode on first contact with any object. If used like rasengan the user will be thrown backwards out of it’s range of effects while the intended target will be consumed in hurricane, applying vertigo for two posts.
▰ See [ Miru ] | Rank B x2 Allows the user to enhance the sense of sight in either themselves or a target within two feet. Allows the target to break out of genjutsu through pain at one rank lower cost than it normally would cost which has sight as a sense. However, it cost one rank higher of kai to break out of a genjutsu which has sight as a sense. Last for four post. Cures blindness at any tier.
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▰ Spider Web Area [ Kumonosu ] | Rank S+ This technique requires the user to be completely still, often sitting crossed legged. This technique shoots out imperceptible spider webs that extend through the subforum. This reveals the nature of chakra utilized in the user's immediate thread, and simply reveals motion that occurs elsewhere in the subforum. This means all movement travels through the web and alerts the user to what is happening. Any disruption of air will alert the user. This jutsu lasts for six posts so long as the user remains still.
▰ Gray Fog [ Haiiro no Kiri ] | Rank B A technique which allows the user to send out a thin blanket of their own chakra around a specific area. The fog is unnoticeable without the assistance of chakra detecting dojutsu or sensory techniques. The fog allows allies with Korabo bonds to the user to be relayed the same sensory benefits as the user obtains. In addition, any target bound by the dragon tattoo also receives these benefits. Fog lasts for eight posts.
▰ Wind Return [ Kazegaeshi ] | Rank B x2 This technique is used to counter a projectile-based attack launched against the user (chakra or otherwise). Utilizing air currents the user is able to redirect the attack and choose its new direction all by paying the same cost in chakra as the rank of the technique. If of the ninjutsu class and able to apply statuses to their attacks, then any attack directed this way carries with it gusts of wind that applies vertigo to any that it hits for one post. The stage of this vertigo is dependent on the redirected technique.
▰ Wind Stream [ Kaze no nagare ] | Rank A The user forms a single hand seal and blows a continuous stream of wind that can blow event he largest opponents back. Because of the power of this technique combined with it's constant assault, it's power is often enough force to immobilize larger summons and severely damage, or potentially even destroy, unfortified structures. Bijuu sized living creatures are stricken with tier four paralysis while anything smaller is blown in the opposite direction a hundred feet and applies vertigo to the target for two posts.
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▰ Pheasant Hunter [ Kijigari ] | Rank B The user forms a hand sign, utilizing the flames from an existing technique that inflicted burning upon the area within forty feet of the user. From these flames a bird that measures twenty feet in size emerges and seeks out targets for three posts. Upon contact with a surface, the pheasant explodes and creates an explosive burst of flames that measures forty feet in width.
▰ Hellfire Clap [ Gouka Hataka no Jutsu ] | Rank A The user forms a string of hand signs, clapping their hands together and the end of the formation of seals. With the clap, a sea of flames is released that washes over a fifty foot area, engulfing anything within it and creating a concussive wave, forcing everything it impacts away thirty feet from the originating point of contact. This technique causes tier three burning and burns upon contact.
▰ Earth Sandwich [ Chikyuu no Sandoichi ] | Rank A The user forms the required hand sign, causing the ground to split open beneath a targeted area spanning fifty feet maximally. The depth of this opening is twenty feet. At any time during the next five posts, the user may form a single hand sign for no additional cost, causing the chasm to slam shut, crushing the target within. This technique ignores armor and crushes bone and flesh alike, requiring medical treatment before comatose within four posts, killing NPC within it.
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:01 pm
Cere cackled at the words of the Jashinist as the pair desperately attempted to counter the summoning. Her hands clapped together as their tattoos shifted, and her form burst into a roiling inferno that swallowed the returned senbon before flaring into a towering wall of flame as the jutsu impacted it. As the conflagration settled, it silhouette the mask in the darkness; although, to the jashinists, even the flames would look no brighter than a distant lantern deep in a forest. "You're all awfully consistent for a bunch of uncoordinated thugs." She mused as her curse mark's release was concealed by the flames. She circled slowly towards the side of the rogue that now sat on the ground. It didn’t take exceptional analytical skills to conclude that they were doing something to allow the other to continue to function, even if Coda didn’t know exactly what it was. “You think I care where you were or weren’t? This isn’t about Konoha, I’m here to hunt you.”
This is where the game of cat and mouse began. Two sides, unable to afford even being touched by the other. If Cere managed to tag one of the Jashinists, they’d find themselves with a hole in them, or at least control of their body snatched away in some form. If the Oinin was caught, well, her opponents, regardless of competency, had a reputation for employing nasty blood magics. It didn’t take a talented shinobi to stab themselves. At least they’d given up interesting information, though. She had suspected that there was at least some tangential connection between the Arashi and Konoha groups, but these denied it, suggesting that any coordination occurred even higher up. But what was higher up if not Jashin? Not a particularly welcoming thought, especially as O’Inari was so diametrically opposed to the master of shinobi death and destruction. Surely this was not actually being orchestrated by the deity themselves.
Regardless, this lot needed to be dealt with. She was not here to get taken down by a pair of hapless buffoons who thought she’d let them remain untouched. Her legs propelled her effortlessly through the air towards the sitting Jashinist, like a arcing down from the heavens; an axe kick capable of splitting the man clean in two aiming to deprive his partners of whatever assistance he was providing. Cere was leaping into combat, but Coda was considering the next move already. The fire wasn’t just produced for its elemental advantage. At close range, even inhibited by the choking darkness, it was one more thing she could snatch away. The miniscule moment of adjusting pupils was all she needed to gain an advantage, but to do that she at least needed the man to move. Not that she’d turn down ending him on the spot. Orchid would allow her to respond to one potential counter, at the expense of the attack, but it’d have still gotten her close enough to do some real damage. The other possible responses required too much guess work to formulate a plan around; and certainly too much to inhibit this one.
◁ Modes and Buffs Active ▷ ıllıllı Summoning Cavern Depths [ 2 / 4 ] ıllıllı ıllıllı Blessings of O’Inari ıllıllı
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Activation 1 Assumption of Form: Tiered Burning and Ninjutsu Collisions Rank S
▰ Body Modification: Assumption of Form | Rank X | Bloodline | Keystone Using a special set of tattoos, Coda stores advanced transformation jutsu. Unlike normal transformations, these forms are tangible changes to the user's body. Their size and efficacy vary by the rank the jutsu is applied at, but they may apply no more than 3 unique effects based on the nature of the transformation. These effects are also rank limited. All versions may apply a purely visual transformation, or a transformation that applies or resists damage of some sort. C-rank and above may apply a status effect of tier 2 or lower, provided this status effect is appropriate to the nature of the transformation. B-rank and above may apply a stat bonus of [ 1 ] point, and A-rank and above may apply a stat bonus of [ 2 ] points at the cost of one of the other two effects.
The drawback of this technique is in its specificity, and interactions with other jutsu. If, for example, Coda were to create an E-rank coating on her body that turned her skin into barbs that dealt E-rank damage to the opponent, these could not also resist damage from an opponent. In fact, they could only ever deal damage to an opponent. So, if her skin is turned to steel to resist physical strikes, it does not also resist ninjutsu in the same way. Additionally, they may not leave her body, nor can any physical manifestation - i.e. no making her skin emit poison, no firing spikes off, etc. Similarly, if she creates a form that turns her skin into fire, it may not apply a status effect that is not related to that element. Any elemental application applies the effects of weakness and overwhelming as well, and Coda is barred from using any element which she does not have access to personally or through fuuin. Additionally, the duration of this jutsu falls as more effects are stacked. The effects granted by default may be maintained for up to 8 posts and upkeep paid at 1/4th chakra requirements rounded up, if applied alone. Maintaining the effects of C and B-ranks, and below, reduces this to 4 posts and upkeep to 1/2 chakra costs rounded up. Maintaining the A rank effect of this jutsu, and all below, again reduces the duration to 2 posts, with upkeep remaining 1/2 chakra costs rounded up.
Activation 2 Curse Mark Activation Rank N/A
Activation 3 Orchid + Scattered Blossoms Rank B and E, both boosted to S
▰ Orchid | Rank X | Complex The Kyotouryuu jumps into the air to close distance on the opponent. With a burst of chakra prepared while jumping, they can redirect themselves on the way back down to the ground. This allows them to either tenaciously seek out the enemy to land their attack or simply evade an oncoming counterattack. The burst of chakra can propel the user up to five feet per rank of the technique in whatever direction they want, allowing for seemingly impossible aerial maneuvers. Once every three posts, this technique can be used in conjunction with an offensive technique for no activation cost.
▰ Scattered Blossoms | Rank X | Simple The Kyotoryuu delivers a powerful ax kick while above the target as they fall to earth. This ax kick carries the user's dangerous ability to slice with their taijutsu. The ax kick slices through its target with ease while delivering such a concussive blast that it sends the target plummeting into the earth. The sheer impact creates a cater five feet in width per rank of the technique, measuring half as deep.
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[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/2 ] Any attack that follows a dodge or evasive technique is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to agility can be attributed to the strength of the next attack. When this ability is performed it cannot be used the following post.
[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/3 ] Once every [3] posts, the user may utilize an offensive technique that targets a specific part of the target's body that would disrupt their attack. This offensive attack deals damage regularly but allows the user to use their remaining activations as offensive as well.
[ Kyotoryuu Training | Available | Duration 0/2 | Cooldown 0/3 ] The Kyotouryuu practitioner can now react to an opponent by converting their speed into an agility boost for [2] posts with a [3] post cooldown. This requires no activation or resource cost.
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[ Yozen ] Fuuinjutsu techniques require [10] less chakra per body rank of the Yozen clansman (maximum of 60 at S+) without losing their potency.
[ Mach Style Training ] Make taijutsu complex, and "punch" ninjutsu orbs as projectiles. When in the shooter stance, the strength and speed of strikes is increased by [2] points instead of [1] point per rank.
[ Channeling Martial Skill Training ] Ability for techniques to carry two elemental properties. Ability to add bloodline elements.
[ Kaiser Fist Training ] The armor now emits a crackling, bright, white hot chakra that appears like a thin aura around the user. The chakra causes mild burns on contact. In addition, the user gains a [1] point increase to strength and speed per rank of the armor. ------- Kaiser Armor allows the user to regenerate 10 stamina per rank of chakra applied to each technique while the armor is active. The user may not generate more stamina than their reserves may hold. ------- The Kaiser Armor now causes searing burns upon contact that blister due to the crackling chakra. The user's strength and speed are increased by [1] point per rank of the armor. Taijutsu and bukijutsu techniques used while the armor is active create shock waves [5] feet in the direction of the attack per rank of the technique.
[ Mirror Image Arts Training ] The user may cast the Shadow Clone technique in conjunction with techniques from this style to replace mirror images with the clones. Casting Shadow Clones in this manner does not consume an activation. ------- The user has learned to control their chakra in a fine manner which allows them to create an additional mirror image per rank of the technique it is executed with. These additional images do not increase the strength of the parent technique.
The girl didn’t think her attack would be countered so easily, and her eyes went wide as she was suddenly surrounded by incoming jutsu. Musica weaved chakra through her fan, the giant weapon clinking as she gripped it. The girl swung it straight forward, unleashing a shockwave of her Water element to collide with the incoming ocean of flames. Steam rose from the impact of both techniques, filling the air with heat as the flames dissipated. The Chunin had to act fast, switching the element that coursed through her fan. Lightning began to crackle around the razor sharp edges as the white haired girl spun her fan overhead, shooting off two quick bursts of electrically charged chakra. The air crackled with power as the second shockwave sliced through the gigantic plates of stone. [Flame Wheel (Water) and Flame Wheel Waltz (Lightning) : Rank B>A Complex]
The earth slabs crumbled as Musica fell to the ground. The girl hit the ground hunched, holding her fan behind her back. Glaring at the cultists, Musica formed a quick set of signs. Her chakra molded the steam created, ripping the heat from the cloud and expanding it over her immediate battlefield.The steam rapidly became mist that would chill to the bone, covering the three of them from view of the other fighters. But most importantly it would hide Musica from the view of her opponents.[Hiding in Frost Technique D>C Rank] With her cloak of mist, Muisica would be in more of a position to end this quickly. The girl ran forward, continuing to form signs as she sprinted towards the one throwing fire around. Six orbs of plasma formed around her, orbiting around her body until the all formed, firing all in unison at her target. [Laser Circus S>S+] Confident in her ability to hit her mark, the Chunin focused on the other cultist. She lowered her signing hand, forming a swirling mass of chakra in her palm. Once she got close enough, Musica let out a yell as she thrust the Rasengan right into the Jashinist’s stomach! [Rasengan A Rank Spiritual]
▰ Flame Waltz [ Enbu ] | Rank B>A | Complex The user perform a single slash of their weapon from any angle or direction. This chakra infused slash releases a powerful wave of elemental chakra that takes form of the element it carries it's affinity after being launched.For each rank of the technique, the element expands outward ten feet. If the user is able to clash with a target during this slash, the technique gains the overwhelming property if not already carried while forcing the target to the furthest range of the technique.
▰ Flame Waltz: Flash [ Enbu: Sen ] | Rank B>A | Complex An advanced secondary attack following the Flame Waltz.Immediately following the parent technique's attack, this technique may be executed at the same rank for no activation. The user slashes the opposite direction to it's first attack, releasing a different element the user possesses that is compatible with the first attacks element. This allows the two techniques to Korabo their elemental abilities, creating a fused wave of elemental chakra.
First Action:
▰ Hiding in Frost Technique [ Shimogakure no Jutsu ] | Rank D>C The user forms a single hand sign, cloaking a twenty foot area in a thick ice cold mist. Opponents within the mist suffer tier one blindness and those outside it cannot see within or sense within it unless a sensory ability is used above the user's body rank.
Second Action:
▰ Laser Circus | Rank S>S+ Stretching both hands outward after a set of seals, the user releases five lasers beams of plasma that are capable of burning holes through solid steel easily. These attacks are extremely direct, though they can and will bend towards a Marked target.
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▰ Spiral Sphere [ Rasengan ] | Rank A | Variable The Rasengan is the perfect shape manipulation of chakra. The user gathers chakra within the palm of their hand, creating an orb of chakra that rotates rapidly beneath the surface of the orb which is roughly the size of a baseball at A-Rank usage. The user is able to pay a C ranked upkeep in order to maintain this technique as long as needed to make physical contact. Upon contact, the orb rotates rapidly, applying a drill-like effect to the target, allowing it to shred through techniques, treating spiritual and ninjutsu techniques as one rank lower. Alternatively, this technique is used to cause a target to go flying upon contact, spinning in the direction of the orb's current, destroying the landscape in an area twenty feet wide and fifty feet in length. Additionally, the user is able to pay an S+ Ranked amount of chakra that increases the size of the Rasengan to twenty feet in size, retaining it's upkeep cost and properties of the original Rasengan and doubling the damage radius of it's alternate use. This variant is known as the Oodama Rasengan [ Big Ball Spiral Sphere ].
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 10:54 pm
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These Jashinists were capable of a variety of kekkai genkai, much like those from Takijinsei. She wondered if Jashin had a wide reach of influence to find followers of so many clans, or if maybe they were genetically engineered altogether. As it was, she still wasn't so keen on violence. She body flickered out of the steam pillars as the second assailant reached for her arm [ Body Flicker ]. Now outside the steam, she had a precious moment to think things through. These Jashinists had no artistic sense to them at all - and not that that was something of her specialty, but she was particularly struck by the artlessness of them. Perhaps the observation and her next move was a manifestation of her subconscious trying to cope with the loss of Toso, because she generated four suiton tentacles from her body and used them to barrage the Jashinists [ Multiple Tentacle Hellscape [ Tajuu Shokushu Jigokuen ] | Treated as S | Rank C - Per Limb ]. As she took a more aggressive stance in fighting them, there was some feeling in her gut that was telling her not to, that this wasn't indicative of the woman she had been working to become, but dipping her toe in aggression just to attempt to return the favor to these Jashinists was too immediately rewarding for her to stop.
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used on her two jashinist assailants: 1) body flicker hehe 2) ▰ Multiple Tentacle Hellscape [ Tajuu Shokushu Jigokuen ] | Treated as S | Rank C - Per Limb A skill which is used to attack the opponent from various angles. Around the opponent, up to any number of tentacles emerge all created from water. These tentacles having a mind of their own much like bunshins, which will come down and attack the opponent in utter desperation to attack them. These tentacles can be attacked and destroyed, but that just makes openings for the tentacles to attack. Unlike [Shokushu Rendan Kyouran & Hachi Shokushu] the tentacles need not be sustained and any number of them may be produced per activation.
