Slowly and as carefully as always, Umiko walked up to the townhouse. It'd been, what? Almost a full season since she was here? She was relatively sure the flowers and leaves smelled different from when she was last here, though her sister may have just changed them out. Nearing the entrance, she stopped. It was quiet; very strange, usually Sheva is doing something that makes a lot of noise. Whether it be smithing, or practicing; it's usually not quiet. After her brief pause, she walked up to the door and knocked. "Sister? I'm home." she spoke at the door, hoping that Sheva wasn't asleep.
Umiko is a pale young girl, and though she may look fragile; she is anything but. Her hair is nearly pitch black, seemingly swallowing up light around it. Her eyes, however, are almost purely white; a sign of her heritage, and one of her greatest "weaknesses".
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:57 pm
tabThe bunny did not escape her sight but the swordswoman passed it off just a simple pet. Instead Blue would nodded without so much as a second thought passing through her mind. She was well aware of the dangerous that such a technique would pose to her life, but even still she had to try. Blue was willing to try whatever power it took for her to become stronger in this. With softly spoken determination Blue answered Sheva. "I'm sure. I'm-" Her words were interrupted by a noise coming up to the door. A tense hand reached out for her sword fearing that it might be Arashi hunter nin but then slowly calmed once she heard the voice speak.
Looking to Sheva for confirmation, Blue made no move as of yet. She had never met or had knowledge that Sheva had a sister but then again it was plausible that something's might have slipped through the cracks as with anything in life. So instead she waited there careful not to make so much noise that she was revealed, though were one to pay close attention, would see tears welling in the corner of her eyes. A seed guilt over what could be a possible ambush.
Sheva pressed her hands together and a clone appeared, Umiko was a surprise to her and Blue. She seemed still paranoid at the prospect of Arashi-Nin coming to the door “ Blue, anyone that tries to come for you will perish... I’m not going to let anyone take you, “ She grabbed Blues hands and smiled, she was Shevas friend and she wasn’t going to let anything happen to her. She walked Blue over to the wall and nodded “ Are you ready? I’m going to have to research about the Seal but I can assure that I can do it. “ Sheva was confident that she would be able to do this for her friend, the whole things seemed frightening but she was up for the challenge. She thought about the way that she was able to feel the chakra around her and how to inject that into a living object without serious consequences.
The clone ran upstairs to greet Umiko at the door “ Well, this is a surprise. What brought you here? “ Sheva loved her lost sister, but it had been sometime and Sheva had grown into something entirely different then before. She was more then just Sheva now, she took on the title of Sage and prided herself in it “ I’m currently in the Tatami Room discussing training. You can join us but were heading into something that is a little deep. “ Sheva made it a point to warn Umiko though she would try to keep the procedure secret...But there really wasn’t a point “ I have a study hall of you want to start, but I’m going to be a while. “
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Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:44 pm
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Umiko was quite suprised at the oddity of the greeting, but her sister doing things she'd rather not disclose wasn't the strangest of things. "I... missed you. It's been awhile, really." She said softly. "That... came out wrong, huh?" She said, with a laugh. Slowly, she stepped inside; looking about, curious as to what has changed; and worried that her sister may have left things about for her to trip on, without realizing it of course. Still with that same careful pace, she moved towards the study hall; letting her sister have free reign to do what she intends to. "However, I will say one thing: I'm expecting you to help me train!" She said, pointedly.
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:21 pm
tabThe cool touch of Sheva's hand put Blue's mind, and tears, at ease. Really, what were the odds that they would be traced here anyway? If it wasn't for their friendship Blue never would have even knew were to look to get here. Gradually letting her sword back down on the ground the swordswoman rolled up her sleeves and took a second to calm the emotions running through her mind. There would be a time for regret later, for now was the time to muster up what little determination existed in her bones.
Letting the clone deal with whoever was at the door, Blue did her best to keep the her face impassive. "Alright... I think I'm ready then, but it sounds like you're ready to go through with this curse mark right now.. does that mean you already know where to find one of these sages?" She wanted to believe but Blue held unvoiced doubts. Where could Sheva have possibly found such a person when Blue had heard tales of how rare and mystical their power was. Life never tended to be that kind.
Sheva smiled and nodded “ I’m a Sage now. “ She laughed and shrugged, she loved being able to say that and more now then ever... seeing as that she can help Blue more then she would’ve been able to in the past “ I think, I know the process... It might be painful. “ She warned as she walked to a cabinet and grabbed two empty scrolls, she knew that she would have to come up with a seal that would be a conduit for the transfer of natural chakra “ I want to help but I remember what those natural chakras felt like in the Vastwood. I’ll do what I can to try and ease the process by mixing a part of my own chakra. “ She opened one of the scrolls and laid it on the floor, she wanted to do this for her but feared the pain that it may cause “ I want to help you Blue, your one of the few people outside of my sister that Ive consider a sister. “ She smiled and wanted to not talk her out of it, but she wanted to be upfront about how she felt.
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:25 am
tabBlue practically reeled back in surprise when Sheva revealed herself to be a sage. Honestly the girl wasn't even sure how to react to the news, Happy? Excited? Suspicious? Whenever something good happened there tended to be some bad after news the swiftly followed. Regardless Blue's eyes were filled with tears of happiness. It seemed as though she was going to be one step closer to accomplishing her goal without having to any of the hard work! That is, if one not counted possibly dying being 'hard work'. Which really was a fair estimate no? As one rarely often needed to try to die. "Oh Sheva this is so wonderful! I can't believe it! And that you'd be willing to do this for me is so...!" Blue left her sentence unfinished because frankly... she couldn't even think of words that could accurately display her emotion.
Instead her displayed her readiness by quickly tearing off her scarf and sweater. The cold of the air felt unfamiliar to her skin but that was to be excepted when she had gone around wearing the same covered up look for nearly all her life. "I know this isn't going to be easy.. probably for either of us. But this is what I want." The swordswoman smiled warmly at her only friend. If this was to be her last moment than she prayed that Sheva wouldn't at least feel guilt over a choice that wasn't hers to make. "After all what's the worst that could happen right?" Words bolden by one who hasn't dealt with such forces beyond her control, Blue gave another smile before closing her eyes, arms fully stretched out to embrace whatever gift or rather 'curse' that she was welcoming onto herself.
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Sheva looked at Blue and got excited as well, she was happy to help although Blue didn’t seem concerned on whether it hurt or not. Sheva walked over to a small cabinet and pulled out a small scroll, she wanted to use a seal to be able to do that transfer “ I’m going to write the seal if you want to lay down. “ She grabbed a small pillow and placed it in the center of the room, she wanted to make Blue as comfortable as possible. Scrolls weren’t anything new to Sheva, she used them daily but this was going to be the first time that she was going to be using one specifically for a cursed mark. She began to draw on the scroll, she wanted to make it slightly personal since she was going to try and infuse her own chakra into it. She drew her version of a seal, one that would be a catalyst for the transfer.
She was pleased with what she had so far, she placed her hand on the seal and what she drew upon it started to take shape and move. Shevas chakra seemed to manipulate the ink on the scroll but there was a strange rise in Sheva. She knew that tapping into the natural chakras would make her feel this way. Satisfied with what she had made already, she picked up the scroll and smiled “ I’m ready when you are. “
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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:29 pm
tab Watching Sheva at work, Blue stared on with a deep curiosity. What knowledge she had been able to find on the subject had been greatly limited, likely for the safety of those in the village to prevent the inexperienced from attempting it's replication. This was her chance to watch a true sage perform it up close. The mysticism of the junk floating off of the page drew no concern or apprehension from the swordswoman, after all her heritage was firmly rooted in the Uyko bloodline. Breathing ink was their speciality. "I'm ready." Blue whispered with all the innocence of someone who still didn't know what they were getting into.
Moving to make herself more comfortable in her seat Blue sat mostly fidgeting in place while she waited. She was sure that Sheva would guide her through the process but the apprehension that she might do something to mess it up still felt very real to her. "Uhm just make sure to let me know what to do okay? Not that I don't believe in your sagey powers, but I just don't want you to mess up because of something I did." While studying what looked like almost fuunin markings the swordswoman added. "And where by gods are you going to put that?"
Sheva turned and put her hands on her hips “ Hold on and I’ll tell you. “ She smiled and laid the scroll opened and flat on the ground, if she thought correctly; the seal should pull the natural and her own chakra into Blue “ Well, I’m going to use this Seal as a conduit to pull the chakra from me into you. I thought that imparting some of my own chakra could lessen the possible pain. “ She placed her palms together and her chakra seemed to glow with a gold shimmer, if she assumed correctly; the seal should pull the chakra from her into Blue; though it wasn’t a proven method... she hoped for the best result
“ Are you ready? Your going to have to lay down on top of the scroll. “
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tab All the talk about seals and imparting chakra had mostly gone right over the girl's head. Sheva had always been more talented than her in that area anyway. Her skills lay in the more physical. Or perhaps that was just one of the perks of being a sage? Having a lofty title such as that had to have come with equally important knowledge too didn't it? Eagerly Blue laid herself down on the opened scroll as Sheva commanded. It didn't take long for the native chakra to enter her body. The process was enough to draw a gap from her lips, like the feeling whenever you ate something warm and sweet but also flowing through her entire body all at once. "That's... is this was it feels like when you're a sage? This feeling is so... intense.." No matter how she tried words alone just felt as though they fell short to accurately describe the experience. The fire in her chest burned up nearly every drop of sadness she had ever felt in her lifetime, the moment brought tears to the corners of her eyes. "I'm kind of jealous that this is how you get to feel just whenever you feel like it.." The humor of the moment was an unconscious deflection of her apprehension.
Sheva placed her palms together and concentrated chakra into the palms, though Blue has effectively passed out; the transfer was far come complete. Holding the release seal with one hand, she hovered her other hand right above Blues chest. Conjuring thoughts of the seal that was below her, the chakra started to flow from Sheva into Blue. She wanted to make sure that the seal wasn’t going to totally kill her, all and all.... she wanted the addition of her own chakra to help Blue feel more comfortable. It seemed like the seal below her was actually working “ Blue, don’t pass out...try and keep your eyes open. “ Though she knew that Blue couldn’t fully hear her; Sheva wanted Blue to know that she was there for her.
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tab The pleasure from the nature chakra was so brilliant that Blue almost didn't even realize that her body was slowly falling into the clutches of sleep. She could hear Sheva's words now but they were just... so far away. Why should she stay awake anyway? It didn't seem like something her friend would even say. After all the other side was so comfortable and soothing.. "s-stay awake...?" The words came out garbled now while her hand reached out trying to grab a hold of Sheva while she was working.
That's when the pain hit. It was small, so small that it was confused for a pinprick at first. But then it grew, deeper, and deeper until not even the muddled euphoria of Sheva's nature chakra could dull it. Blume's eyes snapped side awake, arching her back up and down repeatedly as the waves of pain hit and subsided for what felt like ages. No words could escape it's way past her clenched teeth but the sound of bones clenching together along with the pained look on her face was enough of a tell to her general state of being. "NNNNAHG. STOP PLEASEE. NOO." Tears and pleadings were throw this way and that as she tried her best to squirm free. In her sleep addled Blue could think of nothing but making the pain stop, even if it wasn't really want she wanted.
Sheva grabbed Blues hand, seeing the pain that she was in and attempted to comfort her in this time “ Blessed are those that stand before the corrupt and the wicked and do not falter. “ It was a small saying that got here through some of the most hard times, Blue was one of the only things that she had left. Sheva took a deep breath in and out “ Breathe through it. The pain is only temporary. “ She started to take deep breaths in while holding Blues hand “ C’mon. “ She placed her other hand on Blues collarbone also in an attempt to calm her, she looked at the ceiling and continued the calming breaths. She continued her mantra and took relaxing breaths, this was really the only thing that she was capable of doing at the moment. It was going to have to be all on Blue to make it through this, her body wasn’t rejecting the natural chakra....it was burning through her system.
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Umiko calmly continued her stretches, trying to resist the urge to barge into the room and try to help; but she knew better. There really wasn't anything she could do, and even if there was: It'd only likely make things worse. After finishing her stretches, she started on her breathing exercises. Blue's proceeding pain filled words casued Umiko to suddenly stop what she was doing, but again, she reminded herself, there is nothing she could do.
After finishing her breathing exercises, Umiko began to focus her chakra; letting it ebb and flow around her. Slowly, a twisting swirling cloud of chakra forms around her body; occasionally flashing with a small crackle of electricity. Okay... focus... Umiko quietly said to herself. Tentatively, she begen to shape her chakra; trying to keep her own shape in mind, what of it she knows anyway. Suddenly, she shifted her stance as her chakra seemingly lashed out at the air; creating a loud popping sound, as a seemingly perfect recreation of herself stood barely five feet from her. The odd thing about it is that it seemed to have more of a wind about it, as it's clothes shifted and swayed. Carefully, Umiko began focusing her chakra again; trying to keep her own shape in mind, again. Yet again, with a loud crack and a flash of electricity, her chakra struck the ground near the clone; causing another to appear with a loud popping sound. Umiko slowly looked up at the pair of clones, and smiled. "Well, I'm certainly making swift progress..." she said to herself matter-of-factly. "And now... this!" she said suddenly, and with a similarly sudden movement: She pushed her chakra outwards, creating a third clone; though this one looked mildly damp. "And then... gone!" she says, and the clones vanish in a jumbled burst of chakra.
Slowly, Umiko sits on the ground; admiring her own efforts. "Now... what's next? (Learned: Wind Clone ninjutsu, Lightning Clone ninjjutsu, and Water Clone ninjutsu.)
Umiko is a pale young girl, and though she may look fragile; she is anything but. Her hair is nearly pitch black, seemingly swallowing up light around it. Her eyes, however, are almost purely white; a sign of her heritage, and one of her greatest "weaknesses".
