Thanks for adventure

[Corvus]

Akiko turned to Runeska as he spoke, listening as he theorized on Akiko's abilities. Actually, he wasn't too far off. "Well," she said, "I have indeed obtained a mastery of both wind and lightning, being easily able to bend both to my will, mastering the forces of the heavens. And not only that, but I can utilize both sound and water techniques."

"I have also learned and mastered both the medical arts, as well as the manipulation of the soul. I have the ability to perceive everything within 100 meters, as well as the ability to fly, as my wings might have clued you in on. Final, I've mastered archery, specializing in crossbows and sniping, though I also have some sword skill, and I plan to work on mounted combat as well." That about summed up her abilities, "what about you?"

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Total stuff thus far:

2 slots of exploding tags
Field pack(medium)
Dungeoneer's Compass
A teleport 5 feet to the left
One Alien cat to reappear when I feel like dealing with it.
28 Volume Encyclopedia set
One Parasol
Type-5 Cloak(because type 6 don't exist)
Dwarven Waraxe
12 Soldier Pills
FOCKE BLEEDING WULF
BEEEEES!!!
Sun Shield
Great Hammer
Shark fin sword
2,000 ryo(woo hoo...)
Type E Gas Mask Filter
1337 ryo(added already. More woo hoo... )
Large, basic, single-reed clarinet
1337 Ryo(again... Grumble grumble)

[Runeska]

The shocking thing was that his random examples were correct, but more so shocking that they were just the tip of the iceberg. “Wow, if it’s based on personal ability, I can see why you were elected kage. You’re quite impressive, more so than I could have guessed by observation. You seem very well rounded. I suppose I should learn to be a bit more flexible. I’m a master at raiton, most proficient in defending myself from its harsh nature. I can also utilize wind and fire if need be. I can sense and differentiate between different chakra signatures within 100 meters, as well as read what their level of strength and innate specialist may be. I suppose though, my most striking feature is my body itself. I’ve been trained and reared as a swordsman and hunter nin for as far back as my memory grants me. My senses are very potent, my reaction times very sharp, reflexes well above the norms, even for shinobi. I’m a master at a few different forms of Kenjutsu, at such a level where my swordplay is dangerous even when I can’t reach my target. There are certain ninjutsu I can cut down with simply my skill, and I believe my footwork is very impressive. If I continue, I’ll be a shunshin master sooner or later. I’ve also mastered a number of the anbu techniques with a focus on the falcon division. If you’d like, I could teach you some sword arts. Who knows, I may have the particular style you seek. It won’t be for free though. You’d have to teach me something as well. Seems fair, doesn’t it? Hm… when I put it that way, it seems like I’m simply a killer…”

Runeska waited for a response while keeping a sharp I on Vahit. His eyes continued to scan the surroundings for the slightest clue that something may be off. After a moment, it occurred to him that Vahit may want to go further in, so he looked further down with a discerning eye. “Hey Akiko-san, I think I’ll look a little further in to check and see if it’s safe. We may end up needing to go further in, but I don’t know what will trigger. Will you be fine here without me?”

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Found so FarField pack Medium
Light shield
Razor spring
Tokihage –untuned
Small umbrella
1 bittermourn herb
12 soldier pills
triple utility pouch
5 slots of Zipties
Herbalist knowledge Artic Region
a complete set of Animal Preserves and Preparations
Line Launcher
Slot of Skeleton keys
6 slots of senbon
12 soldier pills
Herbalist knowledge Rural Region
Slot of Glow sticks
Herbalist knowledge Jungle Region

[Cirah Ranzatsu]

FINAL ROLL!

Runeska - An Inter-Dimensional Portal has opened! The staff members of NFRP smile at you and hand you a copy of the rules as well as 15,000 Ryo!

Corvus - A lonely white parasol twists across the ground, rolling in the window. Still, a Small Umbrella is what it is. Whether its girly or not.

[Corvus]

Akiko thought for a moment, "that would be fun. I've been learning Buredono Kenseijin, as well as Iaijutsu. Maybe I could teach you a thing or two myself." As she explained, she activated her doujutsu, to keep an eye on everything while Rune was exploring ahead, and to make sure she could warn him in case she noticed something he missed.

As her eyes began to glow a mako blue, she noticed that Runeska shared his biology with Taisen Aniki. She didn't bring it up, figuring that there must be a reason why he didn't either. "You go ahead. I'll keep an eye on everything from here." Archimedes grabbed a parasol dropping out of a transdimensional vortex and depositing it in Akiko's inventory.

But the parasol wasnt the only thing to drop out of a transdimensional vortex. A massive serpent-like creature dropped out of another vortex, one with two long arms with sharp, scythe-like blades the size of its forearms jutting from its wrists, three fingered claws for grasping set just above the blade.

Lovely...

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Total stuff thus far:

2 slots of exploding tags
Field pack(medium)
Dungeoneer's Compass
A teleport 5 feet to the left
One Alien cat to reappear when I feel like dealing with it.
28 Volume Encyclopedia set
One Parasol
Type-5 Cloak(because type 6 don't exist)
Dwarven Waraxe
12 Soldier Pills
FOCKE BLEEDING WULF
BEEEEES!!!
Sun Shield
Great Hammer
Shark fin sword
2,000 ryo(woo hoo...)
Type E Gas Mask Filter
1337 ryo(added already. More woo hoo... )
Large, basic, single-reed clarinet
1337 Ryo(again... Grumble grumble)
And another parasol -.-

[Runeska]

Weirdness to end all weirdness, eh? Well perhaps this was it. Runeska had nodded to Akiko and smiled before heading off. “We’ll see. It’s definitely something I’m looking forward to.” Just as he began walking off, another warp hole appeared. The sounds of reality being torn asunder echoed slightly, as a large grouping of people appeared. They seemed to be civilians, but had the presence of people carrying an important role somewhere. They handed him a large bonus of Ryo, along with a book of rules for something called NFRP…

Wait... what? At that, the disappeared, but deep within his mind there was another crack followed by a shattering sound. He’d just seen something that he shouldn’t have. His head suddenly hurt as he suppressed the realization. This world… was… was… some kind of game… or created space, and he’d just met the ones who created and monitored it…. Yeah, this would definitely be good for his already damaged psyche, finding out that your life isn’t real…

Well… he braced, took a deep breath, and tried shrug it off. He could have a mental breakdown later… in private, with all his other selves. Pocketing the change, he proceeded forward over a course of minutes, inspecting the floor, tapping random tiles for traps to spring and moving around random books on the books shelves as he passed. Nothing triggered. Nothing look altogether too suspicious. Soon enough, it turned around a corner and behold, there was an open space. It seemed a number of book cases had formed something like a ring with a 20 meter clearing with just a few tables and chairs. That when he felt it.

Another rip in space. What would it be this time? More treasurable items? No, this one felt different. The warp tore and stretched for a very great distance. Something was climbing out, and the presence was inhuman, alien like, and sinister. A long serpentine creature with claw like scythes on its appengaes landed on the floor. The whole time, the ground rubbled and shook, until and landed with a loud dull clump. This was… perhaps the ryo he’d gotten was a preemptive monster drop, awarded to him to drop his defenses.

Assuming a ready and standby stance with the katana on his left waist, he called out to Akiko from around the corner. “You felt that? Seems like this year’s peculiar event has a surprise ending. The path is clear, except for this thing.” He honed his sense and prepared to react to it

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[warrior mind A rank
Combat perception S rank
Mind’s Eye of Kagura A rank
Mine’s eye extension B rank]

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Found so Far
Field pack Medium
Light shield
Razor spring
Tokihage –untuned
Small umbrella
1 bittermourn herb
12 soldier pills
triple utility pouch
5 slots of Zipties
Herbalist knowledge Artic Region
a complete set of Animal Preserves and Preparations
Line Launcher
Slot of Skeleton keys
6 slots of senbon
12 soldier pills
Herbalist knowledge Rural Region
Slot of Glow sticks
Herbalist knowledge Jungle Region
Final drop-15000 ryo and a book of NFRP’s Rules

[Corvus]

Akiko watched through her omniscience as the crazy scythe serpent slithered from the tear in reality right before Runeska. It was almost as if someone didn't want anyone knowing about the true nature of their reality. "Omori, you're with me," Akiko said as she hopped off her mount, not feeling confident in taking her into combat. "Archimedes, you stay back and keep an eye on the girls."

Akiko hopped up on Omori's back as he began running toward the random encounter. As they turned the corner, Akiko let go and spread her wings, air breaking to slow her down. "So," she said, her and Omori coming to a stop next to Rune, "how would the Sandaime suggest we take this thing down?"

[Runeska]

Heeding his call, Akiko approached from quickly behind the corner, slowing her approach at the sight before them. Still holding his stance, Gekkido replied “Hm… good question. How would the Sandaime suggest we go about this? Lets see, it’s a serpeant, so it unless we hit it hard enough to crush it, water probably won’t be very affective. Fire, if affective, might burn the library. If we use lightning, we need to contain it to this open area. Sound might be affective, but I don’t know what you’ve got for sound techniques. How about this, I’ll engage in melee, being careful of those scythe claws while you provide back with your archery. Try for its eyes. If I can pierce its scales near the head, we’ll strike it with ration from near the injury. After that, we’ll just have to adjust to its abilities. Sounds like a plan?” If she responded, he’d say, “Stay on guard. It’s big, but I don’t know how fast it’ll be”

The creature in question had been staring intently with its predator eyes since Akiko appeared. It too was watching the situation carefully. It was about 5 meters long, with torso part with scythe appendages standing a little over 2 meters high. It hissed and clanked its blades together then began slithering forwards towards the group. As he would have thought, the creature was moderately fast, clearing a number of meters pretty quickly, as if to charge.

Runeska couldn’t allow that, as they needed to keep it near enough to the center so they wouldn’t destroy much, if any of the library. For that reason, Rune body flickered forward near it and met it before the charge could pick up momentum. Expertly trained appendages withdrew his katana from its sheath, making 3 swift thrust from the left, to right, then forward. But why? Well, the creature had two scythe arms. The moment Runeska appeared before it, it lash out with both arms towards his sides. The first 2 of his thrusts deflected those blows, leading his third free to thrust at its belly. The strike made it back away slightly, but it would happen, the scales were to heard to simply pierce and thrust through.

However, it paused it’s attack, hissing angrily. Runeska would have to use a stronger attack, without leaving himself open. He wondered if the creature could bite with its mouth or spit acid as well. Had to be carefully. With this short distance and the creatures towering form over Runeska, Akiko had a clear reign to fire as she felt. Meanwhile, Runeska was waiting for its next move

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[warrior mind A rank
Combat perception S rank
Mind’s Eye of Kagura A rank
Mine’s eye extension B rank
Quick strike training B rank
Shunshin 1/21

Sanpo-zuki (Three Direction Thrust)
Rank: C Rank
Effect: Three moderate (C Rank) strikes to up to three opponents, front, left and right
Special: None
Drawbacks: None
Description: Commencing from a standing position, the practitioner draws and quickly thrusts at three opponents ahead of him
Restrictions: Must have a Senpai/Sensei of a Kenjutsu Dojo to learn; must have Quick Strike (C Rank) or Reflex Training (C Rank)]

[Corvus]

Akiko nodded, both to Rune and to Omori, then made a beeline toward a skeleton lying in the corner of the room. At the same time, Omori charged forward with Runeska, slipping into the shadow of his attack and following it with a flurry of jabs and hooks.

Akiko grabbed a crossbow from the skeleton, as well as a quiver of crossbow bolts. She quickly knocked one into place, using the skill she had honed in practice but never in combat. She quickly dropped to one knee, aiming down the sights to zero in on the eye of the serpent creature. She wasnt more than twenty meters away, but she could hit a target from thirty even while moving. While stationary like this, especially kneeling, she could hit at ninety.

[Runeska]

With the wolf, Omori throwing in jabs, in between Runeska’s attacks, the serpentine creature was being pinned back pretty well, even though it didn’t really seem hurt. As it was about to move forward on the offensive again, Akiko took action. Her aim was true and clear, striking it clear in its left eye. Akiko’s timing couldn’t have been better. The bolt logged in its eye caused it to flinch and recoil, thrashing about wildly. It quickly took a swipe at Runeska with one arm, aiming from where it could last see.

With an empty swishing sound, the slash met with nothing but air. In a flash, Runeska took advantage of the that confused state to both and launch a stronger attack against it. He would duck low beneath the attack, lung forward, and in one motion spiral his body forward with his sword leading forward. The motion would create a strong spiraling attack which hit like a drill in its belly. As it stumbled further backward, Runeska flipped back, using the recoil of his attack to retreat from its attack range.

He was a bit shocked… possibly annoyed, as there was a spiral shaped cut on its stomach, but no presence of blood, meaning it didn’t penetrate through. Even so, it looked winded a bit. Maybe the blunt force of the assault was having an effect? Still, blinded in one eye and enraged, it lashed and struck out with those dangerous scythes it had, then charged forward when it missed. Runeska used a fast flurry of ranged sword strokes to slow down it’s charge, but had very little success. As a result, he tried to dodge at the last moment, by jumping, but at the last moment, got hit in his legs and was swept to the side, but not before thrusting and logging his sword in its head.

Using that, Runeska held on tightly to the blade and tried pushing it deeper in, even while being flung around. When at last, he lost his gripped, he formed a set of handseals as he flew, eventually hitting the table behind the creature. Small spark charged on his finger tip, and Runeska held onto it, even though he’d just smacked into the table. Immediately it turned to the sound, moving another few meters from Akiko. The motion left a large tail whipping motion to lash at her Omori, but if dodged, that left its back exposed and unprotected, with the sword sticking out the top of its thick head. Getting up slowly, Runeska looked at Akiko then to the sword in its head as it slowly approached.

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[warrior mind A rank
Combat perception S rank
Mind’s Eye of Kagura A rank
Mine’s eye extension B rank
Dragon flash spiral
Dragon nest strike
Sword impale
Byakuria 1st charge]

[/spoiler]

[Corvus]

Aliko nodded to her predecessor, starting to load another bolt only for the crossbow to shatter, it's aged body unable to take the stress. Akiko then dropped the remaining pieces and formed a special handsign. Three copies of her poofed into existence, each inheranting about a quarter of her remaining chakra.

The original then performed two more sets of handseals, one after the other. Winds whipped up around her as her sorcery took hold over the atmosphere, briefly forming into cubes before disassembling into three massive animated golems, named Atopos, Lacthysis, and Clotho, modeled after Eva 01, Zinv, and Spirit of Fire, though each was invisible.

The ground shook as the mystical monsters charged forward, grabbing at the beast to pin it down. With the beast restrained, one of the clones charged forward, drawing her cloned Kyuushi. However, as she charged forward, the beast threw of one of the golems, freeing one of its arms. It then swung at the clone, not knowing if it were real or clone, intending to slay it all the same.

But even as a clone, Akiko was no child to be protected. Electricity flowed along the edge, creating both heat and vibration, dramatically improving its cutting power. She sidestepped the attack, countering with a swift slash, cutting clear through the scythe-like blade, then following with a second slash to cut through the creature's arm itself.

The thrown off golem managed to grab the serpent again and hold it still, allowing the sword weilding clone to jump up on its head, plunging the still electrified blade into its triangular skull, piercing the thick bone and scale with ease. "Now!" The clone said, holding her free hand up.

The two remaining clones nodded to one another and performed a series of handseals, each of them conjuring the same draining technique. The air crackled with electricity as one hundred and fifty bird shaped masses of electricity came into existence, half each controlled by the two unoccupied clones while the original used her creations to hold the target down. The birds flew towards the first clone and her outstretched hand. She took in all 150 lightning ravens, as well as any lightning Runeska threw at the same point, channeling it all into a single overwhelming current of electricity, pouring it all into the cerebrum of the serpent.

[Runeska]

It seemed the beastly creature was stronger than expected. He has pierced its head as intended, but not before being thrown across the room. It was during that time where its back was turned that Akiko took action against the serpeant. The cherubic former kage formed what he recognized and felt as shadow clones and all began an assault against the creature. One wielded an odd sword which caught his attention, but he barely had the time for that. Rising back to his feet, he allowed the vicious raiton chakra to charge at his finger tips a bit longer, as Akiko seemed to be making quite set up for an assault. She seemed a bit flashier than himself in contrast, but it was still affective.


The serpent on the other hand tried to put up a valiant assault, for all it was worth. I mean, it did manage to take a single clone out. However, it lose a whole scythe arm, and got pierced deeper into it’s skull. Again, that sword made it look easy. Runeska would have to inquire about it later. But, now, it looked like it was time. The mini kunoichi filled the air with thunderstorm ravens then spurred them all towards the blade piercing its skull. That was the cue. Having charged to his content, he let the ration shoot forth with all its furry at the target.

White lightning shot forward like a death ray, combining and colliding with the already raiton charged air to create what was almost a divine spear of lightning which pierced the creature. As it entered its body, it hissed and screech loudly in pain. Searing, burning flesh assaulted their noses as it was essentially nuked from the inside out within seconds, leaving a black scorched husked once the husky smoke cleared upward. It was dead, no doubt.

The first thing Runeska said was… “Well, good job. That went without a hitch. By the way, that is an interesting sword you have there.”

Before he could say anything else, the voice of Vahit could be heard. “Ahah! This is exactly what I had been searching for. With this, I can prove my relation.”


“Seems like Vahit is still safe, and our mission should be over soon. We should wrap things up, then head back to mist after that then, unless you’ve got another errand to run. We may find ourselves quite busy.”

As it turned out, Vahit has an old relative… ancestor? Yeah, at this point, it would be an ancestor. This particular ancestor was the 2nd cousin of one of the past damiayos great, great, great, great, great, grandfather, married in on his mother’s side. Apparently, there was an old family seal made of gold at that time which matched the image of one in the book. All he had to do was get the seal appraised and inspected, and he could prove his noble lineage. So, that would mean that Vahit had a very distant relation to a noble who ruled some years ago. He had explained to show Akiko and Runeska, but aside from the distant relation, there was really nothing very prestigious there. Akiko’s imagination could go leaps and bounds on this one, but Runeska couldn’t really see what difference it made. But, the job was done at the least. He’d follow Akiko to where Vahit wished to be dropped escorted to, and then that would be that.

[Corvus]

All but one of Akiko's clones dissolved, melting away into the ether. The remaining clone walked over to Runeska and began to heal the reletively minor wounds he had suffered in being knocked across the room. Once the last of the chakra was expended, the last clone evaporated, and Akiko herself deactivated her doujutsu.

"My sword? It's called Kyuushi. Omori actually found it for me the last time I was here," she elaborated. "It's a century's old katana forged to augment lightning chakra. It...well, it's developed it's own soul, even. Something you could see if you learned the proper technique." Akiko's wings shimmered faintly, refracting the light of her soul into a wavelength perceptible by humans, appearing iridescent. "Strangely enough, The spirit of the sword said she isn't alone. There are others."

It was then that Akiko noticed the strange, otherworldly book in Rune's possession, "what's that?" She asked as Omori dusted himself off.

[Runeska]

He was on his feet and basically fine by now. Silver eyes stared forward at the kage clone before him which decided to heal his injuries. They were minor, which is to say, he barely felt them, as they were very little more than a bump and bruise. Still, the soothing feeling from the warm medical light was welcomed. When he looked to Akiko though, he saw her eyes in a scarlet hue. Uchiha? No… it didn’t quite look the same. They were different, something was definitely not normal about them. He realized he’d seen those eyes before on another young girl, but hadn’t inquired about them before. As the clone dispersed, Akiko’s eyes tuned their natural green, at which point, he was sure he was in the presence of someone with a doujutsu. However, he didn’t bring it up with her, not when he hadn’t mentioned his own.

“Kyuushi, you say? It sounds like an excellent blade. I wouldn’t mind owning one myself. If there are others that exist, perhaps I shall search a bit. Thank you for telling me. And tell you’re sword I appreciate it as well.” He began leading Vahit from the library and heading towards town when Akiko asked him about the book he’d gotten. He’d not mentioned the book which came into existence via warp hole.

“This? Well… um…” He paused, unsure of how to process it, weary of what pivotal strings of their universe would loosen by speaking of it. After a long breath, he began forming his words together. “Well, then, I guess you could detect the other worldly presence attached this book. I’ll put it this way. Let say for instance that our existence is not our own. Let say that… we, none of this, is real, that our world is fabricated by some higher dimensional beings whom derive pleasure and entertainment from our struggles and trials. This is all hypothetical, by the way, and you don’t need to take it quite seriously. In fact, once I’m done explaining, you can pretend I’ve never mentioned this. This book is the commandments, the rules and laws of our world, handed to me by the “gods” of our creation. I fear what may come of my fragile mind should I choose to believe this.”

Once he finished talking, he took his hands from the book and left it in his inventory. The other male, Alexander-kun, would be lifted up as well and brought with him. He’d went unresponsive, and while Runeska didn’t know the exact reason why, he had reason to believe something may have happened to the outerwordly being behind Alexander-kun, and so he might remain like this for some time. He couldn’t quite wrap his mind around this, but did not wish for the man to be left behind. It was that point where Vahit thanked them and departed to his own abode to do who knew what, with his new found information.

“Akiko, how are you planning to get back to Mizu no kuni, by the way? At first, I imagined you might fly, but then I don’t imagine you would be able to carry all your comrades with you.” When he received his answer, he would say, “Alright then, I’ll meet you there, so we can go back together, the 3 of us. But I have a small errand to run first.” With that said, Runeska made his way to the nearest town with a shop, to do some shopping. We can talk more on the way back.”

[Exit]

[Corvus]

[temp exit for shopping]

[Runeska]

[Enter]

Having failed to fine a Kyuushi, Runeska settled for finding a buredono kenseijin master to bring with him back to mist. Sure, there was master Miyazaki in the land of thunder, but she would never lead her land. There were plenty of masters in kaze no kuni, so he was sure he could convince one. He searched for quite some time, speaking to swordsmen in the area, but many of those who knew the style he wanted, but most of them owned their own dojo with students and didn’t want to leave. Still, after more searching, there was a man he found who owned an old dojo, but he had no students. Apparently, the other dojos had long since stolen all his students, and he was forced to shut down.

After a long discussion, Runeska was able to convince the man to come with him back to the Kirigakure. Runeska told him that in exchange for being his person instructor, he would provide housing and food for him. Not anything too extravagant, but enough to live moderately comfortable. He agreed to it, looking at it as if it would be a long vacation from the desert. So with that said, Runeska left that town and head further down the country side, towards a port town along the coast. On the way there, he retrieved Alexanderas well, who had been quiet.

Akiko on the other hand was not around, so she must have had some errands to run as well. Until she got back, Runeska would attempt finding a way to get passage back home. Turned out, there was a merchant vessel that would do so, making a few stops along the way going from kaze no kuni in the gulf of fire, around and about past the land of waves. For a small way, and some help up deck, maybe a promise of defending the ship form pirates and other dangers, the captain of the ship agreed. As such, he waited for Akiko with Alexander nearby to tell her the news.

[Runeska]

Runeska suddenly realized he was in the perfect, and perhaps only, opportunity to search for the caffar nuts that only grow in dessert, coincidentally in the autumn. Time was running low. He turned the master he was in the process of hiring, then asked him if he would mind waiting here for a bit. It wasn’t like they could leave without Akiko and her animal companions anyway. He agreed, not that there was a whole lot of choice, and so Runeska set back out into the dessert. He had to move a decent bit of distance away from the coastline and the town, but what he had to search for were trees. In the dessert, there were a few random trees scattered about. But he couldn’t really tell what they were from a distance. The branches were hanging down though on a few. Were they the illustrious caffar tree? He wasn’t sure. But, he wasn’t sure how long Akiko would be gone, so…

Runeska formed the shadow clone seal and created a clone. He was careful to suppress his other self, less the clone ignore what he wanted. Everything seemed to be well enough, as the eyes were not blood reddened and it didn’t seem defective. As it already knew what he was looking for, his identical looking clone began searching the other trees in the area. As it turned out, some of the trees were obviously not the caffar. The clone checked trees opposite to Runeska for the large low hanging branches he had heard about. Ah, that seemed to be a likely candidate. The branches were well enough set, he thought. The only way to know was to check for the yellow caffar nut.

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2 rolls for caffar tree, please?

Caffar Tree
Rank: Very Rare, Large
Type: Herb, Desert, Summer/Autumn, Sedation/Chakra Enhancement
Effect: A drink that delays sleep, but at the same time also tends to increase other senses.
Special: Preparation: 1 hour ; Duration: ---
Drawback: Drinking 3-4 cups in one day causes jumpiness that increases as more is imbibed. Those who drink 5 or more cups in one day become slightly physically addicted to the substance and suffer headaches and mild stomach pains when their usage is cut back.
Description: A nut tree that reaches in the height of 9 to 12 feet. Has large branches that hang down with yellow nuts. Caffar is made of the small caffar nut that is ground into a powder and brewed into a dark, sweet-smelling beverage, traditionally with a goat's milk base. Like café or black tea, caffar can be used to delay sleep for 1 hour, but it has the side effect of making the ingester more psychically sensitive; Sensors skills are greatly enhanced and even the non sensors are more sensitive to nuances in the environment and in others' manners, sometimes even to the point of using detecting jutsus with 1 rank better ability. This side-effect also lasts for 1 hour. Herb consists 16 doses.
Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Desert Regions. 5% chance of finding.
Cost: 67,000 Ryo per herb; 3,350 Ryo per dosage

[KoKoKo]

One Found

[Runeska]

Well, that was pretty quick. It turned out one of the trees were a caffar. The yellow nuts on it were picked and deposited within his person nice and securely. Lets see… if his memory served him properly, There was also grall. It could make a pretty good ale, once he got back home to prepare it. He began his search right where he was with his shadow clone. The both of them lookedfor some time for cacti, since they knew it had fruits on them that they need. First the searched near the trees were, in the off chance it was nearby, but as time went on, they moved away, further from town.

They approached some more likely areas closer to oasis where there were cacti, but none were grall. Therefore, they searched for a rocky cliff side. It was said they grew best in those areas. And lo and behold. Far up the side of a cliff, there were a large grouping of cacti, probably 20 meters from the ground level. It was hard to see from here, but some of them were quite large. Perhaps those would the grall? But really? Lodged inside the steep wall of a cliff? How troublesome. These better make great ale… not that he was a drinker. But whoever consumed it better damn well enjoy it.

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2 rolls for Grall, please?

Grall
Rank: Common, Medium
Type: Herb, Desert, Autumn, ---
Effect: An herb used to brew up some "Cactus Blue Ale"
Special: Preparation: 1 hour ; Duration:
Drawback: ---
Description: A squat, thorny cactus that does best in rocky areas, grall is harvested for its yellow fruit. Bulbous fruit every 3 months. The cactus itself grows to be 6 feet in size. These fruit can be eaten raw (they have a strong, bitter taste), but more often are fermented for use in a strong local brew, 'cactus blue' ale. Herb consists 8 doses.
Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Desert Regions. 65% chance of finding.
Cost: 3,000 Ryo per herb. 300 Ryo per Dosage.

[~Emi~]

I missed that you had a clone out at first

But here goes.

You found one, and your clone did as well.

[Corvus]

Some time later, Akiko tracked Runeska down, a number of books held in her arms, a towering stack about as tall as she was. "Sorry for the wait," she said as she arrived, placing the books in her inventory with the rest of her recent acquires.

Since they had attended to Vahit, and Alexander was apparenly catatonic at the moment, they had little reason not to head for home. As nice as the arid air was here, she longed for the damp mists and cool waters of home. "Um...I was wondering, could I copy that weird book of yours?"