Syrene's Training [P]

[Syrene]

0/5
Skill Level: 0
Able Learner Trait: 2 Die Rolls instead of 1

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First Aid: Healing
Rank: "E" (5 Training Points at all Times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill allows a character to properly tend to the sick and injured.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: While some basic medical knowledge is inherent in this skill (to the extent such can be said to exist), the character’s role is to provide an optimal environment to facilitate the patient’s own recuperative abilities, by monitoring the patient and tending to his needs as required.
• Novice: Diagnose; Tend to injured characters such that their wounds heal at a faster rate; critical care requires 10 minutes/wound; can distinguish whether an individual is dead or merely unconscious.
• Average: Stabilize a character knocked unconscious from trauma; critical care requires 6 minutes/wound; with a successful Average skill check to resuscitate a dying character.
• Advanced: Function as a midwife to deliver children; diagnose injuries; critical care requires 4 minutes/wound
• Expert: Properly set broken bones; amputate limbs; critical care requires 3 minutes/wound
• Master: Critical care needs 2 min. per wound
Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Syrene was excited to be participating in a program that people the basics of properly tending the sick and injured. She had recently become interested in medicine, and this was the first step towards becoming a full-fledged medic. Syrene arrived at the hospital and joined five other people who were taking the course with her. Their instructor was a middle-aged nurse that led them to a room with a lot of medical equipment. The woman stood at the front of the room and said, “My name is Nurse Clara and today I’m going to be teaching you how to check pulses.”

Knowing how to check pulses is important in determining whether someone is dead or merely unconscious, among other things. We’re going to start with the carotid pulse which is in the neck. Pair up and practice with each other. There are several charts scattered across the room if you need more information. I’ll also be here to answer any questions. There’s one more thing you need to tell you before you begin. There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, but don’t press them at the same time because you will block the blood flow to the brain.”

Syrene carefully listened to Nurse Clara’s instructions before scanning the room for a chart that showed the arteries in the head and neck. Another girl in the course, Vivian, had the same idea as Syrene, so the two of them decided to pair up. After studying the chart to get a feel for the general area she was supposed to be looking in, Syrene tried to find Vivian’s carotid pulse. She used her first two fingers to feel along Vivian’s neck. It took her a couple of tries before she was finally able to find it. Syrene continued feeling along the area where the chart said the carotid artery was located to see if she could follow it down to Vivian’s shoulder.

Syrene was able to follow the artery, but she noticed that the pulse was strongest right where the neck and head joined. Syrene was easily able to find the carotid pulse on the other side of Vivian’s neck before Vivian practiced finding Syrene’s pulse. When they were finished, Nurse Clara came over and asked for a demonstration. Then she taught them how to find the radial pulse. “The radial pulse is located in the arm right under the thumb. It’s a little harder to find than the carotid pulse, but the method is the same.”

Syrene and Vivian located another chart that showed them the artery they were looking for. Once again, Syrene used her first two fingers and gently pressed into Vivian’s skin. It took Syrene several tries to find the radial pulse sense it was much weaker than the carotid pulse. Syrene discovered that the pulse was much easier to detect when Vivian’s arm was resting on something. Syrene found the radial pulse on Vivian’s other arm before letting Vivian practice on her.

[~Emi~]

+5TP

5/5 TP, Learned~

You went from 0/125 SP to 16/125 SP in the skill First aid: healing

[Syrene]

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Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique) allows the user to extend their shadow on any surface, including water, and as far as they know and as long as there is sufficient area.
Special: "Holds Rat Seal" Technique performs after length of normal handseals.
Drawback: Tiring to use repeatedly. The ability is subject to some form of diminishing return and decreases in potency after repeated use. If the user is low on chakra, the performance rate of the technique also deteriorates. Insufficient lightning will make the technique less effective. A particularly strong opponent can also resist the shadow's forced imitation. May only change directions within the span of 60 degrees. When retracting the technique it may only retract by retracing where it has gone.
Description: Once the user's shadow comes in contact with the target's shadow, the two merge and the target is forced to imitate the user's movements. The user and the target could both throw a kunai. It is recommended to keep all weapons in areas where they normally don't keep them.
• First Learned user uses technique up to 10 meters. Each time learned gains an extra 10 meters.
o After 50 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level.
o After 100 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level.
o After 150 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level.
o Cap of this technique is 200 meters.
• Technique may travel 10 meters per second plus 5 meters per Class Level.
• Every 20 meters user is able to split the shadow by 1 giving a maximum of 10 splits.
o Each split shares the max amount of distance user is able to perform this technique.
• Every time used in a single mission that is in the time-span of 1 I.C. day will reduce max distance by 5 meters.
• User may hold an opponent for 4 rounds plus 1 round per 50 meters.
o Every Class level the opponent is higher than user the time limit reduces by 1 round.
o If user is a Master of the Clan the amount of rounds increases by 1 round.
• When user's Chakra reduces by 1/4 their max distance reduces by 1/4. Same mathematics occurs the more chakra is used. (Use Honor System).
• May only use other Nara Techniques in conjunction with this technique.
Limit: Must be part of the Nara Clan.

Recently, Syrene had become interested in shadows. She loved the way the twisted and turned, faded and reappeared, almost without warning. Renee noticed her interest and began to describe a special clan that used shadows as their primary weapon. They were the Nara Clan, users of the Shadow Possession Jutsu. Her interest piqued, Syrene decided to learn the Shadow Possession technique as well.

Renee had given Syrene a scroll with the specifics of the Shadow Possession Jutsu. It had a lot of technical specifics that Syrene wasn’t really interested at the moment. She could always go back and check the details later. Syrene skimmed the scroll until she found the handseals she needed to perform. Unlike all the other jutsus Syrene knew, for this one you had to hold the ram handseal at the end.

Syrene carefully performed the required handseals and waited for the jutsu to start working. But, looking around, she realized that she couldn’t see her own shadow. She was going to have a hard time manipulating her shadow if she didn’t know where it was. Maybe she needed to go somewhere with less light. Syrene decided to go down to the basement of her house and see if that helped.

When Syrene got there, she was surprised to see that her shadow was very faint. Maybe she should check the scroll more thoroughly before starting. As she read the scroll, she saw that insufficient lightning made the technique less effective. So too much light was bad and too little wouldn’t work either. Syrene decided to head outside and use the sun as a light source.

Syrene’s shadow was much more defined outdoors. She turned until her shadow was right in front of her. She double-checked the scroll for the proper handseals and then carefully performed them. Holding the ram seal, she checked her shadow for any changes. She didn’t see any, but Syrene was sure she had performed the technique correctly. Maybe she had to will her shadow to move.

Concentrating on the part of her shadow that was furthest away, Syrene willed it to grow longer. It took a few seconds, but finally Syrene’s shadow stretched out a few inches. Syrene continued to concentrate as hard as she could, and slowly but surely her shadow continued to extend. Syrene let her shadow grow to about an extra meter in length before releasing the jutsu and taking a break. Her shadow shrank back in a straight line until it reached its original form.

Syrene wiped away the sweat that had gathered on her forehead as she trained. This jutsu was a lot harder than she had expected it to be. In any case, Syrene had gotten the basics down. What she needed to do now was to keep practicing. In time both her range and her speed would increase.

When Syrene finished her break and was about to start practicing again, she noticed that her shadow was longer than before. She hadn’t made any handseals yet, so it wasn’t the jutsu. She looked up and noticed that the sun was lower in the sky than when she had started. Maybe her shadowed lengthened the later it got. That would be useful to know when she used this jutsu in a real hostile situation.

Syrene faced her shadow and made the handseals for the Shadow Possession technique. She held the ram handseal and commanded her shadow to lengthen. Her shadow reached the 0.5 meter mark before slowing down. By the time her shadow was 1 meter, it was only moving about an inch per minute. Even so, Syrene continued concentrating on the edge of her shadow, willing it to grow longer. This time, she was able to make it extend 1.5 meters before she had to rest and take a break.

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Syrene continued training until it became too dark for her to use the technique. She had managed to get her shadow to reach a length of 3 meters, but she was completely exhausted. Nevertheless, Syrene was happy with the progress she had made. Although lighting was problematic, Syrene knew that she could carry or create light sources to fix the problem. Syrene sank into bed, determined to continue training the next day.

It was early morning when Syrene came outside to train. A good night’s sleep had rejuvenated her, and she was ready to try the jutsu again. The first thing Syrene did was perform the jutsu again to see if she could still make her shadow stretch 3 meters. She was able to perform the handseals from memory, and her speed was getting better too. Syrene held the ram handseal and commanded her shadow to extend.

Her eyes followed her shadow as it moved across. To her surprise, it hit the 3 meter mark and kept on going. Syrene’s shadow was able to stretch 5 meters before it stopped. Her success made Syrene happy, but she was puzzled. She hadn’t done any additional training since the night before, so how did she manage to improve so much?

Syrene sat down and grabbed the scroll Renee had given her, looking for answers. It didn’t take long before Syrene was able to find the problem. The Shadow Possession Jutsu was much different than any jutsu Syrene had ever performed. It was affected by something known as “diminishing return.” Normally, once Syrene had learned a jutsu, she would be able to perform it the same way every single time as long as she had enough chakra.

That wasn’t the case for the Shadow Possession jutsu. Basically, diminishing return meant that every time she used the jutsu, it lost some of its potency. It was tiring to use repeatedly, which she had already learned. Also, her current chakra level would affect the jutsu too. This meant that Syrene would have to use the Shadow Possession strategically, or practice it a lot more.

This new information made Syrene think she was going about learning the jutsu the wrong way. Up until now, she had just been trying to increase her maximum range. If the scroll was to be believed, her shadow would only be able to reach the full 10 meters once a day. She could do more things with shadows besides just stretching them. After all, it was called the Shadow Possession jutsu for a reason.

Syrene decided to try making different shapes with her shadows. The first shape she tried was a simple square. At least, Syrene expected it to be simple. Willing her shadow to make different shapes turned out to be challenging, but it was fun too. Before, she had really only been moving the top part of the shadow. Now she was manipulating the whole area.

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After making several different shapes, Syrene decided to try making hollow shapes. This was a little different since it required the shadow to move with more finesse. Syrene started by creating a ring. Her shadow spread out in an arc before looping back around. When Syrene released her shadow, she was surprised by the shadow’s movements. Instead of returning straight back to her, it made a reverse ring first.

That was a little weird, so Syrene checked the scroll to see if it could shed any light on the situation. A quick scan revealed the statement “when retracting the technique it may only retract by retracing where it has gone.” The wording was a bit awkward, so Syrene decide to test it out herself. The reason she had never noticed anything strange about her shadow’s retraction might have been because she usually commanded her shadow to extend right in front of her.

Once again, Syrene performed the handseals for the Shadow Possession Jutsu. Holding the ram seal, she commanded her shadow to move back and forth in a zig-zag shape. Her shadow didn’t cover much distance, but that was to be expected. It was now covering a lot more area than when she was just sending it in a straight line. Once her shadow couldn’t reach any farther, Syrene released the ram handseal.

Just like the scroll had said, her shadow came back in the same pattern that she had sent it out in. Syrene would have to remember that for when she used the jutsu outside of practice. By that time, it was getting late and Syrene went to bed for the night. When she came outside to practice the next morning, Renee was with her. Syrene felt confident in her ability to shape shadows, and now she wanted to try it out on an actual target.

The first time she used the Shadow Possession Jutsu, Renee stayed still for her. When their two shadows merged, Syrene slowly released the ram handseal. She raised her right hand, and to her delight, Renee raised her right hand too. After that, Syrene started testing out other movements. Renee copied them all perfectly, or rather, was forced to mimic her.

At one point, Syrene reached into her butt bag and pulled out a kunai. Renee also reached into her butt bag and pulled out a kunai. That was a problem. “I guess if I threw this at you, we’d both get hurt,” Syrene said wryly. If she was going to be using the Shadow Possession Jutsu, she needed to make sure her weapons weren’t in the same place as her opponents’ weapons.

Syrene stowed the kunai, thinking about other alternatives. At that moment, Syrene’s and Renee’s shadows separated and Syrene’s shadow returned to her. Renee noticed Syrene’s surprise and said, “There’s a limit to how long you can hold so someone with this jutsu. If your opponent is stronger than you, the amount of time you can hold them decreases or you might not even be able to hold them at all.”

Syrene nodded and replied, “Let’s try it again, but this time you can move.” Syrene quickly performed the required handseals and commanded her shadow to move towards Renee. At the last second, Renee jumped out of the way. Without missing a beat, Syrene sent the shadow towards Renee’s new position. This continued for a while until Renee was beyond the reach of her shadow.

The only thing Syrene could do now was have her shadow return to her. Syrene noticed that the more twists and turns the shadow made, the longer it took to get back to her. Syrene moved closer to Renee before performing the jutsu again. Renee was still jumping out of the way at the last second, but Syrene had a plan. Right before Renee would normally dodge, Syrene increased the speed that the shadow was moving at.

[|Ayame Unbound|]

+30 learned

[Syrene]

0/10
Skill Level: 0
Able Learner: 7 Die Rolls instead of 5

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First Aid: Cauterize Wound
Rank: "E" (10 Training Points at all Times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A character with this ability can use a hot poker, or other hot metal objects to stop the bleeding in a wound, thereby preventing additional bleeding damage.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The process does, however, render further damage from the hot poker or piece of metal used to cauterize the wound. The process also leaves a visible, ugly scar, the person with this skill can perform it on themselves or to others.
• Novice: Able to Cauterize Minor Wounds.
• Average: Able to Cauterize Light Wounds.
• Advanced: Able to Cauterize Moderate Wounds.
• Expert: Able to Cauterize Serious Wounds.
• Master: Able to Cauterize Critical Wounds.
Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

One important skill for a medic to know is how to cauterize a wound. If Syrene was not skilled enough to heal a particular wound or didn’t have enough chakra, cauterization could save the patient’s life. It was more of a last resort technique, so Syrene wouldn’t be able to use it on a real person until there was some sort of emergency. Even so, Syrene could learn the proper technique. Her knowledge could prove invaluable one day.

First, Syrene did some basic research on cauterization. Cauterization was a skill that allowed you to use a hot metal object to stop a wound from bleeding. Because the metal was hot, the process was painful to the patient. It would leave a scar and most likely cause additional damage, but the patient would no longer be in danger of bleeding to death.

Normally, bleeding can be stopped by applying pressure or a tourniquet. But this is not always the case. If a major blood vessel is cut or a limb is lost, cauterization becomes a viable option. Her research finished, Syrene began looking through medical materials for the proper technique to use. Because this technique was painful, giving the patient a stick or another object to place between their teeth was a good idea. The wound should also be cleaned.

Alcohol was usually used to clean wounds, but the medical guide warned her to make sure it was dry before proceeding with the cauterization. Otherwise the alcohol could catch on fire and harm the patient further. The next step was to find a suitable piece of metal to use. The medical guide recommended using something like a knife or kunai because they had handles. Syrene would need to hold on to the piece of metal without getting hurt.

Syrene always carried kunais around in her butt bag, so she shouldn’t be unprepared if a situation where she had to cauterize a wound ever arose. The next step was to heat the metal. This was something Syrene could practice. She quickly gathered some sticks and kindling. She formed a small tepee with the sticks and put the kindling inside.

Syrene used a match to light the kindling and blew on the flame. Within a few minutes she had a small fire going. She retrieved a kunai from her butt bag and looked at the medical guide for more instructions. Syrene needed to clean the metal first, but since she wasn’t actually cauterizing a wound she decided to skip that step. Next she needed to heat the metal to the point just before it began to glow red. If the metal was glowing red or white, it was too hot and Syrene would need to let it cool down a little.

Syrene held the blade of the kunai near the base of the fire where it was hottest. The heat was hot against her hand, but it wasn’t burning it. Syrene thought it would be easier just to set the knife in the fire, but then it would be too hot for her to touch. Maybe she should get some gloves to protect her hands. Several minutes passed before her kunai was finally hot enough.

Syrene found that the easiest way to get the knife to the proper temperature until it turned red. Next she could remove the blade from the heat and wait for the red glow to fade. That would be the point where the kunai was at the right temperature. After Syrene was finished heating the blade, she set it down and put out the fire. Then she looked at the medical scroll to see if there was anything else she should know.

It seemed like cauterizing the wound in short bursts and checking the bleeding as she went was a good method to prevent burning healthy tissue. Puncture wounds were the easiest to cauterize, but long gashes might need to be cauterized in sections. If this was the case, Syrene would need to reheat her blade between sections. The section she would start with would be the one that was bleeding the most. She could then work towards the areas that were bleeding less heavily.

[The Roar of the Falls]

SP: 39 gained.

+10

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[Syrene]

0/5
Skill Level: 16 (Novice)
Able Learner Trait: 2 Die Rolls instead of 1

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First Aid: Healing
Rank: "E" (5 Training Points at all Times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill allows a character to properly tend to the sick and injured.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: While some basic medical knowledge is inherent in this skill (to the extent such can be said to exist), the character’s role is to provide an optimal environment to facilitate the patient’s own recuperative abilities, by monitoring the patient and tending to his needs as required.
• Novice: Diagnose; Tend to injured characters such that their wounds heal at a faster rate; critical care requires 10 minutes/wound; can distinguish whether an individual is dead or merely unconscious.
• Average: Stabilize a character knocked unconscious from trauma; critical care requires 6 minutes/wound; with a successful Average skill check to resuscitate a dying character.
• Advanced: Function as a midwife to deliver children; diagnose injuries; critical care requires 4 minutes/wound
• Expert: Properly set broken bones; amputate limbs; critical care requires 3 minutes/wound
• Master: Critical care needs 2 min. per wound
Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

After the whole class was able to successfully find both the carotid and the radial pulses, Nurse Clara called them to the center of the room. “The next pulse I’m going to teach you about is called the brachial pulse. The brachial artery starts at your axilla, or armpit.” she explained. “It travels along the medial aspect of your arm. Medial means that something is towards the midline of your body, whereas lateral is something that is away from your body’s midline.” Syrene silently made a mental note of this information.

“Once the brachial artery reaches the cubital fossa, it splits into two smaller arteries. The cubital fossa is located here, across from your elbow.” Nurse Clara pointed to the correct location on her own arm before continuing. “The two arteries it splits into are the ulnar and the radial arteries. The ulnar artery is found on the same side as your pinky. You’ve already found the radial pulse at the wrist, but just keep in mind that the radial artery runs along the entire forearm.”

As the nurse talked, Syrene tried to create a simplified mental picture of the arteries of the arm in her mind. There were several charts hanging around the room, but they contained a lot of extra information that she hadn’t learned about yet. Syrene was more interested in keeping the medical anatomy and terms that she had just learned straight in her head. It would also help her remember where each of the different pulses was located.

After explaining how the brachial, ulnar, and radial arteries were connected, Nurse Clara went back to talking about the brachial pulse. “The brachial pulse is more difficult to find, but if you start at the cubital fossa and move upward, you should be able to find it. Unlike the last two pulses you found, this time you’ll be using your middle and ring fingers to find the pulse. This is because you have a pulse in your index finger and it can be mistaken for the pulse you’re trying to find."

When the nurse was finished talking, Syrene and Vivian paired up again. Nurse Clara had said that the brachial pulse was more difficult to find than the previous two pulses. Syrene started at the cubital fossa and used her middle two fingers to press in the other girl’s skin as her fingers moved up Vivian’s arm. Syrene did this a couple of times before she finally felt the pulse. Syrene adjusted the position of her fingers a little until Vivian’s pulse was strong underneath her fingertips.

By that time, Vivian’s arm was red where Syrene’s finger’s had pressed in. Syrene apologized, but Vivian brushed the apology off, saying that it didn’t even hurt. Even so, Syrene decided to let Vivian’s arm rest and switched the arm she was trying to find the pulse on. It was a little faster this time since Syrene knew what general area the pulse was strongest in. Syrene still had to adjust the position of her fingers in order to find a strong pulse.