Changing Who We Are [Training]

[Syrene]

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Syrene leisurely strolled through a grassy field in the Land of Sound. She had just recently learned how to grow all of parts she needed to look like a regular human. It was nice to be able to walk around without needing to rely on her big sister. Her large brown eyes shone as she took in the landscape. After 19 years of being blind, everything she saw was a novelty.

The tall, athletic girl pulled her long, purple hair back into a ponytail. The wind kept blowing it in her face, and she didn't want anything blocking her vision. Today she was wearing a grey short-sleeved V-neck shirt that showed the rose tattoo on her waist. She had on blue jeans with a brown belt and comfortable pewter shoes.

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Colm, a young boy, laid on his wolf. His wolf was 5 feet tall and wife. Colm relied on Nova for everything when he went away from Sora. He had no eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. He was in complete darkness. But he could feel the gentle breeze around him. He laid on Nova while Nova walked wherever he pleased. Colm was 8 but he really didn't really get excited about much.

As Nova was walking, Colm's hair flew in the breeze. His black hair reached down to his neck. His face was white and completely blank. He wore a black trench coat and a caramel colored hat and gloves. He wore a scarf that covered most of his face. He ended up tying it to his neck because it almost flew away. Soon Nova stopped and Colm could feel him tensing up. He slid down Nova's neck and waited to see what the problem was.

[Syrene]

As Syrene walked, she noticed a black object in the distance. Curious, she decided to go see what it was. As she got closer, she saw that it was a large animal that seemed to have something on its back. It looked kind of like a dog, but wilder. Maybe it was one of those wolves she had read about. When Syrene approached, the object on the animal slid off. She was surprised to see that it was a human child. She'd never seen anyone ride on a wolf or dog before.

"Hello," she called out once she was within speaking distance. "How are you today?" Syrene didn't usually start conversations with strangers, but she was curious about the wolf. She made sure not to get too close, in case the wolf thought she was a threat and decided to attack. The boy was wearing a scarf and hat and had long hair, which made it difficult to see his facial features.

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Nova nudged Colm on the right side of his face. This was a signal that someone was in front of him. The wind blew a strong breezed that showed Colm's face. Colm made Nova calm down and relax. He took a few steps until he though the person was in front of him. In sign language he said, Who are you and what do you want? Hopefully the mysterious stranger was someone nice.

[Syrene]

A gust of wind revealed the mysterious boy's face, and Syrene was surprised to see absolutely nothing. No eyes, ears, nose, or mouth. Could he be a member of her clan. The wolf he was with seemed to let the boy know that she was there. He signed, Who are you and what do you want?

The boy didn't grow any eyes or ears though, so Syrene didn't think he would be able to understand her if she just talked or signed. The wolf seemed to have calmed down, so she stepped closer and gently took the boy's hand. My name is Syrene Kedoin, she signed. Are you by any chance a member of the Kedoin clan as well?

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Colm felt the stranger take his hand. He tensed up but relaxed when he realized she was being gentle. The stranger said she was Syrene Kedoin and that she was a Kedoin. Colm was happy that she was a Kedoin so she could teach him stuff. He signed that his name was Colm Marythou and his wolf was called Nova. He asked her if she could help train the growth of maw with him.  He hoped she would help him because he had always wanted to try food. Impulsively he felt her face to see if she was like him. To his joy, she had a complete face. This way she could easily teach him. He waited to see what she would say.

[Syrene]

Syrene stiffened when Colm touched her face, but relaxed when she heard his request to teach him Warped Visage: Growth of Maw. It wasn't too long ago that she was feeling Renee's face and trying to create one of her own. This would be a good opportunity to make a new friend, and she could even do some training of her own.

Sure, I'd be happy to help you, Syrene signed back in his hand. When I learn Kedoin techniques, it usually helps me to divide the organ system into external and internal parts. For example, the external part of Warped Visage: Growth of Maw would be the mouth - lips, tongue, and teeth. The internal part would be the gastrointestinal tract which includes the stomach and intestines. Why don't you try the external part now? You can feel my face to try and get a mental image if you want to. Just make sure to relax and concentrate and you'll do fine.

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Warped Visage: Growth of Maw

Rank: C-ranked

Skill: Taijutsu

Effect: Allows the user to grow a working gastrointestinal system and alter its appearance as desired.

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: A technique that marks the first steps of a true Kedōin Clan member. Normally, the Kedōin do not need a gastrointestinal system to eat food. They may merely absorb food through the skin. If they so desire to have a mouth, the user must merely command and organize the cells of the body in such a manner as to produce a working mouth and gastrointestinal system. The user grows lips, teeth, tongue, and more to match the digestive system of regular humans. The appearance of their mouth is their desire as well. The user may change their mouth to appear as a rotted tooth vagabond, or a glossy white tooth model. Fanged teeth can be grown for added fear factor if the user desires. It takes one post to grow or alter a mouth/gastrointestinal system the user wishes to possess.

Limit: Kedōin Blood Line. Must know "Warped Visage: Mass Alteration"

Colm felt Syrene talking to him using his hands. She said that she would help him.She said that when she learned Kedoin techniques, it usually helps her to divide the organ system into external and internal parts. For example, the external part of Warped Visage: Growth of Maw would be the mouth - lips, tongue, and teeth. The internal part would be the gastrointestinal tract which includes the stomach and intestines. She then asked him to try the external part. She told Colm that he could feel her face to get a mental image. He had to get himself to relax and concentrate. He decided that he would do the jaw first. Colm motioned for Nova to sit next to him and he sat down and began.

Colm had to focus on making a jaw. He knew the bones there because he studied the human body with Sora. He decided to do the mandible or the lower jaw first. The mandible consisted of a horizontal horseshoe-like body and the top of it was mostly flat. Colm focused and began tapping into his Kedoin bloodlimit. He began to conjure a bone them imagined it spreading and thickening. He manipulated it in the shape of a horseshoe. He made the top mostly flat. This took him a few minutes as he felt it to make sure it was right. Satisfied Colm decided to start on the upper part of the jaw.

Colm knew that the maxillae or the upper jaw was one largest bones on the face. He knew he would have to take extra time to make sure he did this right. He began by growing it off his mandible. He made the shape pyramidal and made it contain a large cavity. He extended the top so it was close to his lower jaw. He made the surface forward and lateral ward. He stopped it right in front of the roots of the teeth. Just above the roots of the teeth he made depression which is called the incisive fossa. He needed to get everything or his jaw wouldn't work correctly. 

Colm made the other bones that he needed in his jaw. Thanks to his bloodlimit it wasn't that challenging. He did not add the nasal surfaces to the skull. He would add that once he was able to grow a nose. He waited  a few minutes as his bloodlimit helped him create the rest of the bones. He took extra time on the bones that worked as hinges in his jaw. He wanted his jaw to work right so he could eat. He made his vertical diameter on the small side because he was only eight. It would grow as he grew older. He didn't want to have a kid face and an adult jaw.

Since Colm was finished growing his jaw, he decided to do teeth next. He knew that the teeth were the hardest part of the human body, so they were obviously important. He began by creating the enamel which was the white outer part of the tooth. It was mostly made out of calcium phosphate so he began creating it. He did that for each of his teeth on the upper part of his jaw. He then created the dentin which is a layer underlying the enamel. The dentin is made up of living cells so Colm made them out of it.

Colm knew he still needed a few more things for his teeth so he added the pulp. The pulp is the softer, living inner structure of the teeth. Blood vessels and nerves run through the pulp of the teeth.
He then made the cementum which is a layer of connective tissue that binds the roots of the teeth firmly to the gums and jawbone.
He didn't want all his teeth to fall out after he just made them. He reinforced using the Periodontal ligament which is another tissue that helps hold the teeth tightly against the jaw.

Colm did the same thing to his lower jaw. He wanted to be different so he made his teeth into fangs. He sharpened and grew the bottom part of his teeth. He then made them razor sharp, now they were like Nova's. Colm decided that he needed to make a tongue next. He started creating a tongue and covered it with moist, pink tissue called mucosa. He then covered it also with papillae. Papillae are tiny bumps called which give the tongue its rough texture. Thousands of taste buds cover the surfaces of the papillae. He tapped into his bloodlimit to help him create them all.

Colm made the tongue anchored to the mouth by webs of tough tissue and mucosa. The tether holding down the front of the tongue is called the frenum which he also added. In the back of the mouth, he anchored the tongue using the hyoid bone. The tongue has many nerves that help detect and transmit taste signals to the brain. He began by creating nerves to his tongue. He wondered if he would be able to taste after this. He also created nerves on his face and jaw.

Colm decided the final thing he needed for his mouth was the lips. He started by creating the Vermilion, which is the red part of the lips. It is covered with a specialized stratified squamous epithelium, which Colm also made. He made the Vermilion Border which is the rim of paler skin that demarcates the vermilion from the surrounding skin. He created the Cupid's Bow which is the contour of the line formed by the vermilion border of the upper lip. In a frontal view, this line resembles an archer's bow, which curves. After creating that Colm thought that he was finished with his mouth. He had alot more to go, but he was happy with his progress. He showed Syrene his mouth to see what she thought.

[Syrene]

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

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Singing
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that turns a character into an accomplished singer.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Character with this skill is an accomplished singer and can use this ability to entertain others and perhaps earn a small living. No skill check is required to sing in most circumstances. The character can also create choral works on a successful skill check. Use Musical Instrument Task Skills to see what a user can do and the difficulty checks as Musical Instrument Task Skills are similar to Singing. 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: ---

While Colm was practicing Warped Visage: Growth of Maw, Syrene decided to practice her singing. Renee had told her stories about people who could stop projectiles, knock people back and drain chakra all with the sound of their voice. Because Syrene was a Kedoin, she could make her voice span any range she wanted. But there was more to singing than just vocal range. Posture and breathing were also two important aspects of singing.

Syrene made sure she was standing up straight, with one foot slightly in front of the other one, her feet a shoulder width apart. She practiced breathing from her stomach a couple of times instead of breathing from her chest like she normally did. Once that was taking care of, Syrene began practicing some basic scales. She was familiar with how each note was supposed to sound, so she could tell if she was singing them correctly. Each time she made a mistake, she went back and repeated the scale until she was able to sing it perfectly.

After a while, Syrene had gone through all of the scales in her vocal range, soprano, at least once. The next thing she did was use her Kedoin bloodlimit to change the pitches she was capable of reaching. Syrene practiced scales in mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass to get a feel for how each voice type sounded. All that singing had made her throat dry, so she decided to take a short break. She drank some water to soothe her throat before going back to practicing.

Syrene went back to singing soprano, since that was the range of her default voice. This time she practiced singing different vowel sounds. Enunciation is very important when you sing. The way you pronounce and put stress on different parts of words can change the feeling of the whole song. It can also make your singing more understandable and sound better.

After going through the vowels, Syrene began practicing another tricky letter: R. Renee had told her that the trick to singing R’s was not to pronounce them before consonant sounds. For example, instead of singing are, singing ah sounds much better and helps the song flow. You can even hear the R sound even if you’re not really saying it.

For the next few minutes, Syrene came up with several sentences that had R sounds before consonants. She then practiced singing them without actually pronouncing the R sound. To make things easier, she sang each sentence in the key of C. She repeated each sentence several times, paying attention to her enunciation, posture, and breathing.

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While she had been practicing, Colm had made a lot of progress on Warped Visage: Growth of Maw. She could see a clearly defined jaw, as well as teeth, the tongue, and lips. It looks like you've done a good job with the external part of the mouth, she signed. Now all that's left is the internal portion. In order to properly create a working digestive system, you're going to have to rely on your latent Kedoin abilities. It usually helps me access my Kedoin power if I meditate. Good luck! Syrene signed with a smile.

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Colm +10 (Good solid training with the whole post all about the training with a decent length and good literature skills presented.)

Syrene Learned: (Should I just carbon copy the comment I left for Colm? )

Your Singing skill has Improved! Your new singing skill level is: 40 Points!

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Warped Visage: Growth of Maw

Rank: C-ranked

Skill: Taijutsu

Effect: Allows the user to grow a working gastrointestinal system and alter its appearance as desired.

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: A technique that marks the first steps of a true Kedōin Clan member. Normally, the Kedōin do not need a gastrointestinal system to eat food. They may merely absorb food through the skin. If they so desire to have a mouth, the user must merely command and organize the cells of the body in such a manner as to produce a working mouth and gastrointestinal system. The user grows lips, teeth, tongue, and more to match the digestive system of regular humans. The appearance of their mouth is their desire as well. The user may change their mouth to appear as a rotted tooth vagabond, or a glossy white tooth model. Fanged teeth can be grown for added fear factor if the user desires. It takes one post to grow or alter a mouth/gastrointestinal system the user wishes to possess.

Limit: Kedōin Blood Line. Must know "Warped Visage: Mass Alteration"

Colm felt Syrene sign It looks like you've done a good job with the external part of the mouth, Now all that's left is the internal portion, In order to properly create a working digestive system, you're going to have to rely on your latent Kedoin abilities. It usually helps me access my Kedoin power if I meditate. Good luck!  Colm was glad Syrene thought he did a good job. It was a hard and challenging thing to create a mouth. The only thing left was the gastrointestinal system. He decided to follow Syrene's advice and meditate. He calmed his heart and took a couple of deep breaths. Then he began to start his training.

The first thing Colm decided to create was the upper gastrointestinal tract. The upper gastrointestinal tract consists of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. Colm decided to start in the esophagus first. He knew that the esophagus is a muscular tube connecting the throat with the stomach. The esophagus is about 8 inches long, and is lined by moist pink tissue called mucosa. He imagined a 8 inch long tube going down from his throat. He could feel it extending and he then added the mucosa. The tissue was hard to make but the meditation helped.

Colm also knew that the esophagus runs behind the windpipe and heart, and just in front of the spine. Just before entering the stomach, the esophagus passes through the diaphragm. Colm was going to connect the pipe to his other organs after he created them. He made the upper esophageal sphincter which is a bundle of muscles at the top of the esophagus. He knew that the muscles of the sphincter are under conscious control, used when breathing, eating, belching, and vomiting. He had to make sure that he didn't mess this up or things could be problematic.

Thanks to the Kedoin bloodlimit Colm realized that the upper esophageal sphincter keeps food and secretions from going down the windpipe.
He didn't want to choke when he was trying to eat for the first time. He then created the lower esophageal sphincter which is a bundle of muscles at the low end of the esophagus, where it meets the stomach. When the lower esophageal sphincter is closed, it prevents acid and stomach contents from traveling backwards from the stomach. Unlike the upper part the lower esophageal sphincter muscles are not under his voluntary control. Satisfied with the esophagus he made, he moved on to the stomach

Colm knew that the stomach, gallbladder, and pancreas are the three of the most important digestive organs in the human body. These organs work together to produce and store secretions that digest his food into its most basic building blocks. Once digested, these small molecules pass into his intestines to be absorbed and to feed his body’s tissues. So he needed to get it right. Colm knew that the stomach is a  hollow muscular organ about the size of 2 closed fists. It is located inferior to the diaphragm and lateral to the liver on the left side of the abdominal cavity. The stomach forms part of the gastrointestinal tract between the esophagus and the duodenum which is the first section of the small intestine.

Colm knew the wall of the stomach contains several layers of epithelium, smooth muscle, nerves, and blood vessels. Colm began creating all the layers. After tapping into his bloodlimit, he was done in a few moments. The innermost layer of the stomach is made of epithelium containing many substances known as gastric pits. The cells of the gastric pits produce gastric juice - an acidic mixture of mucus, enzymes and hydrochloric acid. He began creating the substances and the cells. After he did that he checked over his stomach to make sure everything was done right.


Colm also knew that the hollow portion of the stomach serves as the storage vessel for food before it moves on to the intestines to be further digested and absorbed. He created the hollow in his stomach but made sure it wasn't to big or too small. At the inferior end of the stomach is a band of smooth muscle called the pyloric sphincter. The pyloric sphincter opens and closes to regulate the flow of food into the duodenum. He created the pyloric sphincter and moved on to the next objective. Colm began by creating a gallbladder. He knew that the gallbladder is a 3-inch long pear-shaped sac located on the posterior border of the liver.

It is connected to the bile ducts of the liver through the cystic duct. The gallbladder receives bile transported from the liver for storage on a regular basis to prepare for the digestion of future meals. Colm realized that the gallbladder was as important as the stomach. During digestion of a meal, smooth muscles in the walls of the gallbladder contract to push bile into the bile ducts that lead to the duodenum. Once in the duodenum, bile helps with the digestion of fats. After Colm created that he decided to test it. He forcefully made his gallbladder contract to see if it worked. To his joy he could feel it move.

Colm then started to create the pancreas. He knew that the pancreas is a 6-inch long heterocrine gland located inferior to the stomach and surrounded by the duodenum on its medial end. This organ extends laterally from the duodenum toward the left side of the abdominal cavity, where it tapers to a point.
Colm made sure as he created it to make the organ extend laterally. He realized that the pancreas is considered a heterocrine gland because it has both endocrine and exocrine gland functions. Small masses of endocrine cells known as pancreatic islets make up around 1% of the pancreas and produce the hormones insulin and glucagon to regulate glucose homeostasis in the blood stream.

Colm knew that the other 99% of the pancreas contains exocrine cells that produce powerful enzymes that are excreted into the duodenum during digestion. These enzymes together with water and sodium bicarbonate secreted from the pancreas are known as pancreatic juice. As he created the pancreas, he had to make sure that his pancreas would do that. After a few minutes Colm had a stomach, gallbladder, and a pancreas. Colm signed that he had just finished making a stomach, gallbladder, and a pancreas. He couldn't show Syrene because it was on his inside. But so far Colm could feel that he was making progress.

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Doton Soushi no Jutsu (Rock Creation Technique)
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user takes the time to formulate, or create Rock in order to use other types of techniques for great usages.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Must be learned more and more in order to be capable of performing better, and capable of producing more Rock like formations for other types of techniques. Cannot be used on Sand
Description: What occurs is that the user takes the time to push down into the ground their own chakra. As the user does this the user takes the earth like materials found within the ground which is the components of soil as they begin to formulate and harden them all around in order to create harden rock like materials. The user may slam their hands against the ground in order to use this technique or just by pushing their chakra down to the ground. A user can gain the capability of grabbing onto the very ground and molding a piece of earth into a hardened like rock. The more the user learns and the higher the Difficulty class the user becomes the more they are capable of mastering this type of technique. When first learned the user is only capable of formulating rock into the size of their hand. When the user learns the "C" Rank, version this type increases to five meters in radius. Each time learned after that, the distance increases by ten feet giving a total distance of thirty-five meters in a radius distance. For each Difficulty class the User is the larger number this distance becomes. Each Difficulty class after C The distance increases by Ten meters. This means that if a user becomes S Rank in Difficulty Class and learns the S Rank Version of this technique the user is capable of formulating Rock within a Seventy-Five meters Radius.
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

Colm had gone back to training, so Syrene did the same. Her throat was a bit sore from her singing earlier, so she decided to practice something else. There was a lot of soil around, so Syrene decided to train a jutsu called Rock Creation Technique. This jutsu wasn’t very impressive on its own, but it was a prerequisite for several more powerful jutsus.

The jutsu required Syrene to push her own chakra into the ground. Syrene knew that this jutsu would probably take up a lot of chakra at first. Slowly and carefully, she formed the necessary handseals. Handseals were just as important as chakra. If she didn’t use the right handseals, nothing would ever happen.

She placed both hands on the ground in front of her and started channeling her chakra into the ground. Syrene wasn’t exactly sure what this jutsu was supposed to look like. She’d have to check the ground under her hands every once in a while to see if anything had changed. The first time she checked, the ground didn’t look like it had changed much at all. She assumed that meant that she needed to use more chakra.

Syrene continued channeling her chakra into the earth until she thought she had enough. Once again, she lifted her hands to check the results. This time, there was a small pea-sized pebble right where her hands had been. Syrene picked it up to study it, but it crumbled in her hands. The pebble had been harder than the ground around her, but it wasn’t a rock just yet.

Syrene was happy to see that she was making progress. Maybe forcing more of her chakra into the earth would improve her results. Syrene performed the handseals again and placed her palms on the earth in front of her. She concentrated as hard as she could on forcing her chakra into the ground. She decided to continue letting her chakra flow into the ground for a while before checking the results.

While she waited, Syrene tried to think of other ways she could improve the jutsu. Adding more and more chakra would only do so much. Maybe if she concentrated on making her chakra denser, the rock she was trying to create would also become denser. She was almost finished with her latest attempt, so she decided to try out her new theory once she had examined the results. After she was finished channeling chakra, Syrene checked her progress.

Once again a pebble-sized rock was formed. When Syrene attempted to pick it up, it crumbled. This time, however, there was a small piece left behind. The piece was about half the size of gravel, and very hard. It looked like Syrene had actually been able to form rock this time. Hopefully, if she made her chakra thicker or denser, she would be able to form an even larger rock.

Syrene repeated the jutsu, motivated by her success. She decided that the best way to make her chakra thicker would be to channel more chakra into the ground at a faster pace than she had been using before. Syrene started out normally and slowly increased the rate of chakra flow into the earth. She kept this up for several minutes. When she lifted her hands, she saw a pebble-sized rock just like she had before.

Syrene picked it up and examined it. When she squeezed the rock, it didn’t crumble at all. Syrene tried crushing it with more force, but the pebble stayed intact. Now that she had learned the basics of rock creation, Syrene wanted to try creating something larger than a pebble. She performed the required handseals and placed her palms on the ground in front of her.

Syrene combined everything she had learned from her previous attempts. She used a large amount of dense chakra and channeled it as fast as she could. When she lifted her hands to examine the results, she found a large rock, about the size of her hand. The outer shell fell off when she picked it up, but the rock was still several times larger than the pebbles she had created before. It was heavy and solid and didn’t crumble under pressure.

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After creating the rock, Syrene noticed Colm signing to her out of the corner of her eye. He told her that he had finished creating a couple of internal organs. Neither Syrene nor Colm could see them, but his Kedoin blood would let Colm know they were there. Syrene wiped the dirt off her palms before signing, Nice work. You just have a couple more organs to create and then you’ll finally be able to taste.

[KoKoKo]

+10 for each of you

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Warped Visage: Growth of Maw

Rank: C-ranked

Skill: Taijutsu

Effect: Allows the user to grow a working gastrointestinal system and alter its appearance as desired.

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: A technique that marks the first steps of a true Kedōin Clan member. Normally, the Kedōin do not need a gastrointestinal system to eat food. They may merely absorb food through the skin. If they so desire to have a mouth, the user must merely command and organize the cells of the body in such a manner as to produce a working mouth and gastrointestinal system. The user grows lips, teeth, tongue, and more to match the digestive system of regular humans. The appearance of their mouth is their desire as well. The user may change their mouth to appear as a rotted tooth vagabond, or a glossy white tooth model. Fanged teeth can be grown for added fear factor if the user desires. It takes one post to grow or alter a mouth/gastrointestinal system the user wishes to possess.

Limit: Kedōin Blood Line. Must know "Warped Visage: Mass Alteration"

Colm felt Syrene say You just have a couple more organs to create and then you’ll finally be able to taste.  Colm was glad that he was close to his goal. Soon he would be able to taste foods. He decided that he needed to make the foregut, midgut, and hindgut. He had already made things in the foregut such as the esophagus. All that was left was the liver and the spleen. Thanks to his bloodlimit Colm knew that the liver is a roughly triangular organ that extends across the entire abdominal cavity just inferior to the diaphragm. Most of the liver’s mass is located on the right side of the body where it descends inferiorly toward the right kidney. The liver is made of very soft, pinkish-brown tissues encapsulated by a connective tissue capsule.

Colm began by making the tissue enveloper the tissue capsule. He made sure to make it soft and he adjusted to the right side of his body. This capsule is further covered and reinforced by the peritoneum of the abdominal cavity. He created the peritoneum because it protects the liver and holds it in place within the abdomen. He didn't want his liver moving around while he was walking.The peritoneum connects the liver in 4 locations: the coronary ligament, the left and right triangular ligaments, and the falciform ligament. Colm rechecked that he made the peritoneum connect to the different locations.

Colm knew that the liver consists of 4 distinct lobes – the left, right, caudate, and quadrate lobes. The left and right lobes are the largest lobes and are separated by the falciform ligament. The right lobe is about 5 to 6 times larger than the tapered left lobe. Colm made sure that he made the right lobe bigger than the left. The small caudate lobe extends from the posterior side of the right lobe and wraps around the inferior vena cava. The small quadrate lobe is inferior to the caudate lobe and extends from the posterior side of the right lobe and wraps around the gallbladder. Colm made sure that he didn't wrap it too tight.

After he was finished making the liver, Colm started on the spleen. Colm knew that the spleen is an organ in the upper far left part of the abdomen, to the left of the stomach. The spleen varies in size and shape between people, but it’s commonly fist-shaped, purple, and about 4 inches long. Because the spleen is protected by the rib cage, you can’t easily feel it unless it’s abnormally enlarged. Colm started by moving the spleen in the left [art of the abdomen. He made it about 4 inches long and put it under his rib cage.

Colm knew the spleen was important because it plays multiple supporting roles in the body. It acts as a filter for blood as part of the immune system. Old red blood cells are recycled in the spleen, and platelets and white blood cells are stored there. The spleen also helps fight certain kinds of bacteria. Spongy inner tissue within the spleen contains many tiny blood vessels and hollow sinuses that store blood. The spleen can release its stored blood into circulation to replace blood lost during a traumatic injury. Many platelets are also stored with the blood in the spleen to help form blood clots to prevent further blood loss.

Colm started making the spongy inner tissue in the spleen. He made sure that all of the blood vessels were flowing correctly. After a few moments Colm was finished with the spleen. Now that he was finished with the foregut, he started on the midgut. It contains the appendix and other organs. After he made the other organs, he started on the appendix. It extends from the inferior end of the large intestine’s cecum. The human appendix is a narrow pouch of tissue whose resemblance to a worm inspired its alternate name, vermiform (worm-like) appendix.

Colm started creating the appendix and he put it by the right iliac region of the abdomen (in the lower right-hand abdominal area), measuring about four inches long and roughly a quarter of an inch in diameter. He made sure that he got all the measurements right. Since he finished the midgut, Colm decided to do the hindgut next. He needed to make the rectum because it is the concluding part of the large intestine that terminates in the anus. The average length of the human rectum may range between 10 and 12 cm. 

Colm made his 10 cm long. The next thing he needed to make was the splenic flexure. The splenic flexure is a sharp bend between the transverse and the descending colon in the left upper quadrant of humans. The left colic flexure is near the spleen, and hence called the splenic flexure. There are two colic flexures in the transverse colon — the other being the hepatic flexure, as it is next to the liver, in the right upper quadrant. Colm made the two colic flexures and tapped into his bloodlimit. Then he fixed any mistakes that he made.

The only thing that was left was a few extra organs. Colm started making the submucosa which consists of a dense irregular layer of connective tissue with large blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves branching into the mucosa and muscularis externa. It contains Meissner's plexus, an enteric nervous plexus, situated on the inner surface of the muscularis externa. After a few minutes, Colm was finished creating it. He went back and made sure all his organs worked correctly. Colm decided that he did pretty good. He signed that he thought he was finished with the technique. 

[KoKoKo]

+10 learned

[Syrene]

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Doton: Ba-di-Kawaii no Jutsu (Earth Release: Art of the Pretty Birdies)
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates up to five birds made out of earth that fly towards the opponent and attempt to inflict damage equivalent to kunai.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: The technique must be relearned a number of times in order to make a large amount of birdies. The technique is fairly easy to dodge.
Description: After performing the required handseals, the user is then capable of channeling chakra into the earth. For each time that the user has learned this technique, they become capable of creating up to five birds of the user's choice, made out of stone. These birds have sharpened beaks and are used to attack the opponent, moving at the same speed as the normally thrown kunai as well as dealing approximately the same amount of damage. The technique is only capable of being learned up to a maximum of ten times.
Limit: Must have Doton Soushi "D" Rank. Must know Doton no Jutsu.

Now that Syrene had successfully learned how to perform the Rock Creation Technique, she would be able to utilize it in other jutsus. One of those jutsus was called Earth Release: Art of the Pretty Birdies. This technique basically let you create flying kunai in the shape of birds. It would come in handy if Syrene ever needed a weapon, and it looked like a fun technique to learn. Since the Rock Creation Technique was a prerequisite for this jutsu, Syrene decided to begin by creating a stone with her chakra.

Syrene knelt on the ground and carefully formed the required handseals. She placed her palms on the ground in front of her and began gathering earth chakra into her hands. Her practice earlier had given her a feel for the amount of chakra she needed to properly perform the technique. She made her chakra was dense and being channeled quickly. After she had gathered a moderate amount of chakra, she started channeling her chakra into the earth beneath her palms.

As she was waiting, Syrene thought about what kind bird she should create. It probably didn’t matter much, but having a mental picture of what she was trying to create might help her with the jutsu. She eventually decided on a robin. A robin was a fairly common bird and one of the few she had seen since gaining sight. After forming a mental picture of the robin she wanted to create, Syrene began turning the earth into stone.

As the earth was being transformed, she mentally shaped it. Syrene continued channeling chakra into the earth until her creation was finished. Once it was complete, Syrene commanded her stone robin kunai to shoot up from the ground in a direction pointing away from her. Within a few seconds, the stone robin flew out and embedded itself in a nearby tree. The speed of the stone robin kunai was about the same as it would have been if she had thrown it herself. But unlike a regular kunai, her opponents wouldn’t be able to see her throw these. Syrene stood and walked over to the tree to take a look at the damage her stone robin kunai had caused.

When Syrene pulled the stone robin out of the trunk, she saw that it had gone about as deep as a regular kunai would have. You could definitely tell that her stone robin was a bird, although the outline was a little blocky. Syrene wasn’t sure whether or not this would affect the outcome of the jutsu, but she could try to shape the bird a little better just in case. It seemed like Syrene would need to practice a little bit more. Syrene walked back over to her initial spot, knelt, and place the stone robin kunai next to her.

This time, in addition to making the stone robin more shapely, Syrene would attempt to make multiple stone robin kunai. Syrene performed the handseals a little more quickly this time – she had already started to memorize them. Instead of gathering earth chakra into her hands, Syrene collected it in the earth directly below her palms. Syrene figured that she would need at least five times as much chakra this time since she was making five birds instead of one. A little extra wouldn’t hurt either, so Syrene settled on gathering six times as much chakra as she had gathered the first time.

Because of all of the time Syrene had spent practicing jutsu, she was proficient at manipulating her chakra. It didn’t take her very much time to gather the extra chakra she needed to perform the jutsu. Once she had enough, Syrene started turning the earth below her into stone. She chose five different areas that were close together to turn into stone. The jutsu would be more useful if she could form all five birds at once, so Syrene decided to start practicing now.

As the earth was changing into stone, she formed a stone robin in each of the five places. She spent a little bit more time on this step than she had the first time because she wanted the robins to look right. Once they were complete, Syrene directed them to fly at the same tree the previous stone bird kunai had hit. A moment passed before all five stone robins shot up out of the ground at the same time. They were all traveling at the same speed too.

Syrene stood and walked over to the tree she had aimed for. All five had hit their target, although one almost missed. Syrene removed the stone robin kunai and examined them. This time they were a lot rounder and looked more like sculptures than pieces of rock. Syrene was satisfied with the way they had turned out this time.

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By this time, Colm was completely finished creating a gastrointestinal system. Syrene was impressed by how much progress he had made in such a short time. It had taken her much longer to accomplish the same thing. Would you like to take a break and get something to eat? she signed in his hand. I know you were really eager before. We can always come back and train some more afterwards.

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Colm felt Syrene say that they should get something to eat since he just made his gastrointestinal organs. He signed yes to her. He wanted to eat because he was exhausted with the technique he just did. He signed where do you want to go? Colm put on his scarf and straightened his hat. He wondered what food was like and if it was amazing as people said it was.

[Syrene]

After agreeing to go eat with her, Colm asked where she wanted to go. There are several places nearby, but I like the ramen shop the best, she signed in his hand. There's outdoor seating so your wolf can come along with us. Once Syrene had explained where she was going, she took Colm's hand and began guiding him. She made sure to go slowly since he was still missing several important features like ears and eyes.

The ramen shop was fairly empty when Syrene and Colm arrived, probably because it wasn't a time when people normally eat meals. Why don't you sit at the table while I order,  she signed, knowing there was no way she could hold on to Colm's hand and carry both bowls of ramen. Is there anything in particular that you want? If there wasn't, Syrene would just get Colm the same thing she was getting.

[KoKoKo]

+10 to Syrene

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Colm felt Syrene tell him that they could go and eat ramen. She began to guide him because he didn't know where to go. Nova followed close behind and making sure Colm was safe. Colm felt that Syrene wouldn't betray so he decided to relax. Colm could feel that the ramen shop was nearly empty because of Nova's fur. His fur would be standing up if there were too many people. Syrene told him that she should stay while she ordered. He signed that he would get whatever she was getting.

It was probably a good idea Syrene went because Colm could feel his anger rising. He clenched his fists as he remembered how he was almost killed by the humans. But he knew this time it was different, he could feel himself getting stronger. Nova bristled beside him feeling his anger grow. Colm could feel his bloodlust going and he tried to calm himself. When that didn't work Colm realized he could feel the blood pumping in his hands. He hoped that he could last enough to try the ramen, before he and Nova killed everyone in the shop. "Why not kill everyone and satisfy our bloodlust"  Colm's voice asked him. Colm put his head on the table and hoped his sanity could last.