The Line Between Inspiration and Madness [Training|Private]

[The Bearer of Bad News]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People))
Rank: “D”, "C", “A”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A summoning technique that allows the user to summon a person the same rank and one rank above as the rank the user knows in the technique.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: User may summon only a user by Class depending on what rank they know the technique. Person must have same seal as the user performing the technique. Must have a scroll and seal.
Description: Picture 1-A; Picture 1-B, Picture 2-A; Picture 2-B, A technique where the user uses a seal on a Scroll to summon a person they know. The person who is being summoned must have the same seal as well in order to be summoned. User is unable to summon where other seals are located. The Person is the medium and you need that person in order to bring someone in. In order to summon someone “D” Rank, user must learn “D” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “C” Rank and “B“ Rank, user must learn “C” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “A” Rank and “S“ Rank, user must learn “A” Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)).
Limit: Universal NinJutsu
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Summoners. The technique wasn't new. I've seen it used before, only to slip my knives between the ribs of anyone who thought to turn the tables. They never stood a chance. I am everywhere, and I am nowhere. Even so, it had interesting tactical implications. Now that I am part of a community, now that I have found a master to keep me sane, my Takikage, I had the lives of others to keep in mind. Summoners I've killed in the past used it to call allies from other planes of existence, or else from miles away, even a few rooms of a stronghold.

That was an offensive use, but I felt certain there would be other utilities. Defensive ones, such as moving an ally even just a few feet out of the way of an incoming blow. The mechanics were simple enough. Form seals, add chakra, poof, the being or item of your desires is in front of you. Or wait, that was method not mechanics. Did anyone really know how it worked, in truth? Chakra Jutsu in general? Maybe. My old master looked into this sort of thing often. A pity he was no longer around to ask. Perhaps my new master? No. She knew nothing of the true me, not yet. It was enough for now to serve as an ordinary girl. The time would come when she would know. Everything. Even how I came to enter this place, and set myself ahead of even my instructors in the Academy. The lives I took in my madness. I don't feel bad about them. They are little more than field mice, food. But my master has a bleeding heart. I feel bad for what it will do to her.

I must restrict myself. For her sake, I will eat my own wings to keep myself tame. I don't know why I've been thinking of summoners of late. Perhaps it's the bond they share with the object of their call. It would be nice to share that truth. But for now I am an ordinary girl, ordinary but for my prodigious natural talent. Studying should be nothing new, in the eyes of passers by. I am the greatest new graduate to be seen in decades. Surely I must be constantly studying new aspects of the ninja trade, to have achieved such. Even so, I felt conspicuous, reading more about the Summoning technique. The seals, they were familiar. I'd seen them more than once after all. It seemed the first few were the same among all types, differentiated by the endings. That made sense. They were in essence the same technique, tweaked to suit more specific purposes.

It was interesting how special tattooed seals could be used to summon weaponry and powerful animalistic incarnations, but all others required use of a scroll. Not sure why that was, but until someone with a much better grasp on the matter than myself developed a workaround I would just have to do things the way they were described in the books. Experimenting with summoning Humans, such fragile creatures, would be particularly dangerous. If they were to arrive only partially, perhaps missing an arm or something, while it would be vastly amusing to watch it was doubtful they could survive. A pity they weren't able to heal from any and every injury, no matter how catastrophic like myself. Of course some wounds would require a longer period of recovery. And perhaps feeding. But not on these people. They were not to be food. Enemies though. Enemies indeed I could feast upon.

Almost in mockery, I twined my fingers through the described motions of the summoning technique for Humans. Obviously nothing would occur, not without a scroll and a properly marked individual. But familiarity never hurt. They were at least few in number. That would aid immensely in my memorization, considering my already vast repertoire of such skills. Indeed, I had many ways of altering the flow of conflicts. But more never hurt. Maybe, just maybe, I too would become a Summoner and shift the numbers and positions of allied forces to more favorable states. The idea elicited a small chuckle. Indeed, a normal girl, with the capability to alter entire wars. I may not be the best fighter solely by strength of arms, but through deceiving myself and others alike, it was simple enough to cause an overwhelming shift of odds.

[Nira]

Mm. A bit of repetition.

Lot of fluff. Things like how great a character is at general studies don't really need to be in there.

Best to keep the post's theme only on the technique.

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[The Bearer of Bad News]

7/10 - lost my post, going with the abridged version because fuck it its only 3 points.

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I duped some idiot former classmate into lending me a scroll because he thought I was cute. Males of their species are so much easier to manipulate. He wouldn't stop looking at the back of my shorts the entire time. I knelt down to unfurl the scroll and smooth it over, performing the seals of the summoning technique for humans. Not being a chakra scientist like my former master, I actually had very little idea of what I was doing, but my book never said anything about how the seals placed on the summoned person or the scroll were supposed to be made. Yes, I could have just drawn one, but that doesn't make any sense when dealing with magic. It's too easy. That was a stupid idea.

When I placed my hands on the parchment, I pictured in my mind leaving a mark there instead of calling forth something. Because what exactly did I have to call anyway? Well, maybe Male Human Number One. He did look appetizing. No, no eating village-mates. I forced my chakra to flow, as a vehicle to enforce my will. I'd heard it said that intention can make up for a lack of knowledge in most cases, after all.

When I lift my hands, would there be a seal of summoning there?

[Father 'Suke]

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[The Bearer of Bad News]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People))
Rank: “D”, "C", “A”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A summoning technique that allows the user to summon a person the same rank and one rank above as the rank the user knows in the technique.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: User may summon only a user by Class depending on what rank they know the technique. Person must have same seal as the user performing the technique. Must have a scroll and seal.
Description: Picture 1-A; Picture 1-B, Picture 2-A; Picture 2-B, A technique where the user uses a seal on a Scroll to summon a person they know. The person who is being summoned must have the same seal as well in order to be summoned. User is unable to summon where other seals are located. The Person is the medium and you need that person in order to bring someone in. In order to summon someone “D” Rank, user must learn “D” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “C” Rank and “B“ Rank, user must learn “C” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “A” Rank and “S“ Rank, user must learn “A” Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)).
Limit: Universal Ninjutsu
[0/10]

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Indeed there was, and the foolish one gasped in awe. Either quality of fresh graduates was still quite wanting, or else he was particularly lackluster. You'd think sealcraft wasn't common knowledge. Well, in fairness it wasn't. That was little more than my own ego speaking. Keeping tame was proving more difficult than anticipated. Still, the seal seemed somehow...lacking. Incomplete. I couldn't put my finger on it. It worked perfectly, right? What could possibly be wrong?

It wasn't as large and ornate as the seals I had seen in the past, that was it. So did that mean It was also less powerful? Was there a limit to who or what could be summoned? If that was the case, then what I had here was a pitifully basic incarnation. I doubt if it would summon a baby who was also soft in the head. But how would one go about increasing the potency? And for that matter could old, weak seals even be upgraded? It was probable, that or they would have to be erased. Not that I knew how to do that either.

But there was a theory, at least. I could attempt to enhance the seal through another casting of the jutsu. Repetition has been the key to mastery on more one technique after all. And so I did. I repeated the process from before, fingers entwining and separating into the five seals of the summoning technique plus the singular seal of designation that would mark precisely what it was that I sought to summon. A clap of the hands together as though in prayer, as the chakra swirled out from the core of my being and around my hands. I slammed them against the parchment, who's seal was already present though small, and imagined it expanding, more runes spidering out from central swirl.

Observing the results proved both heartening and disappointing. The seal had expanded yes, but only by a very minor amount. It remained as nothing when compared to the glyphs which summoned forth the mightiest avatars from the planes beyond our own. With little other recourse but to attempt the casting once more, I did still want to try erasure. Just to see if it was possible. So I tried. On a whim, I performed the seals in a reversed format of those used ordinarily, after all it was a sound thought that the opposite of doing would be to UN-do. But it just didn't feel right. The chakra would not be called forth.

With that trick a bust, I returned to performance of the traditional variety. Only know rather than imagining growth, I pictured a withering retreat. The runes retracting to the center, the swirling lines of power shrinking in an inverse spiral to their origin, the magical ink withdrawing to a singular point, and then vanishing without a trace. It was a detailed picture, and so I had to close my eyes while the chakra flowed up from within. When I opened them, much to my disappointment, the boy was still there. What did he want, a goddamn kiss? Like I'd waste my time on E-Classed scum like him. As for the seal, I once more slammed my hands against the page. Whether it would still be there after I raised them, that's the question.

[The Roar of the Falls]

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[The Bearer of Bad News]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People))
Rank: “D”, "C", “A”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A summoning technique that allows the user to summon a person the same rank and one rank above as the rank the user knows in the technique.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: User may summon only a user by Class depending on what rank they know the technique. Person must have same seal as the user performing the technique. Must have a scroll and seal.
Description: Picture 1-A; Picture 1-B, Picture 2-A; Picture 2-B, A technique where the user uses a seal on a Scroll to summon a person they know. The person who is being summoned must have the same seal as well in order to be summoned. User is unable to summon where other seals are located. The Person is the medium and you need that person in order to bring someone in. In order to summon someone “D” Rank, user must learn “D” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “C” Rank and “B“ Rank, user must learn “C” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “A” Rank and “S“ Rank, user must learn “A” Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)).
Limit: Universal Ninjutsu
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I was progressing, I could feel it. Soon I would be able to call forth beings as powerful as myself, or even more so. Wouldn't that be a treat? The trick now was simple diligence. I needed to just keep at it, potentially for an extended period, which was fine. The summoning technique was something mechanically complicated, even if learning and using it was rather less so. To perform an incomplete version could do irreparable harm. As tempting as the bloodshed was, that could not be allowed. The first step was to clear away the markings on the scroll. Not a problem anymore, all it took was a wave.

Next was getting rid of the increasing number of oglers. I could be anywhere, everywhere even as I was nowhere, but that required energy expenditure I wasn't willing to devote just now. Prancing up to my lender as cutely as I knew how - normal girls prance right? - I planted a peck on his cheek and shoved him away gently. Go, go, give me some alone time. Time to crack the code, and maximize the potential of the technique. Seals were formed from my hands, and planted onto the page. Then they were waved away. Actually, if I could remove the seal from the parchment, I could remove it from a person, in theory.

Which means I needed another volunteer. The first one would be no good anymore. Couldn't look like I was playing favorites. Perhaps a girl this time. Not that it really mattered. They were all E-class wastes of time and energy, unfit to lick the boots of my master - whether she knew of our relationship or not. Yes, I doubted the Takikage could be bothered to be aware of someone so horrendously normal as I played at being. But nor was I ready to reveal myself, not yet. The best way to practice summoning now, in order to pull her out of harm's way, was to summon real people. Even these worthless caricatures of humanity.

After soliciting the services of my former schoolmates, I arranged the majority of them into a line. I think I had...the entirety of my graduating class, as well as a few others. Yes, that was about right. That there cold be so many weaklings not worth so much as learning the names of was a pity, but they had their uses. Yes. With only one scroll, things would e slow going, but they would continue until such time as I decided they stop. They had nothing more important to do, even if they thought they did. I was far too enchanting for them to deny me.

I summoned each of them in turn, starting from the one with the lowest approximate power level. Just to make sure I had it right at all. This required placing a seal on each and every one of them, a feat not without a small degree of exhaustion involved for me. If I weren't far beyond the abilities of these people, I may not have been able to do so at all. Forming the requisite hand signs and allowing the chakra to flow was easy by now. Second nature almost. Compensating for humans existing in three dimensions, on the other hand, was not as easy. I had to wrap the seal around their flesh, as when I attempted to do it as I had the parchment the parts of the seal which would extend beyond the width of the neck would simply not exist. Very annoying.

[The Roar of the Falls]

+10

[The Bearer of Bad News]

10/80

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I began the process of summoning them all, one by one by one. It was slow going, thanks to a problem I hadn't anticipated. On each human I'd conscripted, the seal of summoning proved to be ever so slightly different. I assumed that to be an identifying function, probably a reflection of their self-identity. That meant that for each person summoned I had to wipe clear the scroll's seal, replacing it with the next so that each was a mirror of the other.

The technique itself was simple enough to perform, nearly trivial in fact, though the amount of chakra being used was not insignificant. More than anything that bothered me. I had a solid grasp of the technique overall by now, so failure was essentially a non-factor, but efficiency was not where I wanted it. It was however heartening to see the first individual vanish from their original location a few meters off and reappearing standing atop the scroll. Which was its own problem, come to think of it.

If people were going to continually appear on top of the scroll, then they would need to disembark. Which meant continual twisting and scraping over the fragile parchment as more summonings were performed. Perhaps an additional layer of chakra, extended around the page, would be sufficient to prevent it from being torn. I'm no expert, but something like that should in theory be possible. That would raise the cost of performing the jutsu even higher though, something I did not want.

What I needed to do was find a way to protect the scroll, while reducing the amount of chakra I used overall. That meant reducing the cost of the summons dramatically, enough to compensate for the chakra barrier on the scroll and then some. The barrier itself had to come first however, less I owe somebody a new scroll. I performed the next summon, attempting to stretch a thin layer of chakra past the seal to cover the top of the paper. That worked out well, but the summon itself did not - the jutsu didn't take, and the next subject didn't move an inch.

Where had it gone wrong there, I wonder - did the seal itself receive an insufficient amount of chakra? Or else could it be the case that the barrier proved too strong, rejecting the presence of the target? Both of these potentialities were compelling, along with a few others. New ideas in mind, I formed the summoning seals and pushed out more chakra. If I fed more into the main glyph of the technique while weakening the preventative shield, it was a possibility things would work out. Or they wouldn't.

[Father 'Suke]

+10

[The Bearer of Bad News]

20/80

Continuing along the path of the summoner meant getting it right for a change. I wasn't used to trying so hard, but my chakra reserves were still flowing strong. I was devoting less chakra to the jutsu this cast, to see if I could get away with that and still succeed in puling someone from one location to the next. Also I needed to stretch a bit of the chakra used across the scroll in an attempt to protect it. That shouldn't be too much harder than anything else I had dabbled in recently.

The issue still existed of specified seals, though I suspected that when I had mastered the art I would only ever need the one. So I wiped clean the parchment, and set a new matching seal to a different former classmate. It was nice how cooperative they were being, I didn't even need to dominate their minds. Maybe I would reward them later. The only question was whether it would be individually or all at once. Mm, a tantalizing thought.

The summoning jutsu was cast as normal, with the same set of six hand seals that had served so far, with the layer of chakra expanding from the main seal to cover the page. It should be weak enough this time to allow the translocation to occur, but strong enough to offer viable protection. Indeed, I was attempting to perfect the technique not only in function, but also convenience. When my hands slammed down upon the page, there was an audible poof to serve as a mark of transport. My companion was pulled through time and space to appear before me at the precise instant of completion...and was summarily projected several meters away.

That had not been anticipated. In all honesty, I didn't really know what the cause of that was. The only thing I could think of was that there was too little chakra invested in the summons for it to be stable, despite there being enough to complete the technique. That COULD cause an ejection like that, couldn't it? I had no way to tell for certain, except to do it again, with new changes to the variables. Not that there was much to vary. In such a technique, it was purely chakra. How much chakra is used, and also HOW it is used.

There was a trick to this, one that I just wasn't yet seeing. I had the capabilities for precision chakra control, which came at the cost of accessing elemental releases, but that wouldn't help me if I didn't know precisely what to do. A very irritating state of affairs. All I could do for now was soldier on and keep at it. Eventually the chakras would align in such a way as to function perfectly. And then I would know. And no further issues would arise. That time seemed frustratingly distant.

[Captain M]

+10

[The Bearer of Bad News]

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